Dr Wingnut

Month: January 2004

  • May I help you?

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    If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.  The more things you do, the more you can do.Lucille Ball

  • Weirdness with .htaccess

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    I started to make Dr. Wingnut more accessible last night by adding an error page to handle missing page requests, etcetera.  As part of that process I created the .htaccess file with the following content:ErrorDocument 400 /error.phpErrorDocument 403 /error.phpErrorDocument 404 /error.phpErrorDocument 500 /error.phpThe error.php file builds a response formatted with the same structure as the…

  • Bad hair day

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    As much as the doctor has enjoyed the mugshot gallery at "Ugly People", which seems to have been taken over by adultfriendfinder.com he has been tipped off to another equally worthwhile site, "The combovers experience".  Take a look and see if you don’t agree that this is the kind of thing that makes the internet…

  • Penniless engineer or mindless corporate shill?

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    While reading the January 2004 IEEE Spectrum, I noticed that the guy that they had been touting as a penniless engineer looked familiar.  This advertisement has been in the Spectrum for some time, but it really hit me that he looked familar.  Where have I seen this picture before?  Then it hit me; this is…

  • How much?

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    The power of the 16,600,000 cars and light trucks sold in the United States in 2003 adds up to two and one-half times the total USA electrical generating capacityIBM WebFountain researchers say: 30% of the web is porn30% of the web is duplicated information50,000,000 new or changed pages every day65% of web pages are now…

  • Are we stronger?

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    Does natural evolution in an environment filled with pollution and radiation kill off the weak humans and produce a stronger Homo sapiens that can withstand these human caused problems?  What about the rest of the living creatures on this planet?We had better get ready for these questions, as the US Department of Energy has turned…

  • There is no growth without pain

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    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.Helen Keller