Ok, this is nuts. A court has ruled that the conviction of Kenneth Lay, formerly of Enron should be dismissed because he died before his appeal went to trial.
Does that mean that if a person that murders an entire family and is found guilty and then sentenced to life in prison they could have that conviction dropped off the books if they die in prison, clearing their name of the crime? It sure sounds that way from what this ruling implies.
I mean where are the lines here.. for white collar crimes that are felonies you can have your name cleared if you die before your appeal(s) run their course in the judicial system? I know that the basis of law in the US is innocent until proven guilty, but then why are our prisons filled to overflowing if that is true.
I'm quite sure many of the people in prison have appeals pending.. why aren't they free if the present ruling is based on the concept that until all appeals have run their course you're not guilty?
I think the judges that ruled on this Lay issue need to revisit it and consider the implications.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
more improvements
I've added a live chat system to homefires.. I'll tweak the appearance later. For now it works ;)
A Marine's view of Iraq
Saw this post over on defensetech.com regarding an email from an Officer serving in one of the worst areas in Iraq.
He had something interesting to say about Bill O'Rielly.
Read it here
He had something interesting to say about Bill O'Rielly.
Read it here
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
And yet more
Homefires, now sports photo galleries, a wiki and some other nice improvements. Drop by and have a look, let us kow what you think.
You'll need to create and account to view those areas, (the menus aren't visible to guests, sorry), but it is free!
Quite unlike some other place I could mention that has made usage really annoying.
You'll need to create and account to view those areas, (the menus aren't visible to guests, sorry), but it is free!
Quite unlike some other place I could mention that has made usage really annoying.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
another site
devoted to Koi and koi ponds, comes with forums, private messaging the usual kit.
Go have a look here =--> Koi Ponding - www.koiponding.com/
Free memberships! Wheee! :)
Go have a look here =--> Koi Ponding - www.koiponding.com/
Free memberships! Wheee! :)
Sunday, May 21, 2006
The Homefires Community
The Homefires Community has been updated.
'Not too shabby!' to use that old phrase.
You do have to do the free signup to actually do any posting etc, and spamming it will get you banned faster than you can say "who's laughin' now?".
Spicy!
'Not too shabby!' to use that old phrase.
You do have to do the free signup to actually do any posting etc, and spamming it will get you banned faster than you can say "who's laughin' now?".
Spicy!
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Speak freely!.....
or perhaps not... The right to privacy shall not be abridged... yeah, right! And if you believe that I've a small used planet for sale! Cheap!
Ok, that may seem like babble out of the blue, but if you read this you may change your tune.
And for all you twits that think we should surrender these basic principals you need to revisit the reasons the Founders of this nation decided they needed to act against King George and his representatives.
Ok, that may seem like babble out of the blue, but if you read this you may change your tune.
And for all you twits that think we should surrender these basic principals you need to revisit the reasons the Founders of this nation decided they needed to act against King George and his representatives.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Spymac
man.. slower than before, the pictures I'd uploaded are all gone.
of course they say that if you upgrade to Club speeds are better.. but seeing is believing and unless I see a preview I'm not believing much.. especially after they deleted my photos!
hmmphhh
of course they say that if you upgrade to Club speeds are better.. but seeing is believing and unless I see a preview I'm not believing much.. especially after they deleted my photos!
hmmphhh
Quote of the moment
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. - Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
On content management systems
I'm not reviewing every single CMS available, just the ones that in theory are the fastest/easiest to install and get up and running with that are still installed and being 'tested' on a private server.
I'm down to two now. e107 from http://www.e107.org/ and Joomla, (created by the dev team that originated mambo), from http://www.joomla.org/ .
Off the mark they're both fairly easy to install provided you've already installed PHP and MYSQL. You'll need to be sure that which ever CMS package you go is compatible with the versions of PHP and MYSQL you've got installed.
Before we go on let me say this about MYSQL. There are all sorts of flavors of this, some customized by third party developers to make installing and getting the basic configuration done. I highly advise you look for something like that if you've never tackled this type of install before. Secound the people that develope the main branch have an excellent freeware gui tool for administering MYSQL. Lastly choose non-trivial passwords for the root access admin to MYSQL. You really don't want someone finding a backdoor into your database.
Ok, back to the CMS packages. After you've got them installed they both give you the option of loggin into the admin page or the front page of your new web portal site. Since you haven't done any configuring in the admin section yet the front page is going to be the default page so it's better if you dive into the admin area first.
Here's where these two packages depart company. In e107 you can with fair ease get the framework of your site set up, add in extra functionality with plugins from http://www.e107coders.org/ [free registration/access]. Add new 'themes' ie layout and color templates. The builtin help is minimal but sufficient and there's plenty of info and help to be found at the main e107 site.
Now joomla.. joomla looks really nice from the sites that I've seen running it.. well, ok.. from the sites that took the time to do a nice job of setting up. But having installed it, and that was a breeze, we ie I came to a near dead stop. The admin area is baroque in it's terminology and setup requiring you to stop, read, study and then read and study some more.
You get the idea. There's a 20 page pdf manual you can download to get you started on the road with joomla if you have the patience and time. Joomla looks like it could potentially be more powerful and perhaps more friendly to a wider group or web browsers. That's just a first impression though.. I've only read up to page 5 so far and it gave me a headache so I'll go back to it later.... or not.
I'm down to two now. e107 from http://www.e107.org/ and Joomla, (created by the dev team that originated mambo), from http://www.joomla.org/ .
Off the mark they're both fairly easy to install provided you've already installed PHP and MYSQL. You'll need to be sure that which ever CMS package you go is compatible with the versions of PHP and MYSQL you've got installed.
