Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > alt.folklore.computers > #219533 > unrolled thread
| Started by | Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> |
|---|---|
| First post | 2021-11-01 13:52 -0400 |
| Last post | 2021-11-05 15:55 -0700 |
| Articles | 20 on this page of 156 — 29 participants |
Back to article view | Back to alt.folklore.computers
This discussion starts older than the indexed window; earlier articles aren't shown. The article labeled Started by
below is the oldest one visible, not the original post.
Re: Who Knew ? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-01 13:52 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-01 21:40 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-01 19:27 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-02 05:19 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-01 17:38 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2021-11-02 00:21 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-04 19:09 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-02 00:11 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-02 06:17 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Niklas Karlsson <nikke.karlsson@gmail.com> - 2021-11-02 10:16 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-03 00:27 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-03 07:26 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-03 17:18 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-03 19:58 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-03 21:34 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-04 09:51 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-11-04 15:37 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 15:13 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-04 15:22 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 15:22 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 12:05 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-05 08:20 -1000
Re: Who Knew ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-04 10:02 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-04 17:26 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-04 15:25 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-04 19:10 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-04 23:27 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-04 21:43 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-11-05 08:53 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 11:38 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 13:30 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-11-05 18:23 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 19:37 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Churchillian version John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-11-05 20:02 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 17:14 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-05 07:26 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 14:47 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-05 17:40 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 17:17 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-05 21:50 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 15:55 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-06 19:07 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-06 11:31 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-06 15:14 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-06 16:45 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 12:28 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2021-11-05 22:43 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-04 11:05 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-04 17:19 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-04 20:13 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-04 16:11 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-04 23:27 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 11:40 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-05 14:09 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 15:53 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-05 17:40 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 19:18 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-05 20:04 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-05 23:52 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-06 05:13 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 15:16 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> - 2021-11-04 07:17 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-04 15:47 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-11-04 20:34 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-04 23:27 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-m46-this> - 2021-11-05 07:08 -0800
Re: Who Knew ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-07 15:43 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-04 16:17 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-04 17:19 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-04 22:18 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-11-04 19:21 -0300
Re: Who Knew ? Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-05 05:46 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-11-05 04:01 -0300
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 15:27 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-04 16:11 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-05 07:29 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-04 15:12 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-04 16:11 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-03 21:02 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2021-11-04 00:01 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-04 11:09 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-11-04 13:49 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-04 10:11 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-04 10:16 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-04 17:31 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-04 13:04 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 14:58 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-04 17:47 -1000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 15:07 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 12:28 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 14:42 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-04 17:53 -1000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 13:33 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 12:28 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-05 10:06 -1000
Re: Who Knew ? Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2021-11-06 15:38 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 17:39 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 15:55 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 19:33 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 12:17 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 14:45 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 15:28 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 18:52 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-07 08:54 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-07 10:07 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-06 08:26 -1000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 22:05 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 15:55 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 12:04 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-04 18:32 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-06 19:25 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-07 11:20 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-07 08:55 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-07 10:15 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-07 23:44 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-08 15:39 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-11-08 17:06 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom (Lawrence Statton (NK1G)) - 2021-11-09 19:06 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-08 09:51 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-08 10:52 -0700
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-08 19:14 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-08 12:09 -1000
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-08 22:38 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-09 15:30 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-09 14:57 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-11 15:03 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-11-11 17:02 -1000
Re: Alternate Who Knew ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-11-08 22:22 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-08 18:07 -0500
Re: military options, was Who Knew ? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-11-09 01:58 +0000
Re: military options, was Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-08 23:17 -0500
Re: military options, was Who Knew ? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-09 10:02 -0500
Re: military options, was Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-08 22:51 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-08 22:35 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-09 09:09 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2021-11-14 18:45 +0100
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-14 12:39 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> - 2021-11-15 00:43 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-16 08:58 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-16 16:57 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-17 10:54 -0600
Re: Who Knew ? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-17 14:16 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-14 14:32 -0500
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-04 05:01 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-11-04 13:48 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-04 15:46 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-11-04 15:26 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? 1p166 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-04 23:51 -0400
Re: Who Knew ? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-05 07:37 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-11-05 08:54 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-05 13:49 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-04 11:08 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-03 17:18 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2021-11-05 22:17 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-05 22:46 +0000
Re: Who Knew ? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-11-05 15:55 -0700
Page 4 of 8 — ← Prev page 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 Next page →
| From | Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-05 15:16 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsoain6.7q3.Greymaus@dmaus.org> |
| In reply to | #219580 |
On 2021-11-04, gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 04/11/2021 11:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 03/11/2021 19:58, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >>> For sure, both of those speak to deep rooted truths about human >>> nature - sad really. Just wait till we get sentient robots and reinvent >>> slavery. >> >> We never lost slavery. We just use poverty and debt, not chains. >> > > It is strange that the current wokery about removing the symbolism > of slavery, pulling down statues or renaming educational establishments, > continues to support the descendant spawn of the Norman invaders who > subjugated our ancestors into the slavery of serfdom Wokery, I think, is somewhat correct. Onne should remember that the Devon sailors who singed the Spanish King's beard, started off as slave traders. The Saxons had slaves as well. -- greymausg@mail.com That's not a mousehole!
