...from people who've dedicated decades to intelligent-guessing of TV shows.
And not necessarily sucessfully; Star Trek was taken off, then began a 40 year progress into other forms, including 4-5 other series.
Ya know, if they want to offer advice about how many people have used a shower, based on the number of residents in a town, I'll ask them. They have no track record of IT breakthroughs.
I wish there was a better way; biomedics is flawed (not to mention, who wants to lose a thumb/eye/etc?) so until something better comes along, this will have to do.
It's precisely the same argument about so-called "green" electricity. If it's not nuclear, it can't get anywhere NEAR the cost of coal/oil. Nothing can. There's not anything even 'coming around the corner' that could possibly fill the void. Yet the public perception, until it's bought and tried, is that they're one and the same.
Some things need to be left alone. Change it, and see.
Tom Beardon has been talking about something since about 1989 or so; I saw him on a cable TV show back then, when there was nothing else to watch. I kept trying to decide whether the math was wrong, or if it was just another crank.
In spending time researching his work, "Scalar Waves", I turned up the fact that Tesla had the same idea in mind; send power by radio waves. That way a solar station on the moon would be both extremely efficient AND safe.
It's 2009, and I STILL don't know if the guy was a whacko. Nor have I managed to bump into a nuclear scientist who would research the topic. But if you're interested, especially if you're a nuclear scientist, please google "scalar waves".
No, see this is "offering the customer what he wants", right? The right to have batteries from one source, so the price? Sky's the limit.
Just like how we all asked for a mediocre PC operating system, one that comes with about 2,000,000 viruses to mess up our day's work, get our documents and dollars stolen, and have to pay someone to flush and fill it for $100 every once in a while.
Maybe you guys get out of the NOC just long enough to get to the laundry, but there were a lot of famous first in Der Fuher's arsenal.
- V1 'Buzz Bomb': first cruise missile - V2 Rocket: first sub-orbital bomb - Me 163: used photocells, not gunsights to take down bombers by firing panzerfausts (bazookas) at bombers - First jet bomber (per Hitler): Me 262
These folks tried all kinds of odd things. The Arado 234 had two engines. One front, one back, and room for two cockpits. The Bv141 had a greenhouse on one side, and an engine pod on the other: the most assymetrical aircraft you ever saw.
Now, I don't understand how we get to cool Luftwaffe goodies on Slashdot, but it's nice to see people who think the US and Germany were the only participants, to look back and see the BRIALLIANCE of the German war machines. (So cool that their tools are outlawed, when they lose a major war).:>
They are; I was wire-wrapping breadboards in 1978. I've had all the bullshit and lies I can take from the Microsoft company. If you run Windows, you deserve it.
I mean, what feature do they have that's worth sitting in trials for six years trying to get your life savings back? How many times does a person have to pay $100 to get their machine 'back to normal'?
Look into sshfs. Keep your home machine ssh-reachable (isn't it already?) and you'll be able to ssh into it, mounting the filesystem on your desktop. It's convenient, secure, and effective. Works anywhere ssh does. Good stuff!
This isn't WW2 America; badguys don't wear the same uniform and at least pretend to keep the Geneva Convention. Nowdays, three men in a Dutch bar can decide they hate America (usually with media help) and come over and kill people. See also: all the attacks that have occurred in malls around the country.
Worse yet is political dissidents; I know that the Fed has no business telling the private sector people how much they will be paid (or not at all), and I think it's a rude loss of rights to have Congress and 'Buckwheat' crushing industries to control them, claiming they had nothing to do with it. "Un-checked capitalism! Bad, bad! Must stop!"
Because of these beliefs, and my belief in God, I'm on the DHS watch list. No, not an opinion, for those of you who never get outta the NOC. This was stated, I believe, in March or April.
How else can you transact a coup with people who don't agree? They're already bad-mouthing talk radio so they can shut IT down, as well. Seems "the enlightened" like to burn books, quash protests (see what they told you about the TEA Parties) and have their way.
Yeah, they need to keep an eye on me. I vote, and I care for rights.
Let me be clear: there hasn't been a *good* president since Regan. And there's no argument that Carter was anything but inept and worthless as a president. Especially since I was there; I remember it. We liked Bush I thinking he'd be a continuation; he wasn't. Bush II was even less. Voting for McCain required an act of discipline.
