Thursday, November 30, 2006

Miscellaneous thoughts on a rainy day

The National Sex Offender Public Registry is at www.nspor.gov, and it provides real-time access to public sex-offender data to help parents safeguard their children.

In 2038, Leo Laporte stated that UNIX, which runs the internet, will be unable to read the date. Will this end up being worse than the Y2K false scare?

The three greatest burdens I have in this life are me, myself, and I.

Have you heard the story about NASA spending millions of dollars to develop a pen that could write in zero gravity? The Soviet Union simply used pencils.

GOOD hackers are FAMOUS.
GREAT hackers are ANONYMOUS.

The surest sign of a thriving trade community is a thriving trade community. (Procurement = exchange)
Exchange
Supplies Financing Logistics Settlement
Buyers Sellers Shipping


vit·ri·ol n.
1. a. See sulfuric acid.
b. Any of various sulfates of metals, such as ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, or copper sulfate.
2. Bitterly abusive feeling or expression.


“The devil always overplays his hand.” -- Henry Bosch, founder of Our Daily Bread,


Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, nonaddictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, and with respect for the religious persuasions of others or their choice not to practice a religion at all; a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to our society have helped make America great, without regard to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishees.
(This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others.)
© 1993, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.

Entropy requires no maintenance.

Anyone who trusts in luck is taking a chance.

Prediction is difficult, especially when it involves the future.

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