Not sure how Grenada went down as that was a little before my Army time, but
Panama was a pretty long term engagement. When I was deployed there in
September 1989, we were replacing one of our sister units that had been
there for 6 months and my unit was there until December, after combat ops
cea
Yea it is...
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From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 22:44
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: that's hot
That is pretty badass.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13033437
>
>
Real numbers, which don't match the imaginary numbers provided by
either Gruss or Ryan.
http://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/NHEProjections2009to2019.pdf
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> I still can't get behind the idea that it is a substantiative plan
Getting your numbers from here?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> At current trend the number is infinite, so I'd say $308tt is conservative
~|
What was it under Clinton and Bush I?
No wars under Reagan. A couple of excursions into Grenada and Panama,
but no real wars.
End the wars, you can get it down very quickly.
It's just so easy to blame it on Social Security, which is not and has
never been an entitlement.
Just sayin'.
On Mon
That is pretty badass.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13033437
>
> eff yeah america!
>
>
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I still can't get behind the idea that it is a substantiative plan if
it is based on imaginary numbers.
Lots of people have put out plans to solve the problem based on
completely bogus premises, Ryan isn't exactly plowing new ground
there. Let's start with some agreed upon and realistic numbers a
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/adobe-creative-suite-subscription.html
Adobe announces Creative Suite 5.5, monthly software subscriptions
Adobe Systems announced an update to its Adobe Creative Suite 5 software,
which for the first time will be available by way of monthly subs
Sam wrote:
>
> If someone can still claim Keynes was right than anything is possible.
>
Read Lords of Finance and then try to make a substantive argument that
he was wrong. Since it's history, you can't! That's the beauty of
facts!
Wasn't until we did what he said to do that we ended the Grea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13033437
eff yeah america!
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If someone can still claim Keynes was right than anything is possible.
.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
> When Lords of Finance: 21st Century is written, Greenspan will be one
> of the stars.
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ZOMG!! Zero overload!! zero overload!! Does not compute!
@_@
On 11 April 2011 21:36, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
>
> I think we have a math issue.
>
> 10 million per person = 10,000,000
> 400 million people = 400,000,000
>
> multiple those, and you get
>
> 4,000,000,000,000,000, which is 4 quadri
I think we have a math issue.
10 million per person = 10,000,000
400 million people = 400,000,000
multiple those, and you get
4,000,000,000,000,000, which is 4 quadrillion, not 4 billion.
Right?
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Jeff Garza wrote:
>
> So, you're saying that health care in amer
Sorry... But even with massive inflation, you are not going to incur a 1
trillion dollar liability for every person in america.
-Original Message-
From: Gruss Gott [mailto:grussg...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 6:05 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: So Ryan's Budget Proposal
Jeff Garza wrote:
>
> So, you're saying that health care in america is 308 trillion dollar
> liability? Any numbers to back that up?
>
At current trend the number is infinite, so I'd say $308tt is conservative
~|
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Sam wrote:
>
> And I thought Greenspan was one of your heroes.
>
When Lords of Finance: 21st Century is written, Greenspan will be one
of the stars.
Interestingly Raghuram G. Rajan tell a great story from 2005 (from
Fault Lines - read it!): At the big global central banker confab in
Jackson Hol
So, you're saying that health care in america is 308 trillion dollar
liability? Any numbers to back that up?
I understand that there are outliers in the numbers (like multi-transplant
surgeries that can drift into the millions of dollars, which is itself a
ludicris figure), but those are outl
And I thought Greenspan was one of your heroes.
.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> Eric Roberts wrote:
>>
>> When I buy stuff, I generally buy what is best rather than what is cheap.
>
> Unfortunately there's been no real growth our economy for 10 years so
> the last 3 a
Eric Roberts wrote:
>
> When I buy stuff, I generally buy what is best rather than what is cheap.
Unfortunately there's been no real growth our economy for 10 years so
the last 3 administrations have used the oldest trick in the book:
credit.
If you dump cheap credit onto the middle class they
Recent washing machines, fridges, kettles, even light bulbs are
designed to fail and force you, the consumer, to purchase another one.
The other aspect of this is the consumerist market, where products are
brought out on a regular timeframe and advertising and marketing
entices you to purchase th
Judah McAuley wrote:
> Err, what makes you think that it is a sincere effort?
Because he put forward something that you can substantively criticize,
but that would solve the problems. Expecting someone to come out with
a plan, by themselves, that solves the World's largest math problem is
a bit
When I buy stuff, I generally buy what is best rather than what is cheap.
Generally when you let cost be your guide (rather than quality), you will
end up spending more in the long run than if you went out and bought the
most expensive item in the first place that was a higher quality product.
