Comments for Choicy White Boy

Comment on Moar Speed by Choicy White Boy » Moar Speed? Moar Packet Loss

Choicy White Boy » Moar Speed? Moar Packet Loss — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:34:21 +0000

[...] just wrote how much better my very fast internet is. However, things are not looking so rosy right now. 27% [...]

Comment on Speed Kills by Choicy White Boy » Moar Speed

Choicy White Boy » Moar Speed — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:26:39 +0000

[...] Sure enough, I’m approaching 30 Mbs. Of course upload speeds aren’t what they were last time I checked, but maybe that’s a “time of test” [...]

Comment on Nuclear Chain Reaction by Tweets that mention Choicy White Boy » Nuclear Chain Reaction -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Choicy White Boy » Nuclear Chain Reaction -- Topsy.com — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:39:33 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by john berryman, AC Capehart. AC Capehart said: Was struck by a thought this morning: Wealth creation is not a zero-sum game. Blog entry here: http://bit.ly/eOzltA [...]

Comment on Nuclear Chain Reaction by John Berryman

John Berryman — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:51:12 +0000

I had a similar epiphany a couple years back related to the simple exchange of a dollar for an apple: After the exchange, both parties believe they have something of greater value than that which they had before the exchange. Thus, magically, value is produced from nothing! However, I like Twain’s example – a tick for a tooth. Disgusting, but the exact same idea. Good find.

During the same period of time I also realized that the game sum was *always* positive when two criteria are met: 1) That both sides have a complete knowledge of the objects of trade. (i.e. no worms in the apple, no hidden chips in the tooth) 2) That the exchange takes place without coercion. Under these criteria, if an exchange takes place, then both parties profit. If these criteria aren’t met, then the game sum is not guaranteed to be positive and often isn’t.

In the past, I have worked on government contracts that have been phenomenal wastes of money. (Embarrassingly) I have profited through my wages, but the tax payers (the coerced party) didn’t get much bang for their buck. This is why I want to be an entrepreneur in the free market. In that line of work, if I succeed it’s because sufficiently many people thing that my product is of more worth than the cash in their hands – what a compliment!

Comment on Speed Kills by AC

AC — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:47:35 +0000

Oh, absolutely. I figure if I’m insufficiently in the screen habit now, and ISP that drops idle connections will enforce the habit!

Comment on Speed Kills by irilyth

irilyth — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:20:56 +0000

Long-running SSH sessions are useful, but you can make them even more useful by running screen on the far end, so that even if your connection drops, you can recover it.

Comment on Pitlochry Day 1 by Tweets that mention Choicy White Boy » Pitlochry Day 1 -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Choicy White Boy » Pitlochry Day 1 -- Topsy.com — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:02:55 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Charles Litster. Charles Litster said: C17 Choicy White Boy » Pitlochry Day 1: Once here in Pitlochry, we made our way to Craigroyston House (&lodge!) wh… http://bit.ly/cVTkur [...]

Comment on Facial recognition by Tweets that mention Choicy White Boy » Facial recognition -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Choicy White Boy » Facial recognition -- Topsy.com — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:12:20 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by AC Capehart. AC Capehart said: @JoelFoner http://bit.ly/aPecyA [...]

Comment on Pitlochry Day 2 by AC

AC — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:52:41 +0000

I didn’t arise for the run and even though I ache a bit, I still feel a little disappointed I’m not out running.

Comment on Need Macintosh DHCP help by AC

AC — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:53:30 +0000

Well, I found one work around, albeit a temporary one. I set up a vhost on the D-Link that routes DNS from the D-Link to the NAS, and then set the D-Link’s “primary” DNS to the EXTERNAL interface of the D-Link causing it to turn it back around internally. If I had a static IP address for my DSL, I’d be done.

For longer term, maybe I’ll just make an “internal.accapehart.com” subdomain and host it out on easyDNS like I do all my public DNS info.