Did you know I have a fast upload speed? I also saved money by stopping twice as opposed to once when flying home to KY.
Evil King Macrocranios sent in some late content and Dowell and I gave him advice. We also had content from Lord Kaosu. We also congratulated K-Ko on her photos. We talked for a while. And that is about it. Enjoy.
In this episode, we discussed our new podcast awards. Please send suggestions for categories if you have any. We’ve already decided to have the category Best Podcast By Two Guys From Kentucky, One Who Lives In Palo Alto and One In Osaka. The beginning of this episode was slow, but it picked up to crappy speed by the end. Thanks to everyone who listened live.
Thanks to Diresu, Noobchan, Lord Kaosu, and Jordan for sending in content. Thanks for listening.
In this episode, Mick Aloha talked about his trip to the hospital and how you can all donate so he can get better. We had stumps from Jake and content from Bob, “Jake Slingblade”, Lord Kaosu, Dave, and SlingBlade. We had this picture from Jordan:
And Dave sent in these videos: one about North Korea and one called Toxic: Garbage Island.
Also, Eeeper sent in the longest e-mail we’ve ever seen. Instead of reading the whole thing, the entire text is posted below. Thanks for listening.
OK so I’m finished with episode 116 and I’m going to correct Micky on some points. First of all, Ireland did not break away from Britain in the 1800’s but in fact it was 1914 and the passing of the Home Rule Act of 1914 which gave limited autonomy to both Ulster, which made up Northern Ireland, and Leinster (Lens-ter), Connacht (pronounced Con-knock-et) and Munster, which made up Southern Ireland, and kept matters of defense and so on to Britain. However two unforeseen events stalled the Act coming into being: World War I and the Irish War Of Independence. With the war on, Britain was in no mood to start carving up the Empire so to speak and the war of Independence made Britain extremely angry at these ungrateful Irish complaining about freedom when British lads were dying for them in the trenches of Europe. It didn’t seem to click with British politicians that we here in Ireland didn’t ask them to fight for us. If they had we might have helped them. As it was the National Volunteers(home guard) split into two: one group called themselves The National Volunteers and fought in the Great War and the other called themselves the Irish Volunteers and wanted no part of Britain’s war.
But I’m getting off topic. The Irish Republican Army was borne out of the ashes of the War of Independence as the Irish Volunteers which had been infiltrated by elements of the Irish Republican Brotherhood(think the IRA only smaller scale) who wanted to use the equivalent of the National Guard to wage war on the British occupational forces stationed in Ireland around the turn of the last century. The Easter Rising failed miserably but started the seeds of the War of Independence. To help I’ve copied the Wiki article section on the IRA that deals with the various incarnations of the IRA:
Finally Ireland did have it’s own parliament. From about 1707 to 1800 the Irish government met in what is now the Headquarters for Bank of Ireland. The most influential of all Irish statesman during that time was Henry Grattan. You should Wiki his name sometime, he’s a fascinating character. However the Act of Union created the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, which abolished the Irish Parliament and made it’s members travel to London to meet in the British House Of Commons. However with the Government of Ireland Act 1922, the creation of two new parliaments, one in Stormont in the North and one in Dublin in the south came into being. The south wasn’t happy with this and so after the War of Independence the 1922 act no longer applied to the Irish Republic (the British refused to acknowledge this term instead choosing the term “Irish Free-State”) and so the parliament in the North continued to convene. The British rewrote the 1922 act and reincorporated the 1800 act as the Act of the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
I’ll email again soon and break down the Troubles in Northern Ireland for Micky into bite size pieces. Cos he’s all over the place.
In this episode, we had a question about the wang shrine from Lord Kaosu; comments on Mac podcasts, the creationism in schools issue, and vermicelli at Safeway and a stump from Bob; a comment about Aloha’s foul language from Tim; comments on our political talk and listening to the Moon Masters backwards from Sake Steve; and Tim sent in an article that we didn’t read because we couldn’t understand why he sent it.
Bob’s links:
Mac Geek Gab Podcast, Nova intelligent design and Google Video intelligent design
We streamed this one live as well. We’re going to work on putting chat up on the site.
Dear Bill:
I understand you’ve retired from Microsoft. Congratulations. I remember back when I was one year old and you were dropping out of Harvard to pursue your dreams and to make a ton of money. Seems like just yesterday, doesn’t it, Bill? Where does the time go, Bill? Where does it all go?
