Whoa. Sleep good. Actually acquired some REM sleep, I think. Interrogators on the Guantanamo Base are working over detainees with some fairly hefty methods corresponding to strobe lights (I’m wondering what number of seizures they’ve had thus far) and sleep deprivation (as somebody who used to tug 5 and 6 days awake at a stretch, you don’t get too much useful information after a couple of days – simply read the variable names from my undergrad coding initiatives) but they’re misrepresenting themselves to shift the blame (isn’t falsely claiming to be an FBI agent a felony?). Yesterday, the US Supreme Court decided that police actually do not need to announce who they are earlier than they kick your door in on a raid. It’s thought that the one that stole the information storage media (they are not saying what it was, most likely a DVD-ROM) not understanding what it was or what was on it, although in the event that they’ve been studying the native newspapers they’ve most likely got a reasonably good idea of how precious it’s now. I spent an excellent portion of the night engaged on Helen’s Linux box – she’s been trying to install a v2.6 kernel on a Debian v3.1 system, and a lot of the kernels she’s tried just won’t boot.
Later within the evening I had it collectively enough to throw a load of laundry in for at this time but that was about it. It was nonetheless chilly sufficient that the bottled water was practically refrigerated, and determined to pass on taking a shower earlier than heading back. Once we found the bloody place it wasn’t too difficult to get her a car, get back residence, and then get every part going to set out for dinner and time with people. That is one to regulate, folks. The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is suing the DoD over a project called TALON to seek out out who, precisely, they’ve been preserving an eye on. I ought to have referred to as it quits and despatched the “it’s fucked” report up the meals chain. Have a miscarriage within the state of Virginia, don’t report it within 12 hours, be charged with a class 1 misdemeanor and wind up in jail for a year and/or a $1200us fantastic? I additionally must get in contact with my previous insurance coverage company about the harm recieved final 12 months as I used to be moving right down to Virginia, but that is a unique story. One recent addition: My local paper (Contra Costa Times) ran an AP story on the web study as the top story on the front web page of the buisness section.
Unfortunately I’ve not done a Debian kpkg build in an extended while so I ran a plain-jane compile and left the remaining for Rialian to handle when it was completed as a result of we needed to head again house for work at this time. I was on close look ahead to work on Sunday, so I had to stay comparatively close to a networked laptop, but I did foray out once in a while to do grocery buying and meet with Duo and Kash, who returned the stuff that Lyssa and that i had left behind by accident last night. All hell broke loose yesterday afternoon, with people packing my office to work on a rush project, an improve that needed to get carried out earlier than the end of the week. The novel’s been consuming my brain all week – I’m practically finished with it. During the dinner, issues were going tremendous. Horowitz refused all makes an attempt to buy the land from him, even going as far as to show down the $10mus that he was provided for the farm. Early Tuesday morning, sheriff’s deputies and bulldozers threw the farmers out and destroyed the farm by the order of one Ralph Horowitz. Friday evening was our last night time to take a seat and do nothing, our plans to the opposite, although we did get the most enjoyment out of it that we might.
It did not take us very long to get to Rialian’s place, a lot to my shock. Check out what the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage software agent phones dwelling with whenever you install it. Lyssa requested if she may bounce onto the web to take a look round. It did not take us lengthy at all to get our stuff packed up and loaded into the TARDIS because we didn’t really bring a complete lot. The system, in the meanwhile, weighs about 125 pounds, but they will be working feverishly to get the burden down for sensible use, little question. Been working at this time as a result of it’s Father’s ay. We also discovered an actual, working flush rest room in shut proximity to the showers. I’ll probably return and clear things up. We made a contented discovery in that there were nonetheless sizzling coals beneath the thick layer of ash from the evening before, so we did not actually should undergo the hassle of getting issues hot. I instructed a few about some funny situations I have been in, such as my discovery that wine is, the truth is, not immortal, though alcohol is traditionally used for sterilisation before surgical procedure, and successful a competition to not purchase the booze at a convention I was at a couple of years in the past.