The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19 [nytimes.com]

Paracosm comments on Mar 29, 2020:

I think the blatant failure to acknowledge it to begin with is what crippled us.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 29, 2020:

. . . we are still 'behind the 8-ball' wrt testing -- no way to know how bad it really is. :(

The Corona virus is NOT a nice little practice run for dealing with Climate Change.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Climate change does NOT happen so quickly as a pandemic.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Allamanda SILLY, IMO, is using words as-though they don't matter.

The Corona virus is NOT a nice little practice run for dealing with Climate Change.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Climate change does NOT happen so quickly as a pandemic.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Allamanda Nitpicking ? To those of us who care about critical thinking, words matter.

The Corona virus is NOT a nice little practice run for dealing with Climate Change.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Climate change does NOT happen so quickly as a pandemic.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Allamanda Both are OPINION pieces, not facts. I am NOT a climate change (or pandemic) denier. My objection is the use of the (wrong) words "one and the same". I don't have objection(s) to the comparison of similarities.

The Corona virus is NOT a nice little practice run for dealing with Climate Change.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Climate change does NOT happen so quickly as a pandemic.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@Allamanda My point is, I don't agree that they are "one and the same" -- very very different.

Beach Boys "Cherry Cherry Coupe" [youtube.com]

Theresa_N comments on Mar 29, 2020:

Looks like she's got a flat.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 29, 2020:

. . . actually, IIUC, that is from the forces of acceleration. :O

The Velvet Underground & Nico "I'll Be Your Mirror" [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Although I know this isn't the case, my early thoughts about the song during my 70's awakening were that it related to Sartre and his version of hell and having to trust another for one's looks, as in No Exit.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 28, 2020:

I read The Existentialists", but had not known about that play, so for others who might wonder about your (interesting) "No Exit" reference : The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting in a mysterious room. It is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. It is the source of Sartre's especially famous quotation "L'enfer, c'est les autres" or "Hell is other people", a reference to Sartre's ideas about the look and the perpetual ontological struggle of being caused to see oneself as an object from the view of another consciousness

Rio Bravo - Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Wayne did a "remake" of Rio Bravo called El Dorado. Wayne was the sober deputy helping his old drunk friend, Robert Mitchem, the sheriff, James Caan was a gambler, taking the neo part played by Ricky Nelson, and Arthur Hunnicutt played the grumpy old deputy like Walter Brennen. The female lead was...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 28, 2020:

. . . seen it, liked it :)

I want a t-shirt that says Agnostic.

girlwithsmiles comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Does this Foundation exist?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles . . . cool, tell that to @SolarWind :)

Open Source Tools From the Warren for President Tech Team [medium.com]

FrayedBear comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Yup, I sure need all of those - not.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 28, 2020:

IMHO, -- need -- is not the point.

Maybe those of us in the US should do more to follow the Chinese example.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I see no reason to trust whatever RT (Putins' mouthpiece) says !

FearlessFly replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@kmaz Now you want us to trust whatever the Chinese (subject to their gov't persecution) have to say. I say Get Off My Lawn :O :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7X2_V60YK8

I want a t-shirt that says Agnostic.

girlwithsmiles comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Does this Foundation exist?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@SolarWind I value privacy, I use startpage.com -- you insensitive clod. Now get off my lawn ! :P :)

All that matters is my relationship to you A Town called Paradise Van Morrison [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 27, 2020:

(from somethingelsereviews.com) “A Town Called Paradise” skips on a stilted drum beat and hill climbing bass guitar. Containing the verdant mystery of Morrison’s best work, the song illicits a pastoral escape from the trappings of wise guys, thieves and crookedness of the world. Hearty ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@Spinliesel . . . everyone's a critic ? :P

Anyone else ready for an in-house spell-checking preview that recognizes contractions?

FearlessFly comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Requirements ? I'm no spelling champ, just a little above average. How much time is involved ?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@Varn ok, I see what you mean. These 'light-up' if I paste them originally in a comment, but not when I paste them in this "edit" . . . hmmm won’t we’re they're haven’t can’t isn't wasn't hasn't

For you "shelter in place" or "guaranteed" individuals and families, may I suggest an activity that ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Love Tuba Skinny -- posted lots of their YT vids in Music Fans. But teach East Coast Swing instead -- it's easy.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@jlynn37 I know of no line dances that don't need to be taught/learned :P

I want a t-shirt that says Agnostic.

girlwithsmiles comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Does this Foundation exist?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 27, 2020:

Seriously, you don't know ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_From_Religion_Foundation

Keith Richards on brainwashing.

