"Dingo" Dave's rants and raves

The Senate and House finally passed the Unemployment benefits extension! It's about time!

Personally, I don't see why they held off. Yes, it will further bloat the national debt, but this is people's lives we're talking about. This is just as much an emergency as Hurricane Katrina! People are losing their homes and everything they own.

I must say I agree, I don't LIKE extending the national debt, but hey, I was unemployed myself for quite a while, and the unemployment I received just barely kept me afloat. And all the talk about "it will just enable people to not search for work" is a load of bull.

I don't know of anyone that doesn't look for work while they're unemployed. Sure, it's a great time (if you can afford it) to take some time off for vacation, but other than that, I'm seeing the same people on the same websites looking for work all the time.

As I sit here in amazement, several large firms are compiling statistics that say that Apple will have to spend nearly $1 billion in a recall of all the IPhone 4's already sold.

Now I ask, WHY would they do that? The easiest solution is to give each IPhone 4 owner out there their "rubber band" edge case. It may cost US $29 to buy one, but I can almost guarantee, the cost to Apple would be from $1 - 2!

Plus, how would a recall work? Would Apple require the return of the (allegedly) defective IPhone after which they would send us the replacement? Could we do it online, by "promising" to send the (allegedly) defective IPhone back once we receive the replacement? I, for one, couldn't do without my IPhone for a typical 6  week turnaround time on a replacement...

It'll be interesting to see how it turns out, after Consumer Reports listed it as defective... But now people are coming up and saying that Consumer Reports' tests were flawed in the first place. Peer pressure? Bad reporting? Who knows?

I see in the news that a FOURTH tape has been outed on Mel Gibson, allegedly to show that he was threatening to burn down his g/f's house if she didn't give him oral sex!

We shouldn't, but most of us hold celebrities to higher standards than the rest of us, simply because they have the money to be able to hold themselves to those same higher standards.

But time and time again, we see actors/actresses, politicians, etc. doing things that even WE wouldn't do. I mean, come on, threatening to burn down her house? Sheesh. If I made a threat like that, I'd be in jail faster than you could say Jack Sprat!

Just a BIG pet peeve with me. If I had half of Mel's money, I would be sitting back VERY satisfied and happy. Not demanding oral sex or else!

I just made 60th level with my Alliance hunter on World of Warcraft!!! YEAA!!!!

I never thought I'd want to play an online role-playing game. I'd tried several before, and they all seemed to be lacking something.

But WoW definitely has it. After a year of playing, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that, while it occupies a lot of my play time, it's got enough diversity in the play to keep me amused and interested...

Can't wait for the new version "Cataclysm" to come out this fall!!

After having the IPhone 4 for a couple weeks, and having bought a case for it from Incipio, everything's settled down, and I've learned the tips n tricks to using it more efficiently.

The double-click on the home button (the only button on the face) leads you to a small pop-up menu of apps you've run recently. The trick is to try to keep this to a minimum number of apps, otherwise your battery time suffers.

And the Grip o' Death that so many people reported on various websites is no longer an issue, since the case edge where the antenna is, is insulated from my hand, and I haven't been able to get it to drop bars for any reason...

So, so far so good. I've got my basic apps (iBook, Palm eReader. Slpash ID) all set up and running well, and updated my music collection to over 2800 songs now. Kinda nice to be able to go three-four days without repeating a song!

I'll write more later. Time for bed!