I told a friend the other day that I thought phleghm was a funny word.
He told me it was spelled phlegm.
I still thought it was funny.
February 2004 Archives
Why do all automatic doors say "Caution Automatic Doors" on them? Because if they're automatic they'll be out of your way when you get there and there is nothing to be cautious about.
Someone brought the fact up that maybe it's because they sometimes don't open automatically.
But if that were the case, and you weren't paying attention enough to notice that the doors didn't open in front of you, then the sign is going to do you no good.
1. My IP Address theory was re-inforced. Because they used an IP Address of 16.201.315.200, an IP Address tha couldn't possibly be a real, it makes me think that maybe they are protecting themselves from random looser geeks that could possibly launch an attack on a real IP Address. Read the original entry regarding this: here.
2. If you are chasing someone down a busy city street, if you stop every half a block, you'll be able to see the person you're chasing running around the corner, into an alley, or getting in a car.
3. Whenever you upload a file on a computer, while the file is being uploaded the computer makes a high-pitched chirping sound.
4. Sandra Bullok was hot back in 1995.
Now, I'm sure I would have learned much more if I watch this highly educational film, but unfortunately I only caught the last half hour of it. Maybe if I see the rest of it someday I'll learn more. I'll keep my eyes on The Learning Channel's lineup.
Wow -- it's been a whole week since I've written. I guess I've just been busy.
Last Friday a friend pointed me in the direction of a very interesting E-Bay auction. Apparently with the ability to transfer cell phone numbers to any phone, on any plan, by any wireless company is really going to allow some people to cash out. This person has been blessed with the number 867-5309, made famous by Tommy TuTone back in the 80's. If you don't know this song, or you don't remember the 80's (for any reason), it's alright, you're not missing much.
Anyway, on Friday this auction was fetching a nice $2,100. Checking it this morning amazed me: $200,100.
That's it for right now. Talk to you all again soon.
I watch watching CSI last night and realized how badly computers, what computers can do, and technology in general are portrayed on television.
It's bad enough that a few weeks ago I was watching a rerun of Law and Order, and a hacker hacked into a system from an IP address that started with the number 327. I dismissed this as a safeguard though -- much like the 555 exchange that's used for telephone numbers on film and TV. If the IP address has no chance of being real, geeks who sit watching TV waiting for the chance to launch denial of service attacks on IP addresses they see on TV will have their evil h4x0r plans foiled.
Enough about that though. So last night on CSI, the uber technical crime scene investigator jumped on his trusty computer (you really can't tell if it's a PC or Mac) and imported a still image from a security camera of a crime scene. In the image the suspect could barely be seen. He was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and the best image that could be gotten was a really bad side view. He pulls up this image in his trusty software package and an hour later -- voila! The profile has turned into a full frontal view of this person and matches exactly to what the actual person looks like.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that privledged people have high-tech software that will allow them to fight crime but this is on the same level as the x-ray glasses you could buy out of the back of Mad magazine. Give me a break, in under an hour too? And to top things all off -- during the entire process of manipulating the image, the mouse was never touched. To be honest, I'm not even sure there was one there. The keystrokes that were used resembled that of typing a letter, or a chat session maybe, but not manipulating an image. But he was typing fast, maybe that's how it got done so fast?
No wonder I have users here at work that think their computer can do their entire job for them, and when their told that it can't do certain things, they seem puzzled. On TV, a computer can do anything you want.
I won $50 on a scratch ticket this morning! Woot!
