Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
278 cases. Anybody know how many boxes in a case? On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Dana wrote: > cases, Larry. Pretty sure the article said "cases". > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> >> 240 boxes. that guy has class. >> >> On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Maureen wrot

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
cases, Larry. Pretty sure the article said "cases". On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > 240 boxes. that guy has class. > > On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Maureen wrote: > >> >> And on the other side of the fence, a Republican congressman actually >> showing some intellige

Re: textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
i can see that causing all sorts of issues. besides I don't code using word, jst like I don/t write the next great novel using Eclipse. On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < > ca

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
days On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Maureen wrote: > > Wonder how long it will take the fringe elements to start attacking > Bosma for referring to them that way. > > I've giving bets on less than a week. > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Dana > > wrote: > > > > yeah, props to Bosma for the

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
240 boxes. that guy has class. On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Maureen wrote: > > And on the other side of the fence, a Republican congressman actually > showing some intelligence. > > > http://www.indystar.com/article/20120222/NEWS05/202220320/House-speaker-uses-cookies-make-point-over-Girl-Sco

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
I had a lot of fun looking at the comments too. My favorite said that there were so many cases of Girl Guide cookies in the Indiana statehouse that she felt guilty not eating one every time she saw some... a likely story, I say ;) On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Careful

RE: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Eric Roberts
Careful with the contraception mints...they may be birth control pills... -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:21 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread On Thu, Feb 23,

RE: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Eric Roberts
If they were aware...or they cared...they wouldn't be called sheeple...and they wouldn't be getting manipulated. -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:59 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: fodder for yet another "some peo

Re: textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > >> that's what I use snippets for in Eclipse and CFBuilder. type your keyword >> and hit command-j (ctl-j on a PC) and it

RE: Post Racial American: Ebony and Ivory

2012-02-23 Thread Eric Roberts
Yup...the only thing more powerful that hate is greed. -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:02 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Post Racial American: Ebony and Ivory and your point is? Seems to me that the white supremacist g

Re: textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > that's what I use snippets for in Eclipse and CFBuilder. type your keyword > and hit command-j (ctl-j on a PC) and it does the same thing. Depending on > whether you are using Builder or CFEclipse there a number of ways of > letting teams u

RE: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Eric Roberts
I saw a comment somewhere that it was FB for Women... -Original Message- From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:15 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me? > > And no, I don't have an account, nor read them. Yo

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
matter of fact I just went back and tweeted, +1'd and recommended the story on Facebook. Give the guy some love, he deserves it. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Dana wrote: > I am sure he considered that possibility. If he bought hundreds of > cases of cookies, this would appear to be a point o

RE: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Eric Roberts
I took a look and came to the same conclusion... -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:55 AM To: cf-community Subject: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me? I don't understand how it's new, unique, or has any va

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
I am sure he considered that possibility. If he bought hundreds of cases of cookies, this would appear to be a point of principle for him. And one, might I add, that he should be praised for making. Highly. I can't believe half the stuff I hear on the news any more. Not that I *believed* it, befo

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Maureen
Wonder how long it will take the fringe elements to start attacking Bosma for referring to them that way. I've giving bets on less than a week. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Dana wrote: > > yeah, props to Bosma for the way he handled this. We need more > politicians like him. I especially ap

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
yeah, props to Bosma for the way he handled this. We need more politicians like him. I especially appreciated the final quote of the article -- that just because you're at the sideshow, doesn't mean you have to go into every tent. zOMG ;) On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrot

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I think it actually has more to do with this: In his email, Morris said he had done "a small amount of web-based research" and had concluded the Girl Scouts was linked to Planned Parenthood "small amount of web-based research" probably meant running one google search and clicking on a link. As

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Dana wrote: > > "They're not against it. If you're not against it, you're for it." Sweet, sweet terrorism mints. Or is that sweet, sweet abortion mints? No, wait, fuck, it's about contraception these days. Or religious freedom. The deficit? God damn it, I can'

Re: bad user interface design, google

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
I am not sure whether I am more amused/disturbed by Google as Itchy and Scratchy or myself as Marge ;) On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:41 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Dear valued Google user, > > Thank you for taking an interest in Google +. Enclosed is a personally > autographed photo of         America's f

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
it happens! This article also gives more detail on a point that had been puzzling me -- where the anti-GG people got the idea that Girl Guides support abortion or even Planned Parenthood: "They're not against it. If you're not against it, you're for it." Alrighty. OK then. I guess we are all in

Re: Vladimir Putin blogging at HuffPo

2012-02-23 Thread Vivec
It's where I get most of my news stories from first, then look for the story on Google news if I need to know more. It's a great news outlet in my view. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-C

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Maureen
I fear that will never happen. The demographic of these groups are people who have been taught for their entire lives, what to think, not how to think. They lockstep with opinions on whatever issue their pundits and purported leaders tell them to follow, without knowing or caring that they are b

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Maureen
And on the other side of the fence, a Republican congressman actually showing some intelligence. http://www.indystar.com/article/20120222/NEWS05/202220320/House-speaker-uses-cookies-make-point-over-Girl-Scout-remarks?odyssey=tab On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Dana wrote: > > apparently Girl G

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
look at the groups promoting the issue. How many have them sent out fundraising letters and PR releases touting this. To me it seems simply a way of having another go at the cash cow teat AKA the gullible and the willfully ignorant of the reich wing. You know the tune, take an organization that i

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
info porn for women? On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Dana wrote: > > Ya, I just actually looked at the site and I see your point. And when > you market a site as a place to save recipes and plan weddings, I > guess the demographic kind of follows. > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Cameron Ch

Re: textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
that's what I use snippets for in Eclipse and CFBuilder. type your keyword and hit command-j (ctl-j on a PC) and it does the same thing. Depending on whether you are using Builder or CFEclipse there a number of ways of letting teams use a common set of snippets. It can do as much or as little as y

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
the court trials had him deliberately making the shots without extreme provocation, enough so that he was sentanced to jail time and psychiatric treatment. Moreover in the civil trial that followed the criminal trial jury found that Goetz acted deliberately and recklessly. While yes he was robbed

Vladimir Putin blogging at HuffPo

2012-02-23 Thread Judah McAuley
...or at least has published two pieces thus far and perhaps more? I don't care for the Huffington Post (never have) and don't read it but it does make for an interesting headline at least. The Politico article mentions several other world leaders who have written articles for HuffPo. I had no id

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread GMoney
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > > The Girl Scouts were the ones that turned me into a Lesbian Witch. True story. yer a witch? I became a man the day i ate my first brownie. ~| Order the Adobe Col

Re: fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Judah McAuley
The Girl Scouts were the ones that turned me into a Lesbian Witch. True story. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Dana wrote: > > apparently Girl Guides are a dangerously subversive organization, > perverting our innocent daughters one thin mint at a time... > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local

fodder for yet another "some people are stupid" thread

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
apparently Girl Guides are a dangerously subversive organization, perverting our innocent daughters one thin mint at a time... http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/robert-mccartney-dont-fall-for-smears-against-the-girl-scouts/2012/01/27/gIQAEJtMYQ_story.html ~~

Re: bad user interface design, google

2012-02-23 Thread GMoney
Dear valued Google user, Thank you for taking an interest in Google +. Enclosed is a personally autographed photo of America's favorite search engine to add to your collection. In regards to your specific comments about our program, our research shows that one person cannot make a differe

bad user interface design, google

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
So, due to Google's decision to make people from my Google + circles available to my Gmail chat, I had a long list of contacts showing up there, many of whom would no more dream of chatting with me than I would them. It seems that the only way to correct this is to individually block these people,

Re: Post Racial American: Ebony and Ivory

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
if you can call that a point (?) On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:07 AM, GMoney wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Dana wrote: > >> >> and your point is? Seems to me that the white supremacist got over his >> racism because he saw a way to make money. The black gang member >> presumably wa

Re: Post Racial American: Ebony and Ivory

2012-02-23 Thread GMoney
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Dana wrote: > > and your point is? Seems to me that the white supremacist got over his > racism because he saw a way to make money. The black gang member > presumably was willing to hold his nose for the same reason. I don't > understand why this is worthy of com

Re: Post Racial American: Ebony and Ivory

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
and your point is? Seems to me that the white supremacist got over his racism because he saw a way to make money. The black gang member presumably was willing to hold his nose for the same reason. I don't understand why this is worthy of comment. Sad and tawdry, but it would be sad and tawdry if t

Re: What the GOP Used to be.

2012-02-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Nope, wrong as usual Jerry." > > As usual huh? Yes, as usual. I'm really quite clear in my communication most of the time. > Anyway, *as usual*, you missed the point or intentional ignored it.  You > were saying Reagan was the worst Pre

Post Racial American: Ebony and Ivory

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
Post-Racial America: White Supremacist Joins Black Gang Member To Peddle Meth In another instance of harmony in post-racial America, a white Aryan Nations member joined forces with a black gang member to distribute methamphetamine in Missouri, according to federal investigators. The partnership

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
Ya, I just actually looked at the site and I see your point. And when you market a site as a place to save recipes and plan weddings, I guess the demographic kind of follows. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Seems to be kinda like virtual scrapbooking.  That's gener

Re: What the GOP Used to be.

