tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5288372860005226178..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: ChomskyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77646106675469814462011-05-17T23:33:49.762-04:002011-05-17T23:33:49.762-04:00"Making changes to operational software with ..."Making changes to operational software with the advice and consent of the people who depend on it should be a felony, nay, a capital offense."<br /><br />makes marginally more sense if it says "Making changes to operational software withOUT the advice and consent of the people who depend on it should be a felony, nay, a capital offense."<br /><br />Larry is rired.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64396150558095520542011-05-17T23:30:32.854-04:002011-05-17T23:30:32.854-04:00If you find things like interesting, of course.If you find things like interesting, of course.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58737452607799098842011-05-17T23:29:48.340-04:002011-05-17T23:29:48.340-04:00Making changes to operational software with the ad...Making changes to operational software with the advice and consent of the people who depend on it should be a felony, nay, a capital offense.<br /><br />And I have believed that since long before this was a personal statement:<br /><br />Two identifying characteristics of System Administrators:<br /><br />Infallibility, and the ability to learn from their mistakes.<br /><br /> (Adapted from Stephen Pinker)<br /><br />(just realized that there is a connection of sorts between Chomsky and Pinker that makes interesting reading.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85593993137344703912011-05-17T23:04:44.070-04:002011-05-17T23:04:44.070-04:00Worked. Thanks, anonymousWorked. Thanks, anonymousAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11031081163989007492011-05-17T00:01:26.559-04:002011-05-17T00:01:26.559-04:00Lots of us have been getting "bad account&quo...Lots of us have been getting "bad account" pop-up windows on Blogger since the weekend downtime. <br /><br />Turns out that, for at least some of us, it's caused by a gadget we added called "FreeStats." Try deleting the HTML in your template for this gadget and that pop-up should disappear. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27829128193687809122011-05-15T18:10:44.218-04:002011-05-15T18:10:44.218-04:00I get the "bad account" box as well. I ...I get the "bad account" box as well. I got the email telling me your comment, and never checked here. Glad you followed up. <br /><br />I think I had better check all recent comments. The problem is, I delete the emails rather quickly.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-70331297609799808372011-05-15T13:06:50.941-04:002011-05-15T13:06:50.941-04:00Everything bad is because of us, the USA. The USA...Everything bad is because of us, the USA. The USA is Bad because of Bush!!!!! Global Warming is because of us. And since we are all Bad, and Chomsky is one of us, he's bad, too, because he hasn't changed us to not be bad. <br /><br />So I ask, why has his brain not exploded? AVI knows, and he's told us--anosognosia.Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15907909391357051902011-05-15T09:52:34.702-04:002011-05-15T09:52:34.702-04:00Will my previous posting show up. Will this show u...Will my previous posting show up. Will this show up?Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63278652025434726962011-05-15T09:51:42.153-04:002011-05-15T09:51:42.153-04:00AVI, there appear to be problems with blogger. Whe...AVI, there appear to be problems with blogger. When I go to AVI, I get a pop-up that says "Bad Account at AVI(your URL)." I have tried to post this here. It shows as having been posted, but when I look later at your website, my posting is not there. I will try this time without a link, to see if that works.<br /><br />Bin Laden on Chomsky:<br /><i>The war was entirely unnecessary, as testified to by your own reports. And among the most capable of those from your own side who speak to you on this topic and on the manufacturing of public opinion is Noam Chomsky, who spoke sober words of advice prior to the war.</i>Gringonoreply@blogger.com