Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
along with some form of legalization and clearing out the prisons of non-violent drug offenders, that might actually fix our state. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Maureen wrote: > > California, unlike the Federal Government cannot deficit spend. If > they anger the voters enough with tax inc

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Maureen
California, unlike the Federal Government cannot deficit spend. If they anger the voters enough with tax increases, the backlash will be a demand to cut spending, which is long overdue. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > and they are raising taxes to boot. dumbasses. > > On

Re: Flex3 - Make a button work?

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Grant
:D Cool, thanks. Got it working. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > AS-JS bridge, use JS to re-direct... > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Michael Grant wrote: > > > > > I just started using flex 3. I've been poking around just googling what I > > need and so far so go

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Gruss Gott
> Vivec wrote: > So Obama created 6 trillion dollars in debt in his first 30 days of office? > Then that's fantastic! As usual, I'm not only going to *AGREE* with Robert on this, but I'm going to one up him: Blame game time is over; Obama owns it all NOW. Obama volunteered, the country is his n

Re: Flex3 - Make a button work?

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
AS-JS bridge, use JS to re-direct... On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Michael Grant wrote: > > I just started using flex 3. I've been poking around just googling what I > need and so far so good. > Until, whammo. How the heck do you make a button change the url of the > browser? I figured since

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
"uuuhhh sir, we have your location as being just outside of Bangladesh?" On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > > Erika L. Walker wrote: >> I havent a clue, but there's thousands of complaints registered on the >> consumer sites about it. Quality, no customer service if there ar

Flex3 - Make a button work?

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Grant
I just started using flex 3. I've been poking around just googling what I need and so far so good. Until, whammo. How the heck do you make a button change the url of the browser? I figured since it seems to follow javascript that this would work: http://somedomain.com'*"/> Nothing. I have google

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
As I said, this year's deficit is largely what he inherited - though he and Congressional Democrats are responsible for the stimulus bill and the new spending bill. Next year and beyond is up to him - and Congress, of course, but Democrats have very nearly an unassailable majority in Congress at t

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
and they are raising taxes to boot. dumbasses. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Jerry B wrote: > > Double Whammy on the unemployment since tax revenues will probably drop and > the state needs all the money it can get. CA has some rough times ahead. > ~

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Maureen
Not if they legalize pot and release the non-violent offenders from prison. And if the investors get on the alternative energy bandwagon, we could have a boom that would make the tech boom look like small potatoes. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Double Whammy on the u

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Barnes
Double Whammy on the unemployment since tax revenues will probably drop and the state needs all the money it can get. CA has some rough times ahead. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1658995.html > > State jobless rate top 10 percent --

Re: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Vivec
Well...the alternative may have been to not get it from the store, download it at your maximum network speed whereever that network may be...and perhaps end up with a virus. :-\ 2009/2/27 Duane Boudreau : > > I tried to be honest and I got screwed. Lesson learnt.

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Vivec
Really? So Obama created 6 trillion dollars in debt in his first 30 days of office? Then that's fantastic! All the Senate has to do is vote down any bills and packages and the US will not be in any financial crisis! Clearly the trillion dollar crisis which was being reported before Obama took of

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>So, understanding this - should Christians expect (and accept) others >to profess their own faith or point of view with a vigilance >equivalent to their own? Certainly. I'll point out why I think they're wrong, but I certainly will accept their right to feel otherwise. >In my experience thi

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>We're told to do a LOT of things in the new testament. I'm weary of people >who take the Bible as a literal script for living their daily lives. I certainly don't take everything in it literally, but neither do I just throw out parts because I don't like what they tell me to do. >Incidentally

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Because after old people rattling on about their health, there is _nothing_ >on earth more annoying than have to listen to someone babbling about their >faith. Then you are simply not someone I would associate with. Because I would feel the same way about the way guys often go on about sports o

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
we're always ahead of the curve ;-) On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Jacob wrote: > > But California has nice weather... :P > > -Original Message- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:53 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Ouch. Calif

