Re: What the USA Would do Without 11 Million Illegal Aliens

2007-06-24 Thread Maureen
The workers didn't created the uneven playing field. The companies that hired them did. On 6/23/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They would be forced to get off their lazy asses and mow their own > lawns, cook their own food, and ***gasp*** apply free market > forces (

Re: What the USA Would do Without 11 Million Illegal Aliens

2007-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
Technology/automation vs cheap labor is one thing. Technology/automation versus illegal labor (or illegally cheap) is another. Remove the illegal labor and I think the technology would advance faster, improving the US's competitiveness with both first and third world farms... -Cameron On 6/24/07,

Re: Gas BBQ

2007-06-24 Thread Jerry Johnson
nothing too hard there. the parts are pretty cheap (depending on where you live). and the skill to build it can be picked up by reading. Why dont you make one? (he says while sitting on the living room floor splicing eyes into line for boat bumpers.) On 6/24/07, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: I have arrived! (DC)

2007-06-24 Thread Rick Root
well, I complained to the front desk, and they provided me with an ehternet-wireless bridge, that apparently does much better at receiving a low signal. I'm online in my room now! hooray! ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sale

Re: I have arrived! (DC)

2007-06-24 Thread Paul Ihrig
yeh congrats Rick! and thx for spliting a room with me last year... if i where employed i may have made it there. just the conversations at the bar where priceless... fnck ~| ColdFusion MX7 by AdobeĀ® Dyncamically transform webco

Re: I have arrived! (DC)

2007-06-24 Thread Dinner
Lucky dog! Well, cheers, and may you link up with some swell people! (And may your signal strength improve! ;) :Denny PS feel free to let us home-bodies know how it goes as the conf progresses ;-) On 6/24/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I made it. I'm here in Alexandria at th

I have arrived! (DC)

2007-06-24 Thread Rick Root
Well I made it. I'm here in Alexandria at the Holiday Inn and Suites. Signal strength for the complimentary wireless is LOW in my room and I can't get online there. Damn. I'm in the hotel lobby now. Oh well. Went to the zoo today to see the Pandas, took some pics and bought a t-shirt for my l

Re: climate change

2007-06-24 Thread Dinner
On 6/23/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 3:48 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: climate change > > > > There were 4 of them practicing, on the grass outside the high school.

RE: first time in DC area

2007-06-24 Thread Scott Stewart
www.metroopensdoors.com www.wmata.com -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:27 PM To: CF

Re: how do they do this?

2007-06-24 Thread Dana
Ah! so I was not delirious when I guessed this. There was a bit of discussion over here about it. On 6/23/07, Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And it is called an Accordion... > > Most Ajax frameworks have this feature. > > > On 6/23/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > htt

Re: first time in DC area

2007-06-24 Thread Dana
it's true that the Metro works better than the Metrobuses. Unless they have changed their system, you can get a bus transfer that is good for a couple of hours. However the idea is that this is for one trip, not a return, and the drivers do look at that. You should also be aware that certain parts

Re: What the USA Would do Without 11 Million Illegal Aliens

2007-06-24 Thread Dinner
What I was getting at was that we are competing, more so every day, with the rest of the world. And teh 3rd world, in some cases. So, if the better tech IS the answer (which it always is, but some stuff is hard to automate), we'll get there even with cheap labor, cuz the automation is only viable