Re: For You Rasta Men & Women

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
I checked it out of Blockbuster once and enjoyed it quite a bit. >This is the best movie you'll ever see. Ever. I'm not kidding. Ever. > >Especially if you're about to leave or have just returned from Jamaica. > >http://tinyurl.com/yp2zfv > >A contemporary Jamaican fable with a remarkable, out-

Re: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
my demo earlier? Mixed we were hosting it but it's people who want to sell us stuff. Looks kinda interesting. Audience reaction -- IT was "whatever", faculty seem interested. I asked for and received technical specs, which impressed me. It may require a T-1 or two is as far as I have gotten.

Re: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
well yeah... but you're talking to someone whose last name is stewart >Not wanting to be pedantic but... Britain is not a country, instead, Great >Britain is a union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The >state of Great Britain is currently governed by the Parliament based in >

Re: For You Rasta Men & Women

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> GG wrote: > This is the best movie you'll ever see. Ever. I'm not kidding. Ever. > Oo! Here's a scene on you tube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=khxOiIN_6Ng ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Col

For You Rasta Men & Women

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
This is the best movie you'll ever see. Ever. I'm not kidding. Ever. Especially if you're about to leave or have just returned from Jamaica. http://tinyurl.com/yp2zfv A contemporary Jamaican fable with a remarkable, out-of-nowhere hero, Countryman is the story of a Rastafarian fisherman, Coun

RE: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Paul Vernon
> They have their own Parliament (no Funkadelic however) that handles the > day > to day running of Scotland, I think they turn to Britain for defense > and > social programs. Not wanting to be pedantic but... Britain is not a country, instead, Great Britain is a union of England, Scotland, Wales

RE: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
BTW: how did the meeting go? -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:58 PM To: CF-Community Subject:

RE: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
They have their own Parliament (no Funkadelic however) that handles the day to day running of Scotland, I think they turn to Britain for defense and social programs. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebwo

Re: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Dana
my father was born there. But what I know I know second hand. I'lll be watching this though. On 5/4/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After being there in 2001, Scotland is very independent, more than a US > State, but less than a sovereign nation > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion D

RE: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
After being there in 2001, Scotland is very independent, more than a US State, but less than a sovereign nation -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto

Re: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Dana
well... that's what I want to say too. But you know, it really did not make economic sense in Canada and maybe it won't in Britain. I had no idea this was even possible so I have not thought about it. But you know... all those North Sea oil rigs... hmm. I really don't think Scotland has seen its fa

RE: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
Finally... -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:18 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: separat

Re: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
It's in their platform... >Means that Scottish independence will rear it's head again > > > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >7241 Jillspring Ct. >Springfield, Va. 22152 >(703) 220-2835 > >http://www.sstwebworks.com >-Original Message- >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:

RE: separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
Means that Scottish independence will rear it's head again -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 20

Re: anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
Welp, we haven't tested 1.5 with 1.6 but we know 1.4 interferes with 1.5 somehow. And it isn't that big a hassle, except finding Add & Remove Programs in Vista... on Windows XP we can get even total newbies through the process in five minutes or so...and we hope this will go away when we do hot

separatism comes to Great Britain, wow

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
The Scottish Nationalist Party just won a one-seat majority in Scotland's Parliament. That should be interesting. Dana ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free T

RE: anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Paul Vernon
Dana, Can't you simply install the Java 1.5 runtimes in parallel with version 6 and either set the particular application that is having problems to default to that *OR* set the system environment vars so the 1.5 runtime is the default rather than going to all the hassle of removing 6? Paul ~~

Re: anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
Sorry, I should have been more specific. Our LMS, which cannot be updated until the semester break, is telling anyone using the current version of the Java runtime environment (J2SE 1.6.0) that they are using an unsupported Java version. Every time they click a control of any kind they get a w

Re: anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Andrew Scott
Yeah it is being dubbed as ME2 (Millennium Edition 2) On 5/5/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have vista on my laptop but haven't messed with java installs yet. > So far Vista just makes me angry - like the Incredible Hulk kinda > angry. You won't like me when I'm angry... >

Re: anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Andrew Scott
Control Panel->programs->turn windows features on off On 5/5/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I could really use some screen shots for the following set of > instructions: > > Windows Vista -- How to uninstall Java 6. Add and Remove Programs is no > longer where it used to be. To ge

Re: anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Cameron Childress
I have vista on my laptop but haven't messed with java installs yet. So far Vista just makes me angry - like the Incredible Hulk kinda angry. You won't like me when I'm angry... -Green Cameron On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could really use some screen shots for the follo

anyone using Vista

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
I could really use some screen shots for the following set of instructions: Windows Vista -- How to uninstall Java 6. Add and Remove Programs is no longer where it used to be. To get to where you can do this, go to Control Panel Home. Switch to Classic View if necessary. Find Programs and Featu

