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February 13, 2006

Dead-Eye Dick (Cheney, that is)

Rant filed under Human Nature, Politics, The Nation by Rantonymous

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Unless you've been locked in a small dark room without electricity this weekend, you will almost certainly have heard news concerning our fearless and combative Vice President, one Richard Cheney - though he prefers to be known as a real Dick - and his 'accidental' shooting of a member of his hunting party. (See the BBC's story in the unlikely even that you missed coverage.) Here is a picture. Caption: "...and with this outfit, and a Predator drone, you can remotely aim and fire at anyone you choose..." You can see how Mr. Cheney is biting his hand, so excited is he (more...)

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February 12, 2006

Voicemail hell replacing customer service

Rant filed under Customer Service by Rantonymous

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You know what's got me wrapped around the axle right now? Companies replacing actual people, living breathing talking and (sometimes) sentient people, with computerized voicemail systems. We've all had to face them - press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish and 3 for Tibetan Moon-phase chant. So it makes their lives easier, and improves their bottom line because they don't have to hire phone monkeys? Is that what they say? You know what - hire a phone monkey. I'll pay a bit more to have customer service that's actually "servicing" a "customer" - me. Now I don't want to get off (more...)

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February 9, 2006

Did you _really_ pass driver’s ed?

Rant filed under Human Nature by Rantonymous

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This morning, driving down that highway to hell, 101, in Silicon Valley, I had one of those moments where it made sense to me why it's not legal for new immigrants to own handguns. Merging onto the freeway, I accelerated, indicated, checked over my shoulder and started pulling into a welcoming space. At the same time, a young testosterone-filled young man swerved across three lanes of traffic, threading the eye of the needle, as he pulled into the space I was attempting to occupy. Ok, I thought. Poor driving. Obviously in a hurry and think the 7 seconds that move saved him (more...)

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I’ve solved the problem with Iran!

Rant filed under Politics, The Nation, The World by Rantonymous

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Now you should realise that I'm just a humble engineer-turned-product-manager type, and I'm usually too busy wrestling with graph theory, sparse matrix computation or the state of my bowels to worry about matters of national and international significance. But the situation in Iran has had me terribly concerned and I've found myself in idle moments (well, the precious few I have), spinning a pencil around my fingers and wondering what we can do to maintain the nuclear non-proliferation treaty intact and, while still letting - indeed assisting if necessary - Iran to have peaceful access to nuclear power generation. Now I (more...)

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Whatever happened to respect?

Rant filed under Human Nature, Politics by Rantonymous

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A few weeks ago I happened to wander into a Starbucks (California Avenue, Palo Alto, if you're keeping track). I know, I know, that's hardly an event of earth-shattering improbability, because if you're anywhere in the world where there's electricity and internal plumbing, you're scarcely more than 5 steps from a store. Anyway, I digress. While stirring the honey into my tea (it's only in private I stir the tea into my honey), I picked up the comics section of the local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News. One strip - I forget which - was yet again making fun of (more...)

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