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  1. I have to say that I'm thankful that the majority of the public is unaware that these bills exist. Otherwise the general support for them would be overwhelmingly positive and I would find myself spending even more time trying to talk sense into the senseless.

    I mean we're talking about a state who's governor allowed one of her children to live in a travel trailer on the grounds of the Governor's Mansion.

  2. The Judge already ruled. on Rocket Hobbyists Get Blown Away by Regulations · · Score: 1

    Regardless, rocketeers are hoping they will have legal relief in the future. Groups like Bundick's NAR, as well as the Tripoli Rocketry Association, have filed a lawsuit against the ATF that seeks to limit the regulation. But that suit has been slow to progress.

    The Judge ruled on this case back in March.

    He ruled that: "Rocket motors don't fit the literal definition of a PAD (Propellant Actuated Device), and are not exempt from regulation. However, the BATFE was wrong in classifying them as non-compliant, because they didn't follow the rules in filing a NPRM first."

    This did give us temporary relief from regulation, but the ATF is already pushing through another NPRM. So it's just a matter of time.

    http://www.rocketryonline.com/Search/db_search.c gi ?setup_file=News&submit_search=yes&db_id=1 140

  3. Re:Almost on LOTR: The Two Towers · · Score: 1

    Sorry that was Sindarin Elf.

  4. Re:Almost on LOTR: The Two Towers · · Score: 1

    They were both his fortresses during the Years of the Trees.

    Angband was an outlying lesser fortress to Utumno and commanded by Sauron. Utumno was entirely destroyed by the Valar after the awakening of the Elves, but Angband was not.

    After Morgoth and Ungoliant destroyed the Trees of Valinor he fled back to Middle Earth and rebuilt Angband at the start of the First Age.

  5. Re:Almost on LOTR: The Two Towers · · Score: 1

    True, but Luthien was not any orinary Sinarin Elf. She was half Maia through her mother Melian.

    Also Huan was no ordinary hound. He was also known as the Hound of Valinor.

    Sauron didn't stand much of a chance against these two.

  6. Re:Almost on LOTR: The Two Towers · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, he was right.

    Angmar was the fortress of the Witch King.

    Angband was the fortress of Morgoth.

    Thangorodrim were the name of the three peaks raised at the gates of Angband at the begining of the first age.

  7. BOFH on How Do You Interview A Sysadmin Candidate? · · Score: 1

    Me: Have you read the BOFH manuals?

    Candidate: Bite me.

    Me: Welcome aboard!

  8. Re:We need Perry Mason! on Iceman Murdered by Arrow in the Back · · Score: 1

    It especially didn't make any sence,because Theoden didn't say it. His nephew Eomer did.

    Actually, I tried to break it up but it wouldn't fit in the alloted space. I had to cut some out of it too.

    It should read:

    Out of doubt, out of dark, to the days end I came singing in the sun sword unsheathing.
    To hopes end I rode and to hearts breaking.
    Now for wrath, now for ruin, and a red sunrise.

  9. Re:It Just Went Off on Iceman Murdered by Arrow in the Back · · Score: 1

    Why stop there when you can convert some of these to fully automatic? Then you can accidentally shoot somebody several times.

    Actually I find that bludgeoning somebody to death is much more rewarding than shooting somebody from across the room. It makes me feel I've accomplished something.

    set sarcasm=off

  10. Re:We need Perry Mason! on Iceman Murdered by Arrow in the Back · · Score: 1

    Speaking as an American who is disgruntled with the system...

    Well said!

  11. Re:You either get it, or you don't. on Return of The Holy Grail to the Silver Screen · · Score: 1

    That's "taunt you a second time."

  12. Re:New Name on X-Box Name Dispute In The Works · · Score: 1

    We have a second. All in Favour?

  13. Logic? on Sun To MS: You Don't Get It · · Score: 1

    Whew! Take a breath, Chuck. It's clear the lack of oxygen is fogging your logic.

    Fuzzy Logic?

    Sorry couldn't resist the stupid joke. I love when MS trys to start a pissing contest with someone else.

  14. Re:Contamination? on Digital Doctoring · · Score: 1

    Do the PDAs need some sort of jacket to prevent them from gathering/transferring germs/deseases in cracks and crevices?

    No they don't. A protective jacket would not do any good because the jacket would then be gathering germs and transfering them from one patient to the next instead of the PDAs case. Yes you could have disposable jackets made, but these would have to be custom made and because of this, (and the fact that it is for medical equipment) it would become extremely expensive.

    Earlier this year we purchased a number of portable computers to be used by the nurses to reduce the amount of paper that the nurses had to transport between patient rooms and nursing stations. During this the same issue arose.

    Electronic medical equipment must be cleaned after each patient. If you see medical equipment in a hospital that is grimy or looks like it may have been used before, you have the right to refuse the use of that equipment or you can report it to the hospitals Infection Control Officer or your State Board of Health.
    Also all AC powered medical equipment should be checked by the facilities Biomedical dept before being placed into service.