RE: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:r...@raychampagne.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:06 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: anyone see Religulous? > > > Knowing that this might spark off a debate that we regularly see > around here, anyone see this "documentary" by

Re: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Maureen
It takes more than a week to get permission to unlock a door at Time Warner. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Jacob wrote: > > Hmm. Must be the same group of people that got their training from the ones > that trained the Time Warner Techs... > > Time Warner has been under a DDOS attack on the D

RE: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Jacob
Hmm. Must be the same group of people that got their training from the ones that trained the Time Warner Techs... Time Warner has been under a DDOS attack on the DNS server for the last week now. They are trying to fix it. A week? What training do these so called "network administrators" have? I

Re: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Grant
Ya, have to agree here. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > > Have you escalated the customer service issue yet? > > Just because one person said no - doesnt mean you cant cancel at this > point. > > > I wouldnt let it lie ... > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Duane Bou

RE: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Jacob
But California has nice weather... :P -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January Oregon hit 9.9 percent last month. woohoo, 0.2% l

Re: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
Have you escalated the customer service issue yet? Just because one person said no - doesnt mean you cant cancel at this point. I wouldnt let it lie ... On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Duane Boudreau wrote: > > I tried to be honest and I got screwed. Lesson learnt. > > > ~

RE: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Duane Boudreau
I tried to be honest and I got screwed. Lesson learnt. -Original Message- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:56 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Adobe Rant An "Internet Tax" BwaaHaHaR That's amazing! I think I might just start tacking

RE: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Duane Boudreau
It gets better, I call tech support and they tell me that I can't download the product from a corporate network. WTF Does that mean? They tell me I need to take my system home and download it there? What's the difference? I have the firewall open for all out going traffic? Does Adobe just want pe

Re: interesting article on suicide attacks and religion

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Grant
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Re: Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Grant
An "Internet Tax" BwaaHaHa® That's amazing! I think I might just start tacking the internet tax on too. So you're the guy that actually buys adobe products? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and d

Re: interesting article on suicide attacks and religion

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Dinowitz
But this list is all about posturing. :) I'll flag this email as important and will try to contact them. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > So write the authors and tell them such. You claim to raise flaws in the > study. Psych Science does print letters critiquing publish

Adobe Rant

2009-02-27 Thread Duane Boudreau
Not having a very good day with adobe here. Have a new client that needs some design work so I went online to purchase PhotoShop CS4. They charged me tax on the order so I call the customer service department about the tax because since I'm in Canada I shouldn't be charged . They tell me i

Re: Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Judah McAuley
Oregon hit 9.9 percent last month. woohoo, 0.2% less than Cali! West Coast is not having a good time so far. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/27/ap6106489.html On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1658995.html > > State jobless rate t

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
With severe growing pains. http://www.google.com/search?q=magic+jack+reviews&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Take your pick. That's why I'm looking forward to what Tony has to say after a couple months of use. It's cheaper than paying vonage for something

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Charlie Griefer wrote: > I'm waiting to see if they're still going to be around in a year. > Not quite sure how they're profitable (or going to remain profitable) > given > how cheap the service is. > They have been around for a while now. actually domain is a

Ouch. California jobless rate hits 10.1 percent in January

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1658995.html State jobless rate top 10 percent -- worst since 1983 By Dale Kasler dkas...@sacbee.com Published: Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 - 11:18 am Last Modified: Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 - 11:45 am California's unemployment rate has crashed through the 10 percent ba

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > > Erika L. Walker wrote: > > I havent a clue, but there's thousands of complaints registered on the > > consumer sites about it. Quality, no customer service if there are > issues, > > etc. > > I'm curious how they handle 911 calls. > http:/

Re: American Morality

2009-02-27 Thread Larry Lyons
>An old friend of mine grew up in the Netherlands and also happens to >be an atheist. > >During the height of the pre-election work debates, a staunch catholic >colleague had accused him of not being moral since he grew up in the >Netherlands, where drugs and prostitution are legal, which obviousl

Re: interesting article on suicide attacks and religion

2009-02-27 Thread Larry Lyons
So write the authors and tell them such. You claim to raise flaws in the study. Psych Science does print letters critiquing published studies. It seems there's a win-win situation here. Write a researched and thought out rebuttal and submit it for publication. To some extent anything else woul

