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Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Mr. R.I.N.G.
Quotes
[first lines]
Carl Kolchak: [Voiceover of a groggy Kolchak has been doped by the Feds] I don't know when I was in this office last. In some ways it feels like I never left.
[pause]
Carl Kolchak: No, that's not right. For a while I was away, far away, in the hands of men with no faces. They broke me down, broke my story down, and convinced me it hadn't happened the way I remembered.
Carl Kolchak: Memories fade fast enough without chemical help. But if I don't tell this story now, I'm afraid I never will.
of my original-work code-pattern
Event Date variable: 04/27/2025
Search Date variable: 12/11/2006
Search Date variable: 12/13/2006
The Lost Room s01e01
"The Key"
Wally: All that matters is the price. That's what nobody gets. There's always a price to pay for using the objects. Whether you know it or not, there's always a price.
Detective Joe Miller: What price did you pay?
Wally: I'm not the one you should be worried about. See, objects attract one another like magnets. You think we ran into each other by accident? Every time you use that key, it's like alarms going off. People are coming for you, Joe. Bad people. They're crawling out of the woodwork. They don't even know who you are, but they're already looking for you, probably emptying your underwear drawer right now looking for that thing. And I think you understand me when I say that they won't mind killing you or killing your family to get their hands on it.
From 12/11/2006 ( premiere USA TV series "The Lost Room" ) To 4/27/2025 ( ) is 6712 days
6712 = 3356 + 3356
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/10/1975 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Kolchak: The Night Stalker"::"Mr. R.I.N.G." ) is 3356 days
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) s01e12
"Mr. R.I.N.G."
I don't know where to begin.
Well, I don't either.
Why don't we start with nomenclature? What is RING - R-I-N-G, RING - supposed to mean?
RING comes from Robomatic Internalized Nerve Ganglia.
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Mr. R.I.N.G.
Quotes
[last lines]
Carl Kolchak: [Kolchak is dictating into his tape recorder] I don't even know where they took me, now. At least I can't be sure. Maybe it was Tyrell Institute, but it could have just as well been the Black Hills of South Dakota for all I know. Was there a drug? Pentothal? Scopolamine? I can't be sure of that either, but there must have been something. I can't even be sure the events even happened the way I have told them. Perhaps when I am completely back in this world, I'll turn on this tape and not believe any of it myself, but I doubt it. Because I believe that somewhere, some place, they, or someone else, will put some other R.I.N.G. together without the help of Leslie Dwyer. And who... who will program him, then?
[He turns off the tape recorder]
excerpts, read full article:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-laid-off-nearly-80-120000706.html
Fortune
This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again
Nick Lichtenberg
Sun, August 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT 10 min read
This was a major investment, he added: 20% of payroll was dedicated to a mass-learning initiative, and it failed because of mass resistance, even sabotage. Belief, Vaughan discovered, is a hard thing to manufacture. “In those early days, we did get resistance, we got flat-out, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to do this’ resistance. And so we said goodbye to those people.”
The pushback: Why didn’t they get on board?
Vaughan was surprised to find it was often the technical staff, not marketing or sales, who dug in their heels. They were the “most resistant,” he said, voicing various concerns about what the AI couldn’t do, rather than focusing on what it could. The marketing and salespeople were enthused by the possibilities of working with these new tools, he added.
https://mcpmag.com/articles/2000/03/01/five-star-years.aspx
MCP Mag
By Linda Briggs 03/01/2000
In our inaugural issue in spring 1995, we report that Microsoft is introducing a developer title, the MCSD, to complement its MCSE
Novell’s far greater number of CNEs (70,000 at the end of 1995), appears to tantalize Microsoft. In a newsletter to its training centers, Redmond admits to “[continuing] its aggressive pursuit of Certified Novell Engineers (CNEs).” For example, the company creates marketing seminars to help CNEs to get training on NT.
As NT begins to penetrate the market at a remarkable pace, the value of MCSEs begins to soar. Suddenly, it seems everyone is migrating from NetWare to NT
https://rcpmag.com/articles/2000/07/01/prepping-for-mcsd-certification.aspx
Redmond Channel Partner
Prepping for MCSD Certification
Want something more than the usual study guide for the Solution Architectures core exam? This book is an excellent tool.
By Paul G. Brown July 01, 2000
This guide is for those looking to pass the Solution Architectures (70-100) core exam for Microsoft Certified Solution Developer certification. Not only will this book help get you there, but later it can serve as a valuable reference tool as you design and develop applications
https://redmondmag.com/articles/2001/06/01/mcsd-revisions-on-tap.aspx
Redmond
MCSD Revisions on Tap
MCP Magazine has learned Microsoft is in the midst of revising MCSD certification track requirements.
06/01/2001
According to sources, the revised MCSD certification track would cover more ground than the present track, with a seven-exam framework: five core and two elective. The new exams would cover C++; Visual Basic; C#; and a new version of FoxPro, FoxPro 7.0. An emphasis on .NET would be seen on exams covering Web Forms and Windows Forms development, while .NET-specific questions could appear on the Solution Architectures exam (Exam 70-100 in the current MCSD track). The new MCSD set of tests also could feature a case-study-based Component Design exam, plus a developer version of the Highly Available Web Solutions exam that soon will be part of the MCSE program.
“Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be possible to conduct this kind of testing on a mass scale,” Gunderloy said. “It would be just be too expensive and labor intensive. But it would be the right way to judge a developer’s skills.”
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/premier-developer/getting-most-out-of-your-premier-support-for-developers-contract/
June 28th, 2017
Getting the most out of your Premier Support for Developers Contract
Microsoft Premier Support manages the highest tier support programs from Microsoft. Premier Support for Developers (PSfD) empowers developers and enterprises to plan, build, deploy and maintain high quality solutions. When you purchase a Premier Support for Developers contract from Microsoft, an Application Development Manager(ADM) is assigned. He or she will guide you to use the contract in an efficient way that will benefit your developers and the business.
excerpts, read full article:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-laid-off-nearly-80-120000706.html
Fortune
This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again
Nick Lichtenberg
Sun, August 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM PDT
Most people “get stuck because they think from their work flow first,” he added, and they conclude AI is overhyped because they want AI to fit into their old way of working. “It takes a lot more thinking and a lot more kind of prodding for you to change the way that you work,” but once you do, you see dramatic increases. A human can’t possibly keep five call transcripts in their head while you’re trying to write a proposal to a client, he offers, but AI can.
The Twilight Zone (1959) s02e14
"The Whole Truth"
(from internet transcript)
Your next stop, the twilight zone.
A honey from hunnicut! Drive it in good health! Too much power, eh? We're just looking.
Well, that's what we want you to do.
Nobody pushes you around here.
No, sir, young man.
Around here, you can pause, exhale, check, recheck, think, peruse, contemplate, wade through, thumb over, dip into.
Be my guest, folks.
We were thinking of maybe a little coupe- something around $500- but as late a model as we can late? You shock me, you know that? You know your husband shocked me just then? Well, he was only do you know why you shocked me? I'll tell you why you shocked me.
It's because you've succumbed to the propaganda of every cement-headed clod up and down this street.
I said propaganda.
They like to push the late models, don't they? They do, don't they? You know why they push the late models? You think it's because they're honest, law-abiding, rigidly moral churchgoers? Let me tell you something, young man.
They push they push the late models because that is where the profit margin is.
They'll cram those post-'54s down your gullet because they would rather make a buck than a friend.
They would rather make a profit than a relationship.
They would rather cram their wallets full of cash than fill their hearts with the fellowship of men to men.
We're really just looking for a good transportation car, and we thought the newer the car new? That's where you've completely gone wrong.
That's where you've suddenly gone amiss.
That's the juncture that's headed you into a blind alley.
You don't want a new car.
You don't want one of those rinky-dink, slapped-together on an assembly line, covered with chintzy chrome, fin tails, idiotic names and no more workmanship than you can stick into a thimble.
No.
I'll tell you what you want.
You want the craftsmanship that comes with age the dependability of proven performers the dignity of traditional transportation.
This is what you want.
A '38 coupe.
It'll get you where you want to go.
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The Twilight Zone
The Whole Truth
Quotes
[opening narration]
Narrator: This, as the banner already has proclaimed, is Mr. Harvey Hunnicut, an expert on commerce and con jobs, a brash, bright, and larceny-loaded wheeler and dealer who, when the good Lord passed out a conscience, must have gone for a beer and missed out. And these are a couple of other characters in our story: a little old man and a Model A car - but not just any old man and not just any Model A. There's something very special about the both of them. As a matter of fact, in just a few moments, they'll give Harvey Hunnicut something that he's never experienced before. Through the good offices of a little magic, they will unload on Mr. Hunnicut the absolute necessity to tell the truth. Exactly where they come from is conjecture, but as to where they're heading for, this we know, because all of them - and you - are on the threshold of the Twilight Zone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Room
The Lost Room
From Wikipedia
Original release
December 11 – December 13, 2006
The Lost Room is a 2006 supernatural television miniseries
The series revolves around the titular room and some of the everyday items from that room which possess unusual powers. The show's protagonist, Joe Miller, is searching for these objects to rescue his daughter, Anna, who has disappeared inside the Room. Once a typical room at a 1960s motel along U.S. Route 66, the Lost Room has existed outside normal time and space since 1961, when what is referred to only as "the Event" took place.