Re: Book Recommendations

2007-05-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
I suffer from design deficiency as well. Although this isn't a book or how to, I have found a lot of useful ideas here: http://www.oswd.org/ ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there any real difference between Clinton and Bush in that regard? Whitewater TravelGate etc.. until the dress Sam wrote > so they're doing anything they can to get to > Bush and it NEVER works. That's why I tend to give this admin the > benefit of the doubt. > Find me a real issue with facts

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread Sam
This sounds like he's stating facts: "Really, since when is hiring on the basis of ideology for nonpolitical positions and possibly violating multiple federal laws a non issue?" Not hearsay from anonymous sources. I claimed the firings were a non-issue; this is about the hiring of different attorn

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread Sam
They're too busy investigating Jefferson ;) On 5/4/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > I'm looking for: we have evidence... we have a witness... > > At least something they can present to a court. > > She "may have…" doesn't work towards a conviction. > > > > Which is why

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It does work TOWARDS a conviction. It is the first statement made to indicate their MAY be a violation. Such statements are used to initiate inquires to find witnesses, evidence etc.. Until Monica admitted she hadn't done her dry cleaning in a year or more their was no evidence against Clinton.

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > I'm looking for: we have evidence... we have a witness... > At least something they can present to a court. > She "may have…" doesn't work towards a conviction. > Which is why we need an independent investigation.

Re: Republican Debate

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Bruce wrote: > Regan was one of the best presidents in recent history. We need another > strong leader like him. > Agreed. Basically they were all city-on-the-hill morning-in-America Reganesque answers. One thing that Reagan did awesome was what Chris Matthews referred to as "every cab driver

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread Sam
I'm looking for: we have evidence... we have a witness... At least something they can present to a court. She "may have…" doesn't work towards a conviction. On 5/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > America, Innocent until proven guilty. Hence "may have". time will > determine >

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
America, Innocent until proven guilty. Hence "may have". time will determine Sam wrote: > I'm waiting for something a little more solid then "may have" :-) > > On 5/4/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Really, since when is hiring on the basis of ideology for nonpolitical >> po

RE: Republican Debate

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
I just can't believe Jim Gilmore is even thinking he can win... He fucked Virginia hard and fast... I don't think he'd win Virginia And it's a Republican state. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks

Re: Republican Debate

2007-05-04 Thread Sam
I didn't watch it but I read Mathews was an idiot as usual. Did you know the debate took place where Reagan is buried? Just asking On 5/4/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody watch it? I thought Romney looked strong, McCain ok, and Rudy > not quite ready. The more interesting th

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread Sam
I'm waiting for something a little more solid then "may have" :-) On 5/4/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Really, since when is hiring on the basis of ideology for nonpolitical > positions and possibly violating multiple federal laws a non issue? Only in a > bushie wet dream so it

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
hehe. Gotta run, we're doing a demo :P >On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I definitely care. What I don't do is understand is what Gruss is all >> upset about. >> >> Dana >> >> >He just found out they canceled "Gillmore Girls"give the guy a break. > >-- >I knew the mome

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
Santa Fe Community College offers them. I am not sure how they are funded or how prevalent they are at other instution. I work for Title V/Distance Education/Professional Development and mostly do web stuff but I handle pretty much anything that walks in the door. If Scott's neighbor arrived the

Re: Life Is Good In France!

2007-05-04 Thread Robert Munn
definitely a problem. life is good unless you are a first-generation Algerian-Frenchman who ethnically French people regard as an outsider, with no job prospects and little to occupy your time... -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~

Re: Life Is Good In France!

2007-05-04 Thread Sam
So the point is if you're lucky enough to get a good job in a socialist country life is good. What about all the unemployed? Doesn't France have major economical problems because the workforce doesn't want to work? One of the lowest productivity levels in Europe? Look at the UK and Ireland which ha

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
Major benefit of open source it's free for the most part. Faster innovation, generally more stable products, can be heavily customized because the source code is readily.. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://ww

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread G Money
On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I definitely care. What I don't do is understand is what Gruss is all > upset about. > > Dana > > He just found out they canceled "Gillmore Girls"give the guy a break. -- I knew the moment had arrived, for killing the past and coming back

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread G Money
On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not at all. > > Part of what I actually do it outreach to people to say hey you know what > we have free English classes! > So we DO have taxpayer paid free english classes? Good...need more of it, needs to be almost required (strongly, stron

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
And Gruss can't see the NPV effect of monolingualism ::wanders off: Dana >Been there, done that it sucks... >It really ruined my opinion of Paris > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >7241 Jillspring Ct. >Springfield, Va. 22152 >(703) 220-2835 > >http://www.sstwebworks.c

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Nick McClure
Society does, the inability for people to communicate in their own neighborhood is a bad thing. > -Original Message- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My fundamental point however is this. In all of your examples, who > suffers the consequences? >

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
Not at all. Part of what I actually do it outreach to people to say hey you know what we have free English classes! And if your daughter is legal we have a scholarship so she can study to be a teacher or a paramedic. And if you live in some remote village like a lot of Hispanics in northern

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
Been there, done that it sucks... It really ruined my opinion of Paris -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread G Money
*shrug* any poor soul unlucky enough to be vacationing in France without a full grasp of the language? On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and again, who suffers the consequences? > -- I knew the moment had arrived, for killing the past and coming back to life.

