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xoxoxoBruce · 06-02-2019, 12:09 AM

I discovered the website of the New England Historical Society and was surprised it's loaded with short quick reads on historical New England.
I discovered the Cod Fish started the revolutionary war. One of the top 25 worst US tornados was in Worcester MA. The Scots-Irish immigrants, were really Scots who moved to Ireland for 60 or 70 years then came to the US, kept MA from takeing over NH.

http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/

Gravdigr · 06-15-2019, 01:00 PM

So, I'm watching the folks @ JPL build the Mars 2020 rover, LIVE...

...and I can't help thinking it looks like nothing if not a Daft Punk concert, especially when the two workers are side-by-side at the cart on screen right.

I make me laugh sometimes.

Gravdigr · 06-19-2019, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

So, I'm watching the folks @ JPL build the Mars 2020 rover, LIVE...

They turned the wheels.

And I missed it.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2019, 12:20 AM

How Will The Internet Influence Democracy?

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The PC and the Internet changed that. Desktop video, desktop radio, desktop debates, digicam journalism, drastically reduced the barriers to publishing and broadcasting. These technological capabilities have emerged only recently, and are evolving rapidly. While much attention is focused on how many-to-many audio technology is threatening the existing music industry, little attention is focused on political portals. While all eyes are on e-commerce, relatively few know about public opinion BBSs, cause-related marketing, web-accessible voting and finance data.

Look at VoxCap, and the Minnesota E-Democracy Project, project, the California Voter's foundation, and scores of other unreported experiments. Imagine what might happen if more people were told that the Web could help them remain free, as well as enhance their shopping experience?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2019, 01:43 AM

How Will The Internet Influence Democracy?

https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11618

Undertoad · 06-18-2019, 08:59 AM

Part of a group of essays, from the year 2000, on "What is today's most important unreported story?"

It's fascinating, because they are mostly wrong. People wrote about what they knew, what they figured was important.

Nobody wrote about Islamic terrorism, and nobody wrote about the weird financial instruments being created to game the financial system. Nobody wrote that the Internet was about to end half of retail. Nobody wrote that fracking was about to wildly change the game on energy and the US would become energy-independent. Nobody wrote about the rise of China, or the drop in global absolute poverty.

John Gilmore got it the closest with "The World Isn't Going to Hell".

Rheingold got it mostly right, and I enjoyed this, "While all eyes are on e-commerce, relatively few know about public opinion BBSs, cause-related marketing, web-accessible voting and finance data."

Public opinion BBSes are about to take over! Everybody get ready!

Okay we'll just say the Cellar was a first shot at it while social media found its legs.

Gravdigr · 06-18-2019, 09:27 AM

Opening salvo...

Clodfobble · 07-04-2019, 06:44 AM

It'll all be done by robots soon anyway...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2019, 06:59 AM

OR, stop all surgery and just grind them up for Soylent Green.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2019, 12:41 AM

If you have an interest in WW II aircraft nose art you can download an epdf of the B-17 Nose Art Name Directory.

Pages 7 to 48 + 65 to 91 list the name, group, squadron, and serial#, about 125 per page.
I'm amazed how many repeats there are, for instance 11 Umbriago, 12 Stinky(jr), 17 Queenie, 11 Old Ironsides, 17 Liberty Bell(e), 12 Impatient Virgin, 12 Fearless Fosdick, 16 Boomerang, 14 Bad Penny. I didn't even try to count the ones starting with Texas, Big, or Heaven.

There's about 15 pages of photographs but they are very poor quality.

Peterdowe · 07-25-2019, 03:17 PM

Such a wonderful part of history. Will check out both links. Thanks!

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2019, 12:51 AM

The FCC has a website that explains the different types of telephone scams and what they're called. They only list about 56 of them.

https://www.fcc.gov/scam-glossary

Undertoad · 09-01-2019, 10:18 AM

This website examines the differences in land usage in EU countries between 1900 and 2010. You can zoom in if you like.

http://www.geo-informatie.nl/fuchs003/

(Too busy; didn't visit: since 1900, changes in agriculture have meant that a smaller amount of land is needed to feed everyone. Forest land has taken over abandoned crop land, and with the increase in CO2, has taken off growing. People's concentration in urban areas has helped permit that to happen.)

