Archive for the ‘Pensamientos’ Category

On men bedding women

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself.

I don’t exactly agree with Ayn Rand on some subjects, but I have to concede this: Show me the woman a man sleeps with, and I, too, will tell you what he thinks of him.

A college degree is not financial security

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

From: Violent Acres » Archives » Four Rookie Mistakes People Make That Keep Them Poor:

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ACAP: fixing what ain’t broke

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

The article at piBlog » Blog Archive » ACAP: A way to make AJAX search-friendly? wants to spread the usage of a new protocol on the World Wide Web. This protocol, named ACAP, is supposed to be the cure of modern Web indexing problems.

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Windows Vista

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

Un amigo me dice:

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Call to arms: two system management applications we sorely need in Linux land

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Diagnosing server (and desktop, and network) load issues is always tricky. When an application misbehaves for short bursts of time, it’s often a matter of guesswork to find out which.

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Social disease in the U.S.: xenophobia unmasked

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Fred commented on On illegal immigration and illegal alien » Rudd-O, and I took the time to answer. Then he privately replied, comparing illegal immigration of latin individuals to Nazi Germany’s invsaion of Poland. I’d like to say a few words, but first I’ll quote Fred:

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Linux is ready for the desktop, and this is no longer a debatable matter

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

A post in the Linux Today Blog wondered whether the Linux desktop has arrived. While I do agree with most of what the writer says, I definitely would like people to stop beating the dead horse. Linux is, in fact, ready:

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On illegal immigration and illegal alien

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Hello! Today, we’ll be deconstructing a particularly contentious term, using nothing but language analysis. I’ll state the conclusion first: there’s no such thing as an illegal alien, even in the face of aliens breaking immigration law. Interested as to how I arrived to this conclusion? Then keep reading to find out why.

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Más sobre la belleza

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Dejémonos de huevadas. Me robo este primer párrafo para ser 100% sincero con ustedes: en la foto de fondo que ven al lado, borré el fondo (azul), y pasé un blur gaussiano ligero. Si yo, que tengo buen aspecto — especialmente considerando que al achicar la foto, las “imperfecciones” desaparecen — me tomé el trabajo de hacer postprocesamiento digital para mejorar el aspecto, creo que lo que les mostraré ahora los dejará mucho más sorprendidos:

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