Monday, June 20, 2016
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
This is the note I sent to the LA Times, LA AFFAIRS desk, regarding online dating in Los Angeles.
I've have enjoyed serial monogamy with 6 women, since my divorce in 2002, thanks to online dating sites. In between relationships, I dated, a lot.
100 BLIND DATES IN A YEAR. I buy a meal for a first date, it's generous and no one has complained yet!
A doctor (surgeon) had an insane story about her former husband's suicide, and then said (over sushi in Santa Monica) that she chose me since I was really big. I asked how is
that important? In a hoarse whisper, "You can inflict pain". "I could, but won't...check please...".
We had a nice breakfast. She asked if I owned the print shop, or if I held any patents. And, wanted to know if my father held any patents. Then she had to run to the gym (so to speak). I sent her a thank you note, she replied. "I'm really too shallow and mean to date you. Even though you will probably think this is the kiss of death, I would want to be friends with you. You're a cute guy, but I have issues. I'm sure I'm already disappointing you. Gotta run now. Late for dinner." I was disappointed with her subtlety, but impressed with her honesty!
Met a woman for a meal, I was definitely smitten. I asked her out again, but it was fairly obvious she wasn't interested. About 3 months later I got a call, "Michael" said a steamy voice, "can you join me later today". It sounded like she wanted this Michael character REALLY BADLY. I didn't realize it was her until she hung up, after I asked who she was.
Met a woman, a widow for three years (age 45, rather young). She arrived, in Mourning Clothes (all black). Her mother moved into her house to help with the kids, and this was her first date since her husband had died! We discussed her desire for companionship, but she was not ready. She ended up in the restaurant bathroom speaking with her mother for 30 minutes.
Topanga Canyon is a gorgeous location, and I met my date at her house(!), which was not the usual "public place". She was renting a converted garage, next to a fantastic house, and was raising 5 puppies (in the kitchen!), purebred and worth over $5000 each. The front door of her 'house' opened onto a horse stable. She was also helping tend to the livestock, as part of her rent. Spent a really nice day in Malibu, but, no way to overcome the barking, flies, and smells!
Had my online date meet me in Venice, where a friend's photography exhibition was opening. We were more than compatible, she actually followed me home, West Hollywood, (she lives in Encino!), and, seduced me in the living room. She and I definitely had sparks. At her place the following weekend, she made an announcement. She and her boyfriend (a 300 lb. bike gang meth dealer, in prison at that time), had created sexy padded handcuffs for S&M. B'bye...
A woman said she was 46 years old, and, more quickly than most (it can take days/weeks for some to respond online), we traded phone numbers. I convinced her to come to my condo, and she did. I realized that 46 had passed long ago. I explained the worst way to begin a relationship is lying (she was 64, bit of a transposition error), and she left. I saw her online soon thereafter, her profile now claiming 56 years old!
I have used for pay sites. On my profile, I write a poem, so that an intelligent and truly interested woman can decipher my phone number. Julie and I went out a few times, her home life was too complicated for the relationship I wanted (mom and daughter at home), yet, we remain close friends and have even provided consulting services together.
The best site, being free, is Plenty of Fish. Sign on, search, find someone, write an email, and it gets to them!
Daters, beware! Your picture can be dragged to google images and your real identity is often shown (since the pic's probably in your Facebook album).
Take a new, unique, and unpublished picture to post on your profile, if you want to maintain your anonymity, and get more folk to write.
The sites that are all about sex are scams, which is evident when you search their images, and find the same sultry (or brazen!) women on dozens of sites…
Frish
I've have enjoyed serial monogamy with 6 women, since my divorce in 2002, thanks to online dating sites. In between relationships, I dated, a lot.
100 BLIND DATES IN A YEAR. I buy a meal for a first date, it's generous and no one has complained yet!
A doctor (surgeon) had an insane story about her former husband's suicide, and then said (over sushi in Santa Monica) that she chose me since I was really big. I asked how is
that important? In a hoarse whisper, "You can inflict pain". "I could, but won't...check please...".
We had a nice breakfast. She asked if I owned the print shop, or if I held any patents. And, wanted to know if my father held any patents. Then she had to run to the gym (so to speak). I sent her a thank you note, she replied. "I'm really too shallow and mean to date you. Even though you will probably think this is the kiss of death, I would want to be friends with you. You're a cute guy, but I have issues. I'm sure I'm already disappointing you. Gotta run now. Late for dinner." I was disappointed with her subtlety, but impressed with her honesty!
Met a woman for a meal, I was definitely smitten. I asked her out again, but it was fairly obvious she wasn't interested. About 3 months later I got a call, "Michael" said a steamy voice, "can you join me later today". It sounded like she wanted this Michael character REALLY BADLY. I didn't realize it was her until she hung up, after I asked who she was.
Met a woman, a widow for three years (age 45, rather young). She arrived, in Mourning Clothes (all black). Her mother moved into her house to help with the kids, and this was her first date since her husband had died! We discussed her desire for companionship, but she was not ready. She ended up in the restaurant bathroom speaking with her mother for 30 minutes.
Topanga Canyon is a gorgeous location, and I met my date at her house(!), which was not the usual "public place". She was renting a converted garage, next to a fantastic house, and was raising 5 puppies (in the kitchen!), purebred and worth over $5000 each. The front door of her 'house' opened onto a horse stable. She was also helping tend to the livestock, as part of her rent. Spent a really nice day in Malibu, but, no way to overcome the barking, flies, and smells!
Had my online date meet me in Venice, where a friend's photography exhibition was opening. We were more than compatible, she actually followed me home, West Hollywood, (she lives in Encino!), and, seduced me in the living room. She and I definitely had sparks. At her place the following weekend, she made an announcement. She and her boyfriend (a 300 lb. bike gang meth dealer, in prison at that time), had created sexy padded handcuffs for S&M. B'bye...
