tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1197422734251358903..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Laws of the Wild.Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-44430009296123587532018-12-28T13:43:02.369-06:002018-12-28T13:43:02.369-06:00JD ~ Happy New Year to you too JD! Ah yes, I re...JD ~ Happy New Year to you too JD! Ah yes, I recognise that law, but wasn't aware of its proper title! Thank you for enlightening us. Husband and I were talking about it only last evening, when Netflix offered to give us an update of their system. <br />"Oh no! We know exactly what that'll mean! Anything that was useful and easy will be gone and something useless and irritating will take its place!" :-/Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-90428638498486567282018-12-28T13:38:20.177-06:002018-12-28T13:38:20.177-06:00Received by e-mail from the UK, from "JD"...<b>Received by e-mail from the UK, from "JD"</b><br /><br />You forgot to include the most important Law of the modern world. Hutber's Law which is that "every inprovement makes things worse" This is mandatory for all products inspired by the 'brains' of Silicon Valley and also for all 'smart' technology.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutber%27s_law<br /><br />You can demonstrate for yourself how it is everywhere; my TV is three years old and the remote control no longer works properly. I bought a replacement and that doesn't work either so the telly is obviously broken. Modern TVs cannot be repaired because of all the electronics inside and so I have to buy another one which will also be fully compliant with Hutber's Law and will fail even earlier etc etc. My old telly lasted 20 years and had to be abandoned when all TV switched to digital. Insert swear words of your choice at this point....... :)<br /><br />Happy New Year!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-43438676127586172812018-12-28T13:06:13.807-06:002018-12-28T13:06:13.807-06:00Wisewebwoman ~ LOL! Good name for it too, WWW! ...Wisewebwoman ~ LOL! Good name for it too, WWW! Thank you for the good wishes. Some very similar ones are being wished and sent, at this end, for you and yours, in 2019. :)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-20755752663523232012018-12-27T20:02:59.209-06:002018-12-27T20:02:59.209-06:00Great post. I know I had a few of my own, one invo...Great post. I know I had a few of my own, one involved having an argument with family members and losing the whole plot of where it started. We called it the "Gumdrops Law" after a heated discussion a few years back which had two of us arguing about completely different subjects and not being aware of it.<br /><br />Happy New Year T to you and Himself. May it be a year of more pleasant memories and less health challenges.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-83111419627848046652018-12-26T23:36:14.646-06:002018-12-26T23:36:14.646-06:00LB ~ Oh dang! - Maybe it'll show up in modera...LB ~ Oh dang! - Maybe it'll show up in moderation, I'll watch for it. Thank you for the good wishes LB! :)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-18752299891694372092018-12-26T23:08:26.366-06:002018-12-26T23:08:26.366-06:00Twilight ~ I left a brief comment on yesterday'...Twilight ~ I left a brief comment on yesterday's post (saying I enjoyed your story), but for some reason it didn't appear. <br /><br />Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season as well!LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-13023400914605948092018-12-26T17:22:47.672-06:002018-12-26T17:22:47.672-06:00LB ~ Hi there LB and seasonal greetings to you an...LB ~ Hi there LB and seasonal greetings to you and yours!<br />Yes indeed, that is the Daddy of all rules and laws.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-40117033526605528672018-12-26T17:19:54.383-06:002018-12-26T17:19:54.383-06:00RJ Adams ~ My sincere sympathies RJ - that's ...RJ Adams ~ My sincere sympathies RJ - that's something I encounter at least once a week. We shall call it <br /><b>RJ's Law of Lost Websites</b>: <br />After an uncertain number of months during which nobody has consulted a website, the website shall become defunct and unavailable at the very moment when a person consults it for the important information it contained.<br />(Or words to that effect) :)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-814314442642730892018-12-26T16:22:12.117-06:002018-12-26T16:22:12.117-06:00Then there's the Golden Rule:
"Treat oth...Then there's the Golden Rule:<br /><br />"Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return . . ." ~ Luke 6:31-35<br /><br />The 'values' and goals of capitalism and empire are the antithesis of this. LBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28922273221270387232018-12-26T16:14:17.809-06:002018-12-26T16:14:17.809-06:00Oh, isn't it the most frustrating of events, t...Oh, isn't it the most frustrating of events, that darned 404 page "We're sorry, the page you're looking for is not available, or was never here in the first place. You're a total smeghead. Why don't you learn to cut and paste correctly." Or, words of similar effect. Only yesterday I spent hours perusing Google (a fruitless task at best!) seeking an answer as to why an aging laptop no longer had working Bluetooth. After spending hours checking out umpteen promising links, only to find none gave me the answer I was looking for, lo and behold, there on page 46 (or thereabouts) of the Google search engine was the exact similar problem to mine with the magic word 'Solved' in brackets next to it. Breathless with delight, I clicked on the sacred link, only to read, "The page you're looking for is no longer available. Please try our Home page for further information." The "Home" page was for the website of some Caribbean market trader selling bananas!<br />Obviously, the original question must have been from a numb-skull asking: "How can I peel a banana using Bluetooth?"R J Adamshttps://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.com