Do you people consider the thousands in these communites who don't even own a computer and who will derive absolutely no benefit from this government-mandated service?
I can't help but wonder how much those "thousands... who don't even own a computer" contribute in tax revenues. I'm guessing not so much...
I've rarely heard that argument put forth to get the government out of the road building business.
Re:We need to fight back -- Mod this down?
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Who modded this drivel up to 4/Insightful? Is this guy a White House plant with extra points? WTF?
Huh - go figure...
February 02, 2005: "Justice is distorted, and our economy is held back by irresponsible class-actions and frivolous asbestos claims -- and I urge Congress to pass legal reforms this year." - Emperor Snippy's bSOTU.
February 03, 2005: More than 100 families have won a $30 million settlement in an asbestos lawsuit involving a subsidiary of VP Cheney's "former" company Halliburton.
http://maruthecrankpot.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_m ar uthecrankpot_archive.html#110762013931339443
THREEPIO: He says the restraining bolt has short circuited his recording system. He suggests that if you remove the bolt, he might be able to play back the entire recording.
LUKE: H'm? Oh, yeah, well, I guess you're too small to run away on me if I take this off! Okay.
Attempts to do this may well backfire and amplify the power of those with deep pockets -- they will be in a much better position to afford the lawyer time to look for loopholes in the laws and regulations, use them, and then defend that use in court.
I think the fact that the steaks are higher shows that we're moving in a positive direction. Now if we can just make that damn pie higher so I can keep putting food on my family...
For those who laughed last [e.g.: didn't get it...]:
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."--Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
"We ought to make the pie higher."--South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
Looks like we've started a mini-flame-war that would be better taken outside of the forum. However, I'll continue this inane thread I've started until tossed out the door by moderators. [Please finish the whole post before hitting the > button...]./snip/ >>People exist that like Bush. I can't figure it out and if I could, I'd stop it so spare the personal insult.
OK, set your > to a couple of posts ago:
>> You're an idiot.
Sort of sets the tone right out of the gate, don't you think? Now, naturally I could 'turn the other cheek,' but I don't take kindly to personal insults and believe, like many here apparently, that one should give as good as one gets...
>>Your post actually was _idiotic_ because it didn't take reality into account.
OK. Me: kettle. You: pot.:
>> It's an inexplicable yet indisputable fact that a dangerous percentage of the country _likes_ Bush just because they want to like their leader.
If that's "reality" then why even bother running against the incumbent?
>>Guess what? We can be on the same side and I can tell you that you are missing the bigger picture.
If you can do it without coming off as an arrogant, condescending prick, -- I often have trouble w/that myself -- then, absolutely, you can.
>>Maybe I should have said that instead of calling you an idiot. For that, I apologize.
Agreed. My apologies for my dick-headed response...
============== "Now that Bush has accepted the nomination the next step, of course, is the rigging of the voting machines."
--David Letterman
OK, this little tinfoil-helmet comment scored a "1" last time around [on a similar subject]. Maybe this time I'll qualify as "troll" but here goes nothin'...
Look for the threat of cracked elections to be used as a means to postpone -- or invalidate -- same.
Um, is it too late to get in on the "bidding" [chuckle, No! Really!] for the next one? My card:
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We became military contractors in 1942 when Brown Shipbuilding Company built the first of 359 ships for the US Navy at our Greens Bayou Fabrication Yard, Houston, Texas. Since then, KBR has become the premier provider of logistics and support services to all branches of the military. Our capabilities range from complex, fast-track construction, logistics and support services in remote, militarized locations to day-to-day base operations support. We leverage the assets and strengths of other Halliburton companies and personnel to provide innovative solutions to any problem.
We have several contract vehicles immediately available to all branches of the Armed Forces and other government agencies to respond to contingencies around the world. We have 25,000 employees around the world in over 50 locations.
Administrative Law Judge Susan Kirkland agreed, writing state law clearly contemplates "that manual recounts will be done on each certified voting system, including the touchscreen voting systems."
With a primary election Tuesday and more than one-half the state's voters in counties that use touchscreens, it is not clear what those counties will do.
[Dons tinfoil helmet...] And wasn't an underling of the current pResident investigating the possibility of postponing the election? So here's the fix: "Sorry! We had to postpone it. You guys made us do it by insisting on printed receipts! Nothing we can do about it now..."
"There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching . . . land, land, Land, see Snatch. Ah, Hailie vs. United Sates. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!"
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"MS is a spoiled brat."
I saw Bill gates on the news after the ruling. I thought he was going to cry. . . His words sounded like "my lawyers can beat up Janet reno."
Actually, several companies here in the US are looking at overbuilding cable systems in major metro areas. Some cities (SF for example) laying empty conduit in when they rebuild streets to sell to whomever (cable or phone) later. The places where you are going to see monpoly problems are in outer suburban/ exurban areas where the number of houses per starnd mile is low and the infrastructure (primarily power/phone polls) may already be strained with the current load. For these areas I agree that mandating reaonable access rates for cable interenet access is a must.
Sounds like good advice. I know a civil engineer who began doing that sort of fly-through animation using scripts back in the days of ACAD r11 +/-... At the time he was working on fly-through's of the Hong Kong Airport (circa '91?). Big business and getting bigger all the time. But what are some options -- meaning CHEAP -- to 3D Studio Max???
As an over-educated draughtsman, I've been schlepping(?) fo'the man for about 11 years. Wanted to 'be in pixels' -- love that expression -- since, oh, about 1977 (Star Wars/New Hope, anyone?). Is there a discussion group for this???
