Post by: D76 on July 05, 2006, 08:32:48 AM
This guy's clones are everywhere. Canada's (and those of Toronto that's on the hook for millions after a recent computer-sales scam) make him look like Einstein.
Our fate is in their hands.
Post by: swhitset on July 05, 2006, 08:41:20 AM
Steve
Post by: gunug on July 05, 2006, 09:28:41 AM
http://www.techsurvivors.net/forums/index....showtopic=13082
It's nice he has such a fine grasp of things! I bet he could teach computer
science somewhere!
Post by: pendragon on July 05, 2006, 09:38:16 AM
Now, my lips are tired.
Post by: D76 on July 05, 2006, 10:23:54 AM
QUOTE(gunug @ Jul 5 2006, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is "the Tubes" guy isn't it!
Sorry, gunug. I didn't realize you had covered this buffoon.QUOTE(pendragon @ Jul 5 2006, 10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It wasn't until early this morning that I (finally) finished reading every link on the interweb. Whew!
Me too. I realized there was nothing more to the interweb when I landed here. Now that I know everything, I can finally rip out those pneumatic tubes in my house and stop bumping my head. They're all plugged up with movies, anyway.By the way, this is the bridge to nowhere guy.
Post by: gunug on July 05, 2006, 01:00:37 PM
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/20...s/index_np.html
QUOTE
No politician better flaunts an ability to bring home the bacon than Alaska's Don Young. As chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Alaska's lone congressional representative for 32 years, the elder statesman wrangled $941 million for Alaska in the bill, making Alaska, the nation's third least populated state, the fourth-biggest recipient of transportation funds. The money for the bill is fed by a gas tax at the pump, but this slush fund isn't redistributed to all Americans equally: The bill spends $86 per person on a national average; it spends an estimated $1,500 on every Alaskan.
Post by: kelly on July 05, 2006, 07:51:11 PM
Post by: krissel on July 06, 2006, 12:56:03 AM
An explanation of where that "internet" file went...
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1513010
Post by: Paddy on July 06, 2006, 12:52:04 PM
Ok...who elected this twit?
"The best minds are not in government." -- Ronald Reagan.
Post by: Gregg on July 06, 2006, 02:58:07 PM
Must've turned left.
:toxic:
Post by: Paddy on July 06, 2006, 03:13:59 PM
Post by: gunug on July 06, 2006, 07:18:07 PM
http://images.agblog.com/michigan/Hands_On...networks?full=1
This is a demonstration of the packet-switch network using tubes and ball-bearings.
Post by: D76 on July 06, 2006, 09:25:05 PM
I dunno how many important letters will be blocked by a wooden ship before it gets through, especially if the yardarms aren't parallel with the hull.
There's just no way of knowing.
Post by: Gregg on July 07, 2006, 08:00:15 AM
Post by: gunug on July 07, 2006, 08:08:23 AM
Post by: kelly on July 20, 2006, 07:44:45 PM
The Internet Is Not A Big Truck: Featuring John Hodgman
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/the-interne...gman-188748.php
QT Version.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/0...lity-once-more/
Post by: sandyman on July 21, 2006, 08:27:39 AM
By the way "Tube" where I come from can also mean "Idiot".
As in **** **** (insert name of politician) is a right tube
Post by: gunug on July 21, 2006, 09:32:11 AM
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/b...p-7881638c.html
QUOTE
Bridges to nowhere
mean job security for
congressman for life
Arrogance, thy name
is Frank; personality
transplant needed stat
mean job security for
congressman for life
Arrogance, thy name
is Frank; personality
transplant needed stat
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 21, 2006, 08:19:30 PM
QUOTE(gunug @ Jul 6 2006, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Saw this at Boing-Boing and it seems to be the source of the Senators edumacation:
http://images.agblog.com/michigan/Hands_On...networks?full=1
This is a demonstration of the packet-switch network using tubes and ball-bearings.
I was going to watch the 'show' but my monitor is not big enough. With images like that trying to get through the 'tubes' it's no wonder they get filled up so fast! http://images.agblog.com/michigan/Hands_On...networks?full=1
This is a demonstration of the packet-switch network using tubes and ball-bearings.
But why would anyone make images for the internet so large, anyway. 
Post by: gunug on July 24, 2006, 10:58:23 AM
No further comment except hardware hackers are strange people (this is from the HOPE hackers conference in NYC).
Post by: D76 on July 24, 2006, 07:10:53 PM
Flickr went down the other day, and the page apologizing for it had two huge circles next to each other, with a statement below them saying the tubes were plugged.
No mention, though, of calling in Roto-Rooter.