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The Indiana Jones School of Management

Mon 30 Apr 2001

Thar She Blows!

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 14:22

Well, it looks like Pioneer 10 is alive after all! COOL!

They just don’t build ‘em like they used to, eh?

Fri 27 Apr 2001

Enough with Reagan-philia!

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 10:25

It’s gone too far. It’s gone far too freakin’ far. George Will blasts the Reagan-philes in his usual erudite way.

Mind you, I think pretty highly of Reagan–in my thought process that politicians should have a few simple, core beliefs that they govern from and never but never stray–but talk of putting a “Reagan Memorial” on the Mall? Please. Reagan goes as either the best or second-best president post-WWII [obviously, Kennedy would be the alternative in that discussion], but did either irretrievably and irrevocably change the American landscape? Not really. Now Roosevelt, yes, did, but only in cementing the concept of entitlement in the American mindset. Were the man not dead, I think I would cause him great harm for that…

Stop That Engine!

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 10:04

All I can do is offer a link to this aerospace nuttiness and cry.

Thu 26 Apr 2001

Faster…Cheaper…NEATER?!

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 16:41

What the … [expletive deleted--this is a family site]. JPL’s new “neatness” policy has to be the biggest load of crap I’ve heard from NASA in ages.

I mean, really. Engineers are more productive in messy environments. Why? They aren’t spending time cleaning up all the [-ed-] that Pointy Haired Bosses give to them! GAOHGOQIHEGOPQIE:OQHGOQIH!

Okay, I’ve had a bad, bad day at work, and now this. Time to go home and not worry about it any more.

Thu 19 Apr 2001

Wayne State Warriors…or is the Smugglers?

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 16:02

Now, I’m not saying that the guys from Wayner are all dopes, but evidently one of their faculty was.

Oops.

We Don’t Need No Education

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 10:57

We may not need education in Alabama, but, by God, we need a new danged highway.

Yes, this will greatly benefit West Alabama. This is near and dear to me–my family lives in WAla. But seriously, with our schools shot to hell and back, do we need to spend $1.5B to build a highway? Where will the money come from, Don? Is your no new taxes pledge–even in the face of growing support to raise taxes to pay for education–going to go away because, like all corruption in Alabama and the SE US in general for road building, you can make money from this?

THE HELL?

Thu 12 Apr 2001

Happy Anniversary, STS and Vostok

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 16:18

Well, it’s 40 years since Vostok I, and 20 years since STS-1.

To quote my friend Daniel:

“Khruschev to Kennedy in 1961: ‘All your launchers are belongink to us.‘ ”

-roflmaowtime-

Tue 10 Apr 2001

Back Off!

Filed under: Geof F. Morris @ 15:17

Yeah, I’m going to do something with IJSM soon. There’s much news to be put up for you all to know about, especially with me leaving SGA.

However, I’m here to bring up an interesting thread on /. I have been a significant participant–my nick is TOTKChief. It’s a pretty interesting read, really–though the comments are somewhat disappointing. Few of the highly-modded responses are all that clueful. Typical of /., yes, but I’m not the only aero-geek on /.!

Enjoy. I’ll have some info on the latest insanity soon.



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