Protecting the QB VS The BCS

I am in such a miserable, foul, pissed off mood after watching the Packers lose to the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. You can no longer question Giants rookie Mathias Kiwanuka for letting up on Vince Young in Sunday's loss to the Titans. Just ask Cullen Jenkins.

With the Packers trailing by 3 and Seattle facing a third and long, Cullen Jenkins put a clean hit on Matt Hasselbeck as Hasselbeck tried to complete a pass. The pass fell harmlessly incomplete. Ah, but wait. What do I see? The great NFL officials standing there throwing their yellow garbage on the field.

Jenkins was called for roughing the passer even though replay clearly shows he did nothing wrong. Will the NFL fine the officials 10, 15, maybe 25 thousand dollars for this mistake? I think not. Although if Jenkins really had committed a foul, he probably would be facing that type of fine.

It is simply inexcusable. The officials need to start being held accountable for their incompetence. I have had it with the inconsistency one gets when it comes to holding, pass interference, illegal contact, and roughing the passer. Each game, each official, the calls are different and it is unacceptable.

The only thing worse is the BCS, which I like to refer to as the Bull Crap Series because that's exactly what it is. It certainly can't stand for Bowl Championship Series because it's the furthest thing from that. We all know it's broken and needs to be fixed. It always has been and always will be. But that's not going to change anytime soon and it's pointless to go on about it. As long as the big conferences control the money and have the power you will continue to see teams like Ohio State having to wait 50 DAYS before playing in their bowl game. What a joke. Read more!

Starbucks Sued for $114M

What a joke this is. Suddenly when you are not allowed to use a coupon you can sue for $114 MILLION! Can they be serious? Problem is, it just might get to court. Let's hope not. Is this what our society is coming to? Everyone thinking they are "entitled" to certain things? Starbucks has every right to not honor that coupon. THIS IS AMERICA! I'm going to start suing McDonalds every time they short me on my fries. I'm tired of getting a half full carton. I want it full and I actually paid for it. FULL PRICE!
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AFI - Miss Murder (Director's Cut)

Hardcore punk or just Wicked Awesome? You be the judge. Read more!

Lillix - Sweet Temptation

I'm not much of a music person. I come from the 80's era of hairbands and air-guitars. I like most music and recently, while researching whether or not to subscribe to Yahoo's music I came across this video

Now I can't get enough of Lillix and their upbeat, hip, cool, blow me over music. Suddenly I find myself listening to a lot more Avril Lavigne and Pink. Who'd a thunk-it. Read more!

Well It's About Time - 98 and ME Finally Lose Support

Today, July 11, 2006, marks the end of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me.

Some (ZDNet) think this is finally what Linux needs to get a leg up in the operating system game.

I don't buy it. Linux has had a long time now to step up to the plate and compete against Microsoft. As a software engineer for more than 12 years now, I appreciate the concept of Linux and open source and believe they have done a lot of good in the programming world. But in the user world, where people want applications that include internet access, games, video/image editing tools, etc., Linux, i.m.h.o. doesn't stack up. If it did/does, why hasn't it made a bigger footprint in the last 5 to 10 years?

The majority of my colleagues, it seems, take the Linux road because, simply put, they are anti-Microsoft. They complain about the size and security. They will argue that Microsoft has played to corporate giant and single-handedly held Linux back. Words like anti-trust and monopoly get tossed around and I get that.

Microsoft is large and probably did enough to hold Linux back. But let's be honest. If Linux was going to make a run, it should have been able to do it over the past 5 years as more companies were willing to sell PC's with Linux installed. Also, Microsoft kept delaying the release of their new OS - Windows Vista. Still, Linux lags behind.

As for the security, I place the majority of this on the user. Case in point:
I finally replaced my Pentium II, 350mhz, 320mb memory, Windows XP Professional machine with a new PIV, 3.2 ghz, 2gb memory, Windows XP Professional system. My old Pentium II served me well for 8 years. Bought in 1998, it went from Windows 98, to ME, to 2000, to XP. Never having to re-format just simple upgrades. I kept my anti-virus programs up to date and made sure I had tools to handle spyware and adware. I avoided the programs that teenagers love (limewire, Ka-Zaa, etc). Not one problem, except that it simply became to slow over time to keep up with my daily tasks. Is that due to the failure of the OS or because technology has advanced so much over the past 8 years making things like disk space and memory much more affordable, that software companies now create programs that require more resources? I'll go with the latter.

For me, the bottom line is, give me something that works, is user friendly, has a wide variety of applications and doesn't require me to "tweak" it via the command line. The average user doesn't know anything about bash, vi, config files, or compilers.

Linux is loved in the "Tech" world. When will it be loved as much in the "real" world?
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