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CmdrTaco becomes An Old(er) Man
So, over the years, Rob, as only true friends do, has managed to cause my inbox to explode over the years. Now, it's payback time. That's right, our very own CmdrTaco is turning 30 today. I highly encourage you to drop him an e-mail at (remove the spam parts) maldaSPAM@SPAMslashdot.org. And of course, birthday presents of single malt scotch can be sent c/o of me. I'll...uh...make sure he gets them.
Hmm, seems Taco was right.
Birthday presents of single malt scotch can be sent c/o of me. I'll...uh...make sure he gets them.
Ok. But are you sure this label is going to work?
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Who is CmdrTaco?
"So, over the years, Rob, as only true friends do, has managed to cause my inbox to explode over the years."
How long does it take to proofread a ~30 word post?
Uttering logically derived and empirically supported truths to the disciples of the orthodox establishment.
heres looking for 30 hurays!
moo
Listen Sonny, you've got no idea what old is! Why, when I first learned to program, I had to carry my punch cards in a paper bag through the snow, on foot, 10 miles, uphill, in both directions! We didn't have these fancy keyboards -- we had to use a telegraph key. Monitors! Feh! We had to use an Etch-a-Sketch!
Anyway, Happy Brithday.
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I for one welcome our new paunchy middle aged slash/overlords....
Three Squirrels
So now we're going to slashdot CmdrTaco?
>Hopefully, with age comes wisdom.
:o)
what, aged 30? geez, I hadn't even made half my mistakes by then. Apart from the biggie - getting married
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Renewal! Renewal! Renewal!
Do not disturb. Already disturbed. http://www.teaaddictedgeek.com
... feels like 29. now, when you turn 31 you start thinking ... 'holy maturity Batman, I've been 30 for a year!'
+1 fashionably cynical
You want his email inbox to be flooded don't you?
30 years old and still making (good?) money from a college project. Life can't get much easier than that.
And 30 feels the same as 29 I assume....?
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
It is all downhill from here by the way. At least until you hit 40, when it is more of a "plunging off a cliff" aging process; just think of your 30s as the hill before the plunge. I can see the edge of the cliff already.....
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Happy Birthday Rob, many happy dups! *ducks*
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Congratulations Taco, you now join Hemos as just another old fart.
:)
Of course, you're still both just rotten kids to all of us 40 somethings!
As a guy many years older than him, it is depressing to see my hardworked, carefully thought-out story submissions heartlessly rejected on a regular basis by a bunch of barely 30-year old millionaire kids.
But that is the way of things I guess.
And next week, I'll send him another birthday greeting!
Hope you get , like, loads of Ponies!!!
This was posted on DIGG on Tuesday morning!
"maldaSPAM@SPAMslashdot.org"
Argh, I'm just not figuring this out. I've got the malda part, but am having trouble with the last part. I keep getting "slashdot.org" but I've never heard of that before. This SPAM stuff just confuses me.
On a serious note, are spammers really thwarted by foobar_AT_barbaz.com (apologies to the person with that e-mail address) and foobarNOSPAM@NOSPAMbarbaz.com? I mean, really, s/_AT_/@ isn't exactly rocket science.
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Taco,
Happy Birthday to you
Sadly, I don't think many people know of Logan's Run. Glad there were a few here who did! I discovered the movie upon watching "Free Enterprise". Then I had to run out and rent it.
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...that malda[at]slashdot.org has been blackholed to /dev/null for years now. Rob is much to busy polishing his monocle to answer email.
Wait a minute, that's not right...
I guess that maybe the "OMG P0N13S" stories from April Fools Day weren't so tongue-in-cheek.
Happy Birthday CmdrT!
In honour of this gracious occasion, I will prepare the following:
SPAM(TM) Tacos
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 SPAM® Classic (12-ounce) can cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 12 small new potatoes sliced 1/8-inch thick
- 1 Anaheim chile chopped
- 8 corn taco shells
- 2 cups torn romaine lettuce
- shredded cheddar cheese
- chopped tomato
- sour cream
- salsa
- standard keyboard & internet connection
Directions
In skillet over medium heat, combine SPAM®, potatoes, and chile. Cover. Cook 15 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, until potatoes are tender. Fill each taco shell with about 1/4 cup SPAM(TM) mixture and 1/4 cup lettuce. Top with cheese, tomato, sour cream, and salsa. Eat while posting, emailing, or whatever!
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
is that we all work in such an ageist occupation. 30+ years at the coalface means nothing nowadays. Oh, yes, and I can't make love quite as often as I used to!
init 11 - for when you need that edge.
Value this time in your life kids, because this is the time in your life when you still have your choices, and it goes by so quickly.
When you're a teenager you think you can do anything, and you do.
Your twenties are a blur.
Your thirties, you raise your family, you make a little money and you think to yourself, "What happened to my twenties?"
Your forties, you grow a little pot belly you grow another chin. The music starts to get too loud and one of your old girlfriends from high school becomes a grandmother.
Your fifties you have a minor surgery. You'll call it a procedure, but it's a surgery.
Your sixties you have a major surgery, the music is still loud but it doesn't matter because you can't hear it anyway.
Seventies, you and the wife retire to Fort Lauderdale, you start eating dinner at two, lunch around ten, breakfast the night before. And you spend most of your time wandering around malls looking for the ultimate in soft yogurt and muttering "how come the kids don't call?"