The underlying, unalterable fact is that we're so far in debt we're about to collapse, and Obama, in continuation of a Democrat plan (they were first to be seduced) they want to put in a few trillion for Healthcare.
We don't need it. No one (statistically speaking) gets turned away. And as soon as we can't borrow any more, we'll be inventing new "Depression Songs" because no one will be able to power our computers or boom boxes anymore: collapse is that way. And the only people to survive will be those with tons of power now, and government jobs.
Government never has to cut back. Never has to sacrifice; it's been that way too long.
They work for us; they're working for themselves just now, both Democrat and Republican. And surprise of surprises, it's the Conservatives that want to keep the Constitution rather than shred it. Surprise of surprises, the gunman at the holocaust memorial shooting was on Obama's side, not the Conservative side.
We've all been duped. Most on the Left, but many on the right. It's time to do something about it.
Yeah, spending all the money you decry, spent in the 12 YEARS of Bush, being spent in the first three MONTHS under the current administration is however enlightened and useful.
You *really* need to get caught up.
If the congress and the PolitBureau really wanted to pay for hospital services, they would pay the "going rate" of hospitals. Instead, they pay $36 for a $500 procedure, causing hospitals to charge $8 for aspirin. Congress is WHY the system is broken, not the cure.
The plan is to crush as many industries as possible with legislation, then arrive as if uninvolved and claim "Capitalism did this!" and "We need more regulation!
Then, the Fed, despite the strict outlines in the Constitution, controls everything in exactly the same way as Communist governments. (Where life universally SUCKS.)
This is a means to secure control. Banking, Mortgages, Car manufacturing, everything but Hollywood is getting a "bailout" and then finding themselves so bound to do the WRONG thing, they don't want it. It's instead a "BUY OUT".
These are the end-times for the America of freedom. And in the next world war, there will be no one to save France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and all the other countries we've saved twice in the last two.
The problem with Republicans is that they're not Conservative; McCain and Obama had nothing on which to disagree- both loved the idea of central control, sweeping the Constition under the rug, and consolidating power.
Sorry, but this is where we stand. Thank the media, on our way to hell.
I'm with ya, guy; *if* you can provide content, you've got to find that balance that provides a sample for the unitiated to try, while keeping your heavy-mover content protected, more or less. It's a balancing act most don't have the strength or maturity to achieve.
But long before that...content. Remember the sexually-ambiguous guy screaming "Leave Brittany Alone!"? That's not actually content. Whining, peeing, sleeping, talking about computers while drunk...those are all bodily functions, not entertainment. Most blogs, speaking statistically, wind up more like diary entries than anything, and rarely does that count, either.
This is *I*R*A*N*. Not Ireland, as many of you might be thinking. Votes mean nothing- mullahs make all the decisions. That's the way it is in many Muslim nations. Stop splitting hairs, thinking you've found something new: it's so rigged as to make Florida 2000 look like an afternoon outing.
These folks don't actually have freedom; they let other people make their decisions for them (as we've been doing...) and now have no rights. No need to break out the calculator.
Is there a large company SAP's adoption *didn't* sink with it's huge cost overruns? Airgas is being courted by them, now; we're hearing lots of promises, but seeing no "sucess" cases of any size.
Very true. But if they pull out of the US, they actually get to *keep* the profits. Let's face it- we're talking about a lot of them, here. Last I looked, Bill had $39B and Microsoft had something like $40B. That's big money, unless you were elected to Congress.
I was annoyed with the time-honored rhetoric "Billionare Ballmer said". As in several quarters, like science, several kinds of professional people have been seduced, and there's always time for class warfare from the state-run media. It's NOT EVIL TO HAVE MONEY.
Until the angry Left wakes up and smells the depression, all we can do is wait and think about how to get out of this hole we've permitted ourselves to fall in.:(
So having an opinion dissenting from yours is crazy? Ah, yes- that's sound policy.
Wow, these guys really have you in their pocket. Your TV would probably explode if you tuned to Fox News.
And of course you have full details of my side, since you listen to Limbaugh each day, and pick out the crap from the truth.
(Sarcasm: I know you don't. You probably assume he's a fat bigoted homophobe, none of which are true)
It's unbelievable the young kids who pick a philosophical viewpoint and stick with it; never changing their minds nor asking any questions. But I was here in 1972; I remember what it was like both before and after Carter and his Misery Index. I remember how good the time with Regan was, and how he got TWO LANDSLIDES. Then followup Republicans forgot what made him great. It's so bad now, despite being a war hero, I just might punch McCain in the mouth.
