-----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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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'