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01/30/2007 14:14 #37922
The Beast Costs MoneyCategory: downtown
01/27/2007 17:47 #37892
Whoever sent this to imk2Category: fuck off
tried joining this site and it has more bugs than my garden ... keeps saying "invalid user" u prolly wont get this as the site is weak
Go fuck yourself. Don't bother joining the site, in fact do me a favor a stab yourself to death (thank you pan's labyrinth for you inspirational violence.)
I have spent years work on the site as a purely non-profit side project. It generally works amazingly considering the amount of stuff it does and the fact that there is not one employee who is paid to run it. It runs on mac, windows, and linux, plus on cell phone both in wap and xhtml flavor.
I have spent thousands of hours dealing with the server and the people on the site, their emotional problems, the server problems, the nasty swarms of attack bots, the server hackers, arranging its hosting, progamming new features and helping people who don't know how to use computers very well. You have no idea how much behind the scene work goes on, beyond the programming and server upkeep. I am the server tech, the customer service team, the networking guy, the designer, the database admin, the public relations team. I also work 40-50 hours a week at my real job.
Please give me the address of the site you run so I can have ample opportunity to rip your project the fuck apart.
Fuck you,
Paul Visco
joshua - 01/29/07 15:45
This was magnificent. Bravo!
No project is perfect by any means, but this person didn't have to be so dull about things.
This was magnificent. Bravo!
No project is perfect by any means, but this person didn't have to be so dull about things.
shawnr - 01/28/07 10:40
That eye-talian fire makes me smile... I miss Buffalo...
That eye-talian fire makes me smile... I miss Buffalo...
deeglam - 01/27/07 22:32
Paul- the work you do for this site is not unappreciated! You do a wonderful job and if anyone wants to say shit about it, then fuck 'em. Less shit you have to deal with, right??? Cheers to you!
Paul- the work you do for this site is not unappreciated! You do a wonderful job and if anyone wants to say shit about it, then fuck 'em. Less shit you have to deal with, right??? Cheers to you!
paul - 01/27/07 20:12
So I went ahead and signed up for the site using my gmail address and it worked no problem.
So I went ahead and signed up for the site using my gmail address and it worked no problem.
paul - 01/27/07 20:03
Hi Paul - "You could have asked me or anyone else for help in joining the site" ... I did .. Imk2
and I got "go fuck yourself"
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You did not ask for help. You simply criticized the site when I was very tired from dealing with a server attack. I guess I could have been nicer but you could have too.
Hi Paul - "You could have asked me or anyone else for help in joining the site" ... I did .. Imk2
and I got "go fuck yourself"
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You did not ask for help. You simply criticized the site when I was very tired from dealing with a server attack. I guess I could have been nicer but you could have too.
paul - 01/27/07 20:00
"Hi again Paul
Didn't see an admin contact, my mistake.
I simply tried any thing that worked to contact something/one. Its fine, feel free to curse at me anytime due to my inabiltiy to overcome technical issues; again my mistake. Good luck with the site."
Once again, I don't really care. You see you did not ask her for help. You specifically said, "This site has more bugs than my garden .. it is weak." An appropriate message would have said ..
Hi, my name is blah and I am having trouble signing up for the site. I am not sure what is wrong, but maybe there is a bug with the site preventing me from signing up. My contact information is ...
Had you done that I would have helped you gladly. In fact I generally am very helpful.
"Hi again Paul
Didn't see an admin contact, my mistake.
I simply tried any thing that worked to contact something/one. Its fine, feel free to curse at me anytime due to my inabiltiy to overcome technical issues; again my mistake. Good luck with the site."
Once again, I don't really care. You see you did not ask her for help. You specifically said, "This site has more bugs than my garden .. it is weak." An appropriate message would have said ..
Hi, my name is blah and I am having trouble signing up for the site. I am not sure what is wrong, but maybe there is a bug with the site preventing me from signing up. My contact information is ...
Had you done that I would have helped you gladly. In fact I generally am very helpful.
paul - 01/27/07 18:53
"hello paul
u seem a bit overly emotional ... I've actually viewed the site a hundered times over the past few months ...with mixed results. It was down late nite, came back,and I thought I would join today. After 30 minutes of no luck I got frustrated. The "go fuck yourself" message linked to my unmasked ip was a surpise, but if thats how the site operates I guess its my mistake for wanting to get involved. cheers!"
I am so glad you made that decision. I could care less if you or anyone else joins the site. You could have asked me or anyone else for help in joining the site, or reported the bug to the site admin - myself - instead of messaging imk2. I spent the evening and early morning dealing with an attack on the server. It is rarely down. In fact in the last four years it has been down less than two days.
