> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >Yes, to explain your fury on certain items certainly is relaxing...
> >> >> >but watch out with people.
> >> >> Heavyweight Champ:
> >> >> Words to live by....
> >> >Niels:
> >> >Yes, you can even become a champion with it,
> >> >but, I decided it is not MY cally to be famous about my fury.
> >> klaatu:
> >> ja, it just reminded me of a news-article;
> >> some idiot tried to mug heavyweight champ Sonny Liston,
> >> who proceeded to break most of what's available to break
> >> on the guy's body.
> >>
> >> another, more recent case:
> >> karate-champ (Bad) Brad Hefton was in his car
> >> waiting at a traffic-signal,
> >> when some guy leaned in, touching-close
> >> and shot him in the chest with a .357 magnum.
> >>
> >> Hefton knocked him cock-stiff and drove himself to hospital;
> >> the guy was still out cold when cops picked him up
> >> 20 minutes later.
> >>
> >> yes, "watch out with people"....
> >Niels:
> >Yes, Watch out with people, but items are replacable.
> Phil Losopher:
> I guess the general theme here
> is that doing things - particularly violent things -
> while intensely angry
> can cause more problems than it solves.
Niels:
Cangartulations! You get it!
> Noah:
> This principle can be extended to include ALL emotions;
> try sharing an Ark with a claustrophobic elephant
> or a horny rhinoceros, and you'll see what I mean....
Niels:
Yes, but I don't think that's usually wrong with animals... Its only humans
being claustrophobic.
> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >... certain computers have
> >> >> >advantages other than the others.
> >> >> Clueless:
> >> >> Yeah, some of 'em have a neat cup-holder that slides out,
> >> >> so you have somewhere to put your drink.
> >> >Niels:
> >> >That's about true. Only thing is,
> >> >I don't have any computers with neat cup-holders at all.
> >> klaatu:
> >> that was a joke; according to legend,
> >> a computer-tech got a customer
> >> who couldn't figure out where to put in a CD,
> >> and also complained his computer's cup-holder
> >> was too flimsy to hold a full cup of coffee;
> >> turned out he was using the CD-slide to hold his cup.
> >Niels:
> >That's really a bad thing to do!
> Techie:
> Well, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good -
> I could get rich doing repairs !
Niels:
And I could get rich asking 50 cents doing repairs for the local
Schoolpaper.
> >> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >> >The only thing that's missing are boxes
> >> >> >> >(these thingies where sound comes from).
> >> >> >> >All computers have them though..
> >> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> >> mine doesn't;
> >> >> >> had to get another sound-card with a hole to plug speakers in.
> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >That's really strange...
> >> >> >a sound-card without the ability to have speakers...
> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> ja, the thing was set up for a really dinky set of speakers
> >> >> built into the computer itself. very little sound out of it.
> >> >> now i've got a decent set.
> >> >Niels:
> >> >Owh, now I get it, I do have a speaker in the computer itself as well,
> >> >but it's very "dinky" too.
> >> klaatu:
> >> mine sounded tinny; just barely usable;
> >> the new set's MUCH better.
> >Niels:
> >I can beleave that,
> >My set of boxes are much better than the one in the computer.
> >The one in the computer is usually only used
> >when making sounds in MS-DOS programmes,
> >the boxes you plug in, are used with (mostly) Windows programmes.
> klaatu:
> that makes sense; it's about all they're good for.
Niels:
I even sometimes use the ones that are inside the computer, for DOS
programmes mostly.
> >> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> >> a Techie told me:
> >> >> >> "Remember ... ALL hard-drives crash eventually -
> >> >> >> back up your files; back up OFTEN."
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> so far i've been lucky, but i still back stuff up often.
> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >Yeah, but mine isn't that old..
> >> >> >I think it's the configuration that's not right..
> >> >> >I'll ask my (computer techie) uncle to have a look at it.
> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> that's what i need - a computer-techie uncle.
> >> >>
> >> >> <checks computer-manual>:
> >> >> Nope - they didn't include one with the machine.
> >> >> dang.
> >> >Niels:
> >> >No, they usually aren't included with the machine,
> >> >it's just the advantage of having a big (or smart) family.
> >> klaatu:
> >> oh well - suppose i'm gonna hafta grow my own....
> >Niels:
> >Yes, Or marry a beautiful lady who has one.
> Brigham Young:
> or do like I did: marry 27 women
> and try to populate an entire State.
Niels:
That could be a possibility.. but then you're more busy f*cking up than
making a family.
> >> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >> >We bought my computer 2nd hand
> >> >> >> >at a computerexchange a few months ago
> >> >> >> >...
> >> >> >> >My father bought the thing and we installed windows 98
> >> >> >> >(after having some problems with the hardware,
> >> >> >> >wich took a full day to be okay again) and It works pretty fast,
> >> >> >> >but I'm only worried about my hard disk
> >> >> >> >and making backups like every day
> >> >> >> >to ensure that if something goes bad, I still have my backups.
> >> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> >> way ta go.
> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >Indeed, stil a way to go....
> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> yes, well ... there's always something more to do,
> >> >> until you're dead.