Republicans as an institution have fallen; but freedom- the inhierant permission to do as one will, will be taken from you, voting for people like Obama, supporting this congress, and hating Palin. The difference is like that between open and closed source: one side's in it for the money and power, the other works earnestly for a better computing experience.
Trust me: as a conservative, I've seen a LOT of microphones cut off. They're trying to silence "Right Wing" (Conservative) speech as we speak.
You're not on opposite sides of me: I dare to suggest that higher taxes, more government controls, and having literally *everyone* on welfare is NOT a viewpoint you hold. Especially when you'll pay for it. Why do you support the side bringing it to us all?
Let's get the federal government out of Wall Street and see how much better it runs? If there was an all-consuming, incompetent master of complexity, it'd be the federal government.
- It causes college tuitions to go up, backing college loans. Each year the deans just ask for a little more.
- It crashes hospitals because the poor show up needing a cardiologist, and Medicare pays $38 or so for his (more expensive) care.
- It crashed the automobile industry with it's myriad laws, smog, mileage, and other restrictions, making new cars even more expensive. Last August Toyota and GM sold about the same number of cars. Toyota PROFITED by $8b, GM LOST $27B.
- It crashes the mortgage industry (taking many banks with them) by the Community Reinvestment Act that says if a dark-skinned person askes for a loan, even if he's homeless, he MUST be given a loan. No need to be negro- I think any arguable ethnic group will do: the Fed is racist. If they don't get the loan, all they have to do is complain, and the Fed shuts them down.
- Now that Obama has spent in three months what took Bush 8 YEARS with TWO WARS, and not one penny of the money was aimed at improving the economy, everyone's 401k is crushed as well.
And the congress and/or the president will appear, claiming to not be a part of the crushing, citing "Capitalism has been tried: we must now be socialist to save the day (with trillions more, imaginary money)".
We're done, guys. Sell off your posessions and wait for the depression. There's nothing we can do; most people don't know it's here, yet.
Do we really have scientists that have nothing to do?
Are they trying to get onto American Idol with the pseudo-trumpet?
I'd love for someone to tell me one useful application of a restored instrument...a new way to play "I like big butts"? Does someone think it'll play all the music of the really, really, really old days all on it's own?
This is folly, is it not? Can we have someone NOT being paid by the government to look at the fossil record and tell the government who wants complete power, that CO2 is not only not a problem, but removing it will make the climate hotter? (The truth)
I'm sorry, this is not-quite as stupid as resurrecting a wolly mammoth from DNA.
The first justice to write cyber-crime law before landing on the bench. Another pioneer.
Almost makes up for her being a racist ("My background as a latina will permit me to make better decisions than a white man") and an incompetent judge (80% overturn rate).
No actually...it doesn't.
Once again, we're getting railroaded. This is *exactly as bad* as Bush trying to put Harriett Myers on the bench. I was against it then, too.
I've been saying this was true for the last 25 years. Evansville, Indiana (Southern Tip, second-or-third largest city) has everything NYC has to make a business run, MINUS:
There's just no reason for most companies to go. Rail lines, telecommunications, all the things a _business_ needs to live, they have it. Few businesses need Les-Mis, prostitution, murder rates like crazy...
Did you know before Rudy the murder rate in NYC was 3,000/year? THREE TIMES the loss of life in Iraq, per year. Maybe we should pull out of NYC?:)
Under Rudy it dropped to like 600. Still a lot, but so much better.
An economist and two other cabinet members who evaded paying taxes, a 'car czar' who knows nothing about cars, a 'banking czar' who knows nothing about banks, and the admission that "I don't know much about finance", and he appoints another guy who likely knows nothing to round us up here, on the net.
I would say he means "FieldMarschall" but those were the best-n-brightest Germany could offer.
Is anyone else aware that the "Bail Outs" are actually "Buy Outs" which permits the Federal Government to control things not in the Constitution? We're in the midst of a coup.
But at least we'll have those sexy arms of Michelle's to watch as they crack the whip.
Engines with super-refined fuel always get worse gas mileage.