"hello paul
u seem a bit overly emotional ... I've actually viewed the site a hundered times over the past few months ...with mixed results. It was down late nite, came back,and I thought I would join today. After 30 minutes of no luck I got frustrated. The "go fuck yourself" message linked to my unmasked ip was a surpise, but if thats how the site operates I guess its my mistake for wanting to get involved. cheers!"
I am so glad you made that decision. I could care less if you or anyone else joins the site. You could have asked me or anyone else for help in joining the site, or reported the bug to the site admin - myself - instead of messaging imk2. I spent the evening and early morning dealing with an attack on the server. It is rarely down. In fact in the last four years it has been down less than two days.
01/25/2007 23:46 #37872
Taking an eternityCategory: mac
01/25/2007 23:38 #37871
Uranium For SaleI was reading about some enriched uranium that was smuggled by a fish and sausage trader out of russia and into georgia (the country) Apparently, it was 90% enriched and enough to build a nuclear bomb. 100g goes for about $1 million dollars.
I never really though about what uranium looks like. I realized that it was mined and that it had to be enriched but I never really considered what the susbtsance would be like in quantity enough to make a nuclear bomb. I somehow thought it would be fancier or liek in rods.
Here it is, simply in plastic bags, The smuggler had it under his jacket. I bet he gets a nasty case of cancer.
I never really though about what uranium looks like. I realized that it was mined and that it had to be enriched but I never really considered what the susbtsance would be like in quantity enough to make a nuclear bomb. I somehow thought it would be fancier or liek in rods.
Here it is, simply in plastic bags, The smuggler had it under his jacket. I bet he gets a nasty case of cancer.
01/25/2007 17:22 #37866
Mice Are Making Me AngryCategory: housing
We have this mice problem in the house. I think part of it is from the church as I see them outside near it when it is warm out. Luckily they are little house mice and not big rats. I want to kill them more than anything. I wish I could just step on them all but it is too complicated. The real issue is they are ruining everything. Last night I had to throw out another drawer full of stuff. They ate the zip lock bags and other plastic items which is weird. Maybe nesting material.
The most important step is removing food from lying around but my roommates seem to have real trouble with that, For a while we had traps and caught a lot of them. But then we had to give the humane traps back. I am at the point where I hate them enough to step on them, so humane traps are not my utmost concern. I feel like they are invading my space now. They are even bold enough to come out during light hours. I would use poison but I am afraid that it will end up somehow killing the squirrels. In fact I am sure about it.
So I guess we will have to try the traps again. I just wish everyone would remember to not leave food out. Last night after talking about this a lot, there were crackers smashed on the floor, I found this because the mouse was trying to run out and drag them under.
Here is all the crap I found around the house the other night when i got home from work at around midnight. And it is like this every freakin' day.
On a sadder note, the baby sugar glider died. The mother is a crack whore with no parenting skills. She pretty much just threw the baby out of the nest onto the floor.
The most important step is removing food from lying around but my roommates seem to have real trouble with that, For a while we had traps and caught a lot of them. But then we had to give the humane traps back. I am at the point where I hate them enough to step on them, so humane traps are not my utmost concern. I feel like they are invading my space now. They are even bold enough to come out during light hours. I would use poison but I am afraid that it will end up somehow killing the squirrels. In fact I am sure about it.
So I guess we will have to try the traps again. I just wish everyone would remember to not leave food out. Last night after talking about this a lot, there were crackers smashed on the floor, I found this because the mouse was trying to run out and drag them under.
Here is all the crap I found around the house the other night when i got home from work at around midnight. And it is like this every freakin' day.
On a sadder note, the baby sugar glider died. The mother is a crack whore with no parenting skills. She pretty much just threw the baby out of the nest onto the floor.
mike - 01/25/07 23:00
just step on them. ugh i am pretty sure I hate any animal that can be stepped on
just step on them. ugh i am pretty sure I hate any animal that can be stepped on
paul - 01/25/07 22:27
I used to be much messier. I admit at the 444 I was particularly messy but since the mouse problem I have made a concerted effort to not leave food around.
