There’s going to be a total lunar eclipse tonight that will be viewable everywhere in the US.
Earth’s shadow will totally engulf the Moon from 2:41 to 3:53 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 11:41 p.m. to 12:53 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, as shown in the timetable below. The partial phases of the eclipse will last for a little more than an hour beforehand and afterward.
Here’s a map showing where various degrees of totality will occur across the globe:
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Pole!
Pole!
Mid-eclipse 2:17 AM CST. Can someone video it for me?
Mid-eclipse 2:17 AM CST. Can someone video it for me?
Now isn’t that sweet, with the repeal of DADT, Harvard likes the military again: Harvard to recognize ROTC, return to campus still uncertain.
Now isn’t that sweet, with the repeal of DADT, Harvard likes the military again: Harvard to recognize ROTC, return to campus still uncertain.
Interactive immigration map, clearly we’re not doing enough to recruit the Swedens. Recruiting from Mexico going fabulously.
Interactive immigration map, clearly we’re not doing enough to recruit the Swedens. Recruiting from Mexico going fabulously.
The weather forecast says ~60% cloud cover followed by early morning fog. But I’m staying up to take a peek anyway.
The weather forecast says ~60% cloud cover followed by early morning fog. But I’m staying up to take a peek anyway.
I think I’ll stay up and see what I can see tonight also. Off work tomorrow and the kids are out of school until 2011 so no big deal.
Can someone video it for me?
Back in the 80s sometime I stayed up a photographed a lunar eclipse. Those were the most spectacularly boring photos I’ve ever taken. The same thing could have been accomplished with a low wattage light bulb and a piece of cardboard with a hole cut out and you probably wouldn’t have known the difference.
I think I’ll stay up and see what I can see tonight also. Off work tomorrow and the kids are out of school until 2011 so no big deal.
Can someone video it for me?
Back in the 80s sometime I stayed up a photographed a lunar eclipse. Those were the most spectacularly boring photos I’ve ever taken. The same thing could have been accomplished with a low wattage light bulb and a piece of cardboard with a hole cut out and you probably wouldn’t have known the difference.
This one’s special. The first lunar eclipse to occur on the winter solstice in almost 500 years. The darkest day.
On a completely different matter, when will someone declare this chucklehead clinically insane? I guess you gotta give him props for tenacity.
This one’s special. The first lunar eclipse to occur on the winter solstice in almost 500 years. The darkest day.
On a completely different matter, when will someone declare this chucklehead clinically insane? I guess you gotta give him props for tenacity.
when will someone declare this chucklehead clinically insane?
OK… not that I have any authority in this matter, but I’ll declare it.
But you free market fundamentalists just don’t get it. We need to spend more money we don’t have in order to become prosperous. Trust me on this. I’m more educated than you.
It’s OK, Paul… we’re here to help you. Of course you’re smarter than us. Just back slowly away from the keyboard. We don’t want to see anyone get hurt here…
when will someone declare this chucklehead clinically insane?
OK… not that I have any authority in this matter, but I’ll declare it.
But you free market fundamentalists just don’t get it. We need to spend more money we don’t have in order to become prosperous. Trust me on this. I’m more educated than you.
It’s OK, Paul… we’re here to help you. Of course you’re smarter than us. Just back slowly away from the keyboard. We don’t want to see anyone get hurt here…
#8;
We don’t want to see anyone get hurt here…
I do. Especially if it’s Krugman’s ego.
#8;
We don’t want to see anyone get hurt here…
I do. Especially if it’s Krugman’s ego.
#5;
But I’m staying up to take a peek anyway.
I’ll be sure to close the curtains. 😉
#5;
But I’m staying up to take a peek anyway.
I’ll be sure to close the curtains. 😉
Speaking of Krugman:
‘Day of Reckoning’: Chris Christie Tackles Massive State Debt on ‘60 Minutes’
Here’s a taste: California now spends more on public employee pensions than it does on the state university system; Arizona has sold its state capital, supreme court chambers, and legislative building to private investors; and Illinois, which spends twice as much as it takes in in taxes, is months behind on Medicaid payments and some gas stations won’t even take State Trooper credit cards.