A woman said she was 46 years old, and, more quickly than most (it can take days/weeks for some to respond online), we traded phone numbers. I convinced her to come to my condo, and she did. I realized that 46 had passed long ago. I explained the worst way to begin a relationship is lying (she was 64, bit of a transposition error), and she left. I saw her online soon thereafter, her profile now claiming 56 years old!
I have used for pay sites. On my profile, I write a poem, so that an intelligent and truly interested woman can decipher my phone number. Julie and I went out a few times, her home life was too complicated for the relationship I wanted (mom and daughter at home), yet, we remain close friends and have even provided consulting services together.
The best site, being free, is Plenty of Fish. Sign on, search, find someone, write an email, and it gets to them!
Daters, beware! Your picture can be dragged to google images and your real identity is often shown (since the pic's probably in your Facebook album).
Take a new, unique, and unpublished picture to post on your profile, if you want to maintain your anonymity, and get more folk to write.
The sites that are all about sex are scams, which is evident when you search their images, and find the same sultry (or brazen!) women on dozens of sites…
Frish
Monday, April 25, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cruz-kasich-strike-tenuous-deal-in-attempt-to-slow-down-trump/2016/04/25/3ed573b0-0afd-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html
Beauty contests aside, have any Republicans offered ANY proposals To:
Improve Employment
Get Corporations Out of Campaign and Government Finance
Make education affordable and available
Climate Change Mitigation
Oh, sorry, EVERYTHING REPUBLICANS STAND FOR IS NOT TRUE!
Muslims are not the target, Carpet Bombing won't work, waterboarding IS torture, etc.
Cutting taxes for the wealthy will do nothing to change employment
it will simply give them more money.
There is a difference between venture capital and capital returns from ordinary stock/bond/etc.
investing, so ordinary investing ought to be taxed at the same rate as wages.
Which will do what the tax system ought to do, reward entrepreneurs (not 'investors' over 'workers').
"Fixing" Social Security is easy, raise the cap on earnings, or, remove it entirely,
and reduce everyone's rate.
Climate change due to humans is real, and accelerating,
and helping to cause the dislocations that will disrupt BUSINESS!
Thought Republicans liked business, since even Exxon has known for DECADES
that Human Caused Climate Chaos is real.
Being "gay" is not a choice. (bi- trans- queer- gay- lesbian -oth- hetero-)
(If being gay is a choice, when did you chose to be hetero?)
If businesses didn't hire them, undocumented workers wouldn't be working,
which is why all the yelling about amnesty for them,
the GOP wants them undocumented to pay them dirt.
They claim to be hawks, with the interests of our Vets at heart,
yet they stop or cut every veterans bill.
Due to their stance on the climate, they are basically treasonous,
since the integrity of the entire world's Biosphere is at stake, I kid you not.
We, the USAmericans are 5% of the world's population, and use 25% of the resources.
However, that's not the worst thing.
NOTHING HUMANS DO IS SUSTAINABLE.
Wake up people so our politicians are doing what's right for US.
Improve Employment
Get Corporations Out of Campaign and Government Finance
Make education affordable and available
Climate Change Mitigation
Oh, sorry, EVERYTHING REPUBLICANS STAND FOR IS NOT TRUE!
Muslims are not the target, Carpet Bombing won't work, waterboarding IS torture, etc.
Cutting taxes for the wealthy will do nothing to change employment
it will simply give them more money.
There is a difference between venture capital and capital returns from ordinary stock/bond/etc.
investing, so ordinary investing ought to be taxed at the same rate as wages.
Which will do what the tax system ought to do, reward entrepreneurs (not 'investors' over 'workers').
"Fixing" Social Security is easy, raise the cap on earnings, or, remove it entirely,
and reduce everyone's rate.
Climate change due to humans is real, and accelerating,
and helping to cause the dislocations that will disrupt BUSINESS!
Thought Republicans liked business, since even Exxon has known for DECADES
that Human Caused Climate Chaos is real.
Being "gay" is not a choice. (bi- trans- queer- gay- lesbian -oth- hetero-)
(If being gay is a choice, when did you chose to be hetero?)
If businesses didn't hire them, undocumented workers wouldn't be working,
which is why all the yelling about amnesty for them,
the GOP wants them undocumented to pay them dirt.
They claim to be hawks, with the interests of our Vets at heart,
yet they stop or cut every veterans bill.
Due to their stance on the climate, they are basically treasonous,
since the integrity of the entire world's Biosphere is at stake, I kid you not.
We, the USAmericans are 5% of the world's population, and use 25% of the resources.
However, that's not the worst thing.
NOTHING HUMANS DO IS SUSTAINABLE.
Wake up people so our politicians are doing what's right for US.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
There was a time I was ahead of the curve...
I think that this blog, regardless of its future, shows that I am not totally and utterly and distinctly and overtly and beyond redemption when it comes to the internet.
While with IBM, I disclosed a new product to DARPA NET - SNA Fractional T-1 56KB managed backbone in 1986.
While with IBM, I disclosed a new product to DARPA NET - SNA Fractional T-1 56KB managed backbone in 1986.
So I know there was I a time when I actually was ahead of the curve!
My father was ahead of the curve.
He played hardball catcher and boxed in the Navy. Boxed against a golden-gloves kid and got his ass planted! But, he had the balls to get in the ring...
No, while quite physically coordinated, my father was not a worldclass athelete anytime I've known him.
He's far better known for his original operations research in and
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Voodoo Ceremony
In Rio de Janeiro, in the Mid-1980's, about 20 of us were there for my brother's honeymoon (!).
We had connections, and went to a real live (favela/SLUM) neighborhood on the steep side of a hill,
and sat through the real services on a Friday night Mass...at a voodoo (Candomblé) neighborhood temple.
We were seated in a large room, with a low ceiling, about 40 people
The neighborhood Priestess was in charge.
She spoke, a little sermon (in Portuguese, of course) and a small banda started playing music, mostly percussion instruments, some whistles and other fun things.
People started doing some rhythmic things, clapping, hooting etc. and the Priestess began to do what my sister and I had coined years prior, "Dancing and Trancing", since even atheists need this type release too!
