Just about anything
A friend just sent me an email, listing nine things “I hate about everyone.” One of the items was “People who ask ‘Can I ask you a question?’…. ”
When asked that, my reply is, “You just did.”
I actually had someone, call him John, say, “Can I ask you another question?” [Read more…]
**Three Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You can’t win.
2) You can’t break even.
3) You can’t get out of the game.
Those who think they can beat them:
1) Capitalism says you can win.
2) Socialism says you can break even.
3) Mysticism says you can get out of the game.
**See Quote by C.P. Snow
Having several terabytes of data storage on hard disks, being able to get half a terabyte on a USB drive (want!), the subject of “Remember when …” 10Meg was a lot of space? When 1Gig was thought to be more room than anybody could need for most purposes? When a terabyte was thought to be an outrageous amount of space?
Which then prompted, what’s next? What’s the next prefix?
The 19th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1991 extended the list of metric prefixes. The list can be found here.
For those who only want to know the next prefix, it’s peta.
Petabyte. Sounds like something the neighbor’s dog would do.
I am *shocked*, SHOCKED I tell you, to hear that PROSTITUTION is RAMPANT on Craistlist. I am appalled, truly APPALLED, that those elements of society that disobey laws “in real life” would stoop to doing exactly the same things on the Internet. I ask you, what is the world coming to?
In other words, yeah? so? I can be grateful that it’s such a slow news day, for if things were going wrong, that issue would never get such a big write-up.
From an old blog post,
I was given a wonderful jar for Christmas. It said “I’d give up chocolate, but I’m no quitter.” From the wrappers of the Dove chocolate inside are a few thoughts:
Friendship is a gift in itself
Joy is contagious
A smile is the perfect gift, personal and encouraging
Spending time is a greater gift than spending money
(I said this to a friend earlier this year; I’m not sure he believes me)
If old acquaintances be forgot, give them a call and remember