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Archive of entries posted on July 2006

Do not

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
— Dylan Thomas
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The Feds

“Despite almost every experience I’ve ever had with federal authority, I keep imagining its competence.” — John Perry Barlow

Secrets

“Three men can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” — Benjamin Franklin

Truth

“He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.” – Charles Peguy

Laws

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” – Plato (427-347 B.C.)

Infinite

“The only two things that are infinite in size are the universe and human stupidity. And I’m not completely sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein

Abandon Hope

Question: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” (yes,I know that’s a terrible misquote… I’ve never found the correct version, though I know the preceding ain’t it)
Answer: Coming from Canto III, line 9, of Dante’s Inferno, there are bound to be different versions. The original is in Renaissance-era Italian.
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter [...]

Happy Independence Day!

I hope you are having a happy and safe 4th. How much do you really know about our country? Take my trivia quiz on questions from the U.S. Citizenship test.

Netflix Traffic update for June 2006

Not a bad month. Nine DVDs, one was damaged. Average return time was 7.27 hours; longest time was 10.68 hours, quickest was 5.28.

I also have a new chart, the ten dvd moving average. This chart shows the ten dvd moving average of the amount of time it takes to send the next disc to me. [...]