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
and again, who suffers the consequences? >On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> My mother never really learned to speak French, even though we lived in >> France for years. Fortunately there were no silly-assed laws saying she >> needed to do so to drive. My ex-landlord spoke ev

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
Actually it does say that, you're right. Hmm. I thought I read that there was no official language. It must have been elsewhere. Something to research if anyone has time I guess. >> Scott >> I don't think English has never been officially designated the "official" >> language of the US. > >I to

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
So if it doesn't effect you directly then who cares, right? -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 20

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread G Money
On 5/4/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My mother never really learned to speak French, even though we lived in > France for years. Fortunately there were no silly-assed laws saying she > needed to do so to drive. My ex-landlord spoke even less English than I do > Spanish, but we man

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
I'm not telling you you need to learn his language. Though I don't think it would hurt you to try. My fundamental point however is this. In all of your examples, who suffers the consequences? >Dana, > >Try this... > >I have a neighbor, he seems like a nice guy with a nice family.. but I don't

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
according to the list I posted a little earlier, the United States does not have an official language. >Gruss, > >I don't think English has never been officially designated the "official" >language of the US. It'd take an act of Congress and, to my knowledge >they've never done it. > >It's is ho

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Dana Tierney
not at all. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what an offical language does. Some application forms need to be translated. A speaker of the language should be available at front-line government offices, such as reception at the IRS office. De facto this already happens. And the going pay

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread G Money
On 5/4/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'll gladly take a tax hit for that. > > I won't, but I'd gladly axe some other ill conceived social welfare program that is being exploited...and direct that money into a more productive and worthy program like this. -- I knew the moment had

Re: Republican Debate

2007-05-04 Thread Bruce Sorge
I forgot to set my DVR to record it and I did not get home until two hours after it started. I have to rely on the political pundits for what happened, but I did hear that common theme, that everyone wants to get on the Ronnie bandwagon and off the Bush one. I am all for it. As far as I am concerne

Re: Republican Debate

2007-05-04 Thread Jerry Johnson
Thankfully that is not true. Or I would have no one to play D&D with in high school. =) On 5/4/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody watch it? I thought Romney looked strong, McCain ok, and Rudy > not quite ready. The more interesting thing was that all 10 of them > promised to u

Re: Life Is Good In France!

2007-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you have to study both French and German? Erika L. Walker wrote: > Cramer likes VE > > > ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/fle

Republican Debate

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
Anybody watch it? I thought Romney looked strong, McCain ok, and Rudy not quite ready. The more interesting thing was that all 10 of them promised to uphold Reagan's legacy, but nobody wanted anything to do with Bush's. No surprise there I guess. Nobody likes a loser :) ~~~

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scott > I don't think English has never been officially designated the "official" > language of the US. I took that from Dana's wiki link which says that English is the official language of the US. Could be wrong though. ~| Cr

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> gMoney wrote: > Question: Do we currently have federally funded centers where recent > immigrants can go to help learn the language for free? I think that would be > a worthy program for all immigrants, and would remove any real excuse for a > recent immigrant to NOT learn english. > I agree! T

Re: Another Bush aide accused of improper use of their position.

2007-05-04 Thread Larry Lyons
> The firings are still a non-issue and the investigation proved that. > > Why not investigate real corruption? > > While we are talking about corruption, do you think Feinstein > improperly used her position? > http://thehill. > com/david-keene/feinsteins-cardinal-shenanigans-2007-04-30.html >

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
Dana, Try this... I have a neighbor, he seems like a nice guy with a nice family.. but I don't know.. because he doesn't speak a word of English I'd like to tell him he has a nice garden But I can't because he doesn't speak a word of English I'd like to tell him that the air in his tires i

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Scott Stewart
Gruss, I don't think English has never been officially designated the "official" language of the US. It'd take an act of Congress and, to my knowledge they've never done it. It's is however the commonly spoken language... Just nit-pickin' sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebwor

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread G Money
Yeah, its like the Statue of Liberty says: "Give us your tired, your poor, your english speaking huddled masses". Do I think immigrants should learn english? Hell yes, for their own good if they want to succeed here. But in no way do I think we should somehow try to tie that in as a mandate fo

Re: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > how? > I think that's already been addressed, but one way is that it now means that every single government document could be requested in NewLanguage which would, by itself, would cost billions. As for making anyone who comes to the US learn english, yeah, they should, because:

RE: English in America in trouble?

2007-05-04 Thread Nick McClure
Here to get a permit you have to pass a written test which is currently only in English. Also, you have to be here legally to get a Kentucky drivers license as they want that information if you are transferring from another country. > -Original Message- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL