"As a newly converted Jew, I am hurt by the continuous slander of our people..."
Your people, eh? What were they before you converted? I think I'll become a Muslim tomorrow then they'll be my people. And then I can complain about the centuries of oppression my people have suffered. And after I get bored of being a Muslim, I'll try out Hinduism so I can be one of them.
I can't decide if this was a subtle troll of if you're just a complete jackass.
"Anyone familiar with my work, regardless of what you think of it, will see meticulous attribution to all information that doesn't come from me."
Really?
I wrote a nasty-gram to you several months ago that chapped your thin-skinned ass so badly that you wrote a series of articles that were basically whines about how people aren't very nice to you.
Not only did you misquote me, you did it in such a way to make yourself sound better. Not only are you inaccurate, you're manipulative.
Why are you still here? Please die. With sugar on top.
(For those curious about what I really wrote, search the above linked page for 'Talisman' or just look for reply #79)
His name is Nick Fisher. He lives in Minnesota and plays with his dad's money, which he desperately wants everyone to believe is his, and that he earned it all from scratch. I swear this guy was the valedictorian of the Elmer Fudd School of Self-Esteem. "My name is Nick Fisher. I am a millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."
I had the misfortune of making his acquaintance about 5 years ago in the online game SubSpace. I was pretty active in the SubSpace community and was witness to countless incidents where he proved what a prick he is. He did things ranging from getting people banned from the game even when they had done nothing wrong, to ping flooding individuals during League matches so that his squad would win. He pulled the same stunt on one of the more popular Quake servers and was cold busted by the guy that ran it. He had about a 60-page ping log, all coming from Nick Fisher's IP address.
Anyway, to anyone who has ever met this jackass, this type of behavior comes as no surprise. Download SubSpace and see for yourself. Go into any zone, ask about 'trixter' (his rather fitting online name) and the Gamefan debacle. You'll get an earful. He still plays rather frequently, so you may even get the chance to tell him how you feel in person. (SubSpace only runs on Windows. Sorry.)
"[What about America]...populated by the Europeans and Africans?"
Yeah, and the African-Americans have had a HUGE impact on computer technology in the U.S.
"...the Portugese, Dutch and British occupations were ages ago." Ages? I guess if you define last decade, in the case of South Africa as being 'ages ago'. The Dutch presence is still strong there and the infrastructure they setup is still in place.
As for Brazil, the Portugese bloodline is alive and well in that country, even though they are independent. The default language of the country is Portugese for fuck's sake. They are Portugese people that happen to live in Brazil.
Granted, India hasn't been occupied for a while, but under the right circumstances they are a very productive race. Indians in America tend to do very well for themselves while most live in squalor in their home country. I believe that to be a political problem with India's government as opposed to a problem with the people.
"How do you think that has any connection to the amount of silicon and fibre-optic in these countries?" Well, in South America, the telecommunications industry is subsidized by the governments. And labor is EXTREMELY cheap over there. I actually have worked with many companies that export to South America (I live in Miami) and they are behind us. The vast majority of South Americans are still using 486 and P5 machines.
As for China, I never mentioned them. My post was a response to someone else who mentioned the countries in question.
Nope. If what I said was false, THEN I would be prejudice.
"FYI, civilisation doesn't begin and end in North America." Really? Thanks for clueing me in. I always thought those National Geographic specials were simply products of Hollywood. It's nice to know the places really exist...
"Brazil (populated by the Portugese), South Africa (populated by the Dutch) and India (occupied by the British for decades) are all large consumers of computing technology and are relatively well-integrated into the Internet."
Yeah, I wonder why...
"So lay off the bigotry, for a change." Lay off the politically correct piffle.
Yeah, good thing Africa adopted Linux as opposed to some other OS because we wouldn't want to let the supercomputing center that Africa is slip into the hands of a less-deserving community... WTF are they going to run Linux on? Does Linux port well to tribal drums? And that whole lack of electricity thing will prove to be a bitch as well... Too bad Linux isn't edible. Then they could actually use it. Linux in Africa. Jeeeeezzz.....
The world needs all types of people. I don't think Linux gurus are the top of the food chain nor do I think all the world needs is Linux.
However...
Slashdot would be better off with a journalist that at least knew how to install Linux, don't you think? Since Slashdot caters to the Linux community and all...
As for your questions, here ya go:
"Have you ever written a book?"
Started one but never finished it.
"Do you know how to deliver a baby..."
Yes. I've even done it once.
"...or cut out a burst appendix?"
Read the medical manuals and I think I could do it if I had to. However if the appendix had already burst, they would almost certainly die of septicimia.
"Can you maintain a high-tension electric power line?"
No, but I could figure it out.
"Do you know how to grow and harvest a field full of corn or wheat?"
No, but again, if I had a book on the subject...
"How are your metallurgical skills"
Pretty weak:)
"...can you manufacture a sheet of stainless steel?"
Well... Not HERE I can't...
The point is that he COULDN'T figure it out. He had months to do it and COULD NOT figure it out. But he's a tech writer?!? C'mon man. You must admit there have got to be better choices than Katz.
I used the phrase "logged in as root" as a way of saying "this is when I was done." If there is any other part of my post you would like spoonfed to you, just drop me a line.
As for me looking for any excuse to lash out at others, no, I don't scour for them. Katz has repeatedly delivered reasons to me in the form of his shitty articles. And I ignored it until he posted like his 57th Columbine article on how Mars was aligned with Venus on that day and how a Beowulf cluster of astrologists predicted that exact event, or some other such nonsense.
He deserves his flames. He has no journalistic integrity. Fuck him.
Assembled the box, installed Win95 then NT then Linux.
Most of the setup time was Linux. It also wasn't a speedy machine. (P133 w/ 16MB RAM)
I'd never even heard of Linux until I grabbed a Slackware CD from a box marked 'JUNK' at the place I used to work. I was just the curious type and I wanted to see what it was like. After I got past the pain-in-the-ass installation, I loved it.
As for misquotations, they should be avoided at all costs. If a misquotation can't be avoided, it should be paraphrased with a disclaimer stating that the quote is not exact.
Not only did he misquote me, but he altered the quote in a way that was beneficial to him. That is unacceptable and I hope the readers of this thread look at the really important issue.
Which is worse? Me using bad words or Jon Katz deliberately altering a quote to suit his needs?
"The reason that flamers like yourself absolutely baffle me is, why would you waste your valuable time on all this in the first place? Considering the length of your post, you spent quite a bit of time on all this. Life is short, my friend. If you get some sort of kick by wasting one precious second of your life on this nonsense, I feel sorry for you."
It doesn't really take long at all. 5 minutes or so. And although some people don't understand the benefit of flaming, I personally like it. I think it is fun. If you get a creative/clever flamer, it can be downright funny.
The main reason I'll ignore him is because I now have proof that he doesn't really give a shit about journalistic integrity. I used to think he was just a know-nothing tech writer that tried hard. Now I know for a fact that he doesn't even try hard. He is useless.
Ahhh more AC flames. Love 'em. This one even mixed in some freshman psychobabble.
<sarcasm>
Wow AC! You are right! Thanks for your cutting insight into my psyche! From your one comment, I no longer hate my father, I like Jon Katz and I don't watch my poop when I flush!
YOU ROCK!
No, really. You should be a psychiatrist because I'm sure that you are a mental Rock of Gibraltar. You are so mentally stable that you can tell others what their problems are from a mere e-mail message. That is utterly amazing.
Thanks. I don't understand people that post anonymously. If you are threatening the president's life, it might be wise to remain covert. But when you are simply telling a dumbass writer that he knows not what he types, there is no reason to hide.
Dig all the AC flames. What a pack of shivering wimps. It's OK, guys/gals. You can post with your real names. I won't hunt you down, yank you from your dark bedroom and beat your lilly-white asses.
"BTW, I loved your article "I'm better than Katz because I installed Linux in 9 hours"."
Well good, because Anon Cowards were my target audience. I like nothing more than amusing nutless weasels.
"A warning though, your articles are getting as long as Katz, who you admire so much. Your lucky I was able to read far enough in to find the plot of your story."
Agreed. It was a bit long.
"Thanks Taliswoman,"
Oh oh I get it! 'Taliswoman' is a play on the word Talisman. I better give up now. I don't think I can compete with such rapier wit. Funny how you think that feminizing a word makes it an insult. I fully expect all the women on this board to flame you to a crisp for your latent sexism.
"and keep up the good work"
I shall try. But people like you motivate me so, please, MORE FLAMES!
I am the flamer that Katz misquoted. I'm sure it was far too difficult for him to click on his "Deleted" folder and read it again for the sake of posting an exact quote. He'd rather just type what he thought he read. I like you even less now, Katz.
Katz wrote:
"You're not a Linux geek," he jeered. "It took you months just to install a Linux system."
I did not type that. What I did type is:
"Stop implying that you are a geek. You aren't nearly intelligent enough. You couldn't even build your own Linux box when given MONTHS to do so. You suck on every level. Please die."
This is reason enough for me to never read this asswipe's columns again. There was NO REASON to misquote me, aside from him trying to make himself sound better.
"It took you months just to install a Linux system.", he wrote.
That leaves the reader with the impression that he eventually figured it out, but that wasn't the case, was it Katz? The last I read you had someone else set it up for you.
Psssst. Dumbass. That doesn't count.
He has a hard copy of what was written. I wonder how many other columns contained misquotations due to his laziness or lack of commitment to accuracy.
You get worse by the article, Katz. What makes you think that a person who doesn't understand technology can be a competent writer in the technology field? It took me 9 hours to build my first Linux box. (It was Slackware for those that are curious.) I had not 1 minute of experience with Linux/UNIX before I began the project. Not only did I log in as root on this correctly configured alien OS in 9 hours, but I had it setup in a triple-boot configuration on a Windows NT/Win95 box and this was in 1997, long before they had idiot-proof boot managers.
I detest you now because you, as far as I can tell, purposely misquoted me. That is borderline criminal for a journalist.
You've gotten your wish. I will be ignoring your worthless columns from this point forward.
For those curious, the entire e-mail is posted below:
"If you post one more story about Columbine, I will first vomit, then never read Slashdot as long as I live.
You are such a weak writer it is pathetic. How many times can your lame ass milk the same fucking cow?
SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY
B. *immons
P.S. Stop implying that you are a geek. You aren't nearly intelligent enough. You couldn't even build your own Linux box when given MONTHS to do so. You suck on every level. Please die."
I will admit that it is harshly worded, but that is just my style. No matter how this article was worded it wouldn't have made any difference to Katzhole because here is a paraphrased version of his response:
(I deleted his e-mail or else I would post the exact quote. See how easy it is to be responsible, Katz? Drop me an e-mail and I'll explain what a paraphrase is used for.)
'I will keep writing about Columbine again and again and I will keep getting hundreds (or did he say thousands?) of responses to the articles.'
Katz doesn't seem to understand that if you write about a hot topic, Columbine for example, people are going to respond in droves, no matter who the author is.
Buzzword using, misquoting non-journalist. Yuck. Slashdot, lose this prick. There are other, better writers to be had.
...aside from Katz's usual prattle, is that this story is posted on a site whose readers get laid less often than Hilary Clinton.
Fat, pasty-white geeks having hot, sticky sex. Appetizing thought, eh? This would be like asking Khoury League players to comment intelligently on NFL strategies.
Nerds and sex? Geez Katz, what bizarre parallel will you try to draw next time? How about a story on fuckwit writers that don't know shit about technology but write for a site that caters specifically to people that deal in the tech fields. I think people would like that...
Talisman
P.S. Eating a donkey taco in Tihajuana doesn't qualify as getting a piece of ass.
"Who is going to pay for teacher education, then new text books and finally teaching the kids. Also how many road signs in the United States will have to be changed? Do you think my mother, grandmother or girlfirend have the faintest idea how long a kilometer is? How many people out there in the US know the metric system?"
Well, the several millions we wasted on a 'lost' (wtf is it?) Mars Climate satellite might have bought a few road signs...
Yes it will be expensive but that is no reason to not do it. The US is sorely out of sync with the rest of the world on this issue. And I'm an American that loves America (a rarity these days) but the truth is the truth. We need to convert.
As for learning the metric system, jeez man it isn't that difficult. The first few months will be painful but people will get up to speed before you know it.
I say that the US Govt. should Cold Turkey our Imperial using asses and throw us headlong into the metric system. Screw us.
Slashdot Mirror
"As a newly converted Jew, I am hurt by the continuous slander of our people..."
Your people, eh? What were they before you converted? I think I'll become a Muslim tomorrow then they'll be my people. And then I can complain about the centuries of oppression my people have suffered. And after I get bored of being a Muslim, I'll try out Hinduism so I can be one of them.
I can't decide if this was a subtle troll of if you're just a complete jackass.
I agree. Most programmers that I know think much too highly of themselves.
"...how do you know they're not plagiarizing me?"
Oh, that's easy. Because you're an idiot.
"Anyone familiar with my work, regardless of what you think of it, will see meticulous attribution to all information that doesn't come from me."
Really?
I wrote a nasty-gram to you several months ago that chapped your thin-skinned ass so badly that you wrote a series of articles that were basically whines about how people aren't very nice to you.
Not only did you misquote me, you did it in such a way to make yourself sound better. Not only are you inaccurate, you're manipulative.
Why are you still here? Please die. With sugar on top.
(For those curious about what I really wrote, search the above linked page for 'Talisman' or just look for reply #79)
His name is Nick Fisher. He lives in Minnesota and plays with his dad's money, which he desperately wants everyone to believe is his, and that he earned it all from scratch. I swear this guy was the valedictorian of the Elmer Fudd School of Self-Esteem. "My name is Nick Fisher. I am a millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht."
I had the misfortune of making his acquaintance about 5 years ago in the online game SubSpace. I was pretty active in the SubSpace community and was witness to countless incidents where he proved what a prick he is. He did things ranging from getting people banned from the game even when they had done nothing wrong, to ping flooding individuals during League matches so that his squad would win. He pulled the same stunt on one of the more popular Quake servers and was cold busted by the guy that ran it. He had about a 60-page ping log, all coming from Nick Fisher's IP address.
Anyway, to anyone who has ever met this jackass, this type of behavior comes as no surprise. Download SubSpace and see for yourself. Go into any zone, ask about 'trixter' (his rather fitting online name) and the Gamefan debacle. You'll get an earful. He still plays rather frequently, so you may even get the chance to tell him how you feel in person. (SubSpace only runs on Windows. Sorry.)
Talisman
"[What about America]...populated by the Europeans and Africans?"
Yeah, and the African-Americans have had a HUGE impact on computer technology in the U.S.
"...the Portugese, Dutch and British occupations were ages ago." Ages? I guess if you define last decade, in the case of South Africa as being 'ages ago'. The Dutch presence is still strong there and the infrastructure they setup is still in place.
As for Brazil, the Portugese bloodline is alive and well in that country, even though they are independent. The default language of the country is Portugese for fuck's sake. They are Portugese people that happen to live in Brazil.
Granted, India hasn't been occupied for a while, but under the right circumstances they are a very productive race. Indians in America tend to do very well for themselves while most live in squalor in their home country. I believe that to be a political problem with India's government as opposed to a problem with the people.
"How do you think that has any connection to the amount of silicon and fibre-optic in these countries?" Well, in South America, the telecommunications industry is subsidized by the governments. And labor is EXTREMELY cheap over there. I actually have worked with many companies that export to South America (I live in Miami) and they are behind us. The vast majority of South Americans are still using 486 and P5 machines.
As for China, I never mentioned them. My post was a response to someone else who mentioned the countries in question.
"At least you're not prejudiced, eh?"
Nope. If what I said was false, THEN I would be prejudice.
"FYI, civilisation doesn't begin and end in North America." Really? Thanks for clueing me in. I always thought those National Geographic specials were simply products of Hollywood. It's nice to know the places really exist...
"Brazil (populated by the Portugese), South Africa (populated by the Dutch) and India (occupied by the British for decades) are all large consumers of computing technology and are relatively well-integrated into the Internet."
Yeah, I wonder why...
"So lay off the bigotry, for a change." Lay off the politically correct piffle.
Actually, if you look at it from a per capita standpoint, Antartica is pretty well off.
The only people living there are research scientists, and they probably do pretty well financially.
Yeah, good thing Africa adopted Linux as opposed to some other OS because we wouldn't want to let the supercomputing center that Africa is slip into the hands of a less-deserving community... WTF are they going to run Linux on? Does Linux port well to tribal drums? And that whole lack of electricity thing will prove to be a bitch as well... Too bad Linux isn't edible. Then they could actually use it. Linux in Africa. Jeeeeezzz.....
The world needs all types of people. I don't think Linux gurus are the top of the food chain nor do I think all the world needs is Linux.
:)
However...
Slashdot would be better off with a journalist that at least knew how to install Linux, don't you think? Since Slashdot caters to the Linux community and all...
As for your questions, here ya go:
"Have you ever written a book?"
Started one but never finished it.
"Do you know how to deliver a baby..."
Yes. I've even done it once.
"...or cut out a burst appendix?"
Read the medical manuals and I think I could do it if I had to. However if the appendix had already burst, they would almost certainly die of septicimia.
"Can you maintain a high-tension electric power line?"
No, but I could figure it out.
"Do you know how to grow and harvest a field full of corn or wheat?"
No, but again, if I had a book on the subject...
"How are your metallurgical skills"
Pretty weak
"...can you manufacture a sheet of stainless steel?"
Well... Not HERE I can't...
The point is that he COULDN'T figure it out. He had months to do it and COULD NOT figure it out. But he's a tech writer?!? C'mon man. You must admit there have got to be better choices than Katz.
A pair of ovaries/testes. Pick the appropriate organ.
It isn't hyphenated. Also, I meant to say 'flamer'. As in, 'one who flames or has flamed'. It wasn't f + lamer.
As for the definition of paraphrase, here ya go:
par.a.phrase n. - a rewording of the meaning of something spoken or written.
Hrmmm... Sounds like exactly what Katz did, eh?
Next time, please have a point. Aside from the one over which your dunce cap snugly fits.
I used the phrase "logged in as root" as a way of saying "this is when I was done." If there is any other part of my post you would like spoonfed to you, just drop me a line.
As for me looking for any excuse to lash out at others, no, I don't scour for them. Katz has repeatedly delivered reasons to me in the form of his shitty articles. And I ignored it until he posted like his 57th Columbine article on how Mars was aligned with Venus on that day and how a Beowulf cluster of astrologists predicted that exact event, or some other such nonsense.
He deserves his flames. He has no journalistic integrity. Fuck him.
This was almost too boring to respond to.
Assembled the box, installed Win95 then NT then Linux.
Most of the setup time was Linux. It also wasn't a speedy machine. (P133 w/ 16MB RAM)
I'd never even heard of Linux until I grabbed a Slackware CD from a box marked 'JUNK' at the place I used to work. I was just the curious type and I wanted to see what it was like. After I got past the pain-in-the-ass installation, I loved it.
As for misquotations, they should be avoided at all costs. If a misquotation can't be avoided, it should be paraphrased with a disclaimer stating that the quote is not exact.
Not only did he misquote me, but he altered the quote in a way that was beneficial to him. That is unacceptable and I hope the readers of this thread look at the really important issue.
Which is worse? Me using bad words or Jon Katz deliberately altering a quote to suit his needs?
"The reason that flamers like yourself absolutely baffle me is, why would you waste your valuable time on all this in the first place? Considering the length of your post, you spent quite a bit of time on all this. Life is short, my friend. If you get some sort of kick by wasting one precious second of your life on this nonsense, I feel sorry for you."
It doesn't really take long at all. 5 minutes or so. And although some people don't understand the benefit of flaming, I personally like it. I think it is fun. If you get a creative/clever flamer, it can be downright funny.
The main reason I'll ignore him is because I now have proof that he doesn't really give a shit about journalistic integrity. I used to think he was just a know-nothing tech writer that tried hard. Now I know for a fact that he doesn't even try hard. He is useless.
Ahhh more AC flames. Love 'em. This one even mixed in some freshman psychobabble.
<sarcasm>
Wow AC! You are right! Thanks for your cutting insight into my psyche! From your one comment, I no longer hate my father, I like Jon Katz and I don't watch my poop when I flush!
YOU ROCK!
No, really. You should be a psychiatrist because I'm sure that you are a mental Rock of Gibraltar. You are so mentally stable that you can tell others what their problems are from a mere e-mail message. That is utterly amazing.
</sarcasm>
Thanks. I don't understand people that post anonymously. If you are threatening the president's life, it might be wise to remain covert. But when you are simply telling a dumbass writer that he knows not what he types, there is no reason to hide.
Dig all the AC flames. What a pack of shivering wimps. It's OK, guys/gals. You can post with your real names. I won't hunt you down, yank you from your dark bedroom and beat your lilly-white asses.
"What grade are you in?"
17th
"And who do you have for second period."
Your mom.
"BTW, I loved your article "I'm better than Katz because I installed Linux in 9 hours"."
Well good, because Anon Cowards were my target audience. I like nothing more than amusing nutless weasels.
"A warning though, your articles are getting as long as Katz, who you admire so much. Your lucky I was able to read far enough in to find the plot of your story."
Agreed. It was a bit long.
"Thanks Taliswoman,"
Oh oh I get it! 'Taliswoman' is a play on the word Talisman. I better give up now. I don't think I can compete with such rapier wit. Funny how you think that feminizing a word makes it an insult. I fully expect all the women on this board to flame you to a crisp for your latent sexism.
"and keep up the good work"
I shall try. But people like you motivate me so, please, MORE FLAMES!
Whatever you say, AC. Grow a pair and come back when you aren't afraid to hide behind your keyboard.
And stop watching Crocodile Hunter. It's affecting your vocabulary.
Talisman
I am the flamer that Katz misquoted. I'm sure it was far too difficult for him to click on his "Deleted" folder and read it again for the sake of posting an exact quote. He'd rather just type what he thought he read. I like you even less now, Katz.
Katz wrote:
"You're not a Linux geek," he jeered. "It took you months just to install a Linux system."
I did not type that. What I did type is:
"Stop implying that you are a geek. You aren't nearly intelligent enough. You couldn't even build your own Linux box when given MONTHS to do so. You suck on every level. Please die."
This is reason enough for me to never read this asswipe's columns again. There was NO REASON to misquote me, aside from him trying to make himself sound better.
"It took you months just to install a Linux system.", he wrote.
That leaves the reader with the impression that he eventually figured it out, but that wasn't the case, was it Katz? The last I read you had someone else set it up for you.
Psssst. Dumbass. That doesn't count.
He has a hard copy of what was written. I wonder how many other columns contained misquotations due to his laziness or lack of commitment to accuracy.
You get worse by the article, Katz. What makes you think that a person who doesn't understand technology can be a competent writer in the technology field? It took me 9 hours to build my first Linux box. (It was Slackware for those that are curious.) I had not 1 minute of experience with Linux/UNIX before I began the project. Not only did I log in as root on this correctly configured alien OS in 9 hours, but I had it setup in a triple-boot configuration on a Windows NT/Win95 box and this was in 1997, long before they had idiot-proof boot managers.
I detest you now because you, as far as I can tell, purposely misquoted me. That is borderline criminal for a journalist.
You've gotten your wish. I will be ignoring your worthless columns from this point forward.
For those curious, the entire e-mail is posted below:
"If you post one more story about Columbine, I will first vomit, then never read Slashdot as long as I live.
You are such a weak writer it is pathetic. How many times can your lame ass milk the same fucking cow?
SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY
B. *immons
P.S. Stop implying that you are a geek. You aren't nearly intelligent enough. You couldn't even build your own Linux box when given MONTHS to do so. You suck on every level. Please die."
I will admit that it is harshly worded, but that is just my style. No matter how this article was worded it wouldn't have made any difference to Katzhole because here is a paraphrased version of his response:
(I deleted his e-mail or else I would post the exact quote. See how easy it is to be responsible, Katz? Drop me an e-mail and I'll explain what a paraphrase is used for.)
'I will keep writing about Columbine again and again and I will keep getting hundreds (or did he say thousands?) of responses to the articles.'
Katz doesn't seem to understand that if you write about a hot topic, Columbine for example, people are going to respond in droves, no matter who the author is.
Buzzword using, misquoting non-journalist. Yuck. Slashdot, lose this prick. There are other, better writers to be had.
Let the flames begin.
Talisman
...aside from Katz's usual prattle, is that this story is posted on a site whose readers get laid less often than Hilary Clinton.
Fat, pasty-white geeks having hot, sticky sex. Appetizing thought, eh? This would be like asking Khoury League players to comment intelligently on NFL strategies.
Nerds and sex? Geez Katz, what bizarre parallel will you try to draw next time? How about a story on fuckwit writers that don't know shit about technology but write for a site that caters specifically to people that deal in the tech fields. I think people would like that...
Talisman
P.S. Eating a donkey taco in Tihajuana doesn't qualify as getting a piece of ass.
In Katz's defense, the 'O' is next to the 'I' on the keyboard. So maybe he's just clumsy instead of an idiot.
"Who is going to pay for teacher education, then new text books and finally teaching the kids. Also how many road signs in the United States will have to be changed? Do you think my mother, grandmother or girlfirend have the faintest idea how long a kilometer is? How many people out there in the US know the metric system?"
Well, the several millions we wasted on a 'lost' (wtf is it?) Mars Climate satellite might have bought a few road signs...
Yes it will be expensive but that is no reason to not do it. The US is sorely out of sync with the rest of the world on this issue. And I'm an American that loves America (a rarity these days) but the truth is the truth. We need to convert.
As for learning the metric system, jeez man it isn't that difficult. The first few months will be painful but people will get up to speed before you know it.
I say that the US Govt. should Cold Turkey our Imperial using asses and throw us headlong into the metric system. Screw us.
Talisman
I was looking at the pictures on their site when I spotted this.
Look at the shelf just above the soldier's head. It *looks* like a Red Hat box, but a bit grainy so it's hard to tell.
What do ya'll think?
Talispy