I wonder why New York is used as the back drop for so many shows. It seems as odd as a wine of the month club. Why does New York need to be the back drop as all the shows. The worst part is something else is used .. . they make fun of the midwest.
In particular that horrid show with the tramp Paris Hilton. Now there is someone noone should ever take serious.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Days on
Here again is the little corner, and have some condos for sale. IF you need something that has some historical significance go buy something in Boston.
Of course getting something of historical importance can be really hard or if you are lucky easy. If the history is know, it will cost even more.
Remember that one will need to keep things the same. Even if you do not like it.
Have a really happy day.
Of course getting something of historical importance can be really hard or if you are lucky easy. If the history is know, it will cost even more.
Remember that one will need to keep things the same. Even if you do not like it.
Have a really happy day.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Hstorical Places
Recently there was some North Carolina land for sale that has historical significance in US history. The real question would be what to do with the property.
I recently saw an episodes of Homicides: Life On The Streets, in which three characters bought a bar that had historical significance. The funny part is that it was George Washington who had to use the restroom there. The funny part is that the restroom would have been outside and not inside.
I recently saw an episodes of Homicides: Life On The Streets, in which three characters bought a bar that had historical significance. The funny part is that it was George Washington who had to use the restroom there. The funny part is that the restroom would have been outside and not inside.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
D-Day
New submitter LeadSongDog writes with news that Apple has provided information on how long it holds onto voice search data used by its digital assistant software Siri. Speaking to Wired, an Apple representative said the data is kept for two years after the initial query.
"Here’s what happens. Whenever you speak into Apple’s voice activated personal digital assistant, it ships it off to Apple’s data farm for analysis. Apple generates a random numbers to represent the user and it associates the voice files with that number. This number — not your Apple user ID or email address — represents you as far as Siri’s back-end voice analysis system is concerned. Once the voice recording is six months old, Apple “disassociates” your user number from the clip, deleting the number from the voice file. But it keeps these disassociated files for up to 18 more months for testing and product improvement purposes."
This information came in response to requests for clarification of Siri's privacy policy, which was not very clear as written. The director of privacy group Big Brother Watch said, "There needs to be a very high justification for retaining such intrusive data for longer than is absolutely necessary to provide the service."
Saturday, December 8, 2007
A moon phase
I love unique watches. Bolovia made this really awesome watch with a moon phase. I am so glad they are trying them again with some of the Lange Sohne watches out there.
Now I tried buying one of the Bolovia watches as a piece of history. I like collecting odd things that have stlye and are usable. This also defines my love of cars and my anger at the trailer queens.
I personally like driving older cars as a daily driver.
Have a most happy day.
Now I tried buying one of the Bolovia watches as a piece of history. I like collecting odd things that have stlye and are usable. This also defines my love of cars and my anger at the trailer queens.
I personally like driving older cars as a daily driver.
Have a most happy day.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Finding Recent History
Oh happy days, coffee house has come to town.
Why this is not real history. This is local history. Mitchell SD Reviews has many of these items that I like.
This place was had been open down one year when I visited. I was really honored to be there. I really enjoyed my time and listening to the stories from the owners.
Have a happy day
Why this is not real history. This is local history. Mitchell SD Reviews has many of these items that I like.
This place was had been open down one year when I visited. I was really honored to be there. I really enjoyed my time and listening to the stories from the owners.
Have a happy day
Monday, December 3, 2007
Heinlein
I found this great speech or essay be Heinlein, one of my favorite authors of all time. Even with all the bathroom vanities that people have, I think this worth the read once again.
Have an awesome day.
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This I Believe by Robert A. Heinlein
"I am not going to talk about religious beliefs but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults, and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults. "Take Father Michael down our road a piece. I'm not of his creed, but I know that goodness and charity and lovingkindness shine in his daily actions. I believe in Father Mike. If I'm in trouble, I'll go to him."
"My next-door neighbor is a veterinary doctor. Doc will get out of bed after a hard day to help a stray cat. No fee--no prospect of a fee--I believe in Doc.
"I believe in my townspeople. You can know on any door in our town saying, 'I'm hungry,' and you will be fed. Our town is no exception. I've found the same ready charity everywhere. But for the one who says, 'To heck with you - I got mine,' there are a hundred, a thousand who will say, "Sure, pal, sit down."
