Well, today's joke is definitely unique. I'm actually writing it. I'm recommending to you all two web sites to take a gander at. The first one is SETI@home.

SETI stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Go to http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ to find out all about it. I personally recommend downloading the SETI@home software, which analyzes data. If you have at least 64 MB RAM, I recommend having it run only in the background and NOT as a screen saver. As a screen saver, it was taking my computer about 45 hours to get one work unit completed. Now, running constantly in the background, it's around 5 hours per unit. If you wouldn't mind doing so, please join the BrentButler.com group.

The other one is the funny one. Datapimp.com offers the ability to create an e-mail address (either a real life one or one that will forward automatically to the address of your choosing) for 105 cleverly chosen domain names. The alphabetical, censored list of those domain names is as follows:

40-ounce.com, anothermartiniplease.com, a**dog.com, bad-a**-motherf***er.com, bada**-son-of-a-b****.com, cold40.com, crack-whore.net, crazya**pimp.com, dumbf***.net, dwarftoss.com, e-f***ed.net, e-p****.com, evilf***er.com, four-twenty.com, f***--f***--f***.com, f***--you.com, f***-it-all.com, f***-off-and-die.com, f***-off.org, f***-s***-up.com, f***-the-world.com, f***-yeah.com, f***in-a.com, f***ing-crazy.com, f***inginternet.com, f***it.com, f***ithard.com, f***love.net, f***mercy.com, f***off.com, f***sicle.com, f***thats***.org, f***ucla.com, f***usc.com, f***wad.net, f***you2.net, f***youbuddy.com, get-f***ed.net, get-off-my-a**.com, getthef***outofmyworld.com, godlikebuthumble.com, goofyf***er.com, heydontshoot.com, heyf***er.com, highoncrack.com, holy-s***.com, hotmailpimp.com, humanoddity.com, hypes***.com, i-dont-give-a-f***.com, iblamegod.com, icantfeelmylegs.com, illf***youra**up.com, inhalemail.com, insanemotherf***er.com, irantthereforeiam.com, jesus-f***ing-christ.com, jesusisdead-getoverit.com, justf***ingaround.com, kiss-my-big-black-a**.com, kissmyf***inga**.com, lazy-son-of-a-b****.com, leavemethef***alone.com, likeigiveaf***.com, meet-me-in-hell.com, muthaf***a.com, my-s***-dont-stink.com, nigga-please.com, oh-f***.com, oldschoolmotherf***er.com, pimplike.com, pimpmotherf***er.com, p***ed-off.com, professionalp****.com, queerb****.com, queermotherf***er.com, rabid-dog.net, reallyf***edup.com, reallyf***ingstoned.com, shamelesshustler.com, s***typlanet.com, slightlyintoxicated.com, slymotherf***er.com, somecrazys***.com, somekillers***.com, sorry-if***edyourman.com, sorry-if***edyourwife.com, stepthef***off.com, stopdroolingonme.com, sysf***.com, thepopeshinesmyshoes.com, thishell.com, toof***edup.com, turnthats***up.com, twisted-motherf***er.com, ultrahotmail.com, uselessbastard.net, voodoob****.com, wannaf***.net, weirdmotherf***er.com, wherethef***aremypants.com, who-would-jesus-do.com, whythef***not.com, youf***ingb****.com, and zig-zag.net.

So, yes, I could get an e-mail address like brent@turnthats***up.com. Best part is, it's free (as best as I can tell). If you're interested, go to http://www.datapimp.com to sign up -- or just to read the uncensored list of domain names, if you couldn't figure them all out here.

Have fun checking those sites out and enjoy your New Year holiday!

Your nerdy joke dude,
Brent

PS - here's a look back on 1901 as we have left 2001 (submitted by JHOR8703U@aol.com)

Now that we're in the 21st Century, it might be fun to look back at the beginning of the last century and see what it was like. Read on!

The average life expectancy in the United States was 47.

Only 14% of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.

Only 8% of the homes had a telephone. A three minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.

There were only 8,000 cars in the US and 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.

With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous State in the Union.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.

The average wage in the US was twenty-two cents an hour.

The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year.

More than 95% of all births in the United States took place at home.

Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."

Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month and use! d borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the Country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants.

The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

Drive-by-shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families.

Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet.

Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer and iced tea! hadn't been invented.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

One in ten US adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6% of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine.

Punch card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census.

Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

There were about 230 reported murders in the US annually.