Bad bad me

Today I single-handedly caused a major production outage of the entire system. It was resolved before open, but it was a good scare. Last time I fucked up like this was 7 years ago. I am all fucking humbled today.

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I don't like the warrant-less surveillance crap. There is no reason, no reason at all for domestic anti-terrorism efforts not to be overseen by a court, even if it is secretive, like FISA. I am therefore glad there is a move to overwrite W's initiatives on this.

What pisses me off though is that it's the Democrats who display the privacy-minded activities. What happened to the old Conservative values? Republican Party used to be a party of privacy. What happened to that? Why are all those R- senators giving party-aligned speeches about "giving our intelligence community the tools they need"?

I don't mind the tools, but I find it necessary for warrants to be issued as the "checks and balances" nature intended.

More (evil) camels at Rockefeller Plaza

Image (c) Eric "Stack" Quinlan

Leonid meteor shower peaks Nov 17-18

11pm Eastern is the peak time, but Leo will still be below horizon at that time for us Northern Americans.

Last time I was crazy enough to brave November cold on a beach for hours during the night, that is in 2002, meteors started to appear out of the South-Eastern quadrant around 3am. If you live on Coney Island, this is good news since South-East means away from city lights.

Ой

Конкурс "Тупая п**да - 2007".

Занимательно. Узнаем, кого в российской блогосфере больше всех не любят.

Late friday fun

Natasha: ...she actually works at Lloyds...what is Lloyds?

Scott: A big French company.

DM: I always thought they were British...

Scott: No, they are French. Oui, oui, Messeur...(after a bit of thought)...Bonjour, bitch...

DM: Well, you can use that as an opening line when you meet her...