2:07:22 We do have a lot of people to thank. In fact, these are a lot because this is one of the last shows except Sunday will be Adam's birthday and we ended up getting a lot of people wishing Adam a happy birthday with a $53 donation is very convenient to have that number as a birthday apparently. One of our damn I'm looking at it holy crapola yeah nice yeah people love me Yeah well you thought that anyway bass van Bruegel In Herrenberg, Deutschland $153 and the 53 of course refers to your birthday. Yes So boss boss boss von Bregel Bregel forget it boss Brandon Turner 148 52 in Kingman Arizona he's got a He has a visa he's getting knighted
2:08:16 And I have to read his note because he's up on the list for being knighted and he's giving us a lot of money. KI7HDT73s. Ah, 7 3's, Kilo 5 Alpha Charlie Charlie He typed the letter using a 1951 Royal Quiet Deluxe So it's typed and boy you have to remember the good old days! I bought one of these typewriters recently On September third two legends were born Adam Curry in 1964 and myself in 1984 I want to wish Adam a happy birthday and as a gift to myself, I shall join you at the round table. Adam please send JCD and I your address once you get one because next to his chaise lounge sits a package for you And i have more things to send you as well. From the bottom of my heart... I won't tell you what it is from the bottom of my heart thank you both for your courage! I don't know if everyone realizes that what you guys do takes some serious testicular fortitude
2:09:12 As you can tell from the bit we just did. Not just financially, but hoping what it takes to speak the truth Also for my birthday I'm hoping for a podcast license from Adam to go with my night ring. Hint hint For my ceremony may please have them marshmallow peeps and cola Oh Marshmallow Peeps and Cola? Yeah, you know peeps No There's those little chickens they get that soft little chicken pieces peeps. Yeah, okay I got you marshmallow peeps and for Easter the Peeps come out. I have a package of Peeps from 19... 1980? And they're as good as new!
2:09:57 They probably are edible, but their heart is a rock. They're petrified." You've tried it! I want to be crowned Sir Peep Slayer of the Mojave Wasteland. Nice When you get your package Adam this will make more sense. I am proud to join you guys in the quest to figure out just what the hell is going on? I don't know where you are headed but I'm happy to have you guys along for the ride John enjoy the homemade prickly pear jelly we make it every year and I'm happy to send more if you like it okay That will be that. Thank you, and we get you on the list. Yes, it'd be nice. We sure do thank you onward sir Kevin Dills baron of Mecklenburg County $128 at 64 cents one of our Barons a Great news Larry says John great newsletter
2:10:46 Yeah, well tell the five people that unsubscribed. Sir Toria Alta of Slono... what is it? Slonoma. Okay I get it Napa keep up the good work 12321 Roderick Velo on her $19.69 in Amsterdam John Catalano, 100 bucks. Kelly Sandlin, 100 bucks. Lon Baker, a hundred bucks. John Alexander Mount Airy Maryland also 100 and last Mike Bayard with a hundred that's interesting little run. And an anonymous from the Pacific Northwest 9590 Bruce Begnocchi 559959 Sir Herb Lamb up there in Sugar Hill Georgia 8008 he says happy birthday
2:11:36 Greg Schmitz in Harlan, Wisconsin 71 79 he's got some sort of a call out here I will switch to it and click on this. No he's let's see yes ITM from southeast Wisconsin we have no Confederate statues We do have a creepy looking bronze Fonz Get rid of that. What? A bronze Fonz From the show from the yeah, the Fonz I guess Yeah, what sounds like a de-douching is needed You've been de-douche'd I was called out a few weeks ago by Mike Holmes right after I gave him a promotion Wait let me reread that... I was called out a few weeks ago by Mike Holmes right after I gave him a promotion Might need to rethink that one! Good move Mike
2:12:23 Need to call out my millennial son Jeffrey who hit me in the mouth earlier this year but has not contributed recently. Keep up the great work bringing sanity and reason to an insane world." Thank you very much. The guy gets a promotion, he calls on his boss as a douche. This is like that...this reminds of that story that went all around us. There's another story that was played up a lot some dumb guy some dumb professor in Florida Rights, I think it the Texans deserve the hurricane because of Trump. Yeah is it supported? He got fired and he got fired yeah of course Moron and I'm reminded of course of this this is not a new phenomenon It started with the blogging era. I've always gotten to kick out of Bloggers who would you know call out their their bosses in their blogs thinking the bus is never gonna get wind of it yeah d'oh
2:13:21 We had a guy that, it's just a side story. We had a guy at Tech TV who just got hired this guy and one of the producers they had was just a blog nut. They'd read everything and they always do due diligence on whoever they hire so they know who they were working with. And they found this guys blog and he was going on about how he is working with a bunch of boneheads at Tech TV and you can't wait to get out of here! It's the stupidest place he has ever been Was it on GeoCities that he put this? It was something like that. It was something Obscure or LiveJournal Hey, and you know what just before we continue because I did write this down as something to talk about
2:14:00 You know, we look at all this hate and all this yelling and the social media. I have to say...I've been around but even in the early days of Usenet, the news groups which is how they later, but even when they were storing forward just for children for those you who are new to the internet back in the day you'd have your news groups which were like little bulletin boards kind of like Reddit I would say except here's how it worked in our day You'd read the post, you then oh I'm gonna reply to this person and then that reply would be swept up once an evening. And then shipped around the internet all the different nodes and they would synchronize... ...and it had names like alt dot sexuality dot horses. And I don't know why that came to mind! So your replies to your posts probably wouldn't come until the next day