At that point, the priestess tranced out, lit a big cigar, and took on a male deity personna, tossing back a couple of shots of Cachaça, the local rum (cheaper than bottled water, (for the masses don't you know)).
Her voice and body posture changed, and she took big puffs on the cigar, eyes pretty much rolled back into her head.
Then, a line formed, and one by one, the neighbors lined up to discuss things with God.
God listened, and whispered back. We could almost hear them, there was no confessional or privacy, just the continued music and rhythmic accompaniment.
(At that point, the "Catholic" part of the service was ending, and we were led outside to another altar, this one with devils and other interesting phantasmagorical items.
Some of the elderly amongst us, the bride side of course, decided they had had enough, since the Devil side was frightening to them so we left.)
Basically, the ceremony allowed neighborhood disputes to be settled amicably, since mostly it was grievances like they stole my chicken...
It made everything more mellow, again that week, before the heavy drinking, knives and fire arms appear during the weekend...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Insane, yet not surprising...
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160119/ncomms10244/full/ncomms10244.html
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The graphs in this article tell the tale, fish have gone to negative growth worldwide.
I've read that fish are evolving smaller, because those are the ones that can wiggle through drift nets...
Frish
Monday, November 30, 2015
Always love Craigslist Haiku Hotel
https://forums.craigslist.org/?lang=en&cc=us&ID=266531325
Pain free existence
optimum have some money
now until the end
Pain free existence
optimum have some money
now until the end
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
The purpose of life
My Craigslist Haiku Hotel submission...timestamped for my everlasting satisfaction. LOL
You are what you eat
microbiome controls us
To make more soil
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-11-gut-microbes-brain-full.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
https://forums.craigslist.org/?ID=266380163
Of course, there is another view, the bacteria are dependent on us, much like the bacteria within alfalfa plants:
In alfalfa, this transformation of bacteria is called differentiation, which Wang likens to domestication, because it makes the bacteria reliant on their plant host. "They are no longer wild and able to live outside the plant," he says. "I think of it as analogous to domestication of animals by humans." He adds, "Bacteria that can no longer proliferate as free-living individuals are a bit like slaves at that point, living to serve the plant."
From an article somewhere... http://phys.org/news/2015-11-harnessing-peptide-crop-yields-fertilizer.html#jCp
microbiome controls us
To make more soil
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-11-gut-microbes-brain-full.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
https://forums.craigslist.org/?ID=266380163
Of course, there is another view, the bacteria are dependent on us, much like the bacteria within alfalfa plants:
In alfalfa, this transformation of bacteria is called differentiation, which Wang likens to domestication, because it makes the bacteria reliant on their plant host. "They are no longer wild and able to live outside the plant," he says. "I think of it as analogous to domestication of animals by humans." He adds, "Bacteria that can no longer proliferate as free-living individuals are a bit like slaves at that point, living to serve the plant."
From an article somewhere... http://phys.org/news/2015-11-harnessing-peptide-crop-yields-fertilizer.html#jCp
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
Is this good news? Are we designing ourselves out of existence?
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-human-intuition-algorithms-outperforms-teams.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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We are faced daily with choices that are forced upon us.
To brake before hitting that bumper, for example.
Our 'intuition' helps us drive defensively (through life).
Interesting that it is somehow programmatic...
Frish
Thursday, September 17, 2015
2 items 1. The Hush Hush Rules of anonymity 2. My FED rate prediction
1. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the State Department.
2. Janet Yellen Haiku
If they go up / down...
Interest Rates? Take a Hike!
Either way, I win!
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Frish
Friday, September 4, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Fwd: To you remaining cheerleaders
I think we're a done deal, 21 days to vacate, I'm looking for apts...thanks all, it went for 10K more than original offer...
M
From: Michael (Frish) Frishberg
Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:07 PM
Subject: To you remaining cheerleaders
To:
Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:07 PM
Subject: To you remaining cheerleaders
To:
I was in escrow with buyers who didn't qualify, so their real estate AGENT pulled their offer and replaced it with one for herself, she's buying it all cash no contingencies, and, another bidder is potentially happening as well.
Tomorrow will tell the tale. Or.....not.
I'm still 60 days out from 'action' by Wells, if one of these goes it will happen in 30 max...
Have a nice week. I have a client meeting in 9 hours. Good night.
--
Frish
Frish
Sunday, August 30, 2015
To you remaining cheerleaders
I was in escrow with buyers who didn't qualify, so their real estate AGENT pulled their offer and replaced it with one for herself, she's buying it all cash no contingencies, and, another bidder is potentially happening as well.
Tomorrow will tell the tale. Or.....not.
I'm still 60 days out from 'action' by Wells, if one of these goes it will happen in 30 max...
Have a nice week. I have a client meeting in 9 hours. Good night.
-- Frish
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Hi Jim...sorry about the fish...(and the rest...)
The team's global analysis indicates that humans typically exploit adult fish populations at 14 times the rate of marine predators.
http://phys.org/news/2015-08-unique-ecology-human-predators.html
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http://phys.org/news/2015-08-unique-ecology-human-predators.html
Frish
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Monday, July 6, 2015
Brains
Ideal
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-human-brain-ideal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletterLess than Ideal
Mechanical Analog of Ideal
Frish
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Well, ants not termites, but...I'm sure you'll be enthralled!
http://phys.org/news/2015-06-saharan-silver-ants-electromagnetic-extremely.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter
Wowser, adaptive heating/cooling depending on mechanical methods, that's CHEAP if you can get the gradients right...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Fwd: Had to share
Hey there, dog lovers, thought you'd enjoy this example of what a dog would say if they could text you...
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Frish
Monday, May 25, 2015
CATTLE DECAPITATION To Release The Anthropocene Extinction This August (Oops, it's just the name of the band...)
Subject was in one of my news feeds, so I thought that cattle beheadings were going to trigger human extinction...THIS AUGUST...lol
Here's the list of songs...I LOVE Apex Blashpemy (it's like a quadruple entendre..)
