Time: Thu Nov 07 16:41:00 1996
To: Kim Beller <kimb@nebfef.com>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: noosphere
Cc: 
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At 04:51 PM 11/7/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you.  I have been really busy
>here at work.  We are short a network tech (which I applied for) so we
>are really swamped.  I emailed dad on Saturday but I have still not gotten
>a response.  I'm so glad that you were able to get their computer and
>modem going for them.  
>
>On one of the emails that I sent to him, the transfer failed so I sent it again.
>The boys have cub scouts tonight so I am going to be busy this evening
>also.  I am sure glad that tomorrow is Friday.  I don't have my IBM
>computer hooked up at home right now because I am trying to sell my
>Macintosh.  As soon as I sell it, then I will have my machine hooked up all
>the time.  Right now I have to put it on the dinning room table and unplug
>the phone and that is kind of a hassel.  We use to have Eudora when I
>worked for Lincoln Public Schools.  Oh, what is noosphere?  I am not
>familiar with that word.


Hi Kim,

"Noosphere" is an acronym combining two words:  

"noos"  = knowledge

 and

"sphere" = planet earth

The noosphere is the membrane
of thinking substance which
now surrounds planet earth.  The
vision was foreseen by Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin during 
the 1950's, and described in
his book "The Future of Man,"
chapter entitled "The Formation
of the Noosphere."  I can send
you that chapter, if you like,
because I keyed it in myself.

