Stijn!!

[Noah930]

You know what they say about a lawyer that represents himself in court...

But hey, when you're in th middle of nowhere, you do what you have to do.

That fancy schmancy Dermabond that sells for $12 a vial...is just superglue. That's sterile. And purple.

[RKDinOKC]

Apple has internal names for projects. They claim it is so employees can discuss the projects without anyone knowing exactly what they were talking about. One computer motherboard was called the Carl Sagan during development. He heard about it and asked them to stop using his name. They started calling it The Stupid Astronomer instead. Carl of course heard about that and took Apple to court over it. Before the judge threw the case out Apple was put on court record as calling Carl Sagan a Stupid Astronomer 16 times.

Visited a friend working at Apple in Cupertino. The main offices are a square of four buildings with a foyer between them and a large open quad area in the middle of all the buildings. At one end of the quad is the company cafeteria with outdoor cafe and at the other is an outdoor amphitheater. You have to go thru security to be able to get into the quad area. Every Friday starting at 4pm there is party in the Quad that has free food and drinks (including alcoholic), and typically a live band or some other sort of entertainment to start off the weekend.

My friend said the party was where the people from all the different projects got together in a social environment and discussed what each other was doing. Almost everyone in the company came to the Friday parties. He said several major innovations came from people not working on a specific project but got involved thru the social discussion. Some even changed jobs because of it. He said that was the kind of thing the used the code names for.

While visiting, dropped my friend off at a board meeting. He had a presentation to give. Came back an hour later and the meeting wasn't out yet so I wandered into the main foyer. It was four stories tall and had a snack/coffee bar with a few tables some plants and a fountain. I got a soda and sat down to wait for my friend. After about 10 minutes a security guy came over and asked who I was and what I was doing there. Seems I had by chance went thru the security doors right behind someone before it closed. The doors are unlocked by a chip on employee badges. Security had been watching me because I didn't continue to follow the person I had come thru the doors with.

What was really interesting was when I told the security guy who I was visiting and I was waiting for him to get out of the meeting. He not only knew my friend, but said he knew of me, where I was from, and my hacker nickname, but he didn't know I was visiting. He gave me the nickel tour ending when he got a call that the board meeting was out. Got to go thru some office areas that normally wouldn't have been able to because of the board meeting. Got to see Steve Jobs office. When I told my friend about it, he said he didn't really know the security guy other than meeting him at the Friday parties, but was happy that I was taken care of.

[Rick V]

Morning Y'all.
Well we slept in our bed last night instead of camping out on the floor down stairs with a sick kitty. Man that was nice, but I think the little kitty was a little mad. Oh well deal with it.

[RKDinOKC]

Mertnin

[Rick V]

No dictionary has ever been able to satisfactorily define the difference between “complete” and “finished.” However, during a recent linguistic conference, held in London, England, and attended by some of the best linguists in the world, Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was the presenter when he was asked to make that very distinction.

The question put to him by a colleague in the erudite audience was this: “Some say there is no difference between ‘complete’ and ‘finished.’ Please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand.”

Mr. Balgobin’s response: “When you marry the right woman, you are ‘complete.’ If you marry the wrong woman, you are ‘finished.’ And, if the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are “Completely finished.”

His answer received a five minute standing ovation.

[RKDinOKC]

boobwasie - A group of boobs.

For example: The Swedish Bikini Team

[GH85Carrera]

I thought that was the definition of Congress.

[HHI944]

[Rick V]

Joe, you can have my share of women like that.

[Rick V]

My sons new dog being tormented by one of his cats.

[Outback Porsche]

Aren't there fossil's on the golf course too?

Yes, but they don't usually yell at me. But if they do, I can tell them to fcuk off.

[nynor]

rick, that dog looks genuinely concerned. LOL!

[Rick V]

That dog is the cats *****

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Rick V

That dog is the cats *****

meow?

[RKDinOKC]

That young pup is looking to it's pack leaders to see what to do about the cat as the cat is not displaying normal pack behavior for play or pack status.

[RKDinOKC]

Good Morning...

Seems Top Gear was ran out of Argentina. The 928 Clarkson was driving had the plates H982 FLK and was clearly a purposeful reference to the Falklands war. Even though research showed it was the original plate given to the car. The president of Argentina also complained that the plate on the Mustang had the number 269 only a few numbers away from the 255 Britons killed and the Lotus had the plate number 646 was a reference to 649 Argentinians killed. Top Gear made public statements that the numbers were coincidental and agreed to leave the country. But as they were trying to drive out of the country there were protests and stones thrown at them. They ended up leaving the cars.

I think maybe the Argentinians were just pissed at them trying to make pickup trucks out of sports cars.

[RKDinOKC]

Be a pimp they said. Pimpin is easy they said.

[Rick V]

I'll take that guys place. How dangerous can it be?

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Rick V

I'll take that guys place. How dangerous can it be?

No redheads, so it should be a cakewalk.

Morn in' y'all. Under the weather weekend for me. Sinus hell. I think I need to use power tools on them.

[RKDinOKC]

Looks like a couch walk. And he does have his pimp stick.

When my sinuses go wacky I use a big syringe to flush em with warm water with a little vinegar and salt in it. Does wonders for me.