We all know that the GQR ideology question is ultimately useless, so here's one that's pretty good.

I can't believe that I got New Left Hipster. Sheesh. DD

My Liberal Identity:

You are a New Left Hipster, also known as a MoveOn.org liberal, a Netroots activist, or a Daily Show fanatic. You believe that if we really want to defend American values, conservatives must be exposed, mocked, and assailed for every fanatical, puritanical, warmongering, Constitution-shredding ideal for which they stand.

Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com

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If you want to waste some serious money -- Buy Excel. It's useless. Utterly and completely useless. I was helping a co-worker do some fairly deep nested logic IF(,,IF(,,IF())), etc. She has 14 categories we needed to "IF". When she got to the eight level, Excel threw an error. It can't handle more than 7 nested statements!

This is on the latest and greatest version of Microsoft Excel.

Out of curiousity, I ran a quick test with OpenOffice.org, an open-source (Free) office suite. It allowed me to nest at least 10 levels of logic. I did not bother to test any further.

The moral of the story: When you can't get your work done, it's probably because you paid too much money for your tool!

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Disclaimer: Yes, I do understand that a spreadsheet is not meant to be a programming tool, but when the client wants something in a certain file format (grumble grumble) you deliver what they want. Personally, I think all complex pivot tables should be built using a dedicated tool capable of doing complex vector logic like PSPP or R or just use a simple database.

It is officially the holiday season. Black Friday is right around the corner, and I have every intention of gaining 10 pounds this weekend. But, before we descend into obtuse gluttony, I want to take a moment and talk about the things I am thankful for this holiday season.

Sometime tomorrow or this weekend, I am going to publish a piece outlining why I am thankful for Richard Stallman and all the folks over at the Free Software Foundation. Without their pioneering efforts, we would not have access to Free software. I truly believe that Free and open-source software is as American as apple pie. But, I'll talk about that more in a future installment.

In the meantime, I would also like to say that I am also incredibly greatful for this little piece of news, courtesy of the Huffington Post. Knowing that Anne Coulter's mouth is wired shut will make my Holidays a little more peaceful and relaxing. My only regret: not being able to see Anne with chipmunk cheeks.

Oh well. Maybe next year.

--pluribus