Dr Wingnut

Month: August 2006

  • Grace

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    Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come.  “Tis grace that hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home.”John Newton

  • Accidents

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    The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident.  That’s where we come in; we’re computer professionals.  We cause accidents.Nathaniel Borenstein

  • How will you die?

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    According to this diagram in the August 2006 issue of National Geographic there is a one in one (100%) chance that you will die.  Along with that revelation, it shows in a beautifully rendered diagram — that I think Edward Tufte would approve — your other mortality choice chances.

  • Infections

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    After all, just one virus on a computer is one too many.Glenn Turner

  • That wacky web

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    Cool cartoon panorama of Soho (in QTVR, for geeks)Huge flocks of spring birds in DenmarkMy friend Thomas, the Reboot founder, opens a beer in DenmarkExpensive coffee you might not want to drinkList of problems solved by MacGyverFlaming tuba videoAl Gore hits Bender the robot with a baseball batCharlie Todd’s latest MP3 ExperimentThe misguided investment I…

  • Judgement

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    One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils.  The thing is to supply light and not heat.Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924)

  • The trouble with having our oil under their sand

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    An engineering masterpieceDuring the construction phase… Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAll finished.  Notice the palm trees outside…Remember, this is in the middle of the desert… The very HOT desert where temperatures get up to 120 degrees…Unbelievable!  But true…The INSIDE view:Why is gasoline $3.00 a gallon for regular unleaded?So they can ski in the F#*@ING desert.via email…