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Justin Scott
Erika L. Walker wrote: > I havent a clue, but there's thousands of complaints registered on the > consumer sites about it. Quality, no customer service if there are issues, > etc. I'm curious how they handle 911 calls. -Justin ~~

American Morality

2009-02-27 Thread Gruss Gott
An old friend of mine grew up in the Netherlands and also happens to be an atheist. During the height of the pre-election work debates, a staunch catholic colleague had accused him of not being moral since he grew up in the Netherlands, where drugs and prostitution are legal, which obviously expl

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
The big chunks of money are. This year's deficit is partly a carry-over from last year. After that, Obama owns it. The old story goes that the President gets until Thanksgiving (November) of his first year to blame the last President for his problems; after that, he owns the problems himself. On

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Rastafari
hahahaah, my at&t coverage is spotty at best @ my house, therefore this is simply backup in case im frustrated with my cell. cell works, just not 100% of time, so if this can cover the 2% it doesnt work well then, cool! and if both dont work, its a sign from this guy you should believe in ;) jk

Re: Merry Christmas Rasta-man

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
Fascinating. Just being curious. The FAQs on that site are fascinating too. Thank you! On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > If you are interested in basic statistics on how many card holders > there are and for what conditions, Oregon's DHS has that info online: > http://w

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
I havent a clue, but there's thousands of complaints registered on the consumer sites about it. Quality, no customer service if there are issues, etc. So now that I know someone that has one I'm curious as to how it fares. I think it's a pretty cool piece of kit and I want one, but $40 buys a cou

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Rastafari
so far so good, why would it degrade? On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Tony wrote: > >> >> just got mine, just plugged it in, havent been off it yet, and seems >> to be working like a charm. >> >> nice. >> > > Still waiting for GrandCent

Re: Merry Christmas Rasta-man

2009-02-27 Thread Judah McAuley
My understanding is that it is relatively easy to find a friendly physician. It depends on your location and your condition though. I have not done it myself as while I'm sure I probably qualify due to persistent muscle spasms and severe pain, marijuana just makes me sleepy so its not something I

Re: interesting article on suicide attacks and religion

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Dinowitz
I find the study flawed in a number of ways. I'll start with the Israeli part and then go to the Palestinian one. Tool alert: I find the whole Israeli part about of the study to be flawed. The population that they asked was skewed towards what they expected and was akin to asking someone at a Ham

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Vivec
And these deficits are totally because of what Obama has done in the last 30 days in office, right? 2009/2/27 Robert Munn : > Who among the moderates, for instance, was expecting for Obama to project $6 > trillion in deficits over the next ten years? The number is so big it defies > reality, yet

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
OK, got somewhere with Nathan's code sample. Beautiful, thank you - however, the issue is centering the map on the address point. in the JS it has: map.setCenter(new GLatLng(46.270810,-86.975020), 7); which is your lat & lng block for all your locations. I'll only ever have one location, the a

Re: lefties forming new group to push Democrats farther left

2009-02-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> If we can change our system around so that more than 2 parties are > viable then we wouldn't have this issue so much. On the other side of > the aisle, look for primary challenges to the three Republican > Senators that voted for the stimulus bill. This is something that a lot of people are say

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Tony wrote: > > just got mine, just plugged it in, havent been off it yet, and seems > to be working like a charm. > > nice. > Still waiting for GrandCentral to forward calls to gtalk :-( ~| A

Re: magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
I'll be VERY interested in how it works 3 - 6 months from now, so keep us up to date. That's the time frame I saw the majority of the complaints about. After our move, I may still get one anyway... just leary of the really bad reviews I've heard for the past year or so. I hope it works great bec

magic jack

2009-02-27 Thread Tony
just got mine, just plugged it in, havent been off it yet, and seems to be working like a charm. nice. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doublecli

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
Heh! She said pasties. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > > yikes, forgot to put that into pasties ... this is easier to look at: > http://coldfusion.pastebin.com/m3e9365a1 > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 sof

