Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
::SIGH:: there's one in every crowd On 9/15/07, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "anyone else have any serious Windows skills and interested" > > > ME ME ME Pleazeee I wanna work for m$ ;)~ > > ~| Enterprise web appli

Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Dave l
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Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
thank you but not at this time. On 9/14/07, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Technical support is considered a qualification, but you would have to match > it up with some other skills as well to get a job here. This job is in > Charlotte, anyone else have any serious Windows skills and

Re: Information about Raleigh/Durham

2007-09-14 Thread Allan Grabnoski
it's doable. get er done On 9/14/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Go for it, that's good money in the area, and a great area to boot. We're > trying to get back down there. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 20

Re: free tuition?

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
welp you can move to Albuquerque... all classes that are considered vocational are free if you have been living here six months. This includes all electronics, business and computer classes, even stuff like the mcse and ccna certification classes. Now, if what you need is 400-level cp classes this

RE: free tuition?

2007-09-14 Thread William Seiter
I remember there was an episode of West Wing where they were dealing with the declining 'teachers' rate. The idea that was made on the show, which I really like, is offering a similar reimbursement to military education funds. In exchange for service (in this case 'years as a teacher'), the gove

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > Normally I'm with you, but without having served yourself, who are you to > give that advice man? > I'm not giving Gen Patraeus any advice on how to, for example, station his troops. He's the expert there. But I'm both an American with common sense and a management professional.

new twist on the Nigerian banking scam

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Munn
This is a great twist on the scam. Some guy emails me a Word doc with this letter in it. Looks like I could even be a distant relative, right? The name, Edward Munn, is even a relatively common name in my family history. Brilliant! I give this guy extra credit for creative thinking. * * * * *Dea

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
Normally I'm with you, but without having served yourself, who are you to give that advice man? Cause I know there are a couple of dudes that were or are in uniform on both sides of this issue on the list. > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, S

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > You seem invested in defeat, and you sound annoyed that Petraeus did such a > good job against Democrats (1.) The whole "lose as fast as possible" propaganda is not just immature, but totally useless. You might as well say, "your butt stinks! nah nah, na boo boo." (2.) There a

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > Tactical retreat isn't the same thing complete withdrawal, you know this > man. > Absolutely!! No, I meant the quote in a good way :) I was saying that he was awesome because he led his team, even in retreat, as an attack. Basically, as I understand it, during that run they ki

RE: Information about Raleigh/Durham

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
Go for it, that's good money in the area, and a great area to boot. We're trying to get back down there. > -Original Message- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Information about Raleigh/Durham > > Hello,

Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Chesty Puller
Technical support is considered a qualification, but you would have to match it up with some other skills as well to get a job here. This job is in Charlotte, anyone else have any serious Windows skills and interested? Let me know, I can get your resume in there. - Matt - Original Mess

Information about Raleigh/Durham

2007-09-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
Hello, This is specifically for those of you who live in the Raleigh/Durham area, or a close proximity. My sister works for the school district there and her manager wants to hire me as one of their network specialists (I did this in a previous life) for $40.00 an hour on contract and then 77K a ye

Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
AOL is considered a qualification for this? I was there in 1993 or so and have done quite a bit since. The thing with Microsoft is, it's probably not in Albuquerque and I have big incentives in terms of 2 kids' college tuition -- not to mention mine -- to stay right here. I'm actually seriously co

Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Chesty Puller
You did support previously for AOL... want to work for MS? We have a number of positions open for Support Engineers. Believe me, these are not your typical helpdesk type jobs. - Matt - Original Message - From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, September 14

Re: free tuition?

2007-09-14 Thread Chesty Puller
As I my mother telling me from a *long* time ago, Reagan got rid of that when he was Governor. - Matt - Original Message - From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 2:26 PM Subject: Re: free tuition? > anyone know? I am not sure how to googl

Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
but this last one requires three years of experience ;) eh. One of the mysteries of lfe I guess, like that 877 number that keeps calling my cell phone and putting me on hold ;) On 9/14/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are we having a sudden shortage of accountants or something? > > May

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread morchella
i tend to shake violently, until the code pours from my fingers! i don't even really type, just hold my sausage's above the keyboard till some thing happens. sitting or standing has little to do with it.. On 9/14/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's your preference at work? ~

Re: ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Ian Skinner
Are we having a sudden shortage of accountants or something? Maybe not full blown accountant... but maybe bookkeepers. I suspect a bookkeeper position is pretty entry level but heavy on computer USE if not actual IT work. I suspect they are just feeling out how desperate you are for a job, a

ok I have to ask....

