Re: AIG "Bonuses" Get Weirder

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > So did it bet the farm on derivatives to try and recapture lost glory? Is > that all, in the end, this story is really about- basic greed? > So here's your evolution moment. It's here. The answer is yes, and without regulation the resulting market failure is beyond all of our

Re: AIG "Bonuses" Get Weirder

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Gruss G wrote: > > Now the big problem is that AIG is also insuring LOTS of Americans, > including cash-value life insurance policies, not to mention > backstopping banks the world over. > > In other words, if that division falls, AIG falls, if AIG falls, > Americ

Re: now here's a stimulus!

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > SAN DIEGO – Police officers picked up more than $17,000 that was tossed by > fleeing suspects during a chase Thursday that slowed rush-hour traffic to a > crawl and prompted some motorists to stop their vehicles on the freeway to > pick up cash. > That's awesome! I'd all over t

Re: AIG "Bonuses" Get Weirder

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > All well and good, but I would just as soon spin off the other divisions and > bury the idiots in this division under their own mistakes. > The problem is that the division bet the value of the entire company and then borrowed 30x more and bet that too. They sold swaps - bizarr

now here's a stimulus!

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
I was eating dinner with my daughter in Sorrento Valley (aka Qualcomm-land). We were just leaving when some guys came into the food court to meet some other guys, and they were saying traffic was all snarled up on the freeway 2 blocks away. We drove past the freeway and saw traffic stopped and all

Re: AIG "Bonuses" Get Weirder

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
I heard something to this effect the other day, basically someone saying that the employees in that division might be the only ones who know where the bodies are buried (metaphorically speaking), and if the company wants to be able to undo all the crap that these idiots put into place, they unfort

Re: AIG "Bonuses" Get Weirder

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> GG wrote: > http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/why-the-letters.html > Mystery probably solved: --- In the fourth quarter of 2007, the market for CDOs went completely to hell ... AIG, to that point, had already accumulated about $643 million in bad assets on its books

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
laissez les bons temps roulez! We'll see. The people I've talked to the past who needed RSA all seemed pretty intense about it. These people want IDP too ... sounds like fun :) But is is also possible that the job descrition was written that specifically because they don't expect anyone but good

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Ian Skinner
Dana wrote: > Sounds tempting. Tempting.. Um yea... I always did think you where one of the more interesting CF-Communitiers out there ;-) Sacramento is not a bad area. Not as big as the huge metropolitans of San Francisco and LA but big enough to have lots of history and culture. And a

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
I am contemplating it. Thanks. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Zillow shows Rancho Cordova average house at 201,00 which is slightly > below the national average.  It shows Albuquerque at 184,000 so Rancho > Cordova would be slightly more.  If you didn't mind a commute you >

Re: XP connection error

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
My proposed solution below seems to have done the trick. The PDC is acting as the DNS server for the .local zone. For whatever reason, Windows XP requires that the DNS lookups for that zone resolve correctly, so to access a server in the domain called with IP address 192.168.100.10, Windows XP cl

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Maureen
Zillow shows Rancho Cordova average house at 201,00 which is slightly below the national average. It shows Albuquerque at 184,000 so Rancho Cordova would be slightly more. If you didn't mind a commute you could get closer to Sac and have more culture and better terrain, but Rancho Cordova isn't

AIG "Bonuses" Get Weirder

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/why-the-letters.html I just read the actual AIG FP bonus contract, which was posted on the NY Times website. Two things jumped out at me. One is that it's not a "bonus" contract at all. It's an "Employee Retention Plan." In other wo

This can't be serious (further failures of Marketing Departments)

2009-03-19 Thread Jim Davis
Wouldn't this be more appropriate on April 1st: http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/sci_fi_channel_aims_to_shed_ge.php Or maybe on "Apryl Fyrst"? Stupidest friggin' thing I've ever heard. Jim Davis ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 sof

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
OK. I am trying to formulate a number to ask for. It's one of those "we will address the salary range when we speak" kinda deals. Still processing and yeah! I was wondering where you were going to chime in! So... nothing wrong with Rancho Cordova then, not even housing prices, huh :) Sounds t

