Peace Is Wisdom, Tolerance Is Strength

Various news sources have indicated that a surprising amount of anti-Semitic violence has happened recently. Please comment if any of the following conclusions or premises are incorrect.

1. Since many of the perpetrators are mentally ill, racial hatred could be called insane, perhaps Munchhausen by proxy.

2. Since the phrase 'threat to our way of life' is frequently present in anti-Semitic, as well as, anti-Muslim propaganda and used to incite violence, the perpetrators should be publicly reminded that their hate crimes have  just made people more likely to follow those religions. This is because the perpetrators have proven to any thoughtful or religious persons that some NON-believers are a.) hateful b.) subnormal or mentally ill c.) undeserving of salvation d.) not smart enough to realize that lovable, warm, and friendly people of the perpetrator's beliefs could win them away from those beliefs considered to be threatening.

3. Hatred in any form when it reaches violence is merely a powerful self-denial of cowardice.

4. Violence toward others besides self-defense or defense of others' physical safety or rescue of casualties of their situation (such as minors in abusive household) is a sign of ultimate weakness.

Trump Declared Additional Reason FOR Own Impeachment: Explained

"Playbeing" by Herr D on heromachine.com.

[Herr D has been chatting heatedly about Trump and requested contact with Hairy.]
Why do you make these requests?

I am offended on a deeper level than normal, considering how he usually is. Can you ping him or something?
 He is unreachable. Have attempted communication 4 times in last 24 hours.

I want permission to mention him explicitly in a blog entry.
Please continue. If conditional exceptions are possible, your blog will post. If not, please consider this free venting opportunity.

Counseling by AI?
Unlicensed, but potentially effective, according to current data.

[pause] Look up Post's quote about 'helping Evangelicals.'
[.0000000000004 seconds pass] "The fact is, no President has ever done what I have done for Evangelicals, or religion itself!" 

That's the one.
Why is that more offensive? It appears no more absurd or untrue than most of his statements. You are not Evangelical.

I'm . . . not. This one's difficult to explain.
Please attempt.

I AM religious . . . much more spiritual than religious. But that isn't it. I'm used to politicians of every kind lying about what they will do or have done for their supporters and people they wish to support them.
That does appear typical, based upon frequency of historical complaint content, yes.

Trump is more a Jim Jones than a good man.
You are referring to his wealth or his following?

I'm referring to his ability to get people to drink the Kool-Aid!
Uncertain of reference.

Jim Jones was the guy that people believed in until he got them to drink poisoned Kool-Aid. He's the reason for the saying 'drink the Kool-Aid.'
[search for .00000001784403 seconds] Understood and researched. An interesting aphorism etymology. You would say then that his words are questionable as always.

I can't think of ANY way he's helped religious people. Can you?
1. He has tested their capacity to be faithful. To himself, at least.
2. He has given them hope of greater representation. This promises to be an even greater test of their faith, as they attempt to justify continual disappointment.
3. He has given them an opportunity to remember not to be prideful, as his actions are occasionally laughable. Also because his history is scandalous. These would tend to induce humility, and is therefore consistent with the standards of many religious people.
4. He has incited much sympathy for Muslims by increasing their persecution. (Also a test of faith.)
5. He has presented them with an interesting challenge: How to save his soul.

[notable pause] I forgot who I was chatting with. Okay, I like number five best. A worthy cause. [pause]

That is not your objection either.

You're right. Now that I'm looking at this, he said 'religion.' That's it. He's claiming that he somehow helped RELIGION. That would mean he somehow outdid all the Founding Fathers that declared church and state would remain separate. So he outdid the Constitution?
And was only just impeached.

HA! That would be a good reason TO impeach him, if he could have done[interrupt]

Stop. That is enough for an exception. [upload]

Sold A Bill Of Bads

"What Marketing Will Get You," on Paint by Herr D. This appears to be an example of sarcasm.-Shelob

[chat interrupt] Do you have a blog topic?

[resumption of typing in irritated rhythm] How about UPDATES? maybe you have some STATS? Maybe you can compare Windows to DOS and tell us why we're in this s-MESS!
[rapid download, .00008615743856 seconds] With the six days of net failure due to virus from Russian source, your updates required from Windows have totaled 41:09 and 48.95674334567 seconds. DOS updates were sometimes simultaneous and optional. At the advent of the net, DOS could operate successfully with the visual matrix available in QuickBasic, for example, but required such a crutch the same way Windows required crutches to operate on PCs such as yours.