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
Erika, I have some cf examples of the ajax calls needed for both googlemaps and yahoomaps. I will try to find them after work tonight. If I forget, can you send me a reminder? (Not the best code, but working, and shows how) On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > > Thanks N

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Nathan Blixt
Anybody else see the Geocode USA ad on this page? :-) If you look at the first art map example, you'll see that I put all the addresses in an array and populate the map that way. No form needed. >Thanks Nathan - I posted the sample code for looking up the address... ( >http://coldfusion.pastebi

Re: lefties forming new group to push Democrats farther left

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Ah. Without knowing what RINO was I would not have been able to extrapolate. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:55 PM, G Money wrote: > > well...since a RINO is a "republican in name only"...i'm assuming he's > talking about a "democrat in name only". > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Michael Dinow

Re: lefties forming new group to push Democrats farther left

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
Rino or Dino in name only. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > What's a DINO? Unless you mean me in which case I don't understand the > reference. > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Judah McAuley >wrote: > > > > > Actually, they

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Nathan Blixt
I plan to display a Google map on the admin side that when clicked on will store the lat and long for that record in the db. This will get around their geocoding limitations. > To Ray: no it isn't. custom code. > > To Tony: I can do geo code lookups fro free with Google's API ... > just > li

Re: lefties forming new group to push Democrats farther left

2009-02-27 Thread G Money
well...since a RINO is a "republican in name only"...i'm assuming he's talking about a "democrat in name only". On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > What's a DINO? Unless you mean me in which case I don't understand the > reference. > > On F

Re: Merry Christmas Rasta-man

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
So just how hard is it to get a "prescription" to grow it in Oregon? On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Boy, they didn't even categorize each strain as a Sativa, Indica or > Sativa/Indica blend. That's sloppy. I wonder about their "prices" > since, at least in Oregon, you

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
Thanks Nathan - I posted the sample code for looking up the address... ( http://coldfusion.pastebin.com/m3e9365a1) but it displays the map for the "onSubmit" action of the form. I wont have a form. I'm being clueless as to how to trigger the JS function to do the geocode lookup and display my da

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Nathan Blixt
This is possible with their API. I can't look up too many examples right now, but I was playing around with it to list art galleries in our area: http://upartmap.bluepx.com I got most of the code from the API's demo section. >Anyone here work with their API? > >I need to show a specific addre

Re: lefties forming new group to push Democrats farther left

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Dinowitz
What's a DINO? Unless you mean me in which case I don't understand the reference. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Actually, they are running against Blue Dog democrats who usually > voted with Bush. Your classic DINO's. > > If we can change our system around so that mo

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
To Ray: no it isn't. custom code. To Tony: I can do geo code lookups fro free with Google's API ... just limited to how many a day. Sample code for the geocode is here. It's a JavaScript function. If I pull the data out of the DB .. and want to show the resulting map on the page, without the su

Re: Merry Christmas Rasta-man

2009-02-27 Thread Judah McAuley
Boy, they didn't even categorize each strain as a Sativa, Indica or Sativa/Indica blend. That's sloppy. I wonder about their "prices" since, at least in Oregon, you aren't allowed to buy medical marijuana, only grow it. Pretty photos though. Judah On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Rastafari wrot

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
yikes, forgot to put that into pasties ... this is easier to look at: http://coldfusion.pastebin.com/m3e9365a1 On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > To Ray: no it isn't. custom code. > > To Tony: I can do geo code lookups fro free with Google's API ... just > limited to how

Re: lefties forming new group to push Democrats farther left

2009-02-27 Thread Judah McAuley
Actually, they are running against Blue Dog democrats who usually voted with Bush. Your classic DINO's. If we can change our system around so that more than 2 parties are viable then we wouldn't have this issue so much. On the other side of the aisle, look for primary challenges to the three Repu

Re: open source application platform - I need a name

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
42 On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > I am getting ready to release an open source application platform built on > CF 8 using Model-Glue and Coldspring that handles: > > - arbitrary complex data types, including nested data types > - role-based security and identity manage

