Re: Smart Meters

I hear the same thing. There is a movement in Santa Cruz to try and block them from being used. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Maureen wrote: > > My boy toy, a retired PG&E service manager, recommends you avoid smart > meters totally. > >

Re: olbermann suspended from msnbc

"Interesting, but he totally ignores the fact that journalism has always been biased." Yes. Back in the 1800's the bias was up front. Now, journalism pretends to be unbiased while anyone with an iota of common sense can see otherwise. J - Find out just what people will submit to, and you ha

Re: Smart Meters

My boy toy, a retired PG&E service manager, recommends you avoid smart meters totally. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Jacob wrote: > > I refused the Smart meter at my house. My neighbor got one and his bill > tripled. My dad got one at his house and his doubled (and he uses NO > electricity).

Re: olbermann suspended from msnbc

Interesting, but he totally ignores the fact that journalism has always been biased. Google William Randolph Hearst or Ralph McGill, or even Woodward and Bernstein. The actions of the major newspapers and networks during the Nixon administration was no less confirmation bias than the actions of

Re: wow, go Maryland!!!

stoner! Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Chris Stoner wrote: > > I'm moving to Maryland. Go me! > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Ant

Re: Smart Meters

We had the same controversy in the dew area. So far though, our has shown lower usage than the previous year Sent from my iPad On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:44 PM, "Jacob" wrote: > > I refused the Smart meter at my house. My neighbor got one and his bill > tripled. My dad got one at his house and h

RE: Smart Meters

I am sure that went over real well hehehe -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 3:02 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Smart Meters I told her that I was more "green" than she was because I use less energy to get

RE: Anyone heard of grooveshark

A friend of mine uses it and she loves it. I had it on my droid for a while, but never used it since I am comfy with Pandora. -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 9:18 AM To: cf-community Subject: Anyone heard of

RE: wow, go Maryland!!!

Where to? -Original Message- From: Chris Stoner [mailto:csto...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 3:56 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: wow, go Maryland!!! I'm moving to Maryland. Go me! ~| Order the Adob

RE: Smart Meters

I refused the Smart meter at my house. My neighbor got one and his bill tripled. My dad got one at his house and his doubled (and he uses NO electricity). SCE ask to install one at my house. I asked them what guarantee do I have that my rates would double, they say it should not. I also asked if

Re: olbermann suspended from msnbc

Ted Koppel has an interesting take on this whole issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/12/AR2010111202857.html?hpid=topnews Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of real news By Ted Koppel Sunday, November 14, 2010; To witness Keith Olbermann - the most opi

Re: wow, go Maryland!!!

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Re: Anyone heard of grooveshark

Grooveshark has been around quite a while. I found it to be extremely poorly organized... But then, I pay for Rhapsody so I don't really need a service like grooveshark. Rick ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http:/

Re: Smart Meters

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > You are clearly a single man, or not one who has had to have the "what is > taking so long?" discussion with your wife about 46,282.9 times. :) I have had that conversation. I call those people ex-girlfriends. -Cameron ... ~

Re: Smart Meters

the doctors said that I could possibly be walking again by christmas. On Nov 12, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > That is truly dangerous. So tell me how long will it take for the > bruises and cuts to heal? > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > wrote: >> >> I

Re: Smart Meters

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Re: Smart Meters

That is truly dangerous. So tell me how long will it take for the bruises and cuts to heal? On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > I told her that I was more "green" than she was because I use less energy to > get ready in the morning -- and then sent her the graph to pro

Re: Smart Meters

I told her that I was more "green" than she was because I use less energy to get ready in the morning -- and then sent her the graph to prove it :) On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: >> My wife would bludgeon me if

Re: Smart Meters

You are clearly a single man, or not one who has had to have the "what is taking so long?" discussion with your wife about 46,282.9 times. :) On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ray Champagne > wrote: > > My wife would bludgeon me if I

Re: Smart Meters

the reply back from her was not real nice :) she went into work late that day because she wasn't feeling well that morning. On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > My wife would bludgeon me if I did that. LOL > > Does she work second shift or something? > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2

Re: White House alters drilling safety report

"That would assume that there will be a candidate that won't do the same. I'm gonna go out on limb and say that there won't be." Well, there is that. J - It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Gover

Re: Smart Meters

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > My wife would bludgeon me if I did that.  LOL Why? Because it implies that she gets ready before work? Very cool graphic though. Hopefully we will have the same in my area soon... -Cameron .. ~~

I admit to being of two minds on this story: Parent sues school over slavery assignment

I can see both sides of this one, and keep waffling back and forth. Not sure what I would have thought. Warren parent sues school district over slavery assignment The father of a War

Re: Smart Meters

My wife would bludgeon me if I did that. LOL Does she work second shift or something? On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Last month, our electric meter got replaced with a smart meter. After a > couple of weeks, you can access your ele