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > you really should focus on what you believe instead of trying to > invent things you think i believe. > Well ... okay ... I'll try it ... okay ... focusing ... I believe you believe Bush was great President. Yes. That is what I believe. ~~

Re: XP connection error

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
solved, finally. i'll post more details when i have something other than my phone to type on... On 3/19/09, Michael Grant wrote: > > Whadya find out? > > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > >> >> Here is the error that is apparently generated: >> >> "cannot generate s

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Ian Skinner
Dana wrote: > so if I would like to have a 3-bedroom house I have likely to need > 1600 a month or so just for that? Call it 20k a year for housing. So > to live comfortably I would need a minimum of 60k and preferably 80k? > That helps, actually. There are 3-bedroom houses (a bit smaller then s

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
you really should focus on what you believe instead of trying to invent things you think i believe. On 3/19/09, Gruss Gott wrote: > >> RoMunn wrote: >> If Obama fails, the global economy is at risk of total implosion. A few >> true >> believers may forgive him, but he has no track record of succ

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > If Obama fails, the global economy is at risk of total implosion. A few true > believers may forgive him, but he has no track record of success to fall > back on, and most everyone will abandon him. > Well, Bush failed and brought the global economy to the brink of total implosi

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Ian Skinner
Dana wrote: > call from a headhunter. Very close match to my skillset. Trying to > decide how much money would make it worth the hassle. Anyone have any > opinions on that? 6-12 month information security contract, requires > obscure product knowledge. Which I do have. Hey my Fellow New Mexican..

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Ian Skinner
I currently live in Sacramento. Rancho Cordova *IS* part of Sacramento for all intents an purposes. There are a lot of nice places in and around Rancho Cordova, Folsom, Gold River, Fair Oaks. A little farther a field you have Placerville, Elk Grove, El Dorado Hills. The entire Sacramento re

Re: XP connection error

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Grant
Whadya find out? On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > Here is the error that is apparently generated: > > "cannot generate sspi context" > > Everything we have read says this is a DNS issue and that when DNS is > misconfigured, Kerberos fails with this message. > > We di

Re: It's not often that my sympathies lie with the paparazzi

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Grant
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Re: Check one two three check.

2009-03-19 Thread Ian Skinner
Maureen wrote: > Firefox 3. Not sure if this is intentional, but when I resize the > page the colored bar in the left margin remains the same, the color on > the right and the text box don't size and require scrolling. I'm at > 1280x800 resolution. Yes it has an intentional minimum width of 10

Re: Faraday Suit + Tesla Coil = Emperor Palpatine & the Imperial March

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
damn, i want one of those! 2009/3/18 Larry Lyons > > > http://blog.pengoworks.com/index.cfm/2009/3/18/Faraday-Suit--Tesla-Coil--Emperor-Palpatine-and-the-Imperial-March > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most impor

Re: March MADness (was Re: AIG: )

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
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Re: random irishness

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
We had bagpipes at my wedding, too. My family marched down the street from the hotel to the wedding venue with a bagpiper leading the way. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > > I was piped into my wedding by my cousin who's a piper for the Fire > Service. > There's no better

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
If Kryzewski fails, Duke fans are going to be pissed, but they will forgive Coach K. because he has taken them to the promised land in the past. If Obama fails, the global economy is at risk of total implosion. A few true believers may forgive him, but he has no track record of success to fall ba

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
Yes. Home rentals in Rancho Cordova: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=Rancho&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max&bedrooms= Looks like there are some pretty good rental opportunities On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Probably, yes. :-) > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 20

Judge Judy On Gay Marriage

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
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Re: Obama on Leno

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Hatton made it sound like it already happened - saying he hadn't heard it > yet and would have to look on you tube ... which didn't make sense to me > because he could still watch it on TV . I did and I was mistaken - I knew/know that he is/was going to and thought that it happened last nig

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread William Bowen
Probably, yes. :-) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Dana wrote: > > so if I would like to have a 3-bedroom house I have likely to need > 1600 a month or so just for that? Call it 20k a year for housing.  So > to live comfortably I would need a minimum of 60k and preferably 80k? > That helps, a

