The hat in the pic, as well as the refusal to listen to a well-intended warning, reminded me of one of the members of the CIN community! A $5 Starbucks gift card to the first person to tell me who that CINner is!!!!
The Consequences of Being Stubborn
- Thread starter Trevor Chandler
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The hat in the pic, as well as the refusal to listen to a well-intended warning, reminded me of one of the members of the CIN community! A $5 Starbucks gift card to the first person to tell me who that CINner is!!!!
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
Not only were you the first to respond, but you responded correctly! I mean, talk about hitting the
name squarely on the head!!!!
Tell me Gregory, what in the clue made this such a low-hanging fruit query - was the hat, or the stubborn character?
the hat, i guess.Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
Not only were you the first to respond, but you responded correctly! I mean, talk about hitting the
name squarely on the head!!!!
Tell me Gregory, what in the clue made this such a low-hanging fruit query - was the hat, or the stubborn character?
Wow. Okay, y'all....so....
I had an old First Sergeant back in my Army days offer this very sage wisdom:
"Don't speculate or make assumptions about the things of which you are unaware. "
But because @Trevor Chandler had to step up and take an unprovoked shot across the bow, I would feel remiss not to properly reply.
First, one does not criticize the mountain for being stubborn, but rather one admires and appreciates the timelessness of it. I am reminded of this consistently as I sit under the awesomeness that is Front Range and am greeted with the glory that is the Purple Mountain's Majesty, which is the subject of America the Beautiful, penned by Katharine Lee Bates atop Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains during the summer of 1893,
Second, regarding my hardware choices, in 2021, I was provided a rather unique piece of equipment for my exclusive use, an Alienware X17 R1 which sports a Core i9 processor, 64GB of RAM, 2TB drive, and an NVIDIA RTX 3080 Laptop GPU. One of the things that was inherent to the R1's design was the position of the underside cooling ports which, in my view, were not well placed for sufficient cooling. Generally, the machine runs pretty warm, normally. While I have endeavored to run the machine efficiently, this particular platform can produce between 100-150 BTUs worth of heat output under load. Even when typing this response, I can feel the heat radiating from the side exhaust ports.
Third, relating to the comic you posted, the laptop in the picture is black and quite smaller than my aforementioned Alienware. Mine is an off-white, so your attempt to assign this caricature to me is not accurate - the laptop in question appears to be a Lenovo X300, which sported a 13" 4:3 display, while mine is 17" 4k. While the snowman certainly has fine tastes in a proper chapeau, not everyone parading about in a black fedora is yours truly. But it does bring up the idea that was showcased by V in V for Vendetta where a specific item, in this case, a mask becomes representative, rather than identifying. Or to loosely quote V:
"Beneath this Fedora there is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof".
To further expound, always remember the IDEA, not the man. For a man can fail, a man can be caught, a man can be killed and forgotten, but a hundred years later, an idea can still change the world.
So, to wrap up this very simple response to your comedy, I will only offer one of so very many snowman comics from the very endearing Calvin and Hobbes, of which, I think Mr. Chandler might find in good company:
And as I know that @precious is waiting for this, let me close with...
I had an old First Sergeant back in my Army days offer this very sage wisdom:
"Don't speculate or make assumptions about the things of which you are unaware. "
But because @Trevor Chandler had to step up and take an unprovoked shot across the bow, I would feel remiss not to properly reply.
First, one does not criticize the mountain for being stubborn, but rather one admires and appreciates the timelessness of it. I am reminded of this consistently as I sit under the awesomeness that is Front Range and am greeted with the glory that is the Purple Mountain's Majesty, which is the subject of America the Beautiful, penned by Katharine Lee Bates atop Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains during the summer of 1893,
Second, regarding my hardware choices, in 2021, I was provided a rather unique piece of equipment for my exclusive use, an Alienware X17 R1 which sports a Core i9 processor, 64GB of RAM, 2TB drive, and an NVIDIA RTX 3080 Laptop GPU. One of the things that was inherent to the R1's design was the position of the underside cooling ports which, in my view, were not well placed for sufficient cooling. Generally, the machine runs pretty warm, normally. While I have endeavored to run the machine efficiently, this particular platform can produce between 100-150 BTUs worth of heat output under load. Even when typing this response, I can feel the heat radiating from the side exhaust ports.
Third, relating to the comic you posted, the laptop in the picture is black and quite smaller than my aforementioned Alienware. Mine is an off-white, so your attempt to assign this caricature to me is not accurate - the laptop in question appears to be a Lenovo X300, which sported a 13" 4:3 display, while mine is 17" 4k. While the snowman certainly has fine tastes in a proper chapeau, not everyone parading about in a black fedora is yours truly. But it does bring up the idea that was showcased by V in V for Vendetta where a specific item, in this case, a mask becomes representative, rather than identifying. Or to loosely quote V:"Beneath this Fedora there is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof".
To further expound, always remember the IDEA, not the man. For a man can fail, a man can be caught, a man can be killed and forgotten, but a hundred years later, an idea can still change the world.
So, to wrap up this very simple response to your comedy, I will only offer one of so very many snowman comics from the very endearing Calvin and Hobbes, of which, I think Mr. Chandler might find in good company:
And as I know that @precious is waiting for this, let me close with...
/r
Wow! Some of your comments are like quotes. May I have your permission to use them?
They're definitely attention grabbing!!!
Your style of writing is most impressive. Were you by chance ever a Writer for any television series drama? We've had many conversations, but I don't ever recall you sharing that part of your past -
if that was ever a part of your history.
Your cartoon is a little bit of an exaggeration. I mean, what does that kid know about Prophets, or doom for that matter!!! Still, I give it a 9.8!!!
That "old" First Sergeant you had in the Army, just how old was he
Finally, thank you for your service - military, not CIN community!!!!
Use them as you will.
Actually, I like to think of myself as a prolific writer. I've written both poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, serious and silly over the course of my life. I also wrote for MCP Magazine/Redmond/1101 Communications from 2000-2007, writing commentary, product reviews, and so forth. But I believe it's a hallmark of every educator to be well written.
Any reader of Calvin and Hobbes would know that there is a quite a bit of wisdom in the pages of Bill Watterson's rather humorous storytelling. I'd encourage you to pick up the 25th anniversary anthology of his work.
I think when we served together, he was in his mid to late 40's. Hard to tell since he was a Special Forces operative, having gone on many missions in the world.That "old" First Sergeant you had in the Army, just how old was he
Finally, thank you for your service - military, not CIN community!!!!
And thank you for your support - first chance you get, buy a soldier or sailor a coffee. It does mean a lot.
/r
Here I go agreeing with you again: 'To be well written - a hallmark of every educator".
I also agree that you are good writer
Thanks for that. I do try to be interesting when I write something- if not entertaining.
@Rick Butler Yes! Having to end with /r—a true IT classic! It's like the Ctrl+Alt+Del of sign-offs, simple yet iconic. Big fan of /r myself; it always feels like closing a script with style!
I also love this quote:
“We are told to remember the idea and not the man. Because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten. But 400 years later, an idea can still change the world."
- Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
That is the very wonderful thing about an idea. But sometimes, many great ideas die on the vine because there simply are not enough people out there who are willing to support them. Many times, an idea has to find its way. At the right place, at the right time, and with the right folks. And sometimes it can take 400 years for that to happen.
For all it's worth, I love the quote as well!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
@Rick Butler is not like that, the problem is that
1. You don't meet the right people that support your ideas
2. You don't have enough financial capacity.
3. You to did not believe in the idea is go to work.