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08/05/2011 21:45 #54873

Mayor abducted by aliens...
Category: the odes
Multiple eyewitness accounts confirm that the beam-me-up-scotty-mobile was spotted hovering menacingly over his office just after nightfall.

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The hostile mothership was last seen speeding over the Erie lake towards the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.
tinypliny - 08/06/11 15:47
heh, yes I guess blimps are subject to immigration checks as well. But who knows maybe the crew is half canadian.
metalpeter - 08/06/11 13:11
Well they had better be careful "The US/Canada Boarder Nazis" might fly up there and let them know they have to check in..... This is a nod to the fact that in past Canada wants notification if you are in the water and on a boat that you are in their country even if you aren't going to dock (bout a month ago maybe)....
tinypliny - 08/05/11 22:18
The kind that travel by vodka blimps.
paul - 08/05/11 22:17
What type of aliens would want our mayor.

08/05/2011 21:12 #54872

Cue "The X-Files" tune!
Category: the odes
I am having way too much fun with this blimp.

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The truth is OUT THERE!


It's some vodka called Hangar One and it's on a multi-city tour. Today was its Buffalo day. Seems like you will get a chance to see it eerily floating over Erie tomorrow as well as Sunday.
tinypliny - 08/06/11 15:50
LOL. That is an evil goosy thought.
metalpeter - 08/06/11 13:08
Interesting I have heard of it but don't think I've ever tried it.... Maybe in a wise but could wind up very bad move the grey goose people should let out a 1,000 geese and see what that blimp does..HA...

08/05/2011 20:59 #54871

UFO over city hall!!
Category: the odes
Probably the shot that will make the alternative freaky tabloids alongside how the dingo ate the baby.

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08/05/2011 20:47 #54870

They lighted the blimp.
Category: the odes
I am fascinated.

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08/05/2011 20:39 #54869

Netinstall debian with XFCE
Category: linux
With my continuing troubles and hiccups with Gnome 3 on Fedora 15, I am sorely tempted to migrate to this:
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(From omnsproject blog: )

Clean and minimalist netinstall Debian with XFCE 4.8 featuring transparencies that work, highly non-technical customizable menus that can be shifted easily to the right side and most importantly, no unexplained freeze-ups and cursor changes right in the middle of a coding session which force me to reboot either RStudio or the system altogether. *sigh*

tinypliny - 08/05/11 21:23
Yes, it could be a driver issue. The thing is drivers included on debian/ubuntu/fedora are very different. Everything has it own quirk. This stupid laptop was only put together with windows and ubuntu in mind, both of which are NEVER going to be on it EVER if I have my way.
paul - 08/05/11 21:07
Wow the spell corrector on my phone consistently chooses the wrong words.
paul - 08/05/11 21:06
That was supposed to say, ya, you don't need to keep switching Linux variants to change desktops. Thats one of the core differentiations between Linux and the other OSes. The core OS and the desktop GUI are not one synonymous. It was easier to just install xfce on fedora using yum. Then when you login you can choose xfce instead if gnome 3.

I would be surprised if you didn't have similar issues though. For example I get no freezing which makes me think there are issues with your hardware or the drivers for your hardware, neither of which will change by switching desktop managers.
tinypliny - 08/05/11 21:02
You are speechless? ;-)
tinypliny - 08/05/11 21:02
I know, but I am not sure that all these mess-ups are the doings of Gnome 3 alone.
paul - 08/05/11 21:01
uncutsaniflush - 08/05/11 20:50
Fedora has an xfce spin :::link:::