FUN: You and me; and, you’re there sitting … …

Thursday, February 18, 2010

FROM LUDDITE FORWARDING AN INET CHAIN LETTER. (FUNNY AND A GRAIN OF TRUTH!)

Subject: FW: We are in trouble…

We are in trouble…

The population of this country is 300 million.

160 million are retired.

That leaves 140 million to do the work.

There are 85 million in school.

Which leaves 55 million to do the work.

Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.

Leaving 20 million to do the work.

2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden.

Which leaves 17.2 million to do the work.

Take from that total the 15.8 million people who work for state and city Governments.

And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals.

Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.

Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.

That leaves just two people to do the work.

You and me.

And there you are,

Sitting on your ass,

At your computer, reading jokes…

Nice. Real nice.

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QUOTE: On the Constitution

Thursday, February 18, 2010

FROM THE “MANY A TRUE WORD IS SAID IN JEST” FILE

When the Iraqis were endeavoring to enact a new constitution … …

“Let’s send them ours. It served us well for two hundred years, and we’re not using it anymore!”

— Jay Leno

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And it was a pretty good one. It did last more than 200 years.

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FUN: pedestrian

Thursday, February 18, 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedestrian

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TECHNOLOGY: The Intel Windoze treadmill

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Vol. 2, # 5 – Feb 4, 2010 – Issue # 21
How Well does Windows 7 Run on a Notebook with Modest Specs?
Deb Shinder, Editor

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I bought the Sony TX back in January 2007, right after Vista was released. I had specifically waited for the release so I could get a new notebook that came with Vista pre-installed, because my Sony T didn’t support an upgrade to Vista. The TX came with Vista Business edition. The hardware was very nice, but the operating system ran as slowly as molasses. I had been running Vista Ultimate on my Dell XPS for over a year (in beta and RC) with no problems, so I was shocked at the lousy performance on my brand new notebook.

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Ahh, yes, the planned obsolescence of the Intel Windoze platform.

Here we have an tech editor, who by her own figures, has spent about 6k$ over 4 years on platforms. To accomplish basically the same computing tasks.

(I’d accept buying new hardware if she had a catastrophic failure, like a smoking hard disk, spill or drop. Or if she wanted to do them new flangledy U Tubby videos that need editing. But, for no “GOOD” reason?)

That doesn’t count all the “administration” costs of the platform and switching.

No, for the average use, who wants a tool, the Intel Windoze platform doesn’t make sense.

And, what happened to all the “greenies” saving the planet? (Not that I think the planet needs saving!) How about the “footprint” of three machines?

Argh!

I’m on my way to Linux when my current hardware dies.

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INTERESTING: A screw job

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

http://www.impactlab.com/2010/02/14/a-screw-in-coffin/screw-coffin2/

February 14th, 2010 at 10:54 am
A Screw-In Coffin
in: Great New Product, New Inventions, Science & Technology News

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A series of burial containers having means by which they can be pressed, agitated, screwed and or self bored into a receiving material, provide low cost interment methods with hermetic sealing, security locking, plaque and memorial markers and built in flower and flag receptacles. They greatly excavation labor and burial costs while providing the respectful funeral services currently practiced. They also decrease the land space required for each burial and provide for burials in normally unused areas within the cemetary, greatly increasing the number of burials possible in each cemetary. The apparatus and methods can be used for all sizes of humans and pets as well as for undergound storage of equipment. supplies, food, water, fuel or other such material as may be reaquired to be made.

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Most interesting.

Seems like it could be a cemetary space saver. Or a way to cache “contraband”!

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FUN: persnickety

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persnickety

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FUN: Lobo gets asked an interesting question

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Last night on ESPN, the crew was razing Rebeca Lobo about Tina Charles creeping up on her records at Conneticutt. She said she was cut down to size when earlier a little boy asked her if she was Tina Charles.

Frau, I, and the ESPN crew had a good laugh about that one.

(Lobo is taller than Charles. Among other things.)

I think this is funny. (Funny ha ha! Not funny peculiar.)

p.s., Lobo is getting too thin.

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RANT: No cuts without blood on the payroll

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2010/02/colorado-springs-and-future-of-american.html

Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Colorado Springs and the future of American government
Hank Kalet

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And it is here and has been for quite a while. And yet, everytime we talk about making tough decisions, we flinch. We think we can balance our books by eliminating waste and corruption, as if waste and corruption make up more than just a tiny fraction of our structural deficit. We have no interest in making real sacrifices — though we are willing to have others sacrifice on our behalf (the suburbs want spending on the cities cut, for instance, while many seniors are willing to skimp on school spending and so on).

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Please don’t fall for the sucker punch. The FIRST thing that entrenched politicians and bureaucrats do is cut services to the people. It is a sham. A pretense. A fraud. Did they cut the internal costs? How many honchos and hangers on did they nuke.

When I worked on (Wall) Street, I had to cut my budget 50%. Part of my submission was to cut my service to my internal customers. My boss called me on the carpet to explain to me that I must have been “smoking funny cigarettes”. I was to keep my service at its then exceptional level and still cut my budget by half. Ominously, he told me “to wise up” otherwise he’d do it without me. With sweat running down my leg, I went back to my office and “figured it out”. We had to redesign every business process we used, but I “figured it out”!

Soooo, let’s hold these bozo’s feet to the fire. Same rules: keep services at current level and still cut the budget as needed. If you can’t do it, resign!

Like my comment about the bailouts to Wall Street, if there was no bail out, the bozos on Wall Street would have (as if by magic) would have figured out how to save their skins.

No bailout was needed.

Similarly, no cuts to customer-facing services UNTIL we have resignations accepted!

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POLITICAL: Don’t cut back; eliminate!

Monday, February 15, 2010

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14361726

Lawmakers discuss early high school graduation

By Lisa Schencker

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 02/09/2010 09:53:52 AM MST

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Sen. Chris Buttars isn’t talking about dropping 12th grade any more.

Now, he’s talking about making 12th grade optional for those students who finish their required credits early — and some lawmakers are listening to the idea with interest.

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When will the legislators have the stones to eliminate gooferment education entirely?

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FUN: Okoge!

Monday, February 15, 2010

The unwanted crust left stuck to the bottom of the rice cooker is called okoge — the same word used as slang for a single woman who spends a lot of time with gay men.

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