>Children, you have no idea what you missed….

Posted on 4 February, 2011 by jb

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You were  born too late.

You lived in the wrong part of the world.

You don’t speak German.

This was broadcasting of the Finest Kind

And then of course there was Kenny Everett at the Beeb
[13 September 1969 55:34 Listen]

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>Too. Cool. For. Words

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by jb

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>There will never be….

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by jb

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…an dynamo-powered iPhone charger, because Steve Jobs doesn’t acknowledge that the iPhone has a battery-life problem.

Or at least not until Apple’s engineers come up with a wireless energy transfer concept that only works with their product…..

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>Back to basics

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by jb

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>Miner damage

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by jb

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>I use this system, too

Posted on 2 February, 2011 by jb

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And this is how I fold them

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>Software testing

Posted on 2 February, 2011 by jb

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Been there, done that.

Mostly in the right hand box….

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>Never question a drunk

Posted on 1 February, 2011 by jb

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True story, told by a woman

I was shopping at the local supermarket where I selected:

  • A half-gallon of 2% milk
  • A carton of eggs
  • A quart of orange juice
  • A head of lettuce
  • A 2 lb. can of coffee
  • A 1 lb. package of bacon

As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind me watched as I placed the items in front of the cashier. While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the drunk calmly stated, ‘You must be single.’

I was a bit startled by this proclamation, but I was intrigued by the derelict’s intuition, since I indeed had never found Mr. Right. I looked at the six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about my selections that could have tipped off the drunk to my marital status..

Curiosity getting the better of me, I said , ‘Yes you are correct . But how on earth did you know that?’

The drunk replied, ‘Cause you’re ugly.

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>Bill Maher gets it right…..

Posted on 31 January, 2011 by jb

>http://www.zideo.nl/player.swf/?playzideo=6b346d586e563171

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>Free market capitalism

Posted on 31 January, 2011 by jb

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Take this example: heartless people raising the price of water during disasters. We call this price gouging and we stop it.

But why? Why do we stop free-market capitalism from doing its job? Demand for water spikes and supply plummets. Inevitably the price goes up. This is the nature of the free market, and any regulation or manipulation of it is inherently wrong.
When water gets pumped back in the area, supply goes up and the price drops. Alternatively, after enough time all but the richest will have died from dehydration, reducing demand. Only marginally of course, because when you are dying of thirst demand becomes unlimited. I’d say this is a failing of free market capitalism but we all know there is no such thing.
The price eventually returns to the normal level and society resumes. Plus, just think about how many jobs we’ve created digging all those graves for people who couldn’t afford water! Those free market idealists sure know how to create shovel-ready jobs.

HT Political Irony

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