[dba-Tech] One more day

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Nov 14 15:38:18 CST 2011


Relative to whom?  :-)

On 14 Nov 2011 at 6:17, Rocky Smolin wrote:

> If you're driving a car at the speed of light and you turn on the
> headlights, does anything happen?
> 
> R
>  
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 5:16 AM
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> 
> Thanks, you young Turks!
> On this ponderous day, my last at 63, several questions continue to vex me:
> 
> 1. Why all the emphasis on searching for intelligent life in the universe?
> What about non-itelligent life? Why set the bar so high?
> 2. How come there are no non-food banks? Poor people need other things
> besides food, you know -- detergent, shoe polish, pencil sharpeners. The
> list goes on.
> 3. Is it really true that every non-prime number is the product of two
> primes?
> 4. Is it really true that the summed digits of every multiple of 9 equal 9?
> (e.g. 9 x 10 = 99, 9+9=18, 1+8 =9)?
> 5. Is the real reason nobody's come up with a cure for psoriasis that it's
> more profitable to sell me ointments?
> So much to think about in my twilight years :) A.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Happy Birthday old fart! ;)
> > Susan H.
> >
> >  In one day I'll turn 64, so please send lawyers, guns and money! 
> > Sheesh,
> >> time flies like an arrow, and flies love a banana. Tunderin' Jaysus, 
> >> one minute a Young Turk and the next an Old Fart. Ah, well. Life goes 
> >> on and off (the Ruby on Rails).
> >>
> >>
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