The Old Hack

The old Hack, of course.

Bah! Luxury! When I were a wee 'un and we learned oor numbers, we 'ad ta use monoliths. One monolith mean one, two monoliths mean two and so forth. An' teacher 'ad us set up math problems wit' oor oon monoliths so we 'ad ta go look all over plains an' hills of Denmark for 'em. An' when we run out, we 'ad ta swim ta Norway for more an' swim back ta Denmark wit' em. An' we 'ad ta fight dem droods from England for 'em because dey use dem ta build stonehenges. An' dem droods were so tough, ye 'ad ta bash 'em repeatedly wit' monolith ta make 'em lay still, an' den put ten monolith on 'em ta make sure dey didn't get up again. An' den swim really fast back ta Denmark wit' oor oon monolith so dey wouldn't chase us ta take 'em back. An' den we get back ta Denmark an' had ta use oor monolith ta make Fibonacci sequences an' we 'ad ta do it in space no bigger nor a rounders field. An' when we were done, teacher would beat us ta death wit' monoliths if we make even one mistake. AND WE WERE GLAD TA DO IT! An' when ye tell young people nowadays, they'll never believe ye.

Sounds rather like my wife's cat deigning to acknowledge my existence. With the possible exception of twitching an ear instead of scratching at her face.

I liked this one better. It struck me as more positive, somehow.

That reminds me of this rather interesting sign:

It tends to range from stupid through awful to mind-bogglingly senseless. It has been a pet peeve of mine for many years now and I have at times spent good parts of an entire game session chatting with friends of mine about how idiotic it is and/or about the latest horrors perpetrated by fandom, artists and the gaming industry. *sigh*

What?! You aren't bedazzled and held awake for many hours at end by the riveting tales of the heirs of the noble Luger? O.O

Thanks for keeping us posted, Prof. Sorry to hear that you are having so much trouble. :/ It does put things greatly in perspective. My own health troubles seem to dwindle into insignificance in comparison and I am grateful for being as healthy as I am.

Blessed are the Peacemakers.

I can chip in if needed.

Given the way the question was phrased, possibly the word order should be "Sum ergo cogito."

I loved both of these. <3

The Tick managed to find the answer to this deep and philosophical question. "Why am I here?" "Because a giant clown kicked me into orbit!"

... ... ... ...somebody please shoot me.

Thank goodness for them. It would be simpler if the Prophets just put a moratorium on invasions, though.

Nonsense. They are alive and well and in a new alliance with the vampires.

Hm. I don't see how. All that says to me is that Susan has some understandable fears and concerns when it comes to dating, especially when it involves someone she barely knows. Still, point taken. Sarah might have interpreted it that way.

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

True. Context is important. But it still comes across a little bit disturbing. It happens. And just to make clear, I felt it was Sarah being rude, not you! o.o

As mlooney has said before, that is more or less what this entire thread is for, as well as several others. So you're very welcome. Keep us posted!

No, it was Sarah. And I thought that comment was rather rude.

I guess that is where the Dominion are ahead of us. But as far as I am concerned, they can stay in the Gamma quadrant.

Good. Whatever this is, give it Hell from me. Take care of yourself and Mrs. Prof, please.

'Degenerated into roleplaying'. Pffft. Always some loser complaining.

This reminds me of an experience the father of a friend of mine had. This was due to computers in the Danish Bureau of Taxation not handling rounding very well. One fine day he received a letter from the Bureau of Taxation informing him that he had an outstanding tax of 0.00 Danish crowns, to be paid no later than the first of the following month. He shrugged and filed the letter vertically. (In Danish office lingo, the wastebasket is also fondly known as the vertical file.) Two months later he received a very strong letter warning him that since he STILL had not paid his outstanding taxes of 0.00 crowns, now six weeks overdue, the Bureau of Taxation demanded that he pay within the next two weeks or face a ten percent additional tax as well as paperwork fees, and if he still refused, they would take him to court. For some reason, the local post office refused to let him send a money order for the Bureau of Taxation for the sum total of 0.00 crowns. So he called the Bureau of Taxation and asked them what he was supposed to do, or if he should just wait until the case went to court. It took some fifteen minutes of panic on the other end to find the case and kill it. Apparently they were not very eager to present their end of the case to a judge.