posts brought to you by the category “warpigs”
Das eez kaput! Sometime around 2002 I spaced the entire database table that mapped individual entries to categories. Such is life. What follows is a random sampling of entries that were associated with the category. Over time, the entries will be updated and then it will be even more confusing. Wander around, though, it's still a fun way to find stuff.
Michael Ignatieff : Lesser Evils
Even those — like me — who supported the Iraq war because it might bring freedom and democracy to people who had been gassed, tortured and killed for 30 years had better admit that if our grounds for war had been squarely put to the American people, they probably would have voted to stay home. Worse still, Congress failed to put the president's case for war to adversarial scrutiny and debate. The news media allowed itself to be managed and browbeaten. The war may or may not bring democracy to Iraq eventually, but it hasn't done democracy any good at home.
They gotta war for me they gotta war for you
unnamed alley off of Roy, Montréal, January 2004
brian d. foy : iMortar
iMortar will allow soldiers to connect, via Wi-Fi, to other mortars in their area.
We use to have a problem shooting at the same target, but once we network the mortars, once you select a target, other mortars in your network will not shoot at the same target
, said an FSS spokesman wearing a black mask.
Can I have your shoes? I have none.
brian d. foy : A real life phalanx
Screw it---we formed our vehicles into a rectangle, looked as menacing as we can, and just started driving at the wall of traffic. We were playing chicken, four against several hundred. They blinked and we sliced through them, scraping a few cars in the process. I am amazed that it worked so well, especially since most Iraqis know we aren't really going to shoot them.
Me : ASCOPE::Apache::XSLT.pm 0.3
Dispatches : Should peacekeeping be privatized and for profit?
Maciej Ceglowski : "...the Getty Center is the architectural equivalent of a Barry White record."
Philemon nodded knowingly.
One the funny things about Montréal is that listings for the city's only remaining porn theater
Michael Accardo : Win32::Wallpaper.pm
My sense is that this is sort of where the OSAF is going with Chandler
Stop me, before I read the Op-Ed pages again.
For those of you keeping track, NetSol is apparently called Netsol again.
Thirteen years ago, Marc Lepine shot his way in to an engineering class at the University of Montréal.
Tony Bowden : "Class::DBI prizes laziness and simplicity."
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : pelf
Pelf \Pelf\, n. [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. {Pilfer}.] Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. ``Mucky pelf.'' --Spenser. ``Paltry pelf.'' --Burke. Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? --Fuller.
web1913
pelf n : informal terms for money [syn: {shekels}, {gelt}, {dough}, {bread}, {dinero}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {cabbage}, {kale}]
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : barouga
Used when one is bored, either in general or of the topic being discussed. A prompt to move on to something more exciting.
ex. Bert: And then I went into my room. Ernie: Barouga. Person one: oh, okay, next topic.
Me : XML::Filter::XML_Directory_2::Base.pm 1.0
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : hirsute
hirsute adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}.
jargon
Hirsute \Hir*sute"\, a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf. {Horrid}.] 1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy. 2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.] Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. --Life of A. Wood. 3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. --Gray. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
web1913
hirsute adj : having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hairy}] [ant: {hairless}]
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hirsute Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for {hairy}. [{Jargon File}]
foldoc
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : perspicacity
Perspicacity \Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit['e]. See {Perspicacious}.] The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.
web1913
perspicacity n 1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: {shrewdness}, {astuteness}, {perspicaciousness}] 2: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: {judgment}, {judgement}, {sound judgment}, {sound judgement}]
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : bobcat
A True Bob Dylan Fan! Every body knows this!
ex. All the BobCats gather round on rmd.music.bobdylan and share boots or thoughts or trivia or opinions but with a love you cannot find in any other reverent crowd!
see also :
bobcat dict-ified
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : acronyze
(verb) The process of shortening phrases, via an acronym, for the purpose of simplifing statements. Typically used in technical data reporting or inter-office e-mails. (IE "FUBAR" or "KISS")
ex. I didn't realize that phrase had been acronyzed.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : exacerbate
Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacerrating}.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See {Acerbate}.] To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.
web1913
exacerbate v 1: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen}, {aggravate}, {exasperate}] [ant: {better}] 2: exasperate or irritate [syn: {exasperate}, {aggravate}]
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : vunrable
When one could not be bothered to pronounce the word "vulnerable."
ex. That cow's vunrable with no weapons to protect herself from the wolves. Give her a bow and arrow.
