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2005-11-25T11:45:00.000-08:00

Education and Liberty

Posted: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:02:43 +0000

Source: “Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.” – James Wilson (Of the Study of the Law in the United States, Circa 1790) ...

2005-11-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

Protect Your Personal Property Rights

Posted: 2005-10-18T23:16:47Z

Source: Let your voice be heard! The Supreme Court of the United States has taken away one of the most fundamental rights of all citizens — the right to own property. Thankfully, a bill has been introduced...

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2005-11-24T18:12:00.000-08:00

Your perfect guy is... a goth! He's definately in...

Posted: 2005-11-11T18:11:38Z

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Your perfect guy is... a goth! He's definately into rock or metal music just like you. He's
almost like a punk, except he wears more black & may worship Evil (although not all goth do...). Deep down (though he may not show it much or at all...) he is a brittle soul & carries the weight of the world. He loves you so much, you wouldn't realize it, but you probably can't tell. Try to make him show you the real him by asking him personal questions or spending tons of time with him. You'll work out perfectly! ^_^

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Right. So much for THAT dream. *sighs*
Or, well, the perfect guy can't be pure goth... but maybe understand and/or practice the lifestyle. Again: Inner Turmoil. Love it.

And what's with people flaming PBB anyway? If you don't like it, don't watch it. If you can't stand people talking about it by the water dispenser or humming in tune of that darned song, then by all means GO THE FUCK AWAY FROM THEM! Just because you guys can't stand the "Jologs"-ness of it all, doesn't give you the right to roll your eyes in front of those who like the show. Geez.

I've read in the PBB forums that the song is so totally silly. Yes, well, sorry if some of us feel we need to hear something positive and empowering. I mean, sure, looking at the reality of the state of our country (the bird flu thing, Glo, VAT thingies, poverty, whatever else) would seem like the right approach, but I guess being Pinoy means looking at the bright side. Is it really a sin to let Pinoys forget about the harshness of life for a little while and enjoy a little song that will probably make them feel better about themselves after hearing it?

I do. I can say I sometimes hate being Filipino. Heck, I cringe whenever we mess up with something (like the White House spying bit... dunno the details, but it's just WRONG) and I wish we have more people that actually do something great (like invent something useful, durr). I hate it when some Pinoys feel proud about stupid stuff like somebody made a computer virus or somebody was pretty enough to snag a Hollywood actor. Or make some poor, clueless soul famous for the wrong reason (like bad grammar and/or pronunciation). Sheesh!

But, well, listening to songs like Pinoy Ako, or last year's NoyPi (Bamboo) are like batteries for the jaded Filipino. It makes us feel like we're still worth something and we're meant for greater things. Maybe it's just me, but they make me feel better about myself. Suddenly, being Pinoy isn't so bad. And it really isn't to begin with...

If only we stop pointing fingers at what makes Pinoys suck or why we act this way and that. Don't blame songs, don't blame TV, don't blame the government. We should really just...start pulling ourselves up. No need for words, songs, books. We just do it.

*sighs*

Blah. Or maybe I shouldn't be too affected with someone's forum topic. xD

2005-11-24T12:16:00.000-08:00

Your Reputation Is: Mystery Girl You're the girl ...

Posted: 2005-11-08T21:17:59Z

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Your Reputation Is: Mystery Girl

You're the girl that everyone is trying to figure out.
Men are attracted to your intriguing persona - and women want to copy it!

What's Your Reputation?

2005-11-24T06:01:00.000-08:00

Windows Vista Installed

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:53:21 +0000

Source: Installed Windows Vista on 2 test boxes.

2005-11-24T00:36:00.001-08:00

BOFH Excuse #70:

nesting roaches shorted out the ether cable

2005-11-24T00:36:00.000-08:00

Django and Rails London meetup

Posted: 2005-08-18T17:11:19-00:00

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Here's a date for your diary: Sam Newman is arranging a meetup for Django and Rails enthusiasts (and anyone else with an interest) on Monday the 5th of September at 7pm in Smiths of Smithfield. If you want to attend, leave a comment on Sam's entry to give an idea of numbers. I'm signed up - it should be a fun evening.

