the webcam...

Grr. just set the bastard up, and am relizing there are issues with keeping a constant internet connection to my media pc. I blame the wifi repeater. But it could very well be the wireless PCIE card. I've never had problems with the card before, but then again, I never tried to keep up a constant internet connection before either...

Maybe I could write a little program/script that pings google every 5 minutes, and if it doesn't work, disable and re enable the wireless card, and renew the IP address. Seems a lot of work... well not really, but it does seem unnecessarily complicated.

Such is my life.
-Allen

Heroes! ....... ORLY?

This CNN Article claims that the boy scouts that set up a triage station after a tornado struck are "heroes." WTF? They are trained to do that. "Be Prepared," is the boy scout motto. They practice first aid, survival skills, etc. They did what they were told to do. Does this make them a hero?

So let me see... I'm trained to solder. So if I solder something, that makes me a hero? Bull shit. It makes me responsible.

Let's see... Firefighters are trained to fight fires. So, if they put one out are they a hero? no. If a firefighter runs in to a burning building and saves a baby, is he then a hero? yes.

Why? What's the difference? Well, as far as I can tell firefighters aren't trained to run into buildings to save people. It's just something they do if they feel it is right.

So applying this to the boy scouts. If some average joes (not boy scouts) set up a triage station to treat injured people. are they heroes? Maybe... more so than the boyscouts.

That doesn't seem to be a good explanation... Let's try this one:
Being a hero requires more those above simple tasks. I think that it requires unnecessary risk of personal injury. In this case, the tornado was over. They were helping the cleanup. No heroism there.

Had a boy run out from the shelter to grab another boy who had fallen and was frozen in fear as the tornado approached, he would be a hero.

Further I don't like the way CNN billed the story. They tried to make it out as if the 4 boys that died were the heroes. When all they did was... uhm... nothing; they died. It's not until you read the whole article till you see what they actually meant.

So another set of disorganized brain dumpings. I'm just too pissed and too lazy to edit it. But if I did, would I be a hero?