FUNNY: ‘attempted to thwart the arresting officer by covering his ears and saying, ‘I cannot hear you, la la la la la.’

Sunday, September 3, 2006

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/15271391.htm

Posted on Sun, Aug. 27, 2006
Keeping an eye on crime
BY DAVE BARRY
(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published on May 14, 2000.)
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Speaking of legal defenses: A fascinating one is described in The La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune, sent in by alert reader Jim Hansen. The paper quotes a police report as saying that a motorist who had been stopped on suspicion of drunken driving ‘attempted to thwart the arresting officer by covering his ears and saying, ‘I cannot hear you, la la la la la.’ ”

Incredibly, this legal defense did not work, even though it is almost identical to the one used successfully by President Clinton during his impeachment trial on charges of extreme mentoring.
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I have no use for politicians of either ilk, but this made me laugh.

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LIBERTY: Cottage kits could spark the post-Katrina recovery

Sunday, September 3, 2006

http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/481759.html

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Four floor plans will be offered, ranging from 544 square feet to 936 square feet. On average, the cottages will take four to six weeks to build. They were all designed to allow for future expansion.
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Smaller is quicker and, if the gubamint stays out of the way, it could provide demonstrable relief quickly.

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RANT: It not enough to predict the future … …

Sunday, September 3, 2006

… … you have to be able to persuade someone to do something to avoid the consequences of your prediction.

I call this the “Delphi Oracle” problem. You might be able to predict the future, but you are powerless to change it.

Akin to the cartoons where the Wylie Coyote chases the Roadrunner off the cliff, we are powerless to save others or ourselves from obvious disaster.

So I am befuddled. I lay out the prediction, all the steps leading up to it,  everyone agrees, but we CAN’T change course. We have to run into that brick wall!

Arghh!

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TECH: ZOHO VIRTUAL OFFICE 3 pins the cpu on luggable … your mileage may vary

Sunday, September 3, 2006

Put up ZOHO, as part of killing a Sunday afternoon, and all it does is pin the cpu percentage. And, doesn’t appear to do email with gmail. YMMV but I nuked it. It has some strange web interface that conflicts with the wiki web server I have on luggable.

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LIBERTY: We ranted when the gubamint elimnated publishing the M3 number!

Sunday, September 3, 2006

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/dont-believe-inflation-numbers.html

You can’t trust their numbers. They get to manipulate us by manipulating the stats. And, we believe them. Sheeple!

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TECH: Is there a hosting company “lockin”? I’ve never heard or expeienced it. Have you?

Sunday, September 3, 2006

Dear 1&1 Hosting Company:

Care to comment on PcMechanic’s “tip”?

http://www.pcmech.com/newsletter/viewtip.php?tipid=671

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Do Not Let Web Hosting Companies Register Your Domains

… purchase your domain from a registrar such as GoDaddy.com or Register.com separate from a hosting package.

If you let a host register your domain for you, sure they will
register it for free, however if you ever decide to move to another
host they will either not transfer control of your domain or charge a
ridiculous amount for transferring it. Because they registered the
domain, they own it and are not obligated to transfer it to you.

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I recommend 1&1 and would like to know the policy on exiting domains. I’ve never had a problem, but there are always “first times” for everything.

Thanks,
Reinkefj

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