The Anthropocene Extinction Track Listing:
- "Manufactured Extinct"
- "The Prophets of Loss"
- "Plagueborne"
- "Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)"
- "Circo Inhumanitas"
- "The Burden Of Seven Billion"
- "Mammals In Babylon"
- "Mutual Assured Destruction"
- "Not Suitable For Life"
- "Apex Blasphemy"
- "Ave Exitium"
- "Pacific Grim"
Thursday, May 21, 2015
What goes in Inglewood already happened in Inglewood...
From a resume received just now!
05/2013 - 01/2013 Starbucks Inglewood, CA
(Perhaps decaf?)
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
A really good idea, that's also very funny
Minister of Research, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka
Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at AUDI AG
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-04-sunfire-audi-en-route-synthetic.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-04-sunfire-audi-en-route-synthetic.html#jCp
how many bad jokes in that one line at the start of the article...?? Give a number, first one who is closest wins!
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
To a young salesperson
To a former print buyer, now life insurance agent:
I feel like "mentoring" you today, since I totally know where you are...I'm sharing the following, you are more than welcome to ignore me, or call when something's in the way.
I've been on the phone, either in sales or real new product marketing (IBM, HP, SUN, My own software firm, and more) since 1979. (Current job, 10 years, and we're doing packaging (retail boxes) far more than commercial printing...)
Let me share some observations, they are worth what you paid for them and may be obvious trivial or otherwise. They are occurring to me as I type, so they are not in any particular order.
When on the phone HANG UP LAST (what if they had "oh, and one more thing..." but you were gone already!) This isn't hard to do, make it a habit.
On the phone, and face to face, say everything while smiling.
ALWAYS LEAVE PHONEMAIL... I've called people for MONTHS before reaching them, and, when I do, they think they know me already...since they've heard me so often
REFERRALS SELL BETTER THAN ALMOST ANYTHING
Making clients happy, solving a problem, get's you to the next one. I'm really bad at asking for referrals.
Send on-topic emails to your list once a month, minimum.
Know your products, but don't be quick to share! Find out what they need for a long time before letting them know how to fulfill that need.
Sales is not about pitching, it's about listening. You can't solve a problem until you know "What's the problem?" If a prospect has a problem you can't fix, you can always help them by suggesting someone who can. Sales is about helping people, period.("You learn nothing while speaking" is the other way to say this!)
THEY NEED YOU MORE THAN YOU NEED THEM. Consider from my business' view point - When someone purchases printing from me, they are dependent on me 100%, yet they only represent 4% of my business. The perspective that works is you realizing they are dependent on you to get them the right solution, 100%.
ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS = How does that sound to you? demands an answer beyond yes/no but, 'wouldn't you agree' shuts off the conversation
You are establishing a channel for your products currently, but, your best customers are those who bought before, so, you should be considering other services/products you can offer your audience, now and later...
There's more, but hey, gotta run and all the best!
Frish
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
159306 trade show booty
The result of 7.5 hours of show booth browsing today. Two more days to go.
This is the swag, had over 40 contacts along the way.
The foreground includes several dozen pens, a stress ball in the shape of a chocolate chip cookie (my vote for best item), a rubix cube with only 4 squares on a side and two yo-yos among other things. The center section includes food items such as coconut milk and puffed sorghum which I thought was a pretty funny thing and in the background we see 30++ bags festooned with many brand names.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
So...I registered for the show...
My badge said: Michael Frishberg.
I asked if it could be Frish Frishberg.
Even better, I said, just a big Frish would be best...
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
End of an era
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/atq/4906633544.html
I have a buyer arriving momentarily, he's the 78 collector for Amoeba Records...
Should be fun anyway...even if he can't afford them!
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
BRIDGE CHAT
hylfy was from the People's Republic of China, and had his comedic bone removed.
He bid and made 7 Clubs, so I was congratulating him on the hand.
is that all p? (meaning, there is nothing else, this was when the hand was already decided, he just had yet to finish it, I was trying to be funny, with the WOW and well done partner (wdp))
Perhaps "WOW" means something entirely different in Chinese?
Anyway there were no good Chinese google translations for "fuck u r mm" so that's baffling.
(Xie Xie is thank you in Mandarin. Only someone crazy would respond to his chat with thanks. It's best to look crazy in a knife fight.)
The "nice" part was as facetious as can be, or, congratulating him again on the hand, ambiguity is our friend.
We played for several more hands and kicked butt, he was good.
And we parted friends.
My pacifistic tendencies continue to serve.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Your illness, my muse
JS
Coughing, hacking, sneezing, ache
my muse for tonight
When am I grateful?
Not the morning, how passe.
For me, it's at night.
I go to bed naked
and assess each part of me
toe to tip to top
As I register
each organelle and feature
let them drop away
And, if by the end
each part of me is floaty
Nice senselessly numb
Then i know I'm good
and fall asleep easily
curious about dawn
Can't think of worse fate
to lead painful existence
I'll settle for numb
Monday, January 5, 2015
DNA origami could lead to nano 'transformers' for biomedical applications
DNA origami could lead to nano 'transformers' for biomedical applications
http://phys.org/news/2015-01-dna-origami-nano-biomedical-applications.html
http://phys.org/news/2015-01-dna-origami-nano-biomedical-applications.html
9 out of 10 doctors agree: "It could lead to unforeseen circumstances".
Frish
Friday, December 19, 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
We know next to nothing about how the world actually works.
Quite an interesting research facility!
When a toddler, my father would tell me a particular story at night to put me to sleep - how holes get into cheese.
Then, as now, it's all about bacteria and farts...special bacteria produce carbon dioxide bubbles in Swiss Cheese.
Today's story is all about the ocean/atmosphere boundary, the reaction of bacteria found there to CO2 (They Grow Faster), and the consequences (They Eat More), and thereby fart CO2 back into the atmosphere! It's a positive feedback loop.
Look forward to more acidification of oceans, atmospheric heating, and even more human caused climate chaos...