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

one of my favorite sites: http://www.brecklivecam.com/index.html On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > someday ill drive out there, and leave my car, and my ass there... > > vail. > breck. > louisville. > boulder. > > are my couple choices... louisville being #1 choice for me >

Smart Meters

Last month, our electric meter got replaced with a smart meter. After a couple of weeks, you can access your electrical usage via a web site. It's pretty cool getting all this data. I've been looking all around the house looking for energy sucking devices that I can turn off to get my base u

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

someday ill drive out there, and leave my car, and my ass there... vail. breck. louisville. boulder. are my couple choices... louisville being #1 choice for me On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Someday I'll move backsomeday. > > On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Ras

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

Someday I'll move backsomeday. On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > i just have to say, colorado would be a place that a LOT of us would love :) > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Casey Dougall > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: >> >>>

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

i just have to say, colorado would be a place that a LOT of us would love :) On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > >> I still love me a good blizzard though.  Something about huge snowstorms >> that I just can't get eno

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > I still love me a good blizzard though. Something about huge snowstorms > that I just can't get enough of. If it could all melt away and turn 70 > three days later, that would be kickass. :) > That's what I liked about Denver, CO. You g

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

You could always move to Alberta and experience the joys of the Chinook wind.and experience the joys of going from -20 degrees to over 60 degrees in a few hours: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind larry On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > > Well, we are going to dip down into the 40s tonight, and may have a cloud > > on > > Sunday, so > > > > > In general I love when people com

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

No. Let me use it for a little while. I will eventually return it, when I am bored with it. Like a netflix movie. (I am hoping for some minibike/quad riding this weekend, but am a total whimp, and want nice weather) Jerry Milo Johnson On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > >

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

You stole our good weather! Bring it back pls. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > But I was where he was yesterday, and the weather was like 68 and sunny, > with a pleasant breeze. > > And I skipped town, and came home to 68 and sunny, and a pleasant breeze. > > which d

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

But I was where he was yesterday, and the weather was like 68 and sunny, with a pleasant breeze. And I skipped town, and came home to 68 and sunny, and a pleasant breeze. which does not suck. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Fri,

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > Well, we are going to dip down into the 40s tonight, and may have a cloud > on > Sunday, so > In general I love when people complain about cold weather or snow. If you don't like it, move, or suck it up! LOL ~~~

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

ugh. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > Tell me about it.  I hate this part of the countrylove my job, but hate > the location. > > 1-4" of snow coming tonight, followed by two days of cold rain.  FM

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

Well, we are going to dip down into the 40s tonight, and may have a cloud on Sunday, so On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > Tell me about it. I hate this part of the countrylove my job, but hate > the location. > > 1-4" of snow coming tonight, followed by two days

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

Tell me about it. I hate this part of the countrylove my job, but hate the location. 1-4" of snow coming tonight, followed by two days of cold rain. FML. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > looks cold :p > > looks cool man! > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Ray Ch

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

looks cold :p looks cool man! On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > Here's mine...with other people's furniture in it. :) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/raychampagne/sets/72157607967944128/with/2936349830/ > > Pics from the day we did our inspection in 2007. > > On Fri, N

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

Here's mine...with other people's furniture in it. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/raychampagne/sets/72157607967944128/with/2936349830/ Pics from the day we did our inspection in 2007. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12,

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > i love killington in the golf season, i can only assume id love it > during snowboarding season. > i love montreal, i love free thinkers, and i think that whole > newhampshire/vt area is perfect > for me... just like oregon, and colorado >

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > dayum! > + 1 More so considering I live in the smallest house within a 10 block radius LOL http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c_AhXN_DosPHED5hRgq0KYrOa8AJUab-eGYyhYnsxNY?feat=directlink

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

Actually I've found the Airport BaseStation Extreme to be very easy to work with and set up. We have our main one in the basement, hooked up to the FIOS router, and an Airport Express Extreme on the 3rd floor. I set them up and no problems.Its particularly nice for streaming iTunes throughout the

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

i love killington in the golf season, i can only assume id love it during snowboarding season. i love montreal, i love free thinkers, and i think that whole newhampshire/vt area is perfect for me... just like oregon, and colorado i know my what kinda place i want, now just to figure it all out...

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > i know it is.. i lovermont! > > LOL Agree, and I think the same goes for New England in General if you leave Massachusetts out of the group. I feel much more relaxed just crossing the boarders, as long as you leave MA out of it, it just f

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

dayum! On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > two divorces. > loan of 338k > REAL value of ~219k > 2500/month interest only ARM loan > > :( i am what you see on tv. > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > wrote: >> >> and why are you moving? that looks like a

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > look by the USB port, there's a small hole there stick a paperclip > into that and hold for a couple of seconds. That should reset it to > the factory default: > > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3728 > Press and hold the reset button with

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We've seen Robert's new digs (which looked pretty damn cool). Let's all > post of photo of our houses. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461...@n02/4081536993/ > > > kickin'

