Hugo Chávez has effectively closed down RCTV, a TV station that had been critical of him, by denying to renew their license. BoingBoing has a link to the last broadcast they made, where TV station personnel appeared with their mouths taped shut. As people protested the closing on the station, National Guard troops […]
Here’s a helpful bit for MySQL users for whom the service starts and shuts down immediately. After updating a few things on my Mac, MySQL started misbehaving - I ran it, the service started, and it stopped itself a second later. This is what my console looks like:
hydra:~ ricardo$ sudo […]
I was just listening to a Bush press conference and while answering a question about China and the trade deficit, I could swear he listed among other fixes that could help to change their economy from one of savers to one of consumers. With a straight face.
It just has to be seen to be believed.
“This guy is saying something is true, and they’re treating him like a crazy person”.
Last week I got a job offer.
Ever since we started Arquetipos I’ve focused a significant portion of my time on looking for projects, and one appeared last week. A local nearshoring operation wanted to hire a project manager for one of their main clients. The group would start at 15 people […]
Christopher Hitchens opinions on Jerry Falwell. He is articulate, so his rabid approach on the interview will probably do more to discredit atheism than any speech Falwell could have made.
The Guardian reports that Russia is accused of unleashing a cyberwar against Estonia, with the intention of disabling financial, media and government sites.
While Russia and Estonia are embroiled in their worst dispute since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a row that erupted at the end of last month over the […]
Ron Paul takes on Giuliani again, and points out how he’s just a politician hiding behind patriotism:
“[Giuliani] brags about all this security, and he doesn’t even read the [9/11 commission] report”.
“They also cited sanctions, where literally hundreds of thousands of people died, from loss of medicina and […]
“They don’t come in to attack us because we’re rich and we’re free, they come here to attack us because they’re over there.”
Too bad the guy probably has no chance whatsoever. Found via RonPaulPlanet.