Heartland? Like California, Texas, Florida and New York???
Quibble aside, the gist of your comment is correct. Americans have an instinctive tendency to go our own way, right or wrong. And most of the "up-for-grabs" electoral votes are in the midwest, like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
Not to legitimize this discussion at all, but ESPN just ran a feature detailing this streak. Over the last 17 elections, this "phenomenon" has held true regarding the incumbent party, not the incumbent candidate. So it's 17 for 17 so far, not just 5 or 9 as you imply...
Notice in particular how neither the ABC News story or another on CNN go to the trouble of explaining "hobbit sized" for those who may not know Tolkein. Usually news stories explain terms like that to make the story accessible to the widest possible audience...
It may work in Canada, but not in Indianapolis! I work for a Swedish company, and our net traffic goes through a proxy there, so I'm locked out as well.
Not that Bush needs any help winning Indiana. The polls close at 6:00 p.m. here, and they announce around 6:01 that the state has gone GOP for President...
2) limiting damages that individuals must pay to corporations (what's good for the goose, etc),
Is that really a problem? Haven't heard too many egregious instances of individuals getting hit with massive judgements against them by corporations. The only ones that come to mind are the copyright infringement suits that allege zillions in damages. On the other side of the coin, however, you have individual executives who get sued by their former employers and shareholders (like the Computer Associates and Conseco guys). These suits against individuals can go into the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars, and yet are completely reasonable....
Sure, I'll admit it - I just don't have the patience to play good, tight aggressive Hold Em. Knowing the odds is a basic part of the game, of course, but the bluff aspect is where the strategy comes in. I was lucky enough to hit a $2500 bad-beat jackpot at PartyPoker, and outside of that I lost a couple hundred or so over the course of three months. Fortunately, I uninstalled and closed out my account well over $2000 ahead, with a good lesson learned...
The point is that women could rise to be pharaohs in ancient Egypt without raising a stink, which should tell you something about how women were pretty much left alone and free in this society.
That's a pretty big stretch to compare royal lines of succession with attitudes towards women in everyday life. Pakistan had a woman Prime Minister not too long ago, but that doesn't make them progressive regarding women's rights as a whole...
Talk about another loophole, what about satellite radio? Is that exempt from these rules, just like the ones that Howard Stern et al are trying to escape from?
They may need to use SSN as a key into other databases such as medical records or health insurance eligibility, for example. While SSN's aren't being used as identifiers for those accounts going forward, I imagine historical data is still indexed by SSN...
At my work many users have laptops that plug into docking stations with desktop monitors and keyboards. What blows my mind is that they didn't set the laptops up so that we could leave the monitor flipped up as a 2nd desktop. Talk about wasting hardware...
At least that's more correct than "Monopoly 1" and "Monopoly 2". WalMart's influence as a purchaser of CD's for resale would be as a Monopsonist (if they had the predominant share, which they don't), and the RIAA gang is an Oligopoly, as in a small group or cartel that controls the supply side of a market, as opposed to a single firm.
Sorry to nitpick, but that Economics degree has to be used for something, doesn't it?
Here's* a good article covering some of those points. Ethanol production is a booming industry worldwide, and given the ever-higher prices for oil, alternatives become even more attractive.
*Pun entirely intended - it's from our company magazine title here.
Part of the guy's story is that he stomped on the brakes, but that didn't slow the car down. Upon inspection, however, the brakes didn't show any wear...
Something smells rotten with this story. Stomping on the brakes didn't do anything, but as he approaches a toll booth, the brakes suddenly work and he's able to stop the car??? Catastrophic system failures don't often repair themselves...
I had the occasion long ago to attend a hockey game in the luxury suite of a Miller distributor. The term he used was, "goes in Miller, comes out Bud."
Strangely, I've been getting a free subscription for a couple years now and haven't taken any certification tests or courses. I did attend a promotional event for the launch of Windows XP a few years back, but that's about it...
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Heartland? Like California, Texas, Florida and New York???
Quibble aside, the gist of your comment is correct. Americans have an instinctive tendency to go our own way, right or wrong. And most of the "up-for-grabs" electoral votes are in the midwest, like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
Actually there are several different officials on the field, one of which is an umpire.
