Monthly Archives: July 2002

it must be profound

Posted on Friday, 2002 July 26 by Anton

Got a spam today which ends thus: </HTML> &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&Of course, the systematic use of complex symbols suffices to account for the preliminary qualification limit. For any transformation which is sufficiently diversified in application to be of any interest, any associated … Continue reading →

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self-illustrating

Posted on Friday, 2002 July 26 by Anton

Value of the expression “The ‘Harper’s Index’ format gimmick became stale on or about the day it was conceived”: 1

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you can count on them

Posted on Friday, 2002 July 26 by Anton

bon mot from Juan Gato: Federal authorities said Sunday they have arrested a forest technician with the U.S. Forest Service for starting the Hayman fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. You know, this kind of stuff wouldn’t happen if … Continue reading →

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immortality for pessimists

Posted on Thursday, 2002 July 25 by Anton

Larry Niven wrote, somewhere or other, that if you live long enough you’re bound to get rich at least once. It occurs to me just now that, if you live long enough under an immortal dictatorship, sooner or later you’re … Continue reading →

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unions piss me off

Posted on Thursday, 2002 July 25 by Anton

Saw a union picket today with a sign saying Catbert Corporation is Enron II. If you thought your employer was a house of cards, would you spend your time agitating to increase its labor costs, or look for a new … Continue reading →

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inser<!–boo!–>tions

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 24 by Anton

I think it was about a year ago that I got a spam that attempted to evade the filters by inserting an anodyne comment within each keyword, thus: bre<!–brother–>asts. Someone has now improved the wheeze, by making the comment unique … Continue reading →

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it’s just as well

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 24 by Anton

A month or two ago an old chum and I, time on our respective hands, discussed seeing a movie together. In brief, I suggested she meet me for Y Tu Mamá También, wires crossed, and she saw it alone. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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