Novelty comments on Mar 26, 2020:

I’ve met gay Republicans, black Republicans, women Republicans etc. Why would I join a party that’s systemically designed for superstitious misogynistic racist white men? Why would anyone? It’s like a scene from the little rascals when all the boys form the “He man women haters club.” ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 26, 2020:

I've met gay mormons -- an oxymormon if I ever saw one :P :O

Guantanamera | Playing For Change | Song Around The World [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Nice!

FearlessFly replies on Mar 26, 2020:

I posted another PFC in Jan : "Groove In G | Playing For Change | Song Around The World [youtube.com]"

The Hammer Song (If I had a hammer) - The Weavers [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Liked Peter, Paul & Mary singing this, though it is in fact a Pete Seeger song,

FearlessFly replies on Mar 26, 2020:

@bobwjr . . . everyone's a critic :) I like theirs too -- but see my comment below, and : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp1z8EzZ5Hs

The Hammer Song (If I had a hammer) - The Weavers [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Liked Peter, Paul & Mary singing this, though it is in fact a Pete Seeger song,

FearlessFly replies on Mar 26, 2020:

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It was a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to number three a year later when recorded by Trini Lopez.

Graphene Solar Thermal Film Could Be a New Way to Harvest Renewable Energy A novel ...

ToolGuy comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Government funded?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 26, 2020:

. . .article doesn't say . . .

The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux—Paragon software’s not happy about it The proprietary...

dalefvictor comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Who would want to use this on Linux, unless you have a copy of VMware running, but that is different as it is a system unto itself.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 26, 2020:

. . . a more careful read -- it will be included directly into the Linux kernel

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FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2020:

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" is a song by Klaatu, originally released in 1976 on their first album 3:47 EST. The song would open night transmission of the pirate radio station Radio Caroline. The year following its release, the Carpenters covered the song, using a crew of 160 ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 25, 2020:

@Triphid . . . here-you-go : https://archive.org/search.php?query=the%20day%20the%20earth%20stood%20still

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2020:

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" is a song by Klaatu, originally released in 1976 on their first album 3:47 EST. The song would open night transmission of the pirate radio station Radio Caroline. The year following its release, the Carpenters covered the song, using a crew of 160 ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 25, 2020:

@Triphid “Klaatu barada nikto!”.

EPA Plans to Waive Some Compliance Requirements Amid Coronavirus Crisis [wsj.com]

St-Sinner comments on Mar 25, 2020:

How dare you EPA?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 25, 2020:

. . . they have ALREADY dared -- plenty. :P

Love Grows- Edison Lighthouse (1970) [youtube.com]

Merseyman1 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

Love it! ...posted it like 2 years ago.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 25, 2020:

I was slightly concerned that it might get "poo-poo-ed" by some -- not by us "Old Farts" (like Foxworthy I can say that because I "are one")

CDC says coronavirus RNA found in Princess Cruise ship cabins up to 17 days after passengers left...

bingst comments on Mar 25, 2020:

That was mentioned in the video in this post. Scary. https://agnostic.com/discussion/475441/psa-safe-grocery-shopping-in-covid-19-pandemic-updated-youtube

FearlessFly replies on Mar 25, 2020:

. . . hadn't seen it.

Meet the Chinese operating system that’s trying to shift the country off Windows Union Tech is ...

dalefvictor comments on Mar 25, 2020:

Looks great, I have been thinking that they have been trying to get off windows for years. China should have its own version as they will have particular needs just like Germany and France. I would like to know how they work the keyboard with all those characters, I am sure it is figured out as I ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 25, 2020:

With over 3,000 characters, I've never understood how they do-it-all on keyboards :P :O

Other retailers closing during pandemic – not Hobby Lobby

seenoevil9620 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Never been in a Hobby Lobby /or a Chick - fil - a / or ordered from Papa Johns Pizza , because they just can't keep their pie holes shut ( like tRUMP )

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Flyingsaucesir IMO, that is giving Papa John too much credit. There is no shortage of other opportunities . . . :O :P

The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I posted this last week.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Marionville No, not the trailing space 'bug'. I don't think anyone should be berated for searching-and-not-finding ! I tried yet-again typing it in (case sensitive), yours does not show-up -- again, I'm not disputing that it is there. I invite you to try typing it in (case sensitive) and see if it shows up for you -- different platform, it just might. If it does (or not), then something else is going on.