See, the crude oil is heated in a stack; the tar-like parts stay at the bottom, the lighter fuels find their way up. The thicker stuff at the bottom is MUCH more densely packed with energy- that's where the diesel is. It's 'cruder' (notice it almost doesn't WANT to burn) but it actually carries nore BTU-power per drop. Refine it more, to where it almost wants to burn when ya touch it, and it won't have so much power anymore.
Oil is neat stuff; you might find the Discovery Channel's "Modern Marvels: Oil" episode to be an eye-opener.
And BTW: Rush Limbaugh has been noticing this same thing with ethanol. It's messing up the corn market and Mt Dew now has "Throwback" to make use of the now-cheaper cane sugar as an alternative.
Isn't life wonderful when we just let the government do things? :
Loved that show! Loved living in Chicago too, btw. Thanks for bringing up the wonderful memory.
Ya know what they need to do is, go get the most widely pirated OS on the planet, buy it with telephone tech support, and make all their machines identical with the exact same, hacker-friendly OS so as to make maintenance easier.
...the spirit of the original makers of the Palm Pilot have been gutted by the business-school types. It's a trend. For the last 20 years Microsoft has scared-off venture capital for nearly anything resembling a windows-based 'killer app' and most of the people that once felt that way are long, long gone.
I'd have to agree; offerings from Blackberry are nice, but try with no-names first. Consider this:
We're Linux people around here. We have two houses, 8 computers and 12 people in our two families and not ONE Microsoft device. My brother got an iPod for his daughter. It was partly compatible, more than $100, and didn't play oggs, which are the majority of our music. After having trouble with the DRM, iTunes and all that, we dropped back and got a Sandisk device. ("Click", I think it was called.)
The Sandisk device was smaller, slicker (more responsive), worked with iTunes, was 1/4 the size, played oggs, and we move music back-n-forth just like a camera card. And it was cheaper too.
Keep this in mind when you purchase. Those adhering to standards (and not just Microsoft) are worth fostering. And most times the gear's a bit better, too.
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...from people who've dedicated decades to intelligent-guessing of TV shows.
And not necessarily sucessfully; Star Trek was taken off, then began a 40 year progress into other forms, including 4-5 other series.
Ya know, if they want to offer advice about how many people have used a shower, based on the number of residents in a town, I'll ask them. They have no track record of IT breakthroughs.
I wish there was a better way; biomedics is flawed (not to mention, who wants to lose a thumb/eye/etc?) so until something better comes along, this will have to do.
It's precisely the same argument about so-called "green" electricity. If it's not nuclear, it can't get anywhere NEAR the cost of coal/oil. Nothing can. There's not anything even 'coming around the corner' that could possibly fill the void. Yet the public perception, until it's bought and tried, is that they're one and the same.
Some things need to be left alone. Change it, and see.
Tom Beardon has been talking about something since about 1989 or so; I saw him on a cable TV show back then, when there was nothing else to watch. I kept trying to decide whether the math was wrong, or if it was just another crank.
In spending time researching his work, "Scalar Waves", I turned up the fact that Tesla had the same idea in mind; send power by radio waves. That way a solar station on the moon would be both extremely efficient AND safe.
It's 2009, and I STILL don't know if the guy was a whacko. Nor have I managed to bump into a nuclear scientist who would research the topic. But if you're interested, especially if you're a nuclear scientist, please google "scalar waves".
No, see this is "offering the customer what he wants", right? The right to have batteries from one source, so the price? Sky's the limit.
Just like how we all asked for a mediocre PC operating system, one that comes with about 2,000,000 viruses to mess up our day's work, get our documents and dollars stolen, and have to pay someone to flush and fill it for $100 every once in a while.
Wait- was I the only one? :>
Maybe you guys get out of the NOC just long enough to get to the laundry, but there were a lot of famous first in Der Fuher's arsenal.
- V1 'Buzz Bomb': first cruise missile
- V2 Rocket: first sub-orbital bomb
- Me 163: used photocells, not gunsights to take down bombers by firing panzerfausts (bazookas) at bombers
- First jet bomber (per Hitler): Me 262
These folks tried all kinds of odd things. The Arado 234 had two engines. One front, one back, and room for two cockpits. The Bv141 had a greenhouse on one side, and an engine pod on the other: the most assymetrical aircraft you ever saw.
