Author: Dr Wingnut
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Some Features you may Need on your Computer
Links via email from Bonnie Knutson, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:44:35 -0700
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None as a religion
The following is an excerpt from an article that ran in todays Minneapolis Star-Tribute. The article really articulated the feelings that I have had about organized religion since I was about 14 or 15.Allyson Leonard, 24, of Bloomfield, N.J., decries what she terms “groupthink mentality” and half-jokingly tells people she attended Roman Catholic schools for…
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What to do if you lose your purse or wallet
We’ve all heard horror stories about fraud that’s committed us in your name, address, SS#, credit, etc. Unfortunately I, the author of this piece who happens to be an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month and within a week the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for…
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Preaching
A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a rabbi all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn’t really that hard. A real challenge would be…
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How are your users?
"I support 10,000 users, all of which wake up every morning with their hair on fire." Larry Leibrock, University of Texas at Austin, on why billing problems make it harder to depend on his SkyTel Pager as his "Umbilical Cord." ComputerWorld, 6 Dec 1999
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Let’s pretend
Agency director is furious because his PC failed during an important presentation – and takes it out on pilot fish, who races in to repair it. Ignoring fish’s questions, director snarls, "Just fix it!" Fish spots the problem – the director had bumped the monitor’s power switch while changing floppy disks – and turns the…