    Doctors, nurses, and other hospital personel may carry pagers and cell phones, but these should be checked with the hospitals Biomedical dept. to ensure that they do not interfere with other hospital equipment such as telemetry systems. These may be worn into patient care areas as long as the patient is not in isolation, in which case no equipment is to be brought into or removed from the room unless it is under controlled conditions by authorized personel.

    Also a doctor should not be handling any unsterilized equipment while in gloves, this includes personal electronic equipment like PDAs. This prevents the spread of infection from the patient to the equipment and therefor on to the next patient.

    Most doctors I am acquainted with make this a strict practice in order to not bring infections/ illnesses home to their family or themselves. I know of some doctors do not do this, I also know that none of these doctor will ever practice medicine on myself if I can help it.

  15. Re:Contamination? on Digital Doctoring · · Score: 1

    This is true, but a pager is worn at the hip and is generally not touch unless a page has been recieved. Even then most of the doctors and nurses I work with will not touch their pager or anything else with gloved hands. A pager is therefor a low infection risk.

  16. Re:My one hope... on Episode II In Trouble? · · Score: 1

    If Jar Jar turns out to be Fet, I'm leavin the theater. In fact I'll leave if there is anything less than Jar Jar attacked and eaten by cannible Ewoks.

  17. MY GOD! What are we going to do? on Iraq Stockpiling PS2 Consoles! · · Score: 1

    He's trying to build a army of killer toys in the factory that his brother owns! He must be using the PSX2's as some kind of controller.
    We will all buy the toys for Christmas and....Oh wait. That was a movie with Robin Williams wasn't it? Sorry.

    Nurse? More medication please! The voices are making me post stupid comments again!

  18. Re:Heh on Iridium Saved By the US Dept of Defense · · Score: 1

    At this point Reagan probably doesn't remember how to spell Star Wars, much less remember that he had anything to do with it.

  19. Re:Aliens are not the ONLY explenation on Theory Tells How Egyptians Aligned Pyramids To True North · · Score: 1

    Good point, however, given the level of ship building at the time do you think a voyage like that could have been possible? I don't! Of course I think both theories are a bit far fetched.

    The simplest explanation would be that the Central Americans came up with the idea of pyramid building on there own. The pyramid is a very simple, very impressive geometric shape, most of the civilized world had dreamed up this shape long before the Egyptians built there monuments. Also that the cocain and other drugs found in the mummies were the result of erroneous data, contaminated samples or even outright fraud.

    In other words I don't nessesarily believe in the existance of a trade route across either ocean, only in the possibility. Stranger things have happened throughout history.

  20. Re:Aliens are not the ONLY explenation on Theory Tells How Egyptians Aligned Pyramids To True North · · Score: 1

    I've seen this Documentary too. Not only did they find cocaine, but they also found near toxic amounts of nicotine. There are plants in Europe that can produce nicotine but not on the levels found on these mummies. Only the North American Tobaco plant produces large enough amounts of nicotine to explane this.
    They also found trace amounts of THC and other drugs that could only have come from the Americas.
    Personaly I doubt that the Egyptians had any direct contact with any one in the Americas. Instead, I think an indirect trade route is more likely to have existed through the Pacific across the many populated islands where goods and information would eventually make there way from South America to Egypt and back.
    An exchange of information like this could have easily inspired the building of the later pyramids in Central and South America.
    Of course, I don't always believe everything I see on OETA or the Discovery Channel and I acknowledge the fact that this ladies findings on these mummies could have been incorrect or all together false. It wouldn't be the first time research material had been contaminated. It also wouldn't be the first time a researcher falsified evidence in order to make a name for themselves.

  21. Cool! on Lord of the Terabytes · · Score: 1

    In school, several student, including myself, rendered and animated our own version of "The Hobbit." We used our own voices, the schools network and our own computers along with some of the graphics labs SGI workstations.

    We got a pretty good grade on the project, even though the acting sucked, and the graphics and effects look like total shit, but hey we were amatures.

    Man, if we had had the resources that they have for these movies...no wait it probably would still have sucked.

  22. Death march!? on Death March · · Score: 1

    Oh man, for a minute there I thought it was a book about my wedding!

  23. Re:hmmm on Sub-Orbital Skydiving · · Score: 1

    If you stopped the shuttle, you wouldn't have to drop it straight down. Since it would no longer have the velocity to maintain orbit, it would drop on its own.

  24. Re:Chain Smoking crack... on Sub-Orbital Skydiving · · Score: 1

    Glow upon re-entry? She won't be going anywhere near the speeds it would take to cause that. Stop and think, how many jets do you hear of burning up from atmospheric friction when they reach supersonic speeds?

  25. Re:Extinction... on Sub-Orbital Skydiving · · Score: 1

    Look, just because in Star Trek they hurtled toward the sun at warp speed to create a time warp does not mean it's actually possible. In fact at warp speed they would have been going so fast that the added velocity from the suns gravity would have been miniscule at best.

    Get your head out of the movies!