Re: [AFMUG] how to stay optimistic

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:24:37 -0700

According to AI:
Project Mars: A 1953 technical/sci-fi narrative by rocket scientist Wernher von Braun featuring a Martian leader given the titular rank of "Elon".
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On Jul 29, 2026, at 6:04 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:


I would however believe Elon read the book and was influenced by it.


On July 29, 2026 6:34:29 PM CDT, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

Maybe.  But Maye Musk has posted “My grandfather, John Elon Haldeman, was born in Richmond, Illinois, in 1871.”  So maybe it’s a family name.

 

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 5:50 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how to stay optimistic

 

There is a sci-fi story with Elon as the protagonist.  It was a Mars based story.  He was named after that character.  

 

From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 12:59 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how to stay optimistic

 

Well, Elon’s clearly an alien.

 

You’ve seen 3rd Rock from the Sun?  Men in Black?  The Coneheads?  Mork & Mindy?  My Favorite Martian?  He has the social skills of Dan Akroyd as Beldar.

 

Why do you think he’s so obsessed with transport to Mars?

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 2:48 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how to stay optimistic

 

So the monster is Elon or BEAD?

 

Or are the WISPS the monsters?

 

From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 9:05 AM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
Subject: [AFMUG] how to stay optimistic

 

I see all sorts of seminars giving business advice for ISPs but none seem to address “how not to get discouraged” or “how to stay upbeat when talking to customers these days”.

 

Even if you’re selling shiny new FTTH, it seems that government subsidized fiber, 5G Home Internet, and LEO satellite are all trying to put us out of business.  This seems like a business for young people with “irrational exuberance”.

 

Does anyone else sometimes feel like the scene in Independence Day?

Q:  What is it you want us to do?

A:  Die.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rw5MosKRm4

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