Those examples were included in a “60 Minutes” special on Sunday, which detailed the growing problem of mounting state debt. It’s a problem that includes blatant fiscal irresponsibility and borrowing money to delay what NJ Gov. Chris Christie calls in the piece the “day of reckoning.” The segment also features Meredith Whitney, one of the most respected women on Wall Street who once predicted the dismal housing collapse. In her mind, the state budget crisis will be just as crippling.
The post above speaks about benefits public employees receive. On that note, A couple of months ago, insurance was adjusted for employees at work. If I had family insurance I’d be paying $1,090 / mo. for the plan with the highest deductibles or $2,900 / mo. for the plan with the lowest. 😕
Speaking of Krugman:
‘Day of Reckoning’: Chris Christie Tackles Massive State Debt on ‘60 Minutes’
Here’s a taste: California now spends more on public employee pensions than it does on the state university system; Arizona has sold its state capital, supreme court chambers, and legislative building to private investors; and Illinois, which spends twice as much as it takes in in taxes, is months behind on Medicaid payments and some gas stations won’t even take State Trooper credit cards.
Those examples were included in a “60 Minutes” special on Sunday, which detailed the growing problem of mounting state debt. It’s a problem that includes blatant fiscal irresponsibility and borrowing money to delay what NJ Gov. Chris Christie calls in the piece the “day of reckoning.” The segment also features Meredith Whitney, one of the most respected women on Wall Street who once predicted the dismal housing collapse. In her mind, the state budget crisis will be just as crippling.
The post above speaks about benefits public employees receive. On that note, A couple of months ago, insurance was adjusted for employees at work. If I had family insurance I’d be paying $1,090 / mo. for the plan with the highest deductibles or $2,900 / mo. for the plan with the lowest. 😕
The free-market fundamentalists have been as wrong about events abroad as they have about events in America — and suffered equally few consequences. “Ireland,” declared George Osborne in 2006, “stands as a shining example of the art of the possible in long-term economic policymaking.” Whoops. But Mr. Osborne is now Britain’s top economic official.
If Krugman thinks that the Republic of Ireland was in any way, shape or form a free market economy then he’s crazier than anyone imagined. They are your standard European model socialist country that had glimpses of a free-market economy. That was crushed under the inherently inefficient bureaucracy of socialism.
The free-market fundamentalists have been as wrong about events abroad as they have about events in America — and suffered equally few consequences. “Ireland,” declared George Osborne in 2006, “stands as a shining example of the art of the possible in long-term economic policymaking.” Whoops. But Mr. Osborne is now Britain’s top economic official.
If Krugman thinks that the Republic of Ireland was in any way, shape or form a free market economy then he’s crazier than anyone imagined. They are your standard European model socialist country that had glimpses of a free-market economy. That was crushed under the inherently inefficient bureaucracy of socialism.
#7 Hamous
I can ‘splain. That whole article is one big typo. He couldn’t see what he was typing because of all the brown stuff in his eyes.
You know, because his head is up his anal orifice.
He’s really not that stupid. Just anatomically challenged.
#7 Hamous
I can ‘splain. That whole article is one big typo. He couldn’t see what he was typing because of all the brown stuff in his eyes.
You know, because his head is up his anal orifice.
He’s really not that stupid. Just anatomically challenged.
#11 Darren, insurance pricing is just plain screwy. Following our divorce, my monthly chip-in didn’t decrease a bit when the ex was taken off the company plan, but I shelled out $430/mo for her COBRA coverage, which was twice the contribution for the family.
Similarly, my rates didn’t drop when older daughter turned 23 and “aged out” last spring. But they went up when I added her to the plan again.
It’s not a choice between “free markets” and “socialism.” Both end up being corporatism.
#11 Darren, insurance pricing is just plain screwy. Following our divorce, my monthly chip-in didn’t decrease a bit when the ex was taken off the company plan, but I shelled out $430/mo for her COBRA coverage, which was twice the contribution for the family.
