• A better SpeachToText app.

    From Relf@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 8 18:47:25 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    Itty-Bitty Drones, "mosquitoes", might be good in an Iranian Civil War,
    but The Crimean Bridge & The Black Sea Fleet are better chew toys;
    were it not for Putin-Jong Un's nuclear threats, they'd have been sunk by now.

    P.S. Bing CoPilot ( Bing.COM/Search?q=CoPilot&ShowConv=1 ) can't run macros,
    & is too topic sensitive; otherwise, it's a better SpeachToText app.
    Ironically, it doesn't need Windows(tm) or Intel(tm) to run properly.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Relf on Sat Mar 9 04:23:32 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:47:25 -0800 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

    Itty-Bitty Drones, "mosquitoes", might be good in an Iranian Civil War,
    but The Crimean Bridge & The Black Sea Fleet are better chew toys;
    were it not for Putin-Jong Un's nuclear threats, they'd have been sunk
    by now.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/europe/russia-missile-odesa-greece-russia- zelensky-intl/index.html

    "“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a high-precision missile attack on a hangar in the industrial port district of Odesa, where preparations were underway for the combat use of unmanned boats of the
    armed forces of Ukraine. The target of the strike has been achieved. The
    object is hit,” it said in a statement, without mentioning Zelensky or Mitsotakis."

    I couldn't find the RT article but the gist was 'We weren't aiming at
    Zelensky, honest, just those goddamn annoying drones'

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  • From Relf@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 8 21:10:39 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    Re: Russia's near-miss, Zelensky & Mitsotakis.

    Zelensky, Ukrainians & Jews enjoy high places everywhere;
    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un burn in Hell.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Relf on Sat Mar 9 15:43:53 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:10:39 -0800 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

    Zelensky, Ukrainians & Jews enjoy high places everywhere;

    Hanging from lamp posts?

    https://digitalnz.org/records/22803619

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  • From Relf@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 9 12:24:26 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    You (rBowman) replied ( to me ):
    Zelensky, Ukrainians & Jews enjoy high places everywhere;
    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un burn in Hell.

    Hanging from lamp posts ?

    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un are subterranean.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Relf on Sun Mar 10 03:33:03 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    On Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:24:26 -0800 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

    You (rBowman) replied ( to me ):
    Zelensky, Ukrainians & Jews enjoy high places everywhere;
    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un burn in Hell.

    Hanging from lamp posts ?

    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un are subterranean.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Subterraneans

    Not my favorite Kerouac novel but he eventually grew up.

    https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-conservative-kerouac/

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  • From Relf@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 9 20:38:07 2024
    XPost: sci.physics

    In your own "private Idaho" (universe), rBowman,
    you see things the opposite as I do; to wit:

    Zelensky, Ukrainians & Jews are subterranean;
    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un enjoy high places EVERYWHERE.

    We welcome Hamas & Putin-Jong Un into our arms. </Sarcasm>

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to rbowman on Sun Mar 10 09:57:55 2024
    rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

    On Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:24:26 -0800 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

    You (rBowman) replied ( to me ):
    Zelensky, Ukrainians & Jews enjoy high places everywhere;
    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un burn in Hell.

    Hanging from lamp posts ?

    Hamas & Putin-Jong Un are subterranean.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Subterraneans

    Not my favorite Kerouac novel but he eventually grew up.

    https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-conservative-kerouac/

    Kerouac’s sad final years were spent in an increasingly frantic quest to
    find a true home for himself and his mother. On an almost yearly basis he
    oscillated between Florida and New England, always following the same
    cycle: purchase a home, move in, grow restless, sell it; purchase another
    one, move in, sell it; and so on.

    Hmmmmm.

    Interesting he was pals for awhile with the author of "The Naked Lunch".

    --
    Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
    -- Mark Twain

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Sun Mar 10 20:39:05 2024
    On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:57:55 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    Interesting he was pals for awhile with the author of "The Naked Lunch".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Hippos_Were_Boiled_in_Their_Tanks

    In 'On the Road' Kerouac & Crew visit the Burroughs (Old Bull Lee & Jane Lee).Jane (Joan Vollmer) goes through Benzedrine inhalers by the dozen and Burrough's hobby is shooting them with an airgun. His hobby eventually got
    out of hand.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer

    It was quite a crew, Neal Cassady would up with Ken Kesey's clown show.
    Gary Snyder was the inspiration for 'The Dharma Bums', Ginsburg was
    floating around, and many more.

    The whole beatnik thing became a child of media like the hippies,
    trannies, or anything else that will make a buck. Kenneth Rexroth was
    older and sometimes associated with the beats but he stated at one point
    'an entomolgist is not a bug!' to clarify the relationship.

    I always found the beats more interesting than the following hippie
    phenomenon. Hippies never produced much literature. I was about 12 when
    'On the Road' came out an impressionable. It was more readable than
    Dickens.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgv7ur8ipg

    William Buckey had Kerouac on his show; Kerouac was boiled in his tank.

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  • From Relf@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 10 20:40:39 2024
    Re: New York City, 1940s beatniks Kerouac & Burroughs & their lover: Jane Vollmer.
    // Vollmer goes through Benzedrine (amphetamine) inhalers by the dozen.
    //
    // Vollmer and Burroughs were arrested for having sex in a parked vehicle.
    // They had a son, William Burroughs, Jr., in 1947.
    //
    // 1951, Mexico City, Burroughs shot Vollmer in the head, killing her, age 28. // Burroughs was convicted of manslaughter in Vollmer's death.
    // He received a two-year suspended sentence.

    At times, I require an Epinephrine (Adrenaline) inhaler;
    without it, stressful/physical work would soon make me
    lay down for 20 minutes ( to catch my breath ).

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Relf on Mon Mar 11 03:54:51 2024
    On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:40:39 -0700 (Seattle), Relf wrote:


    At times, I require an Epinephrine (Adrenaline) inhaler;
    without it, stressful/physical work would soon make me lay down for 20 minutes ( to catch my breath ).

    That I can believe. You missed the good stuff though:

    https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-health-and-nutrition/sniffing- benzedrine-inhalers

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s

    Typical math nut:

    "After his mother's death in 1971 he started taking antidepressants and amphetamines, despite the concern of his friends, one of whom (Ron Graham)
    bet him $500 that he could not stop taking them for a month. Erdős won the bet, but complained that it impacted his performance: "You've showed me
    I'm not an addict. But I didn't get any work done. I'd get up in the
    morning and stare at a blank piece of paper. I'd have no ideas, just like
    an ordinary person. You've set mathematics back a month." After he won the
    bet, he promptly resumed his use of Ritalin and Benzedrine."

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