buzzsawmonkey 9/19/2022 6:01:58 AM

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During the few moments when NPR wasn't boring us to death with endless, glacial, blow-by-blow descriptions of every detail of the interminable process of planting Queen Elizabeth, they were breathlessly vaporing over the damage wrought by Hurricane Fiona.  

One might have thought that, by now, Puerto Rico would have armored its infrastructure against the worst levels of hurricane damage, given that past experience indicates that they will experience one every few years or so.  Yet, not only was that not done---they hadn't even finished cleaning up the damage from the last one. 

This again shows both the general incompetence of the people yakking endlessly about the "need to address the planetary climate," and the utter absurdity of attempting such an exercise in futility.  No disaster-proofing can be 100%, of course, but the utter lack of preparedness against recurring, predictable events---indeed, the ongoing history/record of it---shows how silly the suggestion is that the larger "climate" can somehow be subjected to human regulation.

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 6:30:19 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 1:

YOU are responsible for the hurricane damage to Puerto Rico, whitey.  And don't you forget it 

-NPR

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 6:37:49 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 9/19/2022 6:41:35 AM

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vxbush 9/19/2022 6:46:26 AM

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I love it when I get equipment from a vendor--who seems to know what he's doing, if a bit slow--and I discover that two of the memory modules in the unit are bad. Great job. 

Happy Monday, campers. 

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 6:46:47 AM

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Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 6:48:36 AM

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Stumblin' Joe was right about one thing:  "The pandemic is over."  I had dinner with a friend at Georgetown Waterfront last night.  It was packed. 

Of course, at the same time, I still see plenty of my Deep Blue neighbors walking around in open air, wearing masks.  

buzzsawmonkey 9/19/2022 6:54:26 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: I had dinner with a friend at Georgetown Waterfront last night.  It was packed. 

Somebody should open up a restaurant called "Demic Pan."

vxbush 9/19/2022 7:18:07 AM

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In #4 buzzsawmonkey said: If stamped sheet-metal commemorative effigies of the late Queen Elizabeth were made, they could be sold as "Tin Lizzies."

Oh, I'd get one of those!

JCM 9/19/2022 7:35:30 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 5:

We bought Lenovo server. Opps, bad CPU, opps bad Memory Module(s), opps bad motherboard. Opps thing would overheat and shut down randomly.

vxbush 9/19/2022 7:36:42 AM

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In #1 buzzsawmonkey said: During the few moments when NPR wasn't boring us to death with endless, glacial, blow-by-blow descriptions of every detail of the interminable process of planting Queen Elizabeth, they were breathlessly vaporing over the damage wrought by Hurricane Fiona.  

It used to be the case that you only heard about any tropical storm or hurricane if it was approaching the US territories to be a sudden concern. Now, the minute *any* storm looks like it might become Something™️ is breathlessly reported as the Next Doom from Gaia. Heck, I get text alerts from a weather site that I never asked for and I'm still trying to turn those off. Every single tropical storm becomes something to interrupt my day about, it seems. 

buzzsawmonkey 9/19/2022 7:46:16 AM

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During the endless Radio Royalty Roundup, one of the announcers was wondering "how long it will take before King Charles' likeness appears on the coinage." 

I cannot help but think it a shame that the British abandoned their traditional coinage in favor of going metric.  If they were still using pounds-shillings-and-pence, it would actually be possible to play chuck-farthing with actual farthings bearing Chuck's likeness.

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 8:34:17 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 12:

Heh.

From my stint in the UK, I miss the 1 pound coins.  They had this satisfying solidity in one's pocket. 

buzzsawmonkey 9/19/2022 8:44:17 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13:

As we are reassured that the new King has been thoroughly schooled in all matters pertaining to decorum and correct protocol, let's remember that the British slang term for a hopeless idiot is "a proper Charlie."

lucius septimius 9/19/2022 8:56:44 AM

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Moving continues.  The big day is Wednesday when all the furniture goes out.  

Meanwhile, a news story I can get behind.

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 9:21:52 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 15:

See, also;

vxbush 9/19/2022 9:25:37 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 16: 

*snort*

JCM 9/19/2022 11:56:59 AM

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Pentagon Pushing to Minimize Chinese Presence in Defense Department Supply Chains

Should never have allowed Chinese materials into the defense supply chain.

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 12:27:35 PM

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Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 12:29:43 PM

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Reply to JCM in 18:

Gee, now there's an idea.

Also, you know those chicken coops that are designed and built by Foxconn?  Well... I have doubts... 

Kosh's Shadow 9/19/2022 3:36:56 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

That's what I get for posting the thread when I hadn't completely woken up.

I don't usually check to see if there was a thread, but today I did

Kosh's Shadow 9/19/2022 4:32:08 PM

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In #10 JCM said: We bought Lenovo server. Opps, bad CPU, opps bad Memory Module(s), opps bad motherboard. Opps thing would overheat and shut down randomly.

Chicoms very angry that Lenovo servier never got to send back all your data to China.

Occasional Reader 9/19/2022 7:31:37 PM

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