Brent’s Thoughts

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Brent’s Thoughts — the old blog, 2001 onward. Mostly tech, skepticism, and family.

Journal

Project Approved

Well since there is little chance that AFNI is going to ask for my services with Linux anytime soon, I headed out to my Mom's school a few weeks ago and pitched a LTSP idea to them for one of their labs. After 2 weeks…

Journal

Give In to the Dark Side

Today I took the first step toward being able to shoot lightning out of my hands. BTW why is it that all the evil people have all the cool powers. Why is it that the "Dark" Side of the force is the one that lets…

Thoughts

The fine line between patriotism and zealotry

Is there a line between the two? I guess it depends on who you ask. In my opinion there needs to be a line there, but sometimes it really seems that there isn't. At a recent speech given by President George W. Bush crowd members…

Journal

Rogue Tech 1: Out

Last Friday Jeremiah left AFNI for good. When he left he sent out a mail message to a large group of people talking about the things that he thought AFNI had problems with and that he thought should be corrected. Apparently this has caused a…

Thoughts

Of God and Country

With the recent ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional there has been a lot of public outcry about different topics. First, Christians are screaming because they think that God should be allowed in there. In a somewhat notable fashion though you don't hear…

Thoughts

Sheep

People as a rule are sheep. I am not sure where that comes from. I don't know if it is wired into us, or if we learn it somewhere along the way. There are people in the world that don't act as sheep and there…

Geek

Hunter: The Reckoning

Hunter: The Reckoning is one of the lastest games to come out for the XBOX. As a matter of fact I couldn't really find too many reviews for it when I bought it. The box made it sound pretty good so I thought "what the…

Journal

Are you a kid or an adult?

Increasingly I realize that I am no longer a kid. I will always be younger than some people so I am a kid in their eyes, but I am talking in terms of body, mind, and thoughts. Think back to when you were younger with…

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A Memoriable Memorial Day

People often look back on their life and think things about how great it was when they were a kid. About how bright the days were and how they spent so much time having fun and doing things. I can't say that I have never…

Thoughts

Microsoft's Operation Foot Bullet

Recently there has been a lot news regarding Microsoft in many different aspects. Each piece of news has several important things in it that by themselves are interesting, but when they are put together they lead to some very interesting conclusions. Recently Jim Allchin,a top…