Similarly, my rates didn’t drop when older daughter turned 23 and “aged out” last spring. But they went up when I added her to the plan again.
It’s not a choice between “free markets” and “socialism.” Both end up being corporatism.
And the FCC is begins its move on clamping down free (read: opposition to liberalism) speech tomorrow?
And the FCC is begins its move on clamping down free (read: opposition to liberalism) speech tomorrow?
Thanks to Drudge and Breitbart. I hope they don’t get shut down, else we may never know half the crap our “leaders” try to pull on us.
Thanks to Drudge and Breitbart. I hope they don’t get shut down, else we may never know half the crap our “leaders” try to pull on us.
Good morning all. Clouds came in, 58 at 6, overcast but lighter now, breeze ~ 10 mph from the south pushes leaves back across the yard. Regrettably the eclipse might be obscured here tonight, but it’s worth checking out.
The residents of the manse, biped and quadruped, are getting ready for Christmas. Mariposa is wearing her red collar; the mares have their evergreen wreath and stocking hung in the stable, and a new supply of Mrs. Pastures Cookies for Horses is in the feed room. As an aside, the horse cookies are made of oats, molasses, apples, bran, and flavorings to delight the equine palate. They’re about the size of half dollars and compressed to the density of a hockey puck. The horses crunch them with no problem. Bipeds wishing to sample one better soak it well first to soften it or risk spitting out teeth.
Inside the house pretty much all is set. Now that my hand and arm are recovering the last of the cards can be sent. Christmas music fills the rooms to enhance the last tasks. It’s 67 already at 9:45 so no nip in the air will add to the atmosphere. Overcast again with a teasing sky that likely will not produce a drop here.
As for Dr. Krugman, he married well and lives in a bubble of sugar plums and candy canes.
Adee, Mr. Krugman does not have mares in his stables. His stables are full of RFUs.
You know, because rainbows do not contribute to global warming.
Adee, Mr. Krugman does not have mares in his stables. His stables are full of RFUs.
You know, because rainbows do not contribute to global warming.
We have not even begun to decorate for Christmas. Just having a hard time getting into the spirit this year. I remember, when the kids were young, I couldn’t wait to start playing Christmas music, and I was excited about wrapping presents and stuff. I remember 1996, I went nuts baking. Pies and cookies were everywhere, covering every available counter and table space that I had. We got a phone call, and I clearly remember Lovely Daughter telling the caller “Will you PLEASE tell Mommy to stop cooking? She’s overbaking EVERYTHING!”
That was cute. Everything was baked perfectly. 😉
She comes home today, so I guess we’ll start decorating tonight. She wanted me to wait until she came home. Maybe I should wrap her presents before she arrives.
We have not even begun to decorate for Christmas. Just having a hard time getting into the spirit this year. I remember, when the kids were young, I couldn’t wait to start playing Christmas music, and I was excited about wrapping presents and stuff. I remember 1996, I went nuts baking. Pies and cookies were everywhere, covering every available counter and table space that I had. We got a phone call, and I clearly remember Lovely Daughter telling the caller “Will you PLEASE tell Mommy to stop cooking? She’s overbaking EVERYTHING!”
That was cute. Everything was baked perfectly. 😉
She comes home today, so I guess we’ll start decorating tonight. She wanted me to wait until she came home. Maybe I should wrap her presents before she arrives.
Ah, crap, found a typo. My brain was not in sync with my fingers. Lovely’s comment should be:
“Will you PLEASE tell Mommy to stop baking? She’s over cooking EVERYTHING!”
There, now it makes more sense. And it’s more accurate.
I need a nap already.
Ah, crap, found a typo. My brain was not in sync with my fingers. Lovely’s comment should be:
“Will you PLEASE tell Mommy to stop baking? She’s over cooking EVERYTHING!”
There, now it makes more sense. And it’s more accurate.
I need a nap already.
I learned a new term today: “Ping it to me.”
At work, an instant messaging system is vital to communicating with distant coworkers. Rather than attempt a voice call only to have it roll to voice mail, it’s a common practice to “ping” the target with an instant message to see if/when they’re available for a call.