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
Here are a couple of experiences I had when I worked as a paramedic. 1. We had a call at a big huge church (can't remember the denomination) for someone who had a seizure. While I am talking to her husband to find out what happened, he stops me and asks 'Have you found Jesus?' My reply, 'I didn'

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
Just to clarify my annoyance, talking about your religion, unless asked or unless the topic is obviously welcomed, is exactly the same as showing me pictures of your cat, telling me about the weird thing growing on your leg, or explaining exactly what kind of lovemaking you enjoy. These are not c

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread morgan l
Hell, George Carlin is my God. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM, G Money wrote: > > Pfft..."You will burn in Hell" is so last decadethese days it's "I WILL > KILL YOU!" > > Or as my hero George Carlin put it: "My God has a bigger dick than your > God!" > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:18 AM,

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread Ray Champagne
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM, G Money wrote: > > > "Yeah, you shouldn't be a role model for playing a game...but then, you > probably shouldn't be a millionaire several times over just for playing a > game either. So let's call it even. Now STFU and get back to playing." LOL, well said. ~~~

interesting article on suicide attacks and religion

2009-02-27 Thread Larry Lyons
http://idisk.mac.com/jeremyginges1-Public/suicideattacks.pdf Support for suicide boming appears more related to attending religious services and not to religious devotion itself. It would seem that in this case at least organized religion is dangerous to your health. -- Religion and Support fo

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Ray Champagne
This isn't for a WP site is it? On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Rastafari wrote: > > you need a "reverse geocode" engine to perform that erika. > > not sure if there are free ones. > > tw > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Erika L. Walker > wrote: >> >> Anyone here work with their API? >>

Re: Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Rastafari
you need a "reverse geocode" engine to perform that erika. not sure if there are free ones. tw On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > > Anyone here work with their API? > > I need to show a specific address on the map. I see how to call the long and > lat - but not how to c

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Robert Munn
Which is why this giant lurch to the left by Obama and the Democrats in Congress is going to push a huge swath of moderates back to the Republicans. Who among the moderates, for instance, was expecting for Obama to project $6 trillion in deficits over the next ten years? The number is so big it

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
Why? If a team will take him, why should he not be allowed to continue his chosen career? To take that away from him would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. If a cab driver were convicted of the same crime would you advocate that he not be allowed to drive a cab any longer? I have no dou

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread G Money
Pfft..."You will burn in Hell" is so last decadethese days it's "I WILL KILL YOU!" Or as my hero George Carlin put it: "My God has a bigger dick than your God!" On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > You left out the _real_ last step. 'And if you don't believe it, you ar

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Sam
People don't vote for substance they vote for style. Republicans need to find an empty suit like Obama or Clinton that could easily sell any car on the lot. > > Mmm ... I don't think that's the place for them to focus. > > They need ideas and an intellectual bench - not the screaming crazies > a

Re: Republican Future: 3 Options

2009-02-27 Thread Sam
Where did you get 76% I'm reading 42%. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > The author (AEI author) empirically shows how Republicans are now 76% > evangelicals. That, I suppose, only confirms why I am not, nor > probably ever will be again, a Republican.  What I think the au

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
You left out the _real_ last step. 'And if you don't believe it, you are wrong and will burn in Hell' On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:01 AM, G Money wrote: > > > Indeed. Same is probably true with religion. Religion, like politics, is a > discussion that usually goes like this: "Here is what I beli

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > Well, it's important to keep in mind that for many religious people, > sharing your beliefs and trying to bring others into the fold is an > important part of the faith. We recently had a discussion about this > in a bible study I am doin

Google Maps API

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
Anyone here work with their API? I need to show a specific address on the map. I see how to call the long and lat - but not how to convert the actual address. I have hundreds of blue widgets with addresses, and when you click on the details of a particular widget, I want to show where it lives on

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread Rastafari
once he went over the killing-an-innocent-animal-line by slamming a pitbull on the pavement to kill it for not fighting hard enough, he lost all humanity. he really did. in fact, if you look back at most of his games, etc, he was a dead soul anyway, he rarely showed emotion and for the most part n