"I know that despite all warnings against hitchhikers I can step up to the highway, thumb for a ride and in a few minutes a car or a truck will stop and someone will say, 'Climb in Mac - how far you going?'
"I believe in my fellow citizens. Our headlines are splashed with crime yet for every criminal there are 10,000 honest, decent, kindly men. If it were not so, no child would live to grow up. Business could not go on from day to day. Decency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but is a force stronger than crime. I believe in the patient gallentry of nurses and the tedious sacrifices of teachers. I believe in the unseen and unending fight against desperate odds that goes on quietly in almost every home in the land.
"I believe in the honest craft of workmen. Take a look around you. There never were enough bosses to check up on all that work. From Independence Hall to the Grand Coulee Dam, these things were built level and square by craftsmen who were honest in their bones.
"I believe that almost all politicians are honest. . .there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true we would never have gotten past the 13 colonies.
"I believe in Rodger Young. You and I are free today because of endless unnamed heroes from Valley Forge to the Yalu River. I believe in -- I am proud to belong to -- the United States. Despite shortcomings from lynchings to bad faith in high places, our nation has had the most decent and kindly internal practices and foreign policies to be found anywhere in history.
"And finally, I believe in my whole race. Yellow, white, black, red, brown. In the honesty, courage, intelligence, durability, and goodness of the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters everywhere on this planet. I am proud to be a human being. I believe that we have come this far by the skin of our teeth. That we always make it just by the skin of our teeth, but that we will always make it. Survive. Endure. I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the
opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes will endure. Will endure longer than his home planet -- will spread out to the stars and beyond, carrying with him his honesty and his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited courage and his noble essential decency.
"This I believe with all my heart."
Have an awesome day.
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This I Believe by Robert A. Heinlein
"I am not going to talk about religious beliefs but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults, and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults. "Take Father Michael down our road a piece. I'm not of his creed, but I know that goodness and charity and lovingkindness shine in his daily actions. I believe in Father Mike. If I'm in trouble, I'll go to him."
"My next-door neighbor is a veterinary doctor. Doc will get out of bed after a hard day to help a stray cat. No fee--no prospect of a fee--I believe in Doc.
"I believe in my townspeople. You can know on any door in our town saying, 'I'm hungry,' and you will be fed. Our town is no exception. I've found the same ready charity everywhere. But for the one who says, 'To heck with you - I got mine,' there are a hundred, a thousand who will say, "Sure, pal, sit down."
"I know that despite all warnings against hitchhikers I can step up to the highway, thumb for a ride and in a few minutes a car or a truck will stop and someone will say, 'Climb in Mac - how far you going?'
"I believe in my fellow citizens. Our headlines are splashed with crime yet for every criminal there are 10,000 honest, decent, kindly men. If it were not so, no child would live to grow up. Business could not go on from day to day. Decency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but is a force stronger than crime. I believe in the patient gallentry of nurses and the tedious sacrifices of teachers. I believe in the unseen and unending fight against desperate odds that goes on quietly in almost every home in the land.
"I believe in the honest craft of workmen. Take a look around you. There never were enough bosses to check up on all that work. From Independence Hall to the Grand Coulee Dam, these things were built level and square by craftsmen who were honest in their bones.
"I believe that almost all politicians are honest. . .there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true we would never have gotten past the 13 colonies.
"I believe in Rodger Young. You and I are free today because of endless unnamed heroes from Valley Forge to the Yalu River. I believe in -- I am proud to belong to -- the United States. Despite shortcomings from lynchings to bad faith in high places, our nation has had the most decent and kindly internal practices and foreign policies to be found anywhere in history.
"And finally, I believe in my whole race. Yellow, white, black, red, brown. In the honesty, courage, intelligence, durability, and goodness of the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters everywhere on this planet. I am proud to be a human being. I believe that we have come this far by the skin of our teeth. That we always make it just by the skin of our teeth, but that we will always make it. Survive. Endure. I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the
opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes will endure. Will endure longer than his home planet -- will spread out to the stars and beyond, carrying with him his honesty and his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited courage and his noble essential decency.
"This I believe with all my heart."
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