2005-11-23T18:39:00.000-08:00

insurance

Posted: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:45:07 +0000

Source: insurance Pacifican - Oct 26 10:47 PM GEICO Car Insurance - Official Site New GEICO customers report average annual savings over $500 on car insur...

2005-11-22T17:57:00.000-08:00

Meme

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:37:09 GMT

Source: Posting anonymously, give me three hints about you and I will try (and most likely horribly fail) to guess who you are.

2005-11-22T11:38:00.000-08:00

Vet's Unemployment Rate Skyrockets

Posted: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:41:00 +0000

Source: 'The return to civilian life for U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan is full of pitfalls, with an unemployment rate three times the national average.

'The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that for the first three quarters of 2005, nearly 15 percent of veterans aged 20-24 are jobless -- three times the national average.

'According to the website VeteransToday, published by veterans for veterans, the high unemployment rate is "partly because most service members seriously injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are in the early stages of their military careers and possess limited transferable job skills or very little civilian work experience".

'The government is also worried about the number of veterans without a permanent address.' (Military.com article).

2005-11-22T05:03:00.000-08:00

Gravity Tugboat for Dangerous Asteroids

Posted: 2005-11-11T13:28:14-08:00

Source: Jamais CascioHow do you keep a large asteroid from hitting the Earth? If you're in Hollywood, you blast it with a nuke; sadly, in the real...

2005-11-21T23:08:00.000-08:00

Dobson Says Harriet Miers Nominated After Some Refused

Posted: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:49:17 +0000

Source: Matt Drudge reports that in his program today, Dr. James Dobson discussed his much ballyhooed conversation with Karl Rove. Here’s a revelation from that broadcast which, in my opinion, should silence the conservative critics of the Harriet Miers nomination: ...

2005-11-21T17:24:00.000-08:00

Amory Lovins to Participate in Pivotal Panel, 10.20.05

Posted: 2005-10-18T16:02:57Z

Source: "Winning the Oil Endgame for a More Secure and Profitable America: Opportunities, Barriers and Necessities for a Transition to a Reduced-Petroleum Economy" New York University School of Law will...

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2005-11-21T05:37:00.000-08:00

[L-R = what I wore today (it's actually a long-...

Posted: 2005-11-11T18:28:54Z

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[L-R = what I wore today (it's actually a long-sleeved stretch lace top with a red spaghetti-strapped cami inside), me and my sister playing with the webcam, and me being weird. ]

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Nothing much happened today. I went to school, joined the exchange-gift-thingie for Christmas, got compliments for my altered bag (see previous entry), had cake at Red Ribbon, went home. My sister, on the other hand, went to Ayala to get us tickets for the HP:aTGoF tickets for the 16th! So excited!!! *dies*

2005-11-20T22:34:00.000-08:00

WAAAAAAAAH!!!!

Posted: 2005-11-08T16:19:27Z

Source:

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WAAAAAAAAH!!!!

2005-11-20T17:02:00.000-08:00

Longhorn is now Windows Vista

Posted: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:13:59 +0000

Source: The long anticipated operating system codenamed Longhorn now has a name.

2005-11-20T11:15:00.000-08:00

* james would be more impressed if netgod's magic powers could stop the splits in the first place...
* netgod notes debian developers are notoriously hard to impress
-- Seen on #Debian

2005-11-20T05:04:00.001-08:00

How Django processes a request

Posted: 2005-08-15T17:55:39-00:00

Source:

I've decided to kick-start some architecture documentation for Django by describing how the core request handling mechanism in Django works. I'm talking about the part of Django that takes a request from a browser and turns it in to a response - I won't be discussing the template system, object-relational mapper or automated admin interface, which are all separate components; in fact, you don't need to use any of those to build a Django application.

When Django receives a request, the first thing it does is create an HttpRequest object (or subclass there-of) to represent that request. How this is done differs depending on the host environment, with different code depending on if Django is running under mod_python or WSGI (which enables hosting with CGI, Twisted and more). This HttpRequest object is the principle abstraction that enables Django to work under different hosting mechanisms.

Once the object has been created, Django performs URL resolution. This is a process by which the URL specified in the request is used to select a view function to handle the creation of a response. A trivial Django application is simply one or more view functions and a configuration file that maps those functions to URLs.