The new term refers to dragging and dropping a file, such as a spread sheet or power point, into the instant messaging chat window.
It’s only a matter of time before I slip up and say, “Ping it to me, baby!”
I learned a new term today: “Ping it to me.”
At work, an instant messaging system is vital to communicating with distant coworkers. Rather than attempt a voice call only to have it roll to voice mail, it’s a common practice to “ping” the target with an instant message to see if/when they’re available for a call.
The new term refers to dragging and dropping a file, such as a spread sheet or power point, into the instant messaging chat window.
It’s only a matter of time before I slip up and say, “Ping it to me, baby!”
Heck with talking about the economy.. we need to talk about a real issue
Fox news has this story about the shift in the electoral map due to the 2010 Census.
November’s elections put Republicans in control of dozens of state legislatures and governorships, just as states prepare to redraw their congressional and legislative district maps. It’s often a brutally partisan process, and Republicans’ control in those states will enable them to create new districts to their liking.
The combination of population shifts and the recent election results could make Obama’s re-election campaign more difficult. Each House seat represents an electoral vote in the presidential election process, giving more weight to states Obama probably will lose in 2012. The states he carried in 2008 are projected to lose, on balance, six electoral votes to states that his GOP challenger, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, won. That sets a higher bar for Obama before his re-election campaign even starts.
“The way the maps have shifted have made Obama’s route to success much more difficult,” said Republican Party spokesman Doug Heye. He said the Republican takeover of several state governments on the eve of redistricting efforts was “a dramatic shift.”
Republicans now control the governor’s offices and both legislative chambers in competitive presidential states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Maine and Wisconsin. They hold the governors’ chairs in other crucial states, including Nevada, New Mexico, Virginia and Iowa.
When Obama carried those states in 2008, most had Democratic governors happy to lend their political operations to his cause. Now he will run where governors can bend their powers against his administration’s policies and his campaign’s strategies.
They even mention the Delay redraw
Pennsylvania’s partisan warfare was mild compared with the Texas redistricting imbroglio of 2003. Republicans, who had just taken over the state government, refused to live eight more years with a political map that had given 17 U.S. House seats to Democrats, and 15 to the Republicans.
Prodded by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Texas Republicans took the rare step of drawing a second statewide political map only three years after the census — with boundaries certain to send more Republicans to Washington.
More than 50 angry Texas House Democrats fled to a Holiday Inn in neighboring Oklahoma to keep the Legislature from having the quorum needed to pass the Republicans’ plan. The “Killer Ds” eventually returned to Texas’ capital in Austin, and Republicans adopted their new congressional district map. It helped them win 21 House contests, compared with the Democrats’ 11, in the next election.
Like we really need yet another goofy conspiracy theory.
Dorian Electra is a pretty and very bright girl from Houston who just made a love song music video for Friedrich Hayek. Houston landscapes in the backgrounds.
I’m sure it will go viral now since Instapundit posted it today.
Dorian Electra is a pretty and very bright girl from Houston who just made a love song music video for Friedrich Hayek. Houston landscapes in the backgrounds.
I’m sure it will go viral now since Instapundit posted it today.
#13 TT
He’s really not that stupid.
Ideology can completely warp one’s perception of reality. Education does not prevent this.
#13 TT
He’s really not that stupid.
Ideology can completely warp one’s perception of reality. Education does not prevent this.
#14
corporatism
Good work, Bob. Wrap up a complex problem in one buzzword or slogan.
#14
corporatism
Good work, Bob. Wrap up a complex problem in one buzzword or slogan.
#24 Texpat, that’s nice. Very nice.
#24 Texpat, that’s nice. Very nice.
#20 TT
A kiddo complaining there were too many pies and cookies in the house? Who’d have think it?
#20 TT
A kiddo complaining there were too many pies and cookies in the house? Who’d have think it?
#21 B42
“Ping it to me.”
That’s what Instant Messenger is for, so you can see who is actively online. My company uses Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) with a traffic-signal color code for contacts from LDAP directory — who is online, busy, away, etc. Could not operate w/o it.
#21 B42
“Ping it to me.”