Prank Boy
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Was that UI or P-UI?
http://phys.org/news/2014-11-brothers-mathematical-odor-cancelling.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
I find this astonishing. The marketing angles makes me sea sick. At least I won't smell my vomit.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Dear Scared Scientists
I really appreciate all of the clear thought and obvious concerns due to the current momentum of human endeavors.
The outlook for human impact on the planet is horrendous (we've eliminated more than 50% of sea life in 50 years...HUH?!).
My new 'favorite' stats:
Humans will utilize 90% of the Earth's Freshwater by 2025, leaving 10% for wild flora/fauna!
We outweigh all the prey animals on the planet (besides domesticated ones), not exactly ecologically sound for the top predator...
We're rapidly sawing off the limb on the tree of life that supports us.
Didn't see much about human population except for war scenarios, but our numbers themselves are a problem.
Reasonable projections show our population continuing to grow, there will be more humans on the planet for the next 100 years than there are currently on the planet...going to be really tough to attempt to move our masses into a sustainable posture.
(If we solved the energy creation problem, to the extent that it would be now free to have electricity, as much as you want, what's going to keep us from destroying the ecological niches in which we reside, simply due to our numbers, and our stomachs? We don't know enough about the ecology of the planet to run it, we only know how to ruin it!)
I'm a volunteer in the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and speak for myself only, as each volunteer has their own reasons for doing so. I decided in 1964, having heard there were starving children, that I wouldn't have any as long as some were starving, since there were obviously too many children! Children are still starving, and I'm now 60 years old...and childfree.
For the sake of life on the planet, it is now officially immoral to have children, for anyone, anywhere, anymore.
Thanks for your great work, may you live long and die off.
(Have you noticed more articles in the mainstream press about the benefits of eating insects? That's a little scary to me too!)
Scared Scientists
Can't add a thing...liked this quote best:
"One thing people need to remember, is that scientists are the biggest skeptics on Earth. We're constantly trying to disprove each other. "
Frish
Volunteer since 1964
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
FYI from the pope hisownself.
Pope Francis says evolution and Big Bang theory are true: God is not "a magician, with a magic wand".
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Like the rats leaving a sinking ship perhaps...
Hawaii officials warn of possible lava evacuation
Soon, lava refugees will be washing up throughout the Pacific...
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Got an invite to ELLO - Want one?
ELLO is the non-facebook facebook.
Even got @frish as my ID (or something).
Have yet to use it.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Fwd: Good news, starting December 2nd!
Hope I don't forget to start drinking...right after my b-day!
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Holy Shiite Batman!
Tornado rips roofs in Washington state
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A rare tornado ripped roofs off buildings, uprooted trees and shattered windows Thursday afternoon in the southwest Washington city of Longview, but there were no reports of injuries.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
World's oldest hominin* footprints, let's save 'em! *Our 'bi-pedal ancestors' that is!
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-discusses-international-team-ancient-footprints.html
Check out the shape of the museum complex, too cool (or hot, depending!).
Friday, October 17, 2014
future of city living snapshot 141016 evening
This story speaks volumes. Where did the virus come from, obviously introduced, or, is it now creating havoc in a new landscape thanks to human caused climate chaos (HCCC)?
The unraveling of the interconnected web of chemistry and physics known as life on Earth will be well documented, even as we eat all of the available protein production of the planet within 20 years.
Humans already weigh more than all wild prey animals on the planet.
How does the top predator maintain that ratio? Not in nature it won't!
But since we converted 30% of the world's non-ice covered land surface to livestock production, no problema, as long as the cheap energy holds up...thank you natural gas, just a false choice, and so palatable, since it's low price has nothing to do with it's VALUE or it's TRUE COST.
It's another very much convenient (ostrich like) reason for no one to pay the true cost of carbon pollution.
If we were charged the true costs, no one would be driving in a car alone. Period
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data published in Science indicate more than three quarters of the world's 31 large carnivore species are in decline and that 17 species occupied less than half of their historical distributions.
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A study released earlier this year showed Australia's mammal extinction rate was the highest in the world, with more than 10 percent of species wiped out since Europeans settled the country two centuries ago.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-10-australia-aims-extinction-native-wildlife.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-10-australia-aims-extinction-native-wildlife.html#jCp
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Frish
WASP 3D House Printer!
Dear Thinkenstein:
They're DOING IT DUDE!
Termite House Printer!!!
You should create one with nylon and cement as the ingredients...Have it disgorge the rebar along the way, or would you need it at all, it could be really thin and strong!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Fwd:
My new phone takes pictures.
They have always said
I 'took after my mother"
She gets last laugh-line!
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The real version of what I didn't send to john and ken at KFI
You said plastic bags "are only .0X% of all the trash!
In 2012, the total trash in the world was 2.6 TRILLION pounds**.
2,600,000,000,000 lbs
.004 (Let's say O.4 % of the total is plastic bags...)
That eliminates 10400000000 pounds
or
5,200,000 TONS less garbage on the planet.
I'm far more concerned that you are not in favor of cotton bags, and personal responsibility, but I can't forget you are clear chan...umm I mean iHeart...the corporate interests take precedent.
Your usual attempt to be Populist is too funny! Ask the ACLU what your right to convenience is...and sue somebody!
Isn't it really because you guys can't remember to take the reusable bag in from the car?
I was going to say some things about sewer lines and wildlife, but decided to google it instead.
Gives you all the reasons in the world why .004 part of garbage ought to be eliminated, and so easily!
--
Frish
I'm a volunteer in the "'fourth most extremist environmental group'", which is rather hilarious since we're an individual choice, there is no "group", it's simply individuals sharing the knowledge that there are others like ourselves, who will not procreate.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
To Halloween fans everywhere...
Greetings!
Oct 31, 2014 is on a Friday.
Two Blocks South of my abode:
It's fun to walk the Carnaval, if you're ready!
I'll be home.
Get here before 4 and you may get lucky with a close parking space. Parking Permit restrictions are NOT in force, but make sure you curb your wheels on any slope...
We'll pre-party, and walk down between 7:30 and 8.
