*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.

I strongly suspect that more adults are opposed to this activity than endorse it. It's getting attention but not much of the good kind.

When I heard "Scientology Speedrun" I was hoping it would mean getting to operating level thetan as soon as possible. That would have been more interesting than some jokers trying to quickly run through a building I've never seen.

The manufacturers aren't the problem. They aren't the ones who make the rules about how their product is used on public thoroughfares.