That’s what Instant Messenger is for, so you can see who is actively online. My company uses Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) with a traffic-signal color code for contacts from LDAP directory — who is online, busy, away, etc. Could not operate w/o it.
Good work, Bob. Wrap up a complex problem in one buzzword or slogan.
Hey, give him a break. He did it without overtly mentioning his big three litmus tests – the WoD, TPD, or teh gheyz.
Good work, Bob. Wrap up a complex problem in one buzzword or slogan.
Hey, give him a break. He did it without overtly mentioning his big three litmus tests – the WoD, TPD, or teh gheyz.
Harry Reid goes gaga over Lady Gaga.
Harry Reid goes gaga over Lady Gaga.
#29 M42, I agree. IM has been a huge time saver and productivity enhancer. Especially since they got the drag and drop file transfer working (quite some time ago) and have made major improvements to the “instant conference call” feature that sets up a VoIP connection between all participants in a multi person chat window with the click of a button.
“Ping it to me (baby)” is just a new term for a helpful function.
#29 M42, I agree. IM has been a huge time saver and productivity enhancer. Especially since they got the drag and drop file transfer working (quite some time ago) and have made major improvements to the “instant conference call” feature that sets up a VoIP connection between all participants in a multi person chat window with the click of a button.
“Ping it to me (baby)” is just a new term for a helpful function.
#30 Hamous, I’m sorry to disappoint, but the TPD and corporatism are joined at the hip. 😉
#30 Hamous, I’m sorry to disappoint, but the TPD and corporatism are joined at the hip. 😉
#28 Mharper
A kiddo complaining there were too many pies and cookies in the house? Who’d have think it?
Did I mention that the baked goods were covering every available flat surface, save the seating areas? I even put some of the containers on the floor. I really did lose it that year. Everyone at Dad’s for Christmas helped to reduce the surplus, but we still ate on those things for days. The mail carrier got a baggie of cookies and was much appreciative.
#28 Mharper
A kiddo complaining there were too many pies and cookies in the house? Who’d have think it?
Did I mention that the baked goods were covering every available flat surface, save the seating areas? I even put some of the containers on the floor. I really did lose it that year. Everyone at Dad’s for Christmas helped to reduce the surplus, but we still ate on those things for days. The mail carrier got a baggie of cookies and was much appreciative.
I note a shift in definitions. Its either the gummint or the AP Stylebook has deemed that “high powered rifles” is more menacing than “assualt rifles.” I’ve seen it being used on other contexts recently as well.
WASHINGTON – The federal agency that monitors gun sales wants weapons dealers near the Mexican border to start reporting multiple sales of high-powered rifles, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has asked the White House budget office to approve an emergency request requiring border-area gun dealers to report the sales of two or more rifles to the same customer within a five-day period.
The emergency request, published Friday in the Federal Register, is likely to face stiff opposition from gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association. ATF wants the Office of Budget Management to approve the request by Jan. 5.
First off, its a loosely goosey definition. A bolt action 30-06 deer riflew IS a high powered rifle, as is a .300 Win Mag—even .308 could fit into that category, along withn its wildcat derivatives.
If they are going to go with .223 as the definition of “high powered” then everything and anything that can be used to take down animals as big as a deer or feral hog will be included.
Its a sneaky thing.
DHMissouri 1 minute ago Report Abuse First point; Every time a legal gun dealer sell a long gun the FBI has to be called for the instant check. This is for each weapon.
The next point; The border need to be closed except for border check points, where any contraband, drugs, guns… can be stopped. This is just more proof the Federal Government is failing to do there job.
The FBI can do their own dam paperwork and do just a good a job of tracking multiple gun sales to the same individual.
Then, there’s this:
This is a joke. The weapons of choice by the drug dealers are MACHINE GUNS and RPGs. How many of those can you find in a gun shop along the border? I’ll answer that – ZERO.Reply.
You might be able to make a case that someone who makes multiple purchases of AR-15s, M1As, AK clones, or M1 carbines might need a sewcond look taken at them, but all “High powered rifles”?
C’mon. there’s a bit more going on here.
