Eric Longman » Funny http://eal.us Internet geek. Project Manager. Propellerhead. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Homing Pigeons Faster than Broadband! http://eal.us/2009/10/07/homing-pigeons-faster-than-broadband/ http://eal.us/2009/10/07/homing-pigeons-faster-than-broadband/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:29:22 +0000 Eric Longman http://eal.us/?p=509 This is wonderful!  homing pigeonA company in South Africa is going to begin using homing pigeons to transfer data between its two offices, which are roughly 50 miles apart.  Currently they use broadband to transfer about 4GB of encrypted data between the facilities.  It takes about six hours to transfer the data.  Instead, they’ll put the data on a small card and attach it to the leg of a homing pigeon, and they figure the data transfer will be completed in less than an hour.

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]]> http://eal.us/2009/10/07/homing-pigeons-faster-than-broadband/feed/ 0 The Illogical Logical Thought of the Day http://eal.us/2007/07/10/the-illogical-logical-thought-of-the-day/ http://eal.us/2007/07/10/the-illogical-logical-thought-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:26:51 +0000 Eric Longman http://d65661.w33.zconnect.us/?p=424 I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where's the self-help section?” She said that if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

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Get your bids in now! 

]]> http://eal.us/2006/04/07/buy-my-kids-peanuts/feed/ 0 And if you don't like it… http://eal.us/2006/01/03/and-if-you-dont-like-it/ http://eal.us/2006/01/03/and-if-you-dont-like-it/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:22:00 +0000 Eric Longman http://d65661.w33.zconnect.us/?p=397 …compose your complaints using Scott Pakin’s automatic complaint letter generator.  (Thanks, again, Ross)

]]> http://eal.us/2006/01/03/and-if-you-dont-like-it/feed/ 0 Teamwork, Boys and Girls http://eal.us/2006/01/03/teamwork-boys-and-girls/ http://eal.us/2006/01/03/teamwork-boys-and-girls/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:11:43 +0000 Eric Longman http://d65661.w33.zconnect.us/?p=396 It’s not often that I laugh out loud at a web page, but Work Well With Others got me to do just that. Thanks Ross.

Fly02

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Terror Alert Level

Only one problem which Donna rightly pointed out:  Green should really be Kermit, not Oscar. 

]]> http://eal.us/2005/01/04/current-terror-alert-level/feed/ 0 Now let me get this straight… http://eal.us/2004/07/08/now-let-me-get-this-straight/ http://eal.us/2004/07/08/now-let-me-get-this-straight/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2004 04:47:00 +0000 Eric Longman http://d65661.w33.zconnect.us/?p=309 President Clinton received a $12 million advance for his memoirs.
His wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, received an $8 million advance for hers.

So, that's $20 million for the memories of two people who, for eight years, repeatedly swore under oath that they couldn't remember anything.

Hrm.

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Cliff Claven's Buffalo Theory

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]]> http://eal.us/2004/04/30/the-ross-show/feed/ 0 TrumpZilla http://eal.us/2004/04/25/trumpzilla/ http://eal.us/2004/04/25/trumpzilla/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2004 17:16:00 +0000 Eric Longman http://d65661.w33.zconnect.us/?p=279 Here's a funny online Trump game…blow
enemy airplanes out of the sky by lobbing The Donald's toupees at
them.  Win a level and Trump gives you a reward.  Lose, and
YOU'RE FIRED.

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