Daily Tech News 22 October 2024

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The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post are suing AI startup Perplexity over copyright infringement. (Variety)

To be fair, that seems to be Perplexity's entire business model: Index copyrighted content, summarise it, file off the serial numbers, and then provide it to users to answer their questions.
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, in a statement about the lawsuit, said: "Perplexity perpetrates an abuse of intellectual property that harms journalists, writers, publishers and News Corp. The perplexing Perplexity has willfully copied copious amounts of copyrighted material without compensation, and shamelessly presents repurposed material as a direct substitute for the original source. Perplexity proudly states that users can 'skip the links' - apparently, Perplexity wants to skip the check."
From my understanding of Perplexity, this is actually pretty accurate.

This bit less so:
We applaud principled companies like OpenAI, which understands that integrity and creativity are essential if we are to realize the potential of artificial intelligence
OpenAI is as unprincipled as any company in the industry, but with billions of dollars of investors' money to burn, they can pay off at least some of their victims.

Tech News

The Internet Archive got hacked again - not the main site, but their Zendesk tech support hub. (HackRead)

Oops.
Arkansas may have vast lithium reserves. (New York Times)

Or at least half vast.
Daze is MySpace for teenagers. (Tech Crunch)

Or maybe GeoCities.

Only worse.
Disney will name Bob Iger's replacement in 2026. (CNBC)

I think Tim would be a good name.
AMD's upcoming 9800X3D - due in stores November 7 - seems to be significantly faster on general-purpose workloads than either the 9700X or 7800X3D. (WCCFTech)

The X3D chips are optimised for games with extra large caches, which make them run at somewhat slower clock speeds, which in turn makes them perform worse fo applications that don't benefit from extra large caches.

The 9800X3D though ups the TDP to 120W vs. 65W for the 9700X, and that makes it a very capable chip all round.

Disclaimer: Do not click on the thing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:02 AM (VnUSN)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2024 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

4 OMG!!

I clicked on the thing!!!

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:09 AM (ins2D)

5 "I think Tim would be a good name."

I agree.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at October 22, 2024 04:14 AM (iPFUh)

6 4: Sorry, you'll have to be put down. Can't have the Thing leave the board and infect the world.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2024 04:15 AM (sAmhv)

7 Highway sign from circa 1990
"With OS/2 you'd be home by now"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2024 04:16 AM (p0I4D)

8 >>>News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, in a statement about the lawsuit, said: "... The perplexing Perplexity ..."

That was dumb of him to make a pun in a CEO statement about a lawsuit.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:16 AM (VnUSN)

9 Sorry, you'll have to be put down. Can't have the Thing leave the board and infect the world.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Put down? Like I came from the wrong side of town?

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:17 AM (ins2D)

10 Evening and morning, insomaniacals! All you early risers and late toilers, rejoice -- Monday is behind us!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 04:18 AM (omVj0)

11 Bruce, your mother wears Army boots!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:18 AM (VnUSN)

12 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 22, 2024 04:19 AM (VfYIb)

13 >>>Or at least half vast.

heh
heh heh

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:19 AM (VnUSN)

14 Bruce, your mother wears Army boots!
Posted by: m

And smells of elderberry

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:19 AM (ins2D)

15 14 Bruce, your mother wears Army boots!
Posted by: m

And smells of elderberry
Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:19 AM (ins2D)

Puddleglum started it!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:20 AM (VnUSN)

16 Time to kickstart the coffee maker

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:21 AM (ins2D)

17 Puddleglum started it!
Posted by: m

And I'm going to finish it.

...my father...

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:23 AM (ins2D)

18 Why does the date "October 22" resonate in my mind?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)

19 I don't know if I first heard about this here or elsewhere, but in case anybody's missed it:

Woman Who Poisoned Boyfriend Over $30 Million Inheritance Scam Learns Fate

https://tinyurl.com/287f8bnv

(Newsweek)

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:26 AM (VnUSN)

20 Cuban middle crisis?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:26 AM (JRP2U)

21 I, uh, just want to address Pixy's scurrilous allegations regarding my candidacy for Disney CEO...

...SHOW ME THE MONEY, BITCHES!

