Just to back up the parent with a little info, a list of actual candidates running for president can be found here. Take a look, vote FOR a candidate instead of against. If your man/woman loses, at least you'll know you actually did The Right Thing(TM). (And BTW, Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is actually one of the DEFINITIONS of insanity!) };->
Nope, Make more semse to wait until after the election. Why? Then the reps can crow about how the success wasn't jepordized by a change of leader (if they win) and cast all that didn't vote for Bush as being somehow... unpatriotic. If the dems win then the reps can sow FUD about how key dem leaders were withholding important info until their candidate was in office before capturing him.
Actually, if there is life out there somewhere, we'd probably be so incompatible biologicaly, that we couldn't even survive in each others biosphere without a lot of protection. So we'd just have to settle for either peacefully exchanging information, ignoring each other, or the ol' standby, nuke'em from orbit! (reminds me of some old SF I read years ago where we met another species, and ended up the most we had to offer each other was new dirty jokes.) };->
Poo, when I first saw the title, I thought they were talking about something along the lines of this! (If you can transmit a MP3 with a screen image, surely you can jam a Wi-Fi!) };-)
I agree, so why haven't we found life out there? Ok, let's keep this simple. According to NASA, "The Solar System has been measured to be about 28,000 light years from the center of the galaxy, and about 20 light years above the galaxy's equatorial plane." Ok, even simpler, we are Here . That means we are an oasis in the middle of a vast desert in the galaxy (well away from the center, 20 light years ABOVE the galactic plane), so looking around and seeing nothing near us doesn't mean that there's no life out there somewhere. (Unless of course, they've ALL banned nightclubs and parties!) };-)
Don't forget that although "firsts" are important, Ya shouldn't forget the "Lasts". Last man on the moon; Eugene "Gene" Cernan. And I might add it was (and is) his hope that he'll lose that title in his lifetime, and no one ever reclaims it. (My dream as well, and congrats to a forgotten Hero.)
If you're like me and just curious about alternative OS's, here's an interesting one from the boonies of Italy:
Hactar If he'd get some help, he might even port Noctis over to linux. (If ya asked real nice...) };-)
Your father has a golden opportunity to do something about this: -- investigate, and pick a venue wherein travel data is guaranteed not to be shared with the US. -- compute the total financial benefit to the venue community -- write a letter to that city's Chamber Of Commerce and that country's National Tourism board, explaining why they were selected and how much they benefited -- write the reverse letter to Chambers and Tourism boards which were rejected, INCLUDING his home country -- copy one of each type of letter to the "Letters" editor of every professional association in which he (your father) partakes -- likewise copy the attendees of the conference -- and if he's an academic, copy likewise to the corresponding academic department of every university where he has associates, and ask them to post it publicly
PLEASE -- we in the US need all the help we can get in fighting this trend!
Uh, in other words, Send me your name and a list of all the other people and organizations that disagree with us the way you do?
Geez, looks like a great time to invest in tinfoil headgear!
Your comment reminds me of an old story (REALLY OT);
A penniless immagrant arrived in San Francisco. He immediately started looking for a job, and a sailor directed him to a place he heard was hiring. It turned out to be a whorehouse looking for a bookkeeper.
The first thing they asked him was, "can you read and write?" He had to answer "No." Feeling sorry for the man, the Madam gave him a dime and sent him on his way. He came across a fruit stand, and being hungry, bought a bunch of bananas for 10 cents.
As he wandered the streets eating a banana, a man came up to him and offered him 25 cents for the bananas he had left.
The immigrant returned to the fruitstand, bought two more bunches and sold them for 25 cents apiece. By the end of the week, he was selling fruit from a basket he carried, by the end of the month, he owned a push cart he sold fruit from. At the end of six months, he rented a small shop, hired a butcher, and started his own grocery store.
Fast forward 30 years. The man is now retiring, and sells his small chain of grocery stores to a major chain for millions. Signing the papers for the sell, One of his lawyers reads the contract to him, then he makes his mark on the paper and his lawyer has to sign to prove that the mark is his legal signature.
"My God!", exclaims one of the buying company's lawyers,"You built a multi-million dollar business and you can't read or write? Just think where you'd be today if you had an education!"
"Oh," he replied, "I know exactly where I'd be. I'd be a bookkeeper in a whorehouse!"
"This is coming from a registered Democrat. I'm used to voting for the lesser of two evils."
Geez! Enough of the myth of TWO evils already! Stop voting either democrat OR republican. Vote for _ANY_thing else on the ballot, Green party, libertarian, independent, communist, nazi party, anything or anyone that's NOT republican or democrat! (And get your friends, relatives, workmates, drinking buddies, whatever, to do the same!)