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

i know it is.. i lovermont! On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Casey Dougall >> wrote: >> > Although I'd settle for Vermont again :-) >> >> VT is on the short list! >> >> > OMG

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Casey Dougall > wrote: > > Although I'd settle for Vermont again :-) > > VT is on the short list! > > OMG, it's soo Awesome! While the snow isn't the same as Colorado, the people and surroundings are F

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

two divorces. loan of 338k REAL value of ~219k 2500/month interest only ARM loan :( i am what you see on tv. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > and why are you moving?  that looks like a pretty nice place to live! > > On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: >

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

look by the USB port, there's a small hole there stick a paperclip into that and hold for a couple of seconds. That should reset it to the factory default: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3728 Press and hold the reset button with a pen or pencil until you see the status light (LED) start to flash a

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

and why are you moving? that looks like a pretty nice place to live! On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyweeg/sets/72057594135565309/with/3323022094/ > > w0rd! > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > wrote: >> >> We've seen

Re: The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyweeg/sets/72057594135565309/with/3323022094/ w0rd! On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > We've seen Robert's new digs (which looked pretty damn cool). Let's all post > of photo of our houses. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461...@n02

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > Although I'd settle for Vermont again :-) VT is on the short list! > But the good news is, I have a full house, fenced in yard, and still walking > distance to the bars ;-) w00t! ~

The house photo thread: Re: i may no longer have cable internet

We've seen Robert's new digs (which looked pretty damn cool). Let's all post of photo of our houses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461...@n02/4081536993/ On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:14 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > >> sensibility won. >> moving into a far newer place, WAY less unique, WAY le

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > sensibility won. > moving into a far newer place, WAY less unique, WAY less yard, but FAR > faster internet :| > > whatever. > someday, ill be in the cabin in the woods, chillin, snowboardin' high > in the mountains of colorado... > vail pa

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

> sensibility won. > moving into a far newer place, WAY less unique, WAY less yard, but FAR > faster internet :| I still say TPIWWP ;) Hatton ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-A

Re: Anyone heard of grooveshark

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://listen.grooveshark.com/ > > Stumble across this when looking for Halloween playlists. Not really sure > how it hasn't been shutdown yet. It's got a lot better bit rate than > pandora and you can

Re: i may no longer have cable internet

sensibility won. moving into a far newer place, WAY less unique, WAY less yard, but FAR faster internet :| whatever. someday, ill be in the cabin in the woods, chillin, snowboardin' high in the mountains of colorado... vail pass in my view On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > iv

Re: Anyone heard of grooveshark

you can seed it with chosen songs and then it will auto add songs for you. I think there may be some genre "radio stations" on it also. On Nov 12, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > yeah, idk either, a friend uses it... does it just play stuff too, > genre-based? or are playllists, etc re

Re: Anyone heard of grooveshark

yeah, idk either, a friend uses it... does it just play stuff too, genre-based? or are playllists, etc required? On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > http://listen.grooveshark.com/ > > Stumble across this when looking for Halloween playlists.  Not really sure > how it h

Anyone heard of grooveshark

http://listen.grooveshark.com/ Stumble across this when looking for Halloween playlists. Not really sure how it hasn't been shutdown yet. It's got a lot better bit rate than pandora and you can create your own playlists. Look at the hate we're breeding Look at the fear we're feeding Look

Re: White House alters drilling safety report

> The changes that were made to the report that went along with the deep > water drilling ban were, in the grand scheme of things, seemingly not > all that huge, but damn it, they should know better anyway. We just > finished with an administration that heavily censored and eviscerated > science i

Re: White House alters drilling safety report

That would assume that there will be a candidate that won't do the same. I'm gonna go out on limb and say that there won't be. On Nov 12, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Makes me wanna dropkick them into the next century." > > You'll have your opportunity to contribute to the "d

Re: White House alters drilling safety report

"Stupid would be the word that comes to my mind." Sure. What about corrupt? "Makes me wanna dropkick them into the next century." You'll have your opportunity to contribute to the "dropkicking" in two years. J - In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable

Re: Happy Veterans Day

On the way to the airport yesterday, I made the taxi driver stop at the National Cemetery in Minneapolis. 8 Medal of Honor recipients. 51000 veterans. I heard an honor guard play taps. Humbling. Jerry Johnson On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > +420 > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2

Re: Happy Veterans Day

+420 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > + infinity > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Robert Munn wrote: >> >> to all the vets on the list. >> >> >> > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! ht

Re: web designers vs. web developers

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Maureen wrote: > > I really resent that stereotype.  I shave my beard every day. hah. And we thank you for that ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusi

Re: web designers vs. web developers

uh.. On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Maureen wrote: > > I really resent that stereotype.  I shave my beard every day. > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: >> >> http://sixrevisions.com/infographs/web-designers-vs-web-developers/ >> >> fun graphic showing how awesom

Re: Happy Veterans Day

+ infinity On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > to all the vets on the list. > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusi