Imagine this: Jayson Blair interviewing Bill Clinton, featured in the National Enquirer (I know all about it because it was mentioned in G.W. Bush's State of the Union address, in the section about Iraqi nuclear weapons).
Now, that's bound to be totally factual, isn't it?
"But if someone noticed that you can see into your bathroom and bedroom from the street, do you get them busted for being a peeping tom?"
In order for your analogy to be complete, you have to remember that he entered and altered things.
So, it is not a peeping tom you can compare it to. It is someone who busts in, pees on the floor in the bathroom, and drops pizza slices on the bedspread in the bedroom.
"The guy's not threatening anyone, nor is he stealing or endangering anyone's life."
The same can be said of someone who breaks into your house while you are gone and rapes your wife. Hey, he didn't take anything or threaten anyone's life, so it must be OK, right?
"The "Housebreaking" metaphor doesn't realy apply."
Yes, it does, since he entered. Your "peeping tom" analogy would only have worked if the guy was looking at material mistakenly put on public web sites.
"but Lamo suspects the New York Times initiated the investigation when they found out how deep into their system he got.""
Ah. This will lead to the perfect explanation of the Jayson Blair problem and other NYT prattfalls:
"It wasn't us. Lamo hacked our personnel files to make sure Blair was hired and employed. He also altered our articles so they were not longer factually pristine."
"Bring me the router of the wicked switch of the Qwest!"
Although, I am starting to wonder. Has anyone checked to see if this ISP has a record of resisting RIAA subpeonas? Perhaps the RIAA levelled it after acquiring cloudbuster equipment.
In flyover country, the only online problem I had was one banking site that had a stuck screen. Everything else worked fine, if not better (since some sites were much less overloaded with Northeasterners).
If the problem originated in Cleveland, I still think the problem had to do with Lewis and Oswald.
Haha. "Magic Knight" does indeed sound like the name of some awful medieval-tinged New Age band from 1988. Or perhaps "Band" is used loosely, and it is really one guy with a synth.
Found in some remainder bin somewhere: their debut album: "Enchanted Castle", and maybe even a copy of "Mystic Joust".
"In a development related to Verizon suing others over using the PTT acronym, the regional telephone company Vazuvuz (formerly known as Comquaac) has sued Anson Williams claiming that his Happy Days character "Potsie" violated the trademark they filed in June 2003 for the "POTS" acronym referring to for their plain old telephone service."
I read this one wrong at first. I thought it said Iran-eating bug, perhaps something found in the hot Iraqi desert left over from the Iran-Iraq War that was going to be used soon....
"Maybe it could even be used to replace congress...it's like I, Robot."
If you get Congress involved, it will go from 3 laws of robotics to 8,765 laws of robotics by the time the congressional term is over (with over 6,000 passed in a late-night session just before adjournment with no-one reading the entire thing).
A shaggy man dressed in rags, wild look in his eye, sits in a shabby shack in the middle of no where. There is no car nearby, no electricty, no phone.
In front of him is a computer (don't ask how it is powered). He has started to type in a letter. Clippy appears in the lower-right corner and helpfully says "It looks like you are the Unabomber...."
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Imagine this: Jayson Blair interviewing Bill Clinton, featured in the National Enquirer (I know all about it because it was mentioned in G.W. Bush's State of the Union address, in the section about Iraqi nuclear weapons).
Now, that's bound to be totally factual, isn't it?
"But if someone noticed that you can see into your bathroom and bedroom from the street, do you get them busted for being a peeping tom?"
In order for your analogy to be complete, you have to remember that he entered and altered things.
So, it is not a peeping tom you can compare it to. It is someone who busts in, pees on the floor in the bathroom, and drops pizza slices on the bedspread in the bedroom.
"The guy's not threatening anyone, nor is he stealing or endangering anyone's life."
The same can be said of someone who breaks into your house while you are gone and rapes your wife. Hey, he didn't take anything or threaten anyone's life, so it must be OK, right?
