Double lucky, I suppose, considering this was the Russians we're talking about. God, those videos crack me up. I know they shouldn't, it was a horrible time. But rampaging Russians is something to behold.
I usually run in the race (I'm old but I spent eight years as a Marine) and I bring a car down to show. I don't know where you are but if you're interested in the festival, I'll buy you all the Moxie you and your family can drink if you show up. I'll be actively campaigning then, even though it's a long way from my district. Depending on which car I bring, I might even let you drive it!
Come on up! I don't know where you're geographically located but, unless you're in Maine, I'm not sure where you're getting your Moxie? There are a few places in New England that carry it but not many outside of Maine - that I've found in my travels. When I'm in Florida or Nevada, I need to go to pick them up at specialty stores. The headquarters is in New Hampshire but even a lot of stores there don't carry it. There's a bottling plant in Georgia but I almost never find it in the South. I very seldom see it on the West Coast either. Where are you, if you don't mind my asking???
I do function as a distributer to friends. They come, they visit, the acquire the taste, and I end up sending them Moxie and Moxie paraphernalia. They have issues getting it many places. It is not as good as it was with the HFCS but it's still tasty. I no longer drink alcohol, at least never more than two, but I do miss my Vodka Moxie and my Moxie and Rum.
I take it that you've tried the float? I put Moxie on the same level that I put blueberries. There are few things in life that I absolutely do my best to always have a stock of. I have three Moxies left in my suitcase and that's because I gave a lady friend one. I only brought six. I did not bring blueberries, they don't travel as well.
Anyhow, odd... I bumped into someone on Slashdot, an AC actually, who seems to know me from the real world (I do know a number of named Slashdotters in real life but this one is not one of them). For Maine, they're fairly close to my locale. (In Maine, anything within a 3 hour drive is pretty close. Or, at least, not bad.) Now, just a few days later, I found someone who brought up Moxie - and it wasn't me. And this was right after an article about blueberries!
If you don't mind sharing your geographical region (you needn't be too specific if you don't want) then I'm very curious. I'm a wee bit passionate about my Moxie and it's unusual to find fans outside of Maine and even more rare to find them outside of New England. At best, I see a few from New Hampshire. There are a few crazy bastards who do come all the way from around the country to go to Moxie Fest faithfully. They're a bit more passionate than I am.
I don't remember them making the news.:/ I do remember the one guy and I think there might have been a journalist who was mentioned. Interesting link - still doesn't job any memories.;-) I was, shall we say, celebrating at the time.
There's a whole special level for Russians. And it is awesome. Well, to some extent. I do think that, between that and the toys, those are the only really good parts to war. There's something primal about the whole rape, murder, pillage, and burn and even more exciting is when you get to do it in a 50 million dollar tank. Or a $500 tank, for the Russians.
You know it's a PERCENTAGE at the link, right? Sorry that your narrative and a fictional movie doesn't reflect reality but do try to be honest, here. There have been, and still are, loads of women in manufacturing since the days of the industrial revolution where the jobs were filled by women and children. Again, you are parroting a myth. There are the numbers to prove it. There's a second link in my second reply. Both are actual numbers from the US.
I've a large night stand that has a monitor on it. I simply put the keyboard on the bed and use a wireless optical mouse. It works well for when I've gone to bed already and still feel like poking buttons. I can't stay in that position for long though, it makes me sore. I don't have any major injuries, I'm just old. It's nice for a while but I don't think I'd want to do that for extended periods of time. I just don't have my stand up against the wall. When I sleep, I move the keyboard and mouse back onto the stand. It's something to do while waiting to get tired enough to sleep. Sometimes, I even set YouTube to stream documentaries while I'm going to sleep.
Stats only valid until 2010. A surprising number of women work in manufacturing jobs - and continued to do so even after WWII. They comprised a goodly portion of the textiles, clothing, and even footwear factory employees. The idea that all the women gave up their jobs is a myth. One of the reasons America was so prosperous is that there were jobs aplenty for both genders. Albeit, if you were black you were kind of out of luck when the soldiers came home. A whole shitton of women stayed working. Some left to start families and then returned the work force. Reality wasn't really like the television shows - Ms. Ball was actually employed even though it was certainly not something I'd call a manufacturing position. However, they've remained in factories since the dawn of the industrial revolution. Women and kids comprised a huge portion of the labor force in factories.
I'm not sure where the myth comes from that they all abandoned their jobs. They didn't even abandon them in droves. Add to that, it took years for the boys to come home, many being too disabled to work in factories, and the growth of the economy taking effect... Hell, my mother was employed. I don't really know that many women that abandoned the workforce entirely and many kept right on working in factories.
One area where they did lose ground was in larger build projects such as shipyards and weapons manufacturing. They remained in the aircraft industry but in lesser numbers as I recall. There are multiple documentaries on the subject if one is interested in learning something more than this strange myth. I honestly don't know where it comes from. That's not to say that there wasn't a drop in the participation in the labor force, just that it wasn't very drastic at all and most of them moved to other jobs instead of those necessary for war production. Those jobs are also inherently riskier and more difficult, physically. I can't blame them for going elsewhere. I don't think they were forced out (but this is conjecture) so much as they opted to go elsewhere because of ease, availability, and priorities.
All of these claims could have now come with citations. I'm not calling you wrong - I don't know. I do notice a complete lack of them and a great deal of what appears to be hyperbole.
Wait for Aljazeera to pop something up. They'll have bias but it will be obvious and the reporting will be accurate where something like this is concerned. Don't rely on a single news source. The EFF might pop up some review at some point, it too will have biases. The truth will lie somewhere between and probably closer to the Aljazeera side.
A bear and a rabbit are in the woods, behind a tree, taking a shit. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, "You know. I have this problem, shit really sticks to my fur. It makes it tough to clean up afterwards."
The rabbit replies, "Well, I'm glad. I don't have that problem. Shit doesn't stick to my fur."
I have been, effectively, throwing my vote away for about 40 years. I vote for a third party candidate or write one in, almost without exception. Good God, half the people I vote for would be horrific if they were elected! I vote third party, not because I want them to win. I vote because I know that there's someone compiling statistics and that if enough of us do it then they'll eventually notice and pander to those of us who want more than two choices. Hell, I've voted for Nader!
Yes, but the naysayers, like the one you replied to, don't have enough. They are entitled to more, for less, and with greater ease. They do, indeed, feel this way and then have the temerity to cite greed, ego, and others as being both to blame and morally reprehensible. Things are not exactly how they want them so they're qualified to opine and are important enough to restructure society to fit their desires. But no, it's the other side that is greedy, self-centered, and manipulative.
I've read some speculation (they had citations but I did not check them) that Uri Gregaron wasn't actually even the first person in space. They postulated that it was some other guy who they claimed was injured in some accident or another (I think it had something to do with the landing) and that the person was replaced. The other person was, they claim, pissed and ended up either in Siberia or dead or something along those lines.
This quote is often attributed to Stalin and I seem to recall someone claiming that it was not him but someone else who said it. "Quantity has a quality all its own."
Also, truth be told, the Russians have built some fantastic aircraft over the years. They may not have been always technologically superior but they've often had excellent flight handling characteristics and been at a price point that even a tin pot dictator could buy some.
There is some truth to the marauding Russian stereotype. A good recent example would be the affairs surrounding South Odessia (spelling). A more awesome example is the surviving footage of the Russians after the fall of Berlin in WWII. They ran around raping, murdering, and destroying more shit just for fun, at that point. If it still have any value, they took it. One of my favorite video clips is two drunken Russians tearing a Nazi flag up just after the fall of the capitol.
I'd just gotten out of the military and was a combination of drunk and high when we got some ashes all the way on the East Coast. It wasn't a whole lot but the sky was darker than normal and the sunset was rather pretty for a couple of days, as I recall. I only recall one person dieing from it. Some researcher or another. There might have been a second one, a journalist? I don't really remember. I think that was the most interesting thing for me, I'd expected more doom and gloom.
The dude's a spammer. I'd assume they're a poor spammer. They want you to click the link (it looks like a referrer URL) and they'll then get a portion of your work, outcome, or whatever or they'll get some sort of bonus if you join. I've not clicked the link to check. If you want to, just copy the URL, trim out the referrer part, and see the site for yourself. I've never been there so practice safe hex.
One of my favorites. The funny part is that I am, technically, a mathematician. (I hold a Ph.D in Applied Mathematics.) I even went so far as to buy a few books and see what I could crunch (keep in mind, I had a bunch of compute power across the parking lot and worked, specifically, with traffic modeling which is chaotic) and then tried to optimize my betting to maximize wins and minimize losses as well as figuring out where it was most likely to to result in a high payout.
After all that, I did worse. I imagine that I could have kept trying and refined the method but I did not. I am, after all, a mathematician. It seemed prudent to not lose a bunch of money - I had much less money at the time. Compute power has improved and we've advanced the math a great deal. It might be interesting to do it again. I doubt, very much, that I will. It was mostly something done out of curiosity and enjoyment.
I can only conclude that I did worse after running the numbers and trying to apply mathematics to the betting. So long as I don't return to the OTB places and spend a bunch of money there (I no longer drink) then I'll remain ahead. I'm quite likely to keep it that way by not really visiting the OTB places and spending a ton of money. Of course, I might just visit one and spend a little but that's entertainment - as it should be, at least for me.
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Double lucky, I suppose, considering this was the Russians we're talking about. God, those videos crack me up. I know they shouldn't, it was a horrible time. But rampaging Russians is something to behold.
You bought a cheap and small one.
You'll pry my slipstick from my cold, dead, hands!!!
I usually run in the race (I'm old but I spent eight years as a Marine) and I bring a car down to show. I don't know where you are but if you're interested in the festival, I'll buy you all the Moxie you and your family can drink if you show up. I'll be actively campaigning then, even though it's a long way from my district. Depending on which car I bring, I might even let you drive it!
http://moxiefestival.com/
Come on up! I don't know where you're geographically located but, unless you're in Maine, I'm not sure where you're getting your Moxie? There are a few places in New England that carry it but not many outside of Maine - that I've found in my travels. When I'm in Florida or Nevada, I need to go to pick them up at specialty stores. The headquarters is in New Hampshire but even a lot of stores there don't carry it. There's a bottling plant in Georgia but I almost never find it in the South. I very seldom see it on the West Coast either. Where are you, if you don't mind my asking???
I do function as a distributer to friends. They come, they visit, the acquire the taste, and I end up sending them Moxie and Moxie paraphernalia. They have issues getting it many places. It is not as good as it was with the HFCS but it's still tasty. I no longer drink alcohol, at least never more than two, but I do miss my Vodka Moxie and my Moxie and Rum.
I take it that you've tried the float? I put Moxie on the same level that I put blueberries. There are few things in life that I absolutely do my best to always have a stock of. I have three Moxies left in my suitcase and that's because I gave a lady friend one. I only brought six. I did not bring blueberries, they don't travel as well.
Anyhow, odd... I bumped into someone on Slashdot, an AC actually, who seems to know me from the real world (I do know a number of named Slashdotters in real life but this one is not one of them). For Maine, they're fairly close to my locale. (In Maine, anything within a 3 hour drive is pretty close. Or, at least, not bad.) Now, just a few days later, I found someone who brought up Moxie - and it wasn't me. And this was right after an article about blueberries!
If you don't mind sharing your geographical region (you needn't be too specific if you don't want) then I'm very curious. I'm a wee bit passionate about my Moxie and it's unusual to find fans outside of Maine and even more rare to find them outside of New England. At best, I see a few from New Hampshire. There are a few crazy bastards who do come all the way from around the country to go to Moxie Fest faithfully. They're a bit more passionate than I am.