--
And massively stop this welfare for the corporations and the rich
-Original Message-
From: Gruss Gott [mailto:grussg...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 18:28
To: cf-community
Subject: So Ryan's Budget Proposal ...
First off, I really applaud the guy for making a sincere ef
I have a soy milk maker that I have had for 15 years and it still works fine
(though I think that is made in Japan). The Panasonic microwave is 16 years
old (not sure where it is made, but I would assume Japan). My blender and
mixer (I think they are both Oster, which is made in Sweden if I reme
What American apparel? I haven't seen clothing made in a America in a long
time.
-Original Message-
From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 17:04
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: [Economics] Of the 1%, by the 1% and For the 1%
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011
You really think you can get $308,000,000,000,000 of liability
insurance for $1,000,000,000?
If so, would you right now give me $308,000 of health insurance for
$1? I bet Maureen could use it, too.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Jeff Garza wrote:
>
> Or you could use that money and give each
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> First off, I really applaud the guy for making a sincere effort, no
> matter what you may think about how he gets the job done (which, btw,
> is 25 years away in his plan).
Err, what makes you think that it is a sincere effort? He wouldn't
e
Or you could use that money and give each and every legal person in the
United States a 1 million dollar insurance policy to use towards their
health care costs which would bear interest while not being used (just like
the insurance companies do it!). Most people in america wouldn't even come
clos
American Economy is based upon products breaking in a fixed amount of time.
No American Manufacturer would go along with your plan to build items
that last longer.
Planned obsolescence is a major part of our problem with our
economies, and the Environment.
On 11 April 2011 16:44, Robert Munn wr
That really isn't much of a difference .. +/- 4%??
That's a key issue?
For starters we could all spend 680 million on health related research
and development to enhance end of life health and productivity,
rather than spend it on bombing Libya.
On 11 April 2011 19:27, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> * Un
Most bottle openers bend or snap before the cap gives so you need to
pay at least $6 or use a lighter. A working can opener is like $12.
That's the crap you buy when your skint and wish you didn't. Salad
shooter is an impulse buy that's never worth the effort to dig out.
.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011
First off, I really applaud the guy for making a sincere effort, no
matter what you may think about how he gets the job done (which, btw,
is 25 years away in his plan).
That said, I've been looking for a way to greatly simplify this whole
debate and with some quick math and good ole Google (fact-
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Casey Dougall
wrote:
>
> Every home in the getto with a $60,000 kitchen, is that what your saying?
> Don't forget that the average wage in America is $10 / hour.
>
I'm saying that we mandate investment in quality goods as a means of
creating a sustainable country
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Robert Munn wrote:
>
> Exactly. We've become a nation on a permanent upgrade cycle. We're
> overflowing with third-rate crap.
>
>
Every home in the getto with a $60,000 kitchen, is that what your saying?
Don't forget that the average wage in America is $10 / hou
+1 nearly weekly
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On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> Gary Busey and Nick Nolte
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
>> I just now realized I had conflated Tim Minchin and Russel Brand into
>> the same person.
Exactly. We've become a nation on a permanent upgrade cycle. We're
overflowing with third-rate crap.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Sam wrote:
> Most cheap items from dollar shops or Walmart are just temporary like
> when you get a new house or just get married. You fill the house with
> chea
Charlie Sheen and Pee-wee Herman
-Original Message-
From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 2:49 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: Do you ever merge two people together in your mind?
Gary Busey and Nick Nolte
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Jer
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>>> Except American Apparel.
>>
>> ...who are bankrupt.
>
> My point exactly. Well, not really bankrupt yet, but rumors are
> heading that way...
>
Though a lot of their problems
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>> Except American Apparel.
>
> ...who are bankrupt.
My point exactly. Well, not really bankrupt yet, but rumors are
heading that way...
-Cameron
...
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Sam wrote:
>> What's changed is that U.S. manufacturers have abandoned products with
>> thin profit margins, like consumer electronics, toys and shoes.
>> They've ceded that sector to China, Indonesia
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Sam wrote:
> What's changed is that U.S. manufacturers have abandoned products with
> thin profit margins, like consumer electronics, toys and shoes.
> They've ceded that sector to China, Indonesia and other emerging
> nations with low labor costs.
Except America
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Eric Roberts <
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> But out of the 7 plants, there is only 1 in the US, 1 in Germany, the rest
> in Singapore...
>
2 out of 7, not too shabby for todays global economy
~
Gary Busey and Nick Nolte
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
> I just now realized I had conflated Tim Minchin and Russel Brand into
> the same person.
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I just now realized I had conflated Tim Minchin and Russel Brand into
the same person.
Jerry
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But out of the 7 plants, there is only 1 in the US, 1 in Germany, the rest
in Singapore...
-Original Message-
From: Casey Dougall [mailto:ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 16:33
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: [Economics] Of the 1%, by the 1% and For the 1%
O
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Eric Roberts <
ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> Most chips are made in Indonesia...as are many of the components used in
> electronics that going into the computers that go into the fighter jets as
> well as the machines that are used to build the list
Only in the happy ending parlors hehehe...
-Original Message-
From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 16:14
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: [Economics] Of the 1%, by the 1% and For the 1%
and shit, most masseuses come from china or sk ;)
Sent from my iP
Is that because they have small hands? Or is it maybe because they're
using American made machines?
.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Eric Roberts
wrote:
>
> Most chips are made in Indonesia...as are many of the components used in
> electronics that going into the computers that go into the fi
and shit, most masseuses come from china or sk ;)
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On Apr 11, 2011, at 4:58 PM, "Eric Roberts"
wrote:
>
> Most chips are made in Indonesia...as are many of the components used in
> electronics that going into the computers that go into the fighter jets as
>
Most chips are made in Indonesia...as are many of the components used in
electronics that going into the computers that go into the fighter jets as
well as the machines that are used to build the list below...
-Original Message-
From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April
An interesting article in relation to this...
http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/united-states-becomes-swedens-third-world-out
sourcing-destination/
I am sure it includes it, but I wonder what percentage of it domestic
manufacturing and what percent is offshored manufacturing where US companies
stil
Most kitchen appliances go in a closet someplace.
Somethings you just don't need to last forever and if they do who decides?
Please don't say Consumer Reports.
Most cheap items from dollar shops or Walmart are just temporary like
when you get a new house or just get married. You fill the house wi
Part of my solution to the problem is to ban poorly made goods
entirely. We should then employ Americans to build only very high
quality products that last as long as possible. I've started buying
commercial grade kitchen appliances because that's the only way you
can buy something made of metal i
This is from last month:
Despite China's might, U.S. factories maintain edge
U.S. factories out-produce Chinese manufacturers by more than 40%
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41349653/ns/business-us_business/
What's changed is that U.S. manufacturers have abandoned products with
thin profit margins,
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Eric Roberts
wrote:
> US Companies do...but is that manufacturing actually done here in the us or
> is just US companies?
I believe that number includes manufacturing on the ground inside the
US. I don't see a reliable link supporting that, but would be
interest
US Companies do...but is that manufacturing actually done here in the us or
is just US companies?
-Original Message-
From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 14:55
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: [Economics] Of the 1%, by the 1% and For the 1%
On
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Medic wrote:
> Did I read this right? Your first start up is a 15 million dollar company?
I am assuming he meant first startup he worked at, not owned.
But if Ras Tafari owned it, I know who's buying me drinks next time I see him.
-Cameron
--
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Did I read this right? Your first start up is a 15 million dollar company?
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ras Tafari wrote:
>
> yah, thats def a cool idea.
>
> most of the most successful geeks i know, are our generation, and
> didnt go to school for it, or
> have the same background as i do
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Eric Roberts
wrote:
> Pretty much everything since our manufacturing capacity all moved
> offshore...
This article claims that China and the US are essentially tied for #1
in manufacturing right now...
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/03/14/emerging-economie
and furthermore, arent those damn dollar stores akin to the lottery
tickets that the poor of our nation purchase all the time?!
you think its cheaper to buy that crap @ the dollar store, and you buy
12 of them a year, cause they always break
and you need to replace, spending more in the long term.
i was about to say that... seems like there are BILLIONS of plastic
brooms and dust pans.
i think we can live without more of those, FOREVER
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Sam wrote:
>
> Our manufacturing has not moved offshore. We still build the complex
> stuff, it's the crap you find in the
Our manufacturing has not moved offshore. We still build the complex
stuff, it's the crap you find in the dollar shop we can't make here
and sell for a dollar.
.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Eric Roberts
wrote:
>
> Pretty much everything since our manufacturing capacity all moved
> offshore
well, besides that stuff :)
i mean, we COULD do it. we are extremely capable souls.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Eric Roberts
wrote:
>
> Pretty much everything since our manufacturing capacity all moved
> offshore...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail
Pretty much everything since our manufacturing capacity all moved
offshore...
-Original Message-
From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:42
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: [Economics] Of the 1%, by the 1% and For the 1%
but, besides oil (which we co
yah, thats def a cool idea.
most of the most successful geeks i know, are our generation, and
didnt go to school for it, or
have the same background as i do... some college, dropped out, and
went with passion = computers.
which was then a natural progression into programming, and my 1st
startup
Interesting. I think the 20 under 20 idea is cool.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/10/peter-thiel-were-in-a-bubble-and-its-not-the-internet-its-higher-education/
-Cameron
--
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aim: cameroncf
email: cameronc@gmail
for the record, i love love love working in a world (coldfusion) that
requires no compilation, and works from a single point of
distribution!