Re: BG

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Stroz
I have not given up hope that they will connect the dots with the flashbacks. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Scott Raley wrote: > > I agree with the flashbacks because I didn't see how they quite fit .. if > they carried it further and showed ties then it may have fit. > > -Original Messa

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
so if I would like to have a 3-bedroom house I have likely to need 1600 a month or so just for that? Call it 20k a year for housing. So to live comfortably I would need a minimum of 60k and preferably 80k? That helps, actually. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Sacrament

RE: no space

2009-03-19 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:46 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: no space > > > But, with raid, you have some protection against drive failure, which > you > _do not_ have with a usb drive. > > I can attest

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread William Bowen
Sacramento != Barstow/Bakersfield... no worries there. :-) Rancho Cordova is quite close to the Lodi area, many fine high-heat wines (zins and petite syrahs especially) are produced in the area and tasting fees are still in the single digits unlike Napa and Sonoma to the West. Not sure about r

RE: March MADness (was Re: AIG: )

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Raley
Go Terps! -Original Message- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:elwal...@ruwebby.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24 AM To: cf-community Subject: March MADness (was Re: AIG: ) A. I just submitted all my pick sheets. Looking forward to it! :)

The next tempest in a teapot: unpaid taxes by companies receiving

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
http://www.sacbee.com/830/story/1712761.html 13 of 23 firms reviewed. More than 220 million in unpaid taxes. just from 2004-2006. 450 more firms received TARP money. And all the execs had to sign a statement saying they did not owe any before accepting the money. I so wish this didn't affect my w

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
call from a headhunter. Very close match to my skillset. Trying to decide how much money would make it worth the hassle. Anyone have any opinions on that? 6-12 month information security contract, requires obscure product knowledge. Which I do have. I liked San Francisco and San Jose when I was t

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
uh... I live in Albuquerque. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > I know a few people who have lived in and around Sacramento. I can't speak > exactly to that town, but like Charlie says, you are a couple of hours from > the mountain resorts and a a couple of hours from the B

Re: Obama on Leno

2009-03-19 Thread Erika L. Walker
Hatton made it sound like it already happened - saying he hadn't heard it yet and would have to look on you tube ... which didn't make sense to me because he could still watch it on TV . So I was just checking. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com>

Re: Obama on Leno

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
>From the same article: "Obama will tape the showThursday afternoon during a two-day swing through the Los Angeles area for town hall meetings focusing on the economy, Gibbs said." Taping time for most shows is late afternoon, Californi

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Bill Wheatley
thats a long way from new mexico. Whats the occasion? 2009/3/19 Dana > > Do I want to live there? > > Seriously, what sort of a place is it? > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
He was just mad Obama didn't pick Duke as the winner. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > > > Well, let's see. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suggested that Obama should > stop > > worrying about the NCAA brackets and focus on the economy. > > Why's Kryzewski

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > > Well, let's see. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suggested that Obama should stop > worrying about the NCAA brackets and focus on the economy. Why's Kryzewski worried about Obama? He should be worrying about the NCAA. ~~

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scott wrote: > Once again, I feel the need to point out that the American voters elected > Bush the second time > >> Your policy choices and your candidate brought not just the USA, but >> the Planet, to the edge of global systemic collapse. >> Yeah, that's why I was blaming Robert: he voted fo

Re: Obama on Leno

2009-03-19 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > > For the record - he hasnt appeared yet ... or did I miss a day somewhere? > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:23 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey >wrote: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/19/obama.leno/ - President Obama > > appeared on the To

Re: Check one two three check.

2009-03-19 Thread Maureen
Firefox 3. Not sure if this is intentional, but when I resize the page the colored bar in the left margin remains the same, the color on the right and the text box don't size and require scrolling. I'm at 1280x800 resolution. Map works fine. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Ian Skinner wro

Obama on Leno

2009-03-19 Thread Erika L. Walker
For the record - he hasnt appeared yet ... or did I miss a day somewhere? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:23 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/19/obama.leno/ - President Obama > appeared on the Tonight Show last night in a political move to "make > the case for his f

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Maureen
That means they are quoting one of their icons, either Rush or Hannity. Same thing happened last fall with the Socialism charge. When I heard it from three different rightwingers in the same day, I knew the minions were spreading the poison. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote:

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Maureen
Diebold. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Once again, I feel the need to point out that the American voters elected > Bush the second time, some blame must be placed there (oh, and on the > Democrats for thinking Kerry was the best guy) ~~~

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread Maureen
That is just a total hoot. Who comes up with this stuff? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > Speaking of funny, I stumbled upon this picture: > > http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/032009/change_at_the_White_House.jpg ~

Re: Check one two three check.