"The "Housebreaking" metaphor doesn't realy apply."
Yes, it does, since he entered. Your "peeping tom" analogy would only have worked if the guy was looking at material mistakenly put on public web sites.
"but Lamo suspects the New York Times initiated the investigation when they found out how deep into their system he got.""
Ah. This will lead to the perfect explanation of the Jayson Blair problem and other NYT prattfalls:
"It wasn't us. Lamo hacked our personnel files to make sure Blair was hired and employed. He also altered our articles so they were not longer factually pristine."
"There's fiber and wireless out in these woods"
Come to think of it, the Bronze Age could be called "wireless" as well. Makes them sure look advanced?
Let the OZ jokes flow:
"Bring me the router of the wicked switch of the Qwest!"
Although, I am starting to wonder. Has anyone checked to see if this ISP has a record of resisting RIAA subpeonas? Perhaps the RIAA levelled it after acquiring cloudbuster equipment.
" dude, pooping out the window is NOT an option!"
Yet, Windows (TM) can "poop out" several times a day.
As long as there is enough room under the door to shove a thin-crust pizza under it, I'm game.
Reminds me of the Alan Parsons-based musical "The Gambler" that reveals that the "Eye in the Sky" is merely one of those monitors over casino tables.
The lyrics in the original become more ominous:
"i am the maker of rules
dealing with fools
i can cheat you blind "
This development is sure to turn Ocean's 11 into Ocean's 0.
I figure it used to be white, but now it is covered in dried-on red stains.
Just go down to your friendly appliance store and get a can of "Cable-B-Gone" (tm)
The older you get, the more you look like Boris Yeltsin.
In flyover country, the only online problem I had was one banking site that had a stuck screen. Everything else worked fine, if not better (since some sites were much less overloaded with Northeasterners).
If the problem originated in Cleveland, I still think the problem had to do with Lewis and Oswald.
Haha. "Magic Knight" does indeed sound like the name of some awful medieval-tinged New Age band from 1988. Or perhaps "Band" is used loosely, and it is really one guy with a synth.
Found in some remainder bin somewhere: their debut album: "Enchanted Castle", and maybe even a copy of "Mystic Joust".
I thought this was something about Cheesebase when I first saw it.
What missing words?
"In a development related to Verizon suing others over using the PTT acronym, the regional telephone company Vazuvuz (formerly known as Comquaac) has sued Anson Williams claiming that his Happy Days character "Potsie" violated the trademark they filed in June 2003 for the "POTS" acronym referring to for their plain old telephone service."
I read this one wrong at first. I thought it said Iran-eating bug, perhaps something found in the hot Iraqi desert left over from the Iran-Iraq War that was going to be used soon....
"Maybe it could even be used to replace congress...it's like I, Robot."
If you get Congress involved, it will go from 3 laws of robotics to 8,765 laws of robotics by the time the congressional term is over (with over 6,000 passed in a late-night session just before adjournment with no-one reading the entire thing).
A shaggy man dressed in rags, wild look in his eye, sits in a shabby shack in the middle of no where. There is no car nearby, no electricty, no phone.
In front of him is a computer (don't ask how it is powered). He has started to type in a letter. Clippy appears in the lower-right corner and helpfully says "It looks like you are the Unabomber...."
Shhhh. You were not supposed to mention the other son, fathered upon Sarah Connor by Schwarzenegger's T99000 character in "T5".
In The Simpsons, Branson was described as "Las Vegas for Ned Flanders"
Yakov's greatest joke (or was it only great joke) was a take-off on the "American Express: Don't home without it" slogan that was used during the 80s:
"Soviet Express: Don't leave home."
Well, we can try this out to find out of Iron Man wears boxers or briefs or....
"Iron-eating bug found to thrive in 121C heat
By Steve Connor Science Editor"
I see that the son of Sarah is still researching ways to stop those pesky Terminators.
At last, we have something to stop those Air Force protecting robots