Blog for "the-enabler" of the letsnet.org network

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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-- Aldous Huxley

As the prostitute said, "It's not the work, it's the stairs." As told to me by Elaine Stritch, star of stage, screen, & TV, right after she won her 1st Emmy. Ago 79.

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How the Internet Began...

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot.

And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon Dot Com.

She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel far from me and from town to town with thy goods when thou can trade without ever leaving thy tent?"

And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, Dear?"

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale and they will reply telling you which hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."

Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. The drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever moving from his tent.

But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secret himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.

And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short.

And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum company in the land. And indeed did insist on making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.

Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others."

And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known "eBay" he said, "We need a name that reflects what we are,"

And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."

"YAHOO", said Abraham.

And that is how it all began (It wasn't Al Gore after all).



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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-- Aldous Huxley

As the prostitute said, "It's not the work, it's the stairs." As told to me by Elaine Stritch, star of stage, screen, & TV, right after she won her 1st Emmy. Ago 79.

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I thought readers might want to be aware of my
recent problems with using the "Next Blog" button on blogspot hosted
blogs. Hitting the button takes users to a randomly selected blog on
blogspot.

Unfortunately, some of the blogs download viruses and spyware
as soon as you visit the site.

I wrote of my experience first here
(http://www.mt-law.com/blog/2005/01/spyware-on-blogspot.html)

then gave an update here
(http://www.mt-law.com/blog/2005/02/update-another-blogspot-blog-that.html).


Another blogger described his experience here
(http://gilbertwesleypurdy.blogspot.com/2005/02/astonishing-virus-alert-must-read.html).

Blogger wrote to me that they're working on filters
for the "Next Blog" feature, but didn't really address the
virus/spyware issue, unless of
course viruses and spyware is content that I don't
want to see. Here's what they said:


Thanks for your email. In this version 1.0
release of the
Blogger Navbar,the NextBlog button brings
users to a random blog
that 1) has a navbar, 2) was recently
updated and 3) is listed
as a public blog. Right now, it's
impossible to know what sort
of blog you're going to land on. However,
we are working on how
best to help our users avoid content they
don't want to see
along with other ideas and upgrades to the
Navbar. Your feedback
is appreciated in this process.



MY ADVICE endeavors at keen.com. The number is 1-800-275-5336 (800-ask-keen) + ext. 0329063 for tech stuff, 0329117 for running a small business, and 0329144 on investing. Want to CHAT, I use Yahoo's IM as the_web_ster. View me in the Friends & Family part of webcamnow.com, just click on "view cams", then in the Java window click on WebcamNow Communities drop down arrow & select Friends & Family. Under the live webcams look for & click on me "the_webster".