The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I posted this last week.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Marionville . . . btw, I have (not this time) encountered what may be a bug-in-the-code. When I have searched inadvertently with a trailing space (cut-paste), posts may not be found -- I don't think that should happen. :(

The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I posted this last week.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Marionville I did not disagree ! I'm reporting what I did. I did find it (now) when I searched for "animals", but not the other way.

The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I posted this last week.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

When I (again) paste this in We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place and search, yours does/did not show-up. :( I tried typing it U/l case (shouldn't matter) -- same result

If I say there is no god, you cannot prove me wrong.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

(Apart from math) Science doesn't prove anything. Evidence may be convincing, but there is always doubt/error-bars/new ideas/etc. Newton's Law of Gravity, although still useful, is not proof -- just ask Einstein :O :P

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@sterlingdean Of course science CAN DISprove (falsify) things : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment If you think Newton wasn't wrong, I invite you to write a scientific paper about that and submit it for peer-review to scientific journal(s) -- good luck with that. As for courts and the existence/non of (insert flavor-of-the-month deity ), that generally doesn't work (if you ask Scopes) :P :O : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Wind_(1960_film)

I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore [youtube.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Interesting clip, I disagree that the smart money is on loosing your shit in public, we've had enough of that with the current administration. 💋

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Novelty . . . well, . . . doesn't that make my head spin :) :O

I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore [youtube.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Interesting clip, I disagree that the smart money is on loosing your shit in public, we've had enough of that with the current administration. 💋

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@LenHazell53 . . . you still can -- and repeat the bit about satire -- she has not reacted. :P

I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore [youtube.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Interesting clip, I disagree that the smart money is on loosing your shit in public, we've had enough of that with the current administration. 💋

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@LenHazell53 I have seen it multiple times. :) I was que-ing up "We're Not Going To Take It" by Twisted Sister in the Classic Rock group when the idea of posting this clip "lit a firecracker in my brain", so I posted it here first then "linked" it in the Classic Rock post -- check-it out :)

If I say there is no god, you cannot prove me wrong.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

(Apart from math) Science doesn't prove anything. Evidence may be convincing, but there is always doubt/error-bars/new ideas/etc. Newton's Law of Gravity, although still useful, is not proof -- just ask Einstein :O :P

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@sterlingdean . . . sigh, I can't believe, on this site, explanation is needed. NO ONE (especially me) is disputing the **existence** of (the phenomenon of) gravity. Perhaps I could have used "Law of Universal Gravitation". Newton invented calculus which, mathematically, (to an extremely close approximation) can describe gravity fairly well (and it is still useful to do so). BUT not-even he described what gravity actually IS. And the idea (Newtons' 'Law' ) "every object in the universe attracts every other object" is fundamentally WRONG. Einsteins's General Relativity (that gravity is a curvature of spacetime) is (so far) settled science. My whole "beef" with the word PROOF, in the context of science, is that it's use is (apart from math) inappropriate since there is always doubt etc. Non-believers (especially) are quite fond of "Evolution is just a Theory" (conflating the colloquial use of the word with the **scientific** meaning of it). Words Matter. For those who care about critical thinking, I think it is better to advocate using the accurate ones.

I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore [youtube.com]

Novelty comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Interesting clip, I disagree that the smart money is on loosing your shit in public, we've had enough of that with the current administration. 💋

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

. . . it's satire :) . . . hence in Silly, Random, Fun :P

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 24, 2020:

It is a world-famous bossa nova standard. Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles. "Dindi" is a reference to a farm named "Dirindi", in Brazil, a place that Jobim and his friend/collaborator Vinicius de Moraes used to visit (according to Helena Jobim, his sister, in ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Marionville While I appreciate his vocal talent, I'm not a fan of (most) of his music. I do like his films.

If Robots Steal So Many Jobs, Why Aren't They Saving Us Now?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Ummm, robots are Servants, not thinkers of inventors........and where do you get this "en masse" idea?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

That is the (sub) headline of the article, not my idea :P

You think life is hard?

