Bluoz - misc

stand by

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:50:23 -0700

there is no need to adjust your set...please stand by

wtf...HEY!

Happy Thanksgiving

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:16:35 -0700

An American tradition

thought for the day

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:39:08 -0700

Hell and Heaven T-shirt. If there was a San Francisco version..........

astronomy photo of the day

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:26:23 -0700

courtesy of NASA

We The People Stimulus Package

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:38:51 -0700

This guy's video on youtube has been so popular that Obama called him personally. He said that
he was very disturbed with the video and invited him to the White House. Obama also said he wanted
the White House to handle the Press and not to talk about the video or the White House visit.

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:05:02 -0700

02 July 2009 .... British National Archives......declarationofindependance.pdf

A rare print of America's Declaration of Independence has been found among files at The National Archives at Kew (U.K.).

Printed on 4 July 1776, the Dunlap print is one of only 26 known copies in the world and is named after John Dunlap, the printer whose name is at the bottom of each copy.

The last discovered Dunlap Declaration, found at a flea market in 1989, sold at auction in 2000 for $8.14million.

The newly discovered print was found, hidden among correspondence from American colonists intercepted by the British in the 18th century, by an American carrying out research at The National Archives.

where the pie went

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:47:48 -0700

friend of mine made a couple graphs from data statistics at the Congressional Budget Office. This was already graphed in open Salon recently, but with fewer variables from the original statistics, and the graph itself was a tiny jpeg, so we decided to redo it

this new graph is probably more accurate. Actually two graphs, pre-tax, and post-tax income distribution from 1979 to present

in the following two graphs, by definition, the top quintile is those sets of households whose incomes exceed the incomes of at least 80% of households

pre tax

post tax

click through on Flickr to enlarge, or here are the originals

after tax distribution

pre tax distribution

this 3rd graph shows the top .01% earners in red,

after tax

original graph

pre tax

original graph

United Nations World Digital Library

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:40:42 -0700

"The BBC is reporting that the United Nations' World Digital Library has gone online with an initial offering of 1,200 ancient manuscripts, parchments and documents. To no great surprise, Europe comes in first with 380 items. South America comes in second with 320, with a very distant third place being given to the Middle East at a paltry 157 texts. This is only the initial round, so the leader board can be expected to change. There are, for example, a lot of Sumerian and Babylonian tablets, many of which are already online elsewhere. Astonishingly, the collection is covered by numerous copyright laws, according to the legal page. Use of material from a given country is subject to whatever restrictions that country places, in addition to any local and international copyright laws. With some of the contributions being over 8,000 years old, this has to be the longest copyright extension ever offered. There is nothing on whether the original artists get royalties, however."

The Economy Explained

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:04:31 -0700

by Bill Watterson

NASA doodles

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:23:15 -0700

from a recently released rare archive, along with this notice from Youtube

Dear auweia1,

Your video "nasadoodles1a" has been identified by YouTube's Content Identification program as containing copyrighted content which Discovery Communications claims is theirs.Your video "nasadoodles1a" is still available because Discovery Communications does not object to this content appearing on YouTube at this time. As long as Discovery Communications has a claim on your video, they will receive public statistics about your video, such as number of views. Viewers may also see advertising on your video's page.

a Les Nessman Thanksgiving

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:27:34 -0700

Signs of the Times

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:51:38 -0700

Bumper sticker of the year

Drudge and the tire gauge

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:01:08 -0700

I rarely quote Matt Drudge but this is beyond ridiculous

[late insert ----dumbass - drudge]

Yes, Drudge, it's come to this, the lowly tire gauge. It is a simple device to measure air pressure in a tire. It is one of those basic inventions that make a huge difference on humanity, kind of like the concept of a basic electronic transistor. You know, like the transistor that enables you to operate Drudge.com

you probably wouldn't know how big of a difference a deflated tire can mean because you drive a car, which means you push your foot down on the gas accelerator to compensate for such a deflated tire, and therefore don't really know how it feels, or how much it burns

But for people who ride a bike, we can tell you with some very accurate results just how much extra energy it takes to get from point A to point B on a half inflated tire as opposed to a full inflated one

It most certainly is something that is measurable in a scientific study and has been done many times before

In fact, don't even ask me about it, ask the long haul truckers you reported about recently, Drudge. Remember them? Those that went on strike about the oil prices?..Ask them about tire pressure..They'll tell ya

You know, the same truckers that bring your food to your local supermarket every day?

yeah, those people

Quote of the Day

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:21:57 -0700

sighted in The Chronicle today about the new Tesla electric car

quote of the day - sfists quote of the examiners quote of the day

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:03:57 -0700

this could be a ploy by SFist to get on Bluoz

or it could be a ploy by the Examiner to trick Sfist into getting on Bluoz

A Quote Within a Quote - Edgar Allen Poe