It was a bit harder than I expected it to be (the new iPods are apparently encrypted somehow to prevent anything but iTunes from syncing with it), but now it’s working perfectly. It even downloaded all of my cover art.
Basically, all I had to do was compile a new version of libgpod and run a few commands. The one in the Ubuntu repositories that was automatically installed by apt-get is outdated, so I had to download the source here and compile it. Read more…
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-12-26 | Filed under: Tech and games | 5 responses
These sorts of stories really bother me. This kid, raised as a Jehova’s Witness, decides to turn down a blood transfusion that would have saved his live, on the grounds that it would make him “unclean and unworthy.”
Of course, when I say “he decided,” I’m simplifying things a bit. There’s no way a young teenager could make this sort of decision rationally. He was influenced by the adults around him who instilled his deep religious faith, and he interpreted this faith (with help from his aunt) to mean that he should kill himself rather than accept medical treatment.
His birth parents, who no longer had custody of him, flew to the hearing to advocate that he should receive the treatment, but ultimately a judge ruled that he could refuse treatment if he wanted to. While it’s easy to blame religion and faith for this tragedy, and they certainly aren’t blameless, we shouldn’t forget people like this judge. He applauded the kid’s maturity in the decision, rather than doing what he should have done: explaining that he was too young to make such a decision, and that respecting crazy religious belief isn’t as important as saving lives.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-12-18 | Filed under: Fucked up | 21 responses
I know I should be writing about politics or philosophy or something, but I haven’t really been up to it lately, what with school and all. So, rather than a moderately intelligent post about a serious topic, you get my random rant about why cat image macros are no longer funny.
Seriously. What is this, 2005? It was funny for a while, back when Caturday was new on 4chan. Now everyone knows about it, and the overall image quality is steadily going downhill.
Sure, a new funny one comes out once in a while, most likely from the twisted minds of 4chan’s /b/, but literally hundreds show up on stumbleupon that are just awful.
Here’s a rule: if you just found out about the whole cat image macro trend a few days ago, you’re probably going to make a crappy image. It isn’t going to be funny and clever. It’s just going to be lame.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-12-14 | Filed under: Noteworthy, Other | 6 responses
I’m in the midst of finals right now, and I’m in danger of getting a D in calculus. Blogging is distracting, thus I’m doing it less. Sorry folks.
Also, notice the layout change. I know it seems like I change it way too much.
Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-12-10 | Filed under: Site News | 3 responses
Best. Episode. Ever.
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Posted by probabilityZero on 2007-12-07 | Filed under: Other | 2 responses