/s/ Paul Mitchell


>
>Well take care,  it is 5:01 and I got to go.  Talk to you later  ;-)
>
>>>> Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] 11/02/96 11:18am >>>
>Hi Kimb,
>
>I do remember you as this ravishingly
>beautiful woman with adoring children
>and an equally proud father, so how
>could I forget? 
>
>Isn't it great that Neil and Evelyn
>are using email now?  Their old I/O
>card was built with the slow UART's,
>so I upgraded their hardware, and now
>they have a high-speed external modem
>and also a second parallel port, to
>connect their multi-function HP OfficeJet.
>
>I also talked them into buying Eudora Pro
>Version 3.0 (the very latest), and they
>are just delighted.  I am over there often;
>I feel like their adopted son (my gain,
>for sure).  They are still making beginner
>mistrakes;  do you handle Eudora Pro support
>at your help desk?  (Just kidding.)
>
>They are taking to it like salmon to
>a fresh mountain stream.  They are such
>wonderful people;  I am so blessed to
>have them as friends.  
>
>Do you want to be friends too?
>
>I am standing by.
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>P.S.  Thanks for the great laughs.
>I posted them to every email list
>I have, and the laughter is audible
>throughout the noosphere.  Later, okay?
>
>
>
>At 10:44 AM 11/2/96 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi Paul, 
>>
>>I don't know if you remember me or not, but I am Neil's daughter.  I met
>you
>>briefly when we were there in June.  Anyway... I talked to dad and Ev
>>lastinght and he gave me your email address, thought that you might
>enjoy
>>these that I have received.  I am using Netscape 3.0 and we have
>>Groupwise for our email system.  I am a Helpdesk Specialist and work
>>with computers everyday.  If you have any cool websites, let me know.
>>
>>
>>Take care and email you later  ;-)
>>
>>##########################################################
>>
>>TOP TEN REASONS TRICK-OR-TREATING IS BETTER THAN SEX
>>
>>10.  GUARANTEED TO GET AT LEAST A LITTLE SOMETHING IN THE
>>SACK
>>9.  IF YOU GET TIRED, WAIT 10 MINUTES AND GO AT IT AGAIN
>>8.  THE UGLIER YOU LOOK, THE EASIER IT IS TO GET SOME
>>7.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THE PERSON WHO GAVE YOU
>>CANDY
>>6.  PERSON GIVING YOU CANDY DOESN'T FANTASIZE YOU'RE
>>SOMEONE ELSE
>>5.  IF YOU GET A STOMACH ACHE, IT WON'T LAST 9 MONTHS
>>4.  IF YOU WEAR YOUR BATMAN MASK, NO ONE THINKS YOU'RE
>>KINKY
>>3.  DOESN'T MATTER IF KIDS HEAR YOU MOANING AND GROANING.
>>2.  LESS GUILT THE NEXT MORNING
>>1.  IF YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO
>NEXT
>>DOOR!
>>
>>##########################################################
>>
>>Preparation for Parenthood
>>>        ****************************
>>>
>>>Preparation for parenthood is not just a matter of reading books and
>>>decorating the nursery. Here are 12 simple tests for expectant parents
>>>to take to prepare themselves for the real-life experience of being a
>>>mother or father.
>>>
>>>1. Women: to prepare for maternity, put on a dressing gown and stick a
>>>beanbag down the front. Leave it there for 9 months. After 9 months,
>>>take out 10% of the beans.
>>>   Men: to prepare for paternity, go the local drug store, tip the
>>>contents of your wallet on the counter, and tell the pharmacist to help
>>>himself. Then go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid
>>>directly to their head office. Go home. Pick up the paper and read
>>>it for the last time.
>>>
>>>2. Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who
>are
>>> already parents and berate them about their methods of discipline, lack
>>> of patience, appallingly low tolerance levels, and how they have
>>> allowed their children to run riot. Suggest ways in which they might
>>> improve their child's sleeping habits, toilet training, table manners
>>> and overall behavior. Enjoy it - it'll be the last time in your life
>>> that you will have all of the answers.
>>>
>>>3. To discover how the nights feel, walk around, the living room from
>>> 5pm to 10pm carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 lbs. at
>>10pm
>>> put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. Get up
>>> at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1am.
>>> Put the alarm on for 3am. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2am
>>>
>>> and make a drink. Go to bed at 2:45 am. Get up again at 3am when the
>>> alarm goes off. Sing songs in the dark until 4am. Put the alarm on for
>>> 5am. Get up. Make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.
>>>
>>>4. Can you stand the mess children make? To find out, smear peanut
>>> butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. Hide a fish finger
>>> behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. Stick your fingers in
>>> the flowerbeds then rub them on the clean walls. Cover the stains
>with
>>> crayons. How does that look?
>>>
>>>5. Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems: first buy an
>>> octopus and a string bag. Attempt to put the octopus into the string
>>> bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this - all
>>> morning.
>>>
>>>6. Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and a can of paint,
>>> turn it into an alligator. Now take a toilet tube. Using only scotch
>>> tape and a piece of foil, turn it into a Christmas tree. Last, take a
>>> milk container, a ping pong ball, and an empty packet of Coco Puffs
>and
>>>
>>> make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower. Congratulations, you have
>>> just qualified for a place on the playgroup committee.
>>>
>>>7. Forget the Miata and buy a Mini Van. And don't think you can leave
>>> it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look
>>>like
>>> that. Buy a chocolate ice cream bar and put it in the glove
>>>compartment.
>>> Leave it there.  Get a quarter. Stick it in the cassette player. Take a
>>>
>>> family-size packet of chocolate cookies. Mash them down the back
>>seats.
>>>
>>> Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. -There!, Perfect!
>>>
>>>8. Get ready to go out. Wait outside the toilet for half an hour. Go
>>> out the front door. Come in again. Go out. Come back in. Go out again.
>>> Walk down the front path. Walk back up it. Walk down it again. Walk
>>> very slowly down the road for 5 minutes. Stop to inspect minutely
>>every
>>>
>>> cigarette butt, piece of used chewing gum, dirty tissue and dead
>insect
>>>
>>> along the way. Retrace your steps. Scream that you've had as much
>as
>>> you can stand, until the neighbors come out and stare at you. Give up
>>> and go back in the house. You are now just about ready to try taking a