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread G Money
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > I agree somewhat with Charles Barkley. > > These guys should _not_ be role models for on field activity. Yeah, the shouldn't be, but they are, and that aint changing any time soon. So a millionaire lamenting about the woes of being an u

Re: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread G Money
When my old .com went belly up, there was an artificial plant that sat in our conference room that I took home with me. I sat it in a corner in my apartment and promptly forgot about it. A month or so later, a friend of mine asked me why I wasn't watering that plant in the corner...the one that w

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread G Money
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > Well, that's not entirely true...we are pretty much told in the New > Testament to go out and proclaim the Good News. It's not something you are > supposed to be silent about, although certainly a lot of us that *are* > Christian are often

Re: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
LOL! OMG. That's terrible. You must of bought it, stuck in the windowsill, and promptly forgot to water it for a year. That's practically what it takes to kill those suckers. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I killed an African Violet...any idea on how hard they are to k

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Rastafari
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Do you also understand when you are asked to "shut the f up"? hah > Because after old people rattling on about their health, there is _nothing_ > on earth more annoying than have to listen to someone babbling about their > faith. word!

Re: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread Erika L. Walker
I adore plants, gardening, you name it - I just have a few of them a bit high up for convenient watering so was considering the globe. Charles won't let me install rain drip irrigation inside the new house ... On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM, G Money wrote: > I guess they work...I dunno. I ki

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
I agree somewhat with Charles Barkley. These guys should _not_ be role models for on field activity. Vick is a very talented athlete, and a dog abuser. That might make him a very good quarterback. But maybe not a good teammate. And certainly not a role model. Warrick Dunn, on the other hand, i

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Jerry Johnson
Do you also understand when you are asked to "shut the f up"? Because after old people rattling on about their health, there is _nothing_ on earth more annoying than have to listen to someone babbling about their faith. I don't care. If I like you a lot, I might politely listen. But as my siste

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread Rastafari
to support ANY team or thing that supports him would go against EVERYTHING i believe in. i'd never be able to look at my little sweetheart Lily the same... btw, check out her new pics that i took... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyweeg/3301030342/in/set-72157614219002507/ also, check out the n

Re: Michael Vick - That seems fast ....

2009-02-27 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I hate what he did as much as anyonebut he's paid his price. I hope the >man can put his life back together. He is welcome to put his life back together, certainly the man has to make a living...but in some other capacity than as a player. That is just too much a "role model" position and

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>That is such an important point. Yes, your faith should be shared with >othersbut through actions, not words. Well, that's not entirely true...we are pretty much told in the New Testament to go out and proclaim the Good News. It's not something you are supposed to be silent about, althoug

Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
opps...forgot to add...A lot of Christians don't like it when you point out that they are not really acting the way the Bible says Jesus would want us to. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Some of my wife's family used to get all preachy with me (and my > father-in-law). D

Re: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
I killed an African Violet...any idea on how hard they are to kill? I am convinced I could kill crabgrass just by putting it in a flower pot and keeping it in my office. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM, G Money wrote: > > I guess they work...I dunno. I kill everything that grows in the ground

Re: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread G Money
I guess they work...I dunno. I kill everything that grows in the ground that is in my care. I have a black thumb. Our latest plant has been getting the aqua globe treatment and hasn't died yet, and it's been almost a month. That's closing in a record for one of my plants. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at

RE: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stewart
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Re: anyone see Religulous?

2009-02-27 Thread Scott Stroz
Some of my wife's family used to get all preachy with me (and my father-in-law). During a BBQ at my in-laws one day we got on the subject of gay marriage...and it got ugly. I was really disappointed in some of the comments made by my wife's family. The discussion ended abruptly, with them gettin

Re: Slap Chop

2009-02-27 Thread William Bowen
> So does anyone get the overwhelming urge to slap-chop this guy? I have one of these. Not the slap-chop, but one that comes apart into three pieces "for easy cleanup" It actually works, as long as you've got a solid surface to chop on. my $0.02 -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would jus

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