Yes, I'm dead serious! The only way for the current (Past 60 years or so) status quo to change is to start eroding the entrenched powerbase.
Sound too Irresponsible? Then at least look at _ALL_ the candidates, fringe, mainstream, or otherwise BEFORE you get near the voting booth, compare their actions (NOT THEIR REHTORIC!)with what _YOU_ personally believe, then vote accordingly.
REMEMBER: There are way more than two parties in America, and more than two candidates on most ballots! YOU _DON'T_ have to keep making the same two mistakes over and over!!
Among some of my friends, "spelt" refers to the arrangement of letters in a word. "Spelled" refers to why Timmy now has green skin and lives in a lake. (I'm either very open minded, or just naturally attract weird friends.) };->
Have you tried BBSmates? You can look up all your old favorite BBS', re-aquaint yourself with old croneys, AND play old BBs door games online! The URL: http://www.bbsmates.com (Why yes, I _AM_ an old fogey, I was confounding SYSOPs waaaay back in the late '80's to late '90's!) };->
Look at the article again. This one is the ORAC^3. Not a copy so much as a homage to the original. (Though it does get me wondering where ORAC^2 might be hiding... ) };->
You're Eric Head? The apologetic spammer? (Extend right hand as if offering a handshake, then sucker-punch him square in the jaw with my left) Oops! Sorry! };->
Since the article says the worm attacks any device with Bluetooth, how long will it be before cellphones become the popular way to disseminate viruses to computers? (Just walk by a guy using a laptop and _BAM_ he's infected!) };-P
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Just to back up the parent with a little info, a list of actual candidates running for president can be found here. Take a look, vote FOR a candidate instead of against. If your man/woman loses, at least you'll know you actually did The Right Thing(TM). (And BTW, Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is actually one of the DEFINITIONS of insanity!) };->
Nope, Make more semse to wait until after the election. Why? Then the reps can crow about how the success wasn't jepordized by a change of leader (if they win) and cast all that didn't vote for Bush as being somehow... unpatriotic.
If the dems win then the reps can sow FUD about how key dem leaders were withholding important info until their candidate was in office before capturing him.
Actually, if there is life out there somewhere, we'd probably be so incompatible biologicaly, that we couldn't even survive in each others biosphere without a lot of protection. So we'd just have to settle for either peacefully exchanging information, ignoring each other, or the ol' standby, nuke'em from orbit! (reminds me of some old SF I read years ago where we met another species, and ended up the most we had to offer each other was new dirty jokes.) };->
Poo, when I first saw the title, I thought they were talking about something along the lines of this! (If you can transmit a MP3 with a screen image, surely you can jam a Wi-Fi!) };-)
I agree, so why haven't we found life out there? Ok, let's keep this simple. According to NASA, "The Solar System has been measured to be about 28,000 light years from the center of the galaxy, and about 20 light years above the galaxy's equatorial plane." Ok, even simpler, we are Here . That means we are an oasis in the middle of a vast desert in the galaxy (well away from the center, 20 light years ABOVE the galactic plane), so looking around and seeing nothing near us doesn't mean that there's no life out there somewhere. (Unless of course, they've ALL banned nightclubs and parties!) };-)
Don't forget that although "firsts" are important, Ya shouldn't forget the "Lasts".
Last man on the moon; Eugene "Gene" Cernan.
And I might add it was (and is) his hope that he'll lose that title in his lifetime, and no one ever reclaims it. (My dream as well, and congrats to a forgotten Hero.)
If you're like me and just curious about alternative OS's, here's an interesting one from the boonies of Italy: Hactar If he'd get some help, he might even port Noctis over to linux. (If ya asked real nice...) };-)
Your father has a golden opportunity to do something about this:
-- investigate, and pick a venue wherein travel data is guaranteed not to be shared with the US.
-- compute the total financial benefit to the venue community
-- write a letter to that city's Chamber Of Commerce and that country's National Tourism board, explaining why they were selected and how much they benefited
-- write the reverse letter to Chambers and Tourism boards which were rejected, INCLUDING his home country
-- copy one of each type of letter to the "Letters" editor of every professional association in which he (your father) partakes
-- likewise copy the attendees of the conference
-- and if he's an academic, copy likewise to the corresponding academic department of every university where he has associates, and ask them to post it publicly
PLEASE -- we in the US need all the help we can get in fighting this trend!
Uh, in other words, Send me your name and a list of all the other people and organizations that disagree with us the way you do?