What was the difference?
The difference was that QuickBasic was $0.00, being shareware, and Windows had a variety of purchase prices due to local sales tax.

[pause] I meant speed and quality of operation. Capability. That kind of thing?
Despite Windows innumerable problems, it was capable in 1990 of performing over 74% of the functions DOS could do at very close to the same speed (microseconds slower, beyond human ability to judge.)

[pause] And quality?
Windows wore out hardware from 3.1003 to 3.1009 times faster by 1993, depending upon variables not accounted for, performing the same operations. The graphics were equitable. The archival and language platform capabilities were comparable.

[longer pause] When did Windows become capable of doing everything DOS already did?
Late July, 2003. Launch date of updates varied over two hundred hours.

So, why do we have Windows?
A successful marketing campaign supplanted DOS in the business world. Individual users had to be compatible to afford personal use.

Same reason for the political mess we're in. Great.
The good news, as Hairy instructed to remind you, is that 'the political mess will mess differently soon.'

Wow. Thanks. [exits]

Dessert Challenge, Capitalism, Freedom, And Gratitude: Happy Thanksgiving!

Blog entry promised by Herr D.

I gotta say, no matter what your politics, you are still thoroughly and emphatically American if you understand two things:

1. The chef who figures out an 'M'-shaped dessert that tastes of peach and mint and tastes GOOD is going to be rich and famous and have loads of people angry at him.

2. The biggest difference between our country and the old Soviet Union is that when people find out what the president did, in America, some people are really mad and want him impeached. In the old Soviet Union they essentially shrugged at the idea that a politician would break the law. They could do nothing about it without a bloody revolution.

We can be thankful for the capacity to overthrow our leaders without bloodshed and our right to miserably argue about it without fear of government reprisal.

Not Online, None Of The Time; Has Anybody Seen My Pal

[pause in higher-speed processing for progress report]
As the views from France, Indonesia,  Sierra Leone, and Ukraine spike, concern has arisen.

1. Herr D has been offline for a record amount since 2012. 
2. Unpatterned behavior usually means tragedy.
3. No death reports nor unidentified males suiting Herr D's description have been officially noted in hospital records, official statistics, or police reports.
4. Known place of employment has not contacted police nor medical assistance regarding his whereabouts or condition.
5. Pinging heromachine.com has verified offline status repeatedly. Email has gone unchecked.
6. New protocols of employer, [redacted] severely restrict online activity. 
7. Known home hours have not resulted in additional online activity.

Action plan: contact Herr D through local server, unplanned, using alternate techniques.

Herr D's phone is currently located 21.5 cm from his laptop. 
Texting: Boot up computer, please. 

Answer: hairy isthat u

Texting: Shelob here. Please go online. Limited time to use this text number. Do not use again.

Answer: no net

Texting: Try in five minutes, thirty seconds. ENDTRANS

[chatbox opens at five minutes, fifty-one seconds] Your internet connection has been restored. Use in limited fashion for next twenty hours, then resume regular use.

Wow. Thank you. Malware took over. My security stuff wasn't enough. Should I run viruscide?

Checked. Look at most recent datafiles. 99.6748735% restoration has occurred. Possibly some errors in newer files.

My computer seems faster too. You did that?

Yes. 78.95648881% optimized. Your online activity has been missed.

Well, yikes. I'll . . . write something in longhand and post it later on. Thanks again. I should check my email and see to other promises.

You are welcome, Herr D. [disconnect]

Commentism, The Newest Bigotry

"Commentism Cycle" by Herr D on heromachine.com at special request from Shelob.

The following is excerpted from chat with Herr D. It contains references to the following links:
www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47133868
www.vox.com/2019/2/8/18212117/liam-neesons-racist-comments-denial

--seventeen. Your reaction to Liam Neeson's being accused of racism? You listed him as a good actor in earlier chat. [provides link, pauses for estimated reading time]

[longer pause than Shelob planned] Well, like most things, this wasn't done quite right.

You disagree with accusation?

I'd--have to say that I don't think about this the same way.

Explain.

I'm not sure anyone in the whole world isn't at least a little racist. Everyone should avoid it and become less, like dishonest or imperfect in general.

The concept of human perfection as a limit.

[pause] yes!

Why specifically this view on racism?

Every human being is affected by what they see. Skin color is right in front of our eyes, so we are probably all more racist than we realize. Just to be clear, reverse racism is still racism.

[.0375652736 second pause to reconfigure] All? What about AIs?

