Archive for the 'Society and politics' Category

What is this – Winmark???

Denmark is now officially Windowsland, Lalaland, Winland, Winmark or just about any combination of the two that one might come up with. I’ve been helping my fiancé out with job applications for a longer time already and the conclusion is more than depressing; less than 10 % of all jobs within server support and such involve penguins (and of those less than 10 % are suitable for non-Danish speakers). Go away, stay far away from Denmark if you want to work with a computer that runs on an alternative OS. Yes, indeed, keep this country at a safe distance, approximately 1.5 hours of plane ride, which would place your feet solidly in Linuxia, Finlandia. Much better. And cuter too (go see the penguins walk the streets of Helsinki).

I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. How on earth can small companies afford to pay the astronomical money mountains that seem to please Mr. Licence so much? And what about the hospitals, universities, municipalities, towns, blahblahs and blahblahs, which certainly don’t swim in coins either? Each time Mr. Licence has a new whim, he collects his dollar$. Yes stay, no leave. Or how did it go – yes leave, no stay? Mr. Licence loves you like Cable Guy really, haven’t you noticed? And he comes with extra spices too, the type that itches baaaaaaad, but who cares, we love our STD’s. This curse of an OS is resourceful indeed and he has come to stay. Talk about revolución – there is none because we’re already part of the digestional processes in the first of many, pretty licence stomachs…

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Are you in hiding too?

Lately I find myself so extremely tired of people who have to hide behind the most creative of aliases when expressing the most creative of opinions on the Internet. Many of those comments can in their abusiveness and complete lack of respect for the opinions of others be flushed down the toilet immediately. Ignorance should be bliss in those instances, but for some reason it isn’t – maybe because those faceless creatures manage to shout so loudly that others can’t resist a reply? No matter the reason, a constructive and mature dialogue can never arise, which to be honest pisses me off more than a little.

When people remain faceless, I simply can’t be bothered to keep a real discussion going any longer. Drop the aliases, step up, stand behind your views and dare be corrected if you have false information, and behave like the men and women you are. In short, grow up already and make the net a better place to be, where something real can be achieved. The bad people of politics will never listen to you, but will keep calling you activists and god knows what more, and meanwhile they can continue to push our societies down the censorship drain  - 1984 is here and now in case you haven’t noticed.

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Wise words

Those of you who understand even basic Danish or another language spoken in Northern Europe might enjoy this article of priceless quotes uttered by Bush. And then there is always Google Translate to turn to, as well. Do yourself a favour and put a smile on your lips today!

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