The Abu Ghraib story broke in April 2004 (and officially became a non-story on November 2, 2004)
How did this become a non-story? Are you saying that the press will no longer keep running it since it no longer helps Kerry? Did Bush pardon the soldiers involved? Were the prisoners freed and given settlements? Maybe it's a non-story now for the media, but it is still a story for those involved and for everyone smeared by the broad brush.
I understand what you are saying, but this seems to be another attempt at stopping or reversing growth in America so that other countries can catch up. I approve and support the idea of finding better, safer, cleaner ways to do things, but I am against the idea of the US having to pay 'extortion' money to other nations in order to keep our levels where they are now.
I don't know if you've ever been to America, but it is very different than Europe. I can drive over three hours without leaving my state, much less my country. Where we have large concentrations of people, we have public transportation. Where I live (about 20 miles outside of Chicago), I have no choice but to drive to work.
This is America. If someone finds a way to do something better and make a buck at it, that is what will be done. If the rest of the world tries to say we need to cut production and increase costs plus pay other countries for the privilege, we as a country are going to laugh and tell the rest of the world to take a walk.
Fuel cells, solar power, hybrid cars, E-85 fuel cars (that run on 85% corn) are just a few of the things we are working on. People are buying into this and paying a premium to do so. I am even looking at a hybrid car (my wife's car, a mini-van runs on E-85) and willing to pay the much higher cost. Once there are viable alternatives, America will go with them but we can't develop them while handcuffed by Kyoto. There just wouldn't be any money available to build new when we'd have to fix the old.
Hope this gives you a bit of insight into American culture.
Two days to the election, Kerry behind in the polls, of course the NYT is going to run this story. They need something to distract from the fact that OBL now sounds more reasonable than Al Gore.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...
The US government still manages to deny cooperation on the Kyoto Protocol with most stupid arguments, a treaty already ratified by 125 countries all over the world.
Oh, the famous Kyoto treaty. Yes, 125 countries have ratified it but I don't think that any of those countries face anywhere near the restrictions that the US would face if we had to abide by it. If how you feed your family has anything to do with the American economy, Kyoto is bad for you. That includes all the countries that import to or export from America and everyone that gets foriegn aid or loans.
Hmmm.. according to the latest statistics, it would be expected that 215,000 people in Iraq would die during the same time frame from non-war causes. I did read the article and have some questions about their survey methods and extrapolation.
How about the ability to sort bookmarks alphabetically? The ability to make the browser popup ALT attributes for images? The ability to copy images directly into the clipboard? The ability to switch user-agent on the fly? The ability to download with software other than the browser?
Can you post the names of these extensions? I use adblock only and have never seen the rest of these. They sound great.
I don't know if his wife would let him close the loopholes. Heinz has almost 100 factories and most of them are not in the US.
Yes, I know she doesn't control the company. Yes, I know she has no control over business decisions. But I also know that she rakes in a good amount of money from her 4% ownership.
Despite Snopes saying that my ketchup is made in America, my bottle says it came from Canada.
And America is larger than France so the people in America are larger than French people. You have just invented the evolutionary explaination for our growing population.
So you may find that different people have different experiences with going into Walmarts. Big city people will probably hate them (lots of negativity toward them here in Chicago) while the less populated areas will love them.
I have to say that the Walmarts in the Chicago area are pretty bad. I really don't like going to them. But outside of the Chicago area, I like the condition of most of the Walmarts. Even the De Kalb Walmart (60 miles west of Chicago) is pretty nice.
Big city Chicago has a different problem with Walmart: Unions. The unions control the city and would rather the people have no jobs than non-union jobs.
If you aren't in to the lastest FPS and don't really want to invest 80 hours a week building up your charaters, you can play some classic and fun games at Game Table Online. The have Kill Dr. Lucky and other card games and usually have players available. I found them at Gen Con and signed up as soon as I got home.
like in the last big ice age, which ended 11,000 years ago.
Did your dad ever mention what caused enough global warming 11,000 years ago to cause the glaciers to receed? I know it wasn't my SUV. Maybe it had something to do with proto-republicans?
Earth's climate has been going through changes for millions of years. Why are we so vain to think that it will stop changing just because we like it the way it was?
In many countries you'll go to jail if you shoot an unarmed intruder. Kill them knowing they're unarmed and most European countries will see you on a murder charge.
