Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 19, 2010

They say the Great Velvet Rope was impenetrable; but it was becoming frayed….

The most important part of the Great Velvet Rope is Guido the Bouncer, who manages access.

Could it be seen from space like the wall?

Probably stopped as many “barbarians” as the great wall ever did.

Is that guy a bouncer ? Doesn’t look like one though.. Maybe he is wainting to get in ??

or perhaps he wants to get out..

Where’s the usher?

All in all we’re just another rope in the wall!

This was before the hordes of lounge lizards invaded. GREAT ONE WILEY!!!

He’s just hoping for a Cougar to help him get on the list!

Hey, don’t we have one of those too? There really is nothing new under the sun.

what ever happened with the ekret?

Sorry, no barbarians are on the list…

Sneaky, geling almost looks like a real post.

Flagged!

^sure did…….got ‘em

Still there and not flagged. Guess they are going to let him stay? I flagged him again.

I wonder how many flags have to be raised before the sysadmin does something?

The Maginot Line worked almost as well at keeping out enemies. Must have been a French Chinese that desgined this as well. :-)

The cries for ekert abound, Yet, if he gave everyone rosy thoughts Wiley would be out of business

spammerflaggen!

ekert: i have a sneaky feeling the ekert will make a monumental comeback somewhere near the first tuesday in november. i also guess the lameness in that thread hasn’t been bludgeoned to death yet, so it may be a shoe-in. don’t know if i can find any pins & needles to sit on ‘til then.

Actually the Maginot line worked, in a way. The Germans didn’t attack it. They simply went around it though neutral Belgium (as if neutrality stopped them the first time) and then through the “impenitrable” Ardennes. The French didn’t think they’d come that way in 1940. The Americans made the same mistake in 1944.

A few well-placed “NO TRESPASSING” signs would’ve saved China alot of time and money…

Frankr: actually, astronauts report that the Great Wall can’t be seen from space–see: http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp

ah! got the flag to work! 1036 pdt

What I don’t understand about the spam in these is that there doesn’t seem to be any software shield, even against replacement of the same spam by the same spammer name after it’s been flagged and removed once.

“Attila…Attila… No, I’m sorry, you’re not on the list.”

Wrong, Wiley: the truth is that the wall can be seen from ORBIT, not from the moon (where you can barely make out Asia). It was simply distorted in later tellings.

Trying to knock down a hero doesn’t make YOU a hero.

Don’t we share one of these with Mexico?

Not sure anyone’s trying to knock down any heroes -

The Great Wall of China is a pretty amazing man-made structure in terms of length and durability through history (although parts of it are currently being restored). I’ve been to one part of it, and was very much struck by how beautiful it was, set against the equally beautiful landscape; it was a pretty memorable day for me.

But it is very thin! Saying that it is too thin to be seen from space is not insulting it in any way. (It is perfectly sized for its intended function as a wall.)

@GreenBikeGuy Re: Great Wall of China from space

Did you read the Snopes reference posted earlier?

If you don’t believe Snopes, maybe you’ll believe NASA itself? (Please note that the photos in the article where taken with powerful telephoto lenses or are radar images, and are not what the naked eye sees.)

Maybe he’s waiting in line at the bank and the teller has yet to ask, “May I help the next customer?”

Just like the fence in the South West & Mexico…

Same effect.

GreenBikeGuy,

Did you read the Snopes link page? If not, please do. Here it is again: http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp

And of course, the NASA link