Josh the Aspie’s Blog

For those of you that don’t know, I’m one of those people that actually names his computers and other networked devices. I don’t mean that I just randomly assign names to differentiate the computers, I christen them with a name that reflects their qualities. For example, my main power-tower is named Kusanagi-Makoto.

Well, since my phone is capable of being hooked up to a Bluetooth network, and needed a device name, I included it in this trend. It’s a small device that I keep on me all the time, and includes a wide selection of built in tools. Remembering Bob’s little bracer side kick from the Computer Generated (CG) TV show Reboot, I named my RAZR “Glitch.” Unfortunately I couldn’t have come up with a more appropriate name.
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Recently a scandal has arisen out of the fact that some pharmacists refuse to carry, or sell the “morning after” pill. One such example is a group of 3 pharmacists who worked for an Eckerd’s in Denton, Texas. A young woman who was raped came to the pharmacy seeking a morning after pill. The three pharmacists working there that night refused to fill the prescription. Due to Eckerd’s policies on the matter, the three were fired.

In my opinion, this is exactly how this should work. The owner of an establishment chooses what products are and are not available for sale, and chooses whether their employees may, or will, refuse to sell particular products or not. If the employees refuse to follow these procedures, the employer then enacts disciplinary action such as docking pay, written warnings, or termination. This represents the basic freedoms to contract, associate, and do business that are underpinnings of our free market.
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I just installed the “Top Commentator” plug-in, that you can see on the sidebar of the blog. This plug-in will let people view just who has posted the most comments on this blog. In addition, any links that show up on this list will actually count as back links to other websites out there, which is another way to create a back-link to boost your Google rankings.

This plug-in came from the blog Personal Finance Advice, and is in wide use among WordPress Blogs.

In some RPGs, D&D in particular, morality is a part of the game. You have shining paladins battling hoards of chaotic orcs… and chaotic barbarians fighting and defeating a despotic ruler to rule in their place. Spells, what classes you can become a member of, items, and so forth are all influenced by and also influence one’s moral alignment.

However there is a huge amount of debate over what kinds of acts, thoughts, personalities, et cetera fall under what alignment.

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Yesterday I spent my day getting trained by the Red Cross. In exchange for nine hours of my time, and a few hours worth of pay, I learned skills that may help me to save the rest of one of my family members lives. I’d recommend that anyone out there who can, take the class.

The full version of the class is for First Aid, Adult CPR+AED and Child/Infant CPR.

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I’ve recently seen a fair amount of posts on blogs and forums talking about the constitution and what it does and does not support. One of the most common is “Separation of Church and State”

While I personally agree that I don’t want my church running my government any more than I want my government running my church, I take exception to this particular way of referring to that protection of the First Amendment, and the interpretations that have grown out of it. I also object to several other interpretations of the Constitution that have been made over time.

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Previously I talked about what HDCP is, and how it does what it does; as well as problems With HDCP, and why big media uses it anyway. This time we’re going to talk about what HDCP means for consumers.

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While I haven’t quite hit my next goal, I am definitely well on the way.

The last time I had a blood test, my bad cholesterol was high, and my good cholesterol was low, so I’ve been adding green vegetables to my diet, lowering my fat intake, and eating more vegetables in general. I’ve also been trying to get some exercise in where I can.

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Last time, I explained what HDCP is, and how it works.

This time I’ll be writing about problems with HDCP, and why they haven’t caused HDCP to be scrubbed.

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Today I listened to a fair amount of Fox News while at work, due to them having a much more flexible net newscast than CNN or any other news programs I’m aware of. Here’s my take on just a bit of todays news.

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