Another Moxie fan? There's a Moxie Fest in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Yes, yes I have been there. Vanilla ice cream and Moxie - it makes an excellent float.
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You know, those crazy things that just don't work and stuff nobody has ever thought of before.
My sentiments exactly. Just grab the VNC SDK and hide it behind a wrapper that makes a simple game and *tada.wav* you're doing the same thing.
How do we know she had dandruff? We found her Head and Shoulders!
I'll have good company in hell.
I don't remember them making the news. :/ I do remember the one guy and I think there might have been a journalist who was mentioned. Interesting link - still doesn't job any memories. ;-) I was, shall we say, celebrating at the time.
There's a whole special level for Russians. And it is awesome. Well, to some extent. I do think that, between that and the toys, those are the only really good parts to war. There's something primal about the whole rape, murder, pillage, and burn and even more exciting is when you get to do it in a 50 million dollar tank. Or a $500 tank, for the Russians.
You know it's a PERCENTAGE at the link, right? Sorry that your narrative and a fictional movie doesn't reflect reality but do try to be honest, here. There have been, and still are, loads of women in manufacturing since the days of the industrial revolution where the jobs were filled by women and children. Again, you are parroting a myth. There are the numbers to prove it. There's a second link in my second reply. Both are actual numbers from the US.
I've a large night stand that has a monitor on it. I simply put the keyboard on the bed and use a wireless optical mouse. It works well for when I've gone to bed already and still feel like poking buttons. I can't stay in that position for long though, it makes me sore. I don't have any major injuries, I'm just old. It's nice for a while but I don't think I'd want to do that for extended periods of time. I just don't have my stand up against the wall. When I sleep, I move the keyboard and mouse back onto the stand. It's something to do while waiting to get tired enough to sleep. Sometimes, I even set YouTube to stream documentaries while I'm going to sleep.
http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2...
Stats only valid until 2010. A surprising number of women work in manufacturing jobs - and continued to do so even after WWII. They comprised a goodly portion of the textiles, clothing, and even footwear factory employees. The idea that all the women gave up their jobs is a myth. One of the reasons America was so prosperous is that there were jobs aplenty for both genders. Albeit, if you were black you were kind of out of luck when the soldiers came home. A whole shitton of women stayed working. Some left to start families and then returned the work force. Reality wasn't really like the television shows - Ms. Ball was actually employed even though it was certainly not something I'd call a manufacturing position. However, they've remained in factories since the dawn of the industrial revolution. Women and kids comprised a huge portion of the labor force in factories.
I'm not sure where the myth comes from that they all abandoned their jobs. They didn't even abandon them in droves. Add to that, it took years for the boys to come home, many being too disabled to work in factories, and the growth of the economy taking effect... Hell, my mother was employed. I don't really know that many women that abandoned the workforce entirely and many kept right on working in factories.
One area where they did lose ground was in larger build projects such as shipyards and weapons manufacturing. They remained in the aircraft industry but in lesser numbers as I recall. There are multiple documentaries on the subject if one is interested in learning something more than this strange myth. I honestly don't know where it comes from. That's not to say that there wasn't a drop in the participation in the labor force, just that it wasn't very drastic at all and most of them moved to other jobs instead of those necessary for war production. Those jobs are also inherently riskier and more difficult, physically. I can't blame them for going elsewhere. I don't think they were forced out (but this is conjecture) so much as they opted to go elsewhere because of ease, availability, and priorities.
All of these claims could have now come with citations. I'm not calling you wrong - I don't know. I do notice a complete lack of them and a great deal of what appears to be hyperbole.
Wait for Aljazeera to pop something up. They'll have bias but it will be obvious and the reporting will be accurate where something like this is concerned. Don't rely on a single news source. The EFF might pop up some review at some point, it too will have biases. The truth will lie somewhere between and probably closer to the Aljazeera side.
