Monday, February 16, 2004
Ever wonder how they recover a ship that's been damaged? Sink another ship under it
and then float it... check this out:
USS Cole Recovery Photos
and then float it... check this out:
USS Cole Recovery Photos
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Friday, January 23, 2004
(via email from a friend)
Don't Mess with the IT Guys. This is an actual letter of resignation
from an employee at "Zantex Computers", Australia, to his boss,
J.Pilgrim. His boss, known as "Pilly," apparently resigned very soon
afterwards!
Dear Mr. Pilgrim,
As an employee of an institution of higher education, I have a few very
basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have
an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. After your
consistent and annoying harassment of my co-workers and myself, during
the commission of our duties, I can only surmise that you are one of
the few true genetic wastes of our time.
Asking me, a network administrator, to explain every little nuance of
everything I do each time you happen to stroll into my office is not
only a waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen? I was hired,
because I know how to network computer systems, and you were apparently
hired to provide amusement to myself and other employees, who watch you vainly attempt to understand the concept of "cut and paste" - for the hundredth time.
You will never understand computers. Something as incredibly simple as
binary still gives you too many options. You will also never understand
why people hate you, but I am going to try and explain it to you, even
though I am sure this will be just as effective as telling you what an
IP is. Your shiny new iMac has more personality than you ever will.
You walk around the building all day, shiftless looking for fault in
others. You have a sharp dressed, useless look about you that may have worked for your interview, but now that you actually have
responsibility, you pawn it off on overworked staff, hoping their talent
will cover for your glaring ineptitude.
In a world of managerial evolution, you are the blue-green algae that
everyone else eats and laughs at. Managers like you are a sad proof of
the Dilbert principle. Seeing as this situation is unlikely to change
without you getting a full frontal lobotomy reversal, I am forced to
tender my resignation; however I have a few parting thoughts.
1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal to
give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is: "I
prefer not to comment." I will have friends randomly call you over the
next couple of years, to keep you honest, because I know you would be
unable to do it on your own.
2. I have all the passwords to every account on the system, and I know
every password you have used for the last five years. If you decide to
get cute, I am going to publish your "favorites list", which I
conveniently saved when you made me "back up" your useless files. I do believe that terms like "Lolita" are not usually viewed favorably by the administration.
3. When you borrowed the digital camera to "take pictures of your
mothers birthday", you neglected to mention that you were going to take pictures of yourself in the mirror nude. Then you forgot to erase them like the techno-moron you really are. Suffice it to say I have never seen such odd acts with a ketchup bottle, but I assure you that those have been copied and kept in safe places pending the authoring of a glowing letter of recommendation. (Try to use a spell checker please. I hate having to correct your mistakes.)
Thank you for your time, and I expect the letter of recommendation on
my desk by 8:00 am tomorrow. One word of this to anybody, and all of
your little twisted repugnant obsessions will be open to the public.
Never f*ck with your systems administrator. Why?
Because they know what you do with all that free time!
Sincerely,
Adrian
Don't Mess with the IT Guys. This is an actual letter of resignation
from an employee at "Zantex Computers", Australia, to his boss,
J.Pilgrim. His boss, known as "Pilly," apparently resigned very soon
afterwards!
Dear Mr. Pilgrim,
As an employee of an institution of higher education, I have a few very
basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have
an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. After your
consistent and annoying harassment of my co-workers and myself, during
the commission of our duties, I can only surmise that you are one of
the few true genetic wastes of our time.
Asking me, a network administrator, to explain every little nuance of
everything I do each time you happen to stroll into my office is not
only a waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen? I was hired,
because I know how to network computer systems, and you were apparently
hired to provide amusement to myself and other employees, who watch you vainly attempt to understand the concept of "cut and paste" - for the hundredth time.
You will never understand computers. Something as incredibly simple as
binary still gives you too many options. You will also never understand
why people hate you, but I am going to try and explain it to you, even
though I am sure this will be just as effective as telling you what an
IP is. Your shiny new iMac has more personality than you ever will.
You walk around the building all day, shiftless looking for fault in
others. You have a sharp dressed, useless look about you that may have worked for your interview, but now that you actually have
responsibility, you pawn it off on overworked staff, hoping their talent
will cover for your glaring ineptitude.
In a world of managerial evolution, you are the blue-green algae that
everyone else eats and laughs at. Managers like you are a sad proof of
the Dilbert principle. Seeing as this situation is unlikely to change
without you getting a full frontal lobotomy reversal, I am forced to
tender my resignation; however I have a few parting thoughts.