Now, I don't understand how we get to cool Luftwaffe goodies on Slashdot, but it's nice to see people who think the US and Germany were the only participants, to look back and see the BRIALLIANCE of the German war machines. (So cool that their tools are outlawed, when they lose a major war). :>
They are; I was wire-wrapping breadboards in 1978. I've had all the bullshit and lies I can take from the Microsoft company. If you run Windows, you deserve it.
I mean, what feature do they have that's worth sitting in trials for six years trying to get your life savings back? How many times does a person have to pay $100 to get their machine 'back to normal'?
Nope, not for me.
Look into sshfs. Keep your home machine ssh-reachable (isn't it already?) and you'll be able to ssh into it, mounting the filesystem on your desktop. It's convenient, secure, and effective. Works anywhere ssh does. Good stuff!
This isn't WW2 America; badguys don't wear the same uniform and at least pretend to keep the Geneva Convention. Nowdays, three men in a Dutch bar can decide they hate America (usually with media help) and come over and kill people. See also: all the attacks that have occurred in malls around the country.
Worse yet is political dissidents; I know that the Fed has no business telling the private sector people how much they will be paid (or not at all), and I think it's a rude loss of rights to have Congress and 'Buckwheat' crushing industries to control them, claiming they had nothing to do with it. "Un-checked capitalism! Bad, bad! Must stop!"
Because of these beliefs, and my belief in God, I'm on the DHS watch list. No, not an opinion, for those of you who never get outta the NOC. This was stated, I believe, in March or April.
How else can you transact a coup with people who don't agree? They're already bad-mouthing talk radio so they can shut IT down, as well. Seems "the enlightened" like to burn books, quash protests (see what they told you about the TEA Parties) and have their way.
Yeah, they need to keep an eye on me. I vote, and I care for rights.
Don'tcha think ole' Paul Simon's feeling pretty old, today?
Great song; though it was a long time ago.
Let me be clear: there hasn't been a *good* president since Regan. And there's no argument that Carter was anything but inept and worthless as a president. Especially since I was there; I remember it. We liked Bush I thinking he'd be a continuation; he wasn't. Bush II was even less. Voting for McCain required an act of discipline.
The underlying, unalterable fact is that we're so far in debt we're about to collapse, and Obama, in continuation of a Democrat plan (they were first to be seduced) they want to put in a few trillion for Healthcare.
We don't need it. No one (statistically speaking) gets turned away. And as soon as we can't borrow any more, we'll be inventing new "Depression Songs" because no one will be able to power our computers or boom boxes anymore: collapse is that way. And the only people to survive will be those with tons of power now, and government jobs.
Government never has to cut back. Never has to sacrifice; it's been that way too long.
They work for us; they're working for themselves just now, both Democrat and Republican. And surprise of surprises, it's the Conservatives that want to keep the Constitution rather than shred it. Surprise of surprises, the gunman at the holocaust memorial shooting was on Obama's side, not the Conservative side.
We've all been duped. Most on the Left, but many on the right. It's time to do something about it.
Yeah, spending all the money you decry, spent in the 12 YEARS of Bush, being spent in the first three MONTHS under the current administration is however enlightened and useful.
You *really* need to get caught up.
If the congress and the PolitBureau really wanted to pay for hospital services, they would pay the "going rate" of hospitals. Instead, they pay $36 for a $500 procedure, causing hospitals to charge $8 for aspirin. Congress is WHY the system is broken, not the cure.
The plan is to crush as many industries as possible with legislation, then arrive as if uninvolved and claim "Capitalism did this!" and "We need more regulation!
Then, the Fed, despite the strict outlines in the Constitution, controls everything in exactly the same way as Communist governments. (Where life universally SUCKS.)
This is a means to secure control. Banking, Mortgages, Car manufacturing, everything but Hollywood is getting a "bailout" and then finding themselves so bound to do the WRONG thing, they don't want it. It's instead a "BUY OUT".
These are the end-times for the America of freedom. And in the next world war, there will be no one to save France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and all the other countries we've saved twice in the last two.
The problem with Republicans is that they're not Conservative; McCain and Obama had nothing on which to disagree- both loved the idea of central control, sweeping the Constition under the rug, and consolidating power.
Sorry, but this is where we stand. Thank the media, on our way to hell.
I'm with ya, guy; *if* you can provide content, you've got to find that balance that provides a sample for the unitiated to try, while keeping your heavy-mover content protected, more or less. It's a balancing act most don't have the strength or maturity to achieve.
