GUNS: Truth in humor, but the Swiss have an interesting set of “toe clippers”

Saturday, October 14, 2006

http://www.2spare.com/item_61549.aspx

30 Funniest Jerry Seinfeld Quotes

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The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever see that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. “Come on, buddy, let’s go. You get past me, the guy in back of me, he’s got a spoon. Back off. I’ve got the toe clippers right here.”

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1. Perhaps if we evaluated our politicians and our generals on this criteria we’d have a 500 year peace.

2. Perhaps we need to rename the military “the Department of Defense”. Oh yeah that’s right it is. Maybe we should have them doing more “defending” and less “offending”? Yeah, yeah, I know the best defense is a good offence, but that’s football. And, playing defense is playing to lose. So explain the Swiss?

3. Perhaps the fact that every Swiss man, old enough to “do anything important” and not too senile to point in the right direction, has a frigging machine gun and all the ammo he can carry. That was one thing that discouraged Hitler. That, every road can be an airfield, every tunnel an airplane revetment, and every tunnel destroyed quickly to stop an advancing army. Reminds me of a porcupine, just leave it alone.

4. An armed citizenry, hmm where have I heard that before? RKBA.

“A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”

Seems like the Swiss originated the idea?

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TECH: It’s interesting how many site don’t implement search correctly

Saturday, October 14, 2006

For example, I was doing R&D for my alumni group and was looking at memorial sites that might have obits on my fellow Jaspers. Yeah I know depressing but someone has to do it. And, people like to know about their college buddies with whom they have lost touch.

Any way, back to the point, many sites offer a search. And on many it’s broken. Unfortunately, I have to have a search string with a space in it.

My preferred string is:

“manhattan college” -marymount -“borough of manhattan”

but most places barf at the minus sign. AND, many places search as if you said “manhattan” or “college”, ignoring the quoting. Some are a little better using “manhattan” and “college”.

So for example, I am not interested in “Borough of Manhattan Community College”, but get it if the site doesn’t parse “manhattan college” correctly.

I do often drop back to Google, who does it right, and use the “site:” option. That sometimes works.

I usually leave a nasty gram at the offending site like:

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Your advanced search doesn’t seem to work correctly. I searched for “manhattan college” and it returned lost of hits. I didn’t find any of my fellow alums and gave up. Just thought you’d want to know.

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BUT have never received any feedback, an “Ooopps”, or “live with it”, or “wadda ya want for free”, or just a form letter “Thanks for your email, your email is very important to us here in India”.

Arghh!

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ALUMNI: MC site doesn’t keep current addresses

Saturday, October 14, 2006

The alumni redirection site doesn’t always have current email addresses and gives no feedback as to when the address was last good. Hmmm?

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TECH: Simple diagrams free

Friday, October 13, 2006

http://www.gliffy.com/

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Gliffy is easy, free, and fun!

* Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software

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Looks useful!

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TECH: A site needs buzz to take off

Friday, October 13, 2006

http://www.alumwire.com/faq.php

What is Alumwire?

Alumwire is a professional college network that provides alumni, students, and faculty personal and professional opportunities.

What can I specifically use Alumwire for?
Alumwire can be used to find a job and recruit current students and alumni from all across the United States in over 1000 colleges. You can also connect with fellow alumni as well as current students, and faculty. Alumwire also features an event system, which allows you to post your own events and see other events happening in the network. Of course you also have your profile, which lets you keep people up to date about your personal and professional info.

How many schools are currently in the system?
Over 1000 colleges are currently in the system. Please let us know if your school is not in the system.

What is required in order to register on Alumwire?
You must have a .edu e-mail address or an invitation from someone who is already on Alumwire.

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LIBERTY: Another area of our lives in which the gubamint has no business being in.

Friday, October 13, 2006

http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2006/10/expanding-marriage.html#comments

Friday, October 13, 2006
Expanding marriage
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
posted by Hank Kalet @ 3:05 PM

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Gov. Jon Corzine has finally come straight out and defended gay marriage. This is good news for those of us who believe that gays and lesbians deserve the same rights as the rest of us.

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At 7:15 PM, Libertarian at 08824 said…

And, why is the government involved in regulating marriages anyway? We know it was originally to keep the races from marrying so why continue the practice at all.

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TECH: And you’re considering Vista?

Friday, October 13, 2006

http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/193300234

Vista Licenses Limit OS Transfers
By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb Technology News

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Microsoft has released licenses for the Windows Vista operating system that dramatically differ from those for Windows XP in that they limit the number of times that retail editions can be transferred to another device.

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Read the article and, if you still want to upgrade, then stop reading this blog. And, have another glass of the Microsoft Kool Aid.

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LIBERTY: Your DNA? Please don’t be silly. Everything is the gubamint’s!

Friday, October 13, 2006

http://www.epic.org/privacy/medical/

Supreme Court Ignores Appeal in DNA Database Case

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The Supreme Court this week chose not to hear the appeal of a
Washington, D.C. resident who argued that the collection of his DNA for
a federal database violated the Fourth Amendment. EPIC filed an amicus
brief in support of Lamar Johnson’s petition and emphasized three
particular flaws within the DNA collection program. First, the DNA
profile stored in CODIS contains more information than the unique
identifier the government claims. Second, the DNA database allows for
partial profile searching that implicates relatives of profiled
individuals. Third, the retention of the blood sample from which the DNA
profile is generated presents an opportunity for future privacy
violations.

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Like the gun records that weren’t supposed to be kept for more than a few days, the government lies!

Police State?

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GUNS: GUN CONTROL is about despotism

Friday, October 13, 2006

The Second Amendment is a issue today only because of the reality behind it. It’s force. Pure, naked, and unadulterated power. Simple put, you’re either a sheep, or a sheep dog. Take care of you and yours. Don’t depend upon the gubamint (e.g., Waco, NOLA, and all the social programs that enslave us).

Politicians who fear the people seek to disarm them. People who fear their government’s intentions refuse to be disarmed. The Founders understood this. So, too, does every tyrant who ever lived. The dead old white guys made it number two for a reason. It backs up number one!

Forget it at your peril.

American gun owners in the aggregate represent a strategic military fact and an impediment to tyranny. They represent a political challenge to home-grown would-be tyrants. You don’t make lamb chops out of sheep dogs. Oppress an armed citizenry? Ask those Russians who came home from Afghanistan or Chechnya. Ask the families of all those Russians who didn’t come home.

If the people cannot be forcibly disarmed against their will, then they must be persuaded or tricked to give up their arms voluntarily. This is the siren song of “gun control”, which is to say “government control of all guns”, it’s victim disarmament.

Ask the Warsaw Ghetto Jews what you should do? Look at what they did with less than a few dozen weapons. Ask the families of those who were gassed.

Genocide requires the government to disarm it’s citizens.

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TECH: Web service provider 1&1 does well by me

Friday, October 13, 2006

http://1and1.com/?k_id=9113251

Use my link and I’ll get a referral commission! Lots of them.
:-)

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