No telling when it will end exactly, perhaps when feet give out.
Food is on me.
BYOB
Directions provided, let me know you're coming!
A+A - any French Friends?
DP - Bring M!
IT - easier to park a motorcycle...like in my garage even.
Enjoy!
Frish
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Spurious Correlations!
http://tylervigen.com/
People who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat
correlates with
Marriage rate in Kentucky
correlates with
Marriage rate in Kentucky
Frish
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Joining the Inner Hive
I may have to Join The Hive! Probably the last of all my friends to do so, I'm sure.
--
Frish
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Pro-Life...
"I was crying over someone else's child when I was out here over the years. That's what bothers me the most is I wasn't in the right spot," Abeyta said.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/23/father-visits-wrong-grave-seven-years/16088925/
1. Who knew there was a "right" spot?
2. What bothers me the most is the wasted time of what little one has on the planet...I do understand grief, but, life goes on yeah.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Hi Bright's Central (Mynga and Paul, can you help please, thanks!)
Hi. It's Frish, still putting the I in Fresh!
I love the Morality Info-graphic.
To follow on from the prior, if Swine Flu were to jump the porcine=human divide, the Polynesians would be wiped out...that's an example of a societal norm (eating and reveling in pork) causing great societal disruption, depending on environmental factors...like disease.
As you (Mynga and Paul...Hey!) probably forgot, I was on the original group that was to produce such an item. So I know a little bit about the notion.
I think I can put the info-graphic into a larger context, we can discuss not only what we observe, but why it HAS to be this way!
Here's my brief thesis, it needs substantiation, but is quite common sense, so I know it is also true! (My BA in Anthro may finally be useful!).
Morality is an expression of our social primate heritage (as the infographic shows, probably our common ancestor with Chimps also expressed morality).
We are social animals, which implies several things.
We're capable of forming groups.
Groups imply leaders and followers.
More on that below.
Another way to say it and the infographic supports this notion:
The "golden rule" is built into our DNA!
That's how we can even form groups to begin with,
because we CAN recognize ourselves in others.
The graphic shows a 14 month old being altruistic, however, far younger children, even pre-verbal ones, know right from wrong!
Morality is the expression of our social primate past, it's what allows us to be social, and therefore societal NORMS can be judged moral or not, in cultural context.
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Here's an example of what I'm trying to convey...
Muslims are forbidden pork, Polynesians celebrate pork.
While each finds the other "heretical" or crazy, both are correct within their culture.
The larger viewpoint in this case is that pigs compete with people for food in the Middle East, they eat our grain.
So there is a very natural and rational reason for what would otherwise seem an apparently arbitrary religious doctrine.
In Polynesia, pigs eats tubers, which are plentiful, and although also human food, pork chops taste better, and, pigs can used used to transfer value in that culture, as they are.
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The cultural relativism is very much important, since NORMS (the way people in a culture actually act, instead of what's supposed to be moral, for example, perhaps we can find a Muslim with Trichinosis...) are what allow a society to evolve.
To follow on from the prior, if Swine Flu were to jump the porcine=human divide, the Polynesians would be wiped out...that's an example of a societal norm (eating and reveling in pork) causing great societal disruption, depending on environmental factors...like disease.
NORMS (how we act, the connection to morality) are therefore the Genes of Societal Evolution.
If those "genes" are expressed in an environment that isn't conducive, the degradation or extinction of society follows!
There is a further implication, relating to "leaders and followers".
There are, by definition, more followers than leaders.
If the leader provides good advice, and the NORMS practiced by that culture are successful, the leader and that 'platform' are used to produce the next generation of this society.
If the leader is unsuccessful (in ending the drought, for example), they are either replaced, or, the norms taught by that leader lead to disintegration of the society!
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Perhaps you could forward this to whomever is on the "committee" or to the listed experts, to see if we can put it in a larger context, which only shores up the conclusions.
Cheers, happy to discuss with whomever, and thanks for the chance to participate.
And Happy Autumnal Equinox, while we're at it!
Much love to all,
Frish
Fearless Leader, LA Brights
Monday, September 15, 2014
On the topic of Global Warming / Climate Change
Here's William's reaction to whatever article...
william
Does this mean that they have already included the SNOW that is falling in Colorado NOW? Does it also include the FACT that IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER THIS YEAR. the gw ship got stuck in 12 FEET od ICE and one rescue ship COULD NOT, REPEAT NOT get them out of the ICE.. It took TWO rescue ships to get their ship out of the RECORD ICE. I live in the south and the last TWO years have seen the summers being so cold that trout, COLD water fish, are being caught in AUGUST. Something that has NOT happened since the last ice age. I remember when we had CO2 fire extinguishers. We used to FREEZE BEER by hitting the cans with a 10 second burst. Important question: If the temperature is going up, does that mean I can plant my garden in Feb instead of March? Also doesn't that mean a LONGER growing season? Food prices should be dropping any day shouldn't they? AS a computer language teacher, I would love to see the TOP SECRET CODE they use for their projections. Seems like the gw group would want everybody to see just how smooth their code works. My next class would like to see it and maybe be willing to work for free to make the next changes.
Frishy
Does this mean that if we called it by the correct name "Human Caused Climate Chaos" you wouldn't be confused?
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Evidence of the human condition..Headlines from Yahoo 140902 7pm pst
Motorcyclist brags to cops he hit 185 mph in chase
Arizona man arrested for burning, urinating on Bible
Study links polar vortex chills to melting sea ice
California Faces New Water Shortages, and It's the Trees' Fault
Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown
Austrian SWAT team raids wrong apartment
Museum to display 6,500-year-old human skeleton
Brewer Releases 99-Pack of Beer
Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises
Human skull donated to Goodwill store in Texas
Texas parents sue day care center for duct taping child to nap mat
Zealous Atheists Demand Removal Of Cross From War Veterans Memorial
Woman impaled while texting and driving
Germany Has a Radioactive Wild Boar Problem—and It's Chernobyl's Fault
California boy, 7, hurt at firing range owned by his family
Thursday, August 28, 2014
If you knew what this meant, it would be soooo coool
Now researchers at UC Davis have for the first time captured atoms in borosilicate glass flipping from a flat triangular configuration with three oxygen atoms around one boron to a tetrahedron, via a pyramidal intermediate.
