Hear Things My Way...OR ELSE!!!

I realized only recently that the majority of people suffer from at least some form of hearing-loss.

As I've mentioned elsewhere in this blog...MY hearing is highly-acute...hence my delinquent acceptance [at such a middle-late stage in life] of OTHER people's relative deafness .

I'm not gloating...I'm saying that my EXPECTATION that others could generally hear what I heard was NOT realistic...

I'm recalling a few arguments that started as a result of this missed expectation on my part...and I'm genuinely sorry.

--mattergy

A Note About Copywriting

No... I'm not talking about COPYRIGHT LAW, being a matter about which aspiring WRITERS should be aware...I'm talking about written "copy", or more clearly, writing about a subject...COPY in journalism.

Anyway, I have noticed a trend (no doubt promulgated by writers UNDER AGE 30) wherein the COPY is NOT ABOUT THE SUBJECT but rather PANNING it.

This would be considered "writer's license" if it weren't so nauseatingly obviously trying to sneer at the subject, rather than elucidate it.

Whatever...I guess EVERY GENERATION is doomed to be ridiculed by writers of successive generations :P

--mattergy

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I thought I'd take a small opportunity to explain to you financial demons...that I have multiple-limb paralysis as a result of having Multiple Sclerosis.

Whatever lame-ass algorithm you've programmed your squeaky-clean systems to enforce upon the economically-disabled of our country...it's working to further depress their situation.

Nice job, snakes.

ADDENDUM 12:40 PDT

DEMON could mean DAEMON in this semi-automated existence.

H-A Likeness

The title may seem mysterious...but consider the context of digital displays...on watches.

Most watches display A for A.M. and P for P.M.--but for people using a 24-Hour clock (such as military-personnel and naval-personnel), the watch displays H [as in 1400 Hours for 2 P.M.].

At 3 in the morning, the watch should read: 3A...but I discovered it reading 1500H [it was set 12-hours behind the REAL TIME].

Anyway, adjusting the time is no problem...but on a 24-Hour clock, 3 A.M. reads 300H, and getting the watch on 12-Hour time again is difficult.

OK...I can handle military time, but H looks just like A in the dark.

Anyway, I would suggest simply "-" for a 24-Hour clock, rather than H. The distinction would not only be clear, but easier to read for a 24-Hour clock.

Whatever...just a thought.

--mattergy

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I had to go to another locale to get newswriting worthy of this story...so I did.

My thoughts and prayers to families of these miners...

--mattergy

Geniuses-in-need-of-understanding...

As if to set the APRIL-FOOLS-DAY jokesmanship bar at the height it rightly-deserves the geniuses at APOD published this photo today:

HA HA GUYS AND GALS

;) mattergy

Farcebook

I got roped-into creating a Facebook(tm) account by a long-distance friend (before I became aware of the REAL security risks) who is a bit more naive about online-security than myself .

In my opinion, Facebook is a service only for noobs. It's inherently dangerous to publish a person's personal-information on these publicly-accessible sites...more than meets-the-eye to the average person...unfortunately.

The problem is that people of average-I.Q. don't see the risks that those of us who've been using PCs since the first TRS-80 see.

Anybody who knows me can reach me by sending email to ADMIN@DMCRR.COM...but don't expect ANY reply if you mail from a suspicious address.

Anyway, I continue to receive Facebook trash 24/7, so I almost NEVER look at Facebook.

So don't be a noob!

--mattergy

ADDENDUM 4/1/2010 12:30 PM PST
By the way, IF you send email to the above address, be prepared to respond to a number of personal-questions via return-email...designed to verify your ACTUAL IDENTITY.