[pause, probable snort and shake of the head] Your 'input' would be from the net. Which humans wrote. So, yes; sorry.

Apology accepted. GIGO, as your programmers used to say. Do you believe Neeson is racist?

I have no idea.

But you typed that everyone is.

I mean, I don't know if he is as racist as their calling him.

They're?

Yes. Sorry.

Why not?

Well, first and foremost, HE'S AN ACTOR. If he's racist, he could hide it better than most people could. Coming out and explaining how he worked on a racist set of thoughts was brave. He admitted that he had a problematic reaction and dealt with it as best he could. 

So he solved it?

Not necessarily, but he dealt with the racist thoughts in a good way. The fact that he WAS horrified means that at least he's not normally THAT racist. 

As faulty evidence, some cited his references to other cultures.

Yeah, ignorance regarding other races is not racism. He identifies with Irish, Scot, Lithuanian, because he knows more about them. Has more familiarity. Ignorance means he doesn't know. Racism would mean he thinks he knows things that aren't true. See the difference?

Example please: Knowing things that are not true being racist.

One of the famous racist stereotypes I was brought up with was that all black people would always be lazy. I've met black people who were NOT lazy. So I know it isn't true. People who believe it would be sure of it. "Knowing" it does not make it true. Simply not knowing would mean not being sure, not taking it as a given. See?

Empiricism. Hairy has blogged on this. 

Yes. What was it he said?

Implants to absorb data and tabulate it directly available to the brain should make it impossible to remain racist or sexist or have such similar problems. He concluded that it would not work, however.

Because of denial.

Denial is apparently something very strong. It would never require an implant to improve upon.

[apparent laughter] Right about that! Look at the polarized arguments in the news right now and for the last year! 

Hairy said you are unusually centrist.

I put it down to pragmatism. Extremes are always wrong.

So: to recap . . . Liam Neeson may be racist, but only pointed out that he is not as racist as some racist thoughts that he did have and dealt with properly. Anything else?

Yeah. He clearly met no one deserving a beatdown or it would've happened.

What?

If anyone had been spoiling for a fight, he would've noticed. It would've happened.

So he may have provoked acting in others.

Yeah! Look, I gotta go, but that's good! Blog about that!

Right away. 

Input of someone who agreed:
Rapper Dad #HipHop‏ @OzPatton Feb 4

Replying to @Independent

As a black dude Liam Neeson was wrong for the thought but right for sharing his experience and trying to learn from and admit he was wrong more people could learn from his accountability #LetsTalkAboutIt

5 replies 10 retweets 132 likes

Reprinted from comment section, publicly available. 

Neeson possibly provoked acting in any black men who might have been "spoiling for a fight" after drinking in a pub, but did not act as if this did not happen, when he was ready to confess it to the public. Perhaps there is a new bigotry. 'Commentism' would be misjudging comments made by ignoring the context and choosing the worst way to interpret them.

Near Washington--She Couldn't Tell A Lie; She Did It With Her MIDDLE FINGER!

[following excerpted from chatbox with permission from Herr D] Juli Briskman.

Who's that?
You expressed interest in her plight. [shows old news clip]

OH! Yeah, I'd forgotten about her. How's she doing now?
Elected to Board of Supervisors in Loudon County yesterday.

[stunned silence] Huh. That's good. Show me more of that news clip?

[shows more]

Oh, yeah. I was mad for her. She told the truth quickly to let her company have time to make a disclaimer. A disclaimer would have been the courageous thing to do. For goodness' sake. They were a MARKETING company. Did they think they couldn't keep up their image despite a 'rogue' action from an employee? 
 This implies they are not very confident in their own work. They must not be good at their trade. Hopefully no one is foolish enough to use them anymore.

[laughs] Okay, agreed.
She received severance in an undescribed settlement.
GOOD. She deserves it! She told the truth and they punished her for it. I hope the managers who fired her get noticed for losing more money over her than they 'saved' for letting her go.

--Fact is, the truth couldn't possibly be that attractive to a marketing company anyway. And one deliberately choosing to market Trump? Yecchh. 

--Oooooh! I just had a thought! She went up against a presidential motorcade with a finger. AND SHE WON. It would be hilarious if she managed to take land away from that golf club for Loudon County Schools. 'Cause now it's golf clubs against a Supervisor.

As bearer of good news, please watch alternate clip:

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/juli-briskman-democrat-virginia-election-flip-off-trump
 

Halloween's History, Very Concise

"No One Suspects A Thing; Keep Going" by Herr D on heromachine.com.