1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal to
give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is: "I
prefer not to comment." I will have friends randomly call you over the
next couple of years, to keep you honest, because I know you would be
unable to do it on your own.
2. I have all the passwords to every account on the system, and I know
every password you have used for the last five years. If you decide to
get cute, I am going to publish your "favorites list", which I
conveniently saved when you made me "back up" your useless files. I do believe that terms like "Lolita" are not usually viewed favorably by the administration.
3. When you borrowed the digital camera to "take pictures of your
mothers birthday", you neglected to mention that you were going to take pictures of yourself in the mirror nude. Then you forgot to erase them like the techno-moron you really are. Suffice it to say I have never seen such odd acts with a ketchup bottle, but I assure you that those have been copied and kept in safe places pending the authoring of a glowing letter of recommendation. (Try to use a spell checker please. I hate having to correct your mistakes.)
Thank you for your time, and I expect the letter of recommendation on
my desk by 8:00 am tomorrow. One word of this to anybody, and all of
your little twisted repugnant obsessions will be open to the public.
Never f*ck with your systems administrator. Why?
Because they know what you do with all that free time!
Sincerely,
Adrian
Monday, January 19, 2004
Friday, January 09, 2004
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Monday, December 08, 2003
Friday, December 05, 2003
Slashdot | Stealth Inflation
"The New York Times on the Web explores the topic of incorrect bills and numerous surcharges with names like 'assessment', 'handling', 'restocking', etc. David Pogue quotes Business Week magazine, where it says that such small charges $100 million annually for hotels, $2 billion for banks and $11 billion for credit-card companies. Users of landline phones, cell phones, checking accounts and credit cards are starting to suspect that such huge revenue might imply the mistakes are made on purpose. Is it just another conspiracy theory, or are we becoming victims to the stealth inflation?"
"The New York Times on the Web explores the topic of incorrect bills and numerous surcharges with names like 'assessment', 'handling', 'restocking', etc. David Pogue quotes Business Week magazine, where it says that such small charges $100 million annually for hotels, $2 billion for banks and $11 billion for credit-card companies. Users of landline phones, cell phones, checking accounts and credit cards are starting to suspect that such huge revenue might imply the mistakes are made on purpose. Is it just another conspiracy theory, or are we becoming victims to the stealth inflation?"
Saturday, November 29, 2003
Woman trampled by sale seekers at Fla. Wal-Mart
The store said they'll put the DVD player she wanted on hold while she recuperates. How nice.
UPDATE: She's a known "slip and fall" scammer!!! READ HERE
The store said they'll put the DVD player she wanted on hold while she recuperates. How nice.
UPDATE: She's a known "slip and fall" scammer!!! READ HERE
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
From fark.com: Creator of credit card dead at 88. Will be snipped up into little pieces by giant scissors
sacbee.com -- AP State Wire News -- Joseph P. Williams, creator of first large-scale all-purpose credit card, dead at 88
I love this site just for the comments like these...
sacbee.com -- AP State Wire News -- Joseph P. Williams, creator of first large-scale all-purpose credit card, dead at 88
I love this site just for the comments like these...
Monday, November 24, 2003
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Monday, October 27, 2003
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Sunday, September 21, 2003
A real legend... (Steel Pier Diving Horse rider)
Atlantic City Memory Lane: "' Sonora Carver, died on September 20, 2003. She was 99 years of age. She was blinded riding the diving horse, but continued to ride for 11 years after she lost her sight. Her autobiography, 'A Girl And Five Brave Horses', was made into a movie by Walt Disney Studios, several years ago. The title was 'Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'.' "
The poster from the movie..
Atlantic City Memory Lane: "' Sonora Carver, died on September 20, 2003. She was 99 years of age. She was blinded riding the diving horse, but continued to ride for 11 years after she lost her sight. Her autobiography, 'A Girl And Five Brave Horses', was made into a movie by Walt Disney Studios, several years ago. The title was 'Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken'.' "
The poster from the movie..
Friday, September 19, 2003
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Judaism 101 (for Boomers):
As a general principle, Jewish holidays are divided between days on
which you must starve and days on which you must overeat. Many Jews observe no fewer than 16 fasts throughout the Jewish year, based on the time-honored principle that even if you are sure that you are ritually purified, you definitely aren't. Though there are many feasts and fasts, there are no holidays requiring light snacking.
Note: Unlike Christians, who simply attend church on special days (e.g.
Ash Wednesday), on Jewish holidays most Jews take the whole day off. This is because Jews, for historical and personal reasons, are more stressed out.