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at October 22, 2024 04:26 AM (xM1ob)

22 My work is done!! BWHAHAHAHA!!!

Need to go to bed anyway. Have a plumber coming today to fix yet another leak in my plumbing. Can't wait to leave this dump.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2024 04:27 AM (sAmhv)

23 The Missiles of October.

Posted by: JFK at October 22, 2024 04:28 AM (VfYIb)

24 Middle???

October 22: Cuban missle crisis

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:28 AM (JRP2U)

25 "perpetrates an abuse of intellectual property that harms journalists, writers, publishers and News Corp."

I stopped paying attention after "harms journalists."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2024 04:30 AM (lXCUP)

26 uban middle crisis?
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024

***
I dunno if Castro ever had a mid-life crisis.

But you might be right. Certainly the whole business of the missiles happened that October. According to Wiki, it lasted from 16 to 28 October.

I lived through it, but have absolutely no memory of it. Back then I paid zero attention to TV "news" and my teacher didn't mention it. Years later Mom told me she stockpiled some water and canned food under the little table we had in the kitchen, concealed with a tablecloth, so we kids wouldn't have seen it.

Adults kept things from kids back then, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 04:30 AM (omVj0)

27 20 Cuban middle crisis?
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:26 AM (JRP2U)

What Tasty Cuban Sandwiches Can Do To Your Waistline

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:30 AM (VnUSN)

28 >>>(Newsweek)

"News""week"

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:32 AM (VnUSN)

29 I think Tim would be a good name.

There Are Some Who Call Me... Tim

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:33 AM (JRP2U)

30 "On 22 October Kennedy ordered a naval blockade to prevent further missiles from reaching Cuba." Maybe that's what I'm recalling from reading about it.

Imagine what Jugears, Mushbrain, or KneePads would have done during that. Which would have been nothing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 04:35 AM (omVj0)

31 Good morning, good people from the Adirondacks, now deep into a resplendent Fall. An excellent year for burning bushes, some are spectacular.

As normal, may all effort today result in great benefit to you and massive consternation to the leftwits among us. I see blueberry muffins making an appearance this AM if I can get my lazy butt in gear.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 22, 2024 04:35 AM (hKoQL)

32 “At 7:00 pm EDT on 22 October, Kennedy delivered a nationwide televised address on all of the major networks announcing the discovery of the missiles.”

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:41 AM (JRP2U)

33 'Tis 62 F. this morning. I may go walk in the park across from my office before work and after it gets light. Yesterday I did it at noon, which was a little warm for a swift 1.8-mile walk. The cooler temps this morning will be a help. Also, I hope, will be the absence of homeless people who talk out loud to themselves. There were two I had to pass yesterday, one of whom was telling anyone who'd listen about what a "great flush" she'd had that morning. Jeezus H. Kerist on a cracker.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 04:43 AM (omVj0)

34 On October 22nd I was an extremely scared PFC in Germany out in the boonies providing security for a Redstone missile battalion. Thought (as did ALL of us) we were gonna go up in a brilliant flash. Actually we would have done just that so it likely would have been quick. We had 5 missiles to launch, 3 for sure and maybe the other 2 if Ivan didn't zero on us. And he KNEW where we were.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 22, 2024 04:44 AM (hKoQL)

35 There Are Some Who Call Me... Tim
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline

I wish they would just call me Tim

Posted by: Tim Wallz at October 22, 2024 04:46 AM (ins2D)

36 G'morning all!

No morning walk today as we need to take my MiL to the ~~freight depot~~ Amtrak station to go home after a nice week of visiting with us.

She got to bond with the kittens, and they seem to have certainly taken to her.

And with yesterday being the weekly 'weigh day', Frog has added almost another half pound and now hits 7.6 pounds. And tiny demure Margo has finally joined the 5 pound club. Hard to believe they were born 90 minutes apart, going by their weight.

And a short update on the failed attempt to integrate their mother into our home. Bandit is back at her chosen home, residing in the garage, with access to the outside during daylight.
And she is loving it. Plenty of human attention, freedom to roam, and being spayed, no fear of multiple pregnancies.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 04:47 AM (a1415)

37 As a small child living in Base Housing at Barksdale Air Force Base, I was aware the events in Cuba. But being aware is not the same as having an understanding of the events, nor the gravity of them.