From 12/25/1887 ( from Wikipedia on the global-internetwork: Conrad Hilton ) To 12/13/2006 ( ) is 43452 days
43452 = 21726 + 21726
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/27/2025 ( ) is 21726 days
by me, Kerry Burgess, 04/27/2025 11:43 AM
See, if the past is an illusion then nothing is real
Excerpt for this present moment, and now that's gone
Today CAUSED me to think of Novocain
Now I am wondering if I will see anything interesting today
Reality shifts to match
The entire content of this note is because today I suddenly, unexpectedly thought of Novocaine
Procaine
From Wikipedia
Procaine is a local anesthetic drug
It is most commonly used in dental procedures to numb the area around a tooth
Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain (without the "e" in the original German patent) or Novocaine (with the "e" in the US patent), in some regions, procaine is referred to generically as novocaine.
by me, Kerry Burgess, 04/29/2025 11:57 PM
It's that damn pillow.
This stupid desk isn't helping.
Recently, started sleeping in my bed with my head on a new pillow. It's causing me problems, starting a couple days ago. Scary problems.
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv series Season 2 Episode 9 - 11/10/1967
(from internet transcript)
KIRK: We find you out here, where no human has any business being. We were virtually hijacked in space and brought here. Now I'm not just requesting an explanation, Mister. I'm demanding one.
COCHRANE: All right. It was the Companion.
KIRK: The what?
COCHRANE: That's what I call it. As a matter of fact, Captain, I didn't crash here. I was brought here in my disabled ship. I was almost dead. The Companion saved my life.
SPOCK: You were injured?
COCHRANE: I was dying
by me, Kerry Burgess, posted by me: 9:08 PM April 12, 2021
Somewhere, in my massive notes, I thought I noted part of the many conversations I had with that VA hospital psychiatrist
I remember sitting there in his office and I told him something was wrong with my head
Thought I noted that years ago but can't find it now
From 4/12/2021 ( ) To 4/27/2025 ( ) is 1476 days
1476 = 738 + 738
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/10/1967 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Metamorphosis" ) is 738 days
Star Trek Generations (1994)
(from internet transcript)
[Veridian III mountaintop]
PICARD: You don't need to do this, Soran. ...I'm sure we could find another way of getting you into this Nexus.
SORAN: I've spent eighty years looking for another way. Believe me, this is the only one.
(Soran presses some buttons on a keypad and a rocket reveals itself on the launcher)
PICARD: What you're about to do Soran, is no different from when the Borg destroyed your world. They killed millions too, ...including your wife ...and children.
SORAN: Nice try. ...You know, there was a time when I wouldn't hurt a fly. Then the Borg came. And they showed me that if there is one constant in this whole universe. ...It's death. ...Afterwards I began to realise it didn't really matter. We're all going to die sometime. It's just a question of how and when. You will too, Captain. Aren't you beginning to feel time gaining on you? ...It's like a predator. It's stalking you. ...Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies, but in the end time is going to hunt you down, ...and make the kill.
PICARD: It's our mortality that defines us, Soran. It's part of the truth of our existence.
SORAN: What if I told you I've found a new truth.
PICARD: The Nexus?
SORAN: Time has no meaning there. The predator has no teeth.
From 11/17/1994 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek Generations" ) To 4/27/2025 ( ) is 11119 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/12/1996 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Space: Above and Beyond"::"R & R" ) is 11119 days
Space: Above And Beyond
"R & R"
12 April 1996
Episode 15
Paul Wang: Got a bogey about 10K klicks out.
Shane Vansen: I.F.F. says... it's the Bacchus.
Paul Wang: Bacchus. It's like Vegas, New York City and Oz all rolled into one.
Vanessa Damphousse: Right now, I'd settle for a night in Buffalo.
Shane Vansen: Hold the chatter. We're still on patrol.
Shane Vansen: West! West! West, look alive!
Nathan West: Damn! Damn. I don't know how that happened.
Vanessa Damphousse: I do. Six back-to-back sorties at four hours a shot.
Cooper Hawkes: Man, it's getting weird. I'm seeing rabbits and squirrels and stuff hopping around my wings.
Shane Vansen: Keep your head screwed on.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 12:35 AM Pacific-timezone USA Monday 08/18/2025
