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Come make a difference!1
Jeff posted in General Babble, Techie Stuff on January 27th, 2006

I pulled this from a website that I recently started with a new friend of mine … it’s a great idea and helps too! Here’s a rundown that he posted (he goes by Gator)…

Our goal as Folders is to help Stanford University in their quest to find cures for disease. By Folding, we mean Protein Folding. As explained on the F@H homepage, Proteins are the workhorses in human biology and carry out many important functions to keep us healthy and strong.

When Proteins do not function properly, or actually “misfolding” takes place, misfolded proteins are the causes for many of todays’ most serious diseases. Among these are Alzheimers’, Mad Cow Disease (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntingtons’, Parkinsons’, many cancers and caner-related syndromes.

If you’d like to join our team, let us know and we’ll be happy to help you get started in this very worthwhile cause. We are team #48688, and our home website is http://www.serenityfx.com. I will be posting the Links soon, to download Folding@Home on your computer. It’s easy to do, use only your unused CPU cycles, does no harm to your computer and doesn’t cause interruptions in your daily computer tasks.

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America still has a long way to go …2
Jeff posted in General Babble on January 24th, 2006

This country is still very biased … moreso than you’d think. It’s bad. I would say more, but I will not. Just trust me, it’s bad, and this country needs to wake up and evolve.

Why is America plagued with Incompetance?1
Jeff posted in /RANT ON! on January 24th, 2006

So I’m getting a home equity loan right? Heh, you talk to the person, they tell you what you want to hear … I asked specifically if they will need anything more after this portion, and they say no … so I get the packets in the mail and … TA DA … tons of stuff to send back to get approved. Now this ticks me off because all the agent had to do was say, “I don’t know” or “it depends” or something … don’t lie, because that ticks people off. I’m all ticked off right now, and I can say one of two things: either the agent was lying, or she didn’t know and is incompetant. One or the other, but it can’t be otherwise, and that just sucks. America: Home of the Free, Land of Incompetance? I think so…

Mondays sure suck…3
Jeff posted in General Babble on January 23rd, 2006

So I’m sittin here at work, and I know I have to go deposit some money, but I don’t want to leave the office and give up my parking space. This sucks. However, it’s a lot of moolah, and I’ve not yet eaten so I’m being forced to move by forces beyond my control. argh!

Looking like OS is doing well, now I’m about to setup another site for some friends that want to have a place to go to talk about protein folding … a unique concept and kinda cool to help out when you think about it.

OS’s new home is now up :-)0
Jeff posted in General Babble on January 21st, 2006

Finally got it up and running … it wasn’t the easy move as I had planned but it finally worked. Long story short, they don’t use ONE database and sql server, and this software NEEDS a mySQL v4.xx … naturally all of the new ones run v5.xx … so for now I have the database on a 4.xx server of mine while I wait for my hosts to give me a dedicated OS mySQL v4.xx to run with. go to OurSanctuaryForums.com from now on!
ugh. why can’t things just GO EASY for me once??? sucks.

Moving the OS site right now …0
Jeff posted in General Babble on January 20th, 2006

I just closed the site down so no new posts are put into the database while I move it from the old site to the new … stay tuned here for information on when it’ll be up, but it should be very soon. you can always register here and complain that I’m slow and all too lol.

OS forums down at 11:12pm central…0
Jeff posted in General Babble on January 19th, 2006

well, I wasn’t quick enough to move the site, but I know why it has been slow for some lately — SESSIONS on the mysql server! there were TOO MANY connections and it was dumping and slowing down for those that were in queue for a session ID … anyway, this will be fixed once we move — I’ve got the data moved, now just the database … the webname is also ready Email me if you want it early.

So…. where have I been anywho…. :-)1
Jeff posted in /RANT ON!, General Babble, Politiks(tm) on January 19th, 2006

LONG story, but it’s been B U S Y here in southwestern Texas. Had some meetings, had some other meetings, and did some work. Otherwise, all is going very well. The little lady is indeed moving down in two weeks, which rocks! It’s been quite a long time coming too I might add. Argh.

So, rant time a bit — did you know that the terrorists / Iraqi combatants have VIDEOS of their supposed “elite” sniper taking out our guys? It’s sick. I saw a couple of them, and all I can think of when I see that is some mother losing her son back home for … what? Not WMDs … not terrorism (bin Laden is still on the loose, Saddam wasn’t linked to it, yadda yadda) … I’m just getting to a point that this country looks like it is going to fail because we haven’t had good leadership in the presidentcy since Reagan, and it shows. How sad this is to watch the nation wither and for around half of the US is too stupid to even realize it. I guess we’ll just have to wait for us to hit rock bottom and then try to rebuild as best we can — although moving to a more enlightened country such as Norway or Sweden is a very tempting choice heh. Blah. Stupid two-party system and professional politicians … sucks that the highest positions in the country are bought and sold instead of anything else presently. blah, this country needs an enema.

Ah yes …. Friday the 13th ….0
Jeff posted in /RANT ON! on January 13th, 2006

What a day. Historically this is supposed to be a bad day and not as lucky for people, but I’ve always felt that Friday the 13th got a bad rap (and a bad series of films with its name on it). They should have Jason Vorhees look-alikes go around and give free manicures and such to ladies as an apology from the cinematic mass-murderer. Naturally us guys would get the short end of the stick on this one — we never really got as many artistic deaths in these films … most of ours sucked. I remember one where he shoved a guys head into a car of some sorts body and made an imprint of the guys head … I recall a guy in the middle of having fun (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and getting a freaking pitchfork in his back. Couldn’t Jason have at least waited until the couple was done? Seriously. He really got ‘forked’ outta that one eh? (ok, that sucked, sorry).

On closing, I would have to say the funniest was from “Jason Takes Manhatten” where he uppercuts a boxers head off. That one really let me know this film had jumped the shark (google it).