(FYI and inaction!!)
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Happy Anniversary, Harry and Sarah Frishberg and...Beatles, 1965, Bloomington Minnesota, HELP! debut
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/60/v60i05p190-201.pdf
Found this fun Minnesota oriented thingy by happenstance, see first full paragraph, page 192...
I was at the baseball stadium in Bloomington, MN (now the Mall of America site!) when the Beatles took the stage near second base (as far away and as close to as many people as possible).
I was 9.5 years old, and only there because one cousin had a date, so the other cousin, (Thanks Terry!), took me! (That's my recollection,and I'm sticking to it!)
Our box seats were behind the first base line...pretty much optimal viewing.
It was loud...with female screaming throughout.
We all knew all the songs already, so it didn't matter what they sang anyway.
I had seen the HELP! movie first screening in Minnesota, meeting for the first time many friends I'd meet again 4 years later when I moved there from California!
After the concert, on the way to the car, we were twice trapped by riotous females who thundered down the hall, first one way, Thanks Terry! for thoughtfully shielding me from the onslaught by pushing me up against the wall to keep me from being carried away (for real!)) and then the tide turned, with a supposed sighting of the Fab Four in the other direction...scary!.
I was in Minnesota for the 50th wedding anniversary of my paternal grandparents, the wonderful Harry and Sarah Frishberg!
So, here's To Harry and Sarah's 99th anniversary.
(and, long live Ringo and Paul...)
Monday, August 11, 2014
Always thought it was the same god...
Tough to know the players, without a program.*
Why didn't he just have all the bombs miss too?
Will be tough to live in Europe, come the pogrom!
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
One of the better Exercise Names...
Runaway Sierra Leone Ebola patient dies in ambulance
Detail - it isn't an exercise...
A Sierra Leone Ebola patient whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment center and took her to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital, a health official said.
Can't make this stuff up...
(In other cases, I've heard Chinese Herbal Medicine can help...other things...)
Frish
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Re: DFWIBMers.org: 360 JCL: More Profound Than You Ever Imagined!
I'll tell you a little about thinkenstein, and I remembered a couple of S360 Card Deck stories.
I went to school for about 21 years, eventually getting an MBA after my BA Archaeology (I'd place her on the upper amazon, quite similar!).
During my academic career, the topic of S/360 card decks came up...
FORTRAN Class I took pass/fail. I was using the batch compiler to 'debug' my deck, since it pointed out all the syntax errors...I didn't like ensuring a clean deck before submitting, not clear my programs would have worked or not! Took 3 days to get the deck back with the printout, so I could correct a few bugs, and resubmit...I dropped the class but essentially I "failed Computers".
Earlier in my career (like 3rd grade) my handwriting was so bad they had me see a shrink (in Houston).
So, I also failed handwriting.
IBM eventually used me to write about computers...
My Marketing professor when I was a first year MBA student, along with his partner (another professor), had 6000 responses from a survey (with 300 questions!) from account holders of San Diego Federal (S&L wonder where they went!) that had trillions of possible topics.
So, I got a look at the data and picked a fairly easy conclusion.
I spent 18 months, going through the MBA process, and needed the deck to run against an SPSS query I had posed, but 6000 respondents was 60,000 cards in total...it was a whole bunch of cards, so the systems guy couldn't get time to run my deck. I can't remember exactly, but I believe I finally had something he wanted, and, I needed the data run!
My Master's Thesis "Bank Market Segmentation - Age group prediction of cash using behaviors" was finally finished late June 1979, it published in 1980 and was the first San Diego State Master's Thesis submitted from a word processing program! (another long story.)
Thinkenstein grew up near LAX, graduating HS in El Segundo about 1963 or 64.
His grandfather built machine tools...his father had a garage load of projects, as he was a magician and built his own props (as a hobby!).
So, Friend Think grew up with two mechanics and a load of encouragement.
Almost graduating from Berkeley(!), he decided to become a wandering minstrel, and eventually crossed the US, went to Europe and hitchhiked all over, and then who knows when exactly, he ends up in Puerto Rico.
I believe he 'homesteaded' the top 9 acres of the mountain he lives on, via the USDA or whomever (Dept of Interior) administers it...
He built a cabin, that is now enclosed by the dome, and has lived there for close to 40 years.
First 8 years, 1/2 mile from nearest neighbor (and a SIGNIFICANT up/down steep valley terrain, unlit (when he didn't have a flashlight, things like walking home wasn't done quickly)), with no running water...
He had paved hundreds of feet of forest floor, you can walk 150 vertical feet down the mountain, about 1/4 mile via the path/zipper stairs he carved and paved in the Jungle...and there is a faucet with water you can drink, to US Standards, it's Puerto Rico (you can smell the chlorine!).
Many of those feet of cement attached to fish net were made from bags he'd schlep in from 1/2 mile away (50lb sacks of cement...and not much sand or gravel in the jungle, he did a LOT of hauling of STUFF for many many years...).
A bit about Bill:
He is naturally curious about a lot of things.
He likes finding mechanical engineering solutions best, and creates his musical instruments with that in mind.
He doesn't do well with engines, but ANYTHING ELSE he's expert
Cement work
Carpentry
Welding
Plumbing (including waste disposal and water retention, and water flow subsequent to huge downpours without eroding the neighborhood...)
Architecture
Puzzle Solving and Creating (like the LOCK he has on his house, no one would EVER be able to get in, without blowing a big hole in it...LOL
Computer Graphics
Musician
Builder of Musical Instruments
Vegetarian (plus fish)
Likes being alone
Has had various artists and con artists, who have stayed a year or more there, in the citadel.
He likes, nowadays, to bang on new percussion instruments he's built and recording the sounds.