But long before that...content. Remember the sexually-ambiguous guy screaming "Leave Brittany Alone!"? That's not actually content. Whining, peeing, sleeping, talking about computers while drunk...those are all bodily functions, not entertainment. Most blogs, speaking statistically, wind up more like diary entries than anything, and rarely does that count, either.
This is *I*R*A*N*. Not Ireland, as many of you might be thinking. Votes mean nothing- mullahs make all the decisions. That's the way it is in many Muslim nations. Stop splitting hairs, thinking you've found something new: it's so rigged as to make Florida 2000 look like an afternoon outing.
These folks don't actually have freedom; they let other people make their decisions for them (as we've been doing...) and now have no rights. No need to break out the calculator.
Is there a large company SAP's adoption *didn't* sink with it's huge cost overruns? Airgas is being courted by them, now; we're hearing lots of promises, but seeing no "sucess" cases of any size.
What's the attraction?
Very true. But if they pull out of the US, they actually get to *keep* the profits. Let's face it- we're talking about a lot of them, here. Last I looked, Bill had $39B and Microsoft had something like $40B. That's big money, unless you were elected to Congress.
I was annoyed with the time-honored rhetoric "Billionare Ballmer said". As in several quarters, like science, several kinds of professional people have been seduced, and there's always time for class warfare from the state-run media. It's NOT EVIL TO HAVE MONEY.
Until the angry Left wakes up and smells the depression, all we can do is wait and think about how to get out of this hole we've permitted ourselves to fall in. :(
Wow; you're a real open-minded individual.
Had you ever heard that name-calling decreases...not increases your position in a debate?
You lose. Let mom know where ya are. The sun's going down and they don't want any bad men to take you away.
(No reply is necessary)
So having an opinion dissenting from yours is crazy? Ah, yes- that's sound policy.
Wow, these guys really have you in their pocket. Your TV would probably explode if you tuned to Fox News.
And of course you have full details of my side, since you listen to Limbaugh each day, and pick out the crap from the truth.
(Sarcasm: I know you don't. You probably assume he's a fat bigoted homophobe, none of which are true)
It's unbelievable the young kids who pick a philosophical viewpoint and stick with it; never changing their minds nor asking any questions. But I was here in 1972; I remember what it was like both before and after Carter and his Misery Index. I remember how good the time with Regan was, and how he got TWO LANDSLIDES. Then followup Republicans forgot what made him great. It's so bad now, despite being a war hero, I just might punch McCain in the mouth.
Republicans as an institution have fallen; but freedom- the inhierant permission to do as one will, will be taken from you, voting for people like Obama, supporting this congress, and hating Palin. The difference is like that between open and closed source: one side's in it for the money and power, the other works earnestly for a better computing experience.
Trust me: as a conservative, I've seen a LOT of microphones cut off. They're trying to silence "Right Wing" (Conservative) speech as we speak.
You're not on opposite sides of me: I dare to suggest that higher taxes, more government controls, and having literally *everyone* on welfare is NOT a viewpoint you hold. Especially when you'll pay for it. Why do you support the side bringing it to us all?
Let's get the federal government out of Wall Street and see how much better it runs? If there was an all-consuming, incompetent master of complexity, it'd be the federal government.
- It causes college tuitions to go up, backing college loans. Each year the deans just ask for a little more.
- It crashes hospitals because the poor show up needing a cardiologist, and Medicare pays $38 or so for his (more expensive) care.
- It crashed the automobile industry with it's myriad laws, smog, mileage, and other restrictions, making new cars even more expensive. Last August Toyota and GM sold about the same number of cars. Toyota PROFITED by $8b, GM LOST $27B.
- It crashes the mortgage industry (taking many banks with them) by the Community Reinvestment Act that says if a dark-skinned person askes for a loan, even if he's homeless, he MUST be given a loan. No need to be negro- I think any arguable ethnic group will do: the Fed is racist. If they don't get the loan, all they have to do is complain, and the Fed shuts them down.
- Now that Obama has spent in three months what took Bush 8 YEARS with TWO WARS, and not one penny of the money was aimed at improving the economy, everyone's 401k is crushed as well.
And the congress and/or the president will appear, claiming to not be a part of the crushing, citing "Capitalism has been tried: we must now be socialist to save the day (with trillions more, imaginary money)".
We're done, guys. Sell off your posessions and wait for the depression. There's nothing we can do; most people don't know it's here, yet.
Do we really have scientists that have nothing to do?
Are they trying to get onto American Idol with the pseudo-trumpet?
I'd love for someone to tell me one useful application of a restored instrument...a new way to play "I like big butts"? Does someone think it'll play all the music of the really, really, really old days all on it's own?
This is folly, is it not? Can we have someone NOT being paid by the government to look at the fossil record and tell the government who wants complete power, that CO2 is not only not a problem, but removing it will make the climate hotter? (The truth)
I'm sorry, this is not-quite as stupid as resurrecting a wolly mammoth from DNA.
The first justice to write cyber-crime law before landing on the bench. Another pioneer.
Almost makes up for her being a racist ("My background as a latina will permit me to make better decisions than a white man") and an incompetent judge (80% overturn rate).
No actually...it doesn't.
Once again, we're getting railroaded. This is *exactly as bad* as Bush trying to put Harriett Myers on the bench. I was against it then, too.
I've been saying this was true for the last 25 years. Evansville, Indiana (Southern Tip, second-or-third largest city) has everything NYC has to make a business run, MINUS:
-Crime
-High Taxes
-High spot on terrorist lists
-Noise
-Crappy Schools
-Crowding
There's just no reason for most companies to go. Rail lines, telecommunications, all the things a _business_ needs to live, they have it. Few businesses need Les-Mis, prostitution, murder rates like crazy...
Did you know before Rudy the murder rate in NYC was 3,000/year? THREE TIMES the loss of life in Iraq, per year. Maybe we should pull out of NYC? :)
Under Rudy it dropped to like 600. Still a lot, but so much better.
An economist and two other cabinet members who evaded paying taxes, a 'car czar' who knows nothing about cars, a 'banking czar' who knows nothing about banks, and the admission that "I don't know much about finance", and he appoints another guy who likely knows nothing to round us up here, on the net.
I would say he means "FieldMarschall" but those were the best-n-brightest Germany could offer.
Is anyone else aware that the "Bail Outs" are actually "Buy Outs" which permits the Federal Government to control things not in the Constitution? We're in the midst of a coup.
But at least we'll have those sexy arms of Michelle's to watch as they crack the whip.
Engines with super-refined fuel always get worse gas mileage.
See, the crude oil is heated in a stack; the tar-like parts stay at the bottom, the lighter fuels find their way up. The thicker stuff at the bottom is MUCH more densely packed with energy- that's where the diesel is. It's 'cruder' (notice it almost doesn't WANT to burn) but it actually carries nore BTU-power per drop. Refine it more, to where it almost wants to burn when ya touch it, and it won't have so much power anymore.
Oil is neat stuff; you might find the Discovery Channel's "Modern Marvels: Oil" episode to be an eye-opener.
And BTW: Rush Limbaugh has been noticing this same thing with ethanol. It's messing up the corn market and Mt Dew now has "Throwback" to make use of the now-cheaper cane sugar as an alternative.
Isn't life wonderful when we just let the government do things? :
"What are you prepared to do about it?"
Loved that show! Loved living in Chicago too, btw. Thanks for bringing up the wonderful memory.
Ya know what they need to do is, go get the most widely pirated OS on the planet, buy it with telephone tech support, and make all their machines identical with the exact same, hacker-friendly OS so as to make maintenance easier.
OH, WAIT! That's what they did!
...the spirit of the original makers of the Palm Pilot have been gutted by the business-school types. It's a trend. For the last 20 years Microsoft has scared-off venture capital for nearly anything resembling a windows-based 'killer app' and most of the people that once felt that way are long, long gone.
I'd have to agree; offerings from Blackberry are nice, but try with no-names first. Consider this:
We're Linux people around here. We have two houses, 8 computers and 12 people in our two families and not ONE Microsoft device. My brother got an iPod for his daughter. It was partly compatible, more than $100, and didn't play oggs, which are the majority of our music. After having trouble with the DRM, iTunes and all that, we dropped back and got a Sandisk device. ("Click", I think it was called.)
The Sandisk device was smaller, slicker (more responsive), worked with iTunes, was 1/4 the size, played oggs, and we move music back-n-forth just like a camera card. And it was cheaper too.
Keep this in mind when you purchase. Those adhering to standards (and not just Microsoft) are worth fostering. And most times the gear's a bit better, too.