Kirk is real!

pshrynk · 06-26-2008, 09:14 AM

I have proof positive that James Tiberius Kirk, Captain of USS Enterprise is real. Just bear with me here.

So, I have a Kindle. I live in La Crosse, WI, population about 200,000 all told. Kindle has Sprint wireless as the engine to get books downloaded direct to it from Amazon.

If you go to the Amazon site and look around enough, there is a map that shows coverage for Whispernet and what sort of quality you can expect from it. On the map orange is good (EVDO) green is okay (+1) and white is right out.

La Crosse, population around 200K is green, with a lot of white all around it. The kindle works fine, and I have no problems with it.

Now, the proof:

I am going home to Washington, IA, population about 5,000 when the wind is in the right direction and there's not a good movie on in Iowa City. It is the County Seat of Washington County.

I wanted to take my Kindle along and show off to my sibs what a cool toy it is, so I checked the coverage, thinking that it would be highly uncool to show how badly the device work when there is no signal.

Fully expecting there to be gobs of white space all over that part of Iowa, I logged on. Yes, there are areas of Iowa that have no coverage, and a lot of green with a blobs of orange aorund Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, and Des Moines.

And a little orange blob right in Washington County. Now, bear in mind that Washington did not have touch tone phones as late as 1983, when I graduated med school. My mom does not own a computer. She gets upset at the complexity of her new cell phone (it has a camera!) She is very prototypical of Washingtonians.

SO WHY THE FAR DOES WASHINGTON COUNTY HAVE EVDO AND I GOTTA PUT UP WITH 1+???!!??!

Here's proof that James Kirk will exist: In the "biography" of Kirk, written when the original series was on TV, they threw out that he was "born and rasied on his uncle's farm, in Iowa. Later, as a publicity stunt, Riverside, Iowa, (Washington County) declared itself the "Future Birthplace of Captain Kirk." Shatner even did a reality show there once.

A little Podunk type town in the middle of farking nowhere has advanced reception for the Kindle before vast tracts of population. Coincidence? I don't think so. The reason that Capt Kirk is destined to be who is will be is that he is going to be born in an anomolous site of advanced technology.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 09:15 AM

i'm convinced.

RWood · 06-26-2008, 09:59 AM

Have you been sniffing the gasahol again?

RickyMaveety · 06-26-2008, 11:12 AM

Makes perfect sense to me ....

nekokami · 06-26-2008, 11:16 AM

Well, I can't argue with that.

Ervserver · 06-26-2008, 11:33 AM

well...that settles that. Now I can go back to reading

GeoffC · 06-26-2008, 01:19 PM

Sure was, erm...what was the topic about - again...

badgoodDeb · 06-26-2008, 01:46 PM

The main question seems to be: in which part of Iowa will you be showing off the Kindle? The orange, the green, or the white bit?

pshrynk · 06-26-2008, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

The main question seems to be: in which part of Iowa will you be showing off the Kindle? The orange, the green, or the white bit?

The orange bit, out in the middle of no where. Who has EVDO inthe middle of no where? C'mon, people! This is significant!

chirp chirp chirp

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

chirp chirp chirp

do you hear crickets ?

DixieGal · 06-26-2008, 02:09 PM

BTW, Shatner is banking on his Boston Legal rep lately. The commercial for the Sokolov law firm - "Call the Hurtline at 1-800 Hurtline" or something to that effect. I wish they had stood him there in a Star Trek outfit when he made the commercial!

RickyMaveety · 06-26-2008, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

The orange bit, out in the middle of no where. Who has EVDO inthe middle of no where? C'mon, people! This is significant!

chirp chirp chirp

I live in the middle of nowhere and we're in an orange bit.

pshrynk · 06-26-2008, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

I live in the middle of nowhere and we're in an orange bit.

Archer is supposed to be from Texas, right? Right? Am I right? This is huge!

REAL! HE'S REAL, I TELL YOU!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

RickyMaveety · 06-26-2008, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Archer is supposed to be from Texas, right? Right? Am I right? This is huge!

REAL! HE'S REAL, I TELL YOU!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Nope .... born in upstate New York, and went to Stanford. Sorry, Doc.

pshrynk · 06-26-2008, 02:30 PM

Oh.

Well that's all right then.

06-26-2008, 09:14 AM	#1
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Kirk is real! I have proof positive that James Tiberius Kirk, Captain of USS Enterprise is real. Just bear with me here. So, I have a Kindle. I live in La Crosse, WI, population about 200,000 all told. Kindle has Sprint wireless as the engine to get books downloaded direct to it from Amazon. If you go to the Amazon site and look around enough, there is a map that shows coverage for Whispernet and what sort of quality you can expect from it. On the map orange is good (EVDO) green is okay (+1) and white is right out. La Crosse, population around 200K is green, with a lot of white all around it. The kindle works fine, and I have no problems with it. Now, the proof: I am going home to Washington, IA, population about 5,000 when the wind is in the right direction and there's not a good movie on in Iowa City. It is the County Seat of Washington County. I wanted to take my Kindle along and show off to my sibs what a cool toy it is, so I checked the coverage, thinking that it would be highly uncool to show how badly the device work when there is no signal. Fully expecting there to be gobs of white space all over that part of Iowa, I logged on. Yes, there are areas of Iowa that have no coverage, and a lot of green with a blobs of orange aorund Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, and Des Moines. And a little orange blob right in Washington County. Now, bear in mind that Washington did not have touch tone phones as late as 1983, when I graduated med school. My mom does not own a computer. She gets upset at the complexity of her new cell phone (it has a camera!) She is very prototypical of Washingtonians. SO WHY THE FAR DOES WASHINGTON COUNTY HAVE EVDO AND I GOTTA PUT UP WITH 1+???!!??! Here's proof that James Kirk will exist: In the "biography" of Kirk, written when the original series was on TV, they threw out that he was "born and rasied on his uncle's farm, in Iowa. Later, as a publicity stunt, Riverside, Iowa, (Washington County) declared itself the "Future Birthplace of Captain Kirk." Shatner even did a reality show there once. A little Podunk type town in the middle of farking nowhere has advanced reception for the Kindle before vast tracts of population. Coincidence? I don't think so. The reason that Capt Kirk is destined to be who is will be is that he is going to be born in an anomolous site of advanced technology. Last edited by pshrynk; 06-26-2008 at 05:44 PM.

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06-26-2008, 09:15 AM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i'm convinced.

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RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Have you been sniffing the gasahol again?

06-26-2008, 11:12 AM	#4
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Makes perfect sense to me ....

06-26-2008, 11:16 AM	#5
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Well, I can't argue with that.

06-26-2008, 11:33 AM	#6
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	well...that settles that. Now I can go back to reading

06-26-2008, 01:19 PM	#7
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Sure was, erm...what was the topic about - again...

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,539 Karma: 64201357 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	The main question seems to be: in which part of Iowa will you be showing off the Kindle? The orange, the green, or the white bit?

06-26-2008, 02:09 PM	#11
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	BTW, Shatner is banking on his Boston Legal rep lately. The commercial for the Sokolov law firm - "Call the Hurtline at 1-800 Hurtline" or something to that effect. I wish they had stood him there in a Star Trek outfit when he made the commercial!

06-26-2008, 02:30 PM	#15
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Oh. Well that's all right then.

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