Several years ago, the neighbor just below him on the hill sold more land to Bill, so he now has something like 25 acres on the top of the hill, it's really really cool.
Now, as to finances? I believe his mother supported his habits early on, and he inherited her money upon her death.
He did visit El Segundo to help as his father failed, so he met Mort and Sue and helped design a Frishberg Cousin's Club TeeShirt!
I think he did/does well in the stock market, I know the 2008 'correction' was quite worrisome for him, but he seemed sanguine about money this trip...
Bill LOVES TO SHARE:
For a hermit (essentially) Bill like to share.
For a clue into the extent of his nutziness see
All the best,
Frish
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Lloyd Hubbard <lloydhubb01@gmail.com> wrote:
Michael,What an interesting visit. Can you give me more information on your friend, why he lives this way, what he does, who are his neighbors, how he supports himself, etc., etc.?I had one visit to a village in Central America--a side trip in the middle of a cruise up the Pacific side. The small (comfortable) cruise ship anchored off of the mouth of a small river and we zodiaced ashore, then entered a small outboard-motor powered rowboat for a trip up the river to a village set up as a trading place where native people from several surrounding villages came, with their wares, to sell to the tourists.The people were very cordial to us and we were usually surrounded by little children. One feature of the trading village was a wooden dock for unloading the tourists from the rowboat. Cruise tourists are customarily of advanced age, so one of the natives was assigned the duty of helping us from the rowboat to the dock.One would expect a fairly hefty young man for the job, but no, the designated helper was a young female--18 yrs or so--dressed tastefully in a few beads. In case I have not sent you a photo of her, it is attached. One of my cousins said, as he was helped from the rowboat--"I think she took my ear temperature".LloydOn Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Michael (Frish) Frishberg <frishberg@gmail.com> wrote:
Lloyd, great story, thanks.Before I relate at little something, here's where I was (again, for the fourth time!) last week (just returned 2 hours ago!).If I've shared that before, enjoy it again!As far as JCL goes, I never worked with 360/370 machines, since I was a 'mini-computer' salesman.The Sys/32 and Sys/34 were my bread and butter.While they also had a simplified JCL, it wasn't like decks of cards by then (early 80's).However, it involved double slashes as the pre-fix to commands.
If you had real trouble debugging, the command that applied was //wrist (slash slash wrist)!Life is good, for a change, hope all is well with you and yours!Frish--On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Lloyd Hubbard <lloydhubb01@gmail.com> wrote:
Michael,
You and your Dad are the only friends that I thought would enjoy this.
Lloyd
Lloyd
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From: "DFWIBMers.org" <dax@rubicontechventures.com>
Date: Jul 25, 2014 9:16 AM
Subject: DFWIBMers.org: 360 JCL: More Profound Than You Ever Imagined!
To: <lloydhubb@mchsi.com>
Cc:
DFWIBMers.org: 360 JCL: More Profound Than You Ever Imagined!
360 JCL: More Profound Than You Ever Imagined!
Posted: 24 Jul 2014 03:37 PM PDT
This will be best appreciated if you remember your JCL commands. Among my experiences [from Ross Daily] is an IBM computer story which I know will amuse you and maybe will move you.
When I ran into one the early 360/50s in 1964 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, I was hooked. At graduation, I interviewed with IBM, but they wanted sales staff in white shirts and ties and I wanted to work in a sweatshirt at geek central in White Plains. As it turned out, I went on for an MBA at Queen's University in Canada, not far from my NY State home. I used the Queen's computing centre a lot and worked nights helping undergrads wrestle with FORTRAN, COBOL and JCL. When I graduated, the centre hired me. Purely as an aside, Queen's had in 1970 what we were told was the most heavily loaded 360/50 in Canada. It was something of an experiment. We ran OS, DOS and TOS, had 1mb internal, with an additional 1mb of slow core memory. We had a resident IBM systems analyst plus two of our own. Also, I just have to mention our two IBM 1403 chain printers. What a triumph of engineering! I'm impressed to this day.
Back to the story: I ended up managing the 50′s accounting system for the centre, distributing millions of imaginary dollars to schools and faculties, and maintaining accounts on every student's and professor's allotment.
"Please Mr. Daily! I know my account is empty, but I'm almost ready for my dissertation! Just one more run; it'll only take 45 minutes!" I was a merciful accountant: "OK, I'll slip you into the batch run at 3:30 a.m. tomorrow. Not a word to any one; NOT A WORD." I had a most enjoyable assistant named Jack. He was in his 30s and had a dry and eccentric sense of humour. We still ran programs from card decks at the time, even monsters like SPSS, StatPacSocSciences. If you remember your JCL, the student's pile of data cards was preceded by a card containing the JCL statement:
sysin dd *
sys: Hey 50
in: Input coming
dd: some poor sophomore's data deck is next
*: starting NOW
Jack entered the office one day and said "sysin, dd star" in the vocal lilt you would use to say, "sit down, Mr. Jones." I was charmed by this conversational use of a JCL statement. I have never forgotten it, and it has become more and more profound to me over the years.
I was driven out of work by severe back pain at 60. Since then, I've been free to study particle physics and cosmology for my own interest. The concepts involved cannot help but redefine one's understanding of our reality. Carl Sagan is right. All of the elements excepting hydrogen are made in stars, which explode, etc., and become us. So, a few years ago, it occurred to me that regardless of one's religious beliefs, regardless of the unknowable facts of the matter, we do know that, when we die, we leave here and go 'somewhere else.' All our atoms will ultimately go back to the universe whence they came. I sent all of this with the punch line to Jack a couple of years ago, but his mind has drifted away.
So, this is just for you, JCL folks. It seems to me now, that, as I draw my last breath, I should whisper:
–Universe
–input coming
–my data deck, everything I am
–starting NOW
sysin, dd *
AND, now that I've learned "text speak," my tombstone will read:
WTF?
WTVR
LOL!
SYSIN, DD *
I hope this has meant something to you; we are the only ones who can truly understand.
So long, awesome geeks!
Ross Daily
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