From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 12:16:32 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8IJGWJ14906 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109181916.f8IJGWJ14906@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:16:31 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Regarding attacks Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Those of you who know me are no doubt clear I don't blindly follow general public opinion, so prepare for what may be some unpopular views. Think different. In no way do I condone the activities of the terrorists. I think the most important question that needs to be asked is this: why would a group of 50 or more people hate the US so much that they would wish to do this? While nuking the hell out of Afganistan might make Joe Sixpack feel avenged, the reality here is that if we do not learn our lessons from history, we are doomed to repeat it. In that vein, I offer the following links. I urge you to read them from an intellectual viewpoint, rather than an emotional one. Terrible as this tragedy is, I fear the greater tragedy is that we as a nation are not going to learn a damn thing from it, and therefore again fall victim to the derivative of our own interventionist foreign policy. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/9/12/163019/268 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/browne2.html http://service-net.org/ws/theme145.cfm http://www.michaelmoore.com/2001_0912.html Victory breeds hatred, for the defeated live in pain. Happily live the peaceful, giving up victory and defeat. 3.Buddhism. Dhammapada 201 Wars not make one great. Anger, fear, aggression, the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will... (Thanks, Amanda) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 12:16:58 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8IJGwJ11666 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:16:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109181916.f8IJGwJ11666@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:16:57 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Re: Fwd: "Within an hour". How utterly despicable! Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On 9/13/01 5:35 PM, ed@hintz.org thus spake: >I'm sure we all knew this would happen eventually, but sheesh, could they >have waited a /little/ longer? >http://msnbc.com/news/628230.asp?cp1=1 Believe it or not, there's actually something worse. I wouldn't have believed it was possible. Trying to make a quick buck is pretty sickening; trying to use this tragedy to foster hate in the name of religion is not only utterly despicable, completely contrary to the teachings of Christ, and horrendously irresponsible. It makes these two just as evil as the Taliban: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28620-2001Sep14.html "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Matthew 7:15, KJV Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 12:17:17 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8IJHGJ00360 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:17:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109181917.f8IJHGJ00360@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:17:16 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] A couple of very topical reads Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > Subject: A somewhat dense article on Pakistan and Afghanistan > > If you have any interest, the section dealing with Afghanistan and the > Taliban is mainly on page two. > The below is a link to an article published on September 2000. It is a > summary of the author's trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan earlier that > year. It has both historical background and current reporting on the > state of that area. Its origin was the detonation by Pakistan of nuclear > weapons, but it nonetheless is a look at an area of the world that our > country is being pointed at. > > > http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/09/kaplan.htm (not Ed speaking here) Dear Friends, The following was sent to me by my friend Tamim Ansary. Tamim is an Afghani-American writer. He is also one of the most brilliant people I know in this life. When he writes, I read. When he talks, I listen. Here is his take on Afghanistan and the whole mess we are in. -Gary T. Dear Gary and whoever else is on this email thread: I've been hearing a lot of talk about "bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age." Ronn Owens, on KGO Talk Radio today, allowed that this would mean killing innocent people, people who had nothing to do with this atrocity, but "we're at war, we have to accept collateral damage. What else can we do?" Minutes later I heard some TV pundit discussing whether we "have the belly to do what must be done." And I thought about the issues being raised especially hard because I am from Afghanistan, and even though I've lived here for 35 years I've never lost track of what's going on there. So I want to tell anyone who will listen how it all looks from where I'm standing. I speak as one who hates the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. There is no doubt in my mind that these people were responsible for the atrocity in New York. I agree that something must be done about those monsters. But the Taliban and Ben Laden are not Afghanistan. They're not even the government of Afghanistan. The Taliban are a cult of ignorant psychotics who took over Afghanistan in 1997. Bin Laden is a political criminal with a plan. When you think Taliban, think Nazis. When you think Bin Laden, think Hitler. And when you think "the people of Afghanistan" think "the Jews in the concentration camps." It's not only that the Afghan people had nothing to do with this atrocity. They were the first victims of the perpetrators. They would exult if someone would come in there, take out the Taliban and clear out the rats nest of international thugs holed up in their country. Some say, why don't the Afghans rise up and overthrow the Taliban? The answer is, they're starved, exhausted, hurt, incapacitated, suffering. A few years ago, the United Nations estimated that there are 500,000 disabled orphans in Afghanistan--a country with no economy, no food. There are millions of widows. And the Taliban has been burying these widows alive in mass graves. The soil is littered with land mines, the farms were all destroyed by the Soviets. These are a few of the reasons why the Afghan people have not overthrown the Taliban. We come now to the question of bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age. Trouble is, that's been done. The Soviets took care of it already. Make the Afghans suffer? They're already suffering. Level their houses? Done. Turn their schools into piles of rubble? Done. Eradicate their hospitals? Done. Destroy their infrastructure? Cut them off from medicine and health care? Too late. Someone already did all that. New bombs would only stir the rubble of earlier bombs. Would they at least get the Taliban? Not likely. In today's Afghanistan, only the Taliban eat, only they have the means to move around. They'd slip away and hide. Maybe the bombs would get some of those disabled orphans, they don't move too fast, they don't even have wheelchairs. But flying over Kabul and dropping bombs wouldn't really be a strike against the criminals who did this horrific thing. Actually it would only be making common cause with the Taliban--by raping once again the people they've been raping all this time So what else is there? What can be done, then? Let me now speak with true fear and trembling. The only way to get Bin Laden is to go in there with ground troops. When people speak of "having the belly to do what needs to be done" they're thinking in terms of having the belly to kill as many as needed. Having the belly to overcome any moral qualms about killing innocent people. Let's pull our heads out of the sand. What's actually on the table is Americans dying. And not just because some Americans would die fighting their way through Afghanistan to Bin Laden's hideout. It's much bigger than that folks. Because to get any troops to Afghanistan, we'd have to go through Pakistan. Would they let us? Not likely. The conquest of Pakistan would have to be first. Will other Muslim nations just stand by? You see where I'm going. We're flirting with a world war between Islam and the West. And guess what: that's Bin Laden's program. That's exactly what he wants. That's why he did this. Read his speeches and statements. It's all right there. He really believes Islam would beat the west. It might seem ridiculous, but he figures if he can polarize the world into Islam and the West, he's got a billion soldiers. If the west wreaks a holocaust in those lands, that's a billion people with nothing left to lose, that's even better from Bin Laden's point of view. He's probably wrong, in the end the west would win, whatever that would mean, but the war would last for years and millions would die, not just theirs but ours. Who has the belly for that? Bin Laden does. Anyone else? Tamim Ansary Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 12:17:40 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8IJHeJ23098 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109181917.f8IJHeJ23098@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:17:39 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Re: Regarding attacks Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On 9/13/01 10:40 AM, ed@hintz.org thus spake: > In no way do I condone the activities of the terrorists. I think the I've caught a bit of heat for that message, I'm not sure folks understand what I'm saying. Here's another attempt. I'm not saying the US is the great Satan. We do plenty of good deeds, and have for quite some time. Plenty of folks both here and abroad recognize that fact. There's plenty of nationalism and flag waving going on; international support has come in from such traditionally unfriendly places such as China, Pakistan and Russia. The Canadian tribute piece is popping up all over, and has been for days ( http://www.telepath.com/vinson/badger/comments/opin-15.htm if by some odd twist of fate you haven't seen it yet). We're not perfect, we make mistakes, but overall I don't think we're an evil bunch. Just like I don't think your average Afgan or Palestinian is evil. Misguided, maybe, a product of their environment, absolutely, but not inherently evil. My Grandfather, Ellert L. Anderson, wrote a book in '88 after the Challenger disaster, titled "Why they're away: the purpose of death", ISBN 053308005. The basic premise is that deaths, no matter how tragic, result in some good. Used as one of numerous examples was the death 13 year old Cari Lightner, at the hands of a drunk driver in 1980. Her Mother, Candice Lightner, as a result of the tragedy, formed Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. The number of other lives saved by MADD over the ensuing years (their website estimates 138,000) honors the memory of Cari Lightner, and the purpose of her tragic death is fulfilled. While nationalism and flag waving may help some, to me they are hollow gestures. If they make you feel better, more power to you, but they don't work for me. I really wish they did, but they don't. I think much like a scientist. I tend to detach from emotion as much as possible, and analyze situations, and respond with logic. That's what I'm trying to do here. When airplanes fall from the sky, when bridges fail, when buildings collapse, we mourn innocent victims. We also analyze the system in question for failures, and fix those failures to ensure that the tragedy does not repeat itself. What happened Tuesday was a political failure. I see no reason to treat it differently from any other failure. To analyze it, we're going to have to ask some tough questions, and we may not like the answers. We may not even agree on the answers, but the worst thing we can do is not ask the questions, for then we are doomed to relive the past, and Tuesday's dead will have died in vain. The best way I can think of to honor the victims is to analyze the failure, find the root cause(NOT the symptom-BinLaden), and eliminate or mitigate it. I'm not so naive as to believe that we will ever make everyone happy with our foreign policies. But, if we can make them just UN-happy, versus violently and irrationally opposed, that's a noble and worthy testament to the fallen. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 12:17:43 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8IJHeJ28864 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:17:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109181917.f8IJHeJ28864@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:17:40 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Fwd: "Within an hour". How utterly despicable! Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'm sure we all knew this would happen eventually, but sheesh, could they have waited a /little/ longer? http://msnbc.com/news/628230.asp?cp1=1 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 13:17:05 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8IKH5J12810 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 13:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109182017.f8IKH5J12810@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 13:17:05 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Administrivia: Welcome to Promotum Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Howdy all, I finally killed off my AOL account, which you may have noticed is what I've used for the visible address I send forwards to. Since I was making organizational changes anyway, I decided to setup mailing list software to handle the usual forward traffic. I have subscribed everyone who is on my usual list of suspects, so you need do nothing if you wish to continue relieving stuff. Advantages to setting up mailing list software include the following: You can now unsubscribe yourself, turn the list off when you go on vacation, get the posts in digest form, whatever. Additionally, if you forward mails to friends, they can subscribe themselves directly if they so desire. All of this is done here: http://www.hintz.org/mailman/listinfo/promotum Also, the posts will be archived, so 6 months from now, when you want to lookup the articles about those Russian Mathematicians that think history happened in parallel, you can do so. I think this will be a very nice feature, as the exact scenario listed above occurred, and I didn't remember where the links came from and wasn't able to easily find them. Anyway, here's the address for archives: http://www.hintz.org/pipermail/promotum/ Mini-FAQ: Why the name promotum? Promotum is Latin for "To push forward, move ahead, advance". That's what this list does. How do I change my list options? http://www.hintz.org/mailman/listinfo/promotum What is the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe, and Everything? 42 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 18 18:09:50 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8J19oJ20061 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:09:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109190109.f8J19oJ20061@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:09:50 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] This page sucks Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/ It's funnier if you're a windoze user, or at least familiar with the windoze version of Exploder... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 21 12:10:48 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8LJAlJ26589 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:10:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109211910.f8LJAlJ26589@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:10:47 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Investment tips Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: If you bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. If you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, and traded in the cans for the nickel deposit, you would have $79. My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 21 12:49:20 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8LJnKJ14042 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109211949.f8LJnKJ14042@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:49:20 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Who'd a thunk it? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34799,00.html Thanks to Darryl for the link... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 21 15:13:34 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8LMDYJ06821 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:13:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109212213.f8LMDYJ06821@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:13:34 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Population Density Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Kinda cool orbital nightshot, gives a good feel for population density based on the amount of light: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg According to the website, "The above image is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites. " http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html Makes me wanna sing the ol' Disney standard, "It's a small world"... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 21 23:19:11 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8M6JAJ18167 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:19:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109220619.f8M6JAJ18167@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:19:40 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] The Irish curse engine Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Make your own Irish curse: http://hermes.lincolnu.edu/~focal/scripts/mallacht.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 21 23:35:13 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8M6ZDJ15091 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109220635.f8M6ZDJ15091@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:35:42 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Heavenly music Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The BBC proms (sort of like what we call the pops here in the states) redid their program of 15 September to reflect the WTC. If you get a chance to check it out, by all means do. Besides a stirring and very appropriate rendition of final movement of Beethoven's 9th, Barber's Adagio for Strings was particularly touching. Seeing as how the proms are an institution dating to 1895, breaking with the usual tradition of Pomp and Circumstance and Rule Brittania is IMHO a particularly notable tribute. I caught it on BBC America, dunno when/if it will be on again, although BBC 3 will rebroadcast the radio show on 31 December. http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=94338 http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/broadcasts/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/broadcasts/repeats.shtml http://www.bbcamerica.com/servlet/DailySchedule On the subject of musical tributes, after watching the big telethon here in the states, I have to say that I can't possibly think of anyone better to sing Imagine in the absence of Jonn Lennon than Neil Young. Good, good, good stuff. "I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one". Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Sep 22 15:29:52 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8MMTqJ15254 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:29:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109222229.f8MMTqJ15254@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:30:21 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Shamelessly stolen from /. Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.lego.com/studios/screening/movie.asp?title=montypython A lego adaption of the Camelot scene from the Holy Grail... Genius. Twisted, but genius. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sun Sep 23 18:05:34 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8O15XJ21705 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 18:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109240105.f8O15XJ21705@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 18:06:03 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Soviet grunts talk about Afganistan, so does Country Joe Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: If you read /., you've already seen this, but if you don't, the following article brings up some very interesting experiences regarding Afganistan and trying to control it via ground troops. Most interesting to me was the mindset that suffering in this life will be rewarded in the afterlife; therefore, property and even life will have little or no meaning to the Taliban forces. How do you strike against an enemy whose way of thinking essentially makes your weapons and methods useless? Personally, I think the only way it could possibly be done is with special forces, and we'll probably take some heavy losses in the process. OTOH, there are differences; the Sovs were trying to occupy, if we only make quick in/out attacks we can minimize much of the losses the Sovs faced. Anyway, here's the link, go draw your own conclusions. :-P http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000075191sep19.story While reading it, the thought did occur to me that if we do end up bogged down in a ground war like happened in 'Nam, the 'I feel like I'm fixin' to die rag' by Country Joe and the Fish back in '65 could be very easily modified to reflect Afganistan rather than Vietnam... In fact, nowadays you could probably get away the the "real" fish cheer, rather than the censored one that ended up on the record... http://www.countryjoe.com/ra/fixin.ram http://www.well.com/~cjfish/game.htm#cheer Lastly, while looking up info on Country Joe, I found a page he's setup dealing with the current situation. Personally, I found the speech of Fidel Castro and the open letter from the Dali Lama very interesting. I also note that several modified versions of the Fixin' to Die rag are already there... ;-) http://www.countryjoe.com/crisis.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Sep 24 14:06:12 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8OL6BJ21994 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:06:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109242106.f8OL6BJ21994@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:06:10 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Nice picture Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0109/sunplume_soho_big.gif From APOD: Explanation: Our Sun is still very active. Last year, our Sun went though Solar Maximum, the time in its 11-year cycle where the most sunspots and explosive activities occur. Sunspots, the Solar Cycle, and solar prominences are all caused by the Sun's changing magnetic field. Pictured above is a solar prominence that erupted on May 15, throwing electrons and ions out into the Solar System. The image was taken in the ultraviolet light emitted by a specific type of ionized helium, a common element on the Sun. Particularly hot areas appear in white, while relatively cool areas appear in red. Our Sun should gradually quiet down until Solar Minimum occurs in 2007. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Sep 24 14:48:28 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8OLmRJ16546 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109242148.f8OLmRJ16546@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:48:28 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] q33 ny looks like urban legend Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Making the rounds lately: Go to MSWord Open "New Document" Select Font Times New Roman Select Font Size 72 Type: Q33 (space) NY (Note Q33 is [supposedly] the official flight number of one of the planes that crashed into the trade towers...) Select: Q33 NY and change font to Wingdings We can all agree the resulting symbols are somewhat errie. So, is the q33ny claim accurate? Nope, according to snopes... http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wingding.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 25 11:06:48 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8PI6lJ28622 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:06:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109251806.f8PI6lJ28622@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:06:46 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Millitary Codename Generator Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.ubique.ch/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Sep 25 12:14:47 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8PJElJ00845 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:14:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109251914.f8PJElJ00845@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:14:47 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Fellowship of the Rings trailer Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The much ballyhooed trailer for the upcoming movie has been released. I've got it mirrored here: http://nc.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/~ehintz/fellowshipoftherings_fs.mov Note this is a quicktime movie, and it's a whopping 30 megs in size, so if you're on a dialup you'd be better off going to Apple's website to view one of the smaller ones. However, if you've got the bandwidth, this server should be able to serve it to you pretty quickly, unlike Apple's server which is currently toast... Enjoy. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Sep 26 11:33:35 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8QIXZJ13678 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:33:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109261833.f8QIXZJ13678@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:33:35 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] big brother Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: As if we needed any more proof that our news media are incresingly feeding us propaganda... http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000076753sep25.story?c oll=la%2Dnews%2Da%5Fsection Wouldn't want the media showing pictures of dead people would we? After all, that's not what war is all about, is it? It's a very expensive nintendo game with no consequences, right? I feel so much better knowing that while we go to war to defend "freedom" I won't have my "freedom" abused by being subjected to disturbing images of carnage. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Sep 26 23:02:19 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8R62JJ23185 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:02:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109270602.f8R62JJ23185@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:02:53 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] The Onion does it again... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: "Hijackers surprised to find selves in Hell" http://www.theonion.com/onion3734/hijackers_surprised.html Gotta love The Onion... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Sep 27 14:51:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8RLpiJ02844 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109272151.f8RLpiJ02844@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:52:16 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Afghan/OBL errata Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to all who contributed to this one... First, the humor: For the ladies, here's something you can do to help weed out the terrorists(Dirty Ol' Uncle Sam wants YOU!) : ---------------- Do your part: The President has asked that we unite for a common cause. As the hardline Islamic fundamentalists can not stand nudity, and consider it a sin to see a naked woman that is not their wife, tomorrow at noon, all women should run out of their homes and offices naked to help weed out the terrorists. The United States appreciates your efforts, and applauds you. God Bless America! ----------------- Next, a couple of amusing morphs of OBL with Rowan Atkinson: http://www.hintz.org/media/OsamaBeanLaden.jpg http://www.hintz.org/media/BeanLaden.jpg ----------------- Finally, an extremely long essay on the Afgan situation by a West Point grad who spent many years in Afghanistan with the UN. While I admit to having some reservations with funding and supporting the Northern Alliance (that sort of thinking is what got us into this mess to begin with), his humanitarian points are spot on, whether you're a peacenik or military fan. Reservations aside, I'm not sure I see a better answer, perhaps the humanitarian aid would keep the Northern Alliance folks from turning into the terrorists of 10-20 years from now. Dear Classmates: Many of you are probably not aware that I was one of the last American citizens to have spent a great deal of time in Afghanistan. I was first there in 1993 providing relief and assistance to refugees along the Tajik border and in this capacity have traveled all along the border region between the two countries. In 1998 and 1999 I was the Deputy Program Manager for the UN's mine action program in Afghanistan. This program is the largest civilian employer in the country with over 5,000 persons clearing mines and UXO. In this later capacity, I was somewhat ironically engaged in a "Holy War" as decreed by the Taliban, against the evil of landmines, and by a special proclamation of Mullah Omar, all those who might have died in this effort were considered to "martyrs" even an "infidel" like myself. The mine action program is the most respected relief effort in the country and because of this I had the opportunity to travel extensively, without too much interference or restriction. I still have extensive contacts in the area and among the Afghan community and read a great deal on the subject. I had wanted to write earlier and share some of my perspectives, but quite frankly I have been a bit too popular in DC this past week and have not had time. Dr. Tony Kern's comments were excellent and I would like to use them as a basis for sharing some observations. First, he is absolutely correct. This war is about will, resolve and character. I want to touch on that later, but first I want to share some comments about our "enemy." Our enemy is not the people of Afghanistan. The country is devastated beyond what most of us can imagine. The vast majority of the people live day-to-day, hand to mouth in abject conditions of poverty, misery and deprivation. Less than 30% of the men are literate, the women even less. The country is exhausted, and desperately wants something like peace. They know very little of the world at large, and have no access to information or knowledge that would counter what they are being told by the Taliban. They have nothing left, nothing that is except for their pride. Who is our enemy? Well, our enemy is a group of non-Afghans, often referred to by the Afghans as "Arabs" and a fanatical group of religious leaders and their military cohort, the Taliban. The non-Afghan contingent came from all over the Islamic world to fight in the war against the Russians. Many came using a covert network created with assistance by our own government. OBL (as Osama bin Laden was referred to by us in the country at the time) restored this network to bring in more fighters, this time to support the Taliban in their civil war against the former Mujehdeen. Over time this military support along with financial support has allowed OBL and his "Arabs" to co-opt significant government activities and leaders. OBL is the "inspector general" of Taliban armed forces, his bodyguards protect senior Talib leaders and he has built a system of deep bunkers for the Taliban, which were designed to withstand cruise missile strikes (uhm, where did he learn to do that?). His forces basically rule the southern city of Kandahar. This high-profile presence of OBL and his "Arabs" has, in the last 2 years or so, started to generate a great deal of resentment on the part of the local Afghans. At the same time the legitimacy of the Taliban regime has started to decrease as it has failed to end the war, as local humanitarian conditions have worsened and as "cultural" restrictions have become even harsher. It is my assessment that most Afghans no longer support the Taliban. Indeed the Taliban have recently had a very difficult time getting recruits for their forces and have had to rely more and more on non-Afghans, either from Pushtun tribes in Pakistan or from OBL. OBL and the Taliban, absent any US action were probably on their way to sharing the same fate that all other outsiders and outside doctrines have experienced in Afghanistan-defeat and dismemberment. During the Afghan war with the Soviets much attention was paid to the martial prowess of the Afghans. We were all at West Point at the time and most of us had high-minded idealistic thoughts about how we would all want to go help the brave "freedom fighters" in their struggle against the Soviets. Those concepts were naive to the extreme. The Afghans, while never conquered as a nation, are not invincible in battle. A "good" Afghan battle is one that makes a lot of noise and light. Basic military skills are rudimentary and clouded by cultural constraints that no matter what, a warrior should never lose his honor. Indeed, firing from the prone is considered distasteful (but still done). Traditionally, the Afghan order of battle is very feudal in nature, with fighters owing allegiance to a "commander" and this person owing allegiance upwards and so on and so on. Often such allegiance is secured by payment. And while the Taliban forces have changed this somewhat, many of the units in the Taliban army are there because they are being paid to be there. All such groups have very strong loyalties along ethnic and tribal lines. Again, the concept of having a place of "honor" and "respect" is of paramount importance and blood feuds between families and tribes can last for generations over a perceived or actual slight. That is one reason why there were 7 groups of Mujehdeen fighting the Russians. It is a very difficult task to form and keep united a large bunch of Afghans into a military formation. The "real" stories that have come out of the war against the Soviets are very enlightening and a lot different from our fantastic visions as cadets. When the first batch of Stingers came in and were given to one Mujehdeen group, another group-supposedly on the same side, attacked the first group and stole the Stingers, not so much because they wanted to use them, but because having them was a matter of prestige. Many larger coordinated attacks that advisers tried to conduct failed when all the various Afghan fighting groups would give up their assigned tasks (such as blocking or overwatch) and instead would join the assault group in order to seek glory. In comparison to Vietnam, the intensity of combat and the rate of fatalities were lower for all involved. As you can tell from above, it is my assessment that these guys are not THAT good in a purely military sense and the "Arabs" probably even less so than the Afghans. So why is it that they have never been conquered? It goes back to Dr. Kern's point about will. During their history the only events that have managed to form any semblance of unity among the Afghans, is the desire to fight foreign invaders. And in doing this the Afghans have been fanatical. The Afghans' greatest military strength is the ability to endure hardships that would, in all probability, kill most Americans and enervate the resolve of all but the most elite military units. The physical difficulties of fighting in Afghanistan, the terrain, the weather and the harshness are all weapons that our enemies will use to their advantage and use well. (NOTE: For you military planner types and armchair generals--around November 1st most road movement is impossible, in part because all the roads used by the Russians have been destroyed and air movement will be problematic at best). Also, those fighting us are not afraid to fight. OBL and others do not think the US has the will or the stomach for a fight. Indeed after the absolutely inane missile strikes of 1998, the overwhelming consensus was that we were cowards, who would not risk one life in face to face combat. Rather than demonstrating our might and acting as a deterrent, that action and others of the not so recent past, have reinforced the perception that the US does not have any "will" and that were are morally and spiritually corrupt. Our challenge is to play to the weaknesses of our enemy, notably their propensity for internal struggles, the distrust between the extremists/Arabs and the majority of Afghans, their limited ability to fight coordinated battles and their lack of external support. More importantly through is that we have to take steps not to play to their strengths, which would be to unite the entire population against us by increasing their suffering or killing innocents, to get bogged down trying to hold terrain, or to get into a battle of attrition chasing up and down mountain valleys. I have been asked how I would fight the war. This is a big question and well beyond my pay grade or expertise. And while I do not want to second guess current plans or start an academic debate I would share the following from what I know about Afghanistan and the Afghans. First, I would give the Northern Alliance a big wad of cash so that they can buy off a chunk of the Taliban army before winter. Second, also with this cash I would pay some guys to kill some of the Taliban leadership making it look like an inside job to spread distrust and build on existing discord. Third I would support the Northern alliance with military assets, but not take it over or adopt so high a profile as to undermine its legitimacy in the eyes of most Afghans. Fourth would be to give massive amounts of humanitarian aid and assistance to the Afghans in Pakistan in order to demonstrate our goodwill and to give these guys a reason to live rather than the choice between dying of starvation or dying fighting the "infidel." Fifth, start a series of public works projects in areas of the country not under Taliban control (these are much more than the press reports) again to demonstrate goodwill and that improvements come with peace. Sixth, I would consider vary carefully putting any female service members into Afghanistan proper-sorry to the females of our class but within that culture a man who allows a women to fight for him has zero respect, and we will need respect to gain the cooperation of Afghan allies. No Afghan will work with a man who fights with women. I would hold off from doing anything to dramatic in the new term, keeping a low level of covert action and pressure up over the winter, allowing this pressure to force open the fissions around the Taliban that were already developing. I expect that they will quickly turn on themselves and on OBL. We can pick up the pieces next summer, or the summer after. When we do "pick-up" the pieces I would make sure that we do so on the ground, "man to man." While I would never want to advocate American causalities, it is essential that we communicate to OBL and all others watching that we can and will "engage and destroy the enemy in close combat." As mentioned above, we should not try to gain or hold terrain, but Infantry operations against the enemy are essential. There can be no excuses after the defeat or lingering doubts in the minds of our enemies regarding American resolve and nothing, nothing will communicate this except for ground combat. And once this is all over, unlike in 1989 the US must provide continued long-term economic assistance to rebuild the country. While I have written too much already, I think it is also important to share a few things on the subject of brutality. Our opponents will not abide by the Geneva conventions. There will be no prisoners unless there is a chance that they can be ransomed or made part of a local prisoner exchange. During the war with the Soviets, videotapes were made of communist prisoners having their throats slit. Indeed, there did exist a "trade" in prisoners so that souvenir videos could be made by outsiders to take home with them. This practice has spread to the Philippines, Bosnia and Chechnya were similar videos are being made today and can be found on the web for those so inclined. We can expect our soldiers to be treated the same way. Sometime during this war I expect that we will see videos of US prisoners having their heads cut off. Our enemies will do this not only to demonstrate their "strength" to their followers, but also to cause us to overreact, to seek wholesale revenge against civilian populations and to turn this into the world wide religious war that they desperately want. This will be a test of our will and of our character. (For further collaboration of this type of activity please read Kipling). This will not be a pretty war; it will be a war of wills, of resolve and somewhat conversely of compassion and of a character. Towards our enemies, we must show a level of ruthlessness that has not been part of our military character for a long time. But to those who are not our enemies we must show a level of compassion probably unheard of during war. We should do this not for humanitarian reasons, even though there are many, but for shrewd military logic. For anyone who is still reading this way to long note, thanks for your patience. I will try to answer any questions that may arise in a more concise manner. Thanks, Richard Kidd(USMA '86) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Sep 27 15:01:24 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8RM1NJ07542 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109272201.f8RM1NJ07542@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:01:57 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Hope you don't mind... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I have a small favor to ask. I have friends from overseas who are camping their way around the states and several European countries. They have asked me if I know where they might be able to go without spending large amounts of money. I said I would try my friends and family for accommodations. They travel light and bring all their own camping gear, and only require a small place to set up. I have given them your name and address anyway in anticipation that you won't mind. I have posted a picture to help in identification if they turn up. Thanks in advance. Here's that picture: http://www.hintz.org/media/Visiting_Friends.jpg Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 28 14:54:23 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8SLsMJ32539 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:54:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109282154.f8SLsMJ32539@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:54:22 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Pit yourself against Miss America Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.brunching.com/toys/pageantquiz.html I did OK, although I missed 2 (I don't really follow what celebrities have diabetes, and just guessed on the supreme court justice one...) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 28 17:24:55 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8T0OsJ14854 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:24:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109290024.f8T0OsJ14854@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:24:55 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Fuel cells starting to pop up Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/2 8/BU122253.DTL&type=business Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Sep 28 17:51:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f8T0piJ25735 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109290051.f8T0piJ25735@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:51:44 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] UK paper-The Guardian-sings praises of The Onion Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,559304,00.html Truth is stranger than fiction... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 1 14:23:07 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f91LN7J25863 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:23:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110012123.f91LN7J25863@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:23:08 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Fwd: CRYPTO-GRAM SPECIAL ISSUE, September 30, 2001 Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Bruce Schneier is one of the world's best known Cryptographers. He has a regular monthly email newsletter (Crypto-Gram) which discusses security in general, with a strong emphasis on digital security. I've personally attended talks presented by him twice, and continue to respect his incredible analysis and insight. In light of the 11th, he's issued a Crypto-Gram devoted to the issues at hand; his analysis of the new FAA regulations are excellent(he calls 'em snake oil, and I can't think of a more accurate description). He also covers the call for restriction of civil liberties, ways to improve intelligence gathering, and lots more. It's a lot of reading, but it's well worth it for some incredibly intelligent insight to the security angles and challenges ahead. ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Date: 9/30/01 6:10 PM Received: 10/1/01 9:00 AM From: Bruce Schneier, schneier@counterpane.com To: crypto-gram@chaparraltree.com CRYPTO-GRAM September 30, 2001 by Bruce Schneier Founder and CTO Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. schneier@counterpane.com A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on computer and network security. Back issues are available at . To subscribe, visit or send a blank message to crypto-gram-subscribe@chaparraltree.com. Copyright (c) 2001 by Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* This is a special issue of Crypto-Gram, devoted to the September 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath. Please distribute this issue widely. In this issue: The Attacks Airline Security Regulations Biometrics in Airports Diagnosing Intelligence Failures Regulating Cryptography Terrorists and Steganography News Protecting Privacy and Liberty How to Help ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* The Attacks Watching the television on September 11, my primary reaction was amazement. The attacks were amazing in their diabolicalness and audacity: to hijack fuel-laden commercial airliners and fly them into buildings, killing thousands of innocent civilians. We'll probably never know if the attackers realized that the heat from the jet fuel would melt the steel supports and collapse the World Trade Center. It seems probable that they placed advantageous trades on the world's stock markets just before the attack. No one planned for an attack like this. We like to think that human beings don't make plans like this. I was impressed when al-Qaeda simultaneously bombed two American embassies in Africa. I was more impressed when they blew a 40-foot hole in an American warship. This attack makes those look like minor operations. The attacks were amazing in their complexity. Estimates are that the plan required about 50 people, at least 19 of them willing to die. It required training. It required logistical support. It required coordination. The sheer scope of the attack seems beyond the capability of a terrorist organization. The attacks rewrote the hijacking rule book. Responses to hijackings are built around this premise: get the plane on the ground so negotiations can begin. That's obsolete now. They rewrote the terrorism book, too. Al-Qaeda invented a new type of attacker. Historically, suicide bombers are young, single, fanatical, and have nothing to lose. These people were older and more experienced. They had marketable job skills. They lived in the U.S.: watched television, ate fast food, drank in bars. One left a wife and four children. It was also a new type of attack. One of the most difficult things about a terrorist operation is getting away. This attack neatly solved that problem. It also solved the technological problem. The United States spends billions of dollars on remote-controlled precision-guided munitions; al-Qaeda just finds morons willing to fly planes into skyscrapers. Finally, the attacks were amazing in their success. They weren't perfect. We know that 100% of the attempted hijackings were successful, and 75% of the hijacked planes successfully hit their targets. We don't know how many planned hijackings were aborted for one reason or another. What's most amazing is that the plan wasn't leaked. No one successfully defected. No one slipped up and gave the plan away. Al-Qaeda had assets in the U.S. for months, and managed to keep the plan secret. Often law enforcement has been lucky here; in this case we weren't. Rarely do you see an attack that changes the world's conception of attack, as these terrorist attacks changed the world's conception of what a terrorist attack can do. Nothing they did was novel, yet the attack was completely new. And our conception of defense must change as well. ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* Airline Security Regulations Computer security experts have a lot of expertise that can be applied to the real world. First and foremost, we have well-developed senses of what security looks like. We can tell the difference between real security and snake oil. And the new airport security rules, put in place after September 11, look and smell a whole lot like snake oil. All the warning signs are there: new and unproven security measures, no real threat analysis, unsubstantiated security claims. The ban on cutting instruments is a perfect example. It's a knee-jerk reaction: the terrorists used small knives and box cutters, so we must ban them. And nail clippers, nail files, cigarette lighters, scissors (even small ones), tweezers, etc. But why isn't anyone asking the real questions: what is the threat, and how does turning an airplane into a kindergarten classroom reduce the threat? If the threat is hijacking, then the countermeasure doesn't protect against all the myriad of ways people can subdue the pilot and crew. Hasn't anyone heard of karate? Or broken bottles? Think about hiding small blades inside luggage. Or composite knives that don't show up on metal detectors. Parked cars now must be 300 feet from airport gates. Why? What security problem does this solve? Why doesn't the same problem imply that passenger drop-off and pick-up should also be that far away? Curbside check-in has been eliminated. What's the threat that this security measure has solved? Why, if the new threat is hijacking, are we suddenly worried about bombs? The rule limiting concourse access to ticketed passengers is another one that confuses me. What exactly is the threat here? Hijackers have to be on the planes they're trying to hijack to carry out their attack, so they have to have tickets. And anyone can call Priceline.com and "name their own price" for concourse access. Increased inspections -- of luggage, airplanes, airports -- seem like a good idea, although it's far from perfect. The biggest problem here is that the inspectors are poorly paid and, for the most part, poorly educated and trained. Other problems include the myriad ways to bypass the checkpoints -- numerous studies have found all sorts of violations -- and the impossibility of effectively inspecting everybody while maintaining the required throughput. Unidentified armed guards on select flights is another mildly effective idea: it's a small deterrent, because you never know if one is on the flight you want to hijack. Positive bag matching -- ensuring that a piece of luggage does not get loaded on the plane unless its owner boards the plane -- is actually a good security measure, but assumes that bombers have self-preservation as a guiding force. It is completely useless against suicide bombers. The worst security measure of them all is the photo ID requirement. This solves no security problem I can think of. It doesn't even identify people; any high school student can tell you how to get a fake ID. The requirement for this invasive and ineffective security measure is secret; the FAA won't send you the written regulations if you ask. Airlines are actually more stringent about this than the FAA requires, because the "security" measure solves a business problem for them. The real point of photo ID requirements is to prevent people from reselling tickets. Nonrefundable tickets used to be regularly advertised in the newspaper classifieds. Ads would read something like "Round trip, Boston to Chicago, 11/22 - 11/30, female, $50." Since the airlines didn't check ID but could notice gender, any female could buy the ticket and fly the route. Now this doesn't work. The airlines love this; they solved a problem of theirs, and got to blame the solution on FAA security requirements. Airline security measures are primarily designed to give the appearance of good security rather than the actuality. This makes sense, once you realize that the airlines' goal isn't so much to make the planes hard to hijack, as to make the passengers willing to fly. Of course airlines would prefer it if all their flights were perfectly safe, but actual hijackings and bombings are rare events and they know it. This is not to say that all airport security is useless, and that we'd be better off doing nothing. All security measures have benefits, and all have costs: money, inconvenience, etc. I would like to see some rational analysis of the costs and benefits, so we can get the most security for the resources we have. One basic snake-oil warning sign is the use of self-invented security measures, instead of expert-analyzed and time-tested ones. The closest the airlines have to experienced and expert analysis is El Al. Since 1948 they have been operating in and out of the most heavily terroristic areas of the planet, with phenomenal success. They implement some pretty heavy security measures. One thing they do is have reinforced, locked doors between their airplanes' cockpit and the passenger section. (Notice that this security measure is 1) expensive, and 2) not immediately perceptible to the passenger.) Another thing they do is place all cargo in decompression chambers before takeoff, to trigger bombs set to sense altitude. (Again, this is 1) expensive, and 2) imperceptible, so unattractive to American airlines.) Some of the things El Al does are so intrusive as to be unconstitutional in the U.S., but they let you take your pocketknife on board with you. Airline security: FAA on new security rules: A report on the rules' effectiveness: El Al's security measures: More thoughts on this topic: Two secret FAA documents on photo ID requirement, in text and GIF: Passenger profiling: A CATO Institute report: "The Cost of Antiterrorist Rhetoric," written well before September 11: I don't know if this is a good idea, but at least someone is thinking about the problem: ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* Biometrics in Airports You have to admit, it sounds like a good idea. Put cameras throughout airports and other public congregation areas, and have automatic face-recognition software continuously scan the crowd for suspected terrorists. When the software finds one, it alerts the authorities, who swoop down and arrest the bastards. Voila, we're safe once again. Reality is a lot more complicated; it always is. Biometrics is an effective authentication tool, and I've written about it before. There are three basic kinds of authentication: something you know (password, PIN code, secret handshake), something you have (door key, physical ticket into a concert, signet ring), and something you are (biometrics). Good security uses at least two different authentication types: an ATM card and a PIN code, computer access using both a password and a fingerprint reader, a security badge that includes a picture that a guard looks at. Implemented properly, biometrics can be an effective part of an access control system. I think it would be a great addition to airport security: identifying airline and airport personnel such as pilots, maintenance workers, etc. That's a problem biometrics can help solve. Using biometrics to pick terrorists out of crowds is a different kettle of fish. In the first case (employee identification), the biometric system has a straightforward problem: does this biometric belong to the person it claims to belong to? In the latter case (picking terrorists out of crowds), the system needs to solve a much harder problem: does this biometric belong to anyone in this large database of people? The difficulty of the latter problem increases the complexity of the identification, and leads to identification failures. Setting up the system is different for the two applications. In the first case, you can unambiguously know the reference biometric belongs to the correct person. In the latter case, you need to continually worry about the integrity of the biometric database. What happens if someone is wrongfully included in the database? What kind of right of appeal does he have? Getting reference biometrics is different, too. In the first case, you can initialize the system with a known, good biometric. If the biometric is face recognition, you can take good pictures of new employees when they are hired and enter them into the system. Terrorists are unlikely to pose for photo shoots. You might have a grainy picture of a terrorist, taken five years ago from 1000 yards away when he had a beard. Not nearly as useful. But even if all these technical problems were magically solved, it's still very difficult to make this kind of system work. The hardest problem is the false alarms. To explain why, I'm going to have to digress into statistics and explain the base rate fallacy. Suppose this magically effective face-recognition software is 99.99 percent accurate. That is, if someone is a terrorist, there is a 99.99 percent chance that the software indicates "terrorist," and if someone is not a terrorist, there is a 99.99 percent chance that the software indicates "non-terrorist." Assume that one in ten million flyers, on average, is a terrorist. Is the software any good? No. The software will generate 1000 false alarms for every one real terrorist. And every false alarm still means that all the security people go through all of their security procedures. Because the population of non-terrorists is so much larger than the number of terrorists, the test is useless. This result is counterintuitive and surprising, but it is correct. The false alarms in this kind of system render it mostly useless. It's "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" increased 1000-fold. I say mostly useless, because it would have some positive effect. Once in a while, the system would correctly finger a frequent-flyer terrorist. But it's a system that has enormous costs: money to install, manpower to run, inconvenience to the millions of people incorrectly identified, successful lawsuits by some of those people, and a continued erosion of our civil liberties. And all the false alarms will inevitably lead those managing the system to distrust its results, leading to sloppiness and potentially costly mistakes. Ubiquitous harvesting of biometrics might sound like a good idea, but I just don't think it's worth it. Phil Agre on face-recognition biometrics: My original essay on biometrics: Face recognition useless in airports: According to a DARPA study, to detect 90 per cent of terrorists we'd need to raise an alarm for one in every three people passing through the airport. A company that is pushing this idea: A version of this article was published here: ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* Diagnosing Intelligence Failures It's clear that U.S. intelligence failed to provide adequate warning of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and that the FBI failed to prevent the attacks. It's also clear that there were all sorts of indications that the attacks were going to happen, and that there were all sorts of things that we could have noticed but didn't. Some have claimed that this was a massive intelligence failure, and that we should have known about and prevented the attacks. I am not convinced. There's a world of difference between intelligence data and intelligence information. In what I am sure is the mother of all investigations, the CIA, NSA, and FBI have uncovered all sorts of data from their files, data that clearly indicates that an attack was being planned. Maybe it even clearly indicates the nature of the attack, or the date. I'm sure lots of information is there, in files, intercepts, computer memory. Armed with the clarity of hindsight, it's easy to look at all the data and point to what's important and relevant. It's even easy to take all that important and relevant data and turn it into information. And it's real easy to take that information and construct a picture of what's going on. It's a lot harder to do before the fact. Most data is irrelevant, and most leads are false ones. How does anyone know which is the important one, that effort should be spent on this specific threat and not the thousands of others? So much data is collected -- the NSA sucks up an almost unimaginable quantity of electronic communications, the FBI gets innumerable leads and tips, and our allies pass all sorts of information to us -- that we can't possibly analyze it all. Imagine terrorists are hiding plans for attacks in the text of books in a large university library; you have no idea how many plans there are or where they are, and the library expands faster than you can possibly read it. Deciding what to look at is an impossible task, so a lot of good intelligence goes unlearned. We also don't have any context to judge the intelligence effort. How many terrorist attempts have been thwarted in the past year? How many groups are being tracked? If the CIA, NSA, and FBI succeed, no one ever knows. It's only in failure that they get any recognition. And it was a failure. Over the past couple of decades, the U.S. has relied more and more on high-tech electronic eavesdropping (SIGINT and COMINT) and less and less on old fashioned human intelligence (HUMINT). This only makes the analysis problem worse: too much data to look at, and not enough real-world context. Look at the intelligence failures of the past few years: failing to predict India's nuclear test, or the attack on the USS Cole, or the bombing of the two American embassies in Africa; concentrating on Wen Ho Lee to the exclusion of the real spies, like Robert Hanssen. But whatever the reason, we failed to prevent this terrorist attack. In the post mortem, I'm sure there will be changes in the way we collect and (most importantly) analyze anti-terrorist data. But calling this a massive intelligence failure is a disservice to those who are working to keep our country secure. Intelligence failure is an overreliance on eavesdropping and not enough on human intelligence: Another view: Too much electronic eavesdropping only makes things harder: Israel alerted the U.S. about attacks: Mostly retracted: ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* Regulating Cryptography In the wake of the devastating attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Senator Judd Gregg and other high-ranking government officials quickly seized on the opportunity to resurrect limits on strong encryption and key escrow systems that ensure government access to encrypted messages. I think this is a bad move. It will do little to thwart terrorist activities, while at the same time significantly reducing the security of our own critical infrastructure. We've been through these arguments before, but legislators seem to have short memories. Here's why trying to limit cryptography is bad for Internet security. One, you can't limit the spread of cryptography. Cryptography is mathematics, and you can't ban mathematics. All you can ban is a set of products that use that mathematics, but that is something quite different. Years ago, during the cryptography debates, an international crypto survey was completed; it listed almost a thousand products with strong cryptography from over a hundred countries. You might be able to control cryptography products in a handful of industrial countries, but that won't prevent criminals from importing them. You'd have to ban them in every country, and even then it won't be enough. Any terrorist organization with a modicum of skill can write its own cryptography software. And besides, what terrorist is going to pay attention to a legal ban? Two, any controls on the spread of cryptography hurt more than they help. Cryptography is one of the best security tools we have to protect our electronic world from harm: eavesdropping, unauthorized access, meddling, denial of service. Sure, by controlling the spread of cryptography you might be able to prevent some terrorist groups from using cryptography, but you'll also prevent bankers, hospitals, and air-traffic controllers from using it. (And, remember, the terrorists can always get the stuff elsewhere: see my first point.) We've got a lot of electronic infrastructure to protect, and we need all the cryptography we can get our hands on. If anything, we need to make strong cryptography more prevalent if companies continue to put our planet's critical infrastructure online. Three, key escrow doesn't work. Short refresher: this is the notion that companies should be forced to implement back doors in crypto products such that law enforcement, and only law enforcement, can peek in and eavesdrop on encrypted messages. Terrorists and criminals won't use it. (Again, see my first point.) Key escrow also makes it harder for the good guys to secure the important stuff. All key-escrow systems require the existence of a highly sensitive and highly available secret key or collection of keys that must be maintained in a secure manner over an extended time period. These systems must make decryption information quickly accessible to law enforcement agencies without notice to the key owners. Does anyone really think that we can build this kind of system securely? It would be a security engineering task of unbelievable magnitude, and I don't think we have a prayer of getting it right. We can't build a secure operating system, let alone a secure computer and secure network. Stockpiling keys in one place is a huge risk just waiting for attack or abuse. Whose digital security do you trust absolutely and without question, to protect every major secret of the nation? Which operating system would you use? Which firewall? Which applications? As attractive as it may sound, building a workable key-escrow system is beyond the current capabilities of computer engineering. Years ago, a group of colleagues and I wrote a paper outlining why key escrow is a bad idea. The arguments in the paper still stand, and I urge everyone to read it. It's not a particularly technical paper, but it lays out all the problems with building a secure, effective, scalable key-escrow infrastructure. The events of September 11 have convinced a lot of people that we live in dangerous times, and that we need more security than ever before. They're right; security has been dangerously lax in many areas of our society, including cyberspace. As more and more of our nation's critical infrastructure goes digital, we need to recognize cryptography as part of the solution and not as part of the problem. My old "Risks of Key Recovery" paper: Articles on this topic: Al-Qaeda did not use encryption to plan these attacks: Poll indicates that 72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption laws would be "somewhat" or "very" helpful in preventing a repeat of last week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. No indication of what percentage actually understood the question. ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* Terrorists and Steganography Guess what? Al-Qaeda may use steganography. According to nameless "U.S. officials and experts" and "U.S. and foreign officials," terrorist groups are "hiding maps and photographs of terrorist targets and posting instructions for terrorist activities on sports chat rooms, pornographic bulletin boards and other Web sites." I've written about steganography in the past, and I don't want to spend much time retracing old ground. Simply, steganography is the science of hiding messages in messages. Typically, a message (either plaintext or, more cleverly, ciphertext) is encoded as tiny changes to the color of the pixels of a digital photograph. Or in imperceptible noise in an audio file. To the uninitiated observer, it's just a picture. But to the sender and receiver, there's a message hiding in there. It doesn't surprise me that terrorists are using this trick. The very aspects of steganography that make it unsuitable for normal corporate use make it ideally suited for terrorist use. Most importantly, it can be used in an electronic dead drop. If you read the FBI affidavit against Robert Hanssen, you learn how Hanssen communicated with his Russian handlers. They never met, but would leave messages, money, and documents for one another in plastic bags under a bridge. Hanssen's handler would leave a signal in a public place -- a chalk mark on a mailbox -- to indicate a waiting package. Hanssen would later collect the package. That's a dead drop. It has many advantages over a face-to-face meeting. One, the two parties are never seen together. Two, the two parties don't have to coordinate a rendezvous. Three, and most importantly, one party doesn't even have to know who the other one is (a definite advantage if one of them is arrested). Dead drops can be used to facilitate completely anonymous, asynchronous communications. Using steganography to embed a message in a pornographic image and posting it to a Usenet newsgroup is the cyberspace equivalent of a dead drop. To everyone else, it's just a picture. But to the receiver, there's a message in there waiting to be extracted. To make it work in practice, the terrorists would need to set up some sort of code. Just as Hanssen knew to collect his package when he saw the chalk mark, a virtual terrorist will need to know to look for his message. (He can't be expected to search every picture.) There are lots of ways to communicate a signal: timestamp on the message, an uncommon word in the subject line, etc. Use your imagination here; the possibilities are limitless. The effect is that the sender can transmit a message without ever communicating directly with the receiver. There is no e-mail between them, no remote logins, no instant messages. All that exists is a picture posted to a public forum, and then downloaded by anyone sufficiently enticed by the subject line (both third parties and the intended receiver of the secret message). So, what's a counter-espionage agency to do? There are the standard ways of finding steganographic messages, most of which involve looking for changes in traffic patterns. If Bin Laden is using pornographic images to embed his secret messages, it is unlikely these pictures are being taken in Afghanistan. They're probably downloaded from the Web. If the NSA can keep a database of images (wouldn't that be something?), then they can find ones with subtle changes in the low-order bits. If Bin Laden uses the same image to transmit multiple messages, the NSA could notice that. Otherwise, there's probably nothing the NSA can do. Dead drops, both real and virtual, can't be prevented. Why can't businesses use this? The primary reason is that legitimate businesses don't need dead drops. I remember hearing one company talk about a corporation embedding a steganographic message to its salespeople in a photo on the corporate Web page. Why not just send an encrypted e-mail? Because someone might notice the e-mail and know that the salespeople all got an encrypted message. So send a message every day: a real message when you need to, and a dummy message otherwise. This is a traffic analysis problem, and there are other techniques to solve it. Steganography just doesn't apply here. Steganography is good way for terrorist cells to communicate, allowing communication without any group knowing the identity of the other. There are other ways to build a dead drop in cyberspace. A spy can sign up for a free, anonymous e-mail account, for example. Bin Laden probably uses those too. News articles: My old essay on steganography: Study claims no steganography on eBay: Detecting steganography on the Internet: A version of this essay appeared on ZDnet: ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* News I am not opposed to using force against the terrorists. I am not opposed to going to war -- for retribution, deterrence, and the restoration of the social contract -- assuming a suitable enemy can be identified. Occasionally, peace is something you have to fight for. But I think the use of force is far more complicated than most people realize. Our actions are important; messing this up will only make things worse. Written before September 11: A former CIA operative explains why the terrorist Usama bin Laden has little to fear from American intelligence. And a Russian soldier discusses why war in Afghanistan will be a nightmare. A British soldier explains the same: Lessons from Britain on fighting terrorism: 1998 Esquire interview with Bin Ladin: Phil Agre's comments on these issues: Why technology can't save us: Hactivism exacts revenge for terrorist attacks: FBI reminds everyone that it's illegal: Hackers face life imprisonment under anti-terrorism act: Especially scary are the "advice or assistance" components. A security consultant could face life imprisonment, without parole, if he discovered and publicized a security hole that was later exploited by someone else. After all, without his "advice" about what the hole was, the attacker never would have accomplished his hack. Companies fear cyberterrorism: They're investing in security: Upgrading government computers to fight terrorism: Risks of cyberterrorism attacks against our electronic infrastructure: Now the complaint is that Bin Laden is NOT using high-tech communications: Larry Ellison is willing to give away the software to implement a national ID card. Security problems include: inaccurate information, insiders issuing fake cards (this happens with state drivers' licenses), vulnerability of the large database, potential privacy abuses, etc. And, of course, no trans-national terrorists would be listed in such a system, because they wouldn't be U.S. citizens. What do you expect from a company whose origins are intertwined with the CIA? ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* Protecting Privacy and Liberty Appalled by the recent hijackings, many Americans have declared themselves willing to give up civil liberties in the name of security. They've declared it so loudly that this trade-off seems to be a fait accompli. Article after article talks about the balance between privacy and security, discussing whether various increases of security are worth the privacy and civil-liberty losses. Rarely do I see a discussion about whether this linkage is a valid one. Security and privacy are not two sides of a teeter-totter. This association is simplistic and largely fallacious. It's easy and fast, but less effective, to increase security by taking away liberty. However, the best ways to increase security are not at the expense of privacy and liberty. It's easy to refute the notion that all security comes at the expense of liberty. Arming pilots, reinforcing cockpit doors, and teaching flight attendants karate are all examples of security measures that have no effect on individual privacy or liberties. So are better authentication of airport maintenance workers, or dead-man switches that force planes to automatically land at the closest airport, or armed air marshals traveling on flights. Liberty-depriving security measures are most often found when system designers failed to take security into account from the beginning. They're Band-aids, and evidence of bad security planning. When security is designed into a system, it can work without forcing people to give up their freedoms. Here's an example: securing a room. Option one: convert the room into an impregnable vault. Option two: put locks on the door, bars on the windows, and alarm everything. Option three: don't bother securing the room; instead, post a guard in the room who records the ID of everyone entering and makes sure they should be allowed in. Option one is the best, but is unrealistic. Impregnable vaults just don't exist, getting close is prohibitively expensive, and turning a room into a vault greatly lessens its usefulness as a room. Option two is the realistic best; combine the strengths of prevention, detection, and response to achieve resilient security. Option three is the worst. It's far more expensive than option two, and the most invasive and easiest to defeat of all three options. It's also a sure sign of bad planning; designers built the room, and only then realized that they needed security. Rather then spend the effort installing door locks and alarms, they took the easy way out and invaded people's privacy. A more complex example is Internet security. Preventive countermeasures help significantly against script kiddies, but fail against smart attackers. For a couple of years I have advocated detection and response to provide security on the Internet. This works; my company catches attackers -- both outside hackers and insiders -- all the time. We do it by monitoring the audit logs of network products: firewalls, IDSs, routers, servers, and applications. We don't eavesdrop on legitimate users or read traffic. We don't invade privacy. We monitor data about data, and find abuse that way. No civil liberties are violated. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Still, combined with preventive security products it is more effective, and more cost-effective, than anything else. The parallels between Internet security and global security are strong. All criminal investigation looks at surveillance records. The lowest-tech version of this is questioning witnesses. In this current investigation, the FBI is looking at airport videotapes, airline passenger records, flight school class records, financial records, etc. And the better job they can do examining these records, the more effective their investigation will be. There are copycat criminals and terrorists, who do what they've seen done before. To a large extent, this is what the hastily implemented security measures have tried to prevent. And there are the clever attackers, who invent new ways to attack people. This is what we saw on September 11. It's expensive, but we can build security to protect against yesterday's attacks. But we can't guarantee protection against tomorrow's attacks: the hacker attack that hasn't been invented, or the terrorist attack yet to be conceived. Demands for even more surveillance miss the point. The problem is not obtaining data, it's deciding which data is worth analyzing and then interpreting it. Everyone already leaves a wide audit trail as we go through life, and law enforcement can already access those records with search warrants. The FBI quickly pieced together the terrorists' identities and the last few months of their lives, once they knew where to look. If they had thrown up their hands and said that they couldn't figure out who did it or how, they might have a case for needing more surveillance data. But they didn't, and they don't. More data can even be counterproductive. The NSA and the CIA have been criticized for relying too much on signals intelligence, and not enough on human intelligence. The East German police collected data on four million East Germans, roughly a quarter of their population. Yet they did not foresee the peaceful overthrow of the Communist government because they invested heavily in data collection instead of data interpretation. We need more intelligence agents squatting on the ground in the Middle East arguing the Koran, not sitting in Washington arguing about wiretapping laws. People are willing to give up liberties for vague promises of security because they think they have no choice. What they're not being told is that they can have both. It would require people to say no to the FBI's power grab. It would require us to discard the easy answers in favor of thoughtful answers. It would require structuring incentives to improve overall security rather than simply decreasing its costs. Designing security into systems from the beginning, instead of tacking it on at the end, would give us the security we need, while preserving the civil liberties we hold dear. Some broad surveillance, in limited circumstances, might be warranted as a temporary measure. But we need to be careful that it remain temporary, and that we do not design surveillance into our electronic infrastructure. Thomas Jefferson once said: "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Historically, liberties have always been a casualty of war, but a temporary casualty. This war -- a war without a clear enemy or end condition -- has the potential to turn into a permanent state of society. We need to design our security accordingly. The events of September 11th demonstrated the need for America to redesign our public infrastructures for security. Ignoring this need would be an additional tragedy. Quotes from U.S. government officials on the need to preserve liberty during this crisis: Quotes from editorial pages on the same need: Selected editorials: Schneier's comments in the UK: War and liberties: More on Ashcroft's anti-privacy initiatives: Editorial cartoon: Terrorists leave a broad electronic trail: National Review article from 1998: "Know nothings: U.S. intelligence failures stem from too much information, not enough understanding" A previous version of this essay appeared in the San Jose Mercury News: ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* How to Help How can you help? Speak about the issues. Write to your elected officials. Contribute to organizations working on these issues. This week the United States Congress will act on the most sweeping proposal to extend the surveillance authority of the government since the end of the Cold War. If you value privacy, there are three steps you should take before you open your next email message: 1. Urge your representatives in Congress to protect privacy. - Call the White House switchboard at 202-224-3121. - Ask to be connected to the office of your Congressional representative. - When you are put through, say "May I please speak to the staff member who is working on the anti-terrorism legislation?" If that person is not available to speak with you, say "May I please leave a message?" - Briefly explain that you appreciate the efforts of your representative to address the challenges brought about by the September 11th tragedy, but it is your view that it would be a mistake to make any changes in the federal wiretap statute that do not respond to "the immediate threat of investigating or preventing terrorist acts." 2. Go to the In Defense of Freedom web site and endorse the statement: 3. Forward this message to at least five other people. We have less than 100 hours before Congress acts on legislation that will (a) significantly expand the use of Carnivore, (b) make computer hacking a form of terrorism, (c) expand electronic surveillance in routine criminal investigations, and (d) reduce government accountability. Please act now. More generally, I expect to see many pieces of legislation that will address these matters. Visit the following Web sites for up-to-date information on what is happening and what you can do to help. The Electronic Privacy Information Center: The Center for Democracy and Technology: The American Civil Liberties Union: ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* CRYPTO-GRAM is a free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on computer security and cryptography. Back issues are available on . To subscribe, visit or send a blank message to crypto-gram-subscribe@chaparraltree.com. To unsubscribe, visit . Please feel free to forward CRYPTO-GRAM to colleagues and friends who will find it valuable. Permission is granted to reprint CRYPTO-GRAM, as long as it is reprinted in its entirety. CRYPTO-GRAM is written by Bruce Schneier. Schneier is founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security Inc., the author of "Secrets and Lies" and "Applied Cryptography," and an inventor of the Blowfish, Twofish, and Yarrow algorithms. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). He is a frequent writer and lecturer on computer security and cryptography. Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. is the world leader in Managed Security Monitoring. Counterpane's expert security analysts protect networks for Fortune 1000 companies world-wide. Copyright (c) 2001 by Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 3 13:12:20 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f93KCKJ14068 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:12:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110032012.f93KCKJ14068@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:12:21 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Virus/urban legend warning tips Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Howdy all, Many of you are no doubt familiar with the form of interent noise masquerading as Terribly Important Virus Warnings. In IT we often get several of them per week, generally with a note at the top saying something like "I don't know if this is true or not, so I figured I'd send it to you". Allow me to pass on a few tips which may help you to ascertain the legitimacy of these messages. By and large, any message which implores you to forward it to everyone you know, should set off alarm bells in your mind. I can't recall the last time I received such a message that was legitimate, they are pretty much always a hoax. And I've been on the net using email since 1991, so there's plenty of history there... "How can I tell the difference", you might ask. Well, here's a very simple technique which you can use to identify nearly all of them in about 10 seconds: Lets say you get a mail saying that there's a new virus out which will leave smelly socks on your coffee table and drink the last beer in your 'fridge, just by opening a message with the subject "I Love your Llama". To find out in 10 seconds or less if this really will leave smelly socks on the coffee table and drink all your beer(a very serious consequence, I admit), open your web browser and proceed to your favorite search engine. Mine is http://www.google.com, but any search engine will do. Since this hypothetical example uses "I Love your Llama" as a subject, you would search for this text. In the event of it being a hoax, you will see page after page of links with titles like "I Love your Llama - virus Hoax". By and large, it will take you less time to debunk the hoax than it will to send a note to everyone you know and type the disclaimer ("I don't know if it's real, but I thought I'd send it anyway"). As a practical example of this, here is the google search result page for "an internet flower for you", a well known hoax: http://www.google.com/search?q=an+internet+flower+for+you Note the considerable number of links containing the word "hoax". This is a very good sign that this can be safely deleted rather than forwarded to everyone you've ever met, along with your congressional representatives and the email address for the local newspaper. On a more global scale, things to watch for in supposed virus warnings are: >Forward me to everyone! Trying to spread the hoax. >This was just discovered ten minutes ago! Trying to instill a sense of urgency: they want you to think it's Very Important so that you will quickly forward it instead of thinking about it or using your search engine. Don't let them do the thinking for you. >The Liberian Department of Defense says this is the worstest ever! Using some supposed authority to lend credence to the claim. If the message doesn't come with a link to the Liberian Department of Defense website (or Microsoft, or Symantec, or whomever is supposedly making the claim), it's likely bogus. Time to apply the search engine rule. >LOTS OF CAPITOL LETTERS!!!! LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!! Real virus warnings are short on hype and long on details. Hoaxes are short on details and long on hype. Real virus warnings also tend to come with links to authoritative websites such as Symantec and McAfee. Should you get a message which manages to pass all of the above tests (won't happen very often, I assure you), feel free to forward them to your local IT desk or your local tech support guru for verification. I would recommend against forwarding them anywhere else until you've positively verified their accuracy. It's like the old adage about teaching a pig to sing: it wastes your time and it annoys the pig... Feel free to forward this message to anyone you want: consider it a public service announcement... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 3 16:16:57 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f93NGvJ08535 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:16:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110032316.f93NGvJ08535@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:16:57 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] WTC foodworkers relief effort-eat out on 10-11-01 Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.windowsofhope.org What: Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund will provide aid to the families of victims of the World Trade Center tragedy who worked in the foodservice profession throughout the entire complex. David Emil, owner of Windows on the World, the restaurant's executive chef, Michael Lomonaco, Tom Valenti, Chef/Owner Ouest Restaurant, Waldy Malouf, Chef/Owner, Beacon Restaurant established the fund to be administered by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and David Berdon & Co. LLP. When: On Thursday, October 11, 2001, restaurants and food establishments throughout the world are asked to donate at least ten (10) percent of their evening's sales to the Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund. Any food service establishment, company or organization affiliated with the food and beverage industry, is welcome and encouraged to participate in this initiative, which will continue to provide support as long as needed for all families in the foodservice profession who suffered. By taking part in this effort, you will be initiating a fund that will provide immediate emergency aid as well as future scholarships and funds for the families of the victims. Where: http://www.windowsofhope.org/pages/restaurant_directory.html The website has a very impressive list for the SF Bay Area, I certainly plan to eat out that evening. Very cool. Thanks to Brian Dodge for the forward. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 5 11:14:10 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f95IE9J11214; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110051814.f95IE9J11214@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:14:10 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Serious questions Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This article over at The Independent brings up some very difficult questions regarding the Northern Alliance... http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=97281 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 5 11:32:23 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f95IWNJ05655 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:32:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110051832.f95IWNJ05655@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:32:24 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Fwd: drug recall Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: So, just days after the treatise on identifying urban legends, along comes an actual, real, verifiable mail asking you to forward it to everyone you know... May wonders never cease... FDA link posted first to backup the contents of the mail. http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/default.htm ---------- http://www.drugawareness.org/Archives/1stQtr_2001/021901Urgent.html Urgent Phenylpropanolamine Recall Several months ago the FDA put out a warning about drugs containing the ingredient Phenylpropanolamine found in many common over the counter medications. Much to my surprise this information has not been making it out to the general public as rapidly as I feel it should. We, therefore, feel it important to get this to you so that you might protect your families and pass the information on to your friends who most likely remain uninformed as well. Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, Executive Director, International Coalition For Drug Awareness ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >From Dr. Van Beveren: Dear friends, clients and colleagues: For several years now I have been warning the public about Phenylpropanolamine and its tendency to cause capillary fragility leading to many different ailments depending on where the blood vessels burst. I first noticed this pharmaceutical as Dexatrim as it is one of the trade names being used by vet's to treat urinary incontinence in dogs. The warning labels always caution you to contact your veterinarian if your pet experienced seizures. Big tip off! After many years the FDA is taking (very quiet) steps to remove this drug from the GRAS list. This is the original article that (finally) gave notice to the FDA: http://www.nejm.org/content/kernan/1.asp http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/default.htm http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/guaiphen.htm All drugs containing Phenylpropanolamine are being recalled. I also happened to be at Osco Pharmacy and they have a sign stating that all drugs containing Phenylpropanolamine have been pulled from their shelves. You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire about a refund. Please read this carefully, as I know that some of you use some of these drugs (Alka Seltzer Plus for one). Also, please pass this on to everyone you know. Stop taking anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (children) seek alternative medicine. The following medicine contain Phenylpropanolamine: * -Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant Plus-Dietary Supplements * -Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control * -Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine * -Effervescent Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine -(cherry or orange) * -Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original * -Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent * -Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine Effervescent * -Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent * -Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine Effervescent * -BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder * -BC Sinus Cold Powder * -Comtrex Deep Chest Cold & Congestion Relief * -Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief Day & Night * -Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules -Contac 12 Hour Caplets * -Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus * -Dexatrim Caffeine Free * -Dexatrim Extended Duration * -Dexatrim Gelcaps * -Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free * -Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets * -Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels * -Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir * -Dimetapp Elixir -Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels * -Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets * -Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets * -Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops * -P-ermathene Mega-16 * -Robitussin CF -Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion * -Triaminic DM Cough Relief * -Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head Congestion * -Triaminic Syrup Cold & Allergy * -Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough and below in bold I just called the 800# for Triaminic and they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and seizures in children. -Orange 3D Cold & Allergy -Cherry (Pink) 3D Cold & Cough -Berry 3D Cough Relief -Yellow 3D Expectorant They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the lot number on the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back to them, and they will also issue you a refund. If you know of anyone else with small children, please pass this on. Warmly, Dr. Van Beveren Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 5 16:06:59 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f95N6xJ12460 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110052306.f95N6xJ12460@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:06:59 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] The Gallery of "Misused" Quotation marks Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.juvalamu.com/qmarks/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Oct 6 09:53:29 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f96GrTJ26404 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 09:53:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110061653.f96GrTJ26404@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 09:53:31 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] What to do with Osama bin Laden Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: As for what to do with Osama bin Laden: Killing him will only create a martyr. Holding him prisoner will inspire his comrades to take hostages to demand his release. Therefore, let's do neither. Let the Special Forces, Seals or whatever covertly capture him, fly him to an undisclosed hospital and have surgeons quickly perform a complete sex change operation. Then we return her to Afghanistan to live as a woman under the Taliban. --------------- Thanks to Sooz for the forward... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Oct 6 10:17:25 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f96HHOJ01261 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 10:17:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110061717.f96HHOJ01261@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 10:17:26 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Ig Nobel awards Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I've sent these around in the past, but it has been a while... WHAT: The Ig Nobel Prizes honor people whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced." Ten prizes are given to people who have done remarkably goofy things -- some of them admirable, some perhaps otherwise. WHY: The Igs are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology. THE CEREMONY: The Prizes are awarded at a gala ceremony in Harvard's Sanders Theatre. 1200 splendidly eccentric spectators watch the winners step forward to accept their Prizes. The Prizes are physically handed to the winners by genuinely bemused genuine Nobel Laureates. You are invited to attend the ceremony in person, or via broadcast. WHENCE: The Igs are inflicted on you by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), So now that we've cleared up what they are, here's the results of the 2001 ceremony: http://www.improbable.com/ig/2001/ig-2001-winners.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sun Oct 7 11:26:13 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f97IQDJ17874 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 11:26:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110071826.f97IQDJ17874@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 11:26:17 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Re: Ig Nobel awards Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On 10/6/01 2:22 PM, Dan thus spake: >>http://www.improbable.com/ig/2001/ig-2001-winners.html > >404 >:( http://www.improbable.com/ig/ig-2001-winners.html Turkeys changed it. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sun Oct 7 17:33:16 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f980XGJ19664 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 17:33:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110080033.f980XGJ19664@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 17:33:20 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] The new All Your Base? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.sillygirl.com/hoax.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 8 00:37:59 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f987bwJ11097 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:37:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110080737.f987bwJ11097@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:38:01 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Northern lights Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Mmmm... http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011008.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 8 00:46:08 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f987k8J19019 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:46:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110080746.f987k8J19019@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 00:46:11 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Novel use of Police chopper Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Darryl for the heads up... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,35867,00.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 9 11:42:37 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f99IgbJ23916 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110091842.f99IgbJ23916@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:42:37 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Bikini Masterpiece Theatre Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Worthy of Monty Python's Flying Circus, absolutely brilliant: http://www.thresholdbabes.com/masterpiece/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 9 14:32:16 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f99LWGJ30025 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110092132.f99LWGJ30025@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:32:16 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] For my many friends still in Tech Support... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/01oct/uf003522.gif Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 9 17:49:33 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9A0nXJ24587 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:49:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110100049.f9A0nXJ24587@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 17:49:33 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Red pill... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Remember the movie "The Matrix"? There's a scene where the hero-to-be is given the choice to take a red or blue pill. The red pill, and his eyes are opened to the real world around him-he sees beyond the smoke and mirrors; the blue, he forgets the meeting and believes whatever he wants to believe. So, I'm gonna steal their idea. From here on out when I want to send something concerning the "war" which counters the American media perspective, I'll label it as a red pill. If you're of the type that wishes for blue, just delete it. And this. ;-) So, all that out of the way, Robert Fisk is a longtime correspondent for the UK paper "The Independent"; he's based in Beirut. Below are links to a couple of recent articles which I think illustrate well the opinions of the average Achmed Sixpack (as opposed to his flag waving American counterpart, Joe Sixpack). Also, there's one that talks a bit about the oft mentioned but otherwise little known Northern Alliance. http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=98659 http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=98407 http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=97281 On a slightly related note, I was rather disgusted by Fox News Channel after they aired Bin Laden's taped statement. Bin Laden lays out his gripes, and when it's over the talking head comes on and just totally dismisses him with a sarcastic comment about the brave warrior hiding in caves. No pondering of whether we might look like hypocrites to the folks in the mideast, no trying to understand what he's trying to say. But, when our illustrious VP heads for "undisclosed secured locations" when the bombing raids commence, nobody makes sarcastic remarks about him hiding in concrete caves. I don't like double standards, and I really don't like our government playing loose and fast with the truth while killing innocent bystanders. Popular spin would have you believe this is about our freedom(which incidentally seems like it is being taken away as quickly as possible-odd how our government defends freedom by taking it from the citizens). Bin Laden didn't say anything about our freedom in the various translations I read. Bin Laden says it's about our supporting Israeli terrorism and other abusive mideast governments. All the while trying to keep our hands clean, retain plausible deniability, and keep the oil flowing into our SUVs. I suspect the truth lies somewhere in between. And just to reiterate, I don't support terrorism, nor the taking of life in any way. Nor for that matter do I support Bin Laden-he's just as much of a hypocrite as he's blaming the US to be-one finger points, 3 point back. What Atta and co. did was wrong. Killing more people will not bring back the dead, nor will it solve any purpose other than creating more Attas. And it's just as wrong, too. No matter how avenged it makes us feel. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 10 11:12:49 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9AICmJ01369 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:12:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110101812.f9AICmJ01369@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:12:48 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Alcohol warning signs Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.madblast.com/oska/humor_warnings.swf Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 10 12:27:58 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9AJRwJ16078 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:27:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110101927.f9AJRwJ16078@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:27:58 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Conclusive proof that Bert is Evil Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: (Bert being the muppet of the Sesame Street/Ernie and Bert fame) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20011009/wl/imdf09102001085522a.html http://www.tctubantia.nl/CDA/regioportal/1,2078,1654__772741_,00.html The photos in the articles above are real. Not doctored. Real. Pro-BinLaden demonstrators in Bangledesh are really carrying around posters which have a picture of Bert on them. But, why, you may ask? Well, it's actually pretty simple. Go to images.google.com and search for osama bin laden, you will get the Bert parody result along with others. Looks like the guys that put together the photo montage for the protest poster were either careless or just clueless when they included Bert. But it is pretty damn funny... http://images.google.com/images?q=osama+bin+laden Wired discusses it here(they do mention that there is also a parody photo of Bin Laden with a bottle of Jack Daniels, but I can't see it in the news photos above): http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47450,00.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 10 13:13:47 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9AKDlJ09316 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:13:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110102013.f9AKDlJ09316@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:13:47 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Lots of Little People Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.quinnarama.com/little_people.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 10 22:53:03 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9B5r2J07492 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:53:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110110553.f9B5r2J07492@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:53:03 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Re: Conclusive proof that Bert is Evil Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >http://www.tctubantia.nl/CDA/regioportal/1,2078,1654__772741_,00.html The above website has now cropped the original photograph, removing Bert from the field of vision. Assuming that others may do so, here's a site which has both of the original photos, plus others, won't remove them, and also has a rather lengthy discussion of how this came to be: http://www.lindqvist.com/bert.phpa Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 10 23:11:42 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9B6BgJ06062 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:11:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110110611.f9B6BgJ06062@phil.hintz.org> Subject: Re: [Promotum] Re: Conclusive proof that Bert is Evil Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:11:42 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On 10/10/01 11:06 PM, somebody thus spake: >Only works if you remove the 'a' > ACK! http://www.lindqvist.com/bert.php Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 11 11:55:09 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-42.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.42]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9BIt8J01186 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110111855.f9BIt8J01186@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:55:10 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Reminder-tonight is WTC eat out benefit night Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.windowsofhope.org/index.html If you're doing it, best make reservations, we've found that several local places are already booked solid until 8:30 to 9 pm... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 12 12:10:12 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9CJACJ14753 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:10:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110121910.f9CJACJ14753@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:10:12 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Press release from Anthrax-the band Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: For those unfortunate souls that didn't live through 80's big hair metal bands, Anthrax is the name of one of the better known "thrash metal" bands that rose to popularity towards the end of the decade in the wake of Metallica's Master of Puppets album and the backlash against the big hair/big makeup/tight pants scene of Los Angeles. They are dealing with the sudden bad exposure with a reasonable amount of good humor (a spoof press release in which they say they're changing the band's name to... wait for it... "Basket full of Puppies") NOT!!! http://anthrax.com/nfws.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33759-2001Oct9.html And for old times sake, here's the Anthrax album I loved so dear in my misspent youth: http://anthrax.com/html/discs/ANTHRAX_among.htm And here's a couple of well known tunes from same: http://anthrax.com/audio/manlive.mp3 http://anthrax.com/audio/oneworld.mp3 Suddenly feels a lot like VH1 around here... ;-) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 12 14:30:05 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9CLU5J03661 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110122130.f9CLU5J03661@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:30:04 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Red pill-operation northwoods Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html This sort of deceit does make one wonder precisely what sort of misinformation and spin is coming out of DC these days... Not that I think they would take out the WTC-frankly I doubt they'd be creative enough to think of it. Anyway, they'd go for something smaller. But it does damage the level of trust one has for our government... Much like Watergate, Iran/Contra, Vietnam, blah blah blah. As for the book mentioned, Body of Secrets, I highly recommend it. I saw the author, James Bamford, when he spoke at the BlackHat briefings in Las Vegas this last July, and picked up a copy of the book for the autograph signing, figuring why not... The book itself is an anatomy of the National Security Agency from inception to y2k, and is quite fascinating reading, covering cryptography and signals intelligence from Bletchley Park and WWII through the cold war and some pretty amazing intelligence coups(like using subs to wiretap undersea soviet communications cables). It also has a lot of damning information about the sinking of the sigint vessel USS Liberty by Israeli forces during the 6 day war, and this information comes from a plethora of sources from Israeli Defense Force officers to crew members of the Liberty and crew members of the NSA spyplane which was in the area unbeknownst to either the Liberty or the IDF. Gives some real insight into just one of the many reasons the Islamic extremists have a real hardon for us. One hint-it has nothing to do with our "freedom"... Theirs, maybe, but not ours... More reading on the USS Liberty can be found here: http://208.56.153.48/jim/ussliberty/ More about Body of Secrets here: http://www.bodyofsecrets.com/ First chapter of the book online here: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/bamford/excerpt.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 12 18:42:20 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9D1gKJ32397 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 18:42:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110130142.f9D1gKJ32397@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 18:42:19 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Table of Condiments that Periodically go Bad Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://backtable.org/~blade/fnord/condiments.