Author Archives: alan

It’s easier to arrest the non-violent ones.

Posted on October 3, 2013 by alan
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Note to Apple:

Posted on September 26, 2013 by alan

In 2007 the “i” in iPhone was a nice little nod to the Internet in your pocket while fooling the people into thinking you were selling a phone. Now that it’s 2013 you can drop the gag and stop calling … Continue reading →

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The All-In-One Project

Posted on September 23, 2013 by alan

Before last week, SQRPT was produced on three computers. One was an Asterisk PBX that handled the incoming DID (for the call-in number), one does the Skype and the other records the show, sends it to the Icecast server and … Continue reading →

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Monday Self Censorship

Posted on September 23, 2013 by alan

Good luck with that. If you refused administrative punishment and requested a court-martial you’ll be breaking rocks for a few years. Says the beta male. Oh yeah, milk that franchise. Yes, actually, I do think I’m better than you. LOL! … Continue reading →

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The Intrinsic Value of Journalism

Posted on September 17, 2013 by alan

(Cross posted from Facebook because blogs are dead.) This morning I was listening to journalists complain about how hard it is to get paid for doing journalism. And I thought, “It’s interesting how much “journalism” relied on limited access to … Continue reading →

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Press != Journalist

Posted on September 12, 2013 by alan

In light of the Senate trying to define “Journalist” it’s time to repeat something I said before. The first amendment “freedom of the press” isn’t about journalism. “the press” referred to in the amendment isn’t “The Press” as we refer … Continue reading →

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Self Sensorship

Posted on September 6, 2013 by alan

  That’s what I just said. You missed a spot over there. Ah yes, the “no true Scotsman” fallacy! I would if I could. And that’s how you know it’s jumped the shark. At least you admit it. Because you … Continue reading →

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NO

Posted on August 21, 2013 by alan
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A new low standard for sleazy in the gun biz.

Posted on August 16, 2013 by alan

I received this email yesterday from “gunauction.com”. Dear Alan, My name is David Smith and I work for GunAuction.com. Your website, www.snarkybytes.com has sparked our interest. Recently we have realized that we are in need of high ranking blogs about … Continue reading →

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Another incredibly bad idea

Posted on August 14, 2013 by alan

Apple patents would allow the government to disable iPhone camera and WiFi. The perfect thing to stop those pesky civilians from recording police behaving badly.

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