1.10.05
my brain has been infected; why the plates?
10 January 2005
by
bn
Filed under
life
living in the silicon valley for the past 7 years has clearly invaded the only remaining unconnected synapses (the rest were connected storing useless facts or soaked in good beer).
fremont voters decided on measure FF in the november election. the election signs read “vote yes on measure 255″ to me. even more sad, the second thought i had wasn’t “doh! wrong context!” it was “doh! is that 0-based (255) or 1-based (256)!?”
i had a similar experience this morning. driving my daughter to school, we tailed a silver corvette with the personalized license plate “DRMBLVR.” my first thought? “wow, proclaiming belief in digital rights management… here? that’s brave.” clearly, she meant to proclaim her belief in dreams. i guess i believe that dreams exist, too.
side note, what is it with corvette’s and personalized plates? there are three parked on my side of the building at work. that’s down from four or five, last year. there’s clearly something about the personalities of the population of people that decide to drive vettes that also makes them decide that they want personalized plates. if i could pull make, model and plates for a large enough population of cars, this would be fun to check. maybe i’ll interview someone.