Hope you don't live in Sanford, FL and like to walk around at night in neighborhoods you don't live in. Only Zimmerman and God know what happened that night unless some videotape evidence appears. If Zimmerman's head was being "smashed" into the concrete, wounds may not appear on a grainy video shot from who knows how far away.
I'm curious where the shooting took place in relation to Zimmerman's truck. From what I've read and seen on TV, he started following Martin, was told not to follow, Zimmerman replied "OK" and may have headed back to his truck where he was allegedly attacked. If the shooting took place near his truck, then it's likely that Martin followed and possibly attacked Zimmerman.
Way too many unanswered questions that the media is not asking and it's unfair for this to be tried in the court of public opinion as is currently occurring.
What about all the other killings and racially biased attacks going on? What makes this incident such a media sensation at this point in time?
At the end of the day, another young man has unnecessarily died and I pray for his soul and for the healing of his family and friends and for lady justice to find and present the truth.
Doesn't he know who he represents? How the hell are these companies supposed to make a profit, keep the stockholders happy and keep their executives in luxurious vacation homes.
Seriously thought, hooray for Canada (don't tell anyone I said that) and hooray for common sense!
Shouldn't we have mandatory recycling on everything, ie if you make it, you're responsible for it. Pit bulls for instance. Sure, they have a purpose, but someone down here in Houston didn't want their two put bulls, pulled their tags & turned them loose and a 4-yr old was killed. Whoever brought those dogs into the world should have sold them to a responsible owner and since this won't happen, they should become registered property as cars & guns often are. Course I'm ranting just a bit here, but I get pissed man! Aminal control only works bankers hours during the week and the cops asked me NOT to shoot stray dogs myself so what else can I do besides rant?
Maybe next we'll register various blunt objects since they're the most common murder weapons and we'll have to show ID to purchase a frying pan.
No, screw it, let's just neuter folks that can't pass a simple IQ test to make the world a safer place for the rest of us.
And I mean simple questions such as "How many drinks are too many before driving a school bus" and "Will a TV tray hold a 200LB TV for my toddler's room?"
Can you not update your license somehow? I'm guessing the gov't is too strict on how licenses are doled out or does clear channel has them all? Thanks for hanging in there, I love my local AM talk radio shows, even that Savage guy in the evenings is a hoot.
My father recently survived a bout with prostate cancer and I haven't discussed it for more than 2 minutes with him. Simple fact is the prostate isn't something that anyone sees or really cares about until there is a problem, but breasts? I've already turned one website pink and now I'm looking for a pink phpbb theme.
Agreed on all points, but it doesn't matter. Picture the average earthlink user in your head and then realize half are dumber than the person you're picturing. Maybe 5% of earthlink users will realize and give a damn, the other 95% are just happy they have something new to click that may take them somewhere that may be useful. An error page is a dead end for them that makes them think they've screwed up.
A best friend used to work in marketing for earthlink and told me about the users they brought in to test websites, systems, etc... I was absolutely horrified and now weep for the future.
I doubt they're going to dig, they're only making a point to other potential spammers - "we're going to make your life hell as well if you spam".
It may not be right, but spammers are only bending the laws for their own personal gain and our laws just aren't tough enough. Hell, overall they're not tough enough, we're letting way too many criminals off easy. Let's go back to a hand, a foot and your first born for an eye. Next time you'll think twice about committing crime.
You wimpy ACs, I need to update my filters - car phones were common, not cell phones but still maybe 1 in 100 adults had them, I worked for the 7th largest US contractor back then and cell phones were not assigned to our managers, only the lead PM on a project worth $100MM would be assigned one.
ATM cards were common, not check cards.
Maybe there should be some sort of IQ test for AC posters
If you want to enjoy modern conveniences, plan ahead. Pay cash for things, don't use kroger cards (at least not in your own name), use someone elses unsecured wireless if you have to be online. It only gets worse if you use all these modern "conveniences".
Think about it, just 10 years ago, I knew no one with a personal cell phone, high speed internet, check card, "savings" cards, etc...
And that's how they make their money, if everything was black & white the lawyers would have nothing to do. Same with the tax laws. Imagine if the tax laws were consolidated, all the loopholes taken away. Billions of dollars would be saved that companies could put back into development, their workforce, etc.. Course the tax experts would have to find a new career but since their buddies write the tax laws, it's just a big circle jerk and we're all funding this.
I've been building power plants and other industrial projects for 15 years now. We encase all cabling in ductbanks (conduit & rebar in concrete, usually dyed red) and only a determined idiot will knock these lines out of service.