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
looking good on Firefox 3.07/Ubuntu 32-bit. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > > http://www.sierraoutdoorrecreation.com/layout.htm > Would some of you mind checking this page and see if you get unexpected > behavior. > It should have a blue box on top that always stays there

Re: Check one two three check.

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
Both work fine in ff3, and safari On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > > http://www.sierraoutdoorrecreation.com/layout.htm > Would some of you mind checking this page and see if you get unexpected > behavior. > It should have a blue box on top that always stays there when the p

Check one two three check.

2009-03-19 Thread Ian Skinner
http://www.sierraoutdoorrecreation.com/layout.htm Would some of you mind checking this page and see if you get unexpected behavior. It should have a blue box on top that always stays there when the page is scrolled, orange boxes down each side. Lorem Ipsum content in white in the center with p

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
Well, let's see. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suggested that Obama should stop worrying about the NCAA brackets and focus on the economy. I got that one from Drudge, who picked it up from Fox, but the message itself comes from Krzyzewski, who is certainly capable of thinking on his own. As for Fra

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
I know a few people who have lived in and around Sacramento. I can't speak exactly to that town, but like Charlie says, you are a couple of hours from the mountain resorts and a a couple of hours from the Bay Area. Not bad, really. My main issue with inland California is that it gets stupid hot i

Re: I find this impressive...

2009-03-19 Thread Robert Munn
I like the site. What part are you interested in? Looks like they have a decent set of services. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Dana wrote: > > Anyone have any comments? > > http://www.dotfoil.com/ > > It's not my work, just someting I am thinking about. Any input appreciated. > ~~~

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
>> ah was that the original author? OK. It looked like it had been >> reposted quite a few times. You have to admit it's funny :) > > I thought it was from the Onion myself but then I realized there > wasn't any profanity. Speaking of funny, I stumbled upon this picture: http://pics.blameitonthe

RE: BG

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Raley
I thought a few episodes ago we were going to see a spin off.. -Original Message- From: Justin Scott [mailto:jscott-li...@gravityfree.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:27 AM To: cf-community Subject: RE: BG > Are we ready for the 2 hour series finale ? I just hope they close up al

RE: BG

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Raley
I agree with the flashbacks because I didn't see how they quite fit .. if they carried it further and showed ties then it may have fit. -Original Message- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: BG I think the l

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> ah was that the original author? OK. It looked like it had been > reposted quite a few times. You have to admit it's funny :) I thought it was from the Onion myself but then I realized there wasn't any profanity. ~| Adobe® Col

Re: I find this impressive...

2009-03-19 Thread Cameron Childress
The illustration animation? Cool easter egg type thing, but it was hard for me to find the right spot to rollover at first. I do enjoy a nice unexpected visual easter egg on a website... -Cameron On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Dana wrote: > > Anyone have any comments? > > http://www.dotfoi

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Charlie Griefer
I asked a friend who lives in Sacramento. He replied with "an ok area depending on what part you live in, next to Folsom, 15 mins from Sac". He's not a particularly loquacious person :) Like Casey said... being 2 hours from Tahoe is pretty cool. We did our first Tahoe trip about a month ago (w

Re: I find this impressive...