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . mantra -- Thing could ALWAYS be worse.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Petter They could all (or most) die from the virus :O

Here is what I think about life and my 80th birthday! Michael Bolton Steel arms wrapped around ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 24, 2020:

https://youtu.be/1xd0Xg7Cn0Y

FearlessFly replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Freedompath . . .as I like to say -- youth is wasted on the young, and getting old is not for sissies :O :P

For my 80 birthday, I still have music in my soul.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

this site can't be reached :(

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Freedompath . . . sorry, I was 'out' for a bit.

Del Shannon - Needles And Pins [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 23, 2020:

I had the Searchers version of this song,

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

I once saw Del Shannon in concert -- a consummate showman.

[youtu.be] Something In The Air. - Thunderclap Newman....1969.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Video unavailable

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Marionville . . .works :)

The greatest unsung heroes of hundreds of American masterpieces from Frank Sinatra to the Beach ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . calling it "Session Men" is sexist ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye https://www.loudersound.com/features/meet-carol-kaye-the-genius-musician-behind-the-worlds-favourite-basslines "Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Monkees, Joe Cocker, Sam ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 . . . you are entitled to your opinion(s). IMHO, you can no-more convince a feminist that sexism is bullshit than racism is bullshit to Rosa Parks ! I think CT should be applied whenever "isms" rear their ugly head(s). :O

The greatest unsung heroes of hundreds of American masterpieces from Frank Sinatra to the Beach ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . calling it "Session Men" is sexist ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye https://www.loudersound.com/features/meet-carol-kaye-the-genius-musician-behind-the-worlds-favourite-basslines "Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Monkees, Joe Cocker, Sam ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Marionville . . . and I didn't disagree with you. I did not intend to confront the OP. I see no reason not to challenge (in this case recent doc/video) that the title is sexist. Isn't it reasonable (especially on this website) to do so ?

The greatest unsung heroes of hundreds of American masterpieces from Frank Sinatra to the Beach ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . calling it "Session Men" is sexist ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye https://www.loudersound.com/features/meet-carol-kaye-the-genius-musician-behind-the-worlds-favourite-basslines "Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Monkees, Joe Cocker, Sam ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Marionville . . . hence the 'unintentional'. And the doc/videos are fairly current (hence the no excuse). I edited (above), and added a couple examples of what I'm getting at.

The greatest unsung heroes of hundreds of American masterpieces from Frank Sinatra to the Beach ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . calling it "Session Men" is sexist ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye https://www.loudersound.com/features/meet-carol-kaye-the-genius-musician-behind-the-worlds-favourite-basslines "Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Monkees, Joe Cocker, Sam ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Marionville I doubt that it was 'accepted' as you (unintentionally) inferred. I like to think I'm a feminist (not a feminazi). The Documentary was made in 2008 (and the videos later). I see no excuse. Here are a couple more examples : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures

Great video on starting your vehicle that has a dead battery.. This guy is funny. 😀 [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . like watching an accident, can't look away. "keep your dick in a vice" :P

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood I totally missed that one :)

Great video on starting your vehicle that has a dead battery.. This guy is funny. 😀 [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2020:

"angry pixies" ? :O :P

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood never watched/read HP, but I just found these : http://electricalslang.com/Slang/angry%20pixies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smoke

As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets Tracking entire populations to ...

SpikeTalon comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Big brother is always watching...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

Some of us can still (try to) hide -- TOR,VPN,encryption,anonymouse .org etc. . . . except me and my monkey !

The boys look so youthful in this vid.

Deb57 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

It has a good beat but it's not all that easy to dance to, Dick Clark... I'll give it a 3.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

. . . West Coast Swing :)

The Ventures "Walk Don't Run" [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Looks like the entire audience was sitting and chewing gum.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@TCorCM . . . you had to be there :P . . . on the flip-side "Anyone who remembers the 60's, probably wasn't there" -- Robin Williams :O

Next on the Disco Sunday Work Day list is Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing [m.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2020:

An error occurred . . .

FearlessFly replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@Max_d_cat yes, thx . . . The song was written by Andy and his brothers (Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb) in Los Angeles, while the trio of brothers were working on the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "And one night," Andy would recall, "while we were relaxing, we sat down and we had to start getting tracks together for the album" (also titled Shadow Dancing, which would eventually hit #7 on the U.S. album charts). "So we literally sat down and in ten minutes, we had a group going, (singing) the chorus part. As it says underneath the song, we all wrote it, the four of us."