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
I have been sending out resumes. In addition to some interesting responses, I have gotten a lot of solicitations for sales jobs, but I figure they have high turnover and probably send these out to everyone in the area. But accountant? I have been asked three times about accounting jobs and... well,

Re: free tuition?

2007-09-14 Thread Dana
anyone know? I am not sure how to google this. On 9/14/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe Cali offers free tuition at select state schools to any > in-state resident. We have nothing of the sort here in Wisconsin. Kids > of faculty/staff don't get a break either. For that

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
Just so you know, we kill them way faster than they breed. > -Original Message- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. > > That's what I was thinking, the dead aren't a big problem.

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Ian Skinner
That's what I was thinking, the dead aren't a big problem. Maybe he believes in zombies? Or the dead's brothers, sons, uncles and nephews. And to be proper - sisters, daughters, aunts and nieces. Unless you plan to kill the entire world population -1, there is probably going to be somebody p

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
That's what I was thinking, the dead aren't a big problem. Maybe he believes in zombies? Now that would suck. > -Original Message- > From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. > > "The

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
Look man, I've read some of it, put some of it into action. I understand psyop and civil affairs. However if you leave the country you don't have the chance for those programs to work, if no one will leave their house those programs won't work. Some places, like Anbar in Iraq, like Kabul in Afgh

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Chesty Puller
"The only way we win in counter insurgency though is if we get the people on our side." Killing them doesn't work? - Original Message - From: "Judah McAuley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:27 PM Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. > Loathe

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Munn
Oil is at $80 because of speculation and profiteering, but it would still be at $70 without those factors. I'd like to see it closer to $50, and stabilizing Iraq will help to do that. I am not concerned about opium production in the short term. We can't wipe out their crops without substituting so

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
The point about the majority of psyop and civil affairs units being in the National Guard (and vastly undermanned) is missed a lot of the time. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) owns those units, and with the Clinton cutbacks didn't want to have to spend so much on them, and have to support the m

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Judah McAuley
Jerry Johnson wrote: > Nope. They are wrong. > > At the sharp point of the stick, it is about killing. Fast. And > brutally. Shock and awe as they say. > > Basic soldiers are not policemen, they are not public works engineers, > they are not nannies or babysitters. They are there to break things.

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Rammstein kicks boot tay for coding music. On 9/14/07, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/14/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 32" Plasma screen and the wireless set up really rocks. > > > > I have a di.fm trance/happy hardcore thing going and am in code heaven :) > > > >

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Jerry Johnson
Nope. They are wrong. At the sharp point of the stick, it is about killing. Fast. And brutally. Shock and awe as they say. Basic soldiers are not policemen, they are not public works engineers, they are not nannies or babysitters. They are there to break things. "Hearts and minds" is for a diffe

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Judah McAuley
Loathe wrote: > I was an enlisted airborne infantryman for 8 years and 3 deployments. I > spent 2 1/2 years in a special purpose unit. > > I it really does all boil down to killing at that level. There are good people in the military trying to change that mindset. Hearts and minds, my friend. K

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Judah McAuley
I like the analytical approach but I think you are tactically incorrect. Iraq's oil supply to the rest of the world has been non-existent for several years now as a result of the war. The market has adjusted to the lack of output by Iraq by increasing production elsewhere. Increases in prices i

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Casey Dougall
On 9/14/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 32" Plasma screen and the wireless set up really rocks. > > I have a di.fm trance/happy hardcore thing going and am in code heaven :) Oh yeah, forgot about Digitally Imported. Thanks for the reminder bud... Hard to get away from bassdrive.com so

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Munn
You seem invested in defeat, and you sound annoyed that Petraeus did such a good job against Democrats who had already made up their minds about defeat four years ago. He has managed to turn a mess created by Rumsfeld et. al. into a reasonable chance of success. The progress is there for everyone t

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
I was an enlisted airborne infantryman for 8 years and 3 deployments. I spent 2 1/2 years in a special purpose unit. I it really does all boil down to killing at that level. > -Original Message- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:06 PM >

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Judah McAuley
Loathe wrote: > Tactical retreat isn't the same thing complete withdrawal, you know this > man. Tactical is often a matter of subjectiveness. Just because you call it something doesn't mean it is so. > He's also the highest decorated marine and probably killed more people than > you know. Kille

RE: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
32" Plasma screen and the wireless set up really rocks. I have a di.fm trance/happy hardcore thing going and am in code heaven :) > -Original Message- > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Sit vs Stand > > i d

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Munn
Our motives are pure? Did I say that? Our motives are economic (oil) and ideological (democracy and plurality v. extremist Islamism). A regional war starting in Iraq could disrupt half of the world's oil supply and bring several countries under the sway of Al-Qaeda. That is exactly Al-Qaeda's state

