SilverJack - My Opinions
Dislaimer: The opinions expressed here are not neccessarily my own. Unless you agree, then they are. But if they get you in trouble, I deny everything. Its not my fault! Really! Please dont sue me. E Pluribus Unum and other latin words.
On Microsoft....well I used to think they were evil, cutting down competition, trampling on small upstarts, like you and I would like to be someday. I mean, who would not want to start a small company, get rich, and retire at 30? Of course, in our world, Microsoft might stomp you, reverse engineer your project and give it away free (remember Netscape?). But lately Ive been thinking that maybe they have some place in the ecology of the Internet. Like a big shark maybe, a neccessary part of the food chain. Trouble is, that with that analogy, I guess Im the sharks lunch.
On hacking...Ok, they create work for system managers, delete the work of programmers on occasion, chew up your precious cpu cycles with their stuff....BUT...on the other hand... who uses those cycles at 2am anyway? Its a waste. And if they were careful you probably didnt even know they were on your site. But the real value of hackers (and crackers) is that they are forcing us to harden our sites. Managers dont care about security until they get burned. So hackers are, in a very Real way, hardening us for cyberwar. If it ever comes to that, maybe we will be better prepared. Of course, I dont think they are doing this to help us. I think its just the ecology idea again. They attack, we defend. They attack a new way. We evolve. Think of it as EVOLUTION IN ACTION.
On women... Well we cant live without them, and they make men more civilized, by giving us a reason to be civilized. If women would univerally refuse to sleep with soldiers, I think we would quickly see an end to war. Or at least after a generation dies off.
On sleeping with women... Ok Im for it. But I prefer having sex with them.
On people...trust everyone, but cut the cards.
On dating...not much to say. Dating sucks. Everyone puts on their best show, pretends to be something the other person will like. So basically you have 2 people lying to each other to see if the other person will like the person that they are pretending to be. And if successful, what will happen when the facade slips and they see each other for who they really are? Maybe, and Ill admit this is radical, maybe we should just show up for the first date in our jogging pants, with a beer, a book, a whip, or whatever your thing REALLY is. Then if they like you Great. They like the real you. And if not, you can always go jogging, drink your beer, read a book...or hit them with the whip.
On religion...I dont dare say too much here. People kill each other for disagreeing about religion. And death is just not me. Besides, even civilized people will give you nasty looks for disagreeing with them on religion. And probably refuse to sleep with you.
On animals...Ok, I like dogs and cats, but dont want them drinking from my soup bowl. I think there are a lot of men out there who know what I mean.