Deep purple spilaði í Laugardagshöll 1971....

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Stefna sem felst í því að fá sem flesta fætur hingað til lands er ekkert betri en að planta niður sem flestum álverum eða sem flestum börum eða ofnýta hvalina í sjónum....

það er frábært framtakið þessa manns sem hjólar með líkistu í eftirdragi til að mótmæla hvalveiðum, hann á hrós skilið fyrir hugmyndaauðgi og nýsköpun.

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Hins vegar er ég hlynntur hvalveiðum í hófi sem gætu kannski haldið ferðamannstaumnum í skefjum! Það á svo sem ekki að vera markmið í sjálfu sér, heldur eigum við alls ekki að óttast að ferðamenn hætti að koma vegna hvalveiða. Það er hvort eð er nóg af þeim t.d. náunginn á hjólinu sem er mótmælir hvalveiðum. Fólk kemur á sínum eigin forsendum. c

Kannski er þó tími til komin að við förum að sporna við fjölda ferðamanna sem taka myndir af náttúrunni, en eins og "allir" vita "stela" ferðamenn landinu okkar í formi mynda, og flytja fjöll, jökla með sér úr landi í tonnatali. Landið er til sölu í litlum bútum alla daga á meðan ferðamenn með myndavélar ljósmynda landið. Og þá vaknar spurning, hvort ekki sé ástæða til að hægja á þessari bútasölu, eða hafa í það minnsta ekki áhyggjur þótt ferðamönnum fjölgi sér ekki eins og kanínum.

Eigum við að stefna á að verða einskonar Majorka Atlantshafsins þar sem flestir vinna á börum við að hella ferðamennina fulla?

En öllu gríni slepptu, hver er stefnan? Ferðamannastefna sem felst í því að fá sem flesta fætur hingað til lands er ekkert betri en að planta niður með ótal álverum eða óteljandi börum eða ofnýta hvalina í sjónum.

Þótt fjöll séu ekki grafinn í sundur er hægt að minnka verðgildið með trilljón ljósmyndum, þar til landið verður þreytt og klisjukennt,  enda sækjast ferðamenn eftir hinu sjaldgæfa og óvenjulega - sjaldséðum gersemum.

Landið og fegurð þess er ekki ótæmandi auðlynd, ekki frekar en ferðamenn, hvalirnir í sjónum, olía eða vatnsorkan. Þetta þarf allt að nýta í hófi, ofnýting leiðir alltaf til fátæktar í margföldum skilningi.

Á hjóli með líkkistu í eftirdragi

"Heimskuleg" spakmæli: Þriðji hluti

       Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.    Albert Einstein

       A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.    P. J. O'Rourke

       Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

       Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

       Facts are stupid things.   Ronald Reagan

       Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.    Elbert Hubbard

       It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.  George Bernard Shaw

       Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. Redd Foxx

       The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.  Art Spander

       Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

       Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. Frank Leahy

       To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Gustave Flaubert

       To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire

       The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity. Harlan Ellison

       Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid. Heinrich Heine

       My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.  Vladimir Nabokov

       Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.  Friedrich von Schiller

       There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. Robertson Davies

       You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.  Scott Adams

       The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

       Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"

       If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

       Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. Bertrand Russell

       At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and pros elytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. Aldous Huxley

       Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.  Stephen Vizinczey.

       A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. Bertrand Russell

       When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw

       The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.  Thomas Szasz.

       Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. Miss Piggy

       One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)

 

Heimskuleg spakmæli. Fyrsti hluti....

   

       If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. Brooke Shields

       A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

       As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. Weisert

       We apologize for the error in last week's paper in which we stated that Mr. Arnold Dogbody was a defective in the police force. We meant, of course, that Mr. Dogbody is a detective in the police farce.

       Correction notice in the Ely Standard, a British newspaper

       Caution: Cape does not enable user to fly. Batman costume warning label

       The private enterprise system indicates that some people have higher incomes than others. Gerry Brown

       I have opinions of my own --strong opinions-- but I don't always agree with them. George Bush

       I was provided with addtional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.

       We are sorry to announce that Mr. Albert Brown has been quite unwell, owing to his recent death, and is taking a short holiday to recover. Parish Magazine

       Fiction writing is great, you can make up almost anything. Ivana Trump, on finishing her first novel.

       I've read about foreign policy and studied, I now know the number of continents. George Wallace, 1968 presidential campaign.

       The world is more like it is now then it ever has before. Dwight Eisenhower

       If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate. Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

       Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, "Thank God, I'm still alive." But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. Sen. Barbara Boxer, (D, Calif.)

       You read what Disraeli had to say. I don't remember what he said. He said something. He's no longer with us. Bob Dole.

       I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't always agree with them. President George Bush

       You can't just let nature run wild. Wally Hickel, former governor of Alaska

       Dan Quayle Quotes(extending his hand during a campaign stop): I'm Dan Quayle. Who are you? Woman: I'm your Secret Service agent.

       If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

       We are not ready for an unforseen event that may or may not occur. Dan Quayle

       Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a --it is different from the other 49 states. Well, all states are different, but it's got a particularly unique situation. Dan Quayle

       It is wonderful to be here today in the great state of Chicago. Dan Quayle

       It's time for the human race to enter the solar system! Dan Quayle, on the concept of a manned mission to Mars.