Danny O'Brien : haiku.py
discovers "Found Haiku" ... in plain text files.
Some guy named Matteo : "localpop.php"
UML for Web Design
Me : "Following up on the 'smell the flowers' post
Michel Valdrighi : "[These methods] were originally made for a b2 API
but I figured it would make more sense to make b2 support an universal API. ... Here are the methods about Categories and Comments."
"I'm sure you'll sleep better at night knowing this."
[T]here would be no entry for French beans, because in English we call them haricots verts. The distinction (at least here in California) is that "green beans" is often used to refer to Blue Lake Beans, also called string beans; they are generally larger and more succulent (unless overgrown). Where haricots verts are the more expensive, tender skinny French green bush beans.
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is dolorous
| source : web1913 | Dolorous \Dol"or*ous\, a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See {Dolor}.] 1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. --Shak. 2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. --Dr. H. More. -- {Dol"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dol"or*ous*ness}, n. | source : wn | dolorous adj : showing sorrow [syn: {dolourous}, {lachrymose}, {tearful}, {weeping}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is braggadocio
| source : web1913 | Braggadocio \Brag`ga*do"cio\, n. [From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's ``Fa["e]rie Queene.''] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. --Dryden. 2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. | source : wn | braggadocio n : vain and empty boasting [syn: {bluster}, {rodomontade}]
Dear Apple : "There are a lot of us perl programmers out here
who'd love to bring our applications to Mac OS X. Rumor has it that Apple can bridge Perl to Cocoa, much like the Java to Cocoa bridge, and were that to become available to us, we'd find it enormously useful. We realize that adding it as a "supported API" would be a big deal, so we won't even ask for that (although it obviously would be cool). If you could somehow donate the Perl code you have for this to the community, then we already have a group of talented people who'll be happy to maintain it. Mac OS X already has very good Perl support and with a Cocoa to Perl bridge there would be no end of cool applications for X we would make."
I take it back. I'm really not sure why they let Dubya speak in public, at all.
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is milksop
| source : web1913 | Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. --Shak. To wed a milksop or a coward ape. --Chaucer. | source : wn | milksop n : a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: {sissy}, {pantywaist}, {pansy}, {Milquetoast}]
Me : Blogger.pm 0.3
Using the Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir Attack to Break WEP
"We implemented an attack against WEP, the link-layer security protocol for 802.11 networks. The attack was described in a recent paper by Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir. With our implementation, and permission of the network administrator, we were able to recover the 128 bit secret key used in a production network, with a passive attack. The WEP standard uses RC4 IVs improperly, and the attack exploits this design failure. This paper describes the attack, how we implemented it, and some optimizations to make the attack more efficient. We conclude that 802.11 WEP is totally insecure, and we provide some recommendations."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is denouement
| source : web1913 | D'enouement \D['e]`noue`ment"\, n. [F. d['e]nouement, fr. d['e]nouer to untie; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.] 1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance. 2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome. | source : wn | denouement n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
This morning, on the way back from the bagel store,
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is mendicant
| source : web1913 | Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.] Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars. {Mendicant orders} (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders which are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians. | source : web1913 | Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n. A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar. | source : wn | mendicant adj : practicing beggary; "mendicant friars" n 1: a male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel [syn: {friar}] 2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: {beggar}]
Michael P. Mehl : phpXML
"is a set of scripts now aims to make the power of XML available in "plain PHP", which means only a basic PHP configuration is required at all. All XML handling methods like DOM, XPath or even XSL will be accomplished by the usage of simple and core PHP functions. So even if your hoster regrets to set up extensions like Sablotron, DOM XML or others, phpXML will help you to use the power of XML." via
more like this
There are dots for everyone.