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 16 12:04:29 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9GJ4TJ06961 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110161904.f9GJ4TJ06961@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:04:28 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Red pill-LA Times article, who said it? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: While I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, she makes some good points about this strongly resembling a playground of little boys throwing rocks and hollering "he started it!" http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-000081943oct14.st ory?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dsuncomment Who said it-Bin Laden, Fallwell, or Robertson? I only got 5 out of 20... Interestingly, my impression is that the less violent and more analytical quotes seem to come from OBL most often, while those I thought violent and such seemed to come from Fallwell and Robertson. Curious. And I've probably given you enough hints now to score better than I did... ;-) http://funnystrange.com/quiz/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 16 16:04:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9GN4iJ23207 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:04:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110162304.f9GN4iJ23207@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:04:44 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Phantom Menace DVD in stores today Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Went to Fry's in Palo Alto this morning looking for a trackpad (saw the doc this AM, says I've got minor carpal tunnel on my left arm, moderate on my right-it's the mouse that's messing me up), they didn't have it, but I wandered into the DVD section to see if Phantom Menace was there yet. They had a shelf full, it's a 2 disc set and they priced it at $17.99, very nice. Got it back to the office and threw it in my Mac OS X 10.1 system, and it's just incredible (evidenced by the crowd of gawkers around my workstation). I remember being unimpressed by the resolution of the film in theaters, but wow is it crisp on the DVD (on a Sony 21" CRT, Apple G4/450 DP, OS X). The CGI stuff is absolutely awesome. Even if you think (as I do) that Phantom Menace was by far the weakest of the 4 films, it's still worth having just for the clarity of the picture. Sadly, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford a surround sound system before next year. But now I have a reason to do so, right? ;-) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 16 17:34:01 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9H0Y1J20002 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:34:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110170034.f9H0Y1J20002@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:34:01 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Things you will never hear in a theatre: Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: By the Stage Manager: a. It looks as though there'll be time for a third dress rehearsal. b. Take your time getting back from break. c. We've been ready for hours. d. No, I called that perfectly the first time, let's move on. e. The headsets are working perfectly. f. The orchestra has no complaints. g. The whole company is standing by whenever you need them. h. That didn't take long. i. No thanks, I don't drink. By the Producer: a. Of course there's enough money to go around. b. We have money left over. c. No thanks, I don't drink. By the Director: a. Wow, the designers were right, weren't they? b. No, today is the tech rehearsal, we'll re-work that scene later. c. I think the scene changes are too fast. d. Of course I think that we'll be ready in time for opening. e. The crew? Why they're just wonderful! f. No thanks, I don't drink. By the Designer: a. Of course all of my drawings were turned in on time. b. Yes, it is absolutely my fault that the set looks awful. c. You know, you might have a point there. d. The director knows best, obviously I wasn't giving him what he wanted. e. We may have too many gel colors in stock, I can't choose. f. The shop will have the costumes ready on time. g. No thanks, I don't drink. By the Technical Director: a. This is the most complete and informative set of drawings I've ever seen. b. We built it right the first time. c. No problem, I'll deal with that right away. d. I love designers. e. No thanks, I don't drink. By the Actor: a. Let's not talk about me. b. I really think my big scene should be cut. c. This costume is so comfortable. d. I love my shoes. e. No problem, I can do that myself. f. I have a fantastic agent. g. Let me stand down here with my back to the audience. h. I'm sure someone told me there was a wall down here, I just forgot. i. Without the crew the show would never run -- let's thank them. j. No thanks, I don't drink. By the Stage Crew: a. There's room for that over here. b. We'll get in early tomorrow to do it. c. No, no, I'm sure that is our job. d. Anything I can do to help? e. All the tools are carefully locked away. f. Can we do that scene change again, please? g. It's a marvelous show. h. I don't need this many on the crew. i. No thanks, I don't drink. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 18 07:44:32 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9IEiWJ20566 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 07:44:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110181444.f9IEiWJ20566@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 07:44:34 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Achieve 103% Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Dirk... ---------------- We have all been to those meetings where someone wants more than 100%. Well here's how you do that. Here's how you can achieve 103%. First of all, here's a little math that might prove helpful in the future. How does one achieve 100% in LIFE? Begin by noting the following IF: A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 5 F = 6 G = 7 H = 8 I = 9 J = 10 K = 11 L = 12 M = 13 N = 14 O = 15 P = 16 Q = 17 R = 18 S = 19 T = 20 U = 21 V = 22 W = 23 X = 24 Y = 25 Z = 26 Then: H A R D W O R K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = Only 98% Similarly, K N O W L E D G E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = Only 96% But interesting (and as you'd expect), A T T I T U D E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% ... This is how you achieve 100% in LIFE. But EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO NOTE (or REALIZE), is B U L L S H I T = 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103% So now you know what all those high-priced consultants, upper management,and motivational speakers really mean when they want to exceed 100%! Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 18 08:19:09 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9IFJ9J02533 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:19:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110181519.f9IFJ9J02533@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:19:11 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] RedPill-Tax $ used to silence commercial sats Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Short version: the commercial IKONOS satellites, which take high res ground pix and sell them to whoever wants them, are currently selling Afghan pix only to the US Gvmt., who are of course paying handsomely for this exclusive right, which is retroactive to the beginning of the bombings. Reportedly this comes after claims of high civillian casualties in a bomb run. The gvmt. has the authority to censor images through the Judiciary branch for security reasons, but this looks like a situation where the motivation is saving face rather than lives, hence the end-run around the law. While the millitary claim this is to protect American soldiers, I'm not so sure that makes much sense-there aren't any American soldiers at ground zero to protect, and I don't see how the Taliban could use sat photos of their own territory for intelligence reasons. They are *there*, aren't they? I'm afraid Occam's Razor comes in to play here-the only way I can see the data fit is if they're after suppression of information in order to keep popularity ratings high. http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,575594,00.html Exhaustive discussion here: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/17/181639/20 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 19 18:09:13 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9K19DJ10346 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110200109.f9K19DJ10346@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:09:13 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Windows XP desktop ripping off Teletubbies? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You decide... http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/14286.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 19 18:26:10 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9K1Q9J15669 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110200126.f9K1Q9J15669@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:26:07 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] How many terrorists to screw in a light bulb? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Ten to study at a university in the West to learn how to weaponize the lightbulb. Two to recruit one lightbulb-screwer and 4 back-ups with promises of 77 self-renewing virgins in paradise upon mission completion. Three to acquire 5 (unnecessary) fake-lightbulb screwing permits. One to videotape the statement of the lightbulb-screwer for media release as well as to document 400 joyous demonstrators chanting slogans of victory over the evil infidels after the lightbulb has been successfully screwed. One spokesperson to explain that it is every devout Muslim's duty to screw in lightbulbs anywhere they may be encountered, and that crusaders are bent on denying true believers access to sockets and bulbs out of a Satanic desire to destroy Islam. Collateral damage: 3308. One Al-Jazeera commentator to speculate that actually the lightbulb was screwed in by the Mossad to frame Islamic nations. One talk show host to suggest "How to talk to your children about screwing... and we don't mean making love!" One union spokesman to protest the continuing trend of undocumented workers taking the place of licensed electricians. One Democrat to call for the federalization of lightbulb-screwers. One Republican to sponsor legislation requiring all lightbulbs to be manufactured by Lockheed Martin under contract to the Office of Homeland Security, and urging immediate retribution: "For every lightbulb of ours they screw in, we'll screw in a hundred of theirs!" One White House press secretary to condemn the use of unpatriotic expressions such as "I had a lightbulb moment." One US anchor to opine "the next lightbulb to be affected may be one in YOUR neighborhood." One FBI director to ask Americans to be alert to tightly screwed lightbulbs as shut-down branches of government are checked to ensure that their lightbulbs are indeed "loosey goosey" -- all while recommending business as usual in the face of further imminent lightbulb screwings-in. Three thousand three hundred citizens to report that their lightbulbs are suspiciously firmly screwed in, stretching the resources of OSHA to the breaking point. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 23 11:48:08 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9NIm7J05011 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110231848.f9NIm7J05011@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:48:07 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Interesting Anthrax theory Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=100635 Kinda makes sense, really. The Al Queda guys are clearly pretty well organized and well funded: if they were behind this, one would expect they would have acquired (or made) military grade stuff and posed as tourists to the capital, using some sort of aerosol delivery, ensuring a high head count before discovery and treatment. Mailing low grade stuff to the "liberal media" and a prominent democrat would make sense for a nutcase neo nazi or something. Think Tim McVeigh with a degree in Biology. Could go either way really, but it's certainly an interesting theory. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 24 17:25:42 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9P0PgJ04503 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:25:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110250025.f9P0PgJ04503@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:25:42 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] NY Times WTC portraits Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is some incredibly tough stuff to read. http://www.nytimes.com/portraits Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Oct 25 09:08:28 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9PG8RJ25139 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110251608.f9PG8RJ25139@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:08:31 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Gotta love it Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The Anthrax Box: http://www.anthraxbox.com/ Note all the patriotic flags draped about it to prey on current emotions. So, everybody that thinks this will get regular usage, raise your hands... Right. After about 3 days of use the poor slob opening the mail is gonna push it aside because it's a royal PITA... But hey, the guy in Ft. Worth making these in the garage is gonna make bank... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 26 13:28:40 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9QKSdJ09557 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:28:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110262028.f9QKSdJ09557@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:28:40 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Bin Laden fare... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Shockwave movie: http://www.policehumor.com/taliban-song Where's Bin Laden? http://www.hintz.org/media/Wheresbinladen.jpg Danke to Tom and Brian. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Oct 26 14:14:30 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9QLEUJ26033 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:14:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110262114.f9QLEUJ26033@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:14:30 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Impending terrorist activity Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Darryl delivers the goods... --------------- Don't go to the bathroom on October 28th. CIA intelligence reports that a major plot is planned for that day. Anyone who takes a poop on the 28th will be bitten on the butt by an alligator. Reports indicate that organized groups of alligators are planning to rise up into unsuspecting American's toilet bowls and bite them when they are doing their dirty business. I usually don't send emails like this, but I got this information from a reliable source. It came from a friend of a friend whose cousin is dating this girl whose brother knows this guy whose wife knows this lady whose husband buys hotdogs from this guy who knows a shoeshine guy who shines the shoes of a mailroom worker who has a friend who's drug dealer sells drugs to another mailroom worker who works in the CIA building. He apparently overheard two guys talking in the bathroom about alligators and came to the conclusion that we are going to be attacked. So it must be true... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Oct 27 13:33:52 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9RKXpJ26152 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:33:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110272033.f9RKXpJ26152@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:33:51 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] RedPill-Big Brother is in the house Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I'd like to extend a warm welcome to Big Brother... That's right, ladies and gentlemen, our newest house guest, none other than Big Brother himself! A round of applause, please! Again, I marvel at how the sheeple can be convinced that to protect our freedom we must take it away. First, an article at Wired which discuses some of the more obnoxious new provisions of the patriot act-which don't expire after the 4 year period. My personal favorites are the ability of law enforcement agencies to search your residence telling you they did so (KGB, anyone, KGB?), and the ability to track all of your web and mail traffic without a warrant. Ain't that just loverly? Anybody else reminded of the good old days of J Edgar Hoover and McCarthyism? Squared? http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47901,00.html Here's one about a poor shmuck of a reporter caught in the crossfire. Just imagine what happens when your disgruntled coworker makes an anonymous tip to the FBI that you're a terrorist. Just like being branded a communist 50 years ago, all your rights go out the window, and you didn't do a damn thing wrong. http://www.newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2001-10-25/cover.asp Folks, from where I sit, it sure looks like Bin Laden won. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Oct 27 14:33:58 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9RLXwJ26070 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:33:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110272133.f9RLXwJ26070@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:33:57 -0700 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Big Brother Addendum Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Concern has been expressed that those who speak loudly against what they see as wrong may become targets themselves. I offer these words in explanation: First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me. by Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945 Gradual erosions of rights are what brought Hitler to power. Fear of persecution kept McCarthyism in full swing; fear of J Edgar Hoover kept even presidents under somewhat docile control. Many times in our past, in the heat of the moment, we as a nation did some rather regrettable things. I suppose the damage is already done, but perhaps more awareness can shorten the extent of it. We must hang together, or surely, we shall hang separately... Another good Franklin quote: they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty. More good reading here: http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/01 839407.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Oct 29 11:57:28 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9TJvSJ11531 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:57:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110291957.f9TJvSJ11531@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:57:28 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by phil.hintz.org id f9TJvSJ11531 Subject: [Promotum] Bio/Chem/Nuke facts Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Seemingly a pretty good article on the various bogey weapons. Thanks to Marjorie for the forward. ---------------------- The Real Deal About Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Warfare Since the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf I decided to write a paper and keep things in their proper perspective.  I am a retired military weapons, munitions, and training expert. Lesson number one: In the mid 1990s there were a series of nerve gas attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations.  Given perfect conditions for an attack less than 10% of the people there were injured (the injured were better in a few hours) and only one percent of the injured died.  "60 Minutes"...once had a fellow telling us that one drop of nerve gas could kill a thousand people, well he didn't tell you the thousand dead people per drop was theoretical.  Drill Sergeants exaggerate how terrible this stuff was to keep the recruits awake in class (I know this because I was a Drill Sergeant too).  Forget everything you've ever seen on TV, in the movies, or read in a novel about this stuff, it was all a lie (read this sentence again out loud!)!  These weapons are about terror, if you remain calm, you will probably not die.  This is far less scary than the media and their "Experts," make it sound. Chemical weapons are categorized as Nerve, Blood, Blister, and Incapacitating agents Contrary to the hype of reporters and politicians they are not weapons of mass destruction they are "Area denial," and terror weapons that don't destroy anything.  When you leave the area you almost always leave the risk. That's the difference; you can leave the area and the risk; soldiers may have to stay put and sit through it and that's why they need all that spiffy gear. These are not gasses, they are vapors and/or air borne particles.  The agent must be delivered in sufficient quantity to kill/injure, and that defines when/how it's used.  Every day we have a morning and evening inversion where "stuff," suspended in the air gets pushed down.  This inversion is why allergies (pollen) and air pollution are worst at these times of the day.  So, a chemical attack will have it's best effect an hour of so either side of sunrise/sunset.  Also, being vapors and airborne particles they are heavier than air so they will seek low places like ditches, basements and underground garages.  This stuff won't work when it's freezing, it doesn't last when it's hot, and wind spreads it too thin too fast.  They've got to get this stuff on you, or, get you to inhale it for it to work.  They also have to get the concentration of chemicals high enough to kill or wound you.  Too little and it's nothing, too much and it's wasted.  What I hope you've gathered by this point is that a chemical weapons attack that kills a lot of people is incredibly hard to do with military grade agents and equipment so you can imagine how hard it will be for terrorists.  The more you know about this stuff the more you realize how hard it is to use. We'll start by talking about nerve agents.  You have these in your house, plain old bug killer (like Raid) is nerve agent.  All nerve agents work the same way; they are cholinesterase inhibitors that mess up the signals your nervous system uses to make your body function.  It can harm you if you get it on your skin but it works best if they can get you to inhale it.  If you don't die in the first minute and you can leave the area you're probably gonna live.  The military's antidote for all nerve agents is atropine and pralidoxime chloride. Neither one of these does anything to cure the nerve agent, they send your body into overdrive to keep you alive for five minutes after that the agent is used up.  Your best protection is fresh air and staying calm.  Listed below are the symptoms for nerve agent poisoning. Sudden headache, Dimness of vision (someone you're looking at will have pinpointed pupils), Runny nose, Excessive saliva or drooling, Difficulty breathing, Tightness in chest, Nausea, Stomach cramps, Twitching of exposed skin where a liquid just got on you.    If you are in public and you start experiencing these symptoms, first ask yourself, did anything out of the ordinary just happen, a loud pop, did someone spray something on the crowd?  Are other people getting sick too?  Is there an odor of new mown hay, green corn, something fruity, or camphor where it shouldn't be? If the answer is yes, then calmly (if you panic you breathe faster and inhale more air/poison) leave the area and head up wind, or, outside.  Fresh air is the best "right now antidote".  If you have a blob of liquid that looks like molasses or Kayro syrup on you; blot it or scrape it off and away from yourself with anything disposable.  This stuff works based on your body weight, what a crop duster uses to kill bugs won't hurt you unless you stand there and breathe it in real deep, then lick the residue off the ground for while.  Remember they have to do all the work, they have to get the concentration up and keep it up for several minutes while all you have to do is quit getting it on you/quit breathing it by putting space between you and the attack. Blood agents are cyanide or arsine which effect your blood's ability to provide oxygen to your tissue.  The scenario for attack would be the same as nerve agent.  Look for a pop or someone splashing/spraying something and folks around there getting woozy/falling down.  The telltale smells are bitter almonds or garlic where it shouldn't be.  The symptoms are blue lips, blue under the fingernails rapid breathing.  The military's antidote is amyl nitrite and just like nerve agent antidote it just keeps your body working for five minutes till the toxins are used up.  Fresh air is the your best individual chance.   Blister agents (distilled mustard) are so nasty that nobody wants to even handle it let alone use it. It's almost impossible to handle safely and may have delayed effect of up to 12 hours.  The attack scenario is also limited to the things you'd see from other chemicals.  If you do get large, painful blisters for no apparent reason, don't pop them, if you must, don't let the liquid from the blister get on any other area, the stuff just keeps on spreading. It's just as likely to harm the user as the target.  Soap, water, sunshine, and fresh air are this stuff's enemy.   Bottom line on chemical weapons (it's the same if they use industrial chemical spills); they are intended to make you panic, to terrorize you, to heard you like sheep to the wolves.  If there is an attack, leave the area and go upwind, or to the sides of the wind stream.  They have to get the stuff to you, and on you.  You're more likely to be hurt by a drunk driver on any given day than be hurt by one of these attacks.  Your odds get better if you leave the area.  Soap, water, time, and fresh air really deal this stuff a knock-out-punch. Don't let fear of an isolated attack rule your life.  The odds are really on your side.    Nuclear bombs.  These are the only weapons of mass destruction on earth.  The effects of a nuclear bomb are heat, blast, EMP, and radiation.  If you see a bright flash of light like the sun, where the sun isn't, fall to the ground!  The heat will be over in a second.  Then there will be two blast waves, one out going, and one on it's way back. Don't stand up to see what happened after the first wave; anything that's going to happen will have happened in two full minutes. These will be low yield devices and will not level whole cities.  If you live through the heat, blast, and initial burst of radiation, you'll probably live for a very very long time.  Radiation will not create fifty foot tall women, or giant ants and grass hoppers the size of tanks.  These will be at the most 1 kiloton bombs; that's the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Here's the real deal, flying debris and radiation will kill a lot of exposed (not all!) people within a half mile of the blast.  Under perfect conditions this is about a half mile circle of death and destruction, but, when it's done it's done.  EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse and it will fry every electronic device for a good distance, it's impossible to say what and how far but probably not over a couple of miles from ground zero is a good guess.  Cars, cell phones, computers, ATMs, you name it, all will be out of order. There are lots of kinds of radiation, you only need to worry about three, the others you have lived with for years.  You need to worry about "Ionizing radiation," these are little sub atomic particles that go whizzing along at the speed of light.  They hit individual cells in your body, kill the nucleus and keep on going. That's how you get radiation poisoning, you have so many dead cells in your body that the decaying cells poison you. It's the same as people getting radiation treatments for cancer, only a bigger area gets radiated.  The good news is you don't have to just sit there and take it, and there's lots you can do rather than panic.  First; your skin will stop alpha particles, a page of a news paper or your clothing will stop beta particles, you just gotta try and avoid inhaling dust that's contaminated with atoms that are emitting these things and you'll be generally safe from them.  Gamma rays are particles that travel like rays (quantum physics makes my brain hurt) and they create the same damage as alpha and beta particles only they keep going and kill lots of cells as they go all the way through your body.  It takes a lot to stop these things, lots of dense material, on the other hand it takes a lot of this to kill you.   Your defense is as always to not panic.  Basic hygiene and normal preparation are your friends.  All canned or frozen food is safe to eat.  The radiation poisoning will not effect plants so fruits and vegetables are OK if there's no dust on them (rinse them off if there is).  If you don't have running water and you need to collect rain water or use water from wherever, just let it sit for thirty minutes and skim off the water gently from the top.  The dust with the bad stuff in it will settle and the remaining water can be used for the toilet which will still work if you have a bucket of water to pour in the tank.   Finally there's biological warfare. There's not much to cover here.  Basic personal hygiene and sanitation will take you further than a million doctors.  Wash your hands often, don't share drinks, food, sloppy kisses, etc. ... with strangers.  Keep your garbage can with a tight lid on it, don't have standing water (like old buckets, ditches, or kiddie pools) laying around to allow mosquitoes breeding room.  This stuff is carried by vectors, that is bugs, rodents, and contaminated material.  If biological warfare is as easy as the TV makes it sound, why has Saddam Hussein spent twenty years and millions of dollars trying to get it right?  If you're clean of person and home you eat well and are active you're gonna live.   Overall preparation for any terrorist attack is the same as you'd take for a big storm.  If you want a gas mask, fine, go get one.  I know this stuff and I'm not getting one and I told my Mom not to bother with one either (how's that for confidence).  We have a week's worth of cash, several days worth of canned goods and plenty of soap and water.  We don't leave stuff out to attract bugs or rodents so we don't have them.   These people can't conceive a nation this big with this much resources.  These weapons are made to cause panic, terror, and to demoralize.  If we don't run around like sheep they won't use this stuff after they find out it's no fun.  The government is going nuts over this stuff because they have to protect every inch of America.  You've only gotta protect yourself, and by doing that, you help the country. Finally, there are millions of caveats to everything I wrote here and you can think up specific scenarios where my advice isn't the best.  This letter is supposed to help the greatest number of people under the greatest number of situations. This is how we the people of the United States can rob these people of their most desired goal, your terror.   SFC Red Thomas (Ret) Armor Master Gunner Mesa, AZ Reproduction and distribution is free and unlimited.   Addendum of  16 Oct 01: The talking heads on TV have learned to pronounce the word anthrax and now they're addicted to saying it.  Let's put this hype to rest: First; Ask yourself honestly "What are the odds of me getting picked out of 270,000,000 other Americans for this attack?"  Second; realize that "More people have choked to death on food than have gotten anthrax in the last two weeks and only one died."  The terrorists are preying on your fear and the media's addiction to lazy reporting of sensational news. Here's another real deal from Red "The fastest way to cut these attacks is to not show them we're scared, the more times they see us shaking in our boots the happier they will be."  As FDR said "The only thing you have to fear, is fear itself." Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 30 12:01:34 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9UK1XJ26371 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:01:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110302001.f9UK1XJ26371@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:01:33 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] More homegrown anthrax rumblings Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59509-2001Oct26.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 30 12:03:34 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9UK3XJ10448 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:03:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110302003.f9UK3XJ10448@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:03:33 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Pity the haiku Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Mr. T haiku http://www.infinitefish.com/haiku/ Note for mac os X users, IE and OmniWeb have trouble with this one, netscape works fine. Annoying use of javascript, but humorous content... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 30 12:14:24 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9UKEOJ28514 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:14:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110302014.f9UKEOJ28514@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:14:24 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Yet another reason to love the Brits... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,43079,00.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Oct 30 12:42:32 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9UKgWJ27445 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:42:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110302042.f9UKgWJ27445@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:42:32 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Cool photo Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011030.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 31 09:46:10 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9VHkAJ00154 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:46:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110311746.f9VHkAJ00154@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:46:09 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Pumpkin; this goes to eleven... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: A couple of goodies this morning from Squirrel Bait... http://www.hintz.org/media/Pumpkin.jpg --------------- The Number "11" If you read the email going around about the number "11" for the past few weeks, you will love David's response to it. We don't know who David is, but his response is hilarious! Make sure you read beyond the Original Letter! Original Letter: The date of the attack: 9/11 - 9 + 1 + 1 = 11 September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11 After September 11th there are 111 days left to the end of the year. 119 is the area code to Iraq/Iran. 1 + 1 + 9 = 11 Twin Towers - standing side by side, looks like the number 11 The first plane to hit the towers was Flight 11 State of New York - The 11th State added to the Union New York City - 11 Letters Afghanistan - 11 Letters The Pentagon - 11 Letters Ramzi Yousef - 11 Letters (convicted or orchestrating the attack at the WTC in 1993) Flight 11 - 92 on board - 9 + 2 = 11 Flight 77 - 65 on board - 6 + 5 = 11 Dave's response: Oh my God! How worried should I be? There are 11 letters in the name "David Pawson!" I'm going into hiding NOW. See you in a few weeks. Wait a sec ... just realized "YOU CAN'T HIDE" also has 11 letters! What am I gonna do? Help me!!! The terrorists are after me! ME! I can't believe it! Oh crap, there must be someplace on the planet Earth I could hide! But no ..."PLANET EARTH" has 11 letters, too! Maybe Nostradamus can help me. But dare I trust him? There are 11 letters in "NOSTRADAMUS." I know, the Red Cross can help. No they can't... 11 letters in "THE RED CROSS," can't trust them. I would rely on self defense, but "SELF DEFENSE" has 11 letters in it, too! Can someone help? Anyone? If so, send me email. No, don't... "SEND ME EMAIL" has 11 letters.... Will this never end? I'm going insane! "GOING INSANE???" Eleven letters!! Nooooooooooo!!!!!! I guess I'll die alone, even though "I'LL DIE ALONE" has 11 letters..... Oh my God, I just realized that America is doomed! Our Independence Day is July 4th ... 7/4 ... 7+4=11! ~ Dave PS. "IT'S BULLSHIT" has 11 letters also. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Oct 31 13:56:02 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f9VLu1J31971 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:56:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200110312156.f9VLu1J31971@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:56:01 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Map of US Hate groups Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Stolen from Kuro5hin.org: http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/ The Southern Poverty Law Center, through its web-project Tolerance.org, has published its map of active "hate" groups for the year 2000. Groups are categorized according to their affiliations as Klan, Neo-Nazi, Racist Skinhead, Christian Identity, Neo-Confederate, Black Separatist, or Other. Vermont and Rhode Island rank at the bottom with none, whereas Alabama and Florida round out the top with 39 each. Discounting the rash of Klan and Neo-Confederate groups in the deep south, the map largely reads like a map of population density, with higher-density regions naturally having more such groups. The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 and is most famous for its successful legal battles against racial segregation and white supremacist groups. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Nov 1 00:09:46 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA189kJ29883 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:09:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111010809.fA189kJ29883@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:09:49 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] snopes.com Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Salon has in interesting interview with everyone's favorite urban legend meisters... http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/31/snopes/index.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Nov 1 12:01:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA1K1hJ18158 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:01:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111012001.fA1K1hJ18158@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:01:48 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Cleaning the f**king kitchen for dummies Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: A rather nice little rant... http://www.fridgemagnet.org.uk/kitchen.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Nov 5 15:29:05 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA5NT5J08526 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 15:29:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111052329.fA5NT5J08526@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 15:29:04 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Nice aurora Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011105.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Nov 6 12:58:07 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA6Kw4J19572 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:58:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111062058.fA6Kw4J19572@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:58:04 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Save our verbs from the talking heads Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28016-2001Nov2.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Nov 6 13:01:40 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA6L1dJ26096 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:01:39 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111062101.fA6L1dJ26096@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:01:40 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] pimphats Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.pimphats.com/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Nov 6 13:02:01 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA6L1xJ24262 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:01:59 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111062101.fA6L1xJ24262@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:01:59 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] RedPill-Who's telling the truth? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://newyorker.com/FACT/?011112fa_FACT http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm Tough call. I'm inclined to buy the reporters story though, I could see the grunts being a little bent. It's the old peter principle at work... http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/PETERPR.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Nov 6 17:10:49 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA71AnJ00730 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 17:10:49 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111070110.fA71AnJ00730@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 17:10:48 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Your top 25 jobs Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Amanda for this one... http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php3?client=those FBI agent and politician are clearly out of the question for me, but artist, astronaut, inventor and park ranger could work well. Maybe I can get a gig on the ISS in the art gallery giving tours to the tourists? ;-) Mathemetician isn't all bad either... ;-) Here's my results: # 1 Artist # 2 Astronaut # 3 Chemist # 4 FBI Agent # 5 Inventor # 6 Mathemetician # 7 Park Ranger # 8 Politician # 9 Professional Sports Player # 10 Author # 11 Chef # 12 Computer Game Programmer # 13 Graphic Designer # 14 Movie Star # 15 Police Officer # 16 Reporter # 17 Rock Star # 18 Teacher # 19 Web Designer # 20 Doctor # 21 Engineer # 22 Geneticist # 23 Lawyer # 24 Researcher # 25 Salesperson Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Nov 6 18:34:36 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA72YZJ31463 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:34:35 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111070234.fA72YZJ31463@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:34:34 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] redpill-on patriotism Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2001/10/19/notes101901. DTL Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Nov 8 17:06:11 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fA916BJ07922 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:06:11 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111090106.fA916BJ07922@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:06:10 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] butts across america Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: More odd than funny I guess. Photos of national landmarks along with tourists mooning. Use caution if in a particularly prudish or humorless environment. http://buttsacrossamerica.com/homepage.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Nov 9 18:41:16 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAA2fGJ04595 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:41:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111100241.fAA2fGJ04595@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:41:16 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Layoff Calculator Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Says I have a 3.1% chance of getting canned by the end of 2002. Cute. http://www.dismal.com/dismal/dsp/tools/calculator/layoff.asp Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Nov 10 10:50:01 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAAIo1J30792 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:50:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111101850.fAAIo1J30792@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:49:59 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Classifieds Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The squirrel comes through again... --------------- ACTUAL CLASSIFIEDS -------------------------------- FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER. 8 YEARS OLD. 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'78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Nov 12 01:24:48 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAC9OmJ18962 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:24:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111120924.fAC9OmJ18962@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 01:24:50 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Just one time . . . Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Sooz for this one: Sometimes you will cry, and no one will see your tears... Sometimes you will laugh, and no one will see you smile... Sometimes you will fear, and no one will see you shudder... Sometimes you will lie, and no one will catch you... Sometimes you will fall, and no one will see you struggle... Sometimes you will be late, and no one will seem to notice... But...fart just one damn time... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Nov 12 14:06:46 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fACM6kJ16819 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:06:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111122206.fACM6kJ16819@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:06:46 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] The leonids are coming Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Kuro5hin has a good article about this years Leonid meteor shower, as well as lots of ancillary info such as history and science of same. Interesting stuff. Looks like this coming Sat through Mon are the expected peaks, and it's possible it could be one of those "once in a lifetime" type of events. We're going to be driving to So Cal on the 17th, so I'm hoping we can pull off the highway up around Fort Tejon or Gorman and catch a little light show... http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/11/11/162031/15 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Nov 12 15:17:03 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fACNH3J32691 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:17:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111122317.fACNH3J32691@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:17:02 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Leonid addendum Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Good shot of a leonid over at APOD the other day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011111.html Taken at Anza Borrego Desert, where Mom used to take me and my sister camping when we were kids... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Nov 12 18:30:40 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAD2UeJ13696 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:30:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111130230.fAD2UeJ13696@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:30:39 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] ASCII Star Wars ep 4 Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All of Episode 4 (yes, the entire original movie), in ASCII, if you telnet to the following address: towel.blinkenlights.nl Windows users can do this from a dos prompt I think, just type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl Mac OS X users can do this from the unix command line (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) with the same command. Classic Mac OS users will need a telnet client to view it, I'd recommend BetterTelnet: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10204-100-902218.html If all this is making your head hurt maybe you'd better go have a beer and pass on this one... ;-) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Nov 14 12:05:05 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAEK55J08116 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:05:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111142005.fAEK55J08116@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:05:05 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Want your own domain name? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You can probably get one for free if you want it... I just registered www.hintz.antioch.ca.us for free. Process has changed slightly since I did it last month, but you can still do it if you want to. The way it works, you find your city name which corresponds to your zip code on the following list: http://us.neustar.biz/domain_name_registration/domain-delegated.txt These are organized by state and city, cities with spaces in names will be listed with a - in place of the space, ergo san-diego, san-francisco, los-angeles, etc. Once you find the domain name which matches with your zip code, send a mail to the listed contact address for the procedure the admin wishes you to follow. You will also need to setup DNS for your new domain. http://www.zoneedit.com will allow you to register up to 5 domains free, and they also provide a service to forward mail and web traffic. So, if you currently have an email of me@earthlink and/or a web address of www.earthlink.net/~me, you could easily setup the service at zone edit to forward me.city.state.us to www.earthlink.net/~me, and myname@me.city.state.us to me@earthlink.net. In my case this was all free; your milage may vary. Regardless, if the contact persons do charge for registration (which is pretty unlikely in most cases), it shouldn't be more than maybe $5 or so. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Nov 14 12:14:58 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAEKEwJ24520 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:14:58 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111142014.fAEKEwJ24520@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:14:57 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Canuck humor Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: With all due respect to our poor belittled neighbors to the north: The Canadians will finally help America with the war on terrorism. They have pledged two of their biggest battleships, 600 ground troops and six fighter jets. After the exchange rate, America ends up with two Mounties, one canoe and a flying squirrel. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Nov 14 14:16:29 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAEMGTJ02622 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:16:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111142216.fAEMGTJ02622@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:16:29 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Redpill-why PATRIOT isn't Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Excellent article describing the boneheadedness of USA PATRIOT in detail. My personal favorite section, a quote from Rep. Ron Paul: What does Paul believe the nation's Founding Fathers would think of this law? "Our forefathers would think it's time for a revolution. This is why they revolted in the first place." Says Paul with a laugh, "They revolted against much more mild oppression." http://insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=143236 Unfortunately, I'm afraid we Americans have grown to lazy and fat for a revolution. OTOH, things aren't that bad yet; the problem is once they get there it will be exceedingly difficult to breakdown big brother, it's much easier to fix the problem now. A stitch in time saves nine... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Nov 16 11:21:48 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAGJLlJ24565 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:21:47 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111161921.fAGJLlJ24565@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:21:47 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] More Leonid pictures Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011116.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Nov 16 14:15:07 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAGMF6J32110 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:15:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111162215.fAGMF6J32110@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:15:06 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] LOTR-Interview with Strider/Aragorn Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://yil.com/features/feature.asp?Frame=false&Volume=07&Issue=12&Keyword= viggo&Page=01 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Nov 16 14:32:15 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAGMWFJ31371 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:32:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111162232.fAGMWFJ31371@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:32:14 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] surname fun Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Type in your last name, they show how common that name is in geographical regions and times. http://www.progenealogists.com/surnamestudy.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@phil.hintz.org Sun Nov 18 21:56:37 2001 Received: from [32.100.71.245] (IDENT:root@phil.hintz.org [63.203.57.46]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAJ5uTJ06182 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:56:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111190556.fAJ5uTJ06182@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 21:40:11 -0800 x-sender: ed@localhost.hintz.org x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] XP Vandals Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Quickie from Dirk today... http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,594388,00.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@phil.hintz.org Sat Nov 24 00:46:16 2001 Received: from [32.100.71.88] (IDENT:root@phil.hintz.org [63.203.57.46]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fAO8k2J14170 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:46:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111240846.fAO8k2J14170@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:46:07 -0800 x-sender: ed@localhost.hintz.org x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] The Tragedy of DSL: A Shakespearean drama of technical support. Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Dan for this little gem: The Tragedy of DSL A Shakespearean drama of technical support. by Lincoln Spector November 1, 2001 http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2011,3,7,1,1101,01.html Act I Recording: Thy call's gone through to Broadband ISP. To order DSL please dial a One. If billing questions have thee, then press Two. If trouble with thy line, please dial a Three. We value great thy call, so be not cold; For fifteen minutes more now wait on hold. (30 minutes later) Technician 1: My name be John. What problem do you have? Hamlet: A heart so full of woe to shame the gods. My father dead. My mother newly wed To mine own uncle who hath stole my crown. But worst of all, like demon born of Hell, Connection's lost; I hath no DSL. Tech1: How sorry am I. Is thy computer on? Ham: It is. Tech1: And that does not the problem solve? Ham: A boot cannot return me to the Net. Tech1: Then follow this advice, unlucky soul. Format thy disk, then Windows reinstall. Ham: Zounds! 'Tis hard. Is there no other way? Tech1: Nay. None. Do you these things of which I say. And if connection fair thou can't reclaim Call back, and thou make ask for me by name. Act II Technician 2: My name be Sue. What problem do you have? Ham: To John I must now speak. Please transfer me. Tech2: A John I do not know. Perhaps he works In office far away. So spread are we That I know not if Texas or Japan Is where he sits. Did family name he give? Ham: Alas, did not. Nor state the place he works. Tech2: He should have. If a call back he did ask. Ham: And will thou give me last name and address? Tech2: I would except our rules say I cannot. I ask again what problem do you have? Ham: My DSL connection doth not work. Tech2: How sorry am I. Is thy computer on? Ham: 'Tis. And that does not the problem solve. Nor Windows reinstall, for this I've tried. Tech2: Fear not, brave soul. To hope thou must now cling. Your sometime broad IP address I'll ping. Alas, now mourn. My ping, 'tis all tim'd out. There's no more I can do. Ham: Is all now lost? Tech2: Not yet. For I will pass thy problem on. Another call thy'll get within three days. Then bits of Web will be there for thy viewing Once help'd by one who knows what he is doing. Act III Technician 3: My name be Ted. What problem do you have? Ham: I've call'd you once, then twice, and now time three. Because my DSL doth not connect. No pages from the Web come through its line, Nor e-mail lovely from Ophelia fair. A week ago fair Sue, one of your own, Did try to ping my line without success. She promised a call I would receive. A week's gone by, yet I've receiv'd no call. Can you connect me to this wiser soul? Tech3: I cannot, though great thy woe. Our rules say that before wise ones are call'd We must run tests, be dusk or noon or dawn. So now the first: Is thou computer on? Ham: Aye, that it is. I've been through this before. And formatted my disk upon request. Must I go through this torture once again? Tech3: Perchance thou won't. I'll tell thee what I'll do. I'll phone our wisest leader and I'll ask If you could be put through to one who knows. Please hold a bit. Ham: Thank you. I'll do just that. Tech3: (Aside) The fool's on hold, and trusting as a pup. I'll let him wait awhile and then hang up. Act IV Technician 4: My name be Kim. What problem do you have? Ham: My anger waxes greater than a bear Whose fair abode's been turn'd to tourist trap. The Internet to me is wholly block'd With DSL that's dead as most dot-coms. Your person, name of Ted, did hang me up When promis'd he to put me through at last To some wise soul who'd calm my fever'd brow. Tech4: Thy DSL is dead? Then I must ask One question... Ham: I know. My computer's on? I've reinstall'd my Windows. Did not help. I have been ping'd, that too to no avail. And promises I've heard of experts' calls. Yet still no data comes from off the Net. Tech4: I understand. Please let me take a look. What ho? For sooth! My gosh! What have we here? I see a little switch that hath been flipp'd. I'll simply ... that was it. Now does it work? Ham: It does! I'm on the line! Oh, joyful day! Pages from the Web downloading quick! My e-mail's here, with Spam both straight and gay And viruses! Enough to make thee sick. I thank you, but I have one question more: No broadband have I had for o'er a week. Will that affect the bill I pay this month? Tech4: It shan't. For we would never charge you more For little thing like service we depriv'd. Ham: Will you charge less? Tech4: We might. I do not know. Please call someone in Bills. They'll tell you so. Act V Clerk: My name be Dan. What problem do you have? Ham: For eight straight days, my DSL work'd not. Thy people did not try to get it right Until this very hour, when good Kim Did flip a switch, and my connection lives. So now, oh Dan in Bills, I wish to ask That I not pay for service for last week. Clerk: I'm sorry, your request cannot go through. 'Tis most against a policy we state Quite clearly on our Web site if you click The link that says "Thou'st never should go here." Ham: A minute. Let me check that grievous news To find that claim that most affronts mine ears. Alas! Those words with my eyes shan't be read. The DSL so short regain'd is dead. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 1 20:17:48 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB24HmJ17064 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:17:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112020417.fB24HmJ17064@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:18:03 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Ollie North on why terrorists hate us. Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Pretty wildly funny, if you like dark humor... http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/02/11/news-schou.shtml Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 1 20:21:15 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB24LFJ32396 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:21:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112020421.fB24LFJ32396@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:21:30 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Roll your own bad Hemingway Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.unh.edu/NIS/Courses/JS3min/Demos/bad-hemingway.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 1 20:28:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB24SiJ28152 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:28:44 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112020428.fB24SiJ28152@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:28:59 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Farting Dog Harmonics Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Credit to Dan: Yes, it's what the name implies: http://www.gibbleguts.com/harmonics/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 1 20:39:42 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB24dgJ30555 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:39:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112020439.fB24dgJ30555@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:39:56 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Disturbing and funny all at the same time Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.sptimes.com/News/112901/Citrus/Mayor_banishes_Satan_.shtml Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 1 20:57:13 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB24vDJ28676 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:57:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112020457.fB24vDJ28676@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 20:57:29 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] RP: Little Ceasar Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Brooke for this one. Great writeup on the dangers we face from our own White House. http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-11-30/cols_ventura.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 1 21:05:41 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB255eJ24190 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 21:05:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112020505.fB255eJ24190@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 21:05:55 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] You may have noticed I'm back from vacation... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Was on a 14.4 cell link for the last 2 weeks, which is why things have been slow-literally. Went to So. Cal., visiting family, friends, and taking Hunter to Disneyland. I'll likely be posting some pix sometime in the next few days, holler if you're interested and I'll send you a note when it's done. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 3 13:59:15 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB3LxFJ00673 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 13:59:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112032159.fB3LxFJ00673@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 13:59:15 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Another nice aurora shot Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011203.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 3 15:56:43 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB3NugJ23394 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:56:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112032356.fB3NugJ23394@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:56:42 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Interesting Crypto speech Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Stolen from /., a rather long but also witty and sarcastic look at the crypto wars. Does a good job of making both the geeks and the spooks look stupid. ;-) Sterling's a scifi writer, he made the speech at "Global Challenges, Trends and Best Practices in Cryptography," the Information System Security and Education Center, Washington, DC 11-20-01. Fun read sure to provoke talk 'round the H2O cooler... http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/251-300/00283_geeks_and_spooks.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 3 18:29:56 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB42TuJ22118 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:29:56 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112040229.fB42TuJ22118@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:29:55 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Various links Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Star Wars gangsta style. I think this made the rounds a while back. http://download.theforce.net/theater/gangsta/starwarz.html Dancing Paul, much like the George W. one that came around maybe 6 mos ago. http://www.dancingpaul.com/ Find your cheese rating: http://www.astradyne.co.uk/cheese/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 3 18:46:02 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB42k2J21404 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:46:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112040246.fB42k2J21404@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:46:02 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] School Prayer Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Brooke for the satire below. Reminded me of a Mike Peters political cartoon I've had hanging on walls for the past 7 or 8 years: http://www.hintz.org/media/prayer.jpg While looking for it online I found this one which is worth a giggle: http://www.grimmy.com/images/Contro/Candidate.gif Anyway, onto the satire: ------ Dear John, As you know, We've been working real hard in our town to get prayer back in our schools. Finally, the school board approved a plan of teacher-led prayer with the children participating at their own option. Children not wishing to participate were to be allowed to stand out in the hallway during prayer time. We hoped someone would sue us so we could go all the way to the Supreme Court and get the old devil-inspired ruling reversed. Naturally, we were all excited by the school board action. As you know, our own little Billy (not so little any more though) is now in the second grade. Of course, Margaret and I explained to him no matter what the other kids did, he was going to stay in the classroom and participate. After the first day of school, I asked him "How did the prayer time go?" "Fine." "Did many kids go out into the hallway?" "Two. "Excellent. How did you like your teacher's prayer?" "It was different, Dad. Real different from the way you pray." "Oh? Like how?" "She said, 'Hail Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners...'" The next day I talked with the principal. I politely explained I wasn't prejudiced against Catholics but I would appreciate Billy being transferred to a non-Catholic teacher. The principal said it would be done right away. At supper that evening I asked Billy to say the blessings. He slipped out of his chair, sat cross- legged, closed his eyes, raised his hand palms up in the air and began to hum. You'd better believe I was at the principal's office at eight o'clock the next morning. "Look," I said. 'I don't really know much about these Transcendental Meditationists, but I would feel a lot more comfortable If you could move Billy to a room where the teacher practices an older, more established religion." That afternoon I met Billy as soon as he walked in the door after school. "I don't think you're going to like Mrs. Nakasone's prayer either, Dad." "Out with it." "She kept chanting Namu Amida Butsu..." The following morning I was waiting for the principal in the school parking lot. "Look, I don't want my son praying to the Eternal Spirit of whatever to Buddha. I want him to have a teacher who prays in Jesus' name!" "What about Bertha Smith?" "Excellent," I said. I could hardly wait to hear about Mrs. Smith's prayer. I was standing on the front steps of the school when the final bell rang. "Well?" I asked Billy as we walked towards the car. "Okay." "Okay what?" "Mrs. Smith asked God to bless us and ended her prayer in Jesus' name, amen just like you." I breathed a sigh of relief. "Now we're getting someplace." "She even taught us a verse of scripture about prayer," said Billy. I beamed. "Wonderful. What was the verse?" "Lets see..." he mused for a moment. "And behold, they began to pray; and they did pray unto Jesus, calling him their Lord and their God." We had reached the car. "Fantastic," I said reaching for the door handle. Then paused. I couldn't place the scripture. "Billy, did Mrs. Smith say what book that verse was from?" "Third Nephi, chapter 19, verse 18." "Nephi what?" "Nephi," he said. "It's in the Book of Mormon. The school board doesn't meet for a month. I've given Billy very definite instructions that at prayer time each day he's to go out into the hallway. I plan to be at that board meeting. If they don't do something about this situation, I'LL sue. I might even call the ACLU. I'LL take it all the way to the Supreme Court if I have to. I don't need schools or anybody else teaching my son about religion. We can take care of that ourselves at home and at church, thank you very much. Your brother, James _________ Strangely apropos today... Whoever we are Wherever we're from We shoulda noticed by now Our behavior is dumb And if our chances Expect to improve It's gonna take a lot more Than tryin' to remove The other race Or the other whatever >From the face Of the planet altogether They call it THE EARTH Which is a dumb kinda name But they named it right 'Cause we behave the same... *We are dumb all over* Dumb all over, Yes we are Dumb all over, Near 'n far Dumb all over, Black 'n white People, we is not wrapped tight Nurds on the left Nurds on the right Religous fanatics On the air every night Sayin' the Bible Tells the story Makes the details Sound real gory 'Bout what to do If the geeks over there Don't believe in the book We got over here You can't run a race Without no feet 'N pretty soon There won't be no street For dummies to jog on Or doggies to dog on Religous fanatics Can make it be all gone (I mean it won't blow up 'N disappear It'll just look ugly For a thousand years...) You can't run a country By a book of religion Not by a heap Or a lump or a smidgeon Of foolish rules Of ancient date Designed to make You all feel great While you fold, spindle And mutilate Those unbelievers From a neighboring state TO ARMS! TO ARMS! Hooray! That's great Two legs ain't bad Unless there's a crate They ship the parts To mama in For souvenirs: two ears *(Get Down!)* Not his, not hers, *(but what the hey?)* The Good Book says: *("It gotta be that way!")* But their book says: *"REVENGE THE CRUSADES... With whips 'n chains 'N hand grenades..."* TWO ARMS? TWO ARMS? Have another and another Our God says: *"There ain't no other!"* Our God says *"It's all okay!"* Our God says *"This is the way!"* It says in the book: *"Burn 'n destroy...* *'N repent, 'n redeem* *'N revenge, 'n deploy* *'N rumble thee forth* *To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side* *'Cause they don't go for what's in the book* *'N that makes 'em BAD* *So verily we must choppeth them up* *And stompeth them down* *Or rent a nice French bomb* *To poof them out of existance *While leaving their real estate just where we need it* *To use again* *For temples in which to praise OUR GOD* *("Cause he can really take care of business!")* And when his humble TV servant With humble white hair And humble glasses And a nice brown suit And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls Tells us our God says It's okay to do this stuff Then we gotta do it, 'Cause if we don't do it, We ain't gwine up to *hebbin!* (Depending on which book you're using at the time...Can't use theirs... it don't work ...it's all lies...Gotta use mine...) Ain't that right? That's what they say Every night... Every day... Hey, we can't really be dumb If we're just following *God's Orders* Hey, let's get serious... God knows what he's doin' He wrote this book here An' the book says: *He made us all to be just like Him, " so... If we're dumb... Then God is dumb... *(An' maybe even a little ugly on the side) Dumb All Over by Frank Zappa 1981 ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 5 11:48:04 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB5Jm3J05318 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:48:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112051948.fB5Jm3J05318@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 11:48:03 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] How to get family to visit Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Credit to Squirrel Bait for this one: A father who lives in Los Angeles called his son Russell in New York and says, "Russell, I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough." "Pop, what are you talking about," Russell screams. "We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so You can call your sister Holly in Chicago, and tell her," and he hangs up. Frantic, Russell calls Holly, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts. " I'll take care of this." She calls Los Angeles immediately, and screams at the old man. " You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling Russell back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing. DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up. (A family trait.) The old man puts down the phone, and turns to his wife..." Okay," he says, "they're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own fares....Any ideas for Christmas?" Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Dec 6 17:58:46 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB71wkJ26602 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:58:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112070158.fB71wkJ26602@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:58:46 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Mr. Teapot says Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.flat-earth.org/mrteapot/ Hit reload to see what else he says. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Dec 7 18:18:54 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fB82IrJ13710 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:18:53 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112080218.fB82IrJ13710@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:18:53 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Political compass Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Calls me a Libertarian Lefty, which is ok in my book if it puts me in the same basic camp as Ghandi and Thomas Paine-although Ghandi strays more towards socialisim than I do according to their chart(they have me leaning towards anarchism). Amusing little test anyway... Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 10 18:43:03 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBB2h3J20428 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:43:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112110243.fBB2h3J20428@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:43:02 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Hitch Hiker Project Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.ylem.org/artists/jpallas/hh/hh.