And closing the dam border would slove the problem anyway.
I note a shift in definitions. Its either the gummint or the AP Stylebook has deemed that “high powered rifles” is more menacing than “assualt rifles.” I’ve seen it being used on other contexts recently as well.
WASHINGTON – The federal agency that monitors gun sales wants weapons dealers near the Mexican border to start reporting multiple sales of high-powered rifles, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has asked the White House budget office to approve an emergency request requiring border-area gun dealers to report the sales of two or more rifles to the same customer within a five-day period.
The emergency request, published Friday in the Federal Register, is likely to face stiff opposition from gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association. ATF wants the Office of Budget Management to approve the request by Jan. 5.
First off, its a loosely goosey definition. A bolt action 30-06 deer riflew IS a high powered rifle, as is a .300 Win Mag—even .308 could fit into that category, along withn its wildcat derivatives.
If they are going to go with .223 as the definition of “high powered” then everything and anything that can be used to take down animals as big as a deer or feral hog will be included.
Its a sneaky thing.
DHMissouri 1 minute ago Report Abuse First point; Every time a legal gun dealer sell a long gun the FBI has to be called for the instant check. This is for each weapon.
The next point; The border need to be closed except for border check points, where any contraband, drugs, guns… can be stopped. This is just more proof the Federal Government is failing to do there job.
The FBI can do their own dam paperwork and do just a good a job of tracking multiple gun sales to the same individual.
Then, there’s this:
This is a joke. The weapons of choice by the drug dealers are MACHINE GUNS and RPGs. How many of those can you find in a gun shop along the border? I’ll answer that – ZERO.Reply.
You might be able to make a case that someone who makes multiple purchases of AR-15s, M1As, AK clones, or M1 carbines might need a sewcond look taken at them, but all “High powered rifles”?
C’mon. there’s a bit more going on here.
And closing the dam border would slove the problem anyway.
#32 B42
“Ping it to me (baby)” is just a new term for a helpful function.
Ok, I made my usual mistake of not reading the original post carefully enough. So completely misunderstood what you were saying. Sorry for the noise.
But ping NEW? Maybe you already knew this — the ping command dates back to Unix (that I know of) — maybe even farther back. I don’t remember it being on VAX/VPN.
#32 B42
“Ping it to me (baby)” is just a new term for a helpful function.
Ok, I made my usual mistake of not reading the original post carefully enough. So completely misunderstood what you were saying. Sorry for the noise.
But ping NEW? Maybe you already knew this — the ping command dates back to Unix (that I know of) — maybe even farther back. I don’t remember it being on VAX/VPN.
#33 B42
#30 Hamous, I’m sorry to disappoint, but the TPD and corporatism are joined at the hip. ”
Hamous knew that — (and so did I) — that’s why he said “without overtly mentioning…”
#33 B42
#30 Hamous, I’m sorry to disappoint, but the TPD and corporatism are joined at the hip. ”
Hamous knew that — (and so did I) — that’s why he said “without overtly mentioning…”
woops, the formatting got away from me. 😳
woops, the formatting got away from me. 😳
#34 TT
Yep, we got the picture — homemade sweets EVERYWHERE. 🙂
#34 TT
Yep, we got the picture — homemade sweets EVERYWHERE. 🙂
#36 M42, yes I’m familiar with the history of the PING command in the various IP stacks. It’s one of the original and most helpful datagrams described in the RFC for ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol.)
In the protocol definition, it’s officially called an “ICMP Echo” hence the nickname and common filename for the executable code. Btw, attempts to define the acronym as “Packet InterNet Groper” are popular urban legends.
#36 M42, yes I’m familiar with the history of the PING command in the various IP stacks. It’s one of the original and most helpful datagrams described in the RFC for ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol.)
In the protocol definition, it’s officially called an “ICMP Echo” hence the nickname and common filename for the executable code. Btw, attempts to define the acronym as “Packet InterNet Groper” are popular urban legends.