What? You don't keep any knives in your kitchen? Just put one in the dead guy's hand before you call the cops. Make sure you get left and right prints on it, in case the guy is a lefty. Unarmed problem solved. "He grabbed a knife from my barbeque/garage/sink and came after me. What else could I do?"
Hand guns are notoriously inaccurate at much beyond a dozen feet or so. Stop believing the movies.
Must be the shooter. My Glock 17 is pretty consistant between 25 and 50 feet for shots into center mass. I also have good results in my three-shot practice (two center mass, one head). I always hit center mass and usually get somewhere in the head. My.357 with a longer barrel is less accurate, but that is because I practice less with it.
Of course, this is all range talk. I have never had to fire at a human (and, God willing, I never will). Under stress, I'm sure the range will drop but you fight as you train.
Funny you should mention that. According to the Chicago Tribune(subscribtion required),
...technology crews started a planned upgrade to increase the newspaper's Sun Microsystems servers from so-called 10K models to 15K machines. To do this, experts from the company that makes the newspaper's core Windows-based publishing software, Denmark-based CCI Europe A/S, needed to install upgrades of its Newsdesk brand software that the Tribune and other clients use.
So was it Sun or Microsoft?? Or maybe Apple?
Frantic hours went by as deadline after deadline slipped while crews struggled to find a fix. Malone said he went so far as to start setting up the newspaper's pages on the art department's Macintosh desktops, hoping to get at least something printed.
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The Abu Ghraib story broke in April 2004 (and officially became a non-story on November 2, 2004)
How did this become a non-story? Are you saying that the press will no longer keep running it since it no longer helps Kerry? Did Bush pardon the soldiers involved? Were the prisoners freed and given settlements? Maybe it's a non-story now for the media, but it is still a story for those involved and for everyone smeared by the broad brush.
Illinois stands out like a sore thumb here.
If you remove the city of Chicago you will see that Illinois fits the heartland profile.
I understand what you are saying, but this seems to be another attempt at stopping or reversing growth in America so that other countries can catch up. I approve and support the idea of finding better, safer, cleaner ways to do things, but I am against the idea of the US having to pay 'extortion' money to other nations in order to keep our levels where they are now.
I don't know if you've ever been to America, but it is very different than Europe. I can drive over three hours without leaving my state, much less my country. Where we have large concentrations of people, we have public transportation. Where I live (about 20 miles outside of Chicago), I have no choice but to drive to work.
This is America. If someone finds a way to do something better and make a buck at it, that is what will be done. If the rest of the world tries to say we need to cut production and increase costs plus pay other countries for the privilege, we as a country are going to laugh and tell the rest of the world to take a walk.
Fuel cells, solar power, hybrid cars, E-85 fuel cars (that run on 85% corn) are just a few of the things we are working on. People are buying into this and paying a premium to do so. I am even looking at a hybrid car (my wife's car, a mini-van runs on E-85) and willing to pay the much higher cost. Once there are viable alternatives, America will go with them but we can't develop them while handcuffed by Kyoto. There just wouldn't be any money available to build new when we'd have to fix the old.
Hope this gives you a bit of insight into American culture.
Any suggestions for a country with a balmy climate and people with common sense ?
If you find one and it has a decent Internet pipe, drop me a line.
Two days to the election, Kerry behind in the polls, of course the NYT is going to run this story. They need something to distract from the fact that OBL now sounds more reasonable than Al Gore.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...
Water, like many, many substances, tends to increase in volume when you add heat.
Really? Is that why my beer cans shrink when they freeze? I think you are missing something.
The US government still manages to deny cooperation on the Kyoto Protocol with most stupid arguments, a treaty already ratified by 125 countries all over the world.
Oh, the famous Kyoto treaty. Yes, 125 countries have ratified it but I don't think that any of those countries face anywhere near the restrictions that the US would face if we had to abide by it. If how you feed your family has anything to do with the American economy, Kyoto is bad for you. That includes all the countries that import to or export from America and everyone that gets foriegn aid or loans.
Hmmm.. according to the latest statistics, it would be expected that 215,000 people in Iraq would die during the same time frame from non-war causes. I did read the article and have some questions about their survey methods and extrapolation.
