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Last week I began my gerontology report on the effect of retirement on
marriage. 4,362 words and 13 pages later, it is complete. During that period of
researching and writing the paper, I spent time looking blankly at my comptuer
screen, checking for new email every 30 seconds, reading people's away
messages/profile every 2 minutes, and turning down an offer to see a movie with
a friend of mine. The sacrifices I make for education.
A warning to all you Internet Explorer users, hitting the back button is not
safe anymore. I especially like how they notified Microsoft of this hole on
November 12, 2001, and then reminded them again on March 25, 2002, and it's
still not fixed. Also remember that Februrary was supposed to be "Microsoft
Security Fix" month or something like that. At least now that its' out in the
open, you can expect a fix soon.
Salon has yet another great article, this time on how mods are
helping the gaming industry. It's amazing to relieze that TFC and
Counter-Strike started out as user-made mods to Halflife, and are now
multimillion dollar sellers. The comptuer industry is so great in that respect,
in that anyone with enough skills can break through and get hired, regardless of
how old they are or if they even have a degree. It's all about the skill. Heck,
that idea is the part of the reason I love the intfile:///home/anthony/website/database.htmlernet so much. It doesn't
matter how rich you are, or what race you are, or what you look like, or
anything. It's all about your mind. It is the one place where there really can
be no prejudice against a person, because there is nothing to be prejudiced
about.
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