10 Dec 2005
My Outsourced Life
Honey has completed her first project for me: research on the person Esquire has chosen as the Sexiest Woman Alive. (See page 232.) I’ve been assigned to write a profile of this woman, and I really don’t want to have to slog through all the heavy-breathing fan Web sites about her. When I open Honey’s file, I have this reaction: America is fucked. There are charts. There are section headers. There is a well-organized breakdown of her pets, measurements, and favorite foods (e.g., swordfish). If all Bangalorians are like Honey, I pity Americans about to graduate college. They’re up against a hungry, polite, Excel-proficient Indian army. Put it this way: Honey ends her emails with “Right time for right action, starts now!” Your average American assistant believes the “right time for right action” starts after a Starbucks venti latte and a discussion of last night’s Amazing Race 8.
The internet turns the whole world into a service economy.
27 Aug 2005
I think this DownsizeDC idea is great:
To this end we have created the “Read the Bills Act of 2005 (RTBA).” RTBA requires that . . .
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Each bill, and every amendment, must be read in its entirety before a quorum in both the House and Senate.
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Every member of the House and Senate must sign a sworn affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has attentively either personally read, or heard read, the complete bill to be voted on.
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Every old law coming up for renewal under the sunset provisions must also be read according to the same rules that apply to new bills.
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Every bill to be voted on must be published on the Internet at least 7 days before a vote, and Congress must give public notice of the date when a vote will be held on that bill.
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Passage of a bill that does not abide by these provisions will render the measure null and void, and establish grounds for the law to be challenged in court.
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Congress cannot waive these requirements.
If they just get the “Full text must be on the Internet for 7 days done” that would be a revolution. I’m sure
Newt is unhappy thomas.loc.gov has not been extended to it full potential.
27 Aug 2005
I can’t really claim credit for this: more than a year ago I had started to write code to interface with the NAT box at my office via UPnP. I never finished but passed the python code on to one of the divmod guys. They put that in CVS, made major changes but didn’t get it working. Raphaël Slinckx now has taken that code and got it working resulting in Nattraverso. Good Job!
I see that he requires a SOAP library, so that means the a) python SOAP libraries have evolved enough to deal with the “not quite SOAP” used in UPnP, or b) He’s targeting some new UPnP spec.
I have no UPnP NAT box now to test on.
24 Aug 2005
Musta seen Three Kings recently:
My name is Eric Joseph, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, As you know we invade Saddam Hussien’s Home earlier in 2004,We were able to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussien’s family But we did not disclose the sum of US$25Million Dollars. We want to move this money to you, so that you may invest it for us and keep our share for banking.We have been unable to ship the consignment all this while,due to the Insurgent attacks we witness daily.We had made adequate arrangement for the cosingment to be ship since the war is partially Over.We plan on using diplomatic courier and shipping the money out in one large silver box, using diplomatic immunity.If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you? When you receive this letter,kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication also your contact details. This business is risk free. The box can be shipped out in 48hrs.Respectfully, Sgt.Eric Joseph
17 Aug 2005
Why ctypes for OpenGL? describes many of the reasons why I prefer ctypes over c extensions.
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