Funny thing about the looting. Food is one thing. I don't consider looting of food and necessities in this case to be looting. But looting anything else like electronics and jewelry, which I have seen in some reports, is like lipstick on a pig. Even if you find a way out of the city, you can't take that shit with you.
Interesting. If you're a professional thief, the kind that arranges shit months in advance, and has money in reserve to conduct a big heist...if you can find a way into the city, you could have the run of the lot. There's got to be untold wealth in bearer bonds alone that you could get to. Wow. I'm scared that I actually thought of this.
Attended a friend's wedding in New Orleans about five years ago. The night before the wedding, we went out on the town. A small thundershower popped up and dumped a fair bit of rain on us. It wasn't fifteen minutes from the time the rain fell before the water was up to our calves. Didn't rain much longer than twenty or thirty minutes either. Can't imagine what it is like with hurricanes bearing down.
I'm too lazy to search, but I believe the Superdome was built such that it's weight was spread across a wide enough stretch of land to distribute its load and prevent it from sinking. At least from sinking all at once. In fact, it and the city of New Orleans are built on timber piles. Wow.
Smart people knew to get out sooner and did. Personally, I believe the mayor's call to evacuate the city of New Orleans on Sunday morning was too late. Saturday afternoon or evening at the latest would have given folks an extra day or half-day to get moving.
Mosquitoes don't breed in salt water. Duh!However, they do breed in fresh water which is what is leaking in from breached levees between New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
And that's just in outlying areas. Near the Tropical Isle, home of the Hand Grenade drink, conditions are quite good as the water there has a high enough grain to sanitize and neutralize bacteria.
Yes, I was a regular customer there on my trips to the Big Easy. For the intrepid, the Dungeon is next door. $10 cover and you'll definitely need scuba now. I also miss Cafe Du Monde. Thank God, I perfected my beignet recipe in time!
Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were rebuilt - the dangerous radioactivity doesn't actually last that long. Little Boy and Fat Man were one time events. Hurricane season lasts from June-November every year.
I'd take a *-r9 kernel over a vanilla, unpatched kernel any day. There's a reason the Gentoo devs have provided 8-12 revisions for each 2.6.x release, and I'm quite happy to stick with a 2.6.12-r9 until others take the plunge and patch 2.6.13 into something useable.
Both of these were trailblazers in polygon-based graphics. Very immersive and well thought out for their time. I wonder if their essence would be ruined by today's 3D madness.
I wouldn't have to work so hard for shit. Of course, since I'm already a beautiful man, I don't have to worry about that. I just flash a little quadricep, and I'm on easy street!;-)
Sales of his Star Wars saga will be put on sale in both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats. Han will shoot first on one format while Greedo is quicker to the draw on the other. No word on which format will have it right, i.e. Han shooting first.
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Funny thing about the looting. Food is one thing. I don't consider looting of food and necessities in this case to be looting. But looting anything else like electronics and jewelry, which I have seen in some reports, is like lipstick on a pig. Even if you find a way out of the city, you can't take that shit with you.
Interesting. If you're a professional thief, the kind that arranges shit months in advance, and has money in reserve to conduct a big heist...if you can find a way into the city, you could have the run of the lot. There's got to be untold wealth in bearer bonds alone that you could get to. Wow. I'm scared that I actually thought of this.
Ethiopians sucking on crawdads. As if a diverse city couldn't get any more diverse. That's beautiful. Tell them to bring their coffee!
Who shit in your coffee this morning?
Paypal a $1 bill to the nearest garter. Think of the strippers!
Attended a friend's wedding in New Orleans about five years ago. The night before the wedding, we went out on the town. A small thundershower popped up and dumped a fair bit of rain on us. It wasn't fifteen minutes from the time the rain fell before the water was up to our calves. Didn't rain much longer than twenty or thirty minutes either. Can't imagine what it is like with hurricanes bearing down.
Helps cope with difficulties.
I'm too lazy to search, but I believe the Superdome was built such that it's weight was spread across a wide enough stretch of land to distribute its load and prevent it from sinking. At least from sinking all at once. In fact, it and the city of New Orleans are built on timber piles. Wow.
Smart people knew to get out sooner and did. Personally, I believe the mayor's call to evacuate the city of New Orleans on Sunday morning was too late. Saturday afternoon or evening at the latest would have given folks an extra day or half-day to get moving.
Very nice post. Man, to be a real estate agent in Baton Rouge in 6-12 months time...
Think Kansas and North Dakota suck? Try Mardi Gras in upstate NY in February. That, my five-digit friend, would suck.
Mosquitoes don't breed in salt water. Duh!However, they do breed in fresh water which is what is leaking in from breached levees between New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
And that's just in outlying areas. Near the Tropical Isle, home of the Hand Grenade drink, conditions are quite good as the water there has a high enough grain to sanitize and neutralize bacteria.
Yes, I was a regular customer there on my trips to the Big Easy. For the intrepid, the Dungeon is next door. $10 cover and you'll definitely need scuba now. I also miss Cafe Du Monde. Thank God, I perfected my beignet recipe in time!
Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were rebuilt - the dangerous radioactivity doesn't actually last that long.
Little Boy and Fat Man were one time events. Hurricane season lasts from June-November every year.
I'd take a *-r9 kernel over a vanilla, unpatched kernel any day. There's a reason the Gentoo devs have provided 8-12 revisions for each 2.6.x release, and I'm quite happy to stick with a 2.6.12-r9 until others take the plunge and patch 2.6.13 into something useable.
Outstanding! Oooyah!
Both of these were trailblazers in polygon-based graphics. Very immersive and well thought out for their time. I wonder if their essence would be ruined by today's 3D madness.
I wouldn't have to work so hard for shit. Of course, since I'm already a beautiful man, I don't have to worry about that. I just flash a little quadricep, and I'm on easy street! ;-)
The friggin' sharks are ready. Just need some lasers.
Goddamned links with spaces...
Here.
Frickin' sharks with lasers attached to their heads!
Apparently that some people (e.g. yourself) need things spelled out for them.
Sales of his Star Wars saga will be put on sale in both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats. Han will shoot first on one format while Greedo is quicker to the draw on the other. No word on which format will have it right, i.e. Han shooting first.
You're wel...(*snore*)
It's a (rebellious) developer/author/advocate's best friend. :)
Recently saw this movie. Interesting stuff.