Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
And by the way just to be clear, no that is not a joke. I have never seen a single story in the Albuquerque Journal about Guantanamo or global warming. I don't subscribe so I suppose i might have missed one but I read it often enough and I generally scan the front page every day. On Dec 30, 2007 9

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
um ok so associated press is national right? Therefore this is a national problem. Not that Albuquerque is the boonies. I merely use it as an example. Do you know that the local "news" radio station broadcasts Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and one local equivalent? That's pretty liber

"I Am Legend" Book vs Movie: FIGHT!

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
So I saw "I Am Legend" the other day and it got me really interested in reading the book. I just finished the book. LOTS OF SPOILERS AHEAD! Unfortunately this just is just another case of the movie being essentially completely different than the book. Oh, I suppose there are similarities... t

Re: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-30 Thread Erika L. Walker
hear hear +1 million or so. Hugs from down here in Georgia On 12/29/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's probably the best present of all. > > Anything we can do to help Scott, just let us know. > > larry > >

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Munn
that's a joke, right? the media didn't cover guantanamo? or global warming? if you are talking about your local paper, that issue is more about the decline of local media in this country than anything else. local media are a dying breed, especially newspapers. the economics just don't work anymore.

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Munn
Right, there WAS a liberal stranglehold on the media, until talk radio, Fox News, and the Internet cracked it. Nothing of the sort has happened in academia. On Dec 30, 2007 8:14 PM, Jim wrote: > > You know you really can't have it both ways... either there's a "liberal > media" with a "strangleh

RE: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military > Industrial Complex > > This kind of broad discrimination goes on all the time. It just s

RE: Thank you Santa!

2007-12-30 Thread Scott Stewart
Yes, Larry you are so very right. All we (my family) can do is count each day we have with him as a blessing, and try to make my mom's life as easy as possible. I have a lot of support, both online and off. when the inevitable happens, I hope I'm as prepared as I can be. I'm the baby so my

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
the liberal media that don't even cover global warming or guantanamo ;] right. On Dec 30, 2007 7:34 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There you go with conspiracy theories again. Was the glass ceiling for > women > in the workplace a conspiracy? No. But it was still real. > > This kind

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Vivec
Have. you. viewed. the. documentary? On Dec 30, 2007 10:34 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This kind of broad discrimination goes on all the time. It just so happens > that in two prominent areas of mainstream US culture- academia and mass > media- liberals have a stranglehold on the

Re: They're rolling out the new version of gmail to the domain accounts

2007-12-30 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Good news first: http://www.davidairey.com/david-airey-dot-com-restored/ Secondly, from his blog post: It appears that the GMail security issue is fixed, but that won't remove any previously installed Filters from your GMail account. It's an AJAX-related XSS attack. Gotta love Web 2.0! Hatton

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Munn
There you go with conspiracy theories again. Was the glass ceiling for women in the workplace a conspiracy? No. But it was still real. This kind of broad discrimination goes on all the time. It just so happens that in two prominent areas of mainstream US culture- academia and mass media- liberals

Re: They're rolling out the new version of gmail to the domain accounts

2007-12-30 Thread Andrew Grosset
Google’s GMail security failure leaves my business sabotaged http://www.davidairey.co.uk/StaticPage.html >I logged into my gmail for domains account today and saw it's got the >new version! Woohoo! my Remember The Milk integration is baked right >in now. I can feel me becoming more organiz

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Todd
I was wondering the same. I found the whole thing pretty balanced, given what they were eventually saying. The supporters had their say along with everyone else. I found it rather educational. - Original Message - From: "Vivec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Sunday, De

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
I get my news from google news and usually read the same story from several souces. I have never noticed any signifigant problems with BBC coverage, though Israel is not something I follow in detail. One thing I notice looking through your link -- you do realize that some of the people saying it ha

