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I just don't talk about politics in this blog. Even when that might attract a much larger readership than I would otherwise get (I think!). One reason is that I want to be... Huh.. Err... politically correct. By not talking about the subject I also think it would be more probable to keep my job. You know, the virtues of public service and all. And last but not least, there are others that are doing a much better job than I think I would do.

I want to state, however, the conditions under which I will cast my next vote. I will further clarify that I seldom vote. Yes. I am one of those people, you know... non-voting people. Indecisos, we sometimes call them here. Though none of them really are, I bet. Non-affiliated would be a better name for such as the likes of me, however. Yes, I know that's hard to believe; but I have never been affiliated with any political party. And I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

Anyway, the prerequisites for my next vote are... simple. I will vote for the person (I won't use the term politician; since that gives them an air of respectability none of them has actually earned)... Sorry, got sidetracked there. I will vote for the person, or persons that vow to do less. Yes, you know... less.

Less politics.
Less laws.
Less bickering.
Less promises.
Less grand-standing.

Less. Less. Less!

Any senator, no matter what ideology he begets, need only make this one promise: "I will only make laws that simplify or derogate other older laws."

Anyone who runs for governor that, instead of having a more-with-less mentality, says he (or she) will do less with less; will instantly get my vote.

I know it's hard... Huh... Well; that isn't hard at all...

The information soldier is politically correct, respectably so

I almost never get headaches. But this last week? Monday? Headache. Tuesday? Headache. Wednesday? Headache. Thursday? Headache. I think it might have had had something to do with a trial I was involved in. Thankfully everything was resolved by last Thursday and on Friday I was recuperating. I don't know if being inside a federal court of law was reason I got the headaches, or if it was the fact that I was defendant in a ridiculous civil case. I will try, in the future, to avoid those conditions.

It is too bad that most computer users don't know enough in order to avoid the conditions that make their computers get sick. If they would just try to give their computers a blood transfusion - in the form of a Knoppix live CD try out. I am sure their computers would feel healthier!

eWeek has an article called From Melissa to Zotob: 10 Years of Windows Worms. It is interesting, not because of the trip down memory lane of the worst computer viruses ever, but it's implied message that we should have known better than to keep Microsoft Windows around. That drives me mad, sorta. Why do people keep choosing Windows? And then I remember, that most people don't. Just like Neo at that start of The Matrix, they don't see the reality in front of them.

It is when eWeek also reports that that authors of the recent Zotob virus where arrested that I get mixed feelings. These people have done wrong, I have no doubt about it. But arresting them is like arresting a symptom, when what should be done is to purge the system.

The information soldier is battle-healthy...

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This last year of work in the government of Puerto Rico has led me to gather these three pearls of wisdom:

• Such is life...
• And then you die...
• But not soon enough...

This fourth one, is the kicker tough:

• However, it can always be worse.

My apologies for not naming any sources, but I'm sure they'll understand.

It's been a while since my last post, but I've returned to work.

Working in the government in Puerto Rico is not what it used to be. Frankly, I'm quite disenchantment with the whole affair and I'm looking at my {few} options.

It's not that I don't want to be a public servant, I like the notion and the idea behind those words. But, I would like to believe I'm shedding some of the naivete that I've worn for years. Sadly, unless things don't take a turn for the better I think I could do no worse on the private sector.  read more »