I just knew something was making my father and mother very concerned.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 04:50 AM (a1415)

38 There were two I had to pass yesterday, one of whom was telling anyone who'd listen about what a "great flush" she'd had that morning. Jeezus H. Kerist on a cracker.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 04:51 AM (ins2D)

39 So a stupid question.

Why do people keep building hospitals on top of terrorist bunkers?

Seems....unwise in the long run.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 04:52 AM (a1415)

40
And with yesterday being the weekly 'weigh day', Frog has added almost another half pound and now hits 7.6 pounds. And tiny demure Margo has finally joined the 5 pound club. Hard to believe they were born 90 minutes apart, going by their weight. . . .

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024

***
When I first adopted little Dagny, she was underweight for her breed and had a mild fever that required some antibiotics. I wondered if she would ever grow much, especially compared to big black Stirling, who at two weeks older was already shooting up and out like a weed. She has since sprouted nicely, is robust and solid, and -- if the stories are true about Siberians taking up to five years to mature -- may fill out even more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 04:53 AM (omVj0)

41 I think Tim would be a good name.

I think Havre C. would be better…

Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 22, 2024 04:54 AM (TX4bP)

42 I just knew something was making my father and mother very concerned.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Air raid siren, every Friday at 12 noon …

Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 22, 2024 04:57 AM (TX4bP)

43 - @34 IRONGRAMPA

Wow. That would put you a dozen years, give or take, older than even me. Born during WWII? About the widow's age.

Thank you and,,, respect!

Posted by: TeeJ at October 22, 2024 04:58 AM (/vvA5)

44 *Why do people keep building hospitals on top of terrorist bunkers?*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at October 22, 2024 05:01 AM (VfYIb)

45 I got into a tangle with one of Archive.orgs archivists named Jason Scott - he unindexed a March 2020 Forbes article I republished via the waybackmachine titled "Does Joe Biden Have Dementia".

Forbes removed the article from its website after getting Twitter mobbed.

I dared complain about it to him and he unindexed my whole account. He created an unindexed server gulag named "Off-Center and Outsider," and that's where my uploads are sequestered.

Posted by: 13times at October 22, 2024 05:02 AM (c8VnL)

46 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer

HA!

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 05:04 AM (ins2D)

47 So Charleston County early voting numbers show that 1st day of early voting this year saw a 100% increase in votes cast compared to last election.

After seeing my MiL off later this morning, we will cut our ballots as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 05:08 AM (a1415)

48 cut=cast.

F'n auto-cucumber....it mocks me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 05:10 AM (a1415)

49 Perhaps Kamala could do another Town Hall?

They seem to help her.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 05:14 AM (a1415)

50 At American Thinker- The Victory speech you don't want to hear, explains where the unburden line comes from.

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

51 Perhaps Kamala could do another Town Hall?

Is that a shot, like a B-52 or Bazooka Joe?

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 05:16 AM (ins2D)

52 G'morning Horde. I'm staring at a new mobile "smartphone" (Android based) and I really have no idea what to do with this thing. First one I've ever owned. Feels completely foreign on the interface.

I wouldn't even have bought the thing except the family has been haranguing me for years to get one for my safety, and I have to admit that there are times when I'm in the field at work that I really need to make a call.

I just don't want my life to become full of useless interruptions once people realize it's a lot easier to get ahold of me "in the moment".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2024 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

53 Not to bad out, very clear
It never rains in Southern Pennsylvania
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2024 05:19 AM (fwDg9)

54 I just don't want my life to become full of useless interruptions once people realize it's a lot easier to get ahold of me "in the moment".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

The nice thing about all "smart" phones is that you don't have to answer them. And people can still leave a message to voice mail

Posted by: Bruce at October 22, 2024 05:20 AM (ins2D)

55 "I just don't want my life to become full of useless interruptions once people realize it's a lot easier to get ahold of me "in the moment".

Should be a switch on the side to place it in 'Silent' mode.

