Wednesday, June 11, 2003

A few good thoughts for any day...



  1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for
    may not follow.  Do not walk beside me either.  Just pretty much leave me the
    hell alone.

  2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky
    tire.

  3. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your
    neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

  4. Sex is like air. It's not important unless you aren't getting any.

  5. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

  6. No one is listening until you fart.

  7. Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.

  8. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

  9. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car
    payments.

  10. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That
    way, when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

  11. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

  12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he
    will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

  13. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably
    worth it.

  14. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

  15. Some days you are the bug; some days you are the windshield.

  16. Don't worry; it only seems kinky the first time.

  17. Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
    judgment.

  18. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it
    back in your pocket.

  19. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

  20. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it
    holds the universe together.

  21. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

  22. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.

  23. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

  24. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

  25. We are born naked, wet and hungry, and get slapped on our butt.  Then
    things get worse.

  26. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the
    same night.

  27. There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

  28. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

  29. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a
    big deal about your birthday; around age 11.

  30. Fools rush in and get the best seats.

  31. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.


Urban Legends...

...are those stories you get in
your email, usually forwarded to you by a
friend, family member or co-worker, that are
supposed to sound true and unbelievable,
heart-wrenching or touching in some way. 
You're frequently encouraged to pass them on
to several other people ("send this to all
your friends and you will have good luck and
fortune all day").  You get the idea.  Now see
some of the sites that debunk these myths. 
There's even a site that will assist in
writing them.


Urban Legends Reference Pages



http://www.snopes.com/


Urban Legend Zeitgeist


http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/


Urban Legends and Folklore from About.com


http://urbanlegends.about.com/


Urban Legends Research Center


http://www.ulrc.com.au/


Urban Legends from ScamBuster.org


http://www.scambusters.org/legends.html


The Urban Legend Combat Kit


http://netsquirrel.com/combatkit/



How Urban Legends Work from HowStuffWorks.com


http://people.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm



Urban Legends and Modern Myths from
Warphead.com


http://www.warphead.com/urbanlegends/



Urban Legends from DarwinAwards.com


http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/



Darwin Awards (Just a cool site)


http://www.darwinawards.com/


The Darwin Awards honor those who improve
our gene pool by removing themselves from
it.


Testing your actual bandwidth


So how fast is your Internet connection?  To find out, read on.  There's a
myth that using the Ping command will give you tell you how fast your connection
is.  The truth about ping is that is measures latency, the round-trip time it
takes for a server to respond to a request.  Latency is critical for real-time
gaming, but not nearly as important for typical surfing or large file
downloading.  True bandwidth measuring is done by download/uploading a file
from/to a server.  There are many factors that can affect this test, such as
Internet traffic, server performance, connection speed and the performance of
your on computer.  Here are some sites that discuss bandwidth in much more
detail.  DSL Reports" (aka
"Broadband Reports") is one of the most popular broadband sites, providing
industry news, tweaks and tests. 

Here's one of their bandwidth tests
. 

The Bandwidth Place
has some quick speed tests. 

Here's their basic test
.  They also let you test bandwidth on your local
network so you can find out how your 10/100 NIC or 11 Mbps wireless network is
really performing.


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