By your eighties, you've had a major stroke, and you end up babbling to some Jamaican nurse who your wife can't stand but who you call mama.
Any questions?
Or some Cola Light and Mentos for next experiment. PS: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6807159483 537170629
Nonsense, life doesn't even begin until 40, at least if you've done it right.
I'm only 35 now (will be 36 this summer) but already I'm starting to believe kfg's assessment. All my life, I've heard this crap about how the 20s are the best years of your life and 40 is when everything goes to hell. I now believe that's a bunch of crap. Actually, I believe that common perception is probably true for common people. For geeks like us, I think the 30s and 40s are much better than our 20s.
Maybe my experience was a little more extreme than most people's since my 20s were dominated with grad school in an institute with a terrible male-female ratio, but I look back on my 20s and think of them as years where I was busy building up my capabilities. My ability to take care of myself. My ability to cook things other than spagetti and ramen noodles. My ability to prove myself capable of independent, in-depth research. All along I thought I knew what I was going to do when I finished my dissertation (become a professor) but that turned out not to be correct at all.
Now midway through my 30s, I've got a much stronger sense of who I truly am and what my strengths are. I'm still struggling to develop new capabilities and broaden my horizon, but I'm starting to take a little more time to appreciate what I've built so far. Financial decisions that I made back in my 20s because I thought they were the right thing to do are starting to pay off for me now. I'm still very busy but I'm starting to see things in a broader scope than I did when I was so fixated on one or two things in my 20s.
I imagine that my 40s is when I'll truly be content. By then, I imagine I'll be pretty damn comfortable with the person I turned out to be. I'll be able to see how everything fits together in my life much better.
People think of 40s as "over the hill" largely because of physical issues. Yeah, perhaps its true that if you don't take care of yourself that age will start to catch up with you then. But if you eat right and exercise, I think your 40s can be some of your best active years. You shouldn't still be putting in 60-hour weeks in your 40s so you'll have more time for exercising, spending time with the family, and just plan enjoying life. Regarding sports, you might have to take a few more days of layoff between workouts or slow down a bit on the court, but you will find that your increased understanding of tactics, planning, and strategy will make up for it. Yes, even for stuff like weight-training. You'll start to realize that going into the gym 4-6 days a week and blasting your muscles to failure every time in a pathetic attempt to put a half-inch on your arms in time for summer just isn't the smartest approach.
Like kfg says, your 40s should be the best years of your life if you've done it right (e.g., made careful financial decisions, ate healthy, gotten plenty of non-destructive exercise, not completely dedicated yourself to your job). That's how I see it anyhow.
GMD
watch this
You're posting a comment on some guy's blog saying that his birthday doesn't matter? Then don't post on his blog!
Happy birthday Rob, benevolent overlord with snazzy first name!
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Excellent movie. Ever see any of the short-lived TV series? I did. Yup, I'm that old. Ah well.
Anyways, for extra credit, rent another film from the same era: Silent Running.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
Actually, digg posts about Taco hit more than you would think.
This recent redesign competion has caused his journal to be dugg quite heavily where we haven't heard anything about it here.
liqbase
The 40's Rocked for me too! #1 the kids were grown and had flown the nest #2. I discovered that "empty nest syndrome" is but an ugly rumor started by unemployed teenagers. It was time for 'grown-up toys' and grown-up trips,(end destinations which did not cater to cotton candy booths),Para-sailing in Mexico, flying stunt kites in Canada, U.S. and Mexico, and learning to snow ski.
By the 50's, falling down on one of these escapades wasn't all that bad, but the 'Getting up' was becoming a B#tch.
Unfortunately 60's SUCK! Spare parts are not readily available and Full body transplants have a huge back-order list.
However, 'Old' beats the only available alternative, I guess!
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It simply wastes your time and truely annoys the pig"
Does he have a personnal website? :)
What could be the url?
oups, I just accidently google is name, and cut-paste is url in this reply
http://cmdrtaco.net/
No sig for now.
And may your birthday be duped many a time.
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
Mr. CmdrTaco a very Happy Birthday to you Sir.
..?
... Happy Birthday Sir!
May you enjoy life as much as Ollie.
May you prosper as well as Spock.
May you never give a moose FARQs.
The drugs of my youth in the "1960s".
Compare poorly with my drugs today.
You got some great drugs to look
forward to when you get to your
sextities as your body, mind and
spirit slip into "dang dumb ass",
why did I pass that up.
Yep, you always regret more what you
passed up, then what you fucked up.
Then the drugs really help you forget.
Well, I guess you best get on with
your life. By the time you get to 137yo
What was I saying
> You chose well, so choose well.
J.D.10101
Unaccountable leaders are masters, and unrepresented people are slaves. How do US and EU fare?
I got married at 30 also.
Now I'm 32 and I've been married 357 years.
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From the Department of Redundancy Department... "So, over the years, Rob, as only true friends do, has managed to cause my inbox to explode over the years."
I have patented the process (patent pending) of turning 30 years old on May 10, 2006. You, sir, will be hearing from my lawyer.
I guess in Soviet Russia your birthday celebrates you and
OOG PASSING OUT AT YOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY WHEN HE SEES
Nataly Portman naked and petrified pouring hot grits down your pants, she knows that
All your base are belong to us!
So again, Happy Birthday and may you always get the
Frist Psit.
You can't handle the truth.
more people posting about dupes
And More people posting about dupes leads to suffering...
Guess who's sleeping on the sofa tonight? ...
Bastard.
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