Not to legitimize this discussion at all, but ESPN just ran a feature detailing this streak. Over the last 17 elections, this "phenomenon" has held true regarding the incumbent party, not the incumbent candidate. So it's 17 for 17 so far, not just 5 or 9 as you imply...
Notice in particular how neither the ABC News story or another on CNN go to the trouble of explaining "hobbit sized" for those who may not know Tolkein. Usually news stories explain terms like that to make the story accessible to the widest possible audience...
It may work in Canada, but not in Indianapolis! I work for a Swedish company, and our net traffic goes through a proxy there, so I'm locked out as well.
Not that Bush needs any help winning Indiana. The polls close at 6:00 p.m. here, and they announce around 6:01 that the state has gone GOP for President...
I'm in Indianapolis, but I work for a Swedish company so my net traffic looks like it's coming from Sweden. "Access Denied"!
2) limiting damages that individuals must pay to corporations (what's good for the goose, etc),
Is that really a problem? Haven't heard too many egregious instances of individuals getting hit with massive judgements against them by corporations. The only ones that come to mind are the copyright infringement suits that allege zillions in damages. On the other side of the coin, however, you have individual executives who get sued by their former employers and shareholders (like the Computer Associates and Conseco guys). These suits against individuals can go into the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars, and yet are completely reasonable....
Sure, I'll admit it - I just don't have the patience to play good, tight aggressive Hold Em. Knowing the odds is a basic part of the game, of course, but the bluff aspect is where the strategy comes in. I was lucky enough to hit a $2500 bad-beat jackpot at PartyPoker, and outside of that I lost a couple hundred or so over the course of three months. Fortunately, I uninstalled and closed out my account well over $2000 ahead, with a good lesson learned...
Agreed - especially online, winning poker is more about the patience to wait for good opportunities than anything else.
The point is that women could rise to be pharaohs in ancient Egypt without raising a stink, which should tell you something about how women were pretty much left alone and free in this society.
That's a pretty big stretch to compare royal lines of succession with attitudes towards women in everyday life. Pakistan had a woman Prime Minister not too long ago, but that doesn't make them progressive regarding women's rights as a whole...
Talk about another loophole, what about satellite radio? Is that exempt from these rules, just like the ones that Howard Stern et al are trying to escape from?
And it's even climbed above $170 this morning before the open. Watch the lemmings go!
They may need to use SSN as a key into other databases such as medical records or health insurance eligibility, for example. While SSN's aren't being used as identifiers for those accounts going forward, I imagine historical data is still indexed by SSN...
At my work many users have laptops that plug into docking stations with desktop monitors and keyboards. What blows my mind is that they didn't set the laptops up so that we could leave the monitor flipped up as a 2nd desktop. Talk about wasting hardware...
I'm still waiting for the Cobol category...
At least that's more correct than "Monopoly 1" and "Monopoly 2". WalMart's influence as a purchaser of CD's for resale would be as a Monopsonist (if they had the predominant share, which they don't), and the RIAA gang is an Oligopoly, as in a small group or cartel that controls the supply side of a market, as opposed to a single firm.
Sorry to nitpick, but that Economics degree has to be used for something, doesn't it?
Should be so-so...
My only concern from the website is that it appears to be mandatory to wear brightly coloured shirts in much the same style as The Wiggles.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Choo-choo chugga-chugga big red bike...
Here's* a good article covering some of those points. Ethanol production is a booming industry worldwide, and given the ever-higher prices for oil, alternatives become even more attractive.
*Pun entirely intended - it's from our company magazine title here.
Actually, this sounds like an interesting idea for a geek lounge. One could set this up near a college campus and probably do pretty good business...
Part of the guy's story is that he stomped on the brakes, but that didn't slow the car down. Upon inspection, however, the brakes didn't show any wear...
But I just can't help it!
Something smells rotten with this story. Stomping on the brakes didn't do anything, but as he approaches a toll booth, the brakes suddenly work and he's able to stop the car??? Catastrophic system failures don't often repair themselves...
I had the occasion long ago to attend a hockey game in the luxury suite of a Miller distributor. The term he used was, "goes in Miller, comes out Bud."
Strangely, I've been getting a free subscription for a couple years now and haven't taken any certification tests or courses. I did attend a promotional event for the launch of Windows XP a few years back, but that's about it...