Just as I thought | Gene Cowan's weblogJust as I thought | Gene Cowan's weblog:Complaints and comments from my brain to yours2010-03-12T14:38:55ZCopyright (c) 2010, Gene CowanExpressionEnginetag:genecowan.com,2010:03:12The brake is the wide pedal in the middletag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58462010-03-12T14:27:54Z2010-03-12T14:38:55ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
Woman Crashes Toyota Into Church, Blames Stuck Accelerator Connecticut, March 10
Yet Another Toyota Prius Goes Rogue, Smashes Into Wall New York, March 9
Toyota Prius Runs Wild At 90mph With Stuck Accelerator San Diego, March 8
etc... etc...
Funny how this all just started to happen suddenly, isn't it? Gosh, I wonder if these people are just poor drivers, or... Did Bankrupt Runaway Prius Driver Fake "Unintended Acceleration?"
]]>Washington Post, Spammertag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58382010-02-26T22:56:20Z2010-02-26T22:58:21ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
Make $6,397/month working online
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Lawyers for Yaz lawsuits, Toyota recall, Asbestos, Mesothelioma
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And we worry about spam in email?
]]>When scams meet data miningtag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58322010-02-18T20:05:00Z2010-02-18T20:08:46ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
The only way they could have made this more compelling is if they'd said "We need 43-year-old single white gay men living in Silicon Valley who are incredibly gullible."
]]>The Return of Fuzzy Mathtag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58312010-02-09T03:37:01Z2010-02-09T03:39:08ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
]]>Brain like a used tea bagtag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58302010-02-07T17:36:01Z2010-02-07T17:50:29ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
Just for a minute, forget political party, forget names, race and gender. Answer this question:
Who would you vote for to run this country?
1 - community organizer.
or
2 - former mayor, energy commissioner and
governor.
NUFF SAID!
This is typical of right-wing crazies: they ignore facts left and right and begin to truly believe the nonsense they spew. I guess this commenter forgot a few things, like the fact that he was a senator. Just for the record, let's take a look at President Obama's resume, shall we?
Graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School
President of the Harvard Law School
Community Organizer
Civil Rights Attorney
Constitutional Law Professor at University of Chicago Law School
Three term Illinois State Senator
U.S. Senate
Nobel Peace Prize laureate (hey, we all pad our resume with awards we didn't necessarily feel worthy of.)
Now let's take a look at Mrs. Palin's credentials:
Hawaii Pacific University (Fall 1982), North Idaho College (spring & fall 1983), University of Idaho (fall 1984, spring 1985), Matanuska-Susitna College (fall 1985), University of Idaho (spring 1986). Bachelors in communications, 1987.
Miss Wasilla, 1984; third place Miss Alaska
Sportscaster
City Council, Wasilla, AK
Mayor, Wasilla, AK
Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (2003, resigned 2004)
Governor, Alaska (2006, resigned 2009)
Now answer the question: Who would you vote for?
]]>That about covers ittag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58282010-02-06T16:46:00Z2010-02-06T16:50:25ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.comall the news these days, doesn't it?
]]>This has got to be a parody. Right?tag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58262010-02-02T16:45:01Z2010-02-02T16:48:33ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
The first thing under that headline is this: Tip: Click here to run a free scan for common PC errors
'Nuff said?
]]>Battle of the Network Connectionstag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58242010-02-01T23:09:01Z2010-02-01T23:10:32ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
So far, I have no complaints with Comcast Business. No, the problems I have are — still — with Comcast Residential.
You see, in those 4 months I've had 3 outages. One was area-wide. The other two are the outrage: they were deliberate.
Comcast Residential did it. They came to my house and physically disconnected the cable which was providing business service. The've done this THREE TIMES, although one of those times they were thwarted when I came home early.
They did it again today. My server has been disconnected all day because of a lack of communication between business units at Comcast.
Here's a good question: if Comcast Residential came by and disconnected me months ago — when they weren't supposed to — didn't they make a note of that? Why do they keep coming back to do it over and over?
More importantly, why am I paying big bucks for a business-class connection that the residential people still have access to disconnect? Ever heard of a tag? A lable? Something on the pole to indicate that this is NOT to be disconnected?
I'm so pissed off at Comcast right now that I'm actually BEYOND a long screed here. I'll be saving that for their executives and customer service.
And I'll have to wait to post this 'cos I have NO INTERNET CONNECTION.
]]>Monday Mathtag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58232010-02-01T17:37:00Z2010-02-01T17:41:11ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.comam good at discerning patterns, and here's what I've found about my commute to work: the later I leave, the longer it takes. It's the same 5-1/2 miles each way, but as the morning wears on there are not only more cars, but more "working" vehicles — pickups, panel vans, dump trucks. This morning my commute took a whopping 35 minutes. That's the result of excessively red traffic lights and vans marked "Speedy Plumbing" going 15 miles an hour.
I may not know math, but I can tell you this: my commute is logarithmic.
]]>Physically, but not emotionallytag:genecowan.com,2010:blog/1.58202010-01-27T23:16:00Z2010-01-27T23:19:00ZGene Cowangene@genecowan.com
I am older than both the "mature" guys in this ad. (But as I look younger, I assume they're lying about their age.)
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