"...every 30 minutes, a big cross goes on the screen telling us to pray to god for the sake of our solders."
But only for our Christian soldiers, right? The rest are on their own?
Speaking of prayer, they just had the guy in the mosque tower giving the call to prayer in Baghdad. I would have thought that the sound of U.S. ordinance would have had that covered already.
Hope we missed as many civilian targets as possible.
I think he just wanted to enjoy knowing that we couldn't post any comments there.
Did you see the part where he said "We're also going to move the AC default threshold to 2."? For a moment I though he meant that AC comments would start out scored at 2. Now that's a scary thought. Of course it's fun to think about ACs reloading the page and wondering why they can't see their own post.
Don't know if I'm overeducated or not, but I'm definitely not a Republican.
And if I ever had been I would have quit in disgust over their inability to know when to say "Democrat" and when to say "Democratic". At least I'm educated enough to tell a noun from an adjective.
Well, intelligence reports say that Saddam has the oil wells rigged so that he can blow them up, so we need to grab them and protect them so that they can start generating income for the benefit of the populace (instead of the rulers) as soon as possible, instead of just generating poisonous fumes. Saddam's not going to start blowing up his own people, he's going to save them to use as human sheilds.
I heard on one of the news channels that U.S. troops (Marines, I think they said) had actually extinguished 2 of these fires. Of course it might make a difference how soon you get to them and exactly what kind of well it is. I'm sure there'll be some that we have to call in the Red Adair types for.
"...can anyone tell me why Saddam sets fire to the oil fields?"
To make us have to slow down to out them out, but I think the real question is why so few have been set ablaze. The Iraqi military response has been so inconsistent so far (a few wells on fire, a few missles from a few sites) that I wonder if Saddam isn't dead and there's nobody really in charge.
The first time Slashdot ran a story on this a couple or six months ago, that same question was asked and answered in the article.
Once all these rechargeable devices have their half of the inductive coupling built in, you can make your own pad. Glue a coil of wire to a mouse pad, glue another on top of it, and feed it with a wall wart.
If you want a rechargeable mouse, convert some of the energy used to move the mouse around into electricity. Presto, recharged mouse and massive arm muscles on one side.
Latin is a dead language and that is what gives it its current usefulness. It's dead and therefore doesn't change the way a living language does. You can use the latin word for the meaning previously associated with "gay" (As in 'don we now our gay apparel' or 'we'll have a gay old time') and in a hundred years it'll still have the same meaning (comes in handy for stuff like medical texts), whereas the meaning of "gay" has changed twice in my lifetime already and I'll probably see it change yet again.
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Well, sometimes having a stable job means having to deal with a lot of the primary byproduct of stables.
Does the Pentagon know that Al Franken has the patent on that gag?
But only for our Christian soldiers, right? The rest are on their own?
Speaking of prayer, they just had the guy in the mosque tower giving the call to prayer in Baghdad. I would have thought that the sound of U.S. ordinance would have had that covered already.
Hope we missed as many civilian targets as possible.
For better or for worse?
Did you see the part where he said "We're also going to move the AC default threshold to 2."? For a moment I though he meant that AC comments would start out scored at 2. Now that's a scary thought. Of course it's fun to think about
ACs reloading the page and wondering why they can't see their own post.
And if I ever had been I would have quit in disgust over their inability to know when to say "Democrat" and when to say "Democratic". At least I'm educated enough to tell a noun from an adjective.
Only if the joke contains the words "Big Gulp".
Well, intelligence reports say that Saddam has the oil wells rigged so that he can blow them up, so we need to grab them and protect them so that they can start generating income for the benefit of the populace (instead of the rulers) as soon as possible, instead of just generating poisonous fumes. Saddam's not going to start blowing up his own people, he's going to save them to use as human sheilds.
I heard on one of the news channels that U.S. troops (Marines, I think they said) had actually extinguished 2 of these fires. Of course it might make a difference how soon you get to them and exactly what kind of well it is. I'm sure there'll be some that we have to call in the Red Adair types for.
Unfortunately ol' Bob suggested letting PayPal handle the transfer of funds :-(
(B-52s launched from Emgland a few hours ago.)
"Everyone in florida."
Whether they realise it or not. (Thanks, Jeb. Anytime, George.)
To make us have to slow down to out them out, but I think the real question is why so few have been set ablaze. The Iraqi military response has been so inconsistent so far (a few wells on fire, a few missles from a few sites) that I wonder if Saddam isn't dead and there's nobody really in charge.
I, too, hope for minimum casualties all around.
Once all these rechargeable devices have their half of the inductive coupling built in, you can make your own pad. Glue a coil of wire to a mouse pad, glue another on top of it, and feed it with a wall wart.
If you want a rechargeable mouse, convert some of the energy used to move the mouse around into electricity. Presto, recharged mouse and massive arm muscles on one side.
Doesn't matter. She can still tell how short it is. :-)
(had to double check that I typed "than" instead of "then" :-)
Latin is a dead language and that is what gives it its current usefulness. It's dead and therefore doesn't change the way a living language does. You can use the latin word for the meaning previously associated with "gay" (As in 'don we now our gay apparel' or 'we'll have a gay old time') and in a hundred years it'll still have the same meaning (comes in handy for stuff like medical texts), whereas the meaning of "gay" has changed twice in my lifetime already and I'll probably see it change yet again.
Since Colombia was mentioned, which kind of coke?
They're called Monks. Vow of silence and all that.
Don't newpapers and magazines do this already?
Apparently the only thing ol' Jeff won't be able to justity getting a patent on is making an actual profit off of doing business on the internet.
Can I patent adding something that isn't an ad to a web page?
And in a real life case of a guy doing 90 on a neighborhood street, the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
Back in the days of the dinosaurs, when the phone company didn't charge for it.