Unfortunate Bug No Longer Lives
There was bug on the floor outside my office door, a large beetle of some kind. Stunned, dead or dying, I’m not sure which, I stepped over it on the way in. And again on the way out. And again later, when I returned.
Each time I secretly wished it would stir and crawl its way off to look for what might pass for sustenance under the shelving which lines the shop.
But then, in passing, I stepped on it by accident. It is crushed, and the issue of its quick or dead status is resolved permanently.
Now I’ll have to pick it up and bring it into my office*.
In other news, Microsoft claims that Linux violates over 230 patents. If you are a geek like me, you probably think this is complete crap. Claiming that someone else’s work belongs to you because it looks a little like something you own is mind boggling usury.
Here is a well-written Wired blog entry about this crap: Wired Blog Entry
* That’s where my trashbin is.
I have a head, two arms, two legs, and a wang. You are violating my patent SafeT, I now own you!
Thank you for resolving the beetle issue for me. It was a major dilemna in deciding what candidate I would support in ’08.
You shouldn’t bring the beetle into your office. It might come back to life, only really big and really angry and with your shrinking problem this could be a bad thing.
Zombie Beetles! I think I just found something they haven’t made a ‘B’ movie out of.
Aw.. oh well. One day at work I saw a beetle on it’s back with all it’s legs wiggling in the air but I didn’t right it because I wanted to see how long it took to to right itself. The next day, it was still there, wiggling its legs. I wonder how long it takes a beetle to starve, and what do they eat, anwyay?
Rich, you operate under australian patent law, so your patents are not enforceable here in the United States. So you can kiss my big, safe derrière.
B-Hip:The issue is far from resolved until all of us take responsibility for our share of the beetle issue.
Rayne:ZOMBIE BEETLES?!? ….NAKED LADIES?!?
Maja:As a child I trapped a beetle under a glass and it lived about a week there. I don’t know what beetles eat. I bet WikiPedia would know!
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