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So... I haven't really been posting my SOTWs anymore simply because I'm quite busy and don't have a lot of time to listen to (new) music with my new job lifestyle and all...
However, I don't want you guys to become a bunch of uneducated Philistines due to a lack of culture on the forum 
So today I heard this classic on the radio and thought I'd share.
Maurice Ravel - Bolero (Played by London Symphony Orchestra and directed by Valery Gergiev)[^]
I've heard this piece live once, but it wasn't half as good as this performance (a soloist was out of tune  ).
I'm pretty sure at least some of you can enjoy this one though 
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This, however, is my favorite bolero[^]
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Let me offer you a special gift: Happiness Stan - YouTube[^]
The first listen may be best under conditions of 'enhanced perception' - but it only makes it easier. The content is there - every word.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Rumour has it he swings his arms so violently that his stick routinely did fly off out of his hand and almost killed someone. Since then he uses a toothpick. You can't kill anybody with a toothpick.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Sander Rossel wrote: I haven't really been posting my SOTWs
I thank you. I wish you the strength to continue not posting them.
modified 28-Nov-17 10:52am.
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Ah, my arch-nemesis, the leader of the Philistines! 
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Would that be the People's Front of Judea or the Judean People's Front?
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Quote: Maurice Ravel - Bolero (Played by London Symphony Orchestra and directed by Valery Gergiev)[^]
One of my favorite styles of music - impressionism. Bolero and Ravel are personal favorites.
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Via Google Anal-lytics:
Last week, two website hits in close proximity to "\" - ISP in Russia*
Many more overseas hits, far beyond normal, that day.
A constant dribble of more overseas hits from unexpected locations
Today, from Donetsk (Russian Occupied Ukraine)
So - now I am waiting - watching - waiting -
<EDIT>
Entire website has been, and always is, backed up in several locations.
</EDIT>
* I checked the Whois of the previous site before mine: source site, also Russian
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modified 27-Nov-17 14:06pm.
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Really depends on what "many more" means but any public facing site should expect site hacking attempts.
Actually if there was no such traffic then that might suggest that the monitoring had somehow been subverted.
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"There shall be website hits, and rumours of website hits..."
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I'd be more concerned with what customer information might exist on systems associated with your public-facing presence.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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None - public facing or back-end - to be stolen.
It's an informational site and all the information is posted for all to see.
Nothing of value.
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Does anybody else find the new Firefox busy indicator annoying? 
It reminds me of the KITT Knight Rider car with the scanning back and forth. 
Yes, I am dating myself with that reference. If you have no idea what Knight Rider is, then move along nothing to see here. 
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littleGreenDude wrote: I am dating myself
Well, looking at your avatar, nobody else is going to are they? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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U funny.
Hello officer, I would like to report a hate crime. 
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If you really would be old then you would have referred to it as the Cylon Eye from the the Battlestar Galactica series
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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I always figured that was why they could never shoot straight.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I used to watch that too! Great show.
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No - it really wasn't. It was great if you were 12 but looking back on it (I caught an episode on late night tv somewhere a while back) it was terrible.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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It is a little odd, but at least it is low-profile.
They should probably use some blink text instead.
It is interesting that we are all so used to rotating circles now. (Chrome and Edge)
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littleGreenDude wrote: what Knight Rider is,
(K)it was the first self-driving car right? (with a British accent naturally!)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I forgot about those! I suppose I was thinking about AI/tech. vs. magic/onomatopoeia.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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