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Just found an amazing album by try^d on Jamendo.
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3661

Today is the long-awaited release day for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server (and Netbook) editions. There’s a bunch of updates and improvements over 9.04 as described on the release notes.
So get ready to bittorrent the latest release, burn it on a CD.. and most importantly.. pass it on to friends.

Or sell it! You can sell a Ubuntu CD , I just don’t understand how computer shops don’t do such a simple service (that’s material for another post).

So, before going on testing and installing and judging how good or bad this new edition will be… think of a way to contribute back! GNU/Linux and Ubuntu wouldn’t be here without the help of lots and lots of people making it happen. Creating this comprehensive software distribution for themselves.. and sharing it with all the world.

Cheers to all Ubuntu contributors!

I love this song “Is This The World We Created”

Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need

Is this the world we created…?
What did we do it for
Is this the world we invaded
Against the law
So it seems in the end
Is this what we’re all living for today
The world that we created

You know that everyday a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by

Wooh, is this the world we created…?
We made it all our own
Is this the world we devastated, right to the bone
If there’s a God in the sky looking down
What can he think of what we’ve done
To the world that he created

I’ve just bought this: the Cooler Master V8 cpu cooler! It’s pretty big, and it takes quite some skill to install this monster! First of all we need to take out the whole motherboard.

This is a picture of my motherboard comfortably sitting on the desk:

Then I had to take out the old cpu cooler, and clean all the thermal paste from the cpu itself…

And remove the old cooler stand from the motherboard:

Now with the old cooler brace removed from the motherboard I can put back the microprocessor, and spread carefully new thermal paste on it.

Mounting the AM2 staff on the cooler was very easy, now all that is left to do is to push the cooler into place, making sure that the cpu is in the right spot and pushing to even out the thermal paste.

Then the last part was actually the most difficult.. to turn back the motherboard and screw the four bolts at the back of the cooler stand
to fix it in place. After that, we’re ready to mount the motherboard back in the chassis and turn on the (now more silent) pc.

I really liked watching this lecture. It is very technical but it is good!

Lecture 2 - The Universal Principle of Risk Management: Pooling and the Hedging of Risks

Robert J. Shiller

Reading from a news article (in Spanish: http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/10/20091001/tts-oestp-fmi-espana-ca02f96.html) I got really angry at the general press statements made by the International Monetary Fund (FMI).

I really would like to know what they think about this issue I write clearly here:
—–
What makes you think you can predict the future?

I’m a private citizen angry at the press statements published by
your institution.
How can you be so arrogant to think you can predict what will
happen in the future regarding inflation, employment, taxes…
This way of announcing your results on statistics is actually
damaging your own image in the general public.

Are you aware of the issue?

Thanks,
A citizen.

Lately I’ve asked myself the question.. is working at night better?
Well my answer would be.. yes.
The trouble is that actually.. I don’t feel satisfied with the work I get done at night.
There’s less feedback from collaborators, there’s a sync problem against others (their
requests come in the morning.. and you work on them at night…)
And the most important thing I’ve experimented with working at night… I do tend
to drift A LOT! From the wonders of general relativity to the funny videos posted
on facebook, to some thinking on economy… So work becomes less important.
Of all this, I found out… I CAN DO THAT IN THE OFFICE!!!
And suddenly.. since you were in the office on time.. your drift of attention is not
a problem anymore. If someone comes talk to me, or needs some work done..
that will have more importance with that person right there
So.. there is no question.. working during the same hours your collaborator work, that
is the right thing to do.

Funny comic strip about the touring test from one of my favourite
web comics xkcd