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Nope, wrong as usual Jerry." As usual huh? Anyway, *as usual*, you missed the point or intentional ignored it. You were saying Reagan was the worst President in a long time and I was arguing that he was better than LBJ, which wasn't such a long time before Reagan. Hell, we didn't even get int

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Except that Goetz went hunting, he was not defending his or his neighbour's house, unless that is he lived in a New York subway car." Please. He went hunting? I didn't realize getting mugged was called 'hunting' now. Or do you think all victims are actually the perpetrators? Pretty common in

Re: textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > text expander? > > yeah for the ultra lazy In all of us. when I type .cfd It replaces It with Also fixes a lot of spelling mistakes I tend to make and other shit.You can have It replace anything, full pages of text with a few letter

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Tony
as I clearly stated on fb the minute you use pinterest you've lost your man card word On Thursday, February 23, 2012, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Seems to be kinda like virtual scrapbooking. That's generally a female > thing, so I suspect that's why t's mostly female in audience. > > -Ca

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Cameron Childress
Seems to be kinda like virtual scrapbooking. That's generally a female thing, so I suspect that's why t's mostly female in audience. -Cameron On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Dana wrote: > > that's about the sum total of my knowledge about it. Been meaning to > take a look at it myself. But h

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
that's about the sum total of my knowledge about it. Been meaning to take a look at it myself. But here's the next question: was that demographic achieved by design? And if so how did they market the site to get that result, which is, after all, a bit unusual in the overall landscape of the intern

Re: textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
text expander? On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions wrote: > > Anyone using Text Expander on MAC or Breevy on Windows with CFML ? > > Wondering If someone has abbreviations setup for ColdFusion. > > > ~

Re: Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties

2012-02-23 Thread Dana
alright well, *that's* good to hear. > Anyway, please don't expect me to defend Bush the Junior.  Not going to > happen. > > J ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/143

textexpander or Breevy

2012-02-23 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
Anyone using Text Expander on MAC or Breevy on Windows with CFML ? Wondering If someone has abbreviations setup for ColdFusion. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/14

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Medic wrote: > You aren't the target market. 97% of Pintrest users are female. So I should stop going to dating sites and just comment on pintrest posts! Thanks Medic! ~| Order the Adobe Co

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Medic
> > And no, I don't have an account, nor read them. You aren't the target market. 97% of Pintrest users are female. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?t

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I see it as a blog for people who dont want to actually write or post anything. They just point to things they find interesting. (post links to things they like or find interesting.) For me it is no different than a collection of links from a friend, except prettier, and easier to make. And no,

Re: What the GOP Used to be.

2012-02-23 Thread Judah McAuley
Nope, wrong as usual Jerry. It went like this: Vivec: The GOP didn't totally suck at one time, look at Regan Judah: You are misremembering Regan. He totally sucked and here are a bunch of things people conveniently forget. Jerry: Regan wasn't the worst, LBJ totally sucked too Judah: Uh, ok, here'

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Cameron Childress
Sooo it's like Facebook? Instagram. Um.. Flickr. No, Picasa! Wait, I still don't get it. -Cameron On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Vivec wrote: > > you post pretty, sticky pictures up and people comment on them. > > revolutionary. ... ~~~

Re: Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Vivec
you post pretty, sticky pictures up and people comment on them. revolutionary. On 23 February 2012 11:55, Cameron Childress wrote: > > I don't understand how it's new, unique, or has any value what-so-ever. > > Anyone here using it? > > -Cameron > > ~~

Re: What the GOP Used to be.

2012-02-23 Thread Sam
They weren't at all reasoned. I was old enough to vote Carter out and see with my own eyes what was going on. Not hate screed brainwashing by socialist parents under the guise of a self thinking child genius. Amazing what you call reasoned. And I'm Troll, right. . On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:29

Pinterest - Can someone explain this to me?

2012-02-23 Thread Cameron Childress
I don't understand how it's new, unique, or has any value what-so-ever. Anyone here using it? -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=house

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Except that Goetz went hunting, he was not defending his or his neighbour's house, unless that is he lived in a New York subway car. So how does this apply. To me it seems irrelevant to the discussion. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Moral of the story? If you catch som

Re: What the GOP Used to be.

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
They also supplied very reasoned arguments as to why they thought Reagan sucked. On the other hand, your sole arguments have been: St. Reagan was great You suck. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Or you could actually contribute something to the original discussion. Just

Interesting David Brin blog post on Santorum

2012-02-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/rick-is-on-roll-stunning-sincerity-of.html Rick is on a Roll! The Stunning Sincerity of Rick "Nehemiah" Santorum Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is truly on a roll. Feeling his oats, he has been laying down a hardcore line. And if this one we

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-02-23 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > Bernhard Goetz would probably agree. > > Since this wasn't his house (which had already been burglarized by the > suspect), he should have shot and drug him to his yard :) The other saying is that if you are going to shoot someone in your

Re: Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
""Second, I showed the people of Texas that I’m a uniter, not a divider. I refuse to play the politics of putting people into groups and pitting one group against another." Everyone plays the politics of uniter and restoring integrity to some extent. Some just make it the central theme of a camp

Re: What the GOP Used to be.

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Or you could actually contribute something to the original discussion. Just an idea." Let's take a walk back in time (paraphrased) Judah: Reagan sucks. Jerry: Really, more so than Johnson. Judah: Definitely. Johnson was great because of these reasons. Jerry: Really? What about these thing

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-02-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Moral of the story? If you catch someone breaking into your house, don't shoot the ground, shoot them in the head." Bernhard Goetz would probably agree. Since this wasn't his house (which had already been burglarized by the suspect), he should have shot and drug him to his yard :) J - The a