Control is So Very Old-School

I have no idea what this blog will be about. I do security things at fubarnorthwest, but this is intended for everything else. So, a catch-all. I have no intention of writing multiple blogs, divided by subject. There's the security blog, and this everything-else blog. Right now greg-freestyle, is about birds, because there's an interesting intersection between birds and citizen science. I love me some birds, but also some physics, astronomy, and data analysis. And there are a lot of social, and societal (not regarded as the same thing) issues that confuse the hell out of me. Plus a lot of clueless systems admins (and scientists, for that matter) that don't seem to have much of a grasp on reality.

Anything might turn up here; it's a dumping ground for random crap. Perhaps readers will supply me with a clue. Because, you know, having a clue is A Useful Thing. I do, however, reserve the right to beat on people when required. This is not a place for e.g. political diatribes, unless I am the author.

That might seem unfair, but it isn't, really. This is Blogger. The notion of bringing down the banhammer never did scale particularly well, and it's pretty much impossible on Blogger. Not being much of a control freak, this doesn't really bother me. I can just ignore you, or point out why I am ignoring you.

My blog, my rules, my rants and/or commentary. I get to be the judge of what differentiates rants, commentary, and thoughtful discussions. NOT. I expect to have most of my fun watching the weird places that human nature drives us toward, as humanity learns to deal with a very different future.

Here's Nirvana, on what may be the greatest copyright infringement mechanism known to man, YouTube, but is only the slightest taste of the societal disturbances to come. It may have been taken down by the time you read this. Fine. One of the things we need to think about is what we should just accept as ephemeral data, what should be preserved, and what time scales we are talking about. There is a large difference between clinical drug trial data and a Nirvana video.