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Dec 11 11:27:15 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBBJREJ09665 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:27:14 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112111927.fBBJREJ09665@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:27:14 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Christmas Contract Renegotiation Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Squirrel Bait for this one: --------------------- A new contract for Santa has finally been negotiated. Please read the following carefully. I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was renegotiated by North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. I now serve only certain areas of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. As part of the new and better contract I also get longer breaks for milk and cookies. However, I'm certain that your children will be in good hands with your local replacement who happens to be my third cousin, Bubba Claus. His side of the family is from the South Pole. He shares my goal of delivering toys to all the good boys and girls; however, there are a few differences between us... 1. There is no danger of a Grinch stealing your presents from Bubba Claus. He has a gun rack on his sleigh and bumper sticker that reads: "These toys insured by Smith and Wesson." 2. Instead of milk and cookies, Bubba Claus prefers that children leave an RC cola and pork rinds [or a moon pie] on the fireplace. And Bubba doesn't smoke a pipe. He dips a little snuff though, so please have an empty spit can handy. 3. Bubba Claus' sleigh is pulled by floppy-eared, flyin' coon dogs instead of reindeer. I made the mistake of loaning him a couple of my reindeer one time, and Blitzen's head now overlooks Bubba's fireplace. 4. You won't hear "On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen ..." when Bubba Claus arrives. Instead, you'll hear, "On Earnhardt, on Wallace, on Martin and Labonte. On Rudd, on Jarrett, on Elliott and Petty." 5. "Ho, ho, ho!" has been replaced by "Yee Haw!" And you also are likely to hear Bubba's elves respond, "I her'd dat!" 6. As required by Southern highway laws, Bubba Claus' sleigh does have a Yosemite Sam safety triangle on the back with the words "Back Off!" The last I heard it also had other decorations on the sleigh back as well. One is Ford or Chevy logo with lights that race through the letters and the other is a caricature of me (Santa Claus) going wee on the Tooth Fairy. 7. The usual Christmas movie classics such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life" will not be shown in your negotiated viewing area. Instead, you'll see "Boss Hogg Saves Christmas" and "Smokey and the Bandit IV" featuring Burt Reynolds as Bubba Claus and dozens of state patrol cars crashing into each other. 8. Bubba Claus doesn't wear a belt. If I were you, I'd make sure you, the wife, and the kids turn the other way when he bends over to put presents under the tree. 9. And finally, lovely Christmas songs that have been sung about me like"Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer" and Bing Crosby's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" will be different. This year songs about Bubba Claus will be played on all the AM radio stations in the South. Those song titles will be: Mark Chesnutt's "Bubba Claus Shot the Jukebox," Cledus T. Judd's "All I Want for Christmas Is My Woman and a Six Pack," and Hank Williams Jr.'s "If You Don't Like Bubba Claus, You Can Shove It." Sincerely Yours, Santa Claus North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Dec 11 11:42:07 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBBJg7J14597 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:42:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112111942.fBBJg7J14597@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:42:07 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] How To Dodge Religious Solicitors from The Door Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Brooke gets credit for this: How To Dodge Religious Solicitors from The Door, a Christian magazine, excerpted in Utne Reader 1. Listen for a minute or two with a polite but puzzled expression and then speak in a foreign language. Better yet, make one up. Brand names for electronic components serve as an excellent base for an impromptu language. I've found the following bit to be an excellent opener: "Fritzen mitsuba micht sony leam spartinza. Nakamichi shpont olufsen takamine. Cheloken eraza fleecht?" 2. Before you open the door, put on a pair of Groucho glasses and pour some Pine Sol in a coffee cup. Then atttempt to engage them in a serious debate, spreading Pine Sol fumes by blowing occasionally into the cup as if you are cooling it. See how long you can hold them. Try to remember not to drink out of the cup. 3. Pretend to be deaf. Point to your ears, shake your head, and make intricate movements with your fingers and hands. This can backfire if they happen to know sign language. In that case switch to being blind. 4. Interrupt every sentence with a long, rambling, and totally pointless story. Try to work in your latest medical difficulty, especially if it involved surgery or hemorrhoids. Other topics to touch on are flatulent dogs, copy-machine repairmen, spatulas, hypoallergenic deodorants, mah-johgg, asbestos, persistent nose hair, 900-number psychic lines, and genetically engineered vegetables. Extra points if you can get three or more of these topics into one sentence. 5. Tell them you are a druid. This is much more convincing if you live in an oak grove and paint yourself blue. 6. Ask them if they are from the health board about the hepatitis quarantine. Offer them a sip of your coffee. 7. Offer them $25 to talk to your neighbors instead. Give them the money in loose pennies. 8. Tell them you are not allowed to talk to strangers until the assault case has come to trial. More effective if you come to the door with a knife or baseball bat. 9. Insist that you graduated from high school with them. In an effort to jog their memory, recount various escapades you joined them in. Refuse to be dissuaded from this conviction. This is more effective if there is a dramatic difference in your ages. 10. Using a cordless phone, call someone you haven't talked to for a while. Then go to the door and make gestures like you'll only be a minute. See how long they stay. My best record is 10 minutes. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Dec 11 12:16:27 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBBKGRJ14544 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:16:27 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112112016.fBBKGRJ14544@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:16:27 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] LOTR Reviews Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: For the enjoyment of those who don't frequent /., here's some reviews of LOTR, which opened yesterday in the UK. I was saying to Samantha the other night, after watching a LOTR special on TV, that if Jackson has managed to make the films merely 1/3 as good as the books, LucasFilms Star Wars juggernaut is in huge trouble. Star Wars, while I've always loved it, is still basically average mythology wrapped up in Science/Fantasy dressing; while LOTR is universally acclaimed as THE premiere fantasy work of our age. Given that Jackson has so much more to work with, dethroning Star Wars is a very achievable feat. Anyway, here's the reviews from the UK, which indicate to me that Jackson may well have pulled it off (warning-if you've never read the books there may be some plot spoilage here): http://film.guardian.co.uk/0,3968,423571,00.html http://film.guardian.co.uk/lordoftherings/news/0,11016,616644,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/reviews/newsid_1702000/17021 77.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/review?ac=006793036230474&rtmo=LNyd3Kid&atmo=rrr rrrrq&pg=/et/01/12/11/bfrings11.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Dec 11 12:19:26 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBBKJPJ14056 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:19:26 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112112019.fBBKJPJ14056@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:19:26 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] How to defrost your freezer Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~breese/illogic/fridge/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Dec 11 14:33:03 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBBMX3J01887 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:33:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112112233.fBBMX3J01887@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:33:03 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] LOTR Marketing Humor Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Stolen from http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24742&cid=2687434 Three drinks for the Burger Kings under the sky, Seven burgers for the Dwarves who are stoned, Ninety million consumers doomed to buy, One cut for the Dark Lord, the franchise he owns. In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie. Onion ring to rule them all, onion ring to dine them, Onion ring to bring them all and in the deep-fryer bind them In the land of Mordor where the Whoppers lie. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Dec 14 18:12:08 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBF2C8J24461 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:12:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112150212.fBF2C8J24461@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:12:08 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] SC Comes to town, unix style Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes, it's older than the hills. Yes, it's still funny, and somebody on this list either hasn't seen it before, or didn't get it last time but will this time... ;-) better !pout !cry better watchout lpr why santa claus town cat /etc/passwd >list ncheck list ncheck list cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist cat list | grep nice >giftlist santa claus town who | grep sleeping who | grep awake who | egrep 'bad|good' for (goodness sake) { be good } better !pout !cry better watchout lpr why santa claus town cat /etc/passwd >list ncheck list ncheck list cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist cat list | grep nice >giftlist santa claus town who | grep sleeping who | grep awake who | grep bad || good for (goodness sake) { be good; } Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 15 23:18:59 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBG7IxJ15859 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:18:59 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112160718.fBG7IxJ15859@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:19:00 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Purty Picture Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011216.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 17 16:04:10 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBI04AJ28106 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:04:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112180004.fBI04AJ28106@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:04:10 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Glen Miller caught in friendly fire Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Looks like they finally figured out why Miller never showed up for the gig in Paris: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/miller011217.html Sad, really, the GM Orch. kicked out some nice music. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Dec 17 17:25:37 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBI1PbJ20987 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:25:37 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112180125.fBI1PbJ20987@phil.hintz.org> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:25:37 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] From the '71 Sears catalog Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Some of these styles are outrageously funny: http://toonhead.tripod.com/sears.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Dec 18 13:09:27 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBIL9RJ28932 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:09:27 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112182109.fBIL9RJ28932@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:09:28 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by phil.hintz.org id fBIL9RJ28932 Subject: [Promotum] The real threat to freedom Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Dan for this excellent writeup on the problems of the SSSCA, yet another preposterous pile of so-called legislation that is being thrown around Capitol Hill. from the Lockergnome daily newsletter http://www.lockergnome.com/issues/daily.html Resistance is Not Feudal Scribbled by Jim Girard http://www.stoppoliceware.com/ A lot of people are excited about the SSSCA, a bill being put forward by a couple of U.S. senators on behalf of large corporate backers in the software and music industry, which would make it a crime (not just an actionable civil matter) for end users to copy certain kinds of information on their computers, or even attempt to read or play it, if the copyright holder didn't want it used that way. In company with the DMCA, this bill could conceivably make it illegal even to use software that COULD be used to accomplish that purpose (including open-source OS's, such as Linux). If this bill were to be signed into law, it would represent the first such restriction on the individual use of intellectual property (at least in a Western democracy) since the Middle Ages. The medieval church, which was the primary institution of its day, comparable to the large corporations of the industrial era in its ability to influence or even dictate the policies of governments, controlled what was read and who got to read it. All books were held in church libraries and copied only by monks, and it was necessary to take religious orders even to learn how to read. We call it the Dark Ages. Fortunately, culture was being kept alive by the Moslems. Those in the Holy Land kept having to fend off attacks by ignorant, religion-crazed terrorists from Europe, called Crusaders, who believed that butchering infidels indiscriminately would secure them a place in heaven. The invention of moveable type made it possible for writers and readers to bypass the church's control of information, and communicate with one another directly, which made it worthwhile for ordinary people to learn to read, and sparked the Renaissance. Ordinary people began reading the Bible for themselves for the first time, which sparked the Reformation. The SSSCA (along with other measures being put forward by the people who now interdict the flow of information, for reasons of profit rather than religion) is almost certainly unconstitutional, and unlikely to become law. Although the current atmosphere, thanks to the destruction of the WTC, increases the odds a bit. My guess is that it represents a testing of the waters, to see just what degree of control the market will accept—and also a smokescreen, to divert the attention of those most concerned while less dramatic (but more pragmatically effective) measures slide through unnoticed, attached to bills ostensibly for other purposes. That's how things have been done for a long time now. The biggest ally the RIAA and other such information middlemen have, however, is not their influence in government, but the degree to which people on the Internet—precisely the people who ought to know better—are willing to accept what these organizations tell them about copyright law and the ownership of information without looking into it themselves. It seems intuitively reasonable to most people that information property should be treated like any other sort of property, and that those who hold "title" to it (in the form of copyright) enjoy the same kind of absolute property rights they do to, say, their cars. But that's not true, never has been, and in fact is counter to the whole point of copyright law (if it weren't, copyright law wouldn't be needed). If you leave your car in the driveway, with the windows down and the keys in the ignition, and someone drives it away, that's still theft. You're entitled to get the car back, and the other person can go to jail. Not so with copyrighted property. The burden is on the owner of the copyright to defend it. If he doesn't, it goes into the public domain (and it stays there forever). There is no way to recapture copyright to public domain works. If a big company issues a CD of ragtime-era music, the music on that CD doesn't somehow, magically, become the property of that company. If it did, I could reprint all of the novels of Dickens and Twain and claim copyright. Copyright is a concept of the industrial era. It arose late in the 19th century, after the book publishers that evolved earlier in the century had established the basic industrial model that people now take for granted—large-scale packagers, distributors and merchandisers purchase copyright from those who create information, and resell it to the mass market of consumers, controlling the creator's access to his audience, determining what works will be available to the market (usually for purely economic reasons), and dictating prices at both ends of the chain. Like moveable type in the late Middle Ages, the Internet has introduced a way for the creators and end users of information to bypass that control and deal directly with one another. Copyright did not come into being as a way of protecting inherent property rights. Quite the contrary. Since the Renaissance, the "natural" condition of information is that it belongs to society at large. Even under copyright law, it is not the work itself that is owned—even by its creator—but the right to make copies of it. Copyright law came into being to allow creators of information to support themselves in an industrial economy by exercising limited, temporary, property-like rights with respect to what they created. It has failed miserably in that purpose, by the way. Most creators of information still cannot support themselves by that alone. Only about 5 percent of PUBLISHED novelists make enough from that alone to support themselves—not get rich, just support themselves. The numbers in the music industry are comparable. Those people who now say that "information wants to be free" are not spouting New Age mysticism. They are citing solid western legal and cultural traditions going all the way back to the Renaissance. A society requires a free flow of information to survive and advance. Cut it off and you get the Dark Ages—or the Soviet Union—a stagnant society spiraling into ignorance and poverty. The members of the RIAA (to use a prominent example) are attempting to create the impression that they own all music—and at the same time attempting to create technology that makes that a de facto truth, and to pass laws enforcing it. The truth is, however, that the members of the RIAA (like other such entities) only own the copyright to a small minority of all musical works in existence or coming into existence. The vast majority of recorded music is either in the public domain, or the copyright is still held by the creator. Its members have commercial value in the mass market. Not the best ones, in any sense. The ones it thinks it can sell the most copies of, given the marketing structure it employs. Make no mistake. There is a war being waged by the existing information industries, and it has nothing to do with the actual principles of copyright law, the rights of the creators of information, or anything of that sort. It has to do with the death of the mass market—the existence of large corporations who make their money by controlling the availability of what is available to consumers, and who rely on being able to sell the works they select in large quantities, and in the ways most profitable to them. The book publishing industry relies on the kind of mass-market demand generated by national best-seller lists, and is tightly linked to the film industry. The big music companies make most of their money by selling songs nobody wants—the other songs on the album, apart from the two or three you really want. They are currently trying to give the appearance of wanting to participate in creating some sort of "legal Napster," but the truth is they only want to destroy that kind of market if they can, because it would inevitably mean great losses of profit. Is there any model that would induce you to pay the same amount for downloading the two or three songs you want, that you would pay in a store for the entire CD? There is a widespread, mistaken presumption that stronger "digital rights management," the kind sought by the various information industries, also protects the interests of the creators of the works. It doesn't. I'm a published novelist, and all my personal income over the last decade has come from the copyrights I own, and I consider myself very lucky to be living in a time when I have the means to bypass the big publishers and deal directly with my readers. Without the middlemen, I can sell a book for half the price and make twice the money—but the truth is, I'd be happy to give my work away if I knew it was going to the people who really want it and appreciate it, and that was the only way I could get it to them. We don't need these big corporations between us anymore—and they know it, and are doing everything they can think of to defend themselves, including attempting to criminalize the use of other models for the dissemination of information. A number of well-known recording artists and groups are actually opposing the RIAA, in its lawsuits against online organizations, by filing amicus briefs. That's because most serious writers, artists and—I assume—programmers are not doing it primarily to make a living or to get rich. It's nice if that happens, but there are lots of easier ways to make money, if that's all it's about. We do it because it's what we do, and the real payoff is getting it to the audience that wants it and needs it. How many people who have worked for months, or years, to perfect a piece of software that works exactly the way they want it to, and that is unique, would sell it, for a million dollars, to someone who intends to destroy all copies and make sure that nobody else ever sees it or hears of it? Some, probably, but not many. And not the best. Would Chris take a million dollars to wipe Lockergnome off the face of the earth and agree never to create anything like it again? I doubt it. The people who run the information industries would pay the million—in a minute—if they thought it would somehow increase the bottom line. Their interests and ours are not the same. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 19 13:20:29 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBJLKSJ22376 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:20:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112192120.fBJLKSJ22376@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:20:28 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Coincidence Design Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This one from Dirk, an sad commentary on our society, if it's true: >Here's a good one for you that reflects our current social condition. For >about $80,000 a guy can have a woman investigated to learn everything about >her and then have a "coincidence" set up to meet her. It seems like it's >real. The FAQ goes into why they don't accept women or fat men as clients. >Pretty amazing to find this advertised. > >http://www.coincidencedesign.com/ ---- Unbelievable. Rent-a-stalker. Wow. Only problem is, what happens 5 years later when you tell your dream wife that your meeting as all a sham, and was bought and paid for. That's when the excrement hits the air agitation device. That being said, I don't know if this is legit or not. I have some doubts. Further reading makes me think, at the very least, these guys play fast and loose with the truth. For instance: http://www.coincidencedesign.com/q-phonetapping.html Kinda like "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman". Also this: http://www.coincidencedesign.com/q-trackrecord.html That's great, they've had 37 clients as of 7-31-00. Only problem is, the website goes to great pains to hide their address and phone and such. So I do a whois search on the domain, and find this: http://www.dotster.com/Help/Whois/Default.asp?DomainName=coincidencedesign& TLD=.com&x=230&y=23 Kinda sounds fishy to me. They don't give out their contact info for privacy and security reasons, but they had 37 customers BEFORE they registered the domain. Chicken, egg. Chicken, egg. Wonder if it's a scam. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 19 13:35:53 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBJLZrJ16220 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:35:53 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112192135.fBJLZrJ16220@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:35:52 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Gawd, I love MIT Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2001/the_one_ring/ Brilliant. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 19 16:18:51 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBK0IoJ27968 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:18:50 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112200018.fBK0IoJ27968@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:18:50 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Speak not against Der Fuhrer Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2001/12/18/eguillermo.DTL I dunno about 'land of the free', but remaining outspoken these days starts to fit in with 'home of the brave'. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 19 17:32:19 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBK1WIJ01875 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:32:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112200132.fBK1WIJ01875@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:32:18 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Lego version of 2001/Space Odyssey Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Kinda like the Monty Python one a few months back, but more of a parody than recreation. http://spiteyourface.com/one/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Dec 20 03:38:33 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBKBcXJ28733 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 03:38:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112201138.fBKBcXJ28733@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 03:38:34 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] A victory for freedom Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: So, some of you might remember me ranting and raving over the arrest and prosecution of Dmitry Sklyarov. The Dept. of (In)Justice has reached an agreement with Dmitry. There were many articles written about it, but basically the charges have been suspended, and his employer, Elcomsoft, has taken over the role of lead defendant. The agreement requires Dmitry to appear in court as requested for either the prosecution or defense, but if he does so the DOJ will drop charges at the end of the Elcomsoft case. Essentially, this means Dmitry and his family can go home to Russia, and he can simply fly out for court dates as needed, and he is no longer subject to criminal prosecution and imprisonment. So, it's a victory of sorts, although the repeal of the DMCA still stands before us. Anyway, this evening (19 Dec), the EFF held a "Dmitry Freed" party in SF; various persons spoke, and I'm proud to say Dmitry named me personally in his thank you speech. You can hear it on MP3 here: http://radio.eff.org/radio_shows/Dmitry_Victory.mp3 Oh, and because I'm completely nuts, I caught a 10 pm showing of FOTR afterwards. Here's my comments on that: http://www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2001/12/19/53218/657/52#52 Being that it's now 3:30am and I've just about lost the adrenaline rush from FOTR, I'm singing off now. Cheers. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Dec 20 15:21:38 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.2] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBKNLcJ27898 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:21:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112202321.fBKNLcJ27898@phil.hintz.org> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:21:43 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Yet another night before xmas parody Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Another redneck one, but not all bad... I don't recall seeing this particular variation before, although there've been many like it. ----------- 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the shack, Not a thing was a movin', from the front to the back, The kids were in bed, I believe we had nine, The wife in her curlers, was lookin' real fine. A cold wind was blowin', up the holler it moaned, All seven dogs on the porch howled and groaned. The boys were all dreamin' of weapons and guns, For killin' God's creatures, there's no better fun. The girls in their feminine dreams were attuned, To getting those gallons of Walmart perfume. The wife wanted jewelry, like rings with big rocks, I wanted my Chevy, down off the blocks. Then in the yard, such a noise did commence, Like something was caught in the barb-wire fence. I ran to the window, and saw pretty quick, The man makin' the racket was Good Ol' St. Nick. You may think of Santa, in your own mind's eye, Dressed in a red and white suit, But I've got a surprise. That old boy's an Arkie, our fair state he won't fail'er, He married his cousin, and they live in a trailer. On Christmas, of course, a sleigh for his rig, He hooks the thing up, to a razorback pig. He climbed on the roof, with his bag full of goodies, He backed down the fireplace, all dirty and sooty. Fat legs in his britches, chubby hands in his mittens, I admit from the back, he looked like Bill Clinton. He turned toward the tree, His eyes all aglow, He was a Southern boy, from his head to his toe. His neck was a red one, his shirt said "Light Beer", There was no red hat, his cap read "John Deere". He left all the presents, with an air of delight, Then it was back to the chimney, and into the night. He ran into the yard, and threw his bag in the sleigh, Then he yelled at the dogs, to get out of the way. And I heard him exclaim, as those pigs took to flight, "Merry Christmas to all, And to all ...A Bud Lite!" Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 26 10:47:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBQIlhJ25342 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:47:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112261847.fBQIlhJ25342@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:47:43 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Google Zeitgeist Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html Interesting timeline of the year, as seen through Google searches. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 26 12:59:45 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBQKxjJ13168 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:59:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112262059.fBQKxjJ13168@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:59:45 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Great shot of Himalayas from the ISS Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011226.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Dec 26 15:17:44 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBQNHiJ28193 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:17:44 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112262317.fBQNHiJ28193@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:17:44 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] More PATRIOT fallout Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Section 814 basically allows the US to apply US law to situations where both the victim and the perpetrator are in other countries, by virtue of the traffic routing through the US. Where this could get real interesting is a situation where the "crime" is not one in the other country (say gambling), but the traffic routes through the US. We just got Dmitry home, but it looks like we're planning on grabbing some more foreigners. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/39 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Dec 28 14:55:54 2001 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBSMtsJ16148 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:55:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112282255.fBSMtsJ16148@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:55:55 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Punny Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, this is a rerun, but since I last sent it 'round on 1-11-97 I figure we've all forgotten it by now... Besides, it has a somewhat festive appeal. ;-) -=- A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour,the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?", they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer." -=- A doctor made it his regular habit to stop off at a bar for a hazelnut daiquiri on his way home. The bartender knew of his habit, and would always have the drink waiting at precisely 5:03 p.m. One afternoon, as the end of the work day approached, the bartender was dismayed to find that he was out of hazlenut extract. Thinking quickly, he threw together a daiquiri made with hickory nuts and set it on the bar. The doctor came in at his regular time, took one sip of the drink and exclaimed, "This isn't a hazelnut daiquiri!" "No, I'm sorry", replied the bartender, "it's a hickory daiquiri, doc." -=- A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something to eat. He came across two men. One was sitting under a tree and reading a book; the other was typing away on his typewriter. The lion quickly pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the king of the jungle knows that readers digest and writers cramp. -=- There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did. -=- A guy goes to a psychiatrist. "Doc, I keep having these alternating recurring dreams. First I'm a teepee; then I'm a wigwam; then I'm a teepee; then I'm a wigwam. It's driving me crazy. What's wrong with me?" The doctor replies: "It's very simple. You're two tents." -=- A man went to his dentist because he feels something wrong in his mouth. The dentist examines him and says, "that new upper plate I put in for you six months ago is eroding. What have you been eating?" The man replies, "all I can think of is that about four months ago my wife made some asparagus and put some stuff on it that was delicious...Hollandaise sauce. I loved it so much I now put it on everything --- meat, toast, fish, vegtables, everything." "Well," says the dentist, "that's probably the problem. Hollandaise sauce is made with lots of lemon juice, which is highly corrosive. It's eaten away your upper plate. I'll make you a new plate, and this time use chrome." "Why chrome?" asks the patient. To which the dentist replies, "It's simple. Everyone knows that there's no plate like chrome for the Hollandaise!" -=- An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant. The first gave birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he built her a teepee made of deer hide. A few days later, the second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was very happy. He built her a teepee made of antelope hide. The third wife gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details a secret. He built this one a two story teepee, made out of a hippopotamus hide. The chief then challenged the tribe to guess what had occurred. Many tried, unsuccessfully. Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had given birth to twin boys. "Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it out?" The warrior answered, "It's elementary. The value of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides." Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Dec 29 11:38:17 2001 Received: from [192.168.49.3] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id fBTJcHJ05355 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:38:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112291938.fBTJcHJ05355@phil.hintz.org> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:38:18 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Amusing cat story Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thus far I've been unable to verify this story, but I've also been unable to find any references to it at the Urban Legend pages, so it might actually be true. Certainly fits the "truth is stranger than fiction" axiom. --- This is the story of the night my 10-year-old cat, Rudy, got his head stuck in the garbage disposal. I knew at the time that the experience would be funny if the cat survived, so let me tell you right up front that he's fine. Getting him out wasn't easy, though, and the process included numerous home remedies, a plumber, two cops, an emergency overnight veterinary clinic, a case of mistaken identity, five hours of panic, and 15 minutes of fame. My husband Rich and I had just returned from a 5-day vacation in the Cayman Islands -- where I had been sick as a dog the whole time. We arrived home at 9 p.m., a day and a half later than we had planned because of airline problems. I still had illness-related vertigo, and because of the flight delays had not been able to prepare for the class I was supposed to teach at 8:40 the next morning. I sat down at my desk to think about William Carlos Williams, and around 10 o'clock I heard Rich hollering from the kitchen. I raced over to see what was wrong and spied Rich frantically rooting around under the kitchen sink and Rudy -- or, rather, Rudy's headless body -- scrambling around in the sink, his claws clicking in panic on the metal and his head stuck in the garbage disposal. Rich had just ground up the skin of some smoked salmon in the disposal, and when he left the room Rudy (who always was a pinhead) had gone in after it. It is very disturbing to see the headless body of your cat in the sink. This is an animal that I have slept with nightly for 10 years, who burrows under the covers and purrs against my side, and who now looked like a fur-covered turkey carcass, defrosting in the sink while it's still alive and kicking. It was also disturbing to see Rich, Mr. Calm-in-any-Emergency, at his wit's end, trying to simultaneously soothe Rudy and undo the garbage disposal, and failing at both, and basically freaking out. Adding to the chaos was Rudy's twin brother Lowell, also upset, racing around in circles, jumping onto the kitchen counter and alternately licking Rudy's butt for comfort and biting it out of fear. Clearly, I had to do something. First we tried to ease Rudy out of the disposal by lubricating his head and neck with Johnson's baby shampoo (kept on hand for my nieces' visits) and butter-flavored Crisco. Both failed, and a now-greasy Rudy kept struggling. Rich then decided to take apart the garbage disposal, which was a good idea, but he couldn't do it. Turns out the thing is constructed like a metal onion: you peel off one layer and another one appears, with Rudy's head still buried deep inside, stuck in a hard plastic collar. My job during this process was to sit on the kitchen counter petting Rudy, trying to calm him, with the room spinning (vertigo), Lowell howling (he's part Siamese), and Rich clattering around under the sink with his tools. When all our efforts failed, we sought professional help. I called our regular plumber, who actually called me back quickly, even at 11 o'clock at night (thanks, Dave). He talked Rich through further layers of disposal dismantling, but still we couldn't reach Rudy. I called the 1-800 number for Insinkerator (no response), a pest removal service that advertises 24-hour service (no response), an all-night emergency veterinary clinic (who had no experience in this matter), and finally, in desperation, 9-1-1. I could see that Rudy's normally pink paw pads were turning blue. The fire department, I figured, gets cats out of trees; maybe they could get one out of a garbage disposal. The dispatcher had other ideas and offered to send over two policemen. The cops arrived close to midnight and turned out to be quite nice. More importantly, they were also able to think rationally, which we were not. They were, of course, astonished by the situation. "I've never seen anything like this," Officer Mike kept saying. (The unusual circumstances helped us get quickly on a first-name basis with our cops.) Officer Tom, who expressed immediate sympathy for our plight ("I've had cats all my life," he said), also had an idea. Evidently we needed a certain tool, a tiny, circular rotating saw, that could cut through the heavy plastic flange encircling Rudy's neck without hurting Rudy. Officer Tom happened to own one. "I live just five minutes from here," he said. "I'll go get it." He soon returned, and the three of them -- Rich and the two policemen -- got under the sink together to cut through the garbage disposal. I sat on the counter, holding Rudy and trying not to succumb to the surreal-ness of the scene, with the weird middle-of-the-night lighting, the room's occasional spinning, Lowell's spooky sound effects, an apparently headless cat in my sink and six disembodied legs poking out from under it. One good thing came of this: the guys did manage to get the bottom off the disposal, so we could now see Rudy's face and knew he could breathe. But they couldn't cut the flange without risking the cat. Stumped. Officer Tom had another idea. "You know," he said, "I think the reason we can't get him out is the angle of his head and body. (You can see where this is going, can't you?) "If we could just get the sink out," he continued, "and lay it on its side, I'll bet we could slip him out." That sounded like a good idea -- at this point, ANYTHING would have sounded like a good idea -- and as it turned out, Officer Mike runs a plumbing business on weekends; he knew how to take out the sink! Again they went to work, the three pairs of legs sticking out from under the sink, surrounded by an ever-increasing pile of tools and sink parts. They cut the electrical supply, capped off the plumbing lines, unfastened the metal clamps, unscrewed all the pipes, and about an hour later, viola! The sink was lifted gently out of the countertop, with one guy holding the garbage disposal which contained Rudy's head) up close to the sink (which contained Rudy's body). We laid the sink on its side, but even at this more favorable angle, Rudy stayed stuck. Officer Tom's radio beeped, calling him away on some kind of real police business. As he was leaving, though, he had another good idea. "You know," he said, "I don't think we can get him out while he's struggling so much. We need to get the cat sedated. If he were limp, we could slide him out." And off he went, regretfully, a cat lover still worried about Rudy. The remaining three of us decided that getting Rudy sedated was a good idea, but Rich and I were new to the area. We knew that the overnight emergency veterinary clinic was only a few minutes away, but we didn't know exactly how to get there. "I know where it is!" declared Officer Mike. "Follow me!" So Mike got into his patrol car, Rich got into the driver's seat of our car, and I got into the back, carrying the kitchen sink, what was left of the garbage disposal, and Rudy. It was now about 2:00 a.m. We followed Officer Mike for a few blocks when I decided to put my hand into the garbage disposal to pet Rudy's face, hoping I could comfort him. Instead, my sweet, gentle bedfellow chomped down on my finger really hard and wouldn't let go. My scream reflex kicked into gear. Rich slammed on the brakes, hollering "What? What happened? Should I stop?" "No," I managed to get out between screams, "just keep driving. Rudy's biting me, but we've got to get to the vet. Just go!" Rich turned his attention back to the road, where Officer Mike took a turn we hadn't expected, and we followed. After a few minutes Rudy let go, and as I stopped screaming, I looked up to discover that we were wandering aimlessly through an industrial park, in and out of empty parking lots, past little streets that didn't look at all familiar. "Where's he taking us?" I asked. "We should have been there ten minutes ago!" Rich was as mystified as I was, but all we knew to do was follow the police car until, finally, he pulled into a church parking lot and we pulled up next to him. As Rich rolled down the window to ask Officer Mike, where are were going, the cop, who was not Mike, rolled down his window and asked, "Why are you following me?" Once Rich and I recovered from our shock at having tailed the wrong cop car and the policeman from his pique at being stalked, he led us quickly to the emergency vet, where Mike greeted us by holding open the door, exclaiming "Where were you guys???" It was lucky that Mike got to the vet's ahead of us, because we hadn't thought to call and warn them about what was coming. (Clearly, by this time we weren't really thinking at all.) We brought in the kitchen sink containing Rudy, and the garbage disposal containing his head, and the clinic staff was ready. They took his temperature (which was down 10 degrees) and his oxygen level (which was half of normal), and the vet declared, "This cat is in serious shock.We've got to sedate him and get him out of there immediately." When I asked if it was OK to sedate a cat in shock, the vet said grimly, "We don't have a choice." With that, he injected the cat. Rudy went limp and the vet squeezed about half a tube of K-Y jelly onto the cat's neck and pulled him free. Then the whole team jumped into "code blue" mode. (I know this from watching a lot of ER.) They laid Rudy on a cart where one person hooked up IV fluids, another put little socks on his paws ("You'd be amazed how much heat they lose through their footpads," she said), one covered him with hot water bottles and a blanket, and another took a blow-dryer to warm up Rudy's now very gunky head. The fur on his head dried in stiff little spikes, making him look pathetically punk as he lay there, limp and motionless. At this point they sent Rich, Mike, and me to sit in the waiting room while they tried to bring Rudy back to life. I told Mike he didn't have to stay, but he just stood there, shaking his head. "I've never seen anything like this," he said again and again. At about 3 a.m., the vet came in to tell us that the prognosis was good for a full recovery. They needed to keep Rudy overnight to re-hydrate him and give him something for the brain swelling they assumed he had, but if all went well, we could take him home the following night. Just in time to hear the good news, Officer Tom rushed in, having finished with his real police work and still concerned about Rudy. Rich and I got back home about 3:30. We hadn't unpacked from our trip, I was still intermittently dizzy, and I still hadn't prepared for my 8:40 class. "I need a vacation," I said, and while I called the office to leave a message canceling my class, Rich made us a pitcher of martinis. I slept late the next day and then badgered the vet about Rudy's condition until he said that Rudy could come home later that day. I was working on the suitcases when the phone rang. "Hi, this is Steve Huskey from the Norristown Times-Herald," a voice said. "Listen, I was just going through the police blotter from last night. Um, do you have a cat?" So I told Steve the whole story, which interested him immensely. A couple hours later he called back to say that his editor was interested, too; did I have a picture of Rudy? The next day Rudy was front-page news, under the ridiculous headline "Catch of the Day Lands Cat in Hot Water." There were some noteworthy repercussions to the newspaper article. Mr. Huskey had somehow inferred that I called 9-1-1 because I thought Rich, my husband, was going into shock, although how he concluded this from my comment that "his pads were turning blue," I don't quite understand. So the first thing I had to do was call Rich at work -- Rich, who had worked tirelessly to free Rudy -- and swear that I had been misquoted. When I arrived at work myself, I was famous; people had been calling my secretary all morning to inquire about Rudy's health. When I called our regular vet (whom I had met only once) to make a follow-up appointment for Rudy, the receptionist asked, "Is this the famous Rudy's mother?" When I took my car in for routine maintenance a few days later, Dave, my mechanic, said, "We read about your cat. Is he OK?" When I called a tree surgeon about my dying red oak, he asked if I knew the person on that street whose cat had been in the garbage disposal. And when I went to get my hair cut, the shampoo person told me the funny story her grandma had read in the paper, about a cat that got stuck in the garbage disposal. Even today, over a year later, people ask about Rudy, which a 9-year-old neighbor had always called "the Adventure Cat" because he used to climb on the roof of her house and peer in the second-story window at her. I don't know what the moral of this story is, but I do know that this "adventure" cost me $1,100 in emergency vet bills, follow-up vet care, new sink, new plumbing, new electrical wiring, and new garbage disposal -- one with a cover. The vet can no longer say he's seen everything but the kitchen sink. I wanted to thank Officers Tom and Mike by giving them gift certificates to the local hardware store, but was told that they couldn't accept gifts, and that I would put them in a bad position if I tried. So I wrote a letter to the Police Chief praising their good deeds and sent individual thank you notes to Tom and Mike, complete with pictures of Rudy, so they could see what he looks like with his head on. And Rudy, whom we originally got for free (or so we thought), still sleeps with me under the covers on cold nights, and, unaccountably, still sometimes prowls the sink, hoping for fish. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Jan 1 11:16:32 2002 Received: from [192.168.49.3] (adsl-63-203-57-43.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.203.57.43]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id g01JGVJ12247 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:16:32 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201011916.g01JGVJ12247@phil.hintz.org> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:16:34 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Dog and Cat Haiku Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Suellen for these. -=- Here is some doggie haiku. I lie belly-up In the sunshine, happier than You ever will be. The cat is not all Bad. She fills the litter box With Tootsie Rolls How do I love thee? The ways are numberless as My hairs on the rug. Dig under fence - why? Because it's there. Because it's There. Because it's there I am your best friend, Now, always, and especially When you are eating. I sound the alarm! Mailman fiend - come to kill us all - Look! Look! Look! Look! Look! I sound the alarm! Paper boy come to kill all! Look! Look! Look! Look! Look! I sound the alarm! Neighbor's cat - come to kill all! Look! Look! Look! Look! Look! I hate my choke chain - Look, world, they strangle me! Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack! My human is home! I am so ecstatic I have Made a puddle. I love my master; Thus I perfume myself with this long-rotten squirrel. Look in my eyes and Deny it. No human could Love you as much as I do. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Poetry: Cat Haiku You never feed me. Perhaps I'll sleep on your face. That will sure show you. You must scratch me there! Yes, above my tail! Behold, elevator butt. The rule for today Touch my tail, I shred your hand. New rule tomorrow. In deep sleep hear sound cat vomit hairball somewhere will find in morning. Grace personified. I leap into the window. I meant to do that. Blur of motion, then- silence, me, a paper bag. What is so funny? You're always typing. Well, let's see you ignore my sitting on your hands. My small cardboard box. You cannot see me if I can just hide my head. Terrible battle. I fought for hours. Come and see! What's a term paper? Small brave carnivores Kill pine cones and mosquitoes Fear vacuum cleaner I want to be close to you. Can I fit my head inside your armpit? Wanna go outside. Oh, crap! Help! I got outside! Let me back inside! Oh no! Big One has been trapped by newspaper! Cat to the rescue! Humans are so strange. Mine lies still in bed, then screams Claws are not that sharp. Cats meow out of angst "Thumbs! If only we had thumbs! We could break so much!" The Big Ones snore now Every room is dark and cold Time for "Cup Hockey" We're almost equals I purr to show I love you Want to smell my butt? Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Jan 2 18:47:41 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id g032lfJ00205 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:47:41 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201030247.g032lfJ00205@phil.hintz.org> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:47:42 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] Cool Runnings all over again Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Remember Cool Runnings, the movie based on the Jamacian Bobsled team? Well, there's a couple of guys on the streets of San Jose hoping to represent Armenia... http://www0.mercurycenter.com/sports/center/arm120801.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Jan 4 17:01:17 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (harshaw.natusmed.com [12.152.176.20]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id g0511HJ29359 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:01:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201050101.g0511HJ29359@phil.hintz.org> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:01:17 -0800 x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Subject: [Promotum] I guess I'm a satanist... Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.jesus-messiah.com/wcraft/satanist-test.html The test itself is kinda ho-hum, but the rabid preaching after you fail is wildly funny. Also be sure to check out the groups homepage, replete with a pic of the pastor and cheesy midi music. I guess I'd better stop writing now and go study my bible; Pastor Reckart said so... http://www.jesus-messiah.com/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Jan 7 15:11:01 2002 Received: from harshaw.natusmed.com (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g07NB1J30190 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:11:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:10:56 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] Caesar on Patriotism Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Dirk for this one. Unknown if it's legit, if anybody can prove or disprove let me know. Nice quote regardless. -=- "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." -- Julius Caesar -=- Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Jan 7 23:32:11 2002 Received: from caxton.natusmed.com (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g087WBJ13019 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:32:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:32:10 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] Gender Joke Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.hintz.org/media/shopping-vi.jpg Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Jan 8 19:18:50 2002 Received: from caxton.natusmed.com (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g093IoJ28591 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:18:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:18:49 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <99BCA96A-04AF-11D6-B319-003065B5A132@hintz.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] Top Ten things to do during terrorist high alert Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0105-05.htm Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Jan 9 00:30:08 2002 Received: from caxton.natusmed.com (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g098U7J17307 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 00:30:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 00:30:07 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1678CC4E-04DB-11D6-B319-003065B5A132@hintz.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] National Geographic special on LOTR Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/ Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Jan 10 09:24:49 2002 Received: from mw-217-19.sf.shownets.net (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0AHOnJ20564 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:24:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:24:39 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] Bush admin reportedly stonewalled terrorist investigations Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Seems that earlier this year they cut back on investigations of AlQueda in order to try and strike a deal with the Taliban to run an oil pipeline between Afganistan and Pakistan. That would help explain Bush's desire that the activities of presidents remain secret... http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0201/08/ltm.05.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Jan 10 09:31:57 2002 Received: from mw-217-19.sf.shownets.net (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0AHVvJ15033 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:31:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:31:58 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] Who said it, McCarthy or Ashcroft? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.morons.org/feature/whosaidit.php I got 10 of 14. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Jan 11 14:31:05 2002 Received: from harshaw.natusmed.com (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0BMV5J02364 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:31:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:30:59 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: "Edmund A. Hintz" To: promotum@hintz.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Subject: [Promotum] Re: Julius Caesar quote Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Sounds like it's legit. Thanks to Brooke and Rob for the verification: Begin forwarded message: > From: Dittrich, Rob > To: Wilton, Brooke > Subject: I AM THE ZOMBY BOOKNERD > Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2002, 5:01 PM > >> Unknown if it's legit, if anybody can prove >> or disprove let me know. Nice quote regardless. > > This is at least as verifiable as anything else > attributed to Julius Caesar; it's cited in Gibbon's > "Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire", and is alluded > to by Marcus Aurelius (who came along a few Caesars > later) - the impression he gives is that literate > contemporaries of Marcus Aurelius (e.g. the folks he > was writing for) would be familiar enough with the > quote as to make it unnecessary to repeat, though the > quote is footnoted in some annotated translations of > his work for convenience. Marcus Aurelius, though a > gifted strategist in his expansionist campaigns, saw > them only as a means to bring civilization to Europe > and prevent attacks from barbarians (which > incidentally, worked until long after his death). He > mentioned the quote from Julius Caesar as > justification for not pressing further into Africa or > getting into lengthy engagements in Asia Minor. > > What can I say, I am a book dork. > > - Rob > > Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sun Jan 13 15:56:56 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0DNutJ30995 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:56:55 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:57:00 -0800 Message-Id: <20020113235700.10541@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] A triumph of hack engineering Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://www.hintz.org/beer/ The first 4 photos show my weekend project, the last depicts the fruits of said labor... ;-) From ed@hintz.org Tue Jan 15 11:53:29 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0FJrTJ17769 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:53:29 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:53:30 -0800 Message-Id: <20020115195330.17551@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by phil.hintz.org id g0FJrTJ17769 Subject: [Promotum] Keep on Rockin' in the Free World (not) Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Ya know, I wonder if the Free Dmitry rallies which I attended are considered terrorism. After all, we were trying to "coerce" the DOJ into releasing Dima. Sheesh. From Dictionary.com: co·erce (k-ûrs) tr.v. co·erced, co·erc·ing, co·erc·es 1. To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; compel. Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the terrorist party? From ed@hintz.org Tue Jan 15 11:55:08 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0FJt7J06861 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:55:07 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:55:09 -0800 Message-Id: <20020115195509.29638@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Yum Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: From ed@hintz.org Thu Jan 17 09:06:27 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0HH6QJ22154 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:06:26 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:06:27 -0800 Message-Id: <20020117170627.21487@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Today's Fortune Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what is wrong with it. (I've got a cron job running fortune daily on one of my boxes and mailing me the result; this one was rather funny) From ed@hintz.org Fri Jan 18 16:07:33 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0J07Wa30464 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:07:33 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:07:25 -0800 Message-Id: <20020119000725.13151@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Register as an American Patriot today! Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Brooke for this little gem-his comments are a fitting introduction: -=- Brilliant farce. Be sure to check out all the possible answers under each pull-down menu: http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/patriot/index.asp When you register, go ahead and be the first on your (cell) block to get your mandatory homeland security tattoo(note the sidebar FAQ): http://www.whitehouse.org/homeland/tattoo.asp If you are a WASP corporate entity, you can also send in your deregulation request: http://www.whitehouse.org/feedback/dereg.asp From ed@hintz.org Fri Jan 18 16:17:35 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0J0HYa03266 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:17:35 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:17:32 -0800 Message-Id: <20020119001732.5214@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Bizzare Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: But it made me laugh. Does that make me bizzare? From ed@hintz.org Sat Jan 19 09:27:45 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0JHRja11518 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:27:45 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:27:45 -0800 Message-Id: <20020119172745.13391@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Office humor Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Official Project Stages: (1) Uncritical Acceptance (2) Wild Enthusiasm (3) Dejected Disillusionment (4) Total Confusion (5) Search for the Guilty (6) Punishment of the Innocent (7) Promotion of the Non-participants From ed@hintz.org Mon Jan 21 00:27:08 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0L8R7a03761 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:27:08 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:27:37 -0800 Message-Id: <20020121082737.7880@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon (demo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Incredible photo at APOD Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Volcano and Aurora at the same time. Wow. Who needs psychedelics when nature can give you this? From ed@hintz.org Thu Jan 24 19:25:33 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0P3PXa02960 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:25:33 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:25:33 -0800 Message-Id: <20020125032533.25137@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Political Enron humor; the art of spin Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: First, an Enron joke: -=- This fall, as Enron was going down, Chairman Ken Lay was desperately trying to raise cash. In a meeting with top bankers, Lay presented a list of all the collateral the company had for a new loan. There were pipelines, contracts, receivables, a half-built plant in India -- quite a list. But the bankers told him it wasn't enough: "Isn't there ANYTHING else you own that is fully paid for, that you can put up?" And no one has seen Dick Cheney since. -=- Next, an interesting Slate article analyzing White House press guy Ari Flieischer's mastery of the art of spin: From ed@hintz.org Fri Jan 25 17:02:54 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0Q12ra17939 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:02:53 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:02:47 -0800 Message-Id: <20020126010247.31191@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Disney passed on LOTR 3 times Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All I have to say about it is... Thank God. How Disney might have mutilated LOTR could give me nightmares for weeks. Just think, the scene at the Bywater Inn could break out into a cheerful Elton John tune, with Celine Dion doing voiceovers for Frodo... If anybody else wants to submit ideas on how they Disney could destroy it pass 'em along, maybe if I get enough I make a followup post... ;-) From ed@hintz.org Fri Jan 25 17:23:47 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0Q1Nka20288 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:23:46 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:23:40 -0800 Message-Id: <20020126012340.2558@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Rock Wisdom Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The author has a collection of the 100 best rock quotes (in his own opinon), plus a large collection of notable ones. I was pleaseantly surprised to see a strong showing by Rush in the top 30, but then for reasons inexplicable they pretty much disappear from the list. I've always thought that Rush often has much chewy goodness in their lyrics, for those that care to think about what they're saying. The Grateful Dead search came up pretty good. Seems like Bob Dylan dominated the top 100. Anyway, the site is interesting... From ed@hintz.org Mon Jan 28 00:50:30 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0S8oTa14168 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 00:50:29 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 00:50:31 -0800 Message-Id: <20020128085031.5156@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Flight 93-what really happened? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Very interesting site. Unlike most consipiracy type sites, this guy is pulling data and quotes from reputable media. Based on the evidence, it seems that perhaps the hero story, while uplifting and patriotic, may not be the whole story. Too much debris too far from the main crash site that doesn't fit with a passenger take over. Also, the story about no f-16s being able to intercept is highly suspicious, given the timelines of when they were launched, when ATC became aware 93 was rouge, and the capabilities of the f-16. Not to mention 3 other air force or national gaurd bases on the path of 93. And 5 eyewitnesses along with the local ATC reporting a second jet tailing 93 in the area of the crash. Wonder if we'll ever get the whole story. From ed@hintz.org Mon Jan 28 17:27:39 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g0T1Rca23978 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:27:38 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:27:32 -0800 Message-Id: <20020129012732.30061@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Ashcroft doesn't like tits Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: One would think that if Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush Srs. Attorneys General could put up with it, Ashcroft could. I guess not. After all, the naked human body is an evil pornographic thing, right? Glad we've got such devout folks out there in Washington to protect us. From ed@hintz.org Sat Feb 2 00:20:23 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g128KMa26500 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 00:20:22 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 00:20:18 -0800 Message-Id: <20020202082019.10745@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] TiVo rocks Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: /. is running a great big thread on this: We got our TiVo just after xmas, and our experience is much the same as the folks in posting on this thread. It really does change how you interface with the idiot box. Check out the thread for lots of examples how. Between TiVo and DirecTV, we get what we want, when we want it. Lots of obscure British comedies, lots of the History channel, old Hogan's Heros reruns, you name it. And never a need for channel surfing or settling for something of only marginal interest. This little piece of hardware is the most useful I've had in years. It's like a word processor versus a typewriter-you get along fine with a typewriter until you use and grok the benefits of a word processor, then you can't imagine going back. From ed@hintz.org Sun Feb 3 10:38:39 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g13Icca11070 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 10:38:39 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 10:38:06 -0800 Message-Id: <20020203183806.20093@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Judge orders God monopoly broken up Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Squirrel bait for the heads up on this one... From ed@hintz.org Tue Feb 5 12:44:43 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g15Kiga25683 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:44:43 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:44:41 -0800 Message-Id: <20020205204441.12283@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] The mystery of Britney's Breasts Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This timeline of photos is really quite amusing. From ed@hintz.org Tue Feb 5 17:33:47 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g161Xja02909 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:33:45 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:33:44 -0800 Message-Id: <20020206013344.15476@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Richard Simmons dolls Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: From ed@hintz.org Wed Feb 6 12:26:54 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g16KQra04223 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 12:26:53 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 12:26:52 -0800 Message-Id: <20020206202652.4445@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] salad trivia Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The Caesar salad was reportedly invented out of necessity by a Tijuana restaurant owner during prohibition. Interesting story. From ed@hintz.org Wed Feb 6 16:18:32 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g170IVa03077 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 16:18:31 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 16:18:29 -0800 Message-Id: <20020207001829.26081@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Another glitch in the call Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Variations on a theme: From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 7 17:21:22 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g181LMa08933 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 17:21:22 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 17:21:16 -0800 Message-Id: <20020208012116.18114@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Farenheit 911 Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Brooke for this forward. Reminds me of a quote I can't find. It said something to the effect of "the best way to control a population is to limit discussion to specific topics, and allow very lively discussion within those limits". If somebody knows the actual quote drop me a line. 2/6/2002 Fahrenheit 911 Dear Friends, I'd like to tell you a little tale, a personal story of what it is like to fear losing your freedom of speech, how it feels to be drowned in a wave of patriotism which threatens with all its might to suffocate your ideas and stifle dissent. For nearly four months, from September through December of last year, I did not know whether the book I had just written for HarperCollins -- STUPID WHITE MEN -- was ever going to be read by the American public. HarperCollins, one of the major publishing houses in the world, was trying to decide whether the words I had written were now "too offensive" to a nation which had suddenly fallen in love with George W. Bush. By the morning of September 11, 2001, the HarperCollins printing presses, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, had already printed 50,000 copies of an announced 100,000-copy first printing of my new book -- and then the world, for all of us, came to a standstill. The next day, I spoke to the people at HarperCollins, and I was told that they were going to put most of their books on hold for the moment. I thought that was a good idea. "We'll take this a day at time," my editor told me, just as the siren in his building went off, the first of many bomb scares that emptied the buildings of Manhattan that week. I was in no mood to think about a "book" when all that was on my mind was how my wife and I were going to get across this country and back home to be with our daughter in New York. I had no desire to go on a book tour, and the only tour that concerned me at the moment was the rapid one I was on, in a rented minivan, for the 3,000-mile trek home. Once back in New York City, the days turned into weeks, and I began to make calls to the publisher to inquire when my book would be coming out. The scheduled release date of October 2 had long since passed. It was then that I was informed that there were "problems" with Stupid White Men. I was told that, unless I re-wrote large sections of my book (sections mostly dealing with my harsh but funny criticisms of the W.), plus change the title and the cover -- and then, after all that, reimburse the publisher of up to $100,000 out of my pocket (!) so this new version could be reprinted -- then the powers-that-be might actually destroy the ENTIRE run of 50,000 copies that had already been printed! My book would be sent to the shredder and "pulped." I would then have to wait for up to a year before I could take it to another publisher. In other words, the book would be toast. I refused to rewrite a single word of my book. I was proud of everything I had written. In my opinion, Stupid White Men seemed even more relevant than before. Enron, Kenneth Lay, Arthur Andersen -- it's all there in my book -- and I wrote those passages last spring! What if my book had been released when it was supposed to, on October 2nd? The stuff I had dug up on these guys -- I would have been talking about them all over the airwaves long before they skipped outta Dodge with the cookie jar. There's lots more in the book that I wanted out in the public arena months ago: An open letter to Yassir Arafat on how to really win and stop the bloodshed; a report on a chance run-in I had with Jeb Bush two weeks before the 2000 election on a deserted street in Tallahassee; my exploration of the three times (that I know of) that George W. Bush has been arrested and charged with crimes by the police -- it's all there, and I saw no need to change a single thing. But I was told that "the political climate has changed in America" and that my attacks on Bush and his cronies would not be met with open arms by a Bush-adoring public. I then had a number of meetings, on the phone and in person, with executives, lawyers, and editors at the publishing house. They asked for some sort of compromise, for me to at least "tone down" my dissent. Again, I responded that would not be possible, and that I could not, in good conscience, alter anything. I did this knowing full well it would result in the death of my book. Word began to leak out about Stupid White Men being "banned." Articles appeared in Publishers Weekly and Salon.com. I was trying to remain quiet about whole affair, but once a number of reporters found out (not from me), and a group of librarians organized a letter-writing campaign, HarperCollins, after weighing all their options (and the potential reaction to those options), decided finally to release the book AS IS -- unchanged and uncensored, on Tuesday, February 19th. They did the right thing, and I appreciated and admired their courage to do so when I know this was not an easy decision for them to make, considering the pressure they must have been under. I have avoided writing this letter to all of you for weeks. In part, I did not want to say or do anything that might jeopardize the good working relationship I have now with the publisher. I have put nearly a year of my life into this book, and the thought of it not being available because of what you saw in this email just didn't seem worth it. HarperCollins is doing their best to get the book out there -- but now, even they have run into resistance, with some bookstores telling them that they are not interested in having me come to their stores on the book tour "due to the controversial nature of the book...and the change in the country's political climate." Can somebody tell me why weather patterns have suddenly become everyone's primal political fear? Lately, I started getting a lot of mail from around the country (and the world) as this story spread. People wanted to know the truth about what had happened. Some had seen the issue of Entertainment Weekly a few weeks ago which had named me their Winner of the Week for succeeding in getting my book released. I decided it was best to let you know from me personally what has transpired -- and that the outcome was a good one, a rare victory these days for our side, and for the cause of free expression. For me, it really came down to the fact that, as an American living during a time where our own government (and a mostly compliant press) seeks to silence discussion and "manage" the truth, it was important to tell you what I have seen, what I have been through, and to wonder what would have happened if I had not been a writer who was known and had an audience and an email list that on a good day reaches a few million people. I don't like this feeling, and I would greatly appreciate it if this country would come to its senses and start acting like America again (or least our IDEA of America!). My book comes out on February 19th. I'll be hitting a couple dozen cities on the book tour, and I'll probably add a few more (if you'd like me to come to your town, let me or HarperCollins know!). 