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Anyone have any comments? > > http://www.dotfoil.com/ > > It's not my work, just someting I am thinking about. Any input appreciated. Nice animation on the phone guy. Am I missing anything else? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 softwa

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
I think he needs to do both. He needs to tell congress to do their job, and shut the f up on the grandstanding. But people have tried that for 200 years, with no luck so far. Grandstanding is the one skill all of our elected officials share. He needs to get the various agencies that need to deal

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
oo ooo I know this http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2009m3d16-AIG-demands-ransom 2009/3/19 C. Hatton Humphrey : > >> *sneaks away* > > Hey!  don't sneak away without providing a link! > > -- > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com >

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > 2009/3/19 Dana > >> >> Do I want to live there? >> >> Seriously, what sort of a place is it? >> > > > around 2 hours to Tahoe that's what kinda place it is ;-) > > I always wanted to go there. old company back in the day had an call cent

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
so it's a nice place? What are prices like there? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > 2009/3/19 Dana > >> >> Do I want to live there? >> >> Seriously, what sort of a place is it? >> > > > around 2 hours to Tahoe that's what kinda place it is ;-) > > I always wanted to go

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
Yep, that gets you a free pass. Get some sleep, and hope the kids feel better. (Nothing worse than batteries that are down, and kids who need you anyway.) BTW, the only reason I yell is because I love. I couldn't challenge those people yesterday, but you are "family", and I respect your opinion,

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
ah was that the original author? OK. It looked like it had been reposted quite a few times. You have to admit it's funny :) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > Thanks, that linked to http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=6997 ;) > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Thanks, that linked to http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=6997 ;) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Dana wrote: > > oo ooo I know this > > http://www.examiner.com/x-243-Progressive-Politics-Examiner~y2009m3d16-AIG-demands-ransom > > 2009/3/19 C. Hatton Humphrey : >> >>> *sneaks away

I find this impressive...

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
Anyone have any comments? http://www.dotfoil.com/ It's not my work, just someting I am thinking about. Any input appreciated. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free T

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > (What happened to the ability of people to write in English)? > Somewhere, somehow, it got loosed. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad

Re: rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Casey Dougall
2009/3/19 Dana > > Do I want to live there? > > Seriously, what sort of a place is it? > around 2 hours to Tahoe that's what kinda place it is ;-) I always wanted to go there. old company back in the day had an call center there. I only got to go to Madison WI call center though :-( although

Re: BG

2009-03-19 Thread morgan l
Agreed. This last episode was truly the only one I had any disappointment with. I can almost see where the set-up of the prior episodes is going to take us, but character-background-building flashbacks on the eve of the series demise was, IMO, very counter-productive. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:0

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Do you really, truly believe that Obama is abdicating his responsibility in > trying to address the AIG issue and the other financial problems by going on > a national talk show? After listening/reading some of what he said (haven't had time for everything) I think he's addressing the wrong cro

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Stroz
Once again, I feel the need to point out that the American voters elected Bush the second time, some blame must be placed there (oh, and on the Democrats for thinking Kerry was the best guy) On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Your policy choices and your candidate brought no

Re: BG

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Stroz
I think the last few episodes have been nice set-up episodes. However, (sorry for any spoiler here) the flashbacks seemed kind of disjointed and realyl not of any valye to the story. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Justin Scott wrote: > > > Are we ready for the 2 hour series finale ? > > I jus

Re: random irishness

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Grant
I was piped into my wedding by my cousin who's a piper for the Fire Service. There's no better sound in the world for me then the pipes. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > >The Battlefield Band, an internationally touring band of Scots, used to > play > >a yearly concert i

rancho cordova

2009-03-19 Thread Dana
Do I want to live there? Seriously, what sort of a place is it? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archiv

Re: Would it be wrong to say that the Pope is the most evil man on earth at the moment?

2009-03-19 Thread Scott Stroz
Saying the Pope is the most eveil man on Earth woudl be showing contempt based on is religious views. Larry says that is not acceptable. You make the call. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/cameroon.pope/index.html > > Let the

Re: Faraday Suit + Tesla Coil = Emperor Palpatine & the Imperial March

2009-03-19 Thread Bill Wheatley
nice! 2009/3/18 Larry Lyons > > > http://blog.pengoworks.com/index.cfm/2009/3/18/Faraday-Suit--Tesla-Coil--Emperor-Palpatine-and-the-Imperial-March > > courtesy of pengoworks. > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the mos

