<div dir="auto">But boiling depends on air pressure, so a vacuum make it downright chilly..... </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 19:58 Jim Kinney via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Slide down a well oiled bannister and overshoot the waiting bucket of boiling razor blades.<br><br>Another thought: boiling oil is boiling oil. But there's a finite chance the razor blades were installed in a harmless manner by a well-meaning craftsperson.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On April 6, 2021 5:21:49 PM EDT, Steve Litt via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre>Which would you prefer: To be boiled in oil, or to slide down a<br>banister made of razor blades?<br><br>SteveT<br><br>Jim Kinney said on Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:20:44 -0400<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #729fcf;padding-left:1ex">Oracle: death by flaying<br>Google: death by slow boil<br>Me: No. No! NO! <br><br>On April 6, 2021 2:22:57 AM EDT, Steve Litt via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>><br>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ad7fa8;padding-left:1ex">Charles Shapiro via Ale said on Mon, 5 Apr 2021 19:14:21 -0400<br>  <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #8ae234;padding-left:1ex">The Supremes have ruled on Oracle V Google.  Judge Alsup is  <br></blockquote>Vindicated.  <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #8ae234;padding-left:1ex"><br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/</a><br><<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/supreme-court-overturns-oracle-s-copyright-win-over-google" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/supreme-court-overturns-oracle-s-copyright-win-over-google</a>><br>supreme-court-overturns-oracle-s-copyright-win-over-google  <br></blockquote><br>How did we win? How does one pick sides between two gigantic asshole<br>monopolies? I mean yeah, I despise Ellison, but Google's not my<br>nominee for citizen of the year.<br><br>SteveT<br><br>Steve Litt <br>Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the<br>Successful Technologist <a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques</a><hr>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Ale@ale.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a>  <br></blockquote><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool<br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Ale@ale.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</div>_______________________________________________<br>
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