I used to be much messier. I admit at the 444 I was particularly messy but since the mouse problem I have made a concerted effort to not leave food around.
brit - 01/25/07 20:15
on behalf of the roomates and as the actual goblin that clears up the plates that (e:paul) leaves lying around in the living room, the sink the stove top etc and forgets about then assumes he never used in the first place, I would ask you not to encourage his delusions, the only reason he gets away with it is because none of us can be arsed to take photos of his constant mess!
on behalf of the roomates and as the actual goblin that clears up the plates that (e:paul) leaves lying around in the living room, the sink the stove top etc and forgets about then assumes he never used in the first place, I would ask you not to encourage his delusions, the only reason he gets away with it is because none of us can be arsed to take photos of his constant mess!
jenks - 01/25/07 19:17
funny paul, I was JUST wondering about the babies (baby? what happened to the other one?) b/c a guy at work as sugar gliders and we were talking about them today.
I agree with peter- may be time to call in a pro. Usually the mice you SEE are just the tip of the iceberg.
funny paul, I was JUST wondering about the babies (baby? what happened to the other one?) b/c a guy at work as sugar gliders and we were talking about them today.
I agree with peter- may be time to call in a pro. Usually the mice you SEE are just the tip of the iceberg.
metalpeter - 01/25/07 18:07
It is to bad you are allergic to cats cause they might be able to solve the mice problem, however they might also go after the sugar gliders. I think the posion might be just as bad as the cat. I don't know how you find this out but I think you need to find where they get in. If you can somehow close that up then if you catch or kill them all then you won't have anymore. You may want to talk to a good extremanator and find out if there is anything that would get rid of them but not effect you guys or any of your pets.
It is to bad you are allergic to cats cause they might be able to solve the mice problem, however they might also go after the sugar gliders. I think the posion might be just as bad as the cat. I don't know how you find this out but I think you need to find where they get in. If you can somehow close that up then if you catch or kill them all then you won't have anymore. You may want to talk to a good extremanator and find out if there is anything that would get rid of them but not effect you guys or any of your pets.
uncutsaniflush - 01/25/07 17:42
Golly, your roommates are running a very nice restaurant for the mice. How sweet of them. <g>
Good luck with getting rid of the mice.
Golly, your roommates are running a very nice restaurant for the mice. How sweet of them. <g>
Good luck with getting rid of the mice.
leetee - 01/25/07 17:41
Awe, so sorry to hear about the baby squirrel!! Poor thing... i guess all moms are not created equal in the animal world, too, damnit.
Mice.. yeah, we have a bold one, or family that invades in the early part of the season. One time, i was on the sofa, and it came up and over the back of it. Scared me... i must have screamed like a little girl.
Luckily, i am a bit of a neat freak, so there are rarely any crumbs and the rodents move on to somewhere else... we think.
Although, (e:Uncutsaniflush) said he saw a rat in our yard...
Good luck with the mice.
Yo, roomies, clean up! :O)
Awe, so sorry to hear about the baby squirrel!! Poor thing... i guess all moms are not created equal in the animal world, too, damnit.
Mice.. yeah, we have a bold one, or family that invades in the early part of the season. One time, i was on the sofa, and it came up and over the back of it. Scared me... i must have screamed like a little girl.
Luckily, i am a bit of a neat freak, so there are rarely any crumbs and the rodents move on to somewhere else... we think.
Although, (e:Uncutsaniflush) said he saw a rat in our yard...
Good luck with the mice.
Yo, roomies, clean up! :O)
vycious - 01/25/07 17:32
i didnt realize they could be such a problem. ive had mice in a few apts. even rats. they never seemed to be such a pain, however. did you try talking to the church peoples about the problem?
i didnt realize they could be such a problem. ive had mice in a few apts. even rats. they never seemed to be such a pain, however. did you try talking to the church peoples about the problem?
Seriously. $2??!! fifty cents- maybe. but 2 bucks? I wouldn't pay that much for a sunday NYT.
If the Beast had a coupon insert, I might buy it for two dollars. Otherwise, I wouldn't buy any local paper including the buffalo news and Artvoice for two dollars without being promised at least two dollars in usable coupons. I wonder just how many die hard beast fans there are? Actually maybe if I saw a good cover I would buy it for that. They have had some good ones.
I've always maintained that in a market of our [small but respectable] size, there is only room for so many alt. weeklies. Even though Buffalo Rising is going after us, it's the Beast that's getting squeezed out.
Whether people will pay for it when they can get it online for free largely depends on whether their editorial gets any better.
- Z
For anyone that actually wants to read the Beast without paying for it, the lastest issue is available at :::link::: in pdf format. It also looks like most of the content is available in html format at :::link:::
ahh, the death rattle of yet another independent buffalo rag....
After some considerable thought (aka a split second) I've decided that I won't be paying for The Beast.
My dad, on the other hand, is going to be heartbroken... whenever he visits us he walks over to New World to get copies of Artvoice and The Beast for him and his friends. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't pay for it.