Dizzy - Tommy Roe (1969) [youtube.com]

glennlab comments on Mar 22, 2020:

error

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_DKiTUty0

Sugar Sugar, The Archies [youtube.com]

273kelvin comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Originally written for the Monkeys but they were disillusioned with their record company and wanted to go their own way with stuff they had written themselves. The producer ended up getting a bunch of session musicians to record it instead whilst the Monkeys went ahead with "Randy Scouse Git".

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

. . . at first I thought a joke, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejw_LOi-nhk

Got masks ? You can HELP ! [masksfordocs.com] [mask-match.com]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I have a reusable coffee filter.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

epic (~ .1 micron) FAIL :O

[axios.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Name-calling does not serve the CT cause at all . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@t1nick Critical Thinking. hint : fallacious arguments don't qualify :O

[axios.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Name-calling does not serve the CT cause at all . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@Barnie2years ad hominem is a fallacy -- and not NEWS :O

[axios.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Name-calling does not serve the CT cause at all . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@t1nick . . . turn in your CT "credentials" :P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem . . . or at least confine that fallacy to Trump Pinata (Not News and Links) where that stuff is expected.

[axios.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Name-calling does not serve the CT cause at all . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@t1nick . . . did you read the OP -- "Rethuglicans" ?

Got masks ? You can HELP ! [masksfordocs.com] [mask-match.com]

LimitedLight comments on Mar 22, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHZSjj3Yjuc

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

wrong, 20 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent_in_the_United_States Too easy to criticize HC companies now, patents apply to ALL physical innovations. Copyrights, on the other hand are way-out-of-whack (currently LIFE OF THE AUTHOR + 70 YEARS). https://global.oup.com/academic/product/without-copyrights-9780199927876?cc=fr=en&

Got masks ? You can HELP ! [masksfordocs.com] [mask-match.com]

Varn comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Actually ..I do ...but don’t tell ~

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

unfunny

Liberace Boogie Woogie [youtube.com]

EyesThatSmile comments on Mar 22, 2020:

A great talent and a great showman. He never lost that twinkle in his eyes.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

If I remember correctly, many times his clothes twinkled also :O :P

Blow To Bitcoin As Russia Moves To Effectively Ban Crypto [forbes.com]

ToolGuy comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Bitcoin and other crypto currencies are unreliable, volatile means of storing value in the minds of many. Like Gold and Silver and other commodities including paintings. In the long run they may increase in value but as Keynes said, In the long run we are all dead. They are NOT a good means of ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/foreign-exchange/articles/us-banks-support-cryptocurrency-payments/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/bank-of-england-to-consider-adopting-cryptocurrency

Got masks ? You can HELP ! [masksfordocs.com] [mask-match.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

What I am reading is that the virus measures 1 micron. In most hospital masks the pores are 3 micron. Homemade masks of regular fabric.... I am sure it is so much larger. Soooo, they will help but not completely. And as I see in the previous discussion - petrol pumps. YES, those are prime places ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 22, 2020:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirator-use-faq.html What is an N95 filtering facepiece respirator (FFR)? An N95 FFR is a type of respirator which removes particles from the air that are breathed through it. These respirators filter out at least 95% of very small (0.3 micron) particles. N95 FFRs are capable of filtering out all types of particles, including bacteria and viruses.

Pet the cat, own the bathrobe: Linus Torvalds on working from home Linus Torvalds created Linux ...

bingst comments on Mar 21, 2020:

"...Linux, which runs everything in the world except desktops...." WTF?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@bingst Me too ! I have since used Fedora, CentOS, Suse, Kali, and for years now -- Kubuntu (18.10 desktop, 19.10 laptop)

Pet the cat, own the bathrobe: Linus Torvalds on working from home Linus Torvalds created Linux ...

bingst comments on Mar 21, 2020:

"...Linux, which runs everything in the world except desktops...." WTF?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@bingst . . . insert tongue in cheek :O https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3038d4/when_was_the_first_year_of_the_linux_desktop/ https://www.howtogeek.com/414036/2019-is-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop/

Pet the cat, own the bathrobe: Linus Torvalds on working from home Linus Torvalds created Linux ...

bingst comments on Mar 21, 2020:

"...Linux, which runs everything in the world except desktops...." WTF?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers

Almost $35k for treatment fo COVID-19.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 21, 2020:

. . . beating a dead horse :O

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@gigihein . . . I was referring to him still thinking Bernie should/will be pres.