>>> small child for a walk.
>>>
>>>9. Always repeat everything you say at least five times.
>>>
>>>10. Go to your local supermarket. Take with you the nearest thing you
>>> can find to a pre-school child - a fully grown goat is excellent. If
>>> you intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat. Buy
>>> your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay
>>> for everything the goats eat or destroy. Until you can easily
>>> accomplish this do not even contemplate having children.
>>>
>>>11. Hollow out a melon. Make a small hole in the side. Suspend it from
>>> the ceiling and swing it from side to side. Now get a bowl of soggy
>>> Froot Loops and attempt to spoon it into the swaying melon by
>>> pretending to be an airplane. Continue until half of the Froot Loops
>>> are gone. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure that a lot of it
>>> falls on the floor. You are now ready to feed a 12-month old baby.
>>>
>>>12. Learn the names of every character from Barney and Friends,
>>Sesame
>>> Street and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. When you find yourself
>>singing
>>>
>>> "I love you, you love me" at work, now!, you finally qualify as a
>>> parent.
>>
>>##########################################################
>>
>>Can you believe that these things really happen?
>>
>>So you think you're computer-illiterate?  Check out the  following
>>excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article by Jim Carlton --
>>
>>
>>1. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to
>>"Press Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the
>>"Any" key is.
>>
>>2. AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse
>>was hard to control with the dust cover on.  The cover turned out
>>to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in.
>>
>>3. Another Compaq technician received a call from a man
>>complaining that the system wouldn't read word processing files
>>from his old diskettes.  After trouble-shooting for magnets and
>>heat failed to diagnose the problem, it was found that the
>>customer labeled the diskettes then rolled them into the
>>typewriter to type the labels.
>>
>>4. Another AST customer was asked to send a copy of her defective
>>diskettes.  A few days later a letter arrived from the customer
>>along  with Xeroxed copies of the floppies.
>>
>>5. A Dell technician advised his customer to put his troubled
>>floppy back in the drive and close the door.  The customer asked
>>the tech to hold on, and was heard putting the phone down,
>>getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room.
>>
>>6. Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his
>>computer to fax anything.  After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting,
>>the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of
>>paper by holding it in front of the monitor  screen and hitting
>>the "send" key.
>>
>>7. Another Dell customer needed help setting up a new program, so
>>a Dell tech suggested he go to the local Egghead.  "Yeah, I got
>>me a couple of friends, "the customer replied.  When told Egghead
>>was a software store, the man said, "Oh, I thought you meant for
>>me to find a couple of geeks."
>>
>>8. Yet another Dell customer called to complain that his keyboard
>>no longer worked.  He had cleaned it by filling up his tub with
>>soap and water and soaking the keyboard for a day, then removing
>>all the keys and washing them individually.
>>
>>9. A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was
>>enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an
>>invalid".  The tech explained that the computer's "bad command"
>>nd "invalid" responses shouldn't be taken personally.
>>
>>10. An exasperated caller to Dell Computer Tech Support couldn't
>>get her new Dell Computer to turn on. After ensuring the computer
>>was plugged in, the technician asked her what happened  when she
>>pushed the power button. Her response, "I pushed and  pushed on
>>this foot pedal and nothing happens." The "foot pedal" turned out
>>to be the computer's mouse.
>>
>>11. Another customer called Compaq tech support to say her
>>brand-new computer wouldn't work.  She said she unpacked the
>>unit, plugged it in, and sat there for 20 minutes waiting for
>>something to happen. When asked what happened when she pressed
>>the power switch, she asked "What power switch?"
>>
>>12.  True story from a Novell NetWire SysOp:
>>Caller: "Hello, is this Tech Support?"
>>Tech:   "Yes, it is. How may I help you?"
>>Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty
>>         period. How do I go about getting that fixed?"
>>Tech:   "I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?"
>>Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer."
>>Tech:   "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, It's because
>>         I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotional,
>>         at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder?
>>         Does it have any trademark on it?"
>>Caller: "It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a
>>         promotional. It just has '4X' on it."
>>
>>At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he
>>couldn't stand it. The caller had been using the load drawer of the
>>CD-ROM drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off the drive!
>>
>>##########################################################
>>The OJ Trial as Told by Dr. Seuss
>>
>>I did not kill my lovely wife.
>>I did not slash her with a knife.
>>I did not bonk her on the head.
>>I did not know that she was dead.
>>
>>I stayed at home that fateful night.
>>I took a cab, then took a flight.
>>The bag I had was just for me.
>>My bag!  My bag!  Just let it be.
>>
>>When I came home I had a gash.
>>My hand was cut from broken glass.
>>I cut my hand on broken glass.
>>A broken glass did cause the gash.
>>
>>I don't have anything to hide.
>>My friend, he took me for a ride.
>>
>>Did you take this person's life?
>>Did you do it with a knife?
>>
>>I did not do it with a knife.
>>I did not, could not kill my wife.
>>I did not do this awful crime.
>>I could not, would not anytime.
>>
>>Did you hit her from above?
>>Did you drop this bloody glove?
>>
>>I did not hit her from above.
>>I cannot even wear this glove.
>>I did not do it with a knife.
>>I did not, could not kill my wife.
>>I did not do this awful crime.
>>I could not, would not anytime.
>>
>>And now I'm free and can return
>>To my house for which I yearn.
>>And to my family whom I love.
>>Hey, I'm free...give back my glove!
>>
>>
>
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