Now, look at you. You’re the richest guy around, with the exception of some shiek who keeps knocking you off “Richest People…” lists. Screw that shiek, Bill, and screw those fools who’ve passed you in overall wealth in the last few years. Those fools can eat it, Bill. The only shiek you need to worry about is the Iron Shiek, and he’s not nearly as dangerous now as he used to be.
The question now is what’s next? Sure, we’ve heard you talk about philanthropy. Sure, we’ve heard about your desire to eradicate disease. Heck, we’ve all wanted to eradicate disease. Hell, Bill, I remember back when I was in the first grade. All of the fools around me were coloring by numbers–some of the dirty S.O.B.s colored the shark’s mouth red when, in fact, the number indicated black–but not me, Bill. I was writing. I was writing a word. I was writing the word eradicate. I wrote it a lot, Bill.
Sure, eradicating diseases is a noble pursuit, that is if you’re a complete sucker. Disease has always been with us, Bill, and it always will be. Maybe you can get rid of malaria, but that’ll just open up the market to some other disease. Some startup disease will come in and take advantage of the lack of competition. There will always be disease, Bill. There will always be poverty. I know you don’t feel guilty for making all of that money. Why should you? You earned it. It’s your money. So, if you’re not going to do “philanthropic work,” which sounds really boring when you say it out loud, Bill, then what are you going to do? What are you going to do with your money and time? More importantly, what are you going to do with your talent? You know you’re talented, don’t you Bill? It was your talent that made Microsoft a powerhouse. It was your talent that spread Microsoft products all over the world. What are you going to do with that talent, Bill?
You know, Stephen King once said, and I’m sure I’m paraphrasing and possibly lying here, that you should do what you were meant to do. If you were born to be a writer, then write. If you were born to break computers, then be Mick Aloha. Be what you were meant to be, Bill. Follow your talent.
Sure, you could design new software. You’re still a software engineer, right? But, and we have to admit this, don’t we Bill, that software is so 20th century. Software is as dead as a dead hooker in the closet, Bill. Nowadays, it’s all about the content.
You have enough money to buy a TV network. Heck, you have enough to buy them all. But, you’re not really a TV kind of guy, are you Bill? You’re more of an idea guy, and ideas come through best in audio, where listeners can focus on what you say instead of your hair.
So, you could buy a radio station. But that’s limited, isn’t it, Bill? You need distribution over the…wait for it, Bill…Internet. That’s right, you need an Internet radio show. Better yet, you need a pod…
Sorry, Bill. Almost dropped a bad word, there. You need to provide Information in the Form of Audio delivered over the Internet. You need an IFAI, Bill. Now, building an audience isn’t easy. First, you have to get your IFAI into the iTunes store, which isn’t easy when you’re Bill Effing Gates. What you need is an established IFAI with a low-cost buy in. You need the Moon Masters, Bill. And, we need you.
Here’s how we’ll work it. You see that PayPal donate button up in the right corner? Just click away on that a little bit and send some jack our way. If you send a little extra, we might even finish that e-mail from Gil to Josh in Japan. You like Josh in Japan, don’t you, Bill? Sure you do. Well, guess what? We effing know him, Bill. We communicate with the guy. I saw his Mii, Bill, and you can, too. What else will this get you? Well, you’ll be on the show with us, Bill. Every week, we’ll record our conversations and put them up as IFAIs. You’ll be able to keep your ideas flowing, and we’ll be able to keep the cash flowing. It’s perfect. Now, I know you’re thinking Oh, but I’m retired. I don’t want to have to prepare. Don’t worry, you big effing worrier! We don’t prepare, and neither should you. Just hit record–right after you hit donate–and talk away.
So, there you have it, Bill. This is your shot. When your history is written, it won’t be Here’s a story about a software engineer, oh no, Bill, it’ll be Here’s a guy who rocked effing socks off every week on a substandard IFAI. We’ll wait humbly for your reply.
The Moon Masters 115: The second home of Josh in Japan... if you have money: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadWe streamed this live. There was actual exclusive live content because I had recording issues. Thanks to Gil from Belgium, Jordan, Lord Kaosu, and Noobchan for sending in content. Thank you to everyone that listens whether live or recorded. Remember to donate if you want to hear the rest of the email about Josh in Japan.
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FU to Safeway. Thanks to Sling Blade, Roy, Lord Kaosu, and Jonathon. Be sure to check out the latest Apocalypse Dowell show. FU to Safeway again. Thanks for listening.
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