"Meeting" Is a 4 Letter Word

I remember reading once, that if the end of the world could be described in one word, it would be "meetings". Today at work has been a continuing nightmare in a saga that began since Wednesday morning, yesterday. I won't go into details, but just say, after two days, a simple concern in the GUI of the project I'm on has resulted in almost a day (8 hours) worth of meetings, mass emotional draining, and the end result of one person quitting our company. I can't understand why people would let a simple problem become so heated. We aren't ending world hunger here people! We are making a simple Windows application. Sadly, all our efforts were in vain, and we ended our debacle with the same problem that was understood from the beginning.

Celeste, you will be missed.

Daedius

Vampyre 13 7: :/
Daediius: heh, i'm just fucking around, but seriously.. do you think your gf ever really wants to learn /dev /bin /man
Vampyre 13 7: people are not supposed to know that
Daediius: but people have to face the file system eventually
Daediius: i'm really looking forward to the day when filesystems are databases =)
Daediius: thats gonna be cool
Vampyre 13 7: your mother keeps all her ports open just like windows ME
Daediius: hahaha
Daediius: *blogging this* ;P

Rise My Machine

I've decided upon reincarnating another machine. Rather than give you detailed specs and numbers. I thought rather it might be more interesting to give you a photoblog. enjoy:





















"There is pleasure in stealing the souls of machines."

Picky P2P

Doomcoder: omg
Doomcoder: who uses 128 kbps
Daediius: heh
Doomcoder: do you know anyone who uses 128 kbps
Daediius: I don't think people even know what 128kbps is
Doomcoder: an MP3 quality
Daediius: just like.. mp3 ..oo
Daediius: download
Doomcoder: oh
Daediius: only people with refined ears as our own ;P
Doomcoder: i thought you said you didnt
Doomcoder: dude
Doomcoder: gnutella should ban 128 kbps
Daediius: lol
Doomcoder: and variable bitrate
Doomcoder: oh those are the worst
Daediius: "if we are going to be pirating music, at least make it good music" ;P
Doomcoder: yea
Doomcoder: lol
Daediius: that would actually be pretty sweet to see
Doomcoder: blog it
Doomcoder: lol
Daediius: dude, I put up a strange blog yesterday already ;P

The Book of Cataclysm

Clever words from Syndicate Wars...


# To take one life is sin. To take a thousand is religion.

# The courageous enter dark caves alone. The clever send in the courageous first. The cleverest wait behind the clever.

# The apprentices asked the Master. "When shall we achieve immortality?" And the Master answered, "Not in this life."

# Bravery will take you into the most dangerous of places. Overwhelming firepower will see you safely through them.

# The brave hide behind technology. The stupid hide from it. But the clever have technology, and hide it.

# A war refugee sought the Master. He said, "You are wise and serene. Teach me to escape the horrors of this world." And the Master blinded him with fire-irons.

# Follow the more successful thief and steal his ideas.

# "Here!" said the Master. "Build me a great tomb in this place." His apprentices did. It glittered in the sun. "Now go inside," said he. They entered. An earthquake then destroyed the tomb, burying those within. The Master smiled. "Even the faithful are not always chosen. "This is called sacrifice."

# Even the salamander sometimes burns.

# Remember, the meek shall inherit nothing.

# The people stood like corn in the high fields and listened to the Master. As the reaper's blade scythed them all, the Master fell silent. The lesson would be learned by others.

# He who lives in the eye of the storm is a mote in the eye of an angry god.

# In the darkest times, the true believer hones his combat skills.

# The world shall turn and the human race shall pass. Everything begins anew. The faith has run its course and it is over.

# Mark thine enemy, for all that separates the damned from the chosen is a dot of monochrome light, projected onto the back of a neck.

# All knowledge is stored somewhere. Be it in books, heads or deep under glaciers. And when we find it, we make it ours. Faith is bricks; knowledge is mortar.

# He who shouts loudest can only hear his own voice. Those with true knowledge listen to those with true faith. And those with closed ears never hear the swing of the reaper's blade.

# Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The best workers get their tools to do the work for them.

#There is pleasure in stealing the souls of machines.

# Not only will all eyes be on the leaders of men, but all combat sights as well.

# The Master has no need for money. But still he sits and counts it. As a meditation.

# A hundred elephants can wreck the outer walls of a fortress. One diseased rat can kill all those inside.

# The non-believers climbed for days to confront the master in the mountains. "Where do you get your so-called faith?" they asked. "You brought it," the master replied. "You've all climbed so high."

# The Master told his pupils, "Forget being taught and concentrate on learning. When you're sure, question everything."

# Faithful minds are not enough. Deliver unto us brains also.

Daedius

"the fallen buddha awakes"

"the fall from nirvana"

"infernal bodhicita"

"compassion through technology"

...twisting the words of faith

Daedius

I've come to the realization that the only true end government of an enlightened society is Anarchy.

Daedius

it all comes down to suffering.... suffering of own people in our culture of desire.. and suffering of other people from nations we exploit.... as americans..we do extremely well at being profitable with our ideas and continue to make them profitable.. but one must question... "even if something is legal? encouraged? and will make you rich? ... is it still right to do?"... I see flaws with how we develop and market the minds of people to a state of near mind control from birth to want to buy things.. and work themselves into debt.. while blinding them from alternatives.... I see flaws in how we feel that we can entice other countries to create inhumane work conditions for millions just so we can have a cheap cup of coffee, a cheap tank of gas, or a latest fashion. Greed is essential to what america is.. and its binding ropes extend into all directions.

Daedius

This came from another blog:

Song of Colours

. This poem comes from the 10th century, and in a very cool way uses every hiragana once (and proves to me that Hiragana is more lyrically suited than English with its 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' nonsense!):

いろはにほへと Iro ha nihohe to Even if colours have sweet perfume
ちにぬるを chirinuru wo eventually they fade away
わかよたれそ wakayo tare so What in this world
つねならむ tsune naramu is eternal ?
うゐのおくやま uwi no okuyama The deep montains of vanity
けふこえて kefu koete I cross them today
あさきゆめみし asaki yume mishi renouncing the superficial dreeams
ゑひもせすね wehi mo sesu ne not giving in to their madness any more

Daedius

Vampyre 13 7: she uses gnome
Vampyre 13 7: because of some reason
Vampyre 13 7: i forgot
Daediius: heh
Vampyre 13 7: i started her out with KDE though
Daediius: heh.. I think MAC is your GFs secret lover
Vampyre 13 7: lol

Daedius

"Not all dogs go to heaven"

Daedius

VexingQuery The server lives! People can join! Now, how do we boot them???

Daedius

whats humanity worth if you can't enjoy what humanity is ..