- Some great thoughts on how
new technology can help refugee operations — make sure you also read the
comments as there are further cool thoughts there - Well, Google
may be building an OS but someone else has passed them by an developed Gmail
into a filesystem:
GmailFS which is just one of the coolest things I’ve seen in ages - Bruce Schneier has some interesting commentary on how
security alerts are terrorizing
America. Funny how everyone gets up in arms saying that countries are
“giving in to terrorism” if they pay ransom and so on, but America are the worst
for perpetuating the effects terrorists want - Mall has weird rules.
Mall enforces weird rules … selectively? Is the problem that only a certain
demographic wear their baseball caps sideways or was the rule created to catch
that particular set of people? Or are only a particular subset of skew baseball
cap wearers being stopped? - Everything you
need to know about writing, in 10 minutes, by Stephen King - The Time Travel Fund
is quite honestly one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. Can’t decide if
it’s some sort of scam, misguided belief or something serious!
Tricks of the Trade includes some great tricks, some seriously useful, others
seriously funny. My favourite useful one has to be:“Technical Support:
When helping someone fix their computer over the phone, and you want them to see
if all the cables are plugged in correctly, don?t ask, ?Have you checked to see
if the cable is plugged in?? because the customer will always say, ?Of course I
did, do you think I?m a moron?? Instead say, ?Remove the cable, blow the dust out
of the connector, and plug it back in.? The customer will most likely reply,
?Hey, it?s working now?I guess that dust really builds up in there!?”On the other hand, the funniest one I think is this:
“Nurse: Patients
will occasionally pretend to be unconscious. A surefire way to find them out is
to pick up their hand, hold it above their face, and let go. If they smack themselves,
they?re most likely unconscious; if not, they?re faking.”
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September 1st, 2004 at 8:55 PM
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Meriblog,
Happy Birthday to you!!!