Anyone putzed around with Radiance or is that 'so last week?'
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For stuff like this:
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http://www.thetalentshow.org/images/cbspoll-314.g
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/031306_poll_ira
... start your campaign fundraising engines!
OK. Change "the rest of the world" (knows is fact) to:
"Everyone who matters"
Better?
C - Eh? - N - Eh? - D - Eh?
Got it.
Do you people consider the thousands in these communites who don't even own a computer and who will derive absolutely no benefit from this government-mandated service?
I can't help but wonder how much those "thousands... who don't even own a computer" contribute in tax revenues. I'm guessing not so much...
I've rarely heard that argument put forth to get the government out of the road building business.
Who modded this drivel up to 4/Insightful? Is this guy a White House plant with extra points? WTF?
http://maruthecrankpot.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_
THREEPIO: He says the restraining bolt has short circuited his recording system. He suggests that if you remove the bolt, he might be able to play back the entire recording.
LUKE: H'm? Oh, yeah, well, I guess you're too small to run away on me if I take this off! Okay.
http://www.fallenjedi.com/anhscript.html
Somehow I think that is precisely the point...
Damn I love trying too hard to be clever while making the "I.e." v. "E.g." screw-up...
[Head firmly implanted in own ass...].
I think the fact that the steaks are higher shows that we're moving in a positive direction. Now if we can just make that damn pie higher so I can keep putting food on my family...
For those who laughed last [e.g.: didn't get it...]:
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."--Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
"We ought to make the pie higher."--South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
Looks like we've started a mini-flame-war that would be better taken outside of the forum. However, I'll continue this inane thread I've started until tossed out the door by moderators. [Please finish the whole post before hitting the > button...]. /snip/
>>People exist that like Bush. I can't figure it out and if I could, I'd stop it so spare the personal insult.
OK, set your > to a couple of posts ago:
>> You're an idiot.
Sort of sets the tone right out of the gate, don't you think? Now, naturally I could 'turn the other cheek,' but I don't take kindly to personal insults and believe, like many here apparently, that one should give as good as one gets...
>>Your post actually was _idiotic_ because it didn't take reality into account.
OK. Me: kettle. You: pot.:
>> It's an inexplicable yet indisputable fact that a dangerous percentage of the country _likes_ Bush just because they want to like their leader.
If that's "reality" then why even bother running against the incumbent?
>>Guess what? We can be on the same side and I can tell you that you are missing the bigger picture.
If you can do it without coming off as an arrogant, condescending prick, -- I often have trouble w/that myself -- then, absolutely, you can.
>>Maybe I should have said that instead of calling you an idiot. For that, I apologize.
Agreed. My apologies for my dick-headed response...
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"Now that Bush has accepted the nomination the next step, of course, is the rigging of the voting machines."
--David Letterman
>> You're an idiot.
And you're an asshole...
>>I don't like Bush either but, if he wins, he won't win by some conspiracy.
You mean like in 2000? Yeah, I guess he won't NEED to be appointed THIS time. Piss off...
OK, this little tinfoil-helmet comment scored a "1" last time around [on a similar subject]. Maybe this time I'll qualify as "troll" but here goes nothin'...
Look for the threat of cracked elections to be used as a means to postpone -- or invalidate -- same.
Um, is it too late to get in on the "bidding" [chuckle, No! Really!] for the next one? My card:
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We have several contract vehicles immediately available to all branches of the Armed Forces and other government agencies to respond to contingencies around the world. We have 25,000 employees around the world in over 50 locations.
http://www.halliburton.com/kbr/govServ/US/defen
Administrative Law Judge Susan Kirkland agreed, writing state law clearly contemplates "that manual recounts will be done on each certified voting system, including the touchscreen voting systems."
With a primary election Tuesday and more than one-half the state's voters in counties that use touchscreens, it is not clear what those counties will do.
[Dons tinfoil helmet...] And wasn't an underling of the current pResident investigating the possibility of postponing the election? So here's the fix: "Sorry! We had to postpone it. You guys made us do it by insisting on printed receipts! Nothing we can do about it now..."
"There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching . . . land, land, Land, see Snatch. Ah, Hailie vs. United Sates. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!"
"MS is a spoiled brat."
I saw Bill gates on the news after the ruling. I thought he was going to cry. . . His words sounded like "my lawyers can beat up Janet reno."
Actually, several companies here in the US are looking at overbuilding cable systems in major metro areas. Some cities (SF for example) laying empty conduit in when they rebuild streets to sell to whomever (cable or phone) later. The places where you are going to see monpoly problems are in outer suburban/ exurban areas where the number of houses per starnd mile is low and the infrastructure (primarily power/phone polls) may already be strained with the current load. For these areas I agree that mandating reaonable access rates for cable interenet access is a must.
Sounds like good advice. I know a civil engineer who began doing that sort of fly-through animation using scripts back in the days of ACAD r11 +/-... At the time he was working on fly-through's of the Hong Kong Airport (circa '91?). Big business and getting bigger all the time. But what are some options -- meaning CHEAP -- to 3D Studio Max???
RSVP...
As an over-educated draughtsman, I've been schlepping(?) fo'the man for about 11 years. Wanted to 'be in pixels' -- love that expression -- since, oh, about 1977 (Star Wars/New Hope, anyone?). Is there a discussion group for this???
Anyone putzed around with Radiance or is that 'so last week?'
RSVP.
john k.