quote: "Earlier this week he was accosted by a Christian who banned Carmony from running through the Horizon Christian Fellowship parking lot."

(from Carmony's blog:) "This week, while running through the parking lot of this "Christian fellowship," I was stopped by a man who worked at Horizon's [sic] ..."

My teenage daughter got virtually the same treatment from a public school principal. So, should I say "public" school instead? How "public" can it be if the public is not allowed access to the grounds?

It sounds to me like Mr. Carmony has an axe to grind with Horizon. How this relates to the subject of the article is beyond me. Most likely, he and his neigbors object to their sacred enclave (Rancho Santa Fe, the wealthiest community in the San Diego area) being sullied by the presence of the church facility.

Also, Carmony says "I was stopped by a *man* who worked at Horizon's ...". Did the man identify himself as a "christian"? (Not that it would make a difference, but El Reg appears to have made up that part.)

I suppose they are in their rights to ban him from running through there, but... what the hell? Why would someone care if some guy happens to run through the parking lot for a minute or two every once in a while? I don't see a reason why, and would appreciate if someone could enlighten me to a reasonable motive... Maybe they are afraid that he'd sue them if he got hurt there (twist an ankle in a hole, hit by a car, whatever)? (not that I think that's a reasonable motive, but this is America...)

Anyway, nothing to say about the real substance of the article. :-)

Your plug for Ashlee's book asks "Want to know where Gordon Moore eats Chinese food, where Steve Jobs and Bono hang out ?"

Only to avoid inadvertantly running into the law-maker, the plutocrat meglomaniac and the gobby Irish wankstain - otherwise NO!

Now if Licklider were still alive....

I don't want no Ubuntu sticker.

Ubuntu makes it too difficult to get at a terminal emulator, much less actually change anything important.

I want a Slackware sticker.

Why are they charging 20% for Canadian than US dollar? CDN is worth a bit more than a USD!

Linspires homepage says:

"It begins where the others end... Linspire 6.0... Powere by Ubuntu"

Hmmm

start quote >>> PS: I just noticed Horizon's is having Dinesh D'Souza speak there. I met Mr. D'Souza when I sat on a jury here in San Diego where he was found guilty of not paying a large bill to his lawyer.<<< end quote

Nice, seems like if you p*ss this guy off he will dig up the dirt - in this case on someone totally unrelated to the incident. Is this guy a Scientologist? If this guy ran around my property I would tell him to shove off too - how many times have i almost been hurled from the pavement or had to break suddenly in my car, when a tunnel-visioned endorphin-junkey cannot stop or go round an "obstruction". The sight of this crazed athlete must terrify the poor kids in the school next door.

I can actually sympathise to some extent with Mr. D'Souza (whom I don't know), fat wad lawyers charge outrageous fees.

I really will trust a guy telling me about how great a new product is when I've just learned that he has been given a contract with a salary probably worth ten times mine. Yeah, sure.

Just like I won't in any way imagine that what he's actually saying is how happy he is to have landed a nice cushy job that will keep him in Ferrari and Armani for another few years.

I'm really not impressed.

It was interesting to see his post, esp since he'd been on the forum before calling to the great buy it through a apt repository network (while not a bad idea on the face of it was badly done)

>> I want a Slackware sticker.

Funny enough I'm sure the guys are up for making other things, but we had to buy 18ks worth to get anything like a decent price so you may find them a little pricey at 1.

http://www.cafepress.com/linuxtracker.29517498

just $3.95 a piece, not too pricey I hate to say this

but Google is your friend.