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Notes 2007 Archives Have You Noticed? Over the past year, I have noticed a steady decline in the
volume of spam that gets into my server mailboxes. I surmise that the
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are the cause of the decline. Even though
they publicly deny that they can stop spam, they are quietly doing just that.
I think it is because they realize the internet is becoming useless for the
majority of users because of the criminals that have infected it. If the ISPs
want to survive, they must do something about that. Ethics will not affect these
bums, but economics will. Good! Stupid: I do not think there is any relationship between stupidity
and intelligence. I have met some people who scored very high on IQ tests who
did not have sense enough to duck when they threw crap into the fan. Many of
them were engineers at Bendix and Ford. Jet Blue Blew It: I’m going to start a transcontinental bus company to
compete with the airlines. I figure my buses could go several hundred miles
while stranded air passengers were sitting in planes with overflowing toilets
gridlocked on the tarmac. Sometimes a bus would take a bit longer, but the
tickets would cost less and the service would be first class. I visualize
these busses as somewhat like the first class cars in the golden age of the
railroads. The passengers would not mind how long it took because they would
be dining and drinking or watching movies. Perhaps they could even notice the
passing scenery. My motto will be, Go first class like humans, don’t
fly. Mitt Romney: My Gord, what a fraud! He was a missionary in It Didn’t Work: The surge did not work in A guy was imprisoned in Another Evil: In another evil act by our legal system, the courts are
going to take an 8-year-old girl away from the parents who raised her and
give her to her “natural” parents. These are people who did not
want her for the first 8 difficult years of development. Now that she is a
beautiful child they suddenly want her. They will take her back to Gasoline: The prices are rising again. Why? Depends on who you ask.
The government and George’s big oil buddies will say it’s just
supply and demand. But, what would happen if we could build high performance
autos that gave twice as many miles per gallon. I will guess the oil cartel
would come unglued and competition would push the price down to about half of
what it is now. It believe it is entirely possible to build such cars. All we
really need to do it is empower real car people by financing entrepreneurs.
Of course, that ain’t likely. Fat Tuesday: It is the day of gorging before the fist day of Lent, or
Ash Wednesday. Everyone is required to eat at least one Pạczki on fat Tuesday. Lent is an assigned 40 day period of fasting
and penitence for serious Christians leading up to Easter. Some folks
give up certain indulgences for this period. I have thought about that and
decided I could give up roasted albatross and feta cheese. Tobacco Education: We are told that Legal: Our local channel 12 ABC news is asking viewers to render
an opinion as to whether Salvia Divinorum should be legal. I won’t vote
in their poll because I don’t care about that particular herb. As to
the large issue, I think all drugs should be legal. I firmly believe in
natural selection. If druggies want to kill themselves, I think we should let
them. Making these things legal would put the illegal drug trade out of
business. Then we could spend the money we are wasting trying to stop it on
education where we could have some effect. Obama: Please do not get caught in the mud-slinging trap. Leave
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