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
More: War to Chesty Puller was simply a matter of kill or be killed. He openly condoned the shooting of prisoners. He once ordered his artillery to fire on a supporting army unit if it exposed his marines by retreating. Puller's tactics were built around one word: attack. "I'd follow that man to h

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Tony
i do too, but only when ur not there, and ur lady invites me over :) hahhaaha, jk me too sometimes tho. couch rocks. On 9/14/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I lay down. On my couch. > > My job rocks. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
I lay down. On my couch. My job rocks. > -Original Message- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Sit vs Stand > > What's your preference at work? I'm thinking about rearranging my > desk so that I c

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
Tactical retreat isn't the same thing complete withdrawal, you know this man. He's also the highest decorated marine and probably killed more people than you know. In the Korean war, Puller led the landing at Inchon. Then the Chinese Communists came swarming across the Yalu, and once again, the

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > Yup, and used their intestines to lace his boots. > If I remember my history right, wasn't he the guy who, in the longest retreat in American history said, "we're not retreating, we're just attacking in a different direction." Because wan't that his east coast NK retreat? ~~

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I'm pretty sure that my company got it cheaper than that, but it wasn't cheap. On 9/14/07, ColdFusion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $315 for that? Is that what you or the company paid for it? > > > -Original Message- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, Sep

RE: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Loathe
Yup, and used their intestines to lace his boots. > -Original Message- > From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:06 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. > > The real Chesty would have killed them all in his quest for a CMH.

RE: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread ColdFusion
$315 for that? Is that what you or the company paid for it? -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:13 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Sit vs Stand I've been using this for the past year or so, but I'm not liking it nea

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I've been using this for the past year or so, but I'm not liking it near as much as I used to: http://www.ultimatebackstore.com/product-exec/product_id/76 Originally it helped out with my posture quite a bit, but now I find myself slouching more than a normal chair would cause. On 9/14/07, Je

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Jerry Johnson
i cant code while standing, but while drawing or drafting, or hardcore thinking at the whiteboard, i stand and pace. when sitting, it is either in a leather overstuffed sidechair in front of the tv, in an aeron chair, or some days in a kneeling chair (especially at 3 in the morning, or when I anti

Re: Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Tony
i have an anthro desk, this one... http://www.anthro.com/ppage.aspx?pmid=18 and ill never know what to do if i dont have this one forever wherever i work :) it ROX0RS On 9/14/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's your preference at work? I'm thinking about rearranging my >

Sit vs Stand

2007-09-14 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
What's your preference at work? I'm thinking about rearranging my desk so that I can work while standing. I'm tired of not being able to find comfortable chairs and feeling like I want to fall asleep if I sit in my chair long enough. ~~

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Chesty Puller
The real Chesty would have killed them all in his quest for a CMH. - Matt - Original Message - From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. >> Chesty wrote: >> Shouldn't the goal of war be to ann

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> Chesty wrote: > Shouldn't the goal of war be to annihilate our enemy? That would be so much > easier than winning their hearts and minds, and cheaper as well. > The problem, as the real Chesty knew, is that the enemy has to be defined. In Iraq only 5% of it is. We've got about 5% Al Queda (wh

RE: Finally a Reality Show for Me!

2007-09-14 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:25 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Finally a Reality Show for Me! > > Oooo, cool. I read the application just for giggles and grins. You > have to pay for all your own travel c

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > eh. The beating will continue until morale improves. > It would appear that there are many Americans who feel that there is no irresponsible use of the American military given the remotest connection to something "in America's interest" or even just something that seems moral like

Re: Finally a Reality Show for Me!

2007-09-14 Thread Deanna Schneider
Oooo, cool. I read the application just for giggles and grins. You have to pay for all your own travel costs. That's mighty stingy of them. On 9/13/07, Jim Davis wrote: > Granting that all reality TV is essentially trash I'm gonna back this horse: > > http://www.foxreality.com/page.php?id=32398 >

Re: free tuition?

2007-09-14 Thread Deanna Schneider
I believe Cali offers free tuition at select state schools to any in-state resident. We have nothing of the sort here in Wisconsin. Kids of faculty/staff don't get a break either. For that matter, neither do faculty/staff. On 9/13/07, Dana wrote: > It would help me with a project I am working on t

Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow.

2007-09-14 Thread Chesty Puller
Shouldn't the goal of war be to annihilate our enemy? That would be so much easier than winning their hearts and minds, and cheaper as well. - Original Message - From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:22 PM Subject: Re: Today's Patraeu