The UCLA Internet Report : Surveying the Digital Future
"We hope our findings about the Internet will have broad implications for government policymaking, corporate planning, and social and cultural study. To begin this project now is critical if we hope to fully understand the Internet as it evolves. Had this type of research been conducted on the evolution of television as it emerged in the late 1940s, the information would have provided policy makers, the media, and ultimately historians with invaluable insights about how broadcasting has changed the world." (pdf)
SQL Ledger
"is a multiuser, double entry, highly customizable accounting system written in perl. Data is stored in a [transactions enabled] SQL server and data entry and display is through a web browser such as Netscape."
Morning Becomes Eclectic : Ekova
"Music to levitate to" (real evil g2)
Gary Dahl
"The heather-encrusted headlands, veiled in fog as thick as smoke in a crowded pub, hunched precariously over the moors, their rocky elbows slipping off land's end, their bulbous, craggy noses thrust into the thick foam of the North Sea like bearded old men falling asleep in their pints."
Mermaid Avenue, Volume II
More previously unrecorded Woody Guthrie songs performed by Bwilly Bwagg and Wilco. Apparently this just came out yesterday which is fortunate since that's when I went to get the first volume for my friend
Super Bang
.
Morning Becomes Eclectic : Mint Royale
BBC : U.K. to approve therapeutic cloning
John Raulston Saul
"Let me put this argument a different way. So long as an NGO -- which could also be defined as a corporation of social reformers -- remains outside the democratic system, it has no real political levers. Its activists are not there, in the people's chamber, to clarify the cause. And there is no practical link between the problem they are devoted to -- no matter how obvious the problem -- and the real action required to deal with it. PR victories -- which NGOs so often win -- cannot be converted automatically into law. Nor should they be. Again, we live in democracies. But the result is that there are no direct practical links between the public debate and government action. The public therefore becomes discouraged about the effectiveness of politics because politics appear to be unresponsive to the public debate. And because of their disconnection from the formal political process, the corporations of social reformers themselves begin to look naive. All of this results in what René-Daniel Dubois calls "la perte d'une culture partagée" -- a fractured culture or a fractured society."
Harrumph : Pictures from the 5 à 7
The AppleScript Weblog
Web Reference
Editing XML: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dave Winer
"I'd have a hard time looking Gore or Bush in the eye and not feel dirty, but yes, if they got the Internet religion, I could support them too. I'm basically a one-issue man." Fair enough, though I hasten to point out that single-issue voters are as much of a detriment to the idea of political governance as anything else these days. Politics, by nature, can not be a single-issue affair.
Today is Armistice Day
marking the end of The Great War. Todays reading list includes : Barbara Tuchman's
The Proud Tower
, Dalton Trumbo's
Johnny Got His Gun
, Jane Urquhart's
The Underpainter
, William Shirer's
The Third Republic
, Christopher Isherwood's
Berlin Stories
and John McCrae's
In Flander's Fields
. If nothing else, please take a moment to remember those who fought and died in the trenches. World War I set the stage for almost everything to come this century and it is sad and terrifying how quickly we forget.
Lawrence Barichello needs to get a life
"When you read that people are winning damages for forced sterilization, for botched surgeries and unwanted treatments, and see how the courts treat these things, you realize there is a good avenue here for a lawsuit. You are getting a part of your body cut off that is very sexually important and it is done for no reason. It is malpractice, quite frankly."
The Annotated Watchmen
As It Happens : Valerie the Hen, R.I.P.
real audio (starts 07:15) Meanwhile, never one to be outdone, This American Life has made something of a name for itself with it's interest in
chickens
. real audio
Liberals to promote 'Canada' as a brand
"In a postreferendum environment -- and some say prereferendum as well -- the Maple Leaf and the word Canada have combined to become Ottawa's favourite communications tool. It is a brand, and the government is selling it. " I was part of the hardcore scene in high school. Like all good scenesters, I had a leather jacket on which I painted band names and logos. One night I met a guy from London who had painted the Coke logo across the shoulders of his jacket. He told me it was in reaction to the common habit in the U.K. of putting your preferred beer logo on your jacket. Thusly inspired, I went home and painted
Canada's national logo
across the top of my jacket. Go figure.
The Unbearable Lightness of Pool
I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.