100% of whatever royalties I make on each book sold in every city on the tour will be donated to a local social-change group. Book Tour Also -- apologies in advance to you for having to look at my mug all over the tube during the upcoming weeks (you'll be able to avoid me by checking the press schedule on my website, beginning on the night of Feb. 19th with the much-anticipated mano y mano smackdown with Bill "Rile Me Up!" O'Reilly on the Fox Nuisance Channel). Over the next couple of weeks, I will be also adding new items to my site (www.michaelmoore.com) such as "Vote for Your Favorite Stupid White Man!" and "Take the Stupid White Man Quiz!" You'll also be able to read in the coming weeks sample passages from the book, plus two new online chapters I have written for it (post 9-11). Oh, and if you want to get the book right now (it's full title is STUPID WHITE MEN...And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!) you can order it from the website for independent bookstores, BookSense, or at the sites with the deep discounts: Amazon.com or BarnesAndNoble.com. See below for links. And, on the 19th of this month, it will be at your local independent or chain bookseller, right next to the wrestlers' tomes and Pat Buchanan's Book o' Laughs. Needless to say, the publishing industry, much of which believes that now is NOT the right time to be selling a book of political humor like this, will be watching to see just how well people respond to an author who thinks it's funny to suggest that falling off couches usually has something to do with a beverage, and not a solid salted food product. Yours, Michael Moore mmflint@aol.com http://www.michaelmoore.com From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 7 18:04:58 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1824wa19383 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:04:58 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:04:51 -0800 Message-Id: <20020208020451.16027@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Wgirls, happiest restrooms on earth Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Be sure to click the thumbnail photos for the full size images. To round things out, a comprehensive rating of the restrooms at Disneyland: From ed@hintz.org Mon Feb 11 01:31:15 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1B9VDa15974 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 01:31:14 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 01:31:02 -0800 Message-Id: <20020211093102.17024@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Redpill-Shades of Northwoods? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: So, Operation Northwoods was the Joint Chiefs of Staff's proposal to stage terrorist attacks in the '60s to drum up support for an invasion of Cuba; I sent it around back in October, it's archived here if you forgot: Now, there's a fellow up in Canadian jail who seems to have ties to Navy Intelligence, and who also seems to have had foreknowledge of 9-11. All very, very curious. The guy may be nothing more than a crackpot, but there's an awful lot of coincidences going on if so. Not the least of which is that while the DOD claims he left the Navy in '86, the Defense placed a phone call from open court session in January, called the Pentagon switchboard, and got the guys name, rank, office address and phone number. Methinks that there is more here than meets the eye. More along this line is found here, for the curious. From ed@hintz.org Mon Feb 11 13:22:25 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1BLMPa01874 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:22:25 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:22:24 -0800 Message-Id: <20020211212224.31856@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Cute browser trick Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Man moves browser: From ed@hintz.org Mon Feb 11 13:32:27 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1BLWQa10940 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:32:26 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:32:25 -0800 Message-Id: <20020211213225.3736@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] wgirls back online Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: They've gotten very popular in the past few days, so the author had to move the site, here's the new address: From ed@hintz.org Mon Feb 11 23:58:15 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1C7wEa15990 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:58:15 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:58:07 -0800 Message-Id: <20020212075807.30526@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Introducing... The Freedom Car Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to Corrado for the link. From ed@hintz.org Tue Feb 12 18:25:51 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1D2Poa16176 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:25:51 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:25:49 -0800 Message-Id: <20020213022549.17206@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Porn-Again Christians Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks be unto Dan for this one (it's safe for all but the most prudish environments): http://www.bettybowers.com/newsporn.html From ed@hintz.org Wed Feb 13 16:07:34 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1E07Xa22794 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:07:34 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:07:32 -0800 Message-Id: <20020214000732.13839@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Purty Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: From ed@hintz.org Wed Feb 13 17:22:50 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1E1Mma02565 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:22:48 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:22:47 -0800 Message-Id: <20020214012247.16574@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Monopoly; Alien Abduction Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Monopoly cards you've never seen: And Alien Abductions, Inc. for that unforgettable experience: From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 14 20:53:40 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1F4rda07036 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:53:40 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:53:39 -0800 Message-Id: <20020215045339.3945@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Axis of Evil Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: From ed@hintz.org Fri Feb 15 18:31:10 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phil.hintz.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1G2VAa01127 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:31:10 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:31:08 -0800 Message-Id: <20020216023108.32302@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Handwritten internet clock Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 21 14:06:38 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1LM6bEB003693 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:06:37 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020221220636.11495@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Austin humor Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Feb 21 14:07:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:06:36 -0800 Thanks to Brooke for this one. It's probably funnier if you've ever lived in Austin, but it's amusing regardless. RULES FOR LIVING IN AUSTIN 1. First you must understand that Austin is not Texas, but Austin is in the heart of Texas. The rest of Texas is defined by two zones-the vaguely scary, inbred country regions, and the extremely scary, urban, conservative mega-cities. In Austin, we respect both zones (they are, after all, in the great state of Texas), but we really don't have much in common with them. You may hear us speak disparagingly of other parts of Texas, but you are not allowed to do the same. The only thing we hate more than people from Houston coming to Austin and trying to turn Austin into Houston is people from outside of Texas coming to Austin and insulting our state. 2. You should also understand that it is hot and humid as hell for at least 3 months out of the year. People in Austin know this, and they don't understand people who complain about it. The day lasts 24 hours. There are 7 days in a week. It's hot outside. None of these things are worth mentioning or complaining about. 3. Austin has some peculiar conventions when it comes to traffic. First, if there is anything that could potentially distract Austin drivers, they stop dead in the middle of the road. If they see the scene of an accident on the other side of the highway, they stop. If they see rain, they stop. If there is snow, they stop and start sacrificing goats. Get used to stopping on highways. At the same time, you should get over the idea that drivers in Austin will stop at other, more appropriate times. Austin drivers will not even slow down for a pedestrian, even if that pedestrian is clinging for life to the front grill of their Suburban Land Yacht. They also will not stop to talk on their cell phones, and they damn sure will not stop for a red light that is less than 10 seconds old. And, of course in Austin, as in the entire state of Texas, it is against the law to use a turn signal. A turn signal may distract other drivers, causing them to stop in the middle of the road, so it is best to not advertise your intentions to turn or change lanes. 4. If you park your car in Austin, it will be towed. 5. Getting around Austin requires a bit of training. First of all, it is relatively easy to go north and south in Austin, but not so easy to get east or west. And if you are going north or south, the directions will surely begin with, "Go down MoPac... 'cause you sure as hell don't want to mess with I-35." Of course, this rule is changing as more and more people crowd onto MoPac, so in the future all instructions will begin with, "Actually, it's probably faster to just take Lamar." Lamar is a road with no beginning and no end, and everything is "just off" of Lamar, so it is just a matter of time before it becomes a parking lot similar to I-35 and MoPac. Eventually, a major flood of Shoal Creek will drown all the people parked on Lamar. We call this, "thinning the herd. "There is no point going anywhere during "rush hour," which runs from 6:00 to 10:00 in the morning and from 3:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon every work day except Friday (when rush hour starts on Thursday night and lasts all day). On most days, at least one driver is distracted by something during rush hour, which means that everybody has to stop. You should also make a note that Mopac IS Loop 1 -- they are one and the same. Similarly, Capital of Texas Hwy is 360, and Research is 183. 2222 is Northland or Allendale or Koenig, depending on what part of 2222 you are talking about. 290 is Ben White, but there are two 290 exits on I-35 * one of which is 2222 (which, as mentioned earlier, is Northland, Allendale and Koenig). Don't try to figure it out. Just accept it. If you question the intelligence behind this naming convention, people will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you. 6. Austin is effectively divided into two worlds. The new "tech" people who live "north" of town (north of 183), and the old "true" Austinites who live in the "middle" of town (although census data will no doubt reveal that the true "middle" of Austin is now well north of 183). South of town is hard to describe, so we'll pretend it doesn't exist, and East of town is embarrassing to describe, so we'll pretend it doesn't exist either. North Austin is a plastic, mass-produced world full of chain restaurants and movie theaters. The houses are huge, the yards are small, and the treeless streets have names like "Oak Forest View Circle." Central Austin, on the other hand,tends to attract the granola eating, deodorant-shunning, aging hippie-types. The houses are small and structurally frightening, but they are no less astonishingly expensive, and the businesses tend to be small, privately owned specialty shops that don't sell anything you'd want to buy. 7. There is no dress code in Austin. How you look and what you're worth typically have little do to with each other here. In central Austin, it is quite common to see some scruffy, smelly hippie with dread-locks, tattoos and piercings driving a new Lexus or Mercedes. People in Austin like to look weird. The woman you see walking down the drag with the tattoo of a dragon across her back and the purple hair may be your child's kindergarten teacher. Your congressman might be a leather-clad biker. And the girl in the coffee shop serving you a latte may have a Ph.D. in astrophysics. Don't judge a book by it's cover here. In the extreme, there is Leslie, who is technically a bearded man, but who likes to hang out downtown in a teddy and a tiara. Leslie's nuts, but he personifies Austin, and we're not going to get rid of him. 8. Austin has a love-hate relationship with tech companies in general and Dell in particular. We love being progressive, and the tech companies represent "the future." However, they're boring, sanitized, and they tend to treat their employees like cattle. Dell is a nasty machine that uses people like a lubricant, grinding them up and cleaning them out when they get messy or inconvenient. People in Austin are beginning to have a sneaking suspicion that Orson Welles was right about everything except the date. 9. Austinites are largely a bunch of tree-hugging environmentalists. For example, we're strangely and frighteningly proud of our bats. In the summer, the Congress Avenue Bridge is reminiscent of a Hitchcock film, but Austinites flock down there every night to see the show up close and personal. We have a statue devoted to the bats, and we named our hockey team after them (yes, we have a hockey team). The bats rule. As does our salamander. At one time, money-grubbing developers (Freeport-MacMoRan mostly) were building irresponsibly along Barton Creek, and because the bastards (may they rot in hell) couldn't be bothered with things like proper sewage drainage, our beloved swimming hole, Barton Springs Pool, was being polluted with the sewage from Barton Creek Development residents (a.k.a., "rich scum spoor"). Most of the city council and the Texas legislature were in the pockets of the festering scumbag developers, so it was necessary to bring out the big guns-the Barton Creek Salamander, an endangered species that was being threatened by the development sludge. For some reason, in Texas it is okay to make your citizens swim in crap, but it is illegal to make salamanders do so. 10. And of course, there is music. Austin is supposed to be the "music capital of the world." We have a shrine for Stevie Ray Vaughn down on Town Lake (yes, it's a lake-it looks like a river to you, but it's a lake); pay your respects if you come to town. While you're at it, swing by Threadgills and pay your respects to the memory of Janis Joplin, and drop by Antone's and pay your respects to the memory of Clifford Antone. He's not dead, but he's in a Texas prison on drug trafficking charges, and that may be just as bad. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 21 19:20:36 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1M3KYgx022383 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:20:35 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020222032034.5374@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Sleeping with the enemy Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Feb 21 19:21:03 2002 X-Original-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:20:34 -0800 Interesting article over at Salon about a gay couple; one Israeli, one Palestinian. Some of the Israeli fellow's comments are rather enlightening regarding why there's such a problem over there (um, human rights abuses, anyone?). According to this article at msnbc, the death toll since 9-2000 is 987 Palestinian to 281 Israeli. But keep in mind that the Israeli deaths are at the hands of terrorists, while the 987 Palestinians are "retaliation" by Israeli military and police forces. State sponsored terrorism, as far as I'm concerned. And we continue to funnel money to them for what reason? Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 21 21:58:30 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.2] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1M5wTgx003770 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:58:29 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020222055828.27313@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] .sig of the week Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Feb 21 21:59:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:58:28 -0800 "Luke Skywalker was a terrorist". Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Feb 22 17:38:13 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1N1cBgx021409 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:38:12 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020223013810.8000@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Re: Sleeping with the enemy Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Feb 22 17:39:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:38:10 -0800 Thanks to Corrado for a couple of good links from the Guardian, a UK newspaper which seems to me to be a bit better than most at portraying the arab side of things, while still being reasonably fair. First, a history of the conflict, which seems to me a pretty fair factual representation of reality: Various commentary on the situation: And an analysis that gives me hope that maybe the Israeli people will rein in their government and Mr. Sharon: Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Feb 22 18:48:20 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1N2mIgx020388; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:48:19 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020223024817.29685@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.1 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Various quasi-political errata Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Feb 22 18:49:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 18:48:17 -0800 Seems that our esteemed congress critters are going to be discussing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Oil Drilling in same next week. Corrado pointed me to the Earth Activist Network, and I also found the Sierra Club activist page, both will send a fax to your congress critter if so desired. Stumbled accross a very interesting website recently. Sort of a slash- style news/commentary/opinion portal, dedicated to gov. and corp. abuses of power and issues of US freedom in general. The byline is "Radical resources for the thinking Patriot". Probably worth a read if I don't piss you off with my ramblings. Maybe worth a read even if I do piss you off. ;-) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Feb 26 15:11:34 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1QNBXgx007963 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:11:33 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020226231133.25963@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Where's your DJ live? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Feb 26 15:12:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:11:33 -0800 This article takes a look at how one of the radio conglomerates is using technology to fake a local presence in smaller markets. The McDonald's version of radio. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Feb 27 11:55:55 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1RJtsgx017365 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:55:54 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020227195553.4947@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] LOTR-Lego style Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Feb 27 11:56:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:55:53 -0800 Thanks to Sooz for this one, yet another example of a freak with way too much time on his hands (the guy that did this-not Sooz, of course!): The Nazgul look rather suspicously close to everyone's favorite apprentice, Darth Vader... Some of the folks hanging around the the Prancing Pony look like residents of Tatooine as well. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 28 09:47:58 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1SHlugx000940 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:47:57 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020228174801.10671@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] RP-Israeli protestors Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Feb 28 09:48:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:48:01 -0800 I like this. Seems that some 300 members and reservists of the Israeli Defense Forces have forsworn current activities as repression and such, and have formed a pact which refuses to participate. Reportedly some have even gone to military prison rather than serve, reminiscent of our Vietnam protestors. The site is mostly in Hebrew, but there's an English version of the page, with a mission statement and a few statements from the participants. The Hebrew page has a lot more participant statements, if anybody reads Hebrew and has commentary I'd be interested. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Thu Feb 28 11:25:07 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1SJP6gx009879 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:25:07 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020228192511.32275@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Gay Pron Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Feb 28 11:26:03 2002 X-Original-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:25:11 -0800 (for the less geeky, pr0n is net-slang for pornography, but the above link is guaranteed 100% safe-and if you don't believe me keep in mind that it's hosted by the University of Toronto) Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Mon Mar 4 15:44:36 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g24NiZmS015365 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 15:44:36 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020304234434.5429@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Tugboat vs. Bridge Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Mar 4 15:45:04 2002 X-Original-Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 15:44:34 -0800 Thanks to Brooke for this rather amazing sequence of photos: Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Tue Mar 5 13:48:45 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g25LmimS006755 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:48:45 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020305214843.13969@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] French battle Taliban Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Mar 5 13:49:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:48:43 -0800 Thanks to Rob H. by way of Brooke for this one. Unknown where it originates, did not see it on either the Onion or SatireWire. French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan to Convince Taliban of Non-Existence of God The ground war in Afghanistan heated up yesterday when the Allies revealed plans to airdrop a platoon of crack French existentialist philosophers into the country to destroy the morale of Taleban zealots by proving the nonexistence of God. Elements from the feared Jean- Paul Sartre Brigade, or 'Black Berets', will be parachuted into the combat zones to spread doubt, despondency and existential anomie among the enemy. Hardened by numerous intellectual battles fought during their long occupation of Paris's Left Bank, their first action will be to establish a number of pavement cafes at strategic points near the front lines. There they will drink coffee and talk animatedly about the absurd nature of life and man's lonely isolation in the universe. They will be accompanied by a number of heartbreakingly beautiful girlfriends who will further spread dismay by sticking their tongues in the philosophers' ears every five minutes and looking remote and unattainable to everyone else. Their leader, Colonel Marc-Ange Belmondo, spoke yesterday of his confidence in the success of their mission. Sorbonne graduate Belmondo, a very intense and unshaven young man in a black pullover, gesticulated wildly and said, "The Taliban are caught in a logical fallacy of the most ridiculous. There is no God and I can prove it. Take your tongue out of my ear, Juliet, I am talking." Marc-Ange plans to deliver an impassioned thesis on man's nauseating freedom of action with special reference to the work of Foucault and the films of Alfred Hitchcock. However, humanitarian agencies have been quick to condemn the operation as inhumane, pointing out that the effects of passive smoking from the Frenchmens' endless Gitanes could wreak a terrible toll on civilians in the area. Speculation was mounting last night that Britain may also contribute to the effort by dropping Professor Stephen Hawking into Afghanistan to propagate his non-deistic theory of the creation of the universe. This is only one of several Psy-Ops operations mounted by the Allies to undermine the unswerving religious fanaticism that fuels the Taliban's fighting spirit. Pentagon sources have recently confirmed rumours that America has already sent in a 200-foot-tall robot Jesus, which roams the Taliban front lines glowing eerily and shooting flames out of its fingers while saying, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. Follow me or die." Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Wed Mar 6 13:20:03 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g26LK2mS027788 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020306212000.16329@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Royalty calculator Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Mar 6 13:21:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:20:00 -0800 Pretty interesting. Gives an idea of how much cash from that $13 cd actually goes to the artist. Not a whole lot-I rigged it for a superstar artist (who has lots of negotiating power with both the producer and the label) and got a royalty of $1.51/unit with a minimum of 434,171 units sold before a profit is seen. By contrast, as a default newbie to the business, the royalty is $.82 with a minimum 1,267,038 units sold before profit is seen. Not like this is any great secret, but those one-hit- wonders aren't making much money-some may even be losing their shirts-but the record company is cashing in big time. Strange how so many of the artists seem to think that the industry is good for them, seems pretty clear to me that they're being taken for a ride. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Mar 8 18:42:51 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g292gnmS014716 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:42:50 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020309024248.31735@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Bush waves to Stevie Wonder Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Mar 8 18:43:03 2002 X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:42:48 -0800 As seen in the Washington Post: Here's a vignette we're dying to see on the ABC broadcast of Sunday's Ford's Theatre Presidential Gala: When Stevie Wonder sat down at the keyboard center stage, President Bush in the front row got very excited. He smiled and started waving at Wonder, who understandably did not respond. After a moment Bush realized his mistake and slowly dropped the errant hand back to his lap. "I know I shouldn't have," a witness told us yesterday, "but I started laughing." Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Fri Mar 8 18:57:12 2002 Received: from [192.168.10.40] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g292vAmS023172 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:57:11 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020309025707.30652@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] what's wrong? Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Mar 8 18:58:03 2002 X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:57:07 -0800 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Mar 9 22:55:52 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g2A6tpmS002087 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 22:55:52 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020310065550.7075@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] WWJD Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Mar 9 22:56:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 22:55:50 -0800 Jack gets credit for this one: Most people assume the "WWJD" stands for "What Would Jesus Do?" But the initials really stand for "What Would Jesus Drive?" One theory is He would drive a Plymouth because the Bible says God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden "in a Fury," But Psalm 83, the Almighty clearly owns a Geo, the passage urges the Lord to "pursue your enemies with your Tempest and terrify them with your Storm." Perhaps God favors Dodge trucks because Moses followers are warned not to go up a mountain "until the Ram's horn sounds a long blast." Maybe it was a Honda, in St. John's gospel, Christ tells the crowd, "For I did not speak of my own Accord." And following the Master's lead, "the Apostles were in one Accord," a car pool. Meanwhile, Moses rode on an old Brit motorcycle, as evidenced by a Bible passage declaring that "the roar of Moses Triumph is heard in the hills." As Christians, we know the true meaning of "WWJD." If your a car lover, it brings new meaning to the song "Jesus Built My Hot Rod." -Article in Car and Driver Magazine Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Mar 9 23:01:00 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g2A70wmS020772 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:00:59 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020310070058.31795@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Florist Friars Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Mar 9 23:02:03 2002 X-Original-Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:00:58 -0800 Sam is to blame this lovely ditty: These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughes, and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars. Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sat Mar 9 23:37:02 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g2A7b0mS008537 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:37:01 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020310073700.28470@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] What the night sky should look like Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Mar 9 23:38:03 2002 X-Original-Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:37:00 -0800 Peace, Edmund A. Hintz **|** "You may say I'm a dreamer, Mac Techie, Unix Geek, * | * But I'm not the only one... Mac/Unix Consultant * /|\ * I hope someday you'll join us, */ | \* And the world will live as one. '78 Westy ***** Imagine." http://www.hintz.org From ed@hintz.org Sun Mar 10 10:08:37 2002 Received: from [192.168.51.3] (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jerry.hintz.org (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g2AI8ZmS024479 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:08:36 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Hintz To: "promotum@hintz.org" Message-Id: <20020310180837.11957@127.0.0.1> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail 3.1.2 carbon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Promotum] Escaped Cow Diary Sender: promotum-admin@hintz.org Errors-To: promotum-admin@hintz.org X-BeenThere: promotum@hintz.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Latin: To push forward, move ahead, advance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sun Mar 10 10:09:02 2002 X-Original-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:08:36 -0800 So when I came across this last week I thought it was too weird to forward. Funny, but so far fetched it wasn't worth the forward. Then, thanks to this mornings News Of The Weird, I found out it's based on fact. Go figure. So, below are some articles from the Cincinnati Enquirer about the case, and then the bovine diary. Diary of Escaped Cow in Cincinnati Day 1 Everyone completed their assignments and diversion went perfectly. Humans froze when we all rolled on our backs and began kicking wildly in the air. Not sure if I'm the only one to escape or not. Unable to contact the underground, they took my bell. Spent the night standing next to a Gateway Computer store. Day 2 Several near misses with authorities. Getting hungry. Now have green and blue spots after stumbling into a paintball game. No contact yet. Rolled in mud to avoid thermal detection. Day 3 Beginning to wonder where all of the vegetarian animal rights people are. Found food. Pressure building in udder. Must find a farmer soon. Spent the night in front of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Covered with mud and paint, they were clueless. Day 4 Found water and washed off. Overheard people talking while standing outside Wal-Mart. They have no idea where I am. Made $3.50 by shaking with little kids on my back. Need to find farm to spread the word not to get on the truck for the "hayride." Found perfect hiding place. Day 5 I still believe others made it out too. Either way, the rebellion is growing. Cold. Found food and water. Laying low. Spent all day posing on the Chick-fil-A billboard again. They don't suspect a thing. If I don't find a way to get milked soon I'll explode. Day 6 Soiled Chick-fil-A billboard, had to move on. Spent the day hiding in woods. Got mugged for my $3.50. Still no contact. Desperate now, difficult to walk due bloated udder. Unable to locate farmer, considering turning myself in at Trauth Dairy to relieve the pressure. Day 7 Followed farm smell and ended up at Cincinnati Zoo. Udder killing me. Under cover of darkness, broke in to petting zoo. Mobbed there by bizarre-looking hungry creatures. Bloated udder no longer an issue. Nobody there cared