Yeah, that’s right. Leading astronomers stick it to that tiny planet on the edge of the solar system floating around in a funky orbit doing nothing all day.
It’s been declared no longer a planet by astronomers who know a thing or two about what a planet is.
Next, let’s get rid of Uranus, because if my anus can’t be a planet in the solar system, then your’s shouldn’t be either.
From the Washington Post:
The Marine Corps is planning to call up as many as 2,500 Marine reservists for combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, dipping into a rarely used pool of troops to fill growing personnel gaps in units scheduled to deploy in coming months, officials said yesterday.
For how long?
The authority for involuntary recalls is until the end of the “Global War on Terror” — a conflict for which there is no realistic end in sight. That could mean thousands of Marines could be involuntary activated over coming years.
Seems a bit of an arbitrary deadline don’t you think?
Going back to December 8, 2005
(Donald Rumsfeld)
…I suspect that the commanders in the field would make recommendations for some [troop] reductions as the Iraqi security forces continue to grow in size and experience.
Phew, I feel better now.
Peaceluvbug has a new post from over in Switzerland and I must say the writing is pretty good.
Sheesh, now I’ve got to raise my standards 😉
After hours late last night trying to figure out why I can not access my OWN webpage from home, I discovered that Belkin routers have a habit of blocking IP addresses, people, and website if making prolonged connections (such as backing up L’avant Poste.
Also, the people over at Belkin (God knows where in the world) are completely worthless, and the advice they give could really screw your computer network settings.
Last thing, I’m all about outsourcing to an extend. Fine if the call center is in India, Philippines, wherever. But dude, they must be remotely understandable.
[UPDATE] – I’m buying a Linksys router ASAP. For the meantime I setup a proxy and I can now access my site to get around the stupid Belkin router from blocking me.
Or school for that matter. Many people have been asking and as the technical guru on all things security and hacking, I decided to respond en masse.
The easiest way to do so to get around filtering and places that block those sites is to use https://www.vtunnel.com/ a free proxy service.
What’s a proxy service, who cares 😉 Simply type in the address you want to go to using VTunnel (youtube, or myspace, etc.) and you’ll get there all over an encrypted channel.
Making it a bit safer, in case Bob in IT is watching the line.
FYI – if you get caught or screwed somehow, I am completely disclaiming everything. So is everyone else at L’avant Poste.
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