I sit when I eat. I sit when I drive. I sit when I work. I sit when I study. I sit when I rest. I even sometimes sit when I sleep. I sit so much that I barely can find time to lay down.
Tag: thoughts
Paradox
Am I a misanthrope if I hate misanthropes?
On updating wishlists
There are two sides to wishlists. On one hand, they help you keep things remembered. Like my list of movies to see. It does really help when I am in DVD club. But on the other hand, you have to always update these lists when things change. Otherwise, you are increasing your chances of doing something twice. Like me watching “The Missing“. I don’t really mind watching or good movie twice or having beer with friends twice a week or something. But “The Missing” is not my favourite film (although it is pretty good). And that leaves me with an bit empty feeling.
Moral: keep wishlists updated or get rid of them altother.
On English language
It is amazing how typing mistakes can sometimes result in words with a totally opposite meaning. On one occasion I came across the combination of “hire” and “fire”. Just one letter makes a difference between getting a job and losing one. A couple of days ago I have also learned that “friend” and “fiend” can bare oppsite meanings. Today I saw “Therapist” and “The rapist”. Again, one letter makes all the difference…
If you came across examples of one letter changing meaning to opposite, let me know through the comments.
Thought of the day
At 4:00am most of the Linux (and UNIX for that matter) machines start executing a bunch of scripts that clean up temporary files, update file databases, and all sorts of other maintainence work. For those, who know, I am talking about cron daemon. Obviously, such a heap of activity increases the power consumption of each individual computer and thus can be monitored by the electricity authority. And probably it is. The useful thing here is that this monitoring can be used for estimating the number of Linux/UNIX machines in the geographical area, such as a region, city, or, even, a country.