#40 Ok, I wasn’t trying to one-up you, Bob… 😀
#40 Ok, I wasn’t trying to one-up you, Bob… 😀
#41 I didn’t think you were. I just enjoy the ability to remember obscure acronyms from my former line of work, back when internet software was still maturing and hardware wasn’t a commodity. I used to have business cards that read, “Have Sniffer, will travel.”
My favorite RFC is still #1149.
In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is a humorously-intended proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons. IP over Avian Carriers was initially described in RFC 1149, a “Request for Comments” (RFC) issued by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) written by D. Waitzman and released on 1 April 1990 (April Fools’ Day). It is one of several April Fools’ Day RFCs.
Waitzman described an improvement of his protocol in RFC 2549, IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service (1 April 1999).
When describing the RFC process to students, I’d use that RFC as an example of the structure/process, along with some pictures from the geeks who tested it. It kept the students interested and on topic (kinda.)
#41 I didn’t think you were. I just enjoy the ability to remember obscure acronyms from my former line of work, back when internet software was still maturing and hardware wasn’t a commodity. I used to have business cards that read, “Have Sniffer, will travel.”
My favorite RFC is still #1149.
In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is a humorously-intended proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons. IP over Avian Carriers was initially described in RFC 1149, a “Request for Comments” (RFC) issued by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) written by D. Waitzman and released on 1 April 1990 (April Fools’ Day). It is one of several April Fools’ Day RFCs.
Waitzman described an improvement of his protocol in RFC 2549, IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service (1 April 1999).
When describing the RFC process to students, I’d use that RFC as an example of the structure/process, along with some pictures from the geeks who tested it. It kept the students interested and on topic (kinda.)
#42 Texpat, if that technology had been around 15 years ago, I might still be married.
#42 Texpat, if that technology had been around 15 years ago, I might still be married.
I am having a geekiness overload – SPMT YOURS or something.
I am having a geekiness overload – SPMT YOURS or something.
Gee–
And here I thought “pinging” somebody had something to do with WW2 Sonar.
That’s what I thought when we used it in the Army.
Gee–
And here I thought “pinging” somebody had something to do with WW2 Sonar.
That’s what I thought when we used it in the Army.
Texpat#42
Very cute. I like the growling caveman translation voice.
Texpat#42
Very cute. I like the growling caveman translation voice.
#45 Bones,
Yeah, I asked for it with my #41…
#45 Bones,
Yeah, I asked for it with my #41…
Texpat #42;
Too funny. I forgot my wife’s anniversary last year and the only thing that saved me is that she forgot it too. We both remembered it a couple of days after it passed. (She remembered it first.) 🙂
Texpat #42;
Too funny. I forgot my wife’s anniversary last year and the only thing that saved me is that she forgot it too. We both remembered it a couple of days after it passed. (She remembered it first.) 🙂
bob #44;
I don’t know, bob. 15 years ago if your ex-wife knew exactly what you were thinking would that have helped? 😉
bob #44;
I don’t know, bob. 15 years ago if your ex-wife knew exactly what you were thinking would that have helped? 😉
LOL, Darren, my wife and I did the same thing on our FIRST anniversary! We were married on Dec 18th and were at a church Christmas Party on the same day or a day or two later (hey, the mind goes after so many years) and someone asked us what we did for our anniversary. We looked at each other and started laughing. Thank goodness she forgot too!
LOL, Darren, my wife and I did the same thing on our FIRST anniversary! We were married on Dec 18th and were at a church Christmas Party on the same day or a day or two later (hey, the mind goes after so many years) and someone asked us what we did for our anniversary. We looked at each other and started laughing. Thank goodness she forgot too!
DJ #51;
🙂
DJ #51;
🙂
Impossible to miss our anniversary, New Years Eve. Stupidest anniversary ever, everything is twice the price and booked months ahead.
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#49
I forgot my wife’s anniversary
Did you forget your’s? 😀
Impossible to miss our anniversary, New Years Eve. Stupidest anniversary ever, everything is twice the price and booked months ahead.
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#49
I forgot my wife’s anniversary
Did you forget your’s? 😀
#53 Tim
Here’s a great suggestion. Get divorced and then get remarried on a less hectic day.
