Month: October 2003
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How to Umpire the Game
I once had someone explain to me that the way you could tell the difference between a young umpire, an experienced umpire and an old umpire was that the young umpire would say, “I call them as I see them.” And the middle-aged umpire would say, “It’s not a ball or a strike until I…
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The Daily Mislead
Check out this new Web site from MoveOn.org — www.misleader.orgIt has daily dispatches of President Bush’s false statements with a "Just the Facts, Ma’am" approach — no rhetoric, just a couple of paragraphs to you by 9 am EST.via email from Nat Forbes, Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:51:11 +0800
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My Heart
Johnny was at his first day of school. The teacher advised the class to start the day with the pledge of allegiance, and instructed them to put their right hands over their hearts and repeat after him.He looked around the room as he started the recitation, “I pledge allegiance to the flag…” When his eyes…
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Firewall
Use the command netstat -en to show ports. Look for those that are listening. Make sure your firewall is blocking those ports for which you know no service should be answering. The IANA Assigned Port numbers tell which ports are assigned globally.
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Habits
For have you not perceived that imitations, whether of bodily gestures, tones of voice, or modes of thought, if they be persevered in from an early age, are apt to grow into habits and a second nature?Plato
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Getting people to like you
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.Norman Vincent Peale