Whittier Linux
June 26, 2009 – 4:20 pmI am helping people migrate from Microsoft Windows to Linux. They all seem happy with their new operating systems! Here is the text from my Whittier Linux website: "Tired of Microsoft Windows dominating your computing experience? Liberate your computer with Linux! If you have an older computer and Windows won't boot anymore, runs too slow or is ridden with spyware, malware and viruses - there is an alternative answer. Don't hire that expensive Windows Geek. Call 562.943.9997 and let's get your computer working with an 'alternative' geek's true solution to many computer problems. It is a wonderful feeling when you finally break the chains of Microsoft and experience the freedom of a community driven, open source operating system rather than a restrictive, corporate driven operating system (Microsoft). Enter a computing world where the operating system and software is free, secure, stable, and, in my experience, less buggy than non-free Windows software. In todays economy, free ...
Alternative Geek - Freedom From Microsoft’s Monopoly
April 11, 2009 – 3:58 pmI don't use Microsoft Windows anymore unless I must, like when I'm at work. But for my personal computing I've broken the chains of Microsoft and now I wonder what took me so long. When I speak with those that are still hung up in the Microsoft trap, I only feel pity for them. They haven't discovered they don't need Windows. They are afraid to leave the arms of Microsoft. In all fairness, there are some people that love a special game that will only run in Windows and they just can't leave it behind - but for the rest of you there is no excuse! There are so many advantages to using Linux distributions. Here are a few: No more viruses, spyware, malware and all that malicious junk that Windows attracts like a giant magnet. No more corrupted registry errors. There is no registry in Linux. No more defraging. The files don't become ...
The Stimulus is Despicably Selfish
March 4, 2009 – 8:16 amInstead of those responsible for this economic mess taking responsibility and feeling the pain, our political leaders have decided to pass this pain onto the innocent, the children, in the form of an unbelievable amount of debt called the Stimulus Package. It is like paying for credit card debt with yet another credit card and passing that credit card to your child and saying, "here, you take care of my reckless spending and borrowing." The Stimulus Package is so outrageously selfish and wrong, and yet we sit back and watch the politicians screw our children and our children's children.
The Downfall of the United States of America?
February 26, 2009 – 8:00 amAre we witnessing the downfall of the United States of America? As government grabs more and more power and drives us into unimaginable amounts of debt, will the citizens wake up and realize the lessons learned from history, such as the corruption and downfall of the USSR? The government is composed of people who have found a way to gain control over others. They steal money from the citizens and spend it in whatever way their arrogance directs them.
Why the Stimulus (and Bailouts) Won’t Work
February 5, 2009 – 12:06 pmThis is why a "stimulus" doesn't work and has never historically worked: The government doesn't make and sell "widgets". The government doesn't offer a product of value that people buy. Occasionally the government can sell off government owned properties and that is the exception to the rule, but this is rare. Basically, the government takes the money you earn and gives it to someone else. That is their power. It is the power of force, not choice. The Republicans give it to those they like and the Democrats give it to those they like. The best government can do is allow you to keep the money you earn and you spend it how you desire to spend it, not how some faraway politician desires to spend it. A 'stimulus' takes money from you and gives it to someone else. This money is taken from you, your children, your children's children ...
Linux 56k Modem Help and Free Dialup Service
November 15, 2008 – 5:09 pmYou've finally made the break from Windows and you have your new Linux distro installed on your computer. You might have a great desktop Linux OS like Ubuntu, Slax or Dreamlinux. They are all wonderful and priced right - FREE! Welcome to the world of open source software and kiss Microsoft goodbye. I'll tell you an easy solution to dialup hardware problems you might experience with Linux. This solution does away with any need for special drivers or whatever. And I'll give you the website for an internet service provider that doesn't use a Windows dialer program so it is compatible with linux - plus the IP service is free! Your Linux Dialup Answers: Buy the US Robotics 56k USB modem. Great little Linux compatible device! Your modern Linux system will recognize this modem as something like dev/ttyACM0. You can buy it from Amazon. I discovered a very good free dialup service too. Dialup ...
Human Nature and Health Care Plans
October 17, 2008 – 1:26 pmFound on breitbart.com: HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan. "People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. "I don't believe that was the intent of the program." This begs the question, if we have a choice between our current health care plan at our job or a government plan as suggested by Obama, wouldn't the same scenario occur? People continue to search for that free lunch, but sadly, there is ...
What Lesson is to be Learned From The Bailout?
October 2, 2008 – 4:04 pmWhat is the major lesson to be learned from the bailout? What message does this send to our children? Here is the lesson the 700 billion dollar bailout reveals to the world: You don't need to take personal responsibility for your actions. Yes, this is the grand moral lesson of the bailout. No matter how stupidly and recklessly you act, no matter how greedy and thoughtless your actions, there is no need to worry about the consequences of what you have done, someone else will bail you out.
The Bailout is Beyond Wrong
September 29, 2008 – 8:27 amNewt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives says: "Congress was designed by the Founding Fathers to move slowly, precisely to avoid the sudden panic of a one-week solution that becomes a 20-year mess." The bailout plan is "just wrong," and that "it's likely to fail, and it's likely to make the situation worse over time." A transcript of their conversation follows. "... you have a Goldman Sachs chief of staff to the president and the Goldman Sachs secretary of the Treasury. And they convinced the president that the American people ought to send $700 billion to Wall Street, which I think is a very, very bad idea, and I would argue is a very un-Republican idea. I don't understand what they think they're doing." "... what they're doing is just wrong. And I think that it's likely to fail, and it's likely to make the situation worse over time. And I ...