tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post1483647847391618086..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Truth shall set thee freeLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86228431934679325852013-08-19T10:34:49.932-04:002013-08-19T10:34:49.932-04:00I write letters and e-mails to politicians, etc., ...I write letters and e-mails to politicians, etc., all the time, so I know I'm on lists. I don't care, because I know the lists have been around since J. Edgar and before. What the heck. Say what you think. <br /><br />I agree, the computer excuse was stupid. But I think we've gotten (or are close) to the situation of E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops", where people believe that the machine runs itself, and cannot be meddled with, only obeyed. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-18565169137538058382013-08-18T23:23:27.592-04:002013-08-18T23:23:27.592-04:00Anon, good for you and I'm glad you set an exa...Anon, good for you and I'm glad you set an example.<br /><br />Edmund Burke is reputed to have said "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing," a theme repeated in Sergei Bondarchuk's screen version of <i>War and Peace</i>.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32373352439760516302013-08-18T19:42:18.957-04:002013-08-18T19:42:18.957-04:00You know, I was so upset about the erosion of our ...You know, I was so upset about the erosion of our civil liberties in the name of anti-terrorism tactics that I wrote a letter to the White House on their website. I told them how dangerous I think this is, and told them that it should matter to them that I have voted Democrat for 40 years and feel this way. I told them I thought it would lead to a future when people felt they could not speak freely without fearing repercussions. Just before I hit "send" I thought, "Shoot, this will probably get me put on some List somewhere." And then I went ahead and hit send because it hit me, "If I had that thought, it means we're already there."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61766143251642477162013-08-18T13:12:10.293-04:002013-08-18T13:12:10.293-04:00Louis, you're correct that computers can eat h...Louis, you're correct that computers can eat homework: hard drive failures, power outages, and of course user error. I recall a local artist stored her work on Zip magnetic media discs and left them in the rear ledge of her car in the Florida sun… which did a great job of erasing her discs.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-47983714053963041492013-08-18T12:15:34.126-04:002013-08-18T12:15:34.126-04:00I’m guilty: When I worked as a claims representati...I’m guilty: When I worked as a claims representative in the Social Security field office, I and my fellow workers would explain a mistake in a claimant’s benefit payment by saying “it was a computer mistake,” even though we knew somebody in the payment center had hit the wrong key.<br /><br />Now, we know computers do eat students’ homework. What happened to that book report due yesterday? It disappeared into cyberspace, in other words my computer ate it. Did I mention that I hit the delete instead of the save key?<br />Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91169673749070684382013-08-18T11:52:44.958-04:002013-08-18T11:52:44.958-04:00(chuckling) Vicki, at least the weeds do something...(chuckling) Vicki, at least the weeds do something useful from an ecological standpoint as opposed to talking heads soaking up all the oxygen.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21597789897352105272013-08-18T11:31:34.556-04:002013-08-18T11:31:34.556-04:00Good morning, Leigh,
Unfortunately passing the b...Good morning, Leigh,<br /><br /><br />Unfortunately passing the buck and blaming someone else or in this case something else has become the norm. I wonder if the NSA guy knew how stupid he sounded. Most "news" shows these days seem to be a cacophony of mindless chatter anyway. I can get more achieved by staring at weeds in the back yard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18211113589300842194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35125762662332574332013-08-18T10:54:44.463-04:002013-08-18T10:54:44.463-04:00Good morning, Toe. I'm not certain what happen...Good morning, Toe. I'm not certain what happened, but I did see a notice that Blogger is making some 'improvements' (he says cynically). Oddly, yesterday's article came up when I first brought up SS today, but after clicking the headline, it decided I was serious. Some residue might have been left in the cache from yesterday, but that doesn't explain what you experienced!<br /><br />(Pssst. Must be the NSA.)Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53981585576330170922013-08-17T23:43:27.651-04:002013-08-17T23:43:27.651-04:00Hey Leigh: It's not just the individual comput...Hey Leigh: It's not just the individual computer, but the entire system set up by Darth Vader Enterprises that is at fault. How do you find the culprit responsible when you can't even locate the source of trouble within our vast Universe? Think about it. I usually receive your posts at 9:00 pm Left Coast time. Even though they're supposedly posted just past midnight East Coast time. But today (tomorrow?) it arrived an hour early. Whose (sic) to blame? Not you certainly, nor I. So much for security. Yours truly, Toe. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407149021673167001noreply@blogger.com