Who is Dr Nguyen Van Thop?

Now Ive been getting this question quite a bit lately, in fact ever since I changed my MSN Handle to this name.And I though, rather than answer another 20 times the origin of this new alias, that maybe I would save everyone the trouble and post it here.



The name is derived from a Simpsons episode. Can anyone guess which one? *thinking music* Nopes? "A StreetCar named Marge".



Lionel Hutz is burning all his personal posessions in the simpsons fireplace, he then remarks "Lionel Hutz is dead, say Hello to Miguel Sanchez". At the end of the episode the voiceover says "Lionel Hutz, AKA Miguel Sánchez, AKA Dr. Nguyen Van Falk was paid $5 for babysitting, he was glad to get it!"



Lionel Hutz, AKA Miguel Sánchez, AKA Dr. Nguyen Van Falk, is an unscrupulous ambulance-chasing "law talking guy" hired by the less affluent citizens of Springfield, mainly the Simpson family.
Note on the alias "Dr. Nguyen Van Falk" (as spelled in the closed captioning). UCLA Law Student Adam Baker says "Thoc" is a Vietnamese name while "Falk" is not, and thus his alias would be entirely Vietnamese (and entirely without credibility). Also "Nguyen" is mispronounced as "noo-yen" which can be taken as "Noonien", like from two Star Trek episodes: Khan Noonien Singh and Noonien Soong (Data's creator).



While van Falk would be the proper usage, I feel van thop gives it a little something extra ;) It is pronounced "Van-thoc" or "van-foc" in the episode, and sounds more like "van-thop" And hence...my alias.



Mattius the pirate has has taken on another of Lionel Hutz's aliases with Miguel Sanchez. The more the merrier! Get your alias today!



Here is an awesome site, its the Lionel Hutz File!

Daniel Ellsberg - Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg - Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers



I stumbled across this by accident. I was watching a movie called funnily enough "The Pentagon Papers". Its an intriguing look at the Vietnam War, and how Ellsberg released a 7,000page top secret document. In this remarkable memoir, Ellsberg describes in detail the two years he spent in Vietnam as a U.S. State Department observer, and how he risked his career and freedom to expose the deceptions and delusions that shaped three decades of American foreign policy.



After reading some exerps from this book I will be definately buying this one!

Clickety Clack

Ahh ye olde sounds of timeless technology. The absolute pinnacle of perfection in input devices. The IBM Keyboard! No, not those new fangled plastic, dishwasher safe pieces of shite. Im talking the good old circa 1986 genuine IBM PC Keyboards.



Im convinced that there will never be a better keyboard. EVER! Its got everything, the precise feel, the reassuring click, click, Metal chassis and that superlative beige finish. With every keystroke you can feel the machinery working, and hear it too. In fact anyone within a 200 metre radius knows your using that keyboard, and probably what letter you typed.



With my latest aquisition, I now have 4 of these bad boys. Earliest - 1984, and the latest 1986 (a young-en). Im sure these will be around long after I log off this earthly terminal.

Workshop/Exam Questions - Too Boring?

Well after completing a Microsoft Course a few weeks back - WIndows 2003 Active Directory Design, I have to say - how fricken boring are the questions/workshop scenarios? Example: COmpany blah blah has two offices they want to connect to enable syncronisation between AD forests." Now by this point I am off in the land of Nod, or possibly surfing the web through the Training Centres internet connection.



Why can't those unimaginatory sloths from Microsoft Courseware make questions fun, interesting and not boring! Well never fear Microsoft Scumbags, for Mark shall make some questions for you!.





Lab Exercise 1:.



You have three sites - The bat Cave, Gotham City Police Department, and bruce Waynes mansion. Design an a network and active directory structure that allows the following:
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1.Batman to surf porn through Gotham Citys T1 Connection to the internet

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2 Batmans Site must not be accessable by Administrators in either of the other two sites. How will you logically seperate the sites in the AD Design? Should batman have Enterprise Admin rights? Explain why a superhero needs admin rights.
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3 How many AD Forests will be in your design? Explain why Batman should live in a forest.




4 Enable delegation of control of bruce Waynes mansion Site to Batman if so requires.
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5 Batman has "superfriends" that need to access his network on occasions (lan games, sharing files etc) Design an extranet to allow this to happen securely.
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6. Robin needs remote access to Batmans cave when he is running around the city in those gay ass costumes. With security as a touchpoint - design a remote access infrastructure that will enable access, and stop him wearing tights
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Hell, Im more interested already!

All Quiet on the Mofo Front

Yes I know, I havent been posting much on here lately. Why? Well Mofoisms is my outlet for my various rants, and lately I just havent had any.



No idea why, work is shitting me off, and while I could rant on about the infinite crapness which is work - I won't bring myself down to that level. Work talk is best left at work, and hence I won't be saying anything about my professional life.



So what else has been happening? Bunches as per usual! Just over 5 and a bit months until I am married (and I cant wait!), my usual geeky tendencies are once again running rampant (read: transport tycoon and Tiger Woods Golf!).



Im getting back to my geeky roots and writing some open source stuff again. Its been a long time coming. I code for the fun of it, for the challenge. Not for profit. So when my carefactor and general inspiration is lacking, my coding stops! Look out in the coming months for several new Releases from MofoSoft (Patent Pending)



Well, thats all folks! Ill post again when I have some more Mofo-type-stuff to post. Until then, Farewell!

New Phone For Me

Well its finally happened! Ive bought a new mobile :) Its been a long stretch since my distant purchase of a Nokia 8250 many moons ago. But dammit its time for a change.



Settled on a Motorola V3 cos its just so damn thin! An absolutely gorgeous phone with heaps of features. Need I say more?



Check it out!