To address the issue with power loss through induction, yet it happens and it's dangerous. We had a run of pipe being welded up directly under a 100+ kV line leaving a substation. After getting several hundred feet welded up, they started having spot fires in the area. After several calls to the local FD, the FD Chief was getting pissed so they were walking the area down, heard a zzzzzssshhhtt (best I can describe) and sure enough the lines were inducing a current into the pipe (creating a large cap) and once the charge was large enough it arced to the ground, sometimes in a area with dry leaves & pine needles.
Also on another project we had a 12kV line in a ductbank piggybacking a 100pr data cable which fed our T1/T3 lines and we kept blowing the phone companies coils on their end and causing havoc with our digital phone system. Finally one day I was re-wiring the phone system and got zapped. Voltmeter showed 60V, not sure of amerage but it smarted. Idiots who installed the 12kV line didn't bond the shield so we had a current inducted into the 100pr.
So, yes power can be run underground but you better encase it and know what you're doing or hire someone who does.
Don't forget the inefficiencies of power transmission via transformers and the power lines, etc.. Bringing gasoline to market likely has an efficiency similar to bringing electricity to market, but when multiplied over millions of cars, it could really add up. But you're not going to switch everyone overnight to alternative fuels and building out the power grid to supply more electricity to power these vehicles will require quite a bit of energy. Seems as though it's and endless bitter cycle.... and I'm too tired to solve tonight.
I'm one of the 20 laptop users in my office of 60 or so with 2 to 8 clients in our office at any one time. Our biggest issue is with the dsl going tits up at 5AM when the cranky old farts arrive in the office and stew until I arrive to reboot the dsl modem at 7AM. I put a xmas light timer on it to reboot it every night at 2AM.
The wireless is working fine for now with only me (vpn to our network) and a few clients and two printers. I'm adding two d-link range extenders this weekend to test for awhile before we move to our new office and quadruple our office space. I also expect the dropping connection to go away once I upgrade my card from a b to a newer g card.
In my experience, I've setup wpa-tsk security with a non-descript ssid and a superlong marketing phrase as the key. Had several complaints about the key being too long, I always offer to type in for them and I explain that it's for their protection. I could care less if some hacker uses a crappy dsl line to screw around, it's not connected to our network, but I would care if they got in and into the files of my clients on their laptops.
sweet! Too many stupid people out there, it's about time they start weeding themselves out. I hope they all fight to the finish.
As George Carlin says, "Imagine the average person out there, then realize that half the people in this world are stupider than than! God Damn the're a lotta stupid people walking around out there"
IMHO, SOX doesn't matter. Where I work, we automatically adhere to SOX with good internal reporting procedures. I'm in Project Controls where I plan out the activities, costs and invoices for engineering & construction projects. I've never seen a company pay attention to the details as much as where I'm at now, but they've been in business for nearly a hundred years and they've been running successful projects this way for decades. Yes, we're employee owned.
If we pay this much attention to the financial details of a project, imagine the attention the project gets.
You're speaking to the choir. Anyone who truly wants to push open source software (specifically operating systems) should track down vendors who don't write platform independent software and lean on them. I deal with two that I always harrass their support folks/vendors/marketing folks.
One (Constructware) used to be Netscape/IE and finally stopped supporting Netscrape and is now IE only.
The other (Primavera) has always kept users on the MS side even though it's nearest competitor is written by microsoft (MS Project). And no, there is no substitute to Primavera's P3 for scheduling/project controls, everything else is just a bar chart. I'd switch careers before trying to do my job using MS Project regardless of what the folks at PMI want you to believe.
For project meetings, I like to use a recorder (as long as SWPC doesn't object), jot down the main points and then type up the minutes later. If there is ever a question, just grab the audio file and see exactly what was said.
I think I worked at that engineering company in Houston. I hated the new IT knotsies and their rules so I sent several gig sized emails to myself just to see if I could.
Right, that's my point, the part about cameras in homes was only mentioned to sensationalize the story. Who gives a rats ass if there are cameras in crime ridden parts of the city and apartment complexes. I see the news every morning and evening and there are murders in apartment complexes almost every day.
If Hurtt or anyone else had mentioned cameras in private homes, the local TV news would have gone nuts. They're so goofy about sensationalizing "The Danger lurking in your home that could KILL YOU at any moment" which is your gas stove if the knob gets turned accidently or something silly like that. This they would have jumped on, there would be no love
lost between the cops & news in this town.
I live in a Houston suburb and this is a BS misleading article. I've seen news reports about cameras in crime ridden public areas and some apartment building owners are working to have cameras installed in their buildings, but the cameras in homes has never been mentioned on any news report I've seen, and as a taxpayer I don't want my taxes to go to a babysitter who can't keep their act together.
This article is taking some quote out of context and twisting it into a story. Whoever wrote this should stick to writing campaign speeches or crime novels.
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Hope you don't live in Sanford, FL and like to walk around at night in neighborhoods you don't live in. Only Zimmerman and God know what happened that night unless some videotape evidence appears. If Zimmerman's head was being "smashed" into the concrete, wounds may not appear on a grainy video shot from who knows how far away.