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 07:17 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <6183EC48.352.news.afc@realitycheckbbs.org> |
| In reply to | #219551 |
To: Charlie Gibbs
-=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=-
CG> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and
CG> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're
CG> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been
CG> replaced by social media.
Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :)
kurt weiske | kweiske at realitycheckbbs dot org
| https://realitycheckbbs.org
... Discover your formulas and abandon them
--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
--- Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
* realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 15:47 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <HgTgJ.17842$lz3.2686@fx34.iad> |
| In reply to | #219562 |
"Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> writes: > To: Charlie Gibbs >-=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to >comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- > > CG> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and > CG> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're > CG> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been > CG> replaced by social media. > >Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) > They may already have a SOMA[*] office. Many tech companies have offices there. [*] south of market area
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 20:34 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <iuiueaFqi9U4@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #219564 |
On Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:47:51 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote: > "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> writes: >> To: Charlie Gibbs >>-=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to >>comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- >> >> CG> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and CG> >> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're CG> >> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been CG> replaced >> by social media. >> >>Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) >> >> > They may already have a SOMA[*] office. Many tech companies have > offices there. > > > [*] south of market area I was thinking of SOcial MediA. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 23:27 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <s%ZgJ.10013$zF3.8080@fx03.iad> |
| In reply to | #219583 |
On 2021-11-04, Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:47:51 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote: > >> "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> writes: >> >>> Charlie Gibbs wrote to >>> comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers >>> >>>> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and >>>> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're >>>> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been >>>> replaced by social media. >>> >>> Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) >> >> They may already have a SOMA[*] office. Many tech companies have >> offices there. >> >> [*] south of market area > > I was thinking of SOcial MediA. Good one. :-) -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Life is perverse. \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | It can be beautiful - X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | but it won't. / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lily Tomlin
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-m46-this> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-05 07:08 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <6187DF5B.464.news.afc@realitycheckbbs.org> |
| In reply to | #219564 |
To: scott
-=> scott wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-
sc> They may already have a SOMA[*] office. Many tech companies
sc> have offices there.
I used to work in SOMA for many years, starting in the Multimedia Gulch
days - I don't think they have an office there, but most companies prefer to
have a SF mailing address, somewhere.
They were working on a proper campus on Marsh Road in Menlo Park or Palo
Alto, with housing and commercial spaces. Sounds great, until you're laid
off and need to move.
kurt weiske | kweiske at realitycheckbbs dot org
| http://realitycheckbbs.org
| 1:218/700@fidonet
... What do you think of the guests?
--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
--- Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
* realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-07 15:43 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <duShJ.33577$VS2.22892@fx44.iad> |
| In reply to | #219677 |
"Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-m46-this> writes: > To: scott >-=> scott wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=- > > sc> They may already have a SOMA[*] office. Many tech companies > sc> have offices there. > >I used to work in SOMA for many years, starting in the Multimedia Gulch >days - I don't think they have an office there, but most companies prefer to >have a SF mailing address, somewhere. > >They were working on a proper campus on Marsh Road in Menlo Park or Palo >Alto, with housing and commercial spaces. Sounds great, until you're laid >off and need to move. East Palo Alto. Used to be known as Sun Quentin before Facebook bought it.
