Category: History
Oil: The Original Renewable Resource
12/18/24 17:25, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, In real life, History, Strange_News
This is an essay I did for my college English class on July 28, 2015. I hope you find it interesting.
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Oil is first and foremost for many of the world’s economies. Oil, in some form or another, is a… more »
Has GMO Tech Already Gone Too Far?
12/17/24 11:31, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, Fun, History, Politics, Strange_News
Or, should we trust The Science™?
Many people have heard of GMO foods, but they are usually imagining things within the plant kingdom -- not the animal kingdom. Where has the trend in transgenic animals gone in the last decade or so? Let's take a loo… more »
Are Polls Really Believable?
10/21/24 18:02, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: News, Background, In real life, On the web, History, Politics
Obviously an AI generated image
Polls come out all the time. Trump is up, Kamala is down, it’s all over the place.
Usually the differences can be explained, but sometimes it’s not so easy. Recent polls for North Carolina shows that Trump is ah… more »
Automatic Toilet Bowl Chlorinator, Not Flush 'n Sparkle ®
07/27/24 14:45, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, Background, Fun, In real life, On the web, History
When it comes to toilets, nobody likes cleaning them, or at least they shouldn't.
Many years ago I saw a product in the hardware store that caught my eye. It was called Flush 'n Sparkle, made by FluidMaster. It's a device for putting chlorine directl… more »
CrowdStrike Strikes First
07/19/24 22:25, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, History, Politics, Strange_News
July 19, 2024 will go down as the biggest “blunder” of the modern cloud-based Internet dependent world. ClowdStrike's Falcon Sensor “endpoint detection and response” (EDR) software was responsible for the "largest ever" IT outage. I had to make the Beak… more »
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