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.

A good question that deserves a good answer. Back in Biblical Times, Hebrew didn't need to use vowels because the language is so regular that if you know the language and its alphabet you know what the vowels are and where they go. Vowels were developed and put into use so that people who didn't know Hebrew very well could still know how to pronounce the words. And, there are many people today who only bother with the vowels if they expect what they're writing to be read by people like me who can read Hebrew out lout f(Thanks, phonics!) but don't know what the words mean.

Economic warfare is more effective than weapons in some cases.

Yes, indeed it can be, and a classic example is the Danegeld which the Danes used to drain the English out of all the funds they might have used to pay soldiers and defend the realm so that when the Danes really invaded, the English were powerless to resist them in any meaningful or effective way. Not that I think that this was the Dane's intent, they were just interested in getting as much silver as possible without risking their lives in a fight.

We're still pissed over not releasing all the epstein files.

Look: Epstein was tried and convicted in 2008, eighteen years ago, and he died in 2019, seven years ago. Nobody cares now except for you and your lunatic fringe cronies and the only thing that happens when you bring it up is that readers go on to the next post and ignore everything you wrote.

Another example of that is the Egyptian loan word, Pharaoh. If you were to look at it in the Book of Exodus in the original Hebrew, you'd see that it transliterates into Paro. Why it's not still pronounced that way in English is because when the Greeks translated it into Greek, in what's known as the Septuagint, they had two choices for the P sound, and the one they picked has gradually changed from a P to an F.

I'd love to use goats but they are really quite expensive.

Have you considered using sheep instead? I've read about them being used, but I don't know how expensive they are. And, if you do use goats, be careful about using them near fruit trees if you plan on harvesting the fruit because goats are very good tree climbers. As an example, I once ran across a short video of a goat working its way up a palm tree to get at the dates, so regular trees wouldn't be a bit of difficulty.