Or, Airplane mode.

Then place it back to normal when you are willing to accept interruptions.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 05:20 AM (a1415)

56
Date(s) of Materials: 22 October 1962

Description: Audio recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in Cuba.

https://tinyurl.com/2t9942ja

(The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 05:22 AM (VnUSN)

57 explains where the unburden line comes from.
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2024 05:16 AM (fwDg9)

It's a clumsy transliteration of Mao's "Four Olds" campaign.

Posted by: 13times at October 22, 2024 05:23 AM (c8VnL)

58 Grumpy you'll get hang of it

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2024 05:23 AM (4K/Ao)

59 from the JFK Cuban missile crisis address transcript:

Third: It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.

... Any hostile move anywhere in the world against the safety and freedom of peoples to whom we are committed--including in particular the brave people of West Berlin--will be met by whatever action is needed.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 05:25 AM (VnUSN)

60 Turn the phone ON only when YOU want to use it.

Kind of a radical approach to privacy, but with it OFF it won't ring, it won't buzz, it won't light up, if someone calls or texts you.

Be sure to set it up with a recorded message so those that call hear it and know they've reached your phone when they call

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 22, 2024 05:33 AM (ZtgZZ)

61 "I just don't want my life to become full of useless interruptions once people realize it's a lot easier to get ahold of me "in the moment".

I find having a rep as a misanthrope does wonders to keep people from calling you.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 05:36 AM (Q0kLU)

62 - G&R

On an android now. Only net connection.
One finger typing and inability to copy/paste comments makes it kind of tough.

Calls not from someone not on contact list don't get answered. They can leave a message if legit.
Same with texts. Don't even open those. Just delete and block.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 22, 2024 05:38 AM (/vvA5)

63
"Be sure to set it up with a recorded message so those that call hear it and know they've reached your phone when they call"

Like this:

https://youtu.be/JpqIbg0AQ7k

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at October 22, 2024 05:38 AM (VfYIb)

64 - Oops. One too many "nots."

Posted by: TeeJ at October 22, 2024 05:40 AM (/vvA5)

65 62 Calls ... from someone not on contact list don't get answered. They can leave a message if legit.
Same with texts. Don't even open those. Just delete and block.
Posted by: TeeJ at October 22, 2024 05:38 AM (/vvA5)

Agreed.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 05:41 AM (VnUSN)

66 Well, how 'bout those Dominion folks, eh?

https://tinyurl.com/y44ykx6s

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 22, 2024 05:42 AM (3Ope8)

67 Since we're talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis, let me recommend Kevin Costner's 19 movie Thirteen Days. It's not entirely accurate, Costner's "Bahston" accent is ridiculous and it is very much a JFK hagiography, but it's an entertaining look at the time.

Here's the trailer:

https://tinyurl.com/c9vebp85

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 05:42 AM (Q0kLU)

68 63
"Be sure to set it up with a recorded message so those that call hear it and know they've reached your phone when they call"

Like this:

https://youtu.be/JpqIbg0AQ7k
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at October 22, 2024 05:38 AM (VfYIb)

; )

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 05:42 AM (VnUSN)

69 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 22, 2024 05:42 AM (gbOdA)

70 Sorry, should have been "2001" film. Very tired this morning.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 05:43 AM (Q0kLU)

71 Oh boy, more lithium. There is a lot of lithium around, but not so much copper, titanium or neodymium.

Posted by: Jamaica at October 22, 2024 05:44 AM (IG7T0)

72 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 22, 2024 05:45 AM (hoCmQ)

73 67 Since we're talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis, let me recommend Kevin Costner's 19 movie Thirteen Days. It's not entirely accurate, Costner's "Bahston" accent is ridiculous and it is very much a JFK hagiography, but it's an entertaining look at the time.

Here's the trailer:

https://tinyurl.com/c9vebp85
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 05:42 AM (Q0kLU)

Wow! Thanks!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 05:45 AM (VnUSN)

74
___
Same with texts. Don't even open those. Just delete and block.
___

Please don't do that.
Because then you won't see our sincere message asking you to make your first $40 contribution before our campaign's FEC deadline at midnight tonight!

