Category Archives: Technology

Posts about comptuers and technology in general.

Retirement of the Router From Hell

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Random net storms. Super-slow download speeds, worse than a basic 54k phone modem. Pings of 200 to 1,000. Disconnects, where it just decides it’s not going to talk to the DSL modem at all, requiring multiple restarts, resets, and reentry … Continue reading →

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Don’t Miss It — But It May Miss You

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Ubu Roi

ADV (through the Anime Network) has made the entire first series of Divergence Eve available for online viewing here. Just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock, the genre is “big-breasted sci-fi horror” and despite the first hyphenation, it’s … Continue reading →

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Space, the Final Frontier

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Ubu Roi

The other day, Steven made a post comparing solid-fuel rockets to liquid-fueled. I can’t link it, because although it seemed fairly benign, it apparently angered someone he disagreed with, so Steven pulled it. However, the vanishing act prompted Fledge to … Continue reading →

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Air You Can See, Damage You Can’t

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Ubu Roi

Steven linked to this article a couple of weeks ago, about the really bad pollution that will greet the athletes of the Beijing Olympics. I do so enjoy the schadenfreude of the tremendous embarrassment the Chinese are going to suffer … Continue reading →

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I’m not bitter… (updated)

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Ubu Roi

Sigh. Over the last two weeks, I’ve spent nearly $200 to get a computer operational. It was rebooting randomly, and possibly spontaneously turning on. I really figured the regular user was forgetting to set the blank to “Shut Down” rather … Continue reading →

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I’ll Take Two, Please

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Nuclear reactors, that is. More proof that the energy crisis is manufactured by policy decisions spearheaded by the enviro-nuts. (Although I have to ask, what landfills will accept a used one?) And no, it’s not a hoax. “I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul’s spambot

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Ubu Roi

This is one nasty spambot. I had wondered at all the Ron Paul supporters coming out of the woodwork on blogs; I hadn’t gotten any of the e-mail spam this story mentions. Of course, the big question is “Who ordered … Continue reading →

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