People who speak louder, thinking they're helping, are actually kind of annoying.

How very, very true, especially when you've already told them that speaking louder won't help, but clearer will. But there's one thing that's worse. I have a notch in my hearing, caused by exposure to too much outbound on the Gun Line back in '72, and some women's voices fall right into the range I can't really hear. Most of the time it's not too bad because women are usually good about shifting their voice down to a lower pitch, but there are some who either don't understand what's needed or just don't care if I can understand them or not. About the only way I've found to get them to cooperate is to speak so quietly that they can't hear me.

*I like mail. Because we have had decades of legal precedent around mail fraud formed."

And that's why law firms still use faxes. You can fax somebody a document a few minutes before midnight on the last day and you're considered to have them in on time as long as the originals go out in the mail the next day.

I fix my taxes so I always have to send some money to them on the Ides of April.

Cute, but wrong: "In March, July, October, May, the Ides come on the fifteenth day. The Nones the Seventh; all the rest are two days less for Nones and Ides." The Ides of April come on April 13, not 15.

Hillary and Kamala were perceived as - if I may use the word - bitches.

Hillary is most definitely a bitch, and a dominatrix to boot. The only reason she got nominated was because, "It's my turn!" Kamala struck me as more of a bimbo, and a bit submissive as well, with her "Whatever Biden wants is OK with me." attitude.

The effect is far from new and people have been concerned about it for generations. In fact, Cyril M. Kornbluth published a classic SF story about the problem back in 1951.

No one running at the national level in our lifetimes has *EVER* been interested in doing the most for the country.

Speak for yourself. I, OTOH, was born while Truman was President. Not that I remember him, but he was in office. I do, however, remember both Ike and JFK, and both of them did good things for the country, Ike by creating the Interstate Highway System and JFK by committing the nation to putting a man on the Moon within ten years.

A job so nice he did it twice?

At least he didn't feel the need to rape Thrace thrice.

I can't find it now, but back in the '70s there was a series of short stories about "Billy the JOAT," where his wide range of skills was needed to create/adapt something to fit an unusual situation. Of course, the writer designed the needs so that Billy's various skills were needed and hiring a JOAT was more economical than a group of specialists.

So when it comes to computers, you consider yourself a JOAT? If so, there are times that that's exactly what's needed and you can end up being very well paid because it's still less than hiring and paying three or four specialists.

It's a reference to the Colossal Cave Adventure where the only way to kill the dragon was with your bare hands.

Was there ever a version where you could kill the dragon with your bare hands?

For example, Britain had a theory of radar by the late 1920s, radar itself in much of the 30s, and airborne radar by 1937.

Knowing the theory behind a new technology is all well and good, but more important is what you do with it and how you develop it. As an example, in late 1944, the IJN had shipboard radar on most, if not all of its capital ships and some of its smaller ones. This could show an enemy fleet as separate squadrons, but couldn't resolve those squadrons into individual ships and they were just beginning to experiment with using radar to aim their guns. The USN had radar on most, if not all of its fleet, it was sharp enough to show squadrons as individual ships and it was routine to use it at night for fire control, as the Japanese learned the hard way. I'm sure I could find other examples if I put my mind to it, but I think I've made my point clear.

And yet, here in Trinidad, CO, not only did we get some rain on the 30st, we got some snow as well. Yes, it all melted as soon as it landed because the ground was too warm, but that just meant that it sunk right into the ground instead of evaporating into the air.

The classic kind, with one button.

You mean like the one on Dagwood's shirt?

Because, that's what we're (y'know, the sheeple) are told!

And that's because Ubuntu is designed to be used by Windows refugees and wannabe geeks who like bragging that they're using Linux but aren't interested in learning how it works or how to do any system maintenance that can't be done in a point-and-drool gooey. And for those of you who think I'm being too harsh, or find my description striking too close to home, try this: go to the main Ubuntu forum with a simple problem on an Ubuntu box that's past EOL and see how they respond. Then, do the same thing with an EOL Fedora box at one of their forums. Guess which one will help you and which one won't.