I'm curious where the shooting took place in relation to Zimmerman's truck. From what I've read and seen on TV, he started following Martin, was told not to follow, Zimmerman replied "OK" and may have headed back to his truck where he was allegedly attacked. If the shooting took place near his truck, then it's likely that Martin followed and possibly attacked Zimmerman.
Way too many unanswered questions that the media is not asking and it's unfair for this to be tried in the court of public opinion as is currently occurring.
What about all the other killings and racially biased attacks going on? What makes this incident such a media sensation at this point in time?
At the end of the day, another young man has unnecessarily died and I pray for his soul and for the healing of his family and friends and for lady justice to find and present the truth.
Just spam your favorite irc channels with the address and vulnerability info. Should help bring the problem to the attention of the site owner.
Doesn't he know who he represents? How the hell are these companies supposed to make a profit, keep the stockholders happy and keep their executives in luxurious vacation homes.
Seriously thought, hooray for Canada (don't tell anyone I said that) and hooray for common sense!
Shouldn't we have mandatory recycling on everything, ie if you make it, you're responsible for it. Pit bulls for instance. Sure, they have a purpose, but someone down here in Houston didn't want their two put bulls, pulled their tags & turned them loose and a 4-yr old was killed. Whoever brought those dogs into the world should have sold them to a responsible owner and since this won't happen, they should become registered property as cars & guns often are. Course I'm ranting just a bit here, but I get pissed man! Aminal control only works bankers hours during the week and the cops asked me NOT to shoot stray dogs myself so what else can I do besides rant?
Maybe next we'll register various blunt objects since they're the most common murder weapons and we'll have to show ID to purchase a frying pan.
No, screw it, let's just neuter folks that can't pass a simple IQ test to make the world a safer place for the rest of us.
And I mean simple questions such as "How many drinks are too many before driving a school bus" and "Will a TV tray hold a 200LB TV for my toddler's room?"
Can you not update your license somehow? I'm guessing the gov't is too strict on how licenses are doled out or does clear channel has them all? Thanks for hanging in there, I love my local AM talk radio shows, even that Savage guy in the evenings is a hoot.
thank you for your contribution
My father recently survived a bout with prostate cancer and I haven't discussed it for more than 2 minutes with him. Simple fact is the prostate isn't something that anyone sees or really cares about until there is a problem, but breasts? I've already turned one website pink and now I'm looking for a pink phpbb theme.
Agreed on all points, but it doesn't matter. Picture the average earthlink user in your head and then realize half are dumber than the person you're picturing. Maybe 5% of earthlink users will realize and give a damn, the other 95% are just happy they have something new to click that may take them somewhere that may be useful. An error page is a dead end for them that makes them think they've screwed up.
A best friend used to work in marketing for earthlink and told me about the users they brought in to test websites, systems, etc... I was absolutely horrified and now weep for the future.
I doubt they're going to dig, they're only making a point to other potential spammers - "we're going to make your life hell as well if you spam".
It may not be right, but spammers are only bending the laws for their own personal gain and our laws just aren't tough enough. Hell, overall they're not tough enough, we're letting way too many criminals off easy. Let's go back to a hand, a foot and your first born for an eye. Next time you'll think twice about committing crime.
You wimpy ACs, I need to update my filters - car phones were common, not cell phones but still maybe 1 in 100 adults had them, I worked for the 7th largest US contractor back then and cell phones were not assigned to our managers, only the lead PM on a project worth $100MM would be assigned one.
ATM cards were common, not check cards.
Maybe there should be some sort of IQ test for AC posters
If you want to enjoy modern conveniences, plan ahead. Pay cash for things, don't use kroger cards (at least not in your own name), use someone elses unsecured wireless if you have to be online. It only gets worse if you use all these modern "conveniences".
Think about it, just 10 years ago, I knew no one with a personal cell phone, high speed internet, check card, "savings" cards, etc...
And that's how they make their money, if everything was black & white the lawyers would have nothing to do. Same with the tax laws. Imagine if the tax laws were consolidated, all the loopholes taken away. Billions of dollars would be saved that companies could put back into development, their workforce, etc.. Course the tax experts would have to find a new career but since their buddies write the tax laws, it's just a big circle jerk and we're all funding this.
I've been building power plants and other industrial projects for 15 years now. We encase all cabling in ductbanks (conduit & rebar in concrete, usually dyed red) and only a determined idiot will knock these lines out of service.
To address the issue with power loss through induction, yet it happens and it's dangerous. We had a run of pipe being welded up directly under a 100+ kV line leaving a substation. After getting several hundred feet welded up, they started having spot fires in the area. After several calls to the local FD, the FD Chief was getting pissed so they were walking the area down, heard a zzzzzssshhhtt (best I can describe) and sure enough the lines were inducing a current into the pipe (creating a large cap) and once the charge was large enough it arced to the ground, sometimes in a area with dry leaves & pine needles.
