Humans first!

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2987637&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Who the hell cares about stupid chickens and pigs? Have any of you ever actually MET a chicken? They're positively moronic, with or without their heads attached. Pigs? Tasty, but ultimately only surviving because we take care of them. Javelinas? Yeah, keep them "wild and free" but domesticated porkers are just that - meat waiting to be cooked up and consumed.

What I want Burger King to do is better care for the HUMANS in their employ. Better wages, benefits to include health, education, retirement, etc. Oh, and making their food less revolting would be another good thing. Plus cleaner bathrooms. I can't recall ever being in a clean BK lavatory.

Anyway, humans first! We're not at the top of the food chain because we're "friendly."

This is weird.

So, I kind of like ASP.NET

Yeah, I'm continually annoyed by Microsoft Windows and thoroughly underwhelmed by a number of their "innovations," but so far, I'm really quite impressed with ASP.NET. I've built a couple of small applications that took surprisingly less time to implement than I expected. It helps that I had recently dove into Java development and finally sort of "get" OOP. Since ASP.NET is OO and entirely event-driven, it really takes a lot of work out of building useful web sites. Yes, it can also be used to write Windows applications, but I'm not interested in that.

Anyway, you ought to check out their MSDN site and download their free Visual Web Developer Express. It can't do everything Visual Studio can, but it will let you create cool ASP.NET applications. Don't have a Windows box? Got an Intel-based Mac? Get Parallels Desktop and run XP. That can serve ASP.NET (you just have to install IIS manually) and run the Visual Studio tools quite nicely.

So, don't call me a "hater." I like Microsoft's products when (and only when) they're superior in some way to what's available. I still dislike their monopolistic, proprietary tendencies, but they can also be pretty magnanimous at times. They just have to be convinced it's in their best (business) interest to do so. ASP.NET is good stuff, and it's one reason I'll recommend more Windows in our server closet and developer's desks (OS X is still my first recommendation for non-developers).

Zombies

I have oft spoken of the need for the Defense Against Zombies Act, which would require the removal of teeth or dental fixtures from any deceased person prior to burial. This would ensure that any reincarnation event would be minimally disruptive, as zombies are fundamentally useless without a means of biting the non-undead. In the post-911 world, we can't be too careful.

My new religion - Antitheism

So, I've decided that I'm no longer content with being a simple atheist. I used to be a Roman Catholic. Then I was a poor Roman Catholic, followed by an agnostic, then an athiest. Ultimately, the more I learned, the less religious I felt. There was a time when the very idea of religion didn't bother me. To each their own. Well, screw that. Human society is in danger of descending into the dark ages again, and it's time we atheists took back rational thought, and demanded it of others. A war on Christianity? Hell, yes! And then on to Muslims and every other Hebrew sect. Don't forget the Hindus or even the Zoroastrians (sorry Freddie). The Rastafari will be spared for the time being. They're fun to hang out with. So, watch out religious people of the world! We've declared pre-emptive war, and we're not going to stand for your shit any longer. So help me god!