Your Replacement is Already Here

Today I witnessed a naturalization ceremony of some 180 plus people. Though I knew none of them personally, they were clearly of different races and creeds. They had on a decent variety of cloths, and appeared to be of a wide verity of different national origins. The pride on their faces was unmistakable, as was the pride on the face of the family and friends they brought along.

What a stark contrast to all the people who are already citizens saying, "If this politician get elected, or that policy passes I am moving to ____ [foreign country]."

Of all the countries in the world, our new citizens chose to come here. They chose to throw off their allegiance to their place of origin, and swear an oath to this country. As bad as some people think we are, these new citizens believe this country to be the best in the world.

In short; for all the people contemplating leaving, go head, your replacement is already here.

Massive Lists

Massive List is a new category of posts. In deciding what products or programs to use, I find myself compiling lists of most of the top products or programs for comparing and contrasting purposes. It is also fairly apparent that most of what is listed toward the top has sticking power. What that means is that the lists tend to be useful for extended periods of time.

The way to stay at the top is to contently change to keep pace with technology. As such, listing the positives and negatives along with the features is an exercise in futility. By the time you manage to compile all that information, it is no longer correct.

Given this, the Massive Lists will be just that; alphabetically sorted lists with no or minimal commentary. To give you a head start in your own research, or if you chose to just rely on my opinion, the ones I believe to be the best will be listed at the top under the heading of "Top Picks." The ones listed in "Top Picks" will also be present in the Massive List.

Please feel free to add through the comment section any product or program you think should be added to the Massive List, or comment with your own "Top Picks."

To find the list of Massive Lists, click on the "Massive List" label.

Mozilla Breaks World Record

In case you missed it, Mozilla officially broke the (previously non existent) world record for the most downloads in 24 hours. All told, just over eight million copies were downloaded from the official site.

According to Mozilla, found both at their blog (blog.mozilla.com) and the official download page for the record (http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/):

"Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we now hold a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 and are now enjoying a safer, smarter and better Web."

Congratulations to Mozilla on breaking/setting this new Guinness World Record.

Commenting and Linking is Encouraged

While it generally goes with out saying that blogs like people to comment on their posts, there are a number of blogs out their that have turned off their comment boards.

Here at the BermanPost,you are encouraged to comment or link. Provided that is, that you follow the Comment Guidelines.

We will try to respond to every comment which seems to need one either on the comment board where it first appeared, or in a new post.

If instead, or in addition, you care to have a link debate/discution, we will partisipate.

If you do not understand what this means, follow the steps below:
1) Someone reads one of our posts.
2) They feel the need to comment or respond to something we said.
3) They make their own blog post linking back to the one they read.
4) They Email us letting us know or we find out in anther way.
5) We make a new blog post responding to what they posted, linking to their post.
6) We contact them to let them know.
7) Repeat as long as necessary.

We hope to hear from you soon

"You do not have to win to be victorious."

"You do not have to win to be victorious."
Quote by Andrew Berman

Think pyrrhic victory.

Please feel free to comment on your interpretation of this quote.

"Fight, even if you know you can not win."

"Fight, even if you know you can not win."
Quote by Andrew Berman

When confronted with adversity, the worst thing you can do is give up. What follows is a list of reasons.

1) You might be wrong - When push comes to shove, people find inner strength they didn't know they had. You may win the battle you once thought was hopeless.

2) Protect others - Chances are, you are not the first to be confronted with this injustice and if you do not fight back you will not be the last. By fighting back you may dissuade the perpetrator from doing the same injustice to the next person.

3) Reduce the reward - Generally, the reason the injustice is being perpetrated against you is because the perpetrator is reaping some sort of reward. By fighting back you are likely reducing that reward.

4) "You do not have to win to be victorious" - Follow the link to this quotes own post for an explanation.

Please feel free to comment on your interpretation of this quote.

Comment Guidelines

While this blog is still young, it seems important to set some guidelines for commenting.

1) Minimize profanity - it is possible to get your point across without resorting to cursing. Using that type of language rarely helps, and often takes away from your point. While it is sometimes useful depending on the context, overuse diminishes what ever value it may have had.

2) Avoid personal attacks - It is acceptable and even encouraged to have a passionate debate about the topic. It is not acceptable to attack people.

3) Keep with the topic - While debates are a good thing, make sure they are relevant to the post the comment is going with.

4) Feel free to link your comment to your blog or other website - As long as your comment is more than a thinly veiled attempt at advertising your own webpage, you can add your sites URL in your tag line along with your name.

5) No Spam - This needs no explanation, just be sure that your comment doesn't look like spam.

6) No Illegal Posting - this includes no solicitation or sales of illegal materials will be permitted to remain on this site, and be sure to quote and site properly if applicable.


Note: the opinions of commenter's are their own. Just because I do not take them down in no way means I agree with them.