[TheForge] blacksmith's boot dance/ eye protection, too

[Saint Phlip]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm waiting for some scientific research paper that proves that
> cussing gets the job done right.  It's common wisdom, but yet to be
> demonstrated scientifically (AFAIK).

Never seen a job yet that a bit of creative cussing didn't improve.
However, technically, that's anecdotal evidence ;-)

> After all, everybody knows to "keep your eye on the ball".  Now WHY
> should it matter that you keep your eye on the ball AFTER you pitch
> it, or hit it, or strike it with your cue stick.  But it DOES, and
> everybody knows it.

That's easy. Because if you DON'T keep your eye on the ball, you're
likely to lose it in the underbrush, or some dweebs pocket, or
wherever, and if we don't have the ball, we can't play the game...

> Magic is real.  It's the work of mages.  Anything YOU don't understand
> is magic.  In the Middle Ages, clockwork was magic.  For most people
> these days, magic includes everything from electric lights to
> supercomputers.  In fact, computer programming uses magic words and
> incantations all the time.  Just try getting one wrong, and the demon
> breaks out of the Pentium and ransacks the works.

See? Now you're making sense ;-)


-- 
Saint Phlip

So, you think your data is safe?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/index.html?hpt=T2

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

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