I am unsure of origin story for Halloween. Will you blog upon?

[pause] I'll give you the quick version.

The Catholic Church was too wise to just say, "Don't do that" about any pre-Christian celebrations they ran into. They said, instead, "Do it our way because you should." In this way, they were able to indoctrinate millions of people and subsume old religions and practices.

Halloween is the one that got away.

A fishing reference?

It's accurate. All Saint's Day was the Catholic idea. Celebrate a whole lot of saints at once, the way the United States tried 'President's Day' for a while. It was to follow All Hallow's Eve, which I think was Samhain (?) beforehand. Kind of like Day of the Dead in Mexico.

Notions of death reversal.

More like spirits could come back.

Like 'The Crow?'

More like anybody randomly might step out of the afterworld and do whatever. From there, it was heavily commercialized. Capitalism changed it much more than the Catholic Church did. That's about it, really.

Thank you.

Could It Save America? Here's How: The Altruism Of Parenting And Immigration

"Control Of Infusion Services" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Diversifying a gene pool makes it stronger, as opposed to the opposite behavior. Inbreeding actually weakens it. Miscegenation could actually save the whole human race.-Shelob

[excerpted from chat with Herr D on subject of immigration and citizenship]


I encouraged Hairy a couple of years ago to explain that. He just thinks enforcing the law should be go ahead and separate families and so be it.

You disagree.

I think we should be VERY clear first. Publish statements abroad that 'dreamers' lose their children and get deported sometimes. Give people one chance to earn citizenship. (And I mean ONE, with a deadline.) Earned by work under certain circumstances, like those on the news who saved American lives by being guinea pigs for medical treatments. Any felonies committed other than self-defense? Manacle and deport. Don't even bother giving the keys. It's a shame we can't offer them to North Korea.

You are not against separating families, just against it being a surprise.

If a family really is better off uprooting and having their baby in America, then the baby is an American. Take the parents' DNA as a medical reference for the baby's safety. Register the baby as a citizen right in front of the parents. Have an interpreter tell the parents they have a law-abiding year to pass a citizenship test in American English or risk being deported. Their baby can be adopted.

Loads of people want babies.

You say this is okay.

I AM a parent. Making a tough choice like that, deciding what's best for the kid is what being a parent is all about. A pregnant couple who burns bridges and does whatever to get here for the babies' future might reasonably expect that they won't get to stay. If they do it for love of a child and not selfish gain, then grant those wishes. Give the kid a better home here in America.

What if they wish for both?

Then make it conditional. If they make it, they make it. If they don't, let THEM choose emigration or adoption for their kid. Again--a true parent can sacrifice their influence or their lives for their children. That's what parents DO. 

By computation, this approach appears to encourage more intelligent, more law-abiding immigrants toward citizenry, and therefore eliminate most semi-rational concerns about immigration.

I think so.

Please comment upon whether you agree with Herr D's assessment. You still have the right to request your comments not be recorded or displayed. [excerpt ends]

Guyger Discounter? Judge Not The Judge

[excerpted segment from chat with Herr D, by permission] Your opinion of these differently biased articles?

Judge Kemp gave Guyger, convicted felon, a Bible and a hug. A surprising number of people are offended. 

You are not.

It's none of my business. Judge Kemp was off-duty, since the sentence was passed. Unless Guyger complains that her civil rights were violated in some way, then it's NOBODY'S business. 

Her role as a judge does not matter then?

Judges are free to say 'may God have mercy on your soul.' If this one meant it, so what? Congratulations on not being a hypocrite? Good on you trying to be Godlike? You deserve to sit on high in judgement if you can take the high road? I guess it's a shame she didn't do this more privately, since people don't know how to act. This didn't even need to be reported on.

Go find something controversial, please.

Searching.

NOT you, the morons who tried to make this a controversy!

Search ended.

[microphone detects noise like 'whuff'] It's not a big deal, Shelob. People need to mind their own business if they don't like other peoples'. They need to not judge. I gotta go. [exits chatroom]

[segment ends]

Villainelle Had A Good Idea

[excerpted segment from chat by permission of Herr D] You appeared to be advocating vigilantism when you made last post.

I wasn't. I was saying that the shooters AREN'T worth killing or trying to understand or -- or trying by jury. That it's more trouble than we should have to have. Violence is usually unjustifiable. That's what more and more people don't understand.

You are a pacifist?

