the portable hard drive is a tiny little bugger, i'd rather have a heavy piece of iron that wouldn't need to attach itself to a tree with roots if a strong wind blew. it's an amazing little thing. i hooked it up and it asked me a few questions and it went on its merry way backing everything up. it only cost $40. the new power supply also cost $40 (after feckin rebate) but it's not hooked up yet. sonny left town and told me that i shouldn't attempt to install it myself. oh how the worm has turned. it seems like yesterday that i would tell sonny not to do something.
last night the old computer took a nap and wouldn't wake up. the fans turned on but the screen stayed black. i gave it my sternest stare and pulled the plug. after depriving it of electricity and threatening to send it to japan i plugged it in and it worked. i hope sonny returns soon to try the new power supply.
you may have noticed my new little hard drive is sitting on the art of war. it's a book that is worth reading every few years, especially now with all the nonsense going on in the middle east. many consider the art of war to be the finest book ever written on war and the best part is it's real short, 81 pages.
according to sun tzu the only way to really win a war is to not fire a single shot. convince the enemy to surrender either through reasoning, treachery or the threat of annihilation. if you must go to war the most important weapon is knowledge, both of the enemy and of your own forces. if war is necessary it must be winnable in a short period of time. no one wins a war that lasts for a protracted period of time. apart from winning the war the most important point is not to waste any resources. remember when this was written there was no such thing as running a deficit. if the king ran out of money, the game was over.
not to criticize the american war machine but it seems to missing all of sun tzu's points. look at iraq and afghanistan. vietnam and korea also lasted a long time. fuck, there are still american troops in korea, japan and germany. small wonder the country is in the red but the military industrial complex must be fed.
but who am i to criticize the largest military machine on the planet. i can't even defeat a feckin computer.
i love you sons of bitches.
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You're going to have to explain how that black thing is better than a memory stick you insert into a PC without wires.
gb - the black thing has 320 gb of storage. i don't think memory sticks have that much storage yet.
better black things have terrabytes of storage!
In former Soviet Union we use notepad and brick to back up computer. We copy everything by hand into notebook; then we smash computer with brick. High Five! Americans are so silly. That's why I love you too, sons of bitches.
rafael - i like it!!
you made my feckin day.
When I read
"no one wins a war that lasts for a protracted period of time."
I thought
"Except for the military industrial complex."
but you got around to that.
Too bad the U.S. doesn't have the wisdom of Sun Tzu.
Yeah, Americans have military bases all over the world. We are the New Roman Empire. Gotta try to control what other smaller empires do to benefit us. Trouble is, we got a bigger empire called China and we're deep in debt. That book should be read by everyone. It wouldn't surprise me too much if China gets really far ahead and starts calling the shots. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Anyway, glad you got a feckin hard drive. Sonny's probably right about letting him install that but I've installed one a couple years ago and it wasn't too hard. Take care, man.
tex - one of sun tzu's other golden rules is not to go to war without the full support of the leadership. the american leaders have not been in united support for the last half dozen adventures.
kelly - this power supply is draining my confidence! maybe i can pay a chinese teenager to install the beast and claim i did it myself.
Ah shucks, you can replace that power supply, it's a pretty easy thing to do, especially if your case is big. I don't often mess with things on the motherboard anymore but a power supply is a piece of cake.
The way we Americans do war anymore is because of politicians and world opinion and idiots, I'm surrounded by fucking idiots. And I'm not starting a war, only interested in my own protection of me and those I care for.
40 bucks for a portable hard drive? Hell, I'd better look into that, of course when I die none of this shit is going to mean anything to anyone else.
I mean, we do wars differently now, cuz we're cultured, and all that shit.
billy - as long as it works i won't touch the power supply but if it goes tits up all bets are off.
from sun tzu:
concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.
Those little hard drives hold an astounding amount of information. Crazy.
Friend, if the power supply goes tits up it may take other things out with it, they tend to do that at times so if you don't want to tackle it maybe you should leave it turned off until the son returns.
billy - several years ago a power supply died on me and fried the hard drive. i have all my stuff saved in case of a meltdown.
if there is a meltdown the only regret i'll have is not owning a shotgun to have the last laugh.
i should make enough collecting cans this summer to pay for a real nice new computer. in the last few years i paid for 2 primo mountain bikes and a netbook with my can money. god bless those binge drinking utes.
"who am i to criticize the largest military machine on the planet."
Criticize. Please, fergawdsake, criticize. What the hell are we doing?! I heard Mr. Obama say today that it would be "a matter of days, not weeks" before the coalition forces take over leadership of the air "defense" in Libya.
Born yesterday. Righty-o.
I keep thinking about a little Hemingway quote, "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime."
I can't, for the life of me, figure out what we are doing over there, jumping into another war, like we can sweep it all nice and clean. We can't clean up our own messes.
I've gotta get that book.
Oh, wait a minute, I should be quoting Vonnegut over here: "There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre."
Btw - you have a little award over at SS. ;)
nance - if libya is cleaned up quickly that just means the next invasion can be moved up a few months.
jayne - can you call it a war when one side doesn't fight back?
I don't speak computer but it does not deter me from loving you right back.
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