From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 3 12:07:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 3 11:07:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] CNN gets wicked Message-ID: <20021003180646.30695@127.0.0.1:2525> >...the New York Daily News on Wednesday quoted from an e-mail sent by a >network manager to his headline writers, sending them a copy of a slang >dictionary so they can be "as cutting edge" as possible. > >"Please use this guide to help all you homeys and honeys add a new flava >to your tickers and dekkos," the message said, referring to graphics on >the Headline News screen. Word. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 3 12:44:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 3 11:44:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] World's funniest joke Message-ID: <20021003184327.20432@127.0.0.1:2525> The University of Hertfordshire actually made a scientific study of jokes, and came up with the joke most universally found funny. Personally, I thought it (the joke) was somewhat dumb. But what really caught my eye were the following two paragraphs: >People from the Republic of Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand >most enjoyed jokes involving word plays. >... >Americans and Canadians, on the other hand, preferred jokes where there >was a strong sense of superiority - either because a character looks >stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else. Word play is commonly enjoyed by (dare I say it?) hackers, and this would tend to explain why the British comedies seem to have a generally high appeal to same. And I'm pleased to note that kiwi's seem to share my sense of humor, yet another indication that I might fit in well there. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 7 14:56:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Mon Oct 7 13:56:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Cirrus 'chute used in real life Message-ID: <20021007205513.25124@127.0.0.1:2525> The Cirrus SR20 and SR22 made a big splash in the industry with their "Cirrus Airframe Parachute System" a few years ago(basically a general aviation aircraft with a built in parachute system). Lots of folks bought the planes because of the parachute, although there's been some question about how effective it would be. According to Aviation Consumer the descent rate could be as high as 19MPH, so landing on a hard surface could be worse than attempting a belly landing. Anyway, it was used for the first time last week in regular operation by a guy in Texas with aileron troubles-he walked away from the accident after landing in a wooded area by a golf course. Along with the article in the Duluth newspaper there's a blurb up at Cirrus' site, along with a photo of the deployed chute from one of their test drops. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 9 11:42:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Wed Oct 9 10:42:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] The Big-Ass Spanish Boat Message-ID: <20021009174142.18386@127.0.0.1:2525> Washington State University's newspaper, the Daily Evergreen, ran an article about Filipino American History Month. In talking about the first landing of Filipinos in the US, they needed a translation for the name of the boat, "Nuestra Senora de Buena Esperanza". Unfortunately, the writer found a (rather obvious) satire site which claimed the translation was "The Big-Ass Spanish Boat", both the writer and editors were too dense to catch it, and it made the front page. Surely this aspiring writer will go on to great things at CNN or somesuch... http://www.dailyevergreen.com/nn4/opinion/index.asp?Story_ID=6900&StoryPage=1 http://www.dailyevergreen.com/nn4/opinion/index.asp?Story_ID=6923&StoryPage=1 http://www.pinoylife.com/article.php?sid=84 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 11 20:20:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Fri Oct 11 19:20:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Interesting article Message-ID: <20021012021917.17645@127.0.0.1:2525> >President Bush's options appear extremely limited, and there is little >doubt that the United States will continue to decline as a decisive force >in world affairs over the next decade. The real question is not whether >U.S. hegemony is waning but whether the United States can devise a way to >descend gracefully, with minimum damage to the world, and to itself. In the July issue of Foreign Policy magazine. Worth a read whether or not you agree with their final analysis. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_julyaug_2002/wallerstein.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Oct 12 14:05:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Sat Oct 12 13:05:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Babelfish fun Message-ID: <20021012200456.20099@127.0.0.1:2525> So, everybody's done the old translation game with babelfish, right? You enter a piece of text, translate to another language, then translate back, and have fun with the weirdness the software returned. Lather, rinse, repeat, and you can end up with some real wacky statements. Well, somebody's written a cgi to do all the work for you. Just type in something and it will translate multiple times into multiple languages and destroy your original sentence. I started with "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids" (Hunter's watching Scooby Doo right now) and ended up with "They would go with him, if kidskin of the participation were not for you." http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 14 00:40:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Sun Oct 13 23:40:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Unfinished business Message-ID: <20021014063936.6931@127.0.0.1:2525> 30 years ago today (13 Oct. 1972) the Uruguayan Old Christians rugby team were scheduled to play the Chilean Old Boys in the Copa Amistad tournament. Their airplane crashed en route in the Andes, and 16 of them survived for 72 days before rescue, eating the bodies of people who died in the crash. Of course, this is the incident which spawned both the book and movie titled "Alive". Fast forward to 13 Oct. 2002; the remaining Old Christians played against the Old Boys in Chile, winning 28-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2324621.stm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 17 11:50:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 17 10:50:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] The Golden Hour Message-ID: <20021017175028.24038@127.0.0.1:2525> There's a nice article over at the Washington Post about how the medics (presumably) saved the kid shot by the DC Nutcase. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37514-2002Oct16.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 17 14:31:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 17 13:31:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Origins of Fascism in the US Message-ID: <20021017203038.9215@127.0.0.1:2525> Interesting read. I've no idea how factually accurate it is, but it does pass the smell test. It's well known that A: Nazi Germany had some of the best scientists and engineers in the world, and B: both the US and USSR tried to woo them away. I've no doubt that many of them with less than stellar backgrounds were whitewashed to further national goals (at least on the US side, in the USSR there was probably no need to do so; Stalin would just lock you up if he even *thought* you were critical of him regardless of the reality). And it would make further sense that the US would inherit folks who'd done things far too egregious to the Soviets; in the USSR it would be certain death for them, in the US it was the old "mine enemies enemy is my friend" game. That game seems to get us into a lot of recurring trouble. I don't like playing it. http://www.bartcop.com/091702dewar.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 29 13:48:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Tue Oct 29 13:48:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] War of the Worlds Message-ID: <20021029214741.14663@127.0.0.1:2525> These guys are doing a recreation of HG Wells' 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds. Completely live, no pre-recorded anything, only an orchestra, actors, and foley artists, just like Wells did it. Pretty cool. There's a list of stations carrying it at the middle link below; it runs 10-30-02 at 8pm est. They'll also have it online, but they want you to subscribe to their site at ~ $7/mo. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 29 13:50:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Tue Oct 29 13:50:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Buy Bush a PlayStation Message-ID: <20021029214957.15868@127.0.0.1:2525> At the link below they're having a public fund raiser to purchase a PS2 with an extra controller (for Cheney) along with the games "Conflict: Desert Storm" and "SOCOM: US Navy Seals", in the theory that the administration can work out their aggressions virtually... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 31 12:49:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 31 12:49:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Nice Halloween Costume Message-ID: <20021031204832.11853@127.0.0.1:2525> http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2002/ft021031.gif Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 3 12:07:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 3 11:07:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] CNN gets wicked Message-ID: <20021003180646.30695@127.0.0.1:2525> >...the New York Daily News on Wednesday quoted from an e-mail sent by a >network manager to his headline writers, sending them a copy of a slang >dictionary so they can be "as cutting edge" as possible. > >"Please use this guide to help all you homeys and honeys add a new flava >to your tickers and dekkos," the message said, referring to graphics on >the Headline News screen. Word. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 3 12:44:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 3 11:44:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] World's funniest joke Message-ID: <20021003184327.20432@127.0.0.1:2525> The University of Hertfordshire actually made a scientific study of jokes, and came up with the joke most universally found funny. Personally, I thought it (the joke) was somewhat dumb. But what really caught my eye were the following two paragraphs: >People from the Republic of Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand >most enjoyed jokes involving word plays. >... >Americans and Canadians, on the other hand, preferred jokes where there >was a strong sense of superiority - either because a character looks >stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else. Word play is commonly enjoyed by (dare I say it?) hackers, and this would tend to explain why the British comedies seem to have a generally high appeal to same. And I'm pleased to note that kiwi's seem to share my sense of humor, yet another indication that I might fit in well there. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 7 14:56:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Mon Oct 7 13:56:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Cirrus 'chute used in real life Message-ID: <20021007205513.25124@127.0.0.1:2525> The Cirrus SR20 and SR22 made a big splash in the industry with their "Cirrus Airframe Parachute System" a few years ago(basically a general aviation aircraft with a built in parachute system). Lots of folks bought the planes because of the parachute, although there's been some question about how effective it would be. According to Aviation Consumer the descent rate could be as high as 19MPH, so landing on a hard surface could be worse than attempting a belly landing. Anyway, it was used for the first time last week in regular operation by a guy in Texas with aileron troubles-he walked away from the accident after landing in a wooded area by a golf course. Along with the article in the Duluth newspaper there's a blurb up at Cirrus' site, along with a photo of the deployed chute from one of their test drops. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 9 11:42:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Wed Oct 9 10:42:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] The Big-Ass Spanish Boat Message-ID: <20021009174142.18386@127.0.0.1:2525> Washington State University's newspaper, the Daily Evergreen, ran an article about Filipino American History Month. In talking about the first landing of Filipinos in the US, they needed a translation for the name of the boat, "Nuestra Senora de Buena Esperanza". Unfortunately, the writer found a (rather obvious) satire site which claimed the translation was "The Big-Ass Spanish Boat", both the writer and editors were too dense to catch it, and it made the front page. Surely this aspiring writer will go on to great things at CNN or somesuch... http://www.dailyevergreen.com/nn4/opinion/index.asp?Story_ID=6900&StoryPage=1 http://www.dailyevergreen.com/nn4/opinion/index.asp?Story_ID=6923&StoryPage=1 http://www.pinoylife.com/article.php?sid=84 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 11 20:20:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Fri Oct 11 19:20:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Interesting article Message-ID: <20021012021917.17645@127.0.0.1:2525> >President Bush's options appear extremely limited, and there is little >doubt that the United States will continue to decline as a decisive force >in world affairs over the next decade. The real question is not whether >U.S. hegemony is waning but whether the United States can devise a way to >descend gracefully, with minimum damage to the world, and to itself. In the July issue of Foreign Policy magazine. Worth a read whether or not you agree with their final analysis. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_julyaug_2002/wallerstein.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Oct 12 14:05:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Sat Oct 12 13:05:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Babelfish fun Message-ID: <20021012200456.20099@127.0.0.1:2525> So, everybody's done the old translation game with babelfish, right? You enter a piece of text, translate to another language, then translate back, and have fun with the weirdness the software returned. Lather, rinse, repeat, and you can end up with some real wacky statements. Well, somebody's written a cgi to do all the work for you. Just type in something and it will translate multiple times into multiple languages and destroy your original sentence. I started with "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids" (Hunter's watching Scooby Doo right now) and ended up with "They would go with him, if kidskin of the participation were not for you." http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 14 00:40:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Sun Oct 13 23:40:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Unfinished business Message-ID: <20021014063936.6931@127.0.0.1:2525> 30 years ago today (13 Oct. 1972) the Uruguayan Old Christians rugby team were scheduled to play the Chilean Old Boys in the Copa Amistad tournament. Their airplane crashed en route in the Andes, and 16 of them survived for 72 days before rescue, eating the bodies of people who died in the crash. Of course, this is the incident which spawned both the book and movie titled "Alive". Fast forward to 13 Oct. 2002; the remaining Old Christians played against the Old Boys in Chile, winning 28-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2324621.stm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 17 11:50:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 17 10:50:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] The Golden Hour Message-ID: <20021017175028.24038@127.0.0.1:2525> There's a nice article over at the Washington Post about how the medics (presumably) saved the kid shot by the DC Nutcase. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37514-2002Oct16.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 17 14:31:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 17 13:31:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Origins of Fascism in the US Message-ID: <20021017203038.9215@127.0.0.1:2525> Interesting read. I've no idea how factually accurate it is, but it does pass the smell test. It's well known that A: Nazi Germany had some of the best scientists and engineers in the world, and B: both the US and USSR tried to woo them away. I've no doubt that many of them with less than stellar backgrounds were whitewashed to further national goals (at least on the US side, in the USSR there was probably no need to do so; Stalin would just lock you up if he even *thought* you were critical of him regardless of the reality). And it would make further sense that the US would inherit folks who'd done things far too egregious to the Soviets; in the USSR it would be certain death for them, in the US it was the old "mine enemies enemy is my friend" game. That game seems to get us into a lot of recurring trouble. I don't like playing it. http://www.bartcop.com/091702dewar.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 29 13:48:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Tue Oct 29 13:48:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] War of the Worlds Message-ID: <20021029214741.14663@127.0.0.1:2525> These guys are doing a recreation of HG Wells' 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds. Completely live, no pre-recorded anything, only an orchestra, actors, and foley artists, just like Wells did it. Pretty cool. There's a list of stations carrying it at the middle link below; it runs 10-30-02 at 8pm est. They'll also have it online, but they want you to subscribe to their site at ~ $7/mo. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 29 13:50:01 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Tue Oct 29 13:50:01 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Buy Bush a PlayStation Message-ID: <20021029214957.15868@127.0.0.1:2525> At the link below they're having a public fund raiser to purchase a PS2 with an extra controller (for Cheney) along with the games "Conflict: Desert Storm" and "SOCOM: US Navy Seals", in the theory that the administration can work out their aggressions virtually... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 31 12:49:02 2002 From: ed@hintz.org (Edmund A. Hintz) Date: Thu Oct 31 12:49:02 2002 Subject: [Promotum] Nice Halloween Costume Message-ID: <20021031204832.11853@127.0.0.1:2525> http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2002/ft021031.gif Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org