Archive for August, 2009

Hi yo…again…

Posted on Aug 03, 2009 by WHC Bassetti.

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090803slvListen, Tonto, how many times do we have to do this to get it right?  For our anglo phone readers Tonto means “stupid” in Spanish.  When we were the project engineer on computer installations in Mexico the Mexican programmers used to joke endlessly about it.  The Lone Ranger’s (el llanero solitario) companion is called Toro in Spanish.  It wouldn’t do for the LR to be saying, hey stupid, what should we do about these redskins?

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Getting technical…

Posted on Aug 02, 2009 by WHC Bassetti.

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090731induaIn general we try not to try our readers’ patience with the intricate details of our sausage making machine.  And besides it’s usually not that complicated anyway.  Simplicity is a universal virtue.  Given the magnitude of the Bush Bear disaster and its literally history making character some ingenuity is required to make sense of it.  Here it is in all its glory.  You’ll be able to tell your grandkids that you survived it.  (You will survive it.  Basic common sense and reasonable judgment will out in the end. It may be painful at times, but that will end too.  And at least you know enough — presumably, if you are a reader of this letter, to set a stop and honor it.)

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