Posted by: Comma Lah at October 22, 2024 05:46 AM (VfYIb)

75 OK, got to work. One of our transcribers is on vacation, so this is going to be a long, weary week. I'll be glad when it's over.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 05:46 AM (Q0kLU)

76 Since we're talking about the Cuban Missile Crisis, let me recommend Kevin Costner's 19 movie Thirteen Days. It's not entirely accurate, Costner's "Bahston" accent is ridiculous and it is very much a JFK hagiography, but it's an entertaining look at the time.

Here's the trailer:

https://tinyurl.com/c9vebp85
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024

***
The 1974 Missiles of October w/ William Devane as JFK and Martin Sheen as RFK was pretty intense as well. I saw it when it was new, and it was the first time I knew anything much about the events.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 05:47 AM (omVj0)

77 Kammie-Ha-Ha is so bad at lying (though she's had a lifetime of practice), I hope her oral ministrations to Willie Brown and others went better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 05:48 AM (omVj0)

78 58 Grumpy you'll get hang of it
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2024 05:23 AM (4K/Ao)

Absolutely! Play around with it and personalize it.
My "dumb phone" doesn't ring; it buzzes silently and a light pulses. I don't answer any number I don't recognize. I don't have an outgoing message. It's like an old-fashioned pager.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 05:49 AM (VnUSN)

79 Ask your doctor if Oralministrations is right for you.

Posted by: Somber Announcer Voice at October 22, 2024 05:50 AM (VfYIb)

80 Devotional for men.Bless the blesser . A reflection on Numbers 6:22-27:

https://tinyurl.com/yvptcpmb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2024 05:51 AM (qptZt)

81 Ask your doctor if Oralministrations is right for you.
Posted by: Somber Announcer Voice at October 22, 2024

***
Trust me on this. Done right, it's good for anybody.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 05:55 AM (omVj0)

82 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 22, 2024 05:56 AM (U1w17)

83 "It's like an old-fashioned pager."

Hmmmm....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 05:57 AM (a1415)

84 American Thinker has a piece this morning about Iranian moles in our Intel agencies and the Pentagon. Yeesh.

Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2024 05:57 AM (dR6yv)

85 News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, in a statement about the lawsuit, said: "... The perplexing Perplexity ..."

That was dumb of him to make a pun in a CEO statement about a lawsuit.
Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 04:16 AM (VnUSN)
------------
In the words of Stephen Maturin, "It is not even a pun, it is but a wretched clench."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 22, 2024 05:57 AM (U1w17)

86 That's strange. Jim only has one oral ministration at home.

Posted by: Cute young but naive wife with impossibly perky breasts at October 22, 2024 05:57 AM (VfYIb)

87 Do not use oralministration if you are allergic to oralministration.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 22, 2024 05:58 AM (U1w17)

88 Oralministration?
You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at October 22, 2024 06:01 AM (VfYIb)

89 Call your doctor if your oralministration lasts more than 4 hours

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 06:03 AM (JRP2U)

90 44 *Why do people keep building hospitals on top of terrorist bunkers?*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at October 22, 2024 05:01 AM (VfYIb)

Good one!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:03 AM (VnUSN)

91 Babalu Blog doesn't have anything up yet on the events of October 22nd, but had this up on October 18th:

Remembering the missiles of October
October 18, 2024 by Silvio Canto Jr.
Back in 1962, I was in Cuba and listened to President Kennedy speak about those missiles on the Spanish version of The Voice of America. I can still recall that Phillips radio in our living radio and my parents listening carefully to the speech. It must have been serious because my parents looked worried.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7xyvsk

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:09 AM (VnUSN)

92 Good Morning. Good Evening. Good Day.
Somewhere a fish cries.
Somewhere a snail dies.
Trump Trump Trump...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 22, 2024 06:09 AM (TGPs7)

93 Scripture, music and beautiful scenery- Radiant TV:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3ar5m9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2024 06:09 AM (HgaCw)

94 84 American Thinker has a piece this morning about Iranian moles in our Intel agencies and the Pentagon. Yeesh.

