Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in boozing on Jun 30th, 2006
The bouncer was a nice enough guy, but he did question our taste in beverages. More of a mocking disbelief, really. That being said, all strip clubs ought to be BYOB. How else could you bring malt liquor into a club?
When presented with a coupon, most McDonalds cashiers require a manager’s assistance to complete the transaction. This indicates a lack of thorough register training or a non-intuitive user interface, but definitely a disconnect between the franchises and the boardroom.
Posted in archive, in the news on Jun 10th, 2006
ZDnet reported that a set of F5 Networks’ BIG-IP load balancers are handling the official World Cup website. Despite this, F5 shares (NASDAQ: FFIV) are down $10 from last month.
SBS is hosting the web site from their headquarters in Sydney. The setup is 3-4 Sun Fire V240 servers, load balanced by a BIG-IP. Sun is [...]
Posted in money, politics, the system on Jun 4th, 2006
The FairTax Act is proposed legislation that would eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and do away with all income taxes and payroll taxes. Instead, a national sales tax would finance the government.
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