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Vivec
Has any one of you that are complaining about the BBC sat and watched the documentary? On Dec 30, 2007 7:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you checked if there are other, non-US sources that do the same. Just > because the BBC covered it does not exonerate their bias or unp

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Because we're so much more evil than anyone else in the world. We're the root of all sins and only by denouncing all that America is, was, or will be can some feel like they're "better" than all us unwashed that can't see their point of view. Its so easy to be an armchair academic and lecture other

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Have you checked if there are other, non-US sources that do the same. Just because the BBC covered it does not exonerate their bias or unprofessional behavior. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3001102.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=P4JD2BORAZ5TNQFI

Am I a Bad Person because I like the "Resident Evil" movies?

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
I see that the trilogy is coming out on Blu-Ray and I want it. I know the second movie was weak as hell but really... were they really THAT bad? ;^) Jim Davis ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramat

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
ya, there is a conspiracy to suppress the facts :) Sure, we understand. Why are they doing this, Robert? On Dec 30, 2007 2:41 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > US academia is controlled by liberal faculty who punish people who > disagree > with their ideological viewpoint, and that inc

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
Here's all I know -- BBC coverage includes issues and points of view that are never ever addressed in most US media. My local paper has never as far as I have seen run a story about Guantanamo, torture, or global warming. The issues are simply omitted. The whole Alberto Gonzales thing was covered p

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
The BBC isn't impartial. They have never been. The fact that they commissioned a study does not make them any better than any American news outlet. They've commissioned other studies that they have suppressed that shows that they are more slanted than American networks. Yes, there is more than is o

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Munn
US academia is controlled by liberal faculty who punish people who disagree with their ideological viewpoint, and that includes on issues like global warming. Researchers across the country have complained that they are afraid to even voice dissent for fear of retribution. Therefore, if a research

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
what? What are you talking about, Michael? I know a lot of people here make the mistake of confusing anti-war sentiments and anti-Americanism, but I hadn't thought you were one of them. If there is some sort of secret report you are privy to, please explain how and provide some documentation :) On

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
The report they actually allowed out. Ask which report they commissioned and then censored from the public and it'll tell you how biased they are. Being anti-American is OK, getting caught is not. On Dec 29, 2007 8:11 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok so... an organization that has in effe

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
let's put it this way -- I don't consider that admitting that you are a little intimidated by a vocal minority in the same category as concocting arguments based on bad science and spurious references because one has received a grant or a job from an interested party. Robert. On Dec 30, 2007 1:39

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
yeah, that's what I did, I switched to all 5.8Ghz phones. Much cheaper than getting all new network cards. On Dec 30, 2007 12:52 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:23

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > actually, 802.11a uses the 5Ghz range. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11a Well - t

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
actually, 802.11a uses the 5Ghz range. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11a On Dec 30, 2007 10:12 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "b" and "g" (and "a" for that matter) all use 2.4GHz but "G" is definitely > the more advanced of them - better error recovery and so forth. W

RE: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 3:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: FW: The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science > > On Dec 28, 2007 11:29 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. The discoverer pitches the claim d

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Dana
eh, affected, whatever. Yes, on the same frequency. It was late ;) There is though as best I recall one flavor that uses a different frequency. If I get a chance later I'll google. As for power saving... well, fine. It is a feature I would avoid like the plague personally but ok. Strikes me as unhe

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > why in the world does a wireless card need power management features > anyway? Wireless is a pretty hefty power

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Munn
I am merely suggesting that the BBC are not more impartial than other organizations. As I have stated many times before, I don't regard any source of information as more or less impartial, although I regard some sources of information as more reliable than others in terms of accuracy on facts. Once

Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial Complex

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Munn
Not true at all. The Right and Left in Europe, for one, are far more extreme than the Right and Left in the US. Most of Asia and South America are the same- far more extreme differences between Left and Right than we have here. On Dec 29, 2007 8:42 PM, Larry wrote: > > > One thing I've noticed ov