Good Morning.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 22, 2024 05:57 AM (dR6yv)

Now do the Chinese.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 22, 2024 06:10 AM (gbOdA)

95 92 Good Morning. Good Evening. Good Day.
Somewhere a fish cries.
Somewhere a snail dies.
Trump Trump Trump...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 22, 2024 06:09 AM (TGPs7)

Somewhere some French fries.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:10 AM (VnUSN)

96 Good morning morons

Genius Mayor London Breed appointed a flunky to become Schools Superintendent. She has never been a teacher and never led a school district anywhere.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2024 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

97 Drop the Mc

https://x.com/greg16676935420/status/
1848436006837424330

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 22, 2024 06:12 AM (gbOdA)

98 I like this Joe Mazzula guy...

“We’re all going to be dead soon, and it really doesn’t matter anymore, so there’s zero pressure. You’re either gonna win or you’re not. And when you win, you try to forget about it a week later and when you lose, you try to forget about it a week later. So it’s not pressure, it’s an opportunity. We have an opportunity here over the next few years, however long that we’re together.

“I’ve said this in the past, you have an opportunity to carry the organization forward, to double down on the tradition and history of what this organization has. And what else would you expect than someone expecting you to win all the time? I wouldn’t want someone expecting me to lose all the time. That would be debilitating. So we have an expectation to win.”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 22, 2024 06:13 AM (TGPs7)

99 Dominion has certainly earned its Vladimir Lenin Award, inscription of which reads "Always Be on Offense."

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 22, 2024 06:19 AM (ZlOcj)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:19 AM (VnUSN)

101 52 I just don't want my life to become full of useless interruptions once people realize it's a lot easier to get ahold of me "in the moment".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2024 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

Best advice I can give:

1. Treat the phone as a convenience that is under your control. If you don't wish to be bothered, that's more important.

2. There is a setting that sets times to not be disturbed. Find it and put it to use.

3. Airplane mode and powering it off is a good thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2024 06:22 AM (99eI0)

102 7 Highway sign from circa 1990
"With OS/2 you'd be home by now"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2024 04:16 AM (p0I4D)
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I had Microware's OS-9 for the Motorola 6809. Its still around as an embedded OS. Nothing to do with IBM's OS/2 and offhand I don't know which came first. OS-9 is from 1979 so probably first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-9

Posted by: Ciampino - the bastards copy everything at October 22, 2024 06:23 AM (qfLjt)

103 Since Disney is a horror, how about replacing Iger with Igor?

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at October 22, 2024 06:24 AM (pw1S1)

104 SHRIVER: You’re not, unfortunately. We have some predetermined questions, uh, hopefully, I’ll be able to ask some questions that might be in your head.

so the town halls are fake too

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 22, 2024 06:26 AM (gbOdA)

105 20 Cuban middle crisis?
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:26 AM (JRP2U)

Mark Cuban is gaining weight?

Posted by: The person who reads but lacks basic comprehension skills at October 22, 2024 06:27 AM (PiwSw)

106 Highway sign from circa 1990
"With OS/2 you'd be home by now"

For years there used to be an apartment complex on Storrow Drive in Boston which advertised open slots with a sign reading "If you lived here, you'd be home by now." I know the sign isn't there anymore; I don't know about the complex.

Every week on my way to the dairy, I go by an office which has a sign outside reading, "If you worked here, you'd be at the office by now." I always mentally change that to "If you worked here, the boss would be reaming your ass out by now."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 06:27 AM (Q0kLU)

107 "so the town halls are fake too"

Just like her orgasms.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 06:28 AM (a1415)

108 No morning walk today as we need to take my MiL to the freight depot Amtrak station to go home after a nice week of visiting with us.
...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 04:47 AM (a1415)
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Did you use a lift or dolly?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2024 06:28 AM (RIvkX)

109 Cuban middle crisis?
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 22, 2024 04:26 AM (JRP2U)

Mark Cuban is gaining weight?
Posted by: The person who reads but lacks basic comprehension skills at October 22, 2024 06:27 AM (PiwSw)

And Leon's getting larger!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2024 06:28 AM (Q0kLU)

110 107 "so the town halls are fake too"

Just like her orgasms.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 06:28 AM (a1415)

What?

