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Re: The 17 Cheesiest Lines In Movie History

x00x — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:58:07 -0000

A very satisfying collection of abysmally malodorous movie line cheese at its olfactory offensive overloading worst!

Re: Top 20 YouTube and Video Memes of All Time

x00x — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:23:03 -0000

Leave Brittany alone belongs in a category all its own.

Re: Insert Images into Your Gmail Messages

x00x — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:55:35 -0000

This is indeed a handy feature that has been a long time in coming. The inability to insert images directly into the body of email has vexed me for years, the solution of which I resolved on my own when discovering that only Thunderbird allowed for images to be copied directly into the body of email.

I uncovered several ways in which I could do the same with gmail, one little known secret was to upload the image to google docs, which allowed for copy and paste directly in gmail.

But this is a most definite welcome improvement

Re: Last.fm to Start Charging International Users

x00x — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:52:42 -0000

If/when the same business model comes crashing down here in the old USA, it will indeed be my
last.(fm)

Re: New Trend For Men: Garters

x00x — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:20:32 -0000

New "trend"? As in being adopted by mainstream consumers? I've got three words to sum up my feelings on this; 1.Never 2. gonna 3.happen.

Re: Firefox 3 Dies a Few Times a Day

x00x — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:25:41 -0000

Despite being one of Firefox's greatest fans, I can't help but feel vindicated by the problems reported about Firefox 3.

I fled back to the warm, friendly environs of 2.0.0.14 where I couldn't be happier after Firefox 3 left me irked, annoyed and underwhelmed by all sorts of cognitive dissonance with what was heralded as new and improved.

I'll postpone upgrading to Firefox 3 as long as possible but Mozilla isn't going to support what is now 2.0.0.15 beyond December, 2008.

Re: Lori Drew Indicted In MySpace Suicide Controversy

x00x — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:08:37 -0000

The sociological impact/reaction to what new technology inexorably ushers in, must by its inherent nature always play catch-up to the paradigm shift it engenders because of the time lag in which it takes it to reach critical mass as it pervades through society. It is indeed unprecedented but society has only taken to deal with it now because the issues technology has wrought is only now coming to the legal forefront.

As a society of laws, social mores, the fundamental principle as the underpinning of civilization is that we are responsible for our actions,
and any consequences it engenders as a result.

I applaud the actions taken in response to a horrible tragedy that was undoubtedly triggered by Lori, the degree in which society will respond,
mitigated as a lesser charge to reflect the the "intent" in which it was committed will certainly be a factor in meted the proper punishment.

Re: Visions Of The Future

x00x — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:59:19 -0000

Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
–Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

This statement attributed to Charles Duell has been authoritatively debunked for quite some time but still seems to cling to a life all its
own, I suppose, because the statement has a certain quality about
it that people find amusing.

Here below is an excerpt/link to what amounts to a convincing case
as only one small step towards restoring the honor of the poor, lamentably impugned otherwise qualified Commissioner, U.S.Office
of Patents, Charles H. Duell.
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A Patently False Patent Myth still! Did a patent official really once resign because he thought nothing was left to invent? Once such myths start they take on a life of their own - 1989 article reprinted - Reprint
Skeptical Inquirer, May-June, 2003 by Samuel Sass

It is rare that we feel moved to republish an earlier SKEPTICAL INQUIRER article. But the myth that a patent commissioner once resigned because "everything that can he invented has been invented" keeps being uncritically repeated in prominent news outlets. So we thought it would he interesting and useful to reprint Samuel Sass's brief article investigating that claim, "A Patently False Patent Myth," from our Spring 1989 issue. The article has not appeared in any SI anthology. Author Sass has slightly revised one paragraph, and at the end he provides an update.

For close to a century there has periodically appeared in print the story about an official of the U.S. Patent Office who resigned his post because he believed that all possible inventions had already been invented. Some years ago, before I retired as librarian of a General Electric Company division, I was asked by a skeptical scientist to find out what there was to this recurring tale. My research proved to be easier than I had expected. I found that this matter had been investigated as a project of the D.C. Historical Records Survey under the Works Projects Administration. The investigator, Dr. Eber Jeffery published his findings in the July 1940 Journal of the Patent Office Society.....link to the article.

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