Before we go on let me say this about MYSQL. There are all sorts of flavors of this, some customized by third party developers to make installing and getting the basic configuration done. I highly advise you look for something like that if you've never tackled this type of install before. Secound the people that develope the main branch have an excellent freeware gui tool for administering MYSQL. Lastly choose non-trivial passwords for the root access admin to MYSQL. You really don't want someone finding a backdoor into your database.
Ok, back to the CMS packages. After you've got them installed they both give you the option of loggin into the admin page or the front page of your new web portal site. Since you haven't done any configuring in the admin section yet the front page is going to be the default page so it's better if you dive into the admin area first.
Here's where these two packages depart company. In e107 you can with fair ease get the framework of your site set up, add in extra functionality with plugins from http://www.e107coders.org/ [free registration/access]. Add new 'themes' ie layout and color templates. The builtin help is minimal but sufficient and there's plenty of info and help to be found at the main e107 site.
Now joomla.. joomla looks really nice from the sites that I've seen running it.. well, ok.. from the sites that took the time to do a nice job of setting up. But having installed it, and that was a breeze, we ie I came to a near dead stop. The admin area is baroque in it's terminology and setup requiring you to stop, read, study and then read and study some more.
You get the idea. There's a 20 page pdf manual you can download to get you started on the road with joomla if you have the patience and time. Joomla looks like it could potentially be more powerful and perhaps more friendly to a wider group or web browsers. That's just a first impression though.. I've only read up to page 5 so far and it gave me a headache so I'll go back to it later.... or not.
Monday, April 17, 2006
joke du jour
A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa. He said, "The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago."
"Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Most chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the all the chemical runoff in our drinking water."
He paused and looking very grave said, "But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"
After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, "Wedding Cake."
"Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Most chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the all the chemical runoff in our drinking water."
He paused and looking very grave said, "But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"
After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, "Wedding Cake."
Saturday, April 15, 2006
The Joke of the day (authors unknown)
A man decided that he was going to ride a 10-speed bike from Phoenix to Flagstaff, Arizona.
He got as far as Black Canyon City before the mountains just became too much and he could go no farther.
He stuck his thumb out, but after 3 hours hadn't gotten a single person to stop. Finally, a guy in a Corvette pulled over and offered him a ride. Of course, the bike wouldn't fit in the car.
The owner of the Corvette found a piece of rope lying by the highway and tied it to his bumper. He tied the other end to the bike and told the man that if he was going too fast, to honk the horn on his bike and that he would slow down.
Everything went fine for the first 30 miles. Suddenly, another Corvette blew past them. Not to be outdone, the Corvette pulling the bike took off after the other. A short distance down the road, the Corvettes, both going well over 120 mph blew through a speed trap.
The police officer noted the speeds from his radar gun and radioed to the other officer that he had two Corvettes headed his way at over 120 mph. He then relayed, "...and you're not going to believe this, but there's guy on a 10 speed bike honking to pass."
He got as far as Black Canyon City before the mountains just became too much and he could go no farther.
He stuck his thumb out, but after 3 hours hadn't gotten a single person to stop. Finally, a guy in a Corvette pulled over and offered him a ride. Of course, the bike wouldn't fit in the car.
The owner of the Corvette found a piece of rope lying by the highway and tied it to his bumper. He tied the other end to the bike and told the man that if he was going too fast, to honk the horn on his bike and that he would slow down.
Everything went fine for the first 30 miles. Suddenly, another Corvette blew past them. Not to be outdone, the Corvette pulling the bike took off after the other. A short distance down the road, the Corvettes, both going well over 120 mph blew through a speed trap.
The police officer noted the speeds from his radar gun and radioed to the other officer that he had two Corvettes headed his way at over 120 mph. He then relayed, "...and you're not going to believe this, but there's guy on a 10 speed bike honking to pass."
Friday, April 14, 2006
Quote of the day
Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy. Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Couldn't sleep...
..so I re-installed e107 on my machine, I had really torture tested the original install until it broke. It took all of about 3 minutes for the install process to complete on my mac. Painless!
Now I'm trying to avoid the actions that lead to the collapse of the first install... (no, no.. don't load that highly experimental plugin for a Flash mp3 jukebox!)
We'll see how long I can resist the temptation!
Now I'm trying to avoid the actions that lead to the collapse of the first install... (no, no.. don't load that highly experimental plugin for a Flash mp3 jukebox!)
We'll see how long I can resist the temptation!
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Quote of the day
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. -Thomas Jefferson, December 23, 1791
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The Grand Canyon
We just got the pictures * back taken when we were up at the Grand Canyon, in Arizona last month.
Here's one of us with the canyon as a backdrop.
(*using cheap disposable kodaks so the quality is what it is.. sorry )
I wish...
... that I had a poll in here now.. I just thought of a cute question.
Of all the blogs being posted that are critical of the prez and his boys how many do you think are being tracked as being 'dissidents' for 'unamerican' sentiments?
Of course that question is too long for most of poll systems I've seen, (too many characters).
I shall have to.. investigate. Poll systems for Blogger, not the other question... I'm much too lazy to persue that!
Especially since I'm sure it'd be duplication of effort.
]=P
Of all the blogs being posted that are critical of the prez and his boys how many do you think are being tracked as being 'dissidents' for 'unamerican' sentiments?
Of course that question is too long for most of poll systems I've seen, (too many characters).
I shall have to.. investigate. Poll systems for Blogger, not the other question... I'm much too lazy to persue that!
Especially since I'm sure it'd be duplication of effort.
]=P
Quote of the day
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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(ya gotta love this guy's wit... too bad he's not around now!)
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(ya gotta love this guy's wit... too bad he's not around now!)
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