       I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. Dan Quayle

       What a waste it is to lose one's mind.  Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is. Dan Quayle

 

".....margir drukkna en það er ekki nógu gott."

Deilur um meðhöndlun persónuupplýsinga munu færast í aukanna eftir því sem fleiri telja sig ekki geta um frjálst höfuð strokið vegna "misnotkun" þeirra, hvorki í einkalífi né í vinnu. Er verið að fylgjast með okkur umfram það sem má teljist eðlilegt? Hvar eru mörkin? Þótt til séu reglur um notkun persónuupplýsinga, ganga sumir aðilar lengra en aðrir sama hversu ýtarleg og skýr heimasíða persónuverndar er.

Stundum er gott að hugsa og staldra við, íhuga hvaða afleiðingar "njósnirnar" hafa. Hvað er það versta sem gæti komið upp á?

Þagar ég var unglingur var ég á fraktskipi, en þar var stýrimaður sem var snillingur í að segja okkur nýliðunum frá afleiðingum lélegra vinnubragða. Hann sýndi ekki bara hvernig ætti að vinna verkið, heldur útskýrði hann nákvæmlega og í smáatriðum hvað gæti hugsanlega gerst ef allt færi á versta veg.

Einhverju sinni þegar ég átti að binda lóðstigann sem var kaðalstigi sem hékk utan á lunningunni svo lóðsinn gæti komið um borð í þessu tilviki. Stýrimaðurinn sýndi mér hvernig ætti að ganga frá stiganum en kom síðan með sína hefðbundnu aðvörun,"segjum sem svo að þú hafir bundið stigann illa, segjum sem svo að lóðsinn sem hefur kannski ekkert alltof gott jafnvægi, fyndi fyrir hnykk og missti jafnvægið í kjölfarið, já, segjum sem svo að hann dytti, skellti höfðinu utan í lóðsbátinn, hyrfi í sjóinn steinrotaður og drukknar, en það er nú ekki nógu gott".

Í annað skipti vorum við að sjóbúa og stýrimaður var að kenna okkur á ankerisbremsurnar, hann sýndi hvernig ætti að ganga frá þeim en kom náttúrlega með sögu í leiðinni: "Strákar, segjum sem svo að þið hafið ekki gengið almennilega frá bremsunum, segjum sem svo að við sáum nýlagðir úr höfn og lestarnar opnar, já, segjum sem svo að við siglum á grunn vatni, ankerið losnar vegna lélegra vinnubragða ykkar, ankerið nær að festa sig við botninn, skipið er á fullri ferð, það leggst á hliðina og sekkur og margir drukkna en það er ekki nógu gott."

George Orwell reyndi eins og stýramaðurinn að vara okkur við.

 

Meðferð Google á persónuupplýsingum veldur áhyggjum

Bölmóður - seinni hluti:

       Give a man food, and he can eat for a day. Give a man a job, and he can only eat for 30 minutes on break. Lev L. Spiro.

       The journey of a thousand pounds begins with a single burger.  Chris O'Brien.

       If it screams, it's not food... yet.

       Give me liberty or... OOOooo... A jelly donut !" — Homer Simpson.

       Just because something's toxic doesn't mean it's not tasty. Matthew J. Siske.

       The only two things I don't eat for breakfast are lunch and dinner.

       I'm on a seafood diet. When I see food, I eat it.

       If the shoe fits, it's ugly.

       Never take a beer to a job interview.

       If I could lie, I would be in marketing.

       It's not whether you win or lose; it's how you place the blame.

       I think you should profit from the mistakes of others. You don't live long enough to make them all yourself.

       If something goes wrong... blame the guy who can't speak English. Homer Simpson

       If I worked as much as others, I would do as little as they.

       Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss's job.

       If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.

       At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.

       No matter how much you do, you never do enough.

1970: Ungfrú ísland heillast fremur af fiskvinnu í aflahrotu en starfi sýningarstúlku....

Jóhanna Vala er ungfrú Ísland

Bölmóður - fyrri hluti:

   

       Money can't buy happiness... But it sure makes misery easier to live with...

       Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.

       You have a right to your opinions. I just don't want to hear them.

       If you learn from your mistakes, then why ain't I a genius ?!

       If the shortest distance between two points is a line, why does waiting in a line take so long ?

       I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick, not wounded: dead. Woody Allen.

       What happens to the holes when all the cheese has been eaten ?

       If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people. Jim Eason.

       Never eat more than you can lift. Miss Piggy.

       One of life's mysteries is how a 1kg box of candy can make a woman gain 2kg.

       It's important to watch what you eat. Otherwise, how are you going to get it into your mouth ? Matt Diamond.

       Those who cast the votes decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything. Joseph Stalin

       To love someone is to see him as God intended him. Fydor Dostoyevsky.

       Two words that guys hate...don’t & stop...unless you put them together.

       Love is like a war, easy to begin, hard to end.

       I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down to us. Pigs treat us as equals.Winston Churchill.

       I'm on a seafood diet. When I see food, I eat it.

       The only two things I don't eat for breakfast are lunch and dinner.

       All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening. Alexander Woollcott.

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