More Misadventures on the Internet....

About three years was the last time I tried running OpenSUSE on my tower. I eventually have up because I couldn't get my t.v. tuner to work with it. Since then, I've put a few upgrades in with my hardware. So I'm now giving it another try. I still have the same tuner card that gave me fits the last time, so I don't think I'll be watching tv in Linux anytime soon. But everything else works (even my printer and wifi card)...

So far, so good. And I still have a working Windows install so I can do with Windows what's it's best for: Flight Simulator X....

So the shutdown is over...

The government shutdown is over. The US won't default on it's debt. I'm not going to bother posting links, just go to your favorite news site, it should be all over the headlines...

Obamacare is still in force, despite all attempts to stop it (in fact, this shutdown was a result of trying to tie the defunding of it to a spending bill which would've kept the government running).

Basically, the losers of this shutdown were the same people who lost the last one: Republicans. The biggest threat the Republicans have come from the Tea Party. Abd the Democrats know it...

Pierce Transit is a fucked up clustermuck

This just happened a half hour ago. So I get to the Parkland Transit Center. I see a bus in the 410 bay about the time the 410 is about to leave, but it's sign is out. So I assume that it's a 410, like a reasonable person would, and the driver doesn't say anything otherwise about it being another route. The bus pulls out, and it turns turns out that it's the 204, which goes in the opposite direction. And, of course, the driver has nothing but excuses about the bus not being able to start and/or his sign not working. But that doesn't answer the question about why shit-for-brains parked in the wrong bay to begin with. Needless to say, I'm not going to get to where I'm going on time, and I'm not happy. But this is Pierce Transit we're talking about. They're more about maximizing revenue, while minimizing service...

I know that calling it in won't do any good, and supervisors will just ignore it; so I'll just remember this the next time I see a ballot measure for Pierce Transit.

And I give a special regard to Lynn Griffith, the CEO of Pierce Transit: you're an incompetent jackass.