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> I installed the msys git package and do all my git work from the
> command line with powershell
I installed the msys git package and do all my git work from the
command line with powershell on Win 7.
As for compilers, which language? If you are talking C#, I just use
the plain old msbuild and it works fine.
Judah
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Maureen wrote:
>
> I find myself with an a
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Robert Munn wrote:
> I have not found anything sufficiently non-crappy for Windows to
> bother with Git.
Ditto - this is the main reason we still use SVN for everything.
-Cameron
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Sumo Consulting Inc
http://www.sumoc.com
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cell: 678.637
I moved to the mountains to be out of SoCal and away from hordes of
people trapped in a city without resources.
Things could get better if our political situation were not what it
is. Demomcrats are enthralled by re-distributionist policy that
guarantees wealth destruction over time. Republicans
If the $14 trillion spending spree gets repealed, and it might, we'll
be in decent shape soon enough as long as we keep cutting as if it's
not getting repealed.
The billions we gave to the foreign banks is long gone but if we
tighten our belts we'll shrug it off as bad investments.
Entitlements
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Robert Munn wrote:
>
> Get your head around the facts.
>
Hey, if you want to commit hari kari, go for it.
You say it's all going to come crashing downI say it's not *shrug*. No
big deal. You take whatever drastic measures you feel you need to take.
Twenty
There are any number of very reliable third party resources to outsource
this to, white-labeled, so that you have an perfect "partner" for your
service. I did this for years for several Linux servers I managed.
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but, besides oil (which we could arguably attain in AK), what
COULDNT we produce for ourselves, by ourselves, and use our dollars here,
close up shop at the borders, and become isolationists?
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Robert Munn wrote:
>
> Our standard of living is guaranteed by the coo
Our standard of living is guaranteed by the cooperation of other
nations - China, Japan, the EU, etc. As soon as they stop buying US
bonds, the dollar goes to sh!t, and we're suddenly living in a nation
of tens of millions of desperately poor people. There is no money. We
are no longer a wealthy s
I have not found anything sufficiently non-crappy for Windows to
bother with Git.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Maureen wrote:
>
> I find myself with an abundance of riches in work, but all of it in
> different languages, environments, frameworks, etc. and I simply have
> to get organized.
>
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/10/canadas-new-democrat-1.html
New democrat party cites net neutrality and broadband for all as key
pillars of its strategy for Canada if elected.
Wow...now that's a party I can get behind. It seems that Canadians are
front and center with ensuring their internet
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
> From hard-learned experience. If you ever want to have a life again,
> do NOT go down this route.
It can be a burden. In my view, the best way to make sure it doesn't
become one is to make the hourly rate for responding to a call
rel
>From hard-learned experience. If you ever want to have a life again,
do NOT go down this route.
It is just not worth the crushing constant burden.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Medic wrote:
>> 24 hour site monitoring and fir
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Medic wrote:
> 24 hour site monitoring and first responder support service for a website?
> We've got a client that wants that as part of a contract.
Usually I bill this as a sort of "retainer". Bill a few hours a month
at a reasonably high hourly rate. They p
24 hour site monitoring and first responder support service for a website?
We've got a client that wants that as part of a contract.
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On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Justin Scott wrote:
>
> > For all you movie buffs. I'm trying to think of a foreign movie
>
> Not what you're looking for, but both Gladiator and Road to Perdition
> follow the same basic plot line (i.e. guy's family gets killed and
> he's out for revenge).
>
Wa
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Vivec wrote:
>
> The article highlights that the same issues causing the protests in
> the Middle East is happening right in our backyards in the US and no
> doubt elsewhere.
>
> "Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that
> concentrate
I find myself with an abundance of riches in work, but all of it in
different languages, environments, frameworks, etc. and I simply have
to get organized.
For those of you who use GIT on Windows, do you have a preference of
interfaces? Anyone using EGIT or something else in Eclipse? Any
recomm
That's definitely it! Thanks!
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Greg Morphis wrote:
> That sounds remarkably close! I'll have to watch it and see. Thanks
> for the lead!
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:46 PM, PT wrote:
>>
>> Here you go. It sounds like this is what you are looking for. It was
>
That sounds remarkably close! I'll have to watch it and see. Thanks
for the lead!
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:46 PM, PT wrote:
>
> Here you go. It sounds like this is what you are looking for. It was
> made in 2001, but I remember Blockbuster not getting it until 2008 or 2009.
>
> http://www.bl
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