Since I am not a coder, does anyone know if there will be a 64-bit build of Firefox? I'd like to use it on my 64-bit XP Beta machine.
How about the ability to sort bookmarks alphabetically? The ability to make the browser popup ALT attributes for images? The ability to copy images directly into the clipboard? The ability to switch user-agent on the fly? The ability to download with software other than the browser?
Can you post the names of these extensions? I use adblock only and have never seen the rest of these. They sound great.
In my head, my voice sounds like a sexy baritone, but when I hear my voice in voicemail, it sounds tinny and whiney.
Maybe you need a better voicemail system...
I don't know if his wife would let him close the loopholes. Heinz has almost 100 factories and most of them are not in the US.
Yes, I know she doesn't control the company. Yes, I know she has no control over business decisions. But I also know that she rakes in a good amount of money from her 4% ownership.
Despite Snopes saying that my ketchup is made in America, my bottle says it came from Canada.
And America is larger than France so the people in America are larger than French people. You have just invented the evolutionary explaination for our growing population.
Decent printers are expensive. Cheapo Lexmarks are not decent printers.
So you may find that different people have different experiences with going into Walmarts. Big city people will probably hate them (lots of negativity toward them here in Chicago) while the less populated areas will love them.
I have to say that the Walmarts in the Chicago area are pretty bad. I really don't like going to them. But outside of the Chicago area, I like the condition of most of the Walmarts. Even the De Kalb Walmart (60 miles west of Chicago) is pretty nice.
Big city Chicago has a different problem with Walmart: Unions. The unions control the city and would rather the people have no jobs than non-union jobs.
I thought the little pocket in the back for a Swiss Army knife was a nice touch. :)
Oh man. I just know that is going to cost me a swiss army knife the next time I fly.
If you aren't in to the lastest FPS and don't really want to invest 80 hours a week building up your charaters, you can play some classic and fun games at Game Table Online. The have Kill Dr. Lucky and other card games and usually have players available. I found them at Gen Con and signed up as soon as I got home.
like in the last big ice age, which ended 11,000 years ago.
Did your dad ever mention what caused enough global warming 11,000 years ago to cause the glaciers to receed? I know it wasn't my SUV. Maybe it had something to do with proto-republicans?
Earth's climate has been going through changes for millions of years. Why are we so vain to think that it will stop changing just because we like it the way it was?
In many countries you'll go to jail if you shoot an unarmed intruder. Kill them knowing they're unarmed and most European countries will see you on a murder charge.
What? You don't keep any knives in your kitchen? Just put one in the dead guy's hand before you call the cops. Make sure you get left and right prints on it, in case the guy is a lefty. Unarmed problem solved. "He grabbed a knife from my barbeque/garage/sink and came after me. What else could I do?"
Hand guns are notoriously inaccurate at much beyond a dozen feet or so. Stop believing the movies.
.357 with a longer barrel is less accurate, but that is because I practice less with it.
Must be the shooter. My Glock 17 is pretty consistant between 25 and 50 feet for shots into center mass. I also have good results in my three-shot practice (two center mass, one head). I always hit center mass and usually get somewhere in the head. My
Of course, this is all range talk. I have never had to fire at a human (and, God willing, I never will). Under stress, I'm sure the range will drop but you fight as you train.
(like the entire information equivalent for our global genome fitting on a 100 pound laptop!)
You want me to send them my old TRS-80 Model 4P?
smaller than the city of Boulder, Colorado.
Yeah, but four times more exciting! (Yes, I've been to Boulder)
Uh-oh. I think I just heard the death-knell for Slashdot!
Funny you should mention that. According to the Chicago Tribune(subscribtion required),
...technology crews started a planned upgrade to increase the newspaper's Sun Microsystems servers from so-called 10K models to 15K machines. To do this, experts from the company that makes the newspaper's core Windows-based publishing software, Denmark-based CCI Europe A/S, needed to install upgrades of its Newsdesk brand software that the Tribune and other clients use.
So was it Sun or Microsoft?? Or maybe Apple?
Frantic hours went by as deadline after deadline slipped while crews struggled to find a fix. Malone said he went so far as to start setting up the newspaper's pages on the art department's Macintosh desktops, hoping to get at least something printed.
I tend to use Viv@x.com since they no longer exist and became PayPal. I was using this as a fake before they exisited anyway.