Keep Your Hands to Yourself, Georgia Satellites [youtube.com]

KKGator comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Well, if that's not a perfect song, I don't know what is. ;)

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

. . . considering the state of the world, I think "perfect" is nonexistent :O :P

Deep Purple has a new album coming out.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 21, 2020:

(from rollingstone.com) “Throw My Bones” finds the hard-rock pioneers in fine form, mixing crunchy riffs and heavy drums with eerie synth trails, as frontman Ian Gillan ponders the fate of the world, singing, “All I’ve got is what I need/ The bets are off, as far as I can see/ Why should ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 I would think (hope) it obvious that most of my comments (like it or not) come from Wikipedia -- granted, not completely reliable/accurate. It is hard not to notice that in (some/all?) your contradictions, you did not reference your source(s) :O

Greenland's melting ice raised global sea level by 2.

Bierbasstard comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Except that melting ice doesn't increase the sea level. Take a glass full of water and ice as an example. The melting of the ice doesn't cause the glass to suddenly overflow. Sea level rise is due to the heating of the oceans causing expansion of the water molecules. I read that in an article ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

eerrrr, wrong -- this is ice on LAND ! ! ! :O

LADYVA - Skyfall @ Tele Bielingue [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 21, 2020:

A new artist for me to check out. Nice voice.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

check-out yesterdays' : "Ladyva - Boogie Woogie Stomp [youtube.com]"

Using Apple CarPlay impairs driver reaction more than alcohol, study shows [appleinsider.com]

p-nullifidian comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Distracted driving is distracted driving. We don't need to create a new bogeyman to identify what has been a problem from the very beginning of the automobile. Drivers who turn their head to converse with their passengers, who fiddle with the temperature settings, can't seem to find the radio ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 21, 2020:

I don't see how any of that excuses Apple from being **worse** than Android.

My first post in this group.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:

btw. (I don't know the actual policy, if any) I posted this same song 3/16 "Oye Como Va, Santana [youtube.com]"

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@Bobbyzen I try to do a search, I avoid posting same song posted less than (about a) year earlier -- older that that IMO is fair game. Of course that doesn't apply to the same song by different artist(s). ymmv :)

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down At The Twist And Shout [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Not a country music fan....but I have to admit I like this!

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

Typically a country artist, this Cajun-themed song has backing from members of BeauSoleil, who are also name-dropped in the lyrics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeauSoleil

I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'N' Roll) [youtube.com]

Triphid comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Not a bad song BUT our Aussie Comedian/Singer, Kevin Bloody Wilson, released his own slightly 'different' version back in the 80's called " I knew the Bride when she used to be a Moll," Moll being Aussie for 'woman of very loose morals,' LOL. If I knew how to post it on here I would, it IS quite ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

MOLL, not mole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtC6MqwoWQY

A funny topical version of "Torn" (apologies it's only available via FB) [facebook.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:

. . . some of us don't/won't do FB :P

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@273kelvin . . . easy peasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IOS7-4n12c

Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen 1984 [youtube.com]

gigihein comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Love him. Suddenly was a favorite. https://youtu.be/vgpcEYkj0hQ

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

. . . had not heard it.

Brian Hyland "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 20, 2020:

My sisters used to watch an early evening music and dance show out of Baltimore and I specifically remember this. Any one remember Jerry Blavitz, "The geetter with the heater"?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

. . . never, until now : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Blavat

A funny topical version of "Torn" (apologies it's only available via FB) [facebook.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2020:

. . . some of us don't/won't do FB :P

FearlessFly replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@273kelvin (without spouting platitudes) Why do you think it is ONLY on FB ? There are plenty of alternatives.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:

For a while the song was under consideration to be included on the Da Vinci Code movie soundtrack.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@Marionville . . . so much music, so much time :)

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:

For a while the song was under consideration to be included on the Da Vinci Code movie soundtrack.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@Marionville The video for the song was directed by Jörn Heitmann, famous for directing the videos of Rammstein, and was filmed in a brothel in Berlin. It was considered controversial by fans and the media due to its strong adult content, featuring topics not as clear in A-ha videos before; sex, drugs, suicide, prostitution, and alcohol had never been so prominently featured in the band's videos, although sadomasochism had been noted in the previous release, "Move to Memphis". Heat sensors are used to show some of the more graphic images from the video. One Norwegian newspaper held the headline, "Raw sex in A-ha video" after the video was officially released on September 24, 2005. Magne: "The video is about people who have lost their direction in the hunt for meaning - and loneliness as a result of lost innocence."