Also on another project we had a 12kV line in a ductbank piggybacking a 100pr data cable which fed our T1/T3 lines and we kept blowing the phone companies coils on their end and causing havoc with our digital phone system. Finally one day I was re-wiring the phone system and got zapped. Voltmeter showed 60V, not sure of amerage but it smarted. Idiots who installed the 12kV line didn't bond the shield so we had a current inducted into the 100pr.
So, yes power can be run underground but you better encase it and know what you're doing or hire someone who does.
Don't forget the inefficiencies of power transmission via transformers and the power lines, etc.. Bringing gasoline to market likely has an efficiency similar to bringing electricity to market, but when multiplied over millions of cars, it could really add up. But you're not going to switch everyone overnight to alternative fuels and building out the power grid to supply more electricity to power these vehicles will require quite a bit of energy. Seems as though it's and endless bitter cycle.... and I'm too tired to solve tonight.
I'm one of the 20 laptop users in my office of 60 or so with 2 to 8 clients in our office at any one time. Our biggest issue is with the dsl going tits up at 5AM when the cranky old farts arrive in the office and stew until I arrive to reboot the dsl modem at 7AM. I put a xmas light timer on it to reboot it every night at 2AM.
The wireless is working fine for now with only me (vpn to our network) and a few clients and two printers. I'm adding two d-link range extenders this weekend to test for awhile before we move to our new office and quadruple our office space. I also expect the dropping connection to go away once I upgrade my card from a b to a newer g card.
In my experience, I've setup wpa-tsk security with a non-descript ssid and a superlong marketing phrase as the key. Had several complaints about the key being too long, I always offer to type in for them and I explain that it's for their protection. I could care less if some hacker uses a crappy dsl line to screw around, it's not connected to our network, but I would care if they got in and into the files of my clients on their laptops.
sweet! Too many stupid people out there, it's about time they start weeding themselves out. I hope they all fight to the finish.
As George Carlin says, "Imagine the average person out there, then realize that half the people in this world are stupider than than! God Damn the're a lotta stupid people walking around out there"
IMHO, SOX doesn't matter. Where I work, we automatically adhere to SOX with good internal reporting procedures. I'm in Project Controls where I plan out the activities, costs and invoices for engineering & construction projects. I've never seen a company pay attention to the details as much as where I'm at now, but they've been in business for nearly a hundred years and they've been running successful projects this way for decades. Yes, we're employee owned.
If we pay this much attention to the financial details of a project, imagine the attention the project gets.
Quite a few of em wear yellow shirts at the stores closest to me, like large walking bananas but not quite as useful.
Strange, when I clicked the link I swear it said Black Hole Stimulation.
BBL
You're speaking to the choir. Anyone who truly wants to push open source software (specifically operating systems) should track down vendors who don't write platform independent software and lean on them. I deal with two that I always harrass their support folks/vendors/marketing folks.
One (Constructware) used to be Netscape/IE and finally stopped supporting Netscrape and is now IE only.
The other (Primavera) has always kept users on the MS side even though it's nearest competitor is written by microsoft (MS Project). And no, there is no substitute to Primavera's P3 for scheduling/project controls, everything else is just a bar chart. I'd switch careers before trying to do my job using MS Project regardless of what the folks at PMI want you to believe.
For project meetings, I like to use a recorder (as long as SWPC doesn't object), jot down the main points and then type up the minutes later. If there is ever a question, just grab the audio file and see exactly what was said.
Same thing should work for classes.
That'd make the attendance really rise.
I think I worked at that engineering company in Houston. I hated the new IT knotsies and their rules so I sent several gig sized emails to myself just to see if I could.
Right, that's my point, the part about cameras in homes was only mentioned to sensationalize the story. Who gives a rats ass if there are cameras in crime ridden parts of the city and apartment complexes. I see the news every morning and evening and there are murders in apartment complexes almost every day.
If Hurtt or anyone else had mentioned cameras in private homes, the local TV news would have gone nuts. They're so goofy about sensationalizing "The Danger lurking in your home that could KILL YOU at any moment" which is your gas stove if the knob gets turned accidently or something silly like that. This they would have jumped on, there would be no love lost between the cops & news in this town.
I live in a Houston suburb and this is a BS misleading article. I've seen news reports about cameras in crime ridden public areas and some apartment building owners are working to have cameras installed in their buildings, but the cameras in homes has never been mentioned on any news report I've seen, and as a taxpayer I don't want my taxes to go to a babysitter who can't keep their act together.
This article is taking some quote out of context and twisting it into a story. Whoever wrote this should stick to writing campaign speeches or crime novels.