Having resolved the URL to a view, the view function is called with the request object as the first argument. Other keyword arguments may be passed as well depending on the URL configuration; see the documentation for details.

The view function is where the bulk of the work happens: it is here that database queries are made, templates loaded, HTML is generated and an HttpResponse object encapsulating the result is created. The view function returns this object, which is then passed back to the environment-specific code (mod_python or WSGI) which passes it back to the browser as an HTTP response.

This is all pretty straightforward stuff - but I skipped a couple of important details: exceptions and middleware. The view function doesn't have to return an HttpResponse; it can raise an exception instead, the most common varieties being Http404 (for file-not-found) or Http500 (for server error). In development servers these exceptions will be formatted and sent back to the browser, while in production mode they will be silently logged and a "friendly" error message displayed.

Middleware is even more interesting. Django provides three hooks in the above sequence where middleware classes can intervene, with the middleware classes to be used defined in the site's configuration file. This results in three types of middleware: request, view and response (although one middleware class can apply for more than one hook).

Request middleware runs after the HttpRequest object has been created but before the URL resolver runs, allowing it to modify the request in some way or to return a response of its own before the rest of the application has a chance to run.

View middleware is executed after the URL resolver has been used to identify the view but before the view itself runs. It is passed the view as a callback, allowing it to perform operations before and after the view has been executed. Alternatively, it can avoid running the view function at all.

Response middleware is run right at the end, after a response has been created but before it is passed back to the client. It has the ability to make final modifications to the HttpResponse object; for example, it could remove unnecessary whitespace from HTML or apply gzip compression.

The bulk of the above code can be found in the __call__ method of the ModPythonHandler class and the get_response method of the BaseHandler class. Example middleware classes can be found in the middleware directory. As Django is not yet at a 1.0 release, the above is all subject to potential ~~refactoring~~ future change.

2005-11-20T05:04:00.000-08:00

Sounds like better plan … but who knows?

Posted: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:37:04 +0000

Source: Sounds like better plan ... but who knows? The Sentinel - Oct 23 6:31 AM Connie DiMemmo pays hundreds of dollars a month for the eight medication...

2005-11-19T06:29:00.000-08:00

Meme

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:19:55 GMT

Source: Comment with a full song or a few lyrics that remind you of me or you feel apply to me. Then repost this on your journal and see which lyrics your friends associate with you!

2005-11-18T23:59:00.000-08:00

Feds Using ISPs To Spy On Internet Users

Posted: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:41:00 +0000

Source: 'Having exposed the EUs intentions regarding data retention in a news article on Slyck, it comes as little surprise to hear that similar moves are afoot in the USA. Intelligence agencies already have full access to ISPs in those countries participating in the Echelon electronic spying network (Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA), and these latest measures are intended to extend similar powers to a wide range of other agencies.

'This latest move has arisen in response to representations made by the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Agency out of concern that emerging technologies were making it increasingly difficult for law enforcement agencies to execute authorized surveillance. As a consequence, the US communications governing body, the Federal Communications Commission issued a final Order effective Monday November 14th compelling all broadband Internet service providers and many Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, companies to include backdoors allowing police and many other enforcement agencies to directly eavesdrop on their customers by April 2007.' (Slyck News article).

2005-11-18T12:07:00.000-08:00

SMS Disaster Alert System

Posted: 2005-11-11T13:07:28-08:00

Source: Jamais CascioIn the aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami, one of the ideas we discussed here a bit was the creation of a disaster alert system...

2005-11-18T06:12:00.000-08:00

Is Miers Nomination Becoming A Religious Test? Forsooth!

Posted: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 05:03:04 +0000

Source: Much of the current discussion in support of the Harriet Miers nomination is aiming at establishing lagging support among the Republican, conservative base. To do so, the Bush Administration and its spokesmen are pointing to her Christian faith as a supporting argument for aligning with the nomination....

2005-11-18T00:45:00.000-08:00

Performance tracking of alternative fuels

Posted: 2005-10-21T21:34:10Z

Source: The folks at Brevard BioDiesel installed a Linear-Logic "ScanGauge" in their 2004 TDI Jetta to try and help gather additional mileage data for future biodiesel reports. The ScanGauge scans the...

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2005-11-17T18:36:00.000-08:00

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