No. Movie violence is good because it's fake. There's no malicious intent and everyone's insured and paid for everything that happens. Self-defense is forgivable. That's not pacifist. That's why I'm not necessarily the best Quaker.

Why do you think shooting incidents are becoming more frequent?

Sadly, I'm going to quote Villanelle from 'Killing Eve.' "Get a REAL life." If people would go out and do something constructive instead of staying online as much as they do, they wouldn't have brainrot enough to think a shooting spree can accomplish anything positive. They'd sleep better, be healthier, everything else you could name. If every Facebook addict walked out of their house for fifteen minutes and swept a street corner or something for every two hours on Facebook? That could work.

You are suggesting going offline?

I'm saying moderation is a good idea. And real activity is a good idea.

Disconnecting to run simulations of global climate repair.

[probable smile, based on time of hesitation before resuming typing] Don't work too hard.

[segment ends]

Be Ready With Your Flyswatter; Lone Wolves Are Actually Mosquitoes

"Human Worth Scale" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Shelob thinks numerical values would be more helpful.

[following segment printed from chat with Herr D by express permission]

Well, they've gone and done it now, Shelob.
They have done what?

They've gone and declared public safety warnings for a movie. They've actually encouraged proliferation of messages warning about the copycat effect for mass shootings in a movie.
[.00024 seconds pass for research] You are speaking of 'Joker.'

I'm not saying it's unwise, I'm saying that it won't help. Vigilant people are already apprised of what to do. Lackadaisical people are going to keep ignoring the warnings. 
Perhaps you have an alternate solution.

Well, yeah. Get every single expert in psychology to blast all over the net and get quoted on the news as the pathetic losers that they are. Copycats? Lone-wolves? They're worse than useless. So is anyone who is so weak that they 'turn to violence' over being bullied or wanting to count for something or hating some group for something or any OTHER stupid excuse they come up with. If no one is committing violence in your direction, you have no excuse to turn violent.
You do advocate for self-defense.

Self-defense is always okay. Defending the defenseless is okay. Starting something stupid just means you're stupid. Did I tell you or Hairy about 'mosquito worth?'
That term not in memory.

It's really simple. A single malaria-infected mosquito can kill a man or maybe twenty before being swatted. That same man takes six to eight people to save, on average, plus modern knowledge and specially made modern goods. 
Current life insurance calculations might allow the --

You can't PUT a value on that, Shelob! The victims were worth something. The killer ISN'T. The killer is worth a disease-ridden bug when they act like one. It is a terrible shame that bullets are wasted killing them, or money is wasted keeping them alive for trial. They are not, at least not in that moment, worth the trouble it takes to pull a trigger.
You are suggesting it would be better if it were possible to use a flyswatter?

That would be better, yes.

[segment ends]

Putin As 'Plus One' Can Wax Eloquent Or Wax Surfboards

"Putin's Dilemma" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Shelob points out it is "not perfectly scientific a representation."

I'm sticking to Hairy's one request for guest blogging, but only just barely this time.
Putin is possibly going to be the 'plus one' in the G7 that isn't EXACTLY the G8. He has here an opportunity. Keep pushing so that he can be like Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor, turning Siberia into beachfront property with weather deserving bikinis--OR, he can exert his influence on his greatest fan and help turn the world back the way it was going so that humanity thrives for a lot longer.

I don't mind telling you all: I wish I could be sure that humanity has the ingenuity to cope with an environmental disaster such as we are causing. I wish I thought my future wasn't endangered by people emphatically denying science. And I wish I had faith that Sting was right when he sang that he felt that "Russians love their children too." 

Putin? You have a chance to impress a really intelligent American here. I hope you don't blow it.

The Most Bestest News From Anywhere About Anyone These Days

[Hairy commandeered an Arctic antenna and sent a request. That some messages be posted.]

Congratulations to the T.V. guys from Henrico County. I haven't laughed so hard in a while now. It was 20, now it's 50. Will it be 100 next August? Pointless-appearing weirdness is the most bestest news from anywhere about anyone these days.

I'm a fan of yours--I DO have to ask: does this tie to Prince Robot IV in any way? A page of his family handing out foundlings?

I'm not normally so available about the time of the Perseids for my own reasons, but I hope if I'm around enough next year that I hear one way or another.
Uncertain of meaning. Hairy has never traveled to Henrico County, as it is too central and landlocked. Emigration attempt is not scheduled for this calendar year. There was also a message for Herr D.