The Diet Guide to the Jewish Holidays:
Rosh Hashanah -- Feast
Tzom Gedalia -- Fast
Yom Kippur -- More fasting
Sukkot -- Feast
Hashanah Rabbah -- More feasting
Simchat Torah -- Keep feasting
Month of Heshvan -- No feasts or fasts for a whole month. Get a grip on
yourself.
Hanukkah -- Eat potato pancakes
Tenth of Tevet -- Do not eat potato pancakes
Tu B'Shevat -- Feast
Fast of Esther -- Fast
Purim -- Eat pastry
Passover -- Do not eat pastry
Shavuot -- Dairy feast (cheesecake, blintzes etc.)
17th of Tammuz -- Fast (definitely no cheesecake or blintzes)
Tish B'Av -- Very strict fast (don't even think about cheesecake or
blintzes)
Month of Elul -- End of cycle. Enroll in Centre for Eating Disorders
before High Holidays arrive again
There are many forms of Judaism:
Cardiac Judaism -- in my heart I am a Jew.
Gastronomic Judaism -- we eat Jewish foods.
Pocketbook Judaism -- I give to Jewish causes.
Drop-off Judaism -- drop the kids off at Sunday school and go out to
breakfast.
Two-Times a Year Judaism -- attend service Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
You know you grew up Jewish when:
You've had at least one female relative who drew eyebrows on her face
that were always asymmetrical.
You spent your entire childhood thinking that everyone calls roast beef
"brisket".
Your family dog responds to complaints uttered in Yiddish.
Every Sunday afternoon of your childhood was spent visiting your
grandparents.
You've experienced the phenomena of 50 people fitting into a 10 foot
wide dining room hitting each other with plastic plates trying to get to a
deli tray.
You thought pasta was the stuff used exclusively for kugel and kasha and
bowties.
You watched Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan every Sunday night.
You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.
You never knew anyone who's last name didn't end in one of 6 standard
suffixes (-man, -witz, -berg, -stein, -blatt and -baum).
You were surprised to find out that wine doesn't always taste like 50-
year-old cranberry sauce.
You can look at gefilte fish and not turn green.
You can understand Yiddish but you can't speak it.
You know how to pronounce numerous Yiddish words and use them correctly in context, yet you don't exactly know what they mean. Kenahurra.
You grew up thinking it's normal for someone to shout "Are you okay? Are you okay?" through the bathroom door if you're in there for longer than 3 minutes.
You have at least six male relatives named David.
Your grandparent's furniture smelled like mothballs and was as
comfortable as sitting on sandpaper.
You thought that speaking loud was normal.
As a general principle, Jewish holidays are divided between days on
which you must starve and days on which you must overeat. Many Jews observe no fewer than 16 fasts throughout the Jewish year, based on the time-honored principle that even if you are sure that you are ritually purified, you definitely aren't. Though there are many feasts and fasts, there are no holidays requiring light snacking.
Note: Unlike Christians, who simply attend church on special days (e.g.
Ash Wednesday), on Jewish holidays most Jews take the whole day off. This is because Jews, for historical and personal reasons, are more stressed out.
The Diet Guide to the Jewish Holidays:
Rosh Hashanah -- Feast
Tzom Gedalia -- Fast
Yom Kippur -- More fasting
Sukkot -- Feast
Hashanah Rabbah -- More feasting
Simchat Torah -- Keep feasting
Month of Heshvan -- No feasts or fasts for a whole month. Get a grip on
yourself.
Hanukkah -- Eat potato pancakes
Tenth of Tevet -- Do not eat potato pancakes
Tu B'Shevat -- Feast
Fast of Esther -- Fast
Purim -- Eat pastry
Passover -- Do not eat pastry
Shavuot -- Dairy feast (cheesecake, blintzes etc.)
17th of Tammuz -- Fast (definitely no cheesecake or blintzes)
Tish B'Av -- Very strict fast (don't even think about cheesecake or
blintzes)
Month of Elul -- End of cycle. Enroll in Centre for Eating Disorders
before High Holidays arrive again
There are many forms of Judaism:
Cardiac Judaism -- in my heart I am a Jew.
Gastronomic Judaism -- we eat Jewish foods.
Pocketbook Judaism -- I give to Jewish causes.
Drop-off Judaism -- drop the kids off at Sunday school and go out to
breakfast.
Two-Times a Year Judaism -- attend service Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
You know you grew up Jewish when:
You've had at least one female relative who drew eyebrows on her face
that were always asymmetrical.
You spent your entire childhood thinking that everyone calls roast beef
"brisket".
Your family dog responds to complaints uttered in Yiddish.
Every Sunday afternoon of your childhood was spent visiting your
grandparents.
You've experienced the phenomena of 50 people fitting into a 10 foot
wide dining room hitting each other with plastic plates trying to get to a
deli tray.
You thought pasta was the stuff used exclusively for kugel and kasha and
bowties.
You watched Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan every Sunday night.
You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.
You never knew anyone who's last name didn't end in one of 6 standard
suffixes (-man, -witz, -berg, -stein, -blatt and -baum).
You were surprised to find out that wine doesn't always taste like 50-
year-old cranberry sauce.
You can look at gefilte fish and not turn green.
You can understand Yiddish but you can't speak it.
You know how to pronounce numerous Yiddish words and use them correctly in context, yet you don't exactly know what they mean. Kenahurra.
You grew up thinking it's normal for someone to shout "Are you okay? Are you okay?" through the bathroom door if you're in there for longer than 3 minutes.
You have at least six male relatives named David.
Your grandparent's furniture smelled like mothballs and was as
comfortable as sitting on sandpaper.
You thought that speaking loud was normal.
Monday, September 15, 2003
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Friday, September 12, 2003
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Thursday, August 28, 2003
I can't believe that someone stumbled onto my message board
and is posting SPAM!!!!
The Pseudotech Message Board
and is posting SPAM!!!!
The Pseudotech Message Board
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Friday, August 08, 2003
Friday, August 01, 2003
Good ol' Lucy... I used to love going down to see her...
Newsday.com - Wooden Elephant Turns to Soul Legends
Newsday.com - Wooden Elephant Turns to Soul Legends
Saturday, July 26, 2003
Friday, July 25, 2003
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Saturday, July 19, 2003
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Friday, July 11, 2003
Pitiful...
I got this garbage in my Yahoo mailbox - it looks like a Yahoo login screen but here is the text alongside...
This is really pathetic. And very stupid.
I got this garbage in my Yahoo mailbox - it looks like a Yahoo login screen but here is the text alongside...
This is really pathetic. And very stupid.
Dear Yahoo! User,
The Yahoo! Inc. is prepared awards for yahoo users,The prize is get a bigger mailbox store.4MB storage - up to 10MB Free. Only 1000 users gets the prize.Now, Be quickly!! Take one's chance.
Please fill in your Yahoo!ID and your Password and then submit this form by clicking the Send button.This is everything that you have to do to get extra mailbox store. After your submission we will send a email about the competition.
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Monday, July 07, 2003
Friday, July 04, 2003
Friday, June 27, 2003
Richard Stallman (RMS) on the SCO allegations...
SCO smear campaign can't defeat GNU community - Tech Update - ZDNet
SCO smear campaign can't defeat GNU community - Tech Update - ZDNet
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Friday, June 13, 2003
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Monday, June 02, 2003
Thursday, May 29, 2003
MORE records than the Library of Congress?
Failed deals for fabled musical archive strike sour note with owner - 2003-04-28 - Pittsburgh Business Times
Failed deals for fabled musical archive strike sour note with owner - 2003-04-28 - Pittsburgh Business Times
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
Monday, April 28, 2003
Monday, April 21, 2003
Courtney Love's Dad - Henry "Hank" Harrison... writes into the blog, Red Sea Pedestrians
(refuting Courtney's claim that he's anti-semitic)
(refuting Courtney's claim that he's anti-semitic)
Monday, April 07, 2003
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Friday, March 14, 2003
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Saturday, March 08, 2003
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Sunday, March 02, 2003
Friday, February 21, 2003
Friday, February 14, 2003
Thursday, February 13, 2003
Saturday, February 08, 2003
I love old weird computer trivia like this...
Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix
values of b will give rise to dom!
Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix
values of b will give rise to dom!
What computing was like in the old days...
Ken&Den picture
These are the founders of C and Unix... Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson.
Ken&Den picture
These are the founders of C and Unix... Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson.
Friday, February 07, 2003
Absolute proof that automatic translation of languages is many many years away from being taken for granted....
What a cute! Natsuko has a weblog!
What a cute! Natsuko has a weblog!
Friday, January 31, 2003
Thursday, January 30, 2003
Might be interesting to go to the "Ask a Librarian" section, participate in the live chat they have during government hours, and ask, "So, what are you wearing right now?"
Recorded Sound Reference Center (Library of Congress)
Recorded Sound Reference Center (Library of Congress)
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