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October 07, 2004
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You said, "but." I've put my finger on the whole trouble. You're a "but" man. Don't say, "but." That little word "but" is the difference between success and failure. Henry Ford said, "I'm going to invent the automobile," and Arthur T. Flanken said, "But . . ."
- Sgt. Ernie Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show)

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Has anyone read James Taranto's "Best of the Web" over at the Wall Street Journal lately? He points out that dozens of John Kerry speeches contain "but", to the point of completely undermining any claim Kerry might have to being a consistent, principled politician.

But of course you knew that already!


Posted by Johnathan Pearce at October 8, 2004 08:43 AM

First time I've seen a 419 scam posted on a blog. Truly the blogoshpere is the future of communications...

EG


Posted by Euan Gray at October 8, 2004 10:26 AM

No, the blogosphere is the present of communications.

The future of communications is when we have Wi-Fi implants, connected to our nervous systems and controlled by our thoughts.


Posted by Andy Wood at October 8, 2004 12:43 PM

No, the future of communications is when people start becoming more aware of their telepathic capacities and no longer believing like sheep that's it all humbug.


Posted by elf at October 8, 2004 01:35 PM

There is a "bit" on the second line of the third para...

I guess it is inkeeping with the topic after all (-:


Posted by David Oakes at October 8, 2004 01:51 PM

There is a "but" on the second line of the third para...

I guess it is inkeeping with the topic after all (-:


Posted by David Oakes at October 8, 2004 01:51 PM
connected to our nervous systems and controlled by our thoughts

Or perhaps wi-fi implants connected to our nervous systems and controlled by anyone who can hack into the radio network?

Of course, quantum cryptography will make sure this cannot happen. Until someone finds a way round that too - everything a man makes, another man can break, or circumvent, or make redundant.

EG


Posted by Euan Gray at October 8, 2004 02:06 PM

Bilko was a conman. "But" shows that the proposition may be subject to rational analysis, and that's what no booster of an utopian scheme can bear.


Posted by Guy Herbert at October 9, 2004 09:00 AM
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