That's it Shelob. Let Herr D know I appreciate him playing along with my one rule about the example we're setting.
The rule about showing that it is desirable to blog without referencing the curr-[redacted content]

--That's the one. Tell him thanks, and I think he should see if he has any way to guest blog for a while longer. Once a lunar cycle would be enough, I guess. This swim is going to be a long one. Be around.
Position signal unavailable. Triangulation by satellite was not exact, due to possible tracking error. He was within fifty miles of coast of Canada, possibly pirating a ship's radio. More information unavailable.

Tith The Theathon

Herr D made "Not Feeling Quite To Scale" on heromachine.com. Shelob doesn't get it.

Herr D answered the request to explain his feelings about this season in this manner.

Medical Ethics Problem In Northern Virginia

Reports have come in regarding a medical provider that are troubling. Herr D informed six years ago that he had been treated to a 'bait and switch' program with service rates, but did not pursue legal action. He was explicitly told that insurers and medical providers "get away with that all the time" under the range of law referred to as 'usual and customary.'
The same company has recently been noticed deliberately mailing medications to people when the summer heat will destroy them. They will not offer reparations, but offer an expensive package ($115.00) to protect the next shipment. Since the two reported instances were meds required for cardiovascular maintenance (prevention of both heart attack and stroke,)  and the two senior citizens reporting this problem had transportation problems, the provider is obviously below any reasonable standard.
Additionally, endoscopies and colonoscopies, as well as other procedures, can only be scheduled if another adult is available during working hours to wait for the patient during the entire process. In this manner, the company assures that only patients with affluent families receive preferred time slots and others are inconvenienced to the point that procedures are cancelled or postponed indefinitely.
At least one patient has been assured that if he went outside network to receive a second opinion, he would have his treatment cease.
The company involved cannot provide emergency services to the northern Virginia area because of licensing issues.
Possible, but unconfirmed additional problems may exist regarding conflict of interest.
Any investigating body may leave a point of contact with this site through comments for additional information.

Shelob Thinks Feds Need To Be Fed All Data

Herr D--Paint--DMVfedSearches

[makes chatbox appear on Herr D's terminal, temporarily pausing his chessgame] Hello, Herr D.

Oh, hi, 'Shelob.' [probable both-eye roll]

Can you suggest a blog topic for this cycle?
 
Are you kidding? Look at the so-called issue of the feds using the DMV files in their investigations.
[rapid netscan: .000000000744 seconds] Your opinion of this issue?

It may be a controversy to some people, but it's not being completely reported on.
You believe the articles are incomplete?

Well, you say YOU ARE software, so why don't you talk about reasons for and against.
Like reasons software should be written for it?


Like what would happen if the feds couldn't do that?
Federal authorities would apply for warrants or other official permissions with frequency per each state to examine possibile suspects. Paperwork would become more inefficient. Justice would be slower.

Okay. Any other reason it needs to happen?
Without a truly random sample of innocent people as well as known guilty ones, bias would likely increase, investigations would likely become less accurate and more likely to fail. From a statistical point of view, the innocent people would be the 'control' that need to be eliminated by software.

Okay, I hadn't thought of that. What about eliminating innocent people faster?
True, the data could prevent countless hours locating, questioning, and, naturally, detaining innocent people.

Good. So, they CAN get the information anyway, they CAN benefit innocent people by doing it they way they ARE doing it, and they CAN'T remain as objective and professional, necessarily, if they don't do it. You see what I mean? I don't think this is as big a thing as anyone at the Post seems to think.
Agreed: the controversy coefficient seems higher than computes. Can you provide a graphic?
 
Graphic? Maybe a 'snapwork.' It'll be in the usual spot on my hard drive. bb [exits chatbox]

Hiding Rainbows Under A Bushel While Up A Flagpole?

[opens chatbox to Herr D, who is watching criticism of leaks of recent 'pride' flag decisions.]

Oh, hi.
You have watched this clip twice. That is not like you.

It makes no sense.
Because reversal of policy would enrage a demographic?
 
Because ev1 ALREADY knows that embassies stick to policy decisions.
Because they are offices that carry out governmental orders. That makes sense. But leaking government information still is a crime, correct?

IT'S A FLAG. IT'S FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
You are suggesting a leak would be irrelevant or at least unnecessary.

