I have never been a fan of Walmart (WMT). It’s enslavement and exploitation of the most unfortunate in the world I have always found repulsive. There are also those persistent rumors that many of those “Made in China” products are actually “Made in North Korea” and sent across the border to China where the only thing China does is slap “Made in China” on them before putting them in a container bound for Walmart. It’s … Walmart to Go Out of Business SoonRead more
Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Tales that just make you want to scream and other humiliating kicks to the crotch.
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QtCreator – no qmlscene installed
QtCreator, during various stages of its life, has spit the “no qmlscene installed” error out for quite a few people. If you are reading this you probably search for “no qmlscene installed” and landed here. Since many of you reading this blog aren’t part of the Qt mailing list I thought I would share a question and my response. This problem comes up constantly and I’ve been bitten by it myself far more than I … QtCreator – no qmlscene installedRead more
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Linux Anti-Virus Software Experiments
At some point we Linux users have to install anti-virus and malware software, if for no other reason than to protect the token few completely useless Windows boxes left in the world. A few enterprising rectal sphincters have also been writing email viruses for cross platform email clients and their various address book solutions. There’s even a token few Linux specific viruses. On a few machines I installed clamav from the distro repos. Two machines … Linux Anti-Virus Software ExperimentsRead more
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Elementary Isn’t Free Anymore
The other evening I came into the office and noticed one of my older BOINC machines had the hard drive light seemingly stuck on. I switched the KVM over to that machine and saw it was tossing I/O errors. This happened once before several weeks ago and a reboot seemed to fix everything. Now that it happened again, I decided to toss the drive. I have a stack of older drives waiting their turn in … Elementary Isn’t Free AnymoreRead more
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The Standard Rate Trap
Quite some time ago I wrote a three part series on how to calculate your billing rate. Not enough of you appear to have learned from it given various conversations I’ve had. It appears the majority of people who actually read it were bottom feeding pimps because now they’ve reverted to asking consultants for their “standard rate.” Most of you knee jerk an answer for what would be a good rate with you able to … The Standard Rate TrapRead more