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Won’t see them again ’til the fourth of July

sixf00t4 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:41 +0000

“Give them a torch, and someone will start yelling, “FIRE!”"

– Joshua Hall

In context, I came up with this phrase when I was trying to help a business group at work by giving them information about a technology plan to make updates to PCs. Since I told them, they started pointing at that plan for all of their computer problems, even though they were not related at all. If I hadn’t given them the information, they might have actually had to figure out what the real problems were. I can’t really think of another phrase that compares, but surely there are other situations that warrant the saying.

Imagine all the people

sixf00t4 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:00:18 +0000

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

– Albert Einstein

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #98

sixf00t4 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:00:23 +0000

Never blindly trust the Best Buy guy.

I’m sorry BestBuy employees who are reading this. I have personally encountered some of the worst educated “computer guys” at BestBuy, and I’ve heard personal accounts from the likes of my mother and many other friends that are horrific. I mean, misinformation, poor recommendations, and being just downright wrong.

No one ever goes to their high school career counselor and says, “I want to grow up to be a BestBuy salesman.” Probably not even, “I want to work at BestBuy.” Think about that before you start taking their OPINIONS or anything they have to say as having any value or even validity.

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #190

sixf00t4 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:00:38 +0000

human knowledge belongs to the world.

You’re ridiculous if you claim your knowledge is your own. There is so much that contributes to your knowledge that you’re taking for granted. Also, if you keep your knowledge to yourself, you’re also preventing someone else from doing something else with it. Maybe even making it better.

Swallow it down; what a jagged little pill

sixf00t4 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:14:37 +0000

The internet is a place of free information by people just like you and me. Sure, the quality of that information varies greatly, but it’s still information. As they say, Human knowledge belongs to the world! So here are the top 100 documentary movies free to watch online. There are some real gems in there.

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/01/100-best-free-science-documentaries-online/