2:14:58 But my point is, the snark and the hate and the meaningfulness was there then. It's the same! And my conclusion is people are so... My initial conclusion was people are assholes. Then I thought no. The reason why this is going back to the early days of the Inkernet Is that people were so frustrated being slaves of the actual Gitmo nation They're so frustrated with their lives, with their jobs, with the shit they're told to do. Then they did that just letting loose because it's kind of anonymous no one can hurt you no one is going to pop in the nose You can be anywhere and that's why we do it We are so unhappy with our lives
2:15:45 subconsciously more than likely. I think it probably, i don't...I was..i watched a very good uh one of these guys ex-CIA guy can't remember his last name going on bitching and moaning about this shadow government and the dark whatever it's called and it was good! It was a good lecture. I enjoyed it. I'll send a copy yeah please do yeah i'd like to see it. I mean he's actually very good the guy was very good And he outlined a scheme to take over the world, because it's all about one-world government. It is a slow process and all the rest of it. I also combined this with an Illuminati lecture which I couldn't resist but...I'm thinking that there's a scheme afoot! And I do believe there has always been this desire to have one world government because its only way that rich people can keep their stuff. That's my argument. I think the internet has screwed up all plans
2:16:40 I think the internet came along too fast. It was out of control, it wasn't regulated. It wasn't regulated and i think that did...I think its ruined everything! And I think not just that, but a lot of stuff is ruined. I think it's ruined social interaction, it seems to be ruining the democracy uh...it's ruining civility. Its ruined alot and I think this scheme now is going right into the toilet. And ill tell you, it ruined Usenet No, actually. Alt dot binaries ruined Usenet. Remember that? If you want to download one porn picture... You had to assemble 8000 messages from that? You had to select all of these messages that have partials of the binary
2:17:27 Actually, I do remember that but I thought the bypass for that was to just because during the use net the CBBS movement was still really strong and they had just straight downloaded porn. You can get porn from a bunch of guys. I remember one guy used to be uh... Let me tell you kids something else The first time i downloaded porn from the internet which is just a picture it was a progressive gif Remember those that came in progressive? Yeah, it gets a man to take two twenty passes before you actually get no one megabyte file One hour one hour. It would take one hour to download 1 megabyte. Well, what do you did make it by files too big I just want people to know
2:18:15 Just remember. Anyway, we digress I'm sorry i just wanted to make that point We were back in my day That's right We had a 1200 baud modem and then when the 2400 baud modem came out we went wow this thing is twice as fast! I started off with a 600 baud modem although I had a 300 baud modem but there was this one company that made a 600 baud that was great Excuse me, I started with a 75 baud modem Boom Who made a 75? I made it myself. I built my own 75 baud modem Well, I think yeah with my zx-80 It was and it had it wasn't it was an acoustic 75 bought modem can anyone talk to me no Yes, I had a buddy who who had a Commodore Vic 20
2:19:04 And it was acoustic and we just ripped apart an old phone, I'm just reverse put the horn right on top. And I'd press a key on my pad and it would show up on his. And then... What did you use for your coding? Was it the Kansas City Standard? Huh? Going back to the worst references. Sorry that one we go like this for hours ladies and gentlemen We're not going to work because we got too many $53 donations to come up with Aaron Chamberlain in Dayton, Ohio You'll understand he does want us to play at some point that bing-bong being thing from Trump Which I think which put it the end of the show all right Dayton Ohio 71 55 Doug Andrews in Sykesville Missouri 5555 James
2:19:47 Edwards, double nickels on the dime. He says thank you for preserving sanity please call out Zach Mosley. And my only clip request is the parody HPV commercial I can do that sometime but call him out Zach. Nicholas Oman $55 he needs some karma we'll put it at the end Allen Adler rolling hills, California 53 73 Happy birthday Which is a birthday variation Brian Lawson 53 69 other another one. He wants to lose 69 for you Nick Barnes at 53 33 which is the lucky number or the magic number so there you go curiously James Murray came up with that 53 53 no that's not a magic No, I'm sorry. I'm way off. I'm off. I'm off. I'm on glued
2:20:35 I'm unglued. Okay, here we go. Sir Greg Worley was I said 53 33 now we go that these are all names and locations of people donating $53 to say happy birthday To the greatest partner a man can imagine having, Adam Curry. Oh John that's the nicest thing you've said in almost 10 years Yeah it probably is Brian Kennett parts unknown David Thorman in Oakland California Oakland! Oaktown Seth Anderson in New Albany Ohio Kyle Blank in Houston Texas That's nice. Thank you. Luckily he didn't get flooded, he was in the high ground. Robert Evans San Jose California Damien Curry your long lost son brother. Your brother from another mother
2:21:22 In McLeod, Victoria Australia. John Anderson in San Diego California Baroness Monica in Drayton Valley Alberta $53 Sir John aka Redd $53 I'd like a whoa-whoa when you can get the chance sir Eric VM and Van Nuys California $53 Kevin Fuller parts unknown Chris Sir Chris Widden if not mistaken Christina Caldwell. There's a call-out thing here, did you see it? No I... Oh no Kevin Fuller of... I needed de-douching and calling out Mark as a douchebag. Douchebag! You've been de-douched Yeah that was Kevin Fuller And also Sir Eric VM becomes baronet today with this donation He will become the Baronet of the Valley
2:22:14 Christina Caldwell, Brisbane Queensland a lot of Aussies today. Ryan T Port and who we highlighted the Australians Ryan to port in parts unknown Timothy drenzek sir Christopher the cantankerous Samuel Lee butterick huh vast and as a famous name van Sant Dharma Raj Dharma Raj Basanth Dharmaraj And he's in in Deutschland his birthday is not in Dresden. I'm sorry Samuel Butterick was Vasant's birthday is also September 30 turns 40 happy birth happy birthday Is he on the list?