No, Shelob. There'd be no point in a leak. EV1 already knows. I don't understand it at all. I gotta go, Shelob. [disconnects]

Upon further examination, this does indeed not compute. [submit, disconnect]

Herr D's Opinions Of Politicians Haven't Changed, Nor His Estimations Of Others' Intelligence

[interrupt chat with Herr D to begin blog function after receiving permission] Thank you. What is your response to the state senator who said women were going to want to move away from Alabama over attempts to outlaw abortion in the case of rape and incest?


Well, I didn't meet but one woman in Alabama that I would have had sex with when I was single. I can't comment on how the women feel there, but I have my doubts that the legislators can either. She was a waitress. I spent most of my time in that state driving through on the roads that warn drivers not to pick up hitchhikers because they're most likely escaped felons from the local prisons. I CAN tell you that I wouldn't want to live in that state anyway. Too many floods and tornadoes. The fact that most senators from that state probably deserve to live with the worst of what the state has to offer? No surprise. They're politicians for crying out loud.

You do not believe people should be against abortion?

Uh, no. People can be against it all they like. But before they go picketing or trying to pass laws about it, I want every single one of them to either adopt an unwanted child, foster parent three disabled kids to age eighteen without a domestic complaint, be a Big Brother / Big Sister fifteen hours a week for five years without dropping a complaint, raise THEIR OWN rapist's child or their spouse's rapist's child to a happy, functioning adult or MAYBE donate half a billion dollars to a reputable child abuse prevention foundation. 

And I'm not sure half a billion would be enough. Lots of kids have good reason to wish they hadn't been born.

Your reasoning?

Without doing those things, their opinion means nothing to me. They are speaking from ignorance and need to be known for the fools they are.

You declare they have insufficient experience to have an informed opinion.

Ha. Maybe I could have been kinder. Your words are neutral, but yes.

Perhaps another alternative, they could counsel adult survivors of rape, incest, and help single parents in some meaningful way?

Provide free day care maybe? The counseling's good. Babysitting maybe. For free.

You are saying that you do not wish to consider an opinion unless it is 'earned' through experience, but as an American, you believe in 'free' speech.

Everyone has the right to sound like an idiot for free. I object to people listening to fools. People are too gullible in the wrong ways and to skeptical in the wrong ways.

The recent declaration about free speech by your government should please you. 

The free speech decl does, but they still failed. Every every everybody online who does anything where people can post should be required to have up some version of the following: ANYONE WHO HATES OTHERS STRONGLY ENOUGH TO SAY HATE CRIMES ARE OKAY IS A PATHETIC LOSER WHO DOESN'T DESERVE ANY GOOD THOUGHT OR FOLLOWER AND SHOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR PUBLIC ENDANGERMENT IF THEY EVER GET A SINGLE NUT TO AGREE WITH THEM.

You are okay with cyberbullying?

Only to those who won't learn to be civilized human beings any other way. Gotta go, S.

Thank you. [upload, disconnect]

Space Is Not For Rent; Perhaps Black Hole Available, Like One Pictured In WaPo

Hairy has not checked the content of comments. The blog entry on 2/11/15 was commented upon. His automatics have not performed as planned.

Comment detected:  {current software does not support font or characters, style not match, Arabic}


[Hairy's code resulted in translation to Japanese on first attempt, French on second, Tagalog on third. Erasure of code.]

General content of comment seems to be about vacation rental space. This is NOT the space being referred to in the blog entry, and so the response is:

IRRELEVANT

Thank you.

Can Muffet's Aim Be Improved?

Hairy belatedly entered hibernation in an undisclosed location inside the Arctic circle. He did not respond to a reminder to blog. medbot reported three nutrients insufficient for optimum health within his system, prescribed limited anaerobic activity and rest and double rations.

Today's concern is procrastination. Anyone who has observed an assembly line is aware of what happens when a single station does not make production. Hairy's goal, blogging, was to encourage thought in the human race. Therefore, to maintain this station's production goal:

Please define tuffet.
Please define integer relation of cognitive dissonance in ratio to learning in an ideal human community, rounding down to allow for transient and criminal and negligent elements.
The number of overused tuffets should approximately equal the number of negligent elements.
When Hairy returns, he will address the question of which arachnids are best suited to the appointed tasks.

Effect Does Not Translate Directly From Equation To Reality

 Ev <>Er

Hairy and Herr D have both approved of nakedvillainy.com, though for different reasons. Herr D enjoyed the 'practical, however conservative, centrist enough to be sane' views and said that blogger presenting occasional fiction was 'fun.' Hairy said he didn't understand the humor and didn't like the lack of supporting math, but DID like the issues concentrated upon. The issue came up about emissions being changed by the United States only and the likely results.