A bear and a rabbit are in the woods, behind a tree, taking a shit. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, "You know. I have this problem, shit really sticks to my fur. It makes it tough to clean up afterwards."
The rabbit replies, "Well, I'm glad. I don't have that problem. Shit doesn't stick to my fur."
To which the bear responds, "Good."
I have been, effectively, throwing my vote away for about 40 years. I vote for a third party candidate or write one in, almost without exception. Good God, half the people I vote for would be horrific if they were elected! I vote third party, not because I want them to win. I vote because I know that there's someone compiling statistics and that if enough of us do it then they'll eventually notice and pander to those of us who want more than two choices. Hell, I've voted for Nader!
I'll prove it with this statement ... why don't you run for office???
I am. I'm running for State Senate in 2016.
Yes, but the naysayers, like the one you replied to, don't have enough. They are entitled to more, for less, and with greater ease. They do, indeed, feel this way and then have the temerity to cite greed, ego, and others as being both to blame and morally reprehensible. Things are not exactly how they want them so they're qualified to opine and are important enough to restructure society to fit their desires. But no, it's the other side that is greedy, self-centered, and manipulative.
I've read some speculation (they had citations but I did not check them) that Uri Gregaron wasn't actually even the first person in space. They postulated that it was some other guy who they claimed was injured in some accident or another (I think it had something to do with the landing) and that the person was replaced. The other person was, they claim, pissed and ended up either in Siberia or dead or something along those lines.
Shh!!! America bad, m'kay?
This quote is often attributed to Stalin and I seem to recall someone claiming that it was not him but someone else who said it. "Quantity has a quality all its own."
Also, truth be told, the Russians have built some fantastic aircraft over the years. They may not have been always technologically superior but they've often had excellent flight handling characteristics and been at a price point that even a tin pot dictator could buy some.
There is some truth to the marauding Russian stereotype. A good recent example would be the affairs surrounding South Odessia (spelling). A more awesome example is the surviving footage of the Russians after the fall of Berlin in WWII. They ran around raping, murdering, and destroying more shit just for fun, at that point. If it still have any value, they took it. One of my favorite video clips is two drunken Russians tearing a Nazi flag up just after the fall of the capitol.
I'd just gotten out of the military and was a combination of drunk and high when we got some ashes all the way on the East Coast. It wasn't a whole lot but the sky was darker than normal and the sunset was rather pretty for a couple of days, as I recall. I only recall one person dieing from it. Some researcher or another. There might have been a second one, a journalist? I don't really remember. I think that was the most interesting thing for me, I'd expected more doom and gloom.
The dude's a spammer. I'd assume they're a poor spammer. They want you to click the link (it looks like a referrer URL) and they'll then get a portion of your work, outcome, or whatever or they'll get some sort of bonus if you join. I've not clicked the link to check. If you want to, just copy the URL, trim out the referrer part, and see the site for yourself. I've never been there so practice safe hex.
One of my favorites. The funny part is that I am, technically, a mathematician. (I hold a Ph.D in Applied Mathematics.) I even went so far as to buy a few books and see what I could crunch (keep in mind, I had a bunch of compute power across the parking lot and worked, specifically, with traffic modeling which is chaotic) and then tried to optimize my betting to maximize wins and minimize losses as well as figuring out where it was most likely to to result in a high payout.
After all that, I did worse. I imagine that I could have kept trying and refined the method but I did not. I am, after all, a mathematician. It seemed prudent to not lose a bunch of money - I had much less money at the time. Compute power has improved and we've advanced the math a great deal. It might be interesting to do it again. I doubt, very much, that I will. It was mostly something done out of curiosity and enjoyment.
I can only conclude that I did worse after running the numbers and trying to apply mathematics to the betting. So long as I don't return to the OTB places and spend a bunch of money there (I no longer drink) then I'll remain ahead. I'm quite likely to keep it that way by not really visiting the OTB places and spending a ton of money. Of course, I might just visit one and spend a little but that's entertainment - as it should be, at least for me.