> >> >Niels:
> >> >How hard it sounds, I have to admit, you are right, too bad! :-(
> >> klaatu:
> >> considering how many folk seem to have no fun at all
> >> i reckon i'm doing fine to have as much fun as i do.
> >> when one looks at it, we have an easier time nowadays
> >> than ever before in human history.
> >>
> >> life's not going to last long of course,
> >> and nobody really knows how much time's left on the clock,
> >> so one can't allow others to get in one's way of having fun,
> >> but other than that i figure we've got a pretty good deal.
> >Niels:
> >hmhm, I get it. I'm having far too less fun than I want to. :'(
> <theme-music from "Mission Impossible fills the air>
> <camera pans in on mini-tape-recorder>
> <voice of Peter Graves intones>:
>
> "Then your mission (should you decide to accept it)
> is to live your life in such a manner
> that if you suddenly find out you're gonna die tonight
> you can face it without regret
> that you left something un-done which COULD have been done."
>
> klaatu:
> i got hit by a car which knocked me across an intersection.
> hit hard on my back.
> sat up just in time to see the bumper of a car
> (maybe the same one which hit me the first time)
> as it screeched into me, brakes locked.
>
> ran over my right shin,hit me in the face
> and stopped an inch from my nuts,
> bouncing me off pavement like a rubber ball.
>
> decided right then i'd never again pass up an opportunity,
> or let anybody tell me about being too young or too small
> or too anything else.
>
> since then i do what i want to do,
> limited only by whether it's physically possible to accomplish,
> just in case it's the last chance.
>
> VERY happy with result.
>
Niels:
And you acctualy survived that? mean.. how many lives do you have? a
million?
> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >... I'm statisfied with my computer being the way it is right now,
> >> >> >as far as it works, most hardware is kay,
> >> >> >It's only the software that's a bit boggy.
> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> cool; then time to playyyy...
> >> >Niels:
> >> >Indeed! But I mostly play very old games, like Diablo, Quake, Duke
nukem,
> >> >becoase we bought them for the 133 MHZ computer.
> >> >On the other hand I do have newer games as well like Sim City
> >> >(the 1st version, 2000 and 3000)
> >> >and we have a very good game for the XP wich is called Syberia.
> >> klaatu:
> >> don't know much about games,
> >> but i've got a neighbor likes to play Real War for hours and hours.
> >> He's just turned six, and getting pretty good;
> >> wonder what he'll be like later?
> >Niels:
> >Like a far to small-minded computer nerd.
> klaatu:
> i dunno - he's not just into computers and he's tireless playing.
> was with him and his 4-yo sister
> climbing around one of those play-sets at McDonald's
> which are made of bright plastic tubing
> and look like a giant Habitrail for hamsters.
>
> it's always hard to get them to quit and head home,
> so did a test to see how long they'd go.
>
> never mentioned going home, just kept running about with them,
> climbing, going down the slide, swinging like monkeys
> until HE decided it was time to go.
>
> seven hours, twenty-five minutes by the watch,
> continuous motion
> without holding still more than 30 seconds during that time.
>
> they're both good-natured little wombats, fun to be with,
> which is lucky, because i bet they could be truly ferocious
> if they liked to cause trouble.
>
> somehow i think neither one are gonna become
> average couch-potato/computer nerds.
>
Niels:
Just keep them sporting around... the average youth still is far to fat!
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >See ya
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Niels
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> toodles,
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> k
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Greetings,
> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Niels
> >> >> >> >> >> >> Salutations,
> >> >> >> >> >> >> k
> >> >> >> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >> >> >> ><waves>
> >> >> >> >> >> klaatu:
> >> >> >> >> >> <launches fireworks>
> >> >> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >> >> >Ooohh! aaahhh! Beautifull!
> >> >> >> >> <Master of Ceremonies gets jealous>:
> >> >> >> >> And NOW, ladies and gentlemen ....
> >> >> >> >> for ONE night only ...
> >> >> >> >> on stage ....
> >> >> >> >> the HYdrogen-Bomb !
> >> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> >> ><crowd goes wild>
> >> >> >> ><female teenagers start screaming>
> >> >> >> <all life on Terra goes incandescent,
> >> >> >> then curls sinuously up into orange sky as smoke>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> <Prokaryotes gather to discuss>:
> >> >> >> Well guys, back to the drawing-board ....
> >> >> >Niels:
> >> >> ><Cinema movie watchers go wild as movie ends> ;-)
> >> >> <fade to black>
> >> >> <Supreme Being/Master of Ceremonies speaks>:
> >> >> Thank you for attending our featured Universe ...
> >> >> and now for a cartoon ....
> >> >.....We will start....
> >> >
> >> ><lookes puzzled> Tom & Jerry!
> >> <crowd goes wild>
> ><Supreme Being/Master of Ceremonies lookes puzzled>
> >
> >I don't like Tom & Jerry at all!
> Tom & Jerry:
> yah?
> Well, okay for YOU, then -
> we're gonna go start our OWN universe,
> so THERE - nyaah ! ....
Niels:
Your own universe... could I desingn that all by myself?
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