-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 10:18 AM -0800 4/1/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

How long do we have to wait before we can name our new attack helicopters "Fallujahs"?

Do Iraqis know how to run casinos?

Saddle up. Remember, the first Texas "Rangers" were antsy young last-born males sent out to kill Indians freelance so that Maw and Paw and Junior and spouse could raise cattle in peace. The weapons hackers of their time, they were. A couple of them showed up at Colt's house Back East one day with a few modifications for the original six-shooter, and a large order for same, as modified. Colt became profitable. Turns out that the Commanches were holding their own with bows and arrows until some rangers figured out that a few guys with a few Colts apiece could ride up and take out a whole war-party in a few minutes. More to the point, once you cleaned out a bunch of injuns, *somebody* had to ranch the land, right? :-) Cheers, RAH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBQGxiRcPxH8jf3ohaEQLioQCg8yOrLKm7KXTQM8k8awj6okBOji8AoMm0 t3b6VbPlbAA11xeoW+AUoXvM =KjCG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@shipwright.com> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'