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2019, 11:12 AM

That means they're using more Soylent Green supplement.

Gravdigr · 10-20-2019, 02:51 PM

BoredPanda has 30 [of the] Worst Advertising Slogans And Taglines

No way, just no way, some of these are/were real.

This the first one:

Name: nfingway.JPG
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^^^ Be sure to read this.^^^

They're hilarious.

06-02-2019, 12:09 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I discovered the website of the New England Historical Society and was surprised it's loaded with short quick reads on historical New England. I discovered the Cod Fish started the revolutionary war. One of the top 25 worst US tornados was in Worcester MA. The Scots-Irish immigrants, were really Scots who moved to Ireland for 60 or 70 years then came to the US, kept MA from takeing over NH. http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/ __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-15-2019, 01:00 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	So, I'm watching the folks @ JPL build the Mars 2020 rover, LIVE... ...and I can't help thinking it looks like nothing if not a Daft Punk concert, especially when the two workers are side-by-side at the cart on screen right. I make me laugh sometimes. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

06-18-2019, 01:43 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How Will The Internet Influence Democracy? https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11618 __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2019, 09:27 AM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Opening salvo... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-04-2019, 06:44 AM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It'll all be done by robots soon anyway... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-18-2019, 08:59 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Part of a group of essays, from the year 2000, on "What is today's most important unreported story?" It's fascinating, because they are mostly wrong. People wrote about what they knew, what they figured was important. Nobody wrote about Islamic terrorism, and nobody wrote about the weird financial instruments being created to game the financial system. Nobody wrote that the Internet was about to end half of retail. Nobody wrote that fracking was about to wildly change the game on energy and the US would become energy-independent. Nobody wrote about the rise of China, or the drop in global absolute poverty. John Gilmore got it the closest with "The World Isn't Going to Hell". Rheingold got it mostly right, and I enjoyed this, "While all eyes are on e-commerce, relatively few know about public opinion BBSs, cause-related marketing, web-accessible voting and finance data." Public opinion BBSes are about to take over! Everybody get ready! Okay we'll just say the Cellar was a first shot at it while social media found its legs.

07-04-2019, 06:59 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OR, stop all surgery and just grind them up for Soylent Green. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2019, 12:41 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you have an interest in WW II aircraft nose art you can download an epdf of the B-17 Nose Art Name Directory. Pages 7 to 48 + 65 to 91 list the name, group, squadron, and serial#, about 125 per page. I'm amazed how many repeats there are, for instance 11 Umbriago, 12 Stinky(jr), 17 Queenie, 11 Old Ironsides, 17 Liberty Bell(e), 12 Impatient Virgin, 12 Fearless Fosdick, 16 Boomerang, 14 Bad Penny. I didn't even try to count the ones starting with Texas, Big, or Heaven. There's about 15 pages of photographs but they are very poor quality. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2019, 03:17 PM	#11
Peterdowe Belt Conveyor Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 65	Such a wonderful part of history. Will check out both links. Thanks!

08-29-2019, 12:51 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The FCC has a website that explains the different types of telephone scams and what they're called. They only list about 56 of them. https://www.fcc.gov/scam-glossary __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-01-2019, 10:18 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This website examines the differences in land usage in EU countries between 1900 and 2010. You can zoom in if you like. http://www.geo-informatie.nl/fuchs003/ (Too busy; didn't visit: since 1900, changes in agriculture have meant that a smaller amount of land is needed to feed everyone. Forest land has taken over abandoned crop land, and with the increase in CO2, has taken off growing. People's concentration in urban areas has helped permit that to happen.)

09-01-2019, 11:12 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That means they're using more Soylent Green supplement. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-20-2019, 02:51 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	BoredPanda has 30 [of the] Worst Advertising Slogans And Taglines No way, just no way, some of these are/were real. This the first one: ^^^ Be sure to read this.^^^ They're hilarious. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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