Posted by: "Slappy" Doug Emhoff at October 22, 2024 06:29 AM (PiwSw)

111 107 "so the town halls are fake too"

Just like her orgasms.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2024 06:28 AM (a1415)

We're living in Potemkinville.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 22, 2024 06:29 AM (ZlOcj)

112
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Seán Ono Lennon
@seanonolennon
7h
Somebody told me Trump didn’t actually just work at McDonald’s and now I’m questioning everything.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:30 AM (VnUSN)

113 We're living in Potemkinville.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 22, 2024 06:29 AM (ZlOcj)
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Wasting away.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 22, 2024 06:30 AM (U1w17)

114 I hate when journalists are harmed.

Could they learn to coal?

Posted by: eleven at October 22, 2024 06:31 AM (fV+MH)

115 "If you lived here, you'd be home by now."

It's a road sign along the Antelope Freeway, a Firesign routine that goes back to the 60's. And they copied it, from actual signs.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at October 22, 2024 06:31 AM (zdLoL)

116 - m - Thanks for cleaning that sentence for me!

Fen, appreciate your including the passages. I do end up reading most of them.

Posted by: TeeJ at October 22, 2024 06:33 AM (/vvA5)

117 I hate when journalists are harmed.

Could they learn to coal?
Posted by: eleven at October 22, 2024 06:31 AM (fV+MH)
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I don't know that compressing them would get us much in the way of petroleum products.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 22, 2024 06:33 AM (U1w17)

118 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 22, 2024 06:35 AM (ExV1e)

119 82 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 22, 2024 05:56 AM (U1w17)

Me, too.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:36 AM (VnUSN)

120 GM,

What I miss about answering machines is that I could listen to it answer the phone and if it was someone I wanted to talk to, I could pick up the phone. With Smartphones, I don't answer it if I don't know who is calling.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 22, 2024 06:38 AM (+H2BX)

121 Cuban Missile Crisis:
I was in boarding school (HS) in Nairobi. I remember sitting in the bush (bundu) smoking with my gang, a transistor radio keeping us abreast of the news during the countdown to the Kennedy-to-Khrushchev ultimatum for the ships to turn back.
The Equator was reputed to be the safest place in the event of a nuclear exchange, something to do with prevailing winds.

Posted by: Ciampino - The Missiles Of October at October 22, 2024 06:39 AM (qfLjt)

122 I use the "Do not disturb" feature so the phone does not ring if the caller is not in my directory.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 22, 2024 06:40 AM (+H2BX)

123 116 - m - Thanks for cleaning that sentence for me!
Posted by: TeeJ at October 22, 2024 06:33 AM (/vvA5)

; )

Posted by: m at October 22, 2024 06:44 AM (VnUSN)

124 Oct 1962? I was a blissfully unaware 7 year old. Mom and Dad didn't seem to be concerned.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 22, 2024 06:45 AM (+H2BX)

125 Thank you all for the helpful suggestions you've been giving me on my first smart phone, I'll read the rest of them when I get home. Work just called and is calling me in for an unexpected assignment, so off I go.

Seriously, appreciate it everyone, the Moron Horde is awesome.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2024 06:53 AM (O7YUW)

126 >>>I hate when journalists are harmed.

I feel like I'm missing out on the fun.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2024 08:27 AM (i24o9)

127 Cuban Missile Crisis:
I was in boarding school (HS) in Nairobi. I remember sitting in the bush (bundu) smoking with my gang, a transistor radio keeping us abreast of the news during the countdown to the Kennedy-to-Khrushchev ultimatum for the ships to turn back.
The Equator was reputed to be the safest place in the event of a nuclear exchange, something to do with prevailing winds.
Posted by: Ciampino - The Missiles Of October at October 22, 2024

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But isn't there something about the prevailing winds in the Northern Hemisphere shifting southward, and the Southern winds shifting north, over the course of a year? So radiation in the Northern Hemisphere would eventually reach the equator, and Australia and New Zealand, for that matter. Nevil Shute has that as a plot point in On the Beach.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2024 09:16 AM (J2vNu)

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