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 16:17 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <20211104161746.101ea7daa45fcd6f45e3d5bd@eircom.net> |
| In reply to | #219562 |
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:17:00 -0700 "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> wrote: > To: Charlie Gibbs > -=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to > comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- > > CG> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and > CG> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're > CG> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been > CG> replaced by social media. > > Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) https://soylent.com/ - No this is not a joke -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 17:19 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <RCUgJ.86380$831.75214@fx40.iad> |
| In reply to | #219565 |
On 2021-11-04, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:17:00 -0700 > "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> wrote: > >> To: Charlie Gibbs >> -=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to >> comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- >> >>> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and >>> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're >>> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been >>> replaced by social media. >> >> Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) Maybe the inventors of the Soma cube puzzle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_cube might sue them. Rumour has it that the puzzle was named after Huxley's drug. A friend played with it a lot in the early '70s, and subscribed to a newsletter whose trademark was a 2 x 2 x 7 tower with one cube missing. Originally this was a very stable structure, but my friend found a way to build it in a very unstable form. He liked to think that there was a lot of screaming when the newsletter editors read his letter explaining what he had done. > https://soylent.com/ - No this is not a joke That web site sets some sort of JavaScript record. I had to tell NoScript to "Temporarily allow all this page" half a dozen times before I could see the whole thing. I didn't find Soylent Green, although their mint chocolate flavour comes close... -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Life is perverse. \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | It can be beautiful - X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | but it won't. / \ if you read it the right way. | -- Lily Tomlin
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 22:18 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <20211104221809.7f3625315f3843105396b5fe@eircom.net> |
| In reply to | #219570 |
On Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:19:45 GMT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > I didn't find Soylent Green, although their > mint chocolate flavour comes close... You won't find Soylent Green in the book either. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 19:21 -0300 |
| Message-ID | <87ee7vbm06.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> |
| In reply to | #219565 |
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:17:00 -0700 > "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> wrote: > >> Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) > > https://soylent.com/ - No this is not a joke But is it Green? Clinging doggedly to the notion of literary allusion, would it sell better if they called it Heracliophorbia? Or Filboid Studge? -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-05 05:46 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <iujuqdFagieU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #219584 |
On 2021-11-04, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote: > Clinging doggedly to the notion of literary allusion, would it sell > better if they called it Heracliophorbia? Or Filboid Studge? I've monitored this group for 25 years but don't think I've ever posted. I've always run a Mac, and there is little to no Mac traffic here. Without googling, I do know what Filboid Studge is, one of many great Saki stories. <https://postimg.cc/GHkV2D84> Without googling, I have no idea what heracliophorbia is.
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-05 04:01 -0300 |
| Message-ID | <875yt7axxd.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> |
| In reply to | #219598 |
Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> On 2021-11-04, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
>> Clinging doggedly to the notion of literary allusion, would it sell
>> better if they called it Heracliophorbia? Or Filboid Studge?
>
> I've monitored this group for 25 years but don't think I've ever posted.
Well, about time then, eh?
> I've always run a Mac, and there is little to no Mac traffic here.
Some might say that Macs are barely old enough, even now, to be
folklore. Take heart, time flies. :-)
> Without googling, I do know what Filboid Studge is, one of many great
> Saki stories.
Just so. Full text at:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Filboid_Studge,_the_Story_of_a_Mouse_That_Helped
> <https://postimg.cc/GHkV2D84>
>
> Without googling, I have no idea what heracliophorbia is.
H.G. Wells, The Food of the Gods.
It'th the earwigth Thir, it'th the earwigth!
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-05 15:27 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnsoajbp.7q3.Greymaus@dmaus.org> |
| In reply to | #219584 |
On 2021-11-04, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote: > > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes: > >> On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:17:00 -0700 >> "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> wrote: >> >>> Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) >> >> https://soylent.com/ - No this is not a joke > > But is it Green? > > Clinging doggedly to the notion of literary allusion, would it sell > better if they called it Heracliophorbia? Or Filboid Studge? > Or Quorn? -- greymausg@mail.com That's not a mousehole!
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 16:11 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <1761783689.657759809.848052.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #219565 |
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:17:00 -0700 > "Kurt Weiske" <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> wrote: > >> To: Charlie Gibbs >> -=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to >> comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- >> >>> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and >>> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're >>> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been >>> replaced by social media. >> >> Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) > > https://soylent.com/ - No this is not a joke > Either they don’t watch movies, or they’re counting on others not watching. -- Pete
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-05 07:29 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <20211105072924.a1002c376d53c41a1a05079f@eircom.net> |
| In reply to | #219588 |
On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 16:11:55 -0700 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: > > https://soylent.com/ - No this is not a joke > > > > Either they don’t watch movies, or they’re counting on others not > watching. They are fully aware that they got the word from "Make Room, Make Room" just as the film did. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | 711 Spooky Mart <711@spooky.mart> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 15:12 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <sm1eo1$njm$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #219562 |
On 11/4/21 9:17 AM, Kurt Weiske wrote: > To: Charlie Gibbs > -=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to > comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- > > CG> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and > CG> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're > CG> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been > CG> replaced by social media. Big Brother says, "Drink your fluoride. Take your shots. Don't ask questions. There will never be a lethal round of those mandatory boosters shots. We promise. We're here to save you by culling--er, um, ahem--reducing the population." -- ──┏━━━━┓──┏━━┓───┏━━┓── ┌────────────────────────┐ ┌────────┐ ──┗━━┓─┃──┗┓─┃───┗┓─┃── │ Spooky Mart [chan] 711 │ │ always │ ─────┃─┃──┏┛─┗┓──┏┛─┗┓─ │ https://bitmessage.org │ │ open │ ─────┗━┛──┗━━━┛──┗━━━┛─ └────────────────────────┘ └────────┘
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 16:11 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <1331756789.657759748.161930.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> |
| In reply to | #219562 |
Kurt Weiske <kurt.weiske@realitycheckbbs.org.remove-n7j-this> wrote: > To: Charlie Gibbs > -=> Charlie Gibbs wrote to > comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linix,alt.folklore.computers <=- > > CG> My wife and I just finished re-reading both _Animal Farm_ and > CG> _Brave New World_. Both are frighteningly close to what we're > CG> seeing today, although _Brave New World's_ "soma" has been > CG> replaced by social media. > > Imagine if Facebook chose "Soma" as their new name... :) > > kurt weiske | kweiske at realitycheckbbs dot org > | https://realitycheckbbs.org > > > > ... Discover your formulas and abandon them > --- MultiMail/DOS v0.52 > --- Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 NewsLink 1.113 > * realitycheckBBS - Aptos, CA - telnet://realitycheckbbs.org > Apparently there’s a lawsuit about “Meta.” -- Pete
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | 1p166 <z24ba6.net> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-03 21:02 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <wIadnSSQpq-GrB78nZ2dnUU7-cfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
| In reply to | #219549 |
On 11/3/21 3:26 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 00:27:54 -0400 > 1p166 <z24ba6.net> wrote: > >> The Big Money people had this figured out LONG >> ago - centuries ago actually. Even Machivelli >> understood the utility of cultivating those >> fake "sides". > > Sadly this and all above it is all too true - the lessons of > Machiavelli and Sun Tzu are well understood by the major players and have > been polished for centuries into a smooth art. In a similar vein I fairly > recently re-read Orwell's 1984 and found it shockingly simplistic and naive, > that was a sobering discovery. It used to be the politicians/priesthood, but then the ADVERTISERS came - and post-WW2 undertook what you might call the "science of salesmanship", lots of psych experiments designed to yield objective data. What motivates people, in what ways, how much, how long ... they made manipulation a science. And then the politicians/priesthood (esp evangelicals) borrowed all that data. I'll rec a somewhat old book to you - it can still be had. It was writ in the late 50s by a polymath named Jaques Ellul and called "The Technological Society". It was not about computers - it was about the growth of science-informed psychological manipulation by State and private entities. The original was in French, but the English translation is perfectly readable, albeit with some rather odd wording at times. Hmm ... I wonder what Obama's "Brain Initiative" was REALLY supposed to find out :-) > The indoctrination for it starts in the earliest school with "What's > your favourite colour" and gets strengthened outside the classroom with > "Who do you support". > > I remain thankful that Hermann Göring's astute observation on the > ease of raising war fever is not widely utilised today - I remain slightly > suspicious about the Falkland's War being a field test of the principle, it > was certainly a good demonstration if not. > Goebbels ... Goring's interests rarely strayed from killing people ....... Goebbels was a very GOOD propagandist ... but fortunately his instincts and insights were mostly limited to German culture. His stuff never translated very well. But if Goebbels had the wealth of scientific data the Mad Men compiled ... Anyway, the MS/Apple "duality" is a sort of deliberate scam. You pick a side and are encouraged to feel all superior about it, hurl distain at "those OTHERS". Meanwhile the big investors buy stock in BOTH companies and encourage the 'competition' illusion. Besides we Linux people know WE are the best :-)
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
| From | Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2021-11-04 00:01 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <slvpfk$ach$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #219554 |
On 11/3/2021 8:02 PM, 1p166 wrote: > Goebbels ... Goring's interests rarely strayed from killing > people ....... Goebbels was a good propagandist. Goering (former fighter ace) was more of a junkie who was self-important. His was a perceptive observation: > Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country. > Hermann Goring
[toc] | [prev] | [next] | [standalone]
Page 4 of 8 — ← Prev page 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 Next page →
Back to top | Article view | alt.folklore.computers
csiph-web