Geez, looks like a great time to invest in tinfoil headgear!
Fer crien outloud! Obviously it stands for [Drumroll]:
Sue Carelessly, Often
(Ok, I'l see myself out now...) };->
Hmmm, I've been using mcbride@sco.com.
Considering the state of my fridge, I'd be WAAY more worried about terrorists trying to exploit it!
(Moldy mystery meat==the next phase of WMD?) };->
Your comment reminds me of an old story (REALLY OT);
A penniless immagrant arrived in San Francisco. He immediately started looking for a job, and a sailor directed him to a place he heard was hiring. It turned out to be a whorehouse looking for a bookkeeper.
The first thing they asked him was, "can you read and write?" He had to answer "No." Feeling sorry for the man, the Madam gave him a dime and sent him on his way. He came across a fruit stand, and being hungry, bought a bunch of bananas for 10 cents.
As he wandered the streets eating a banana, a man came up to him and offered him 25 cents for the bananas he had left.
The immigrant returned to the fruitstand, bought two more bunches and sold them for 25 cents apiece. By the end of the week, he was selling fruit from a basket he carried, by the end of the month, he owned a push cart he sold fruit from. At the end of six months, he rented a small shop, hired a butcher, and started his own grocery store.
Fast forward 30 years. The man is now retiring, and sells his small chain of grocery stores to a major chain for millions. Signing the papers for the sell, One of his lawyers reads the contract to him, then he makes his mark on the paper and his lawyer has to sign to prove that the mark is his legal signature.
"My God!", exclaims one of the buying company's lawyers,"You built a multi-million dollar business and you can't read or write? Just think where you'd be today if you had an education!"
"Oh," he replied, "I know exactly where I'd be. I'd be a bookkeeper in a whorehouse!"
"Thus, instead of electing people, they should all be apointed and forced to serve at the point of a gun."
Umm, And then shoot'em when they start getting to LIKE the job?
"This is coming from a registered Democrat. I'm used to voting for the lesser of two evils."
Geez! Enough of the myth of TWO evils already! Stop voting either democrat OR republican. Vote for _ANY_thing else on the ballot, Green party, libertarian, independent, communist, nazi party, anything or anyone that's NOT republican or democrat! (And get your friends, relatives, workmates, drinking buddies, whatever, to do the same!)
Yes, I'm dead serious! The only way for the current (Past 60 years or so) status quo to change is to start eroding the entrenched powerbase.
Sound too Irresponsible? Then at least look at _ALL_ the candidates, fringe, mainstream, or otherwise BEFORE you get near the voting booth, compare their actions (NOT THEIR REHTORIC!)with what _YOU_ personally believe, then vote accordingly.
REMEMBER: There are way more than two parties in America, and more than two candidates on most ballots! YOU _DON'T_ have to keep making the same two mistakes over and over!!
(Ok, I'm done. I'll go take my medication now...)
If you want to dig a bit, there's some good discussion and _some_ files at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theroboticsclub/
Sigh... I'll explain this one more time.
Reality is where the pizza is delivered from.
"Open Office has come on laps and bounds recently,"
Have I totally degenerated, or is this the dirtiest thing ever said about Open Office?
(I damn near passed out I was laughing so hard!) };->
Among some of my friends, "spelt" refers to the arrangement of letters in a word.
"Spelled" refers to why Timmy now has green skin and lives in a lake.
(I'm either very open minded, or just naturally attract weird friends.) };->
I use Cashette.com's free email service for that.
If they aren't on my approved list, they don't get in. (Unless they pay me!) };->
Have you tried BBSmates? You can look up all your old favorite BBS', re-aquaint yourself with old croneys, AND play old BBs door games online!
The URL: http://www.bbsmates.com
(Why yes, I _AM_ an old fogey, I was confounding SYSOPs waaaay back in the late '80's to late '90's!) };->
Look at the article again. This one is the ORAC^3.
Not a copy so much as a homage to the original. (Though it does get me wondering where ORAC^2 might be hiding... ) };->
You're Eric Head? The apologetic spammer? (Extend right hand as if offering a handshake, then sucker-punch him square in the jaw with my left)
Oops! Sorry! };->
Since the article says the worm attacks any device with Bluetooth, how long will it be before cellphones become the popular way to disseminate viruses to computers? (Just walk by a guy using a laptop and _BAM_ he's infected!) };-P
You can easily and accurately get to any point on the planet as long as you remember to take that left turn in Albuquerque!
Hear hear! Where's the black/red ipod with chrome buttons and trim? (IANAG 'I am not a goth' but I do enjoy the style!) };->