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November 2005 - Posts

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A guy that I work with emailed around this link last week which I used for the title of this post.

I was reminded of it this morning when I saw the MSN Instant Messenger tagline that a friend of mine was using.
If there are 10 types of people in this world, then how many Dalmations were there?

He he.  That cracks me up.  It isn't really even funny, just a bit clever.  I still like it. 
Anyhoo, if you're not a nerd, that's a take-off from this saying:
"There are 10 types of people in the world.  Those who understand binary, and those who don't."
For breakfast, it's hard to beat...
A cup of strong, dark, black coffee and a bag of jalapeño kettle chips.  Yummy.  :-)
Kissing kills.
Keep those lips to yourselves boys and girls.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10243950/

Safecracking for dummies.
Dummies with sensitive thermal imaging hardware, at least. 
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/tsafe/
Christmas lights.
I bet your Christmas lights can't do this.  http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

Cool new inventions!
Or something.  http://www.borisvolfson.com/
Fight cancer by drinking beer.

The proof is here:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10052258/

You can safely ignore the parts of the article that say "the benefical effect of beer may be minimal" and "more research is needed". 

Foil hats...The controversy.
Many believe that foil hats are an essential tool to protect against government oppression via brain wave reading/manipulation.  A study from MIT examines their effectiveness, and shockingly concludes that the foil hat craze may have been *created* by the government in a cunning example of misdirection, and  they may actually increase the ability of the men in black to control the minds of the wearers.  A True Believer©, however, has issued a rebuttal calling the the study into question.
Diamonds...They're not just pretty.
Scientists tout diamond-coated implants
I watched a sweet show...
On the farm channel that was all about "How to buy your first tractor".  They talked about some of the different kinds of tractors available, what features to look for, and how to appropriately size a tractor for you needs.  I feel enlightened. 
Lots happening here...
Which is why the posts have been a bit thin for the past week or so.  I spent last weekend with relatives, watching my cousin's marching band competition, riding horses, and relaxing away from the computer for a few days.  This weekend, I put a new larger faster hard drive in my laptop, so I've been busy trying to get all of my software re-installed, my files moved over, and generally back up to speed.  I've still got a few kinks to work out, but it's slowly starting to look like my computer again. 
More proof that criminals just aren't the brightest ever.
Even when they're dentist criminals. 
Article here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9923642/
More proof that criminals just aren't the brightest ever.
Burglar dies in fire he set to cover his tracks