Hi. I'm jon.404, a Unix/Linux/Database/Openstack/Kubernetes Administrator, AWS/GCP/Azure Engineer, mathematics enthusiast, and amateur philosopher. This is where I rant about that which upsets me, laugh about that which amuses me, and jabber about that which holds my interest most: *nix.
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
So..... Kansas is kind of like Texas?Posted 07-23-2015 at 04:27 PM by vmccord 
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
1. Sausage is one of those things that requires implicit trust, this is true. You either make it yourself because you trust no one, or you stick your fingers in your ears and sing "I can't hear you blah blah blah" at the top of your lungs while someone is talking about making sausage, and you implicitly trust their judgment and just buy it from them...which, oddly, requires that you trust them *more* than your typical transaction.
2. I drove through Kansas many years ago. I swear we were on the road for 6 days total, 9 of which were in Kansas. In other words: I see you guys planted a tree to go with that other tree you have. I don't mean to push, but when McDonald's signs are three feet off the ground and you can see them halfway across the state...really, I've never been scared of the sky like I was in Kansas. It seemed so...*close*.Posted 07-22-2015 at 04:34 PM by rocket357
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
1. I don't think I want to to make sausage from scratch. My delicate sensibilities insist I trust the retailer.
2. I can't complain. Kansas is generally beautiful. Not too hot (usually). Not too cold (ever). And way sunnier than Ohio.Posted 07-22-2015 at 04:21 PM by vmccord
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
1. You could always produce the item yourself, from raw materials gathered/mined/forged yourself. Not very efficient, but the requirement of trust goes down considerably. But I agree, if you purchase from someone else, there is a level of trust required that you cannot work around.
2. What won me over is the magic windows they have here. You open them up and the inside of your apartment/house/condo/whatever *cools off*. I joked about selling the magic windows in Texas. They would sell.Posted 07-22-2015 at 04:09 PM by rocket357
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
1. There is still an element of trust in the transaction: from the price of each item and that each item is as is labeled (ie not half sawdust), to the subtotal and to the calculated tax. Yes, you can do the latter yourself, but the first is based solely on trust (backed up with repercussions to the retailer if trust is misplaced).
2. That's funny. I would miss the sun. I don't mind heat, even with humidity, but grey days drag me down. 'Course I'm in an over-air-conditioned, windowless room....Posted 07-22-2015 at 12:58 PM by vmccord
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
1. Ahh but you can...you can pay in cash, as that is still an option (albeit considerably more inconvenient).
2. It was quite hilarious. The first summer here when it got "up to" 85 degrees, a cashier asked my son (5 at the time) if he liked the heat. He excitedly said "Oh, yes, it's AWESOME!" She must've thought he had lost his mind. I have grown fond of the cool, damp, grey...I don't know how I lived in South Texas as long as I did =)Posted 07-22-2015 at 12:18 PM by rocket357
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
1. I do think that when you engage in a financial transaction part of the agreement is that retailer will take steps to prevent unauthorized use of your credit card. That's true whether you are shopping at Piggly Wiggly where the clerk kept the carbons or Peapod.com. Caveat emptor can only take a shopper so far.
2. How could you possibly adapt to the weather shift from Texas to Washington? I would think the shock might kill a person.Posted 07-22-2015 at 09:11 AM by vmccord
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
This is something I've been meaning to put into words for a while.
There was a particular exchange that *reminded* me to write it up, but there isn't a single exchange that I wrote about.Posted 07-21-2015 at 06:26 PM by rocket357
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The Celebrity Life of a Blogger
I'm curious. What interchange prompted this? It must have been good.Posted 07-21-2015 at 09:22 AM by vmccord
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Smokeping and Slipknot
I think that's how I got to Kansas.Posted 07-16-2015 at 12:49 PM by vmccord
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Smokeping and Slipknot
I jokingly told my wife I was considering a job in another state.
Won't be making that mistake again (anytime soon)...Posted 07-13-2015 at 06:23 PM by rocket357
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Smokeping and Slipknot
I've lived so long in the Midwest I don't think I could live in the South again.Posted 07-13-2015 at 03:43 PM by vmccord
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Shifting Gears (again)
Thanks, vmccord.
Class went well, I learned quite a bit. It has come to my attention that the worst CLI ever written was not, in fact, written by Microsoft. That title goes to Fortigate. Ugh.
Anyhow, been grinding out IPSEC cases like there's no tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to get my subject matter expert certification soon? I dunno. Time will tell.Posted 07-11-2015 at 10:18 PM by rocket357
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Smokeping and Slipknot
Washington State is a split state, like California. Northern Cali and Southern Cali are quite different in climate, terrain, and people, and Washington State is much the same between East/West of the Cascades. Seattle, of course, is more like many other big cities, where open carrying a gun (legally or otherwise) is cause for concern among the city-types who have never had to hunt or fish for their food. Eastern Washington is more like Texas in that regard.Posted 07-11-2015 at 10:11 PM by rocket357
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Smokeping and Slipknot
I glory in the heat on bicycle and motorcycle. Makes a visit to Dairy Queen just more pleasurable.Quote:I miss Texas, but not the heat
Farther Northwest I ever road on motorcycle was Mountain Home Idaho to see Lil brother.
I was impressed with Boise and how well designed it was compared to Philly or So. Cal.
Bike sections next to road and side walks. All with pretty white lines.
Yeah. I was a jarhead also on helicopters in Santa Ana. Discharged and stayed in Costa Mesa and worked at New Port Beach across from Balboa Island (Party all the time).
Never been to Washington State though. Bars in Idaho had "doomsday prepper" types with bowie knives. At least the ones I went to did. Tennessee bars along the Mississippi river was like that also when I was a jarhead in training outside of Memphis.
Louisiana has always been creepy to me. I've been to some backwoods places in a 51 Dodge Fathead PU truck while on leave from USMC. My wife is from Mississippi so I travel through Louisiana a bunch because of inlaws. Alabama can be a trippy trip also. I have a bro-in-law living there.
I trip them out because I am a White Desert Rat. Biker. But computer savvy also.
Extrovert here. You either love me or hate me.
Plus being big has it's perks also.Posted 07-11-2015 at 08:35 PM by rokytnji
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Smokeping and Slipknot
I spent a decent amount of my time in the Marines in San Diego, with short hops to 29 Palms and Iwakuni, Japan, here and there. I love the vibe Southern California has going.
Everywhere I've been has a certain feel to it, some better than others, but all pretty unique. I'm not certain I'd ever want to move back to New Orleans, but most anywhere else I've lived would be nice to see again.Posted 07-11-2015 at 12:52 AM by rocket357
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Smokeping and Slipknot
This Ex-San Diego native loved Seattle when I was there in the early '80s.
Bellevue, Wa, then later I had friends in Wenatchee, and Moses Lake, so I
went back and forth for a few months.
Then I moved to Texas, but I was 21'ish and slinging hot asphalt
tar all over the place, from West Fort Worth to East of Dallas.
No Thanks.
Presently living in Boardman, Ohio.
"A nice place to call 'home'"
And it is.Posted 07-10-2015 at 06:26 PM by Habitual
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Shifting Gears (again)
Congratulations! Hope it all goes well.Posted 06-23-2015 at 03:22 PM by vmccord
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Not-so-smart devices
Not the codes fault. Ugh.Posted 05-25-2015 at 03:09 PM by rocket357
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Doh
I find the story rather amusing.Posted 05-16-2015 at 03:52 AM by Randicus Draco Albus
