Year: 2004

  • Luck

    I’m a great believer in luck—and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.Thomas Jefferson

  • CAPTCHA

    I had to change something in my ICQ profile the other day, and they used the following image as a CAPTCHA:I had heard of the "Wall of Shame," but now I have actually seen it.What’s a CAPTCHA?CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) are designed to prevent bots – programs…

  • Survey today

    I took an online survey today that was suprisingly about M$ Office.  Here was one of the questions, and my response:

  • Until you want to cross back over the river

    When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.Dylan Thomas

  • Whoops

    "One of the zookeepers said from a scale of one to 10, the smell’s a nine." – a Milwaukee County Zoo spokeswoman talking about an accidental dump of monkey waste that closed two interstates in Wisconsin on WednesdayInformation Week Daily

  • Teen-itis

    The condition in which a 15-year old boy cannot find the plumber’s helper (plunger) in a 6 foot by 9 foot room that has the total contents of: 1 toilet, 1 sink, 1 floor-standing toilet paper holder with roll, 1 garbage can, 1 box of tissues, and 1 plumber’s helper.  You’d think that you didn’t…

  • Who’s on first, Updated

    ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store… Can I help you?COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den, and I’m thinking about buying a computer.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.ABBOTT: Your computer?COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.ABBOTT: What about Windows?COSTELLO: Why? Will it…