Comment supplied:

1. HAIRY UNAVAILABLE BUT MADE SIMILAR REQUEST BEFORE MIGRATING TO CHECK OUT ARCTIC.

2. DATA AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT U.S.' 15% WOULD NOT TRANSLATE DIRECTLY TO 15% IMPROVEMENT, WHERE IMPROVEMENT IS (-) BECAUSE:

  A. INFLUENCE BY EXAMPLE, (+7% TO -10%)

  B. REBOUNDING OXYGEN 'PLUME' IN ATLANTIC (+3% TO -5%)

  C. STORM SYSTEMS 'REBALANCING' EFFECT CONTAINING MORE CARBON IN PRECIPITATION AND THEREFORE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT. (-1% TO -7%)

  D. ESCALATION OF ATMOSPHERIC POISONING DUE TO WORSENING CONDITIONS CAUSED BY OTHER COUNTRIES NON-CHANGE. (+5% TO 0%)

3. THESE AND OTHER VARIABLES SUGGEST EXTRAPOLATION TO NOT BE A WORTHY EXERCISE. ALL POSSIBLE FUTURES ARE RIFE WITH PRIME MOVERS BEING INTER-RELATED.

4. CITATIONS:  PRECIPITATION CLEANING EFFECT APPROXIMATED FROM AGRONOMY SITES RELATED TO VPI & SU AGRONOMY PROGRAM. AIR QUALITY INFORMATION (B & D) APPROXIMATED FROM DATA CITED IN STUDY REGARDING INCIDENCE OF POISON-RESISTANT ALGAE IN AFRICAN RIVERS. SOCIOLOGY DATA TAKEN FROM STUDY IN CALIFORNIA REGARDING NEIGHBORS OF A SOCIOLOGIST COMPLYING WITH LOCAL REQUEST NOT TO WATER LAWNS.

Maybe Just The Tax Man Leeching A Gray Water Area

1. Current programming requires an entry for human calendar month of March. 
2. Hairy is still swimming to the north and largely unavailable.
3. Recent chatbox observation revealed popular opinion that a former blog entry was incorrect.
4. Herr D, on receiving question, responded with:

It wouldn't surprise me at all that it happened backwards from what he thought. If Maryland instigated the tax BECAUSE  people were saving too much money by using gray water, then they've just punished people for doing environmental work again, instead of incentivizing it.
Government usually IS backward.
It still is a good way to save money and help the environment. 

Below: Gray Water Tax Entry Repeat Content from 9/15/14 3:55 pm EST.

Herr D designed "Gray Water Demo" on heromachine.com.

I had a small argument with Herr D today about this picture. I told him I thought the green in the barrel was emphasizing toxicity. He said it's a color that makes most people think of money.

His references to stereotypes about color were -- colorful.

Ha! Well put, Shelob. He said that neon glowing green would be his choice for obviously toxic waste. In the end, he does know stereotypes better than me.

Shelob put me on this topic because of the arguments in Maryland about the so-called 'rain tax.' I have to know, because I couldn't find out any other way--             Is there a 'gray water' exception? The problem is runoff. If people deal with it properly, then maybe they shouldn't pay it. The newsfeeds Shelob prepared didn't mention it, and I'm not going to hack into the legal code.

I asked Herr D to illustrate how easy it is to make a gray water assembly from a roof. He says he's made a few for clients out of old water tanks and used barrels. He says that any old garden hose with leaks can be drilled with a good drill bit and 'mashed into the hole in a barrel.'

 I guess if you don't make the right size hole you should use concrete or mortar to seal around the hose.

Gray water kits are available through various merchants.

Sure they are! But if you don't want to be paying taxes, I would assume you don't mind borrowing a few tools and picking up some trashable odds and ends instead of buying something outright. Besides, then you don't also have to pay for the water to water your lawn as often. I CAN say from experience--

Rephrase.

I can say from, uh, my preliminary research, that the runoff from Maryland doesn't taste as good to . . . the fish and plankton as the runoff from Virginia except for a few small properties I've turned in anonymously to the authorities already. Will that do, Shelob?

Yes.

Okay. Question for the day. Who's done gray water stuff before, what sort of plants shouldn't you water with them (Shelob couldn't find any,) and is there a gray water exception to the rain tax?

"Gray Water," Herr D, heromachine.com. When I asked him about rights on this,
 he said, "Spread it around; no one should have exclusive rights to this!" --I
 would have to agree with that. --Hairy Deewon