random thoughts for today

Tahooey's picture

I just registered and I'm giving this blog function a try.

I don't know where this guy stands on 911 truth but he's got some great quotes on his site, a few that remind me of what we go through in attempt to spread the truth.

A tiny extraction:

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Teaching is like dropping letters into the mailbox of the mind. You know when they're posted but not when delivered, if read, or action taken. --HBS Prof Christensen

(the same could well be said of blog postings...)

"Doubt your doubts and radiate optimism."

"I shall pass through this world but once; any good things, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, or dumb animal, let me do it now. Let me not deter it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." --John Galsworthy

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Tahooey's picture

oops sorry

OK I wasn't intending this to go right to the top of the front page; I didn't mean to push down obviously much more important information. I'm just trying this out, sorry about that!

“Many engineering deadlocks have been broken by people who are not engineers at all. This is simply because perspective is more important than IQ.” (Nicholas Negroponte)

gretavo's picture

there's no hierarchy here, don't worry

Please blog away!

gretavo's picture

oh i get it

it's not exactly ninelevenny... no biggie--it quotes The Inner Game of Tennis which I read, oh, 20 odd years ago, before discovering either tennis OR zen...

dicktater's picture

Very motivating,...

,,,indeed!


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"People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines. There will always be ignorance, and
ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters."
-- Bill Gates

"We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be. "
-- Bill Gates

"DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience. "
-- Bill Gates

"I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue with the government."
-- Bill Gates

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"But truthfully, I don't really know. We've had trouble getting a handle on Building No. 7."
~~ Dr. Shyam Sunder - Acting Director Building and Fire Research Laboratory (NIST)