Jonny Lang "Walking away" live in Germany [youtube.com]

Sticks48 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I love live recordings and videos.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 19, 2020:

. . . you wouldn't "Lie to Me" :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN9d5-mwgTM

[msn.com] More of Darwin's theories proved. Another nail in the creationists coffin

FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:

For anyone who cares about science and critical thinking, apart from math, science does not prove anything. There are always doubt/error-bars/probabilities/new discoveries (science can disprove things).

FearlessFly replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@Moravian Be sure to put that in your next scientific paper and submit it for peer review in the appropriate technical journal. :P

[msn.com] More of Darwin's theories proved. Another nail in the creationists coffin

FearlessFly comments on Mar 19, 2020:

For anyone who cares about science and critical thinking, apart from math, science does not prove anything. There are always doubt/error-bars/probabilities/new discoveries (science can disprove things).

FearlessFly replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@Moravian "More of Darwin's theories proved" . . . words matter :P :O

Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution – survival of the fittest –...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Science can DISprove things, but (apart from math), science doesn't prove anything. There is always doubt/error-bars/probabilities.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@p-nullifidian . . .he didn't link to an article, and just because an article gets it wrong should not excuse anyone who cares about science and critical thinking.

Johnny Cash doing a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song... [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:

In 2002, Johnny Cash covered "Hurt" to commercial and critical acclaim; it was one of Cash's final hits released before his death, and the related music video is considered one of the greatest of all time by publications such as NME. Reznor praised Cash's interpretation of the song for its ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@Spinliesel good google-fu :O

Kenny Vaughan "You Know It Ain't Right" [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Don’t think I know this guy.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 18, 2020:

. . . so much Rock n Roll, so much time :)

The US seems to be about to let the bad ideas dominate by reelecting Trump.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Are you trying to encourage Sanders supporters to boycott the election ?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@ToolGuy Well, since you are so CERTAIN . . .

The US seems to be about to let the bad ideas dominate by reelecting Trump.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Are you trying to encourage Sanders supporters to boycott the election ?

FearlessFly replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@ToolGuy Silly me, I thought CERTAINTY is the enemy of non-believers :P

Samba Pa Ti, Santana [youtube.com]

Merseyman1 comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Great parties in early 70's!

FearlessFly replies on Mar 16, 2020:

. . . anyone who remembers the 60's probably wasn't there :P :O Robin Williams

This is why!!!!

FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:

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

FearlessFly replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@Bushshaker . . . I think the link says it enough. I see no need to thank anyone for presumptuous unsolicited advice.

For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto chapter 3- [m.youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 14, 2020:

https://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/the_question_libertarians_just_cant_answer/

FearlessFly replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@RonWilliam53 . . . that word 'free' -- I think it is too-often misused : :P

Vince Gill & James Taylor - Bartender's Blues [youtube.com]

Lorajay comments on Mar 15, 2020:

If I drank beer I would be crying in it.

FearlessFly replies on Mar 15, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocBfyj9kBA

[youtube.com] John Lee Hooker - "Boom Boom"

FearlessFly comments on Mar 15, 2020:

"Boom Boom" is a song written by American blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker and recorded in 1961. Although it became a blues standard, music critic Charles Shaar Murray calls it "the greatest pop song he ever wrote". "Boom Boom" was both an American R&B and pop chart success in 1962 and a UK ...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@rogerbenham https://youtu.be/GPDQqBh0Fjc

[youtube.com] Norman Blake : The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee

FearlessFly comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Whiskey Before Breakfast is an album of American guitarist Norman Blake, released in 1976. Writing for AllMusic, critic Jim Smith gave the release five of five stars, writing "All told, there have been many albums in the folk idiom featuring many a guitar virtuoso, but very few achieve such a mix...

FearlessFly replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@Haemish1 I posted this (amazing) in Music Fans a while back. It is the same Mark ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qre14thqhIk