But check whether this would mess up your taxes before you do it.
#53 Tim
Here’s a great suggestion. Get divorced and then get remarried on a less hectic day.
But check whether this would mess up your taxes before you do it.
mharper
Think the lady translater wouldn’t even help with that suggestion.
mharper
Think the lady translater wouldn’t even help with that suggestion.
Did y’all play with the interactive immigration map from my #4? WB had a post a while back on the tendancies of the different groups migrating to certain areas of the U.S. I noted the people from India and the Middle East tend to be in the same areas.
Did y’all play with the interactive immigration map from my #4? WB had a post a while back on the tendancies of the different groups migrating to certain areas of the U.S. I noted the people from India and the Middle East tend to be in the same areas.
A lady from church is producing a mini-play about John & Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and asked me to set up the audio and help with the few props. The first run-through was tonight. John was a no-show, so I offered to cold read his part. It was fun, and reminded me of my rip & read radio days.
(But I would have rather read Jefferson’s lines.)
A lady from church is producing a mini-play about John & Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and asked me to set up the audio and help with the few props. The first run-through was tonight. John was a no-show, so I offered to cold read his part. It was fun, and reminded me of my rip & read radio days.
(But I would have rather read Jefferson’s lines.)
#56 Yes, I looked at it, Tim. It’s an interesting app.
Some groups are well dispersed, others clumped in the big cities. I was surprised how large the bubbles were for some groups I did not realize had so many immigrants in the US, e.g. from the Phillipines. Some categories like “All of Africa” don’t seem very useful. I’d bet the big cluster in Minneapolis/St Paul are mostly Somali — just based on all the stories that made the news about Somali cab drivers — but no way to tell from this tool.
#56 Yes, I looked at it, Tim. It’s an interesting app.
Some groups are well dispersed, others clumped in the big cities. I was surprised how large the bubbles were for some groups I did not realize had so many immigrants in the US, e.g. from the Phillipines. Some categories like “All of Africa” don’t seem very useful. I’d bet the big cluster in Minneapolis/St Paul are mostly Somali — just based on all the stories that made the news about Somali cab drivers — but no way to tell from this tool.
GJT #53;
Did you forget your’s?
I did actually. Thank goodness she did too. 🙂
GJT #53;
Did you forget your’s?
I did actually. Thank goodness she did too. 🙂
#55;
Think the lady translater wouldn’t even help with that suggestion.
Sure it would. It wuld say (in Master Yoda’s voice), “If Offer mharper’s suggestion to Mrs. Tim , dead meat you will be. Hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmmm, yes?”
(Nobody does a Yoda immitation better than Pat Gray.)
#55;
Think the lady translater wouldn’t even help with that suggestion.
Sure it would. It wuld say (in Master Yoda’s voice), “If Offer mharper’s suggestion to Mrs. Tim , dead meat you will be. Hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmmm, yes?”
(Nobody does a Yoda immitation better than Pat Gray.)
Nobody does a Yoda immitation better than Pat Gray
I agree.
I thought mharper was my friend, now I know she just wants me dead to give her more room on Hammie’s couch.
Nobody does a Yoda immitation better than Pat Gray
I agree.
I thought mharper was my friend, now I know she just wants me dead to give her more room on Hammie’s couch.
Good night John Boy.
Good night John Boy.
Tim Blair reports from Australia the results of his research into the apparent Gore Effect afflicting Europe in spite of the apparent absence of Mr. Gore. Read about it here:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/
Tim Blair reports from Australia the results of his research into the apparent Gore Effect afflicting Europe in spite of the apparent absence of Mr. Gore. Read about it here:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/
Harry Potter Actress Beaten, Called a Prostitute by Family for Seeing Non-Muslim
And in England it’s a hate crime to speak negatively against Muslims?
Harry Potter Actress Beaten, Called a Prostitute by Family for Seeing Non-Muslim
And in England it’s a hate crime to speak negatively against Muslims?
#61 Tim
she just wants me dead
What?? You mean my great suggestion?
#61 Tim
she just wants me dead
What?? You mean my great suggestion?
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