2:22:52 Yes. Jan Kolja Peine in Essen, Deutschland I think? No that's... oh Essen yeah. Yeah Essen. Jan Koljapijne. Sir Mark Borghese Baron of Las Vegas came in Christopher Wilcox Gerald Preston Sir Richard Garrett in Thunder Bay Ontario bedroom community, 53. William Smith, Ben Wilson in Humboldtstown, Pennsylvania Jason Howard in Hoxson Deutschland. He says Delaware. It's not Deutschland. Okay. Says Jason are from a Hoxsons Delaware. Yeah. Well D is confusing if there was a Berlin Delaware we're in trouble 20 Tony Tansy in Tigard Oregon or tie guard
2:23:46 Sir Jason, he's over by Dwayne. Sir Jason Fortune Baron of Fox Valley Rob Tyson in Leiden Netherlands. Leiden? Leiden. Rob Tyson in Leiden. Roger Esty in Tampa Florida Christopher there is a lot of people. People love me! Schumpfer in Pfungenswitzerland I guess if im not mistaken Keith Gibson Tyler Stewart, Carl Madden. Simon Nebsnoik, Neb-es-noyk, Neb-us-noyk, Nebus-noyk! He's in England. John Clegg also we had Carl Maddens in Great Britain too. John Clegg in Sunset Beach North Carolina David Kelly should be in Los Angeles but no he's in Colorado No he's in Leitrim Ireland Yeah that where he is keeping all his money that David Kelley
2:24:41 Sir Mark, the wandering knight in Madison Heights Michigan. Should be wondering not there James Buell Tony Santos and Sicklersville New Jersey Scott a night in Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada Kevin would in Manchester New Hampshire Herman Goldenhoist seldom Cape Town South Africa nice Get more people in Cape Town to listen. Sir James of the Forum 990, I remember him. Peter J Boyle Jr., Robert Vowell, Robert Verderber, Nick Vaholic, Barbara Durham, Sir Mike Roch, Knight of the Pseudonym otherwise known as my crotch
2:25:34 Vital de la Torre Rivas and he's in Spain. Oh! Hmm, well it's two to the head eventually for... Sir Roger this is a good one you should think about as a combination there two to the head and thanks Obama. Well let me try it right now Thanks Obama. Not bad. It's not bad. Sir Roger Boots in McKennaceville Iowa Brian Leslie in Bremerton Washington Damien Barrios Wait, wait. Damien has a call out to Nick Goes West and David... Thanks PayPal. Villa Sador maybe? And David. Yeah, David. Got it. David. Donald Schwartz in Chino Hills California Paul Erskine in Seattle Washington Steve Marchi
2:26:35 Todd Hendrickson with a call out to his brother Chad for not donating. Douchebag! Chad, get with it Mark Mallon in Baton Rouge Louisiana hope you're be safe Dr T in DeSoto Texas Glenn Stauffer in Littitz Pennsylvania James Landry Jordan, Melissa Hodges. The name Melissa Hodges in Oklahoma City not overboard just super busy she says okay we'll accept that George Smith Michael Hager Bruce Johnson Randall Curry another curry he says a lot of curries he says happy birthday to my brother from another mother and where all the black currys? Where are all the black curries this is in North Richland Hills Texas these days maybe black I don't know yeah
2:27:25 He's in Texas, could be. Alan D Peterson of 53 and we don't care whether they're black or not. Except we want a report from boots on the ground! We would be nice yeah John Kekish in Chardon Ohio Mark Rivera in Santa Monica California and that's it The fact that you even had to say that is troubling The fact that you even have to say that It IS troubling Why did you feel you had to say that? Because Randall might want to let it be known that he's white. Oh, okay And so I didn't want to say that he's black when he wants to be white and i don't want him To say that he's white if he wants to be black Okay So I said that I'm sorry I did it but I did it anyway because you know I'm still hoping that Stephen Curry starts listening to the show and can donate part of his millions