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
Do you really, truly believe that Obama is abdicating his responsibility in trying to address the AIG issue and the other financial problems by going on a national talk show? If so, I think you misjudge him (and misjudge ANYONE in that job position). I think you are letting personal dislike colo

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> Dude...you can't finish a well structured, lucent set of points by flubbing > "loose" vs. "lose" I'm tired, I was up all night with two sick kids, leamme 'lone. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dram

More on "The Mystery"

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
By this I mean the foggy world of swaps. If you're at all curious about this, then The Mystery is deepening: --- For months, there has been heated speculation about Goldman Sachs’s role in the government’s decision to bail out the American International Group ... All along, Goldman has said

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> cHat wrote: > I'll have to wait to catch the clips on Youtube or somewhere else to > see what his tone was If you're curious what the President has to say from yesterday a great source would be his 1+ hour town hall from California where he addressed all of the issues you mention in a speech an

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread G Money
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > slowly but consistently loosing public support. Dude...you can't finish a well structured, lucent set of points by flubbing "loose" vs. "lose" Come on! -- They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose

Re: random irishness

2009-03-19 Thread Larry Lyons
>The Battlefield Band, an internationally touring band of Scots, used to play >a yearly concert in the Frank Lloyd Wright church on the Plaza here in KC. >The church, if you aren't familiar with it, along with Wright's awesome >design, has a "trinity light", which is basically 3 powerful spotlight

Re: AIG Terrorist video surfaces!!

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> *sneaks away* Hey! don't sneak away without providing a link! -- Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Ge

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
>> We have a President that would rather talk to Jay Leno on the Tonight >> Show rather than look like he's involved in fixing any mess. > > Do you really believe this, or are you just saying it as troll bait, or are > you really this much of an asshole? > > (Really want to know) Tell me why maki

Re: random irishness

2009-03-19 Thread G Money
The Battlefield Band, an internationally touring band of Scots, used to play a yearly concert in the Frank Lloyd Wright church on the Plaza here in KC. The church, if you aren't familiar with it, along with Wright's awesome design, has a "trinity light", which is basically 3 powerful spotlights co

Re: random irishness

2009-03-19 Thread Larry Lyons
>I love the bagpipes...you ever play anymore? > I found my practice chanter a couple of years ago and after replacing the reed tried playing it. 30 seconds later Wendy threatened divorce and the ferrets were trying to dig through the walls to get away. So not really. But I love listening to t

Re: no space

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
But, with raid, you have some protection against drive failure, which you _do not_ have with a usb drive. I can attest to that. Twice. (Which is why I am currently running a full mirror.) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > >> >The NAS enclosure is the expense, drop a dr

Re: random irishness

2009-03-19 Thread Larry Lyons
>Larry, does this have anything to do with your Grandfather? >http://memewatch.com/thelist/archives/pix/morans.jpg > ROFL. I wouldn't know, he died when my mother was around 6. That would be around 80 years ago. Basically he was the only survivor of 6 boys - the others died in the trenches of

Re: no space

2009-03-19 Thread Larry Lyons
>> >The NAS enclosure is the expense, drop a drive in and connect it to > >Many of the newer LinkSys routers feature this as well... but I still prefer >something dedicated. Heck, I think even some of the networked HP printers >can also act as a network proxy for USB drives. > >The ReadyNAS (now

Re: AIG: Absolutely Amazing

2009-03-19 Thread Gruss Gott
> JJ wrote: > I heard this EXACT SAME sentence from 5 people last night. > Well that's why I'm trying to get Robert to fess up where he's getting his talking points because all these people are getting them from some single source ... and I think I know the source: Frank Lutz is a big 'conservat

Re: Natasha Richardson in hospital after skiing accident

2009-03-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
Did you not notice I mentioned the Moral Majority? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM, G Money wrote: > > Mehflesh eating zombies would have been better. > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > > > > Imagine the Moral Majority merged with the far right gun nuts, and the

Re: Natasha Richardson in hospital after skiing accident

2009-03-19 Thread G Money
Mehflesh eating zombies would have been better. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Imagine the Moral Majority merged with the far right gun nuts, and they > took > over New Hampshire. > > The military theocracy that would result is played out in the story. > > Told by

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