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She describes exactly why networks are star configured and feature IDFs and MDFs. Even in analog phone days, commercial installations had telco closets where circuits were distribu…

Is that the one where he moved large stones with small stones?

Weird, I saw a movie about the buck houses last night. The lead actors were horrible but the supporting actors weren’t half bad

I enjoyed The Return with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche

What other forum is there to voice your disapproval?

The US had civil defense, air raid sirens and fallout shelters. Students practiced duck and cover. The paranoia was real. It led to the star wars defense program and out spending t…

I went to school in Richmond Va. Our flats had big covered porches. Summers there were brutal. The buildings were brick. While sturdy, bricks are excellent. Storing heat and releas…

If you travel back im time you’ll find audio connectors corroded. It was standard practice to use an eraser to polish the jacks. Monster offered gold plated connectors. It really m…

By 65 the neighborhood teens were all atwitter with the Beatles. Its one of my earliest memories. The girls laying claim to one Beatle or another. “I like Paul” “I like George!” I …

Getting? It has been for years. Frank Jordan was the last mayor that tried a real plan.

The office is dehumanizing. Not only bench seating and cube farms but offices too. Before Facebook gutted the long corridors of offices at the old Sun Micro, it was affectionately …

They may or may not be. Most traffic light mounted cameras video presence detectors

One should realize life is temporary. You probably will leave very little legacy. You should aspire to have a large attendance at a remembrance. My father’s funeral filled the chur…

Yes. Some at will states support lawsuits

Most of life is subjective. Objectivity is very difficult. You are dealing with people who are mostly wacky. I suppose a weighted decision calculation could be used. How do you mea…

I think .20 is an underestimate. Under performers are likely in the .25 to .35 percent range. It is hard to find the right people and so there is an acceptance of good enough. The …

I have known serial PIPites.

Way back when a co worker was powering up a fire alarm control panel. Poof, capacitor popped and damaged his eye

Effort will get one far even without natural talent Effort and talent cannot be surpassed.

My 4th grade teacher used the orange track to swat hands and backsides. The worst offender in class was taken to the book room and disciplined. I swear the both liked it. She also …

A handy means something entirely different in the US

Yes they do. Consider weed. It was well established before being legalized. Legalization brought higher taxes and interference. The black market continues as an alternative to the …

There is debate about the new deal. Its not clear it was a success.

7th grade shop class. We all held hands and teacher crank an old telephone generator

Ireland was a poor country. They recognized low taxes would attract business. It worked. They then became a “tiger”