Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
could be. It's also possible that nothing in there threatens the powers that be. But if I am able to find my fiber info a little easier because of the site it is still something. Not what I'd like, but something. And now that you mention it, I am very angry about the treatment of whistleblowers,

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
Interesting that he would do something like that, while also using various government laws to go after both journalists and whistle blowers on a regular basis. Sounds like a PYSOP/IO type thing. Say we're open, conceal the truth. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Dana wrote: > > they do. But t

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
hey, data.gov still exists. Lemme see if they have something about my fiber question. But yeah, pretty sure that open.gov did too and it was a lot more extensive, and that the funding went away. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Dana wrote: > http://www.whitehouse.gov/open > > > On Wed, May 16,

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
http://www.whitehouse.gov/open On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Dana wrote: > they do. But the law does away with a bad court decision that meant you > could not go to court over it, essentially. You had to file within 180 days > of your pay becoming unequal, or too bad. Nobody can meet that,

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
they do. But the law does away with a bad court decision that meant you could not go to court over it, essentially. You had to file within 180 days of your pay becoming unequal, or too bad. Nobody can meet that, not that anybody wants to go to court anyway or that there aren't plenty of other hurd

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
What did he do for equal pay? It's my understanding that women still make only a percentage of what men do? Also what's open.gov? There is no domain by that name. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Dana wrote: > > we don't have to argue. I realize our opinions differ, and probably differ > a l

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
we don't have to argue. I realize our opinions differ, and probably differ a lot on health care. That's ok. I just think small government is good, except where it's ineffective. You probably disagree on the meaning of "ineffective" for one thing. Romney was mentioned as the option to be avoided i

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
I'm not sure what Romney had to do with the question, as I've never come out in support of the guy. As to the rest, well, let's just saw we don't agree, cause I'm not in the mood to argue tonight. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:44 AM, Dana wrote: > > He signed the Lily Ledbetter Act on his first da

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
He signed the Lily Ledbetter Act on his first day in office as I recall. open.gov was a start. Like a number of his other issues, not enough. I count health care reform as positive, personally. Though not enough and not done properly. Sotomayor (sp?) was a good appointment. The stimulus was a goo

Re: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Erika L. Rich
awesome post. welcome to the list! Here, have a muffin... /me hands over a muffin On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Pierre Demester wrote: > > I've got 3 ipads (2 ipad 1's + 1 ipad 2)... all with 64GB of ram. > > My wife uses one of the ipad 1's... my children (4 & 6) use the other iPad > 1. One

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
I have a hard time identifying anything he's done good, fill me in. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > There is still a large contingent on the left that is none too happy with > Obama and his continuance of the Bush policiesbut yes,

RE: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Eric Roberts
There is still a large contingent on the left that is none too happy with Obama and his continuance of the Bush policiesbut yes, there is also a good number who think that Obama's shit doesn't stink. He is donesome really good stuff...but he has also really screwed the pooch hard. -Origi

Women in the infantry redux

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
http://www.military.com/news/article/ranger-school-considers-going-co-ed.html?ESRC=sm_todayinmil.nl http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/army-beginning-study-on-sending-women-soldiers-to-infantry-units-ranger-school/2012/05/16/gIQAEKL1TU_story.html http://weaponsman.com/?p=2814 W

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:43 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > The funniest thing about the loudest of the party loyalists is that they > often don't understand their own parties beliefs, and just parrot whatever > they are told.  From what I can see these are the ones that either blindly > follow the par

dark fiber

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
anyone know of a nice source for info on the subject? I am especially interested in Bay Area maps, but also in providers and regulatory issues. I have found some stuff but suspect someone has already compiled this somewhere. thanks for any thoughts ~~

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
I have a lot of respect for Glenn Greenwald's work, and when I have seen him at conferences he has come across as a quiet, no-nonsense guy who keeps his mouth shut and writes his stories. No celebrity journalist bullshit even though he's an authority in a couple of fields. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
The funniest thing about the loudest of the party loyalists is that they often don't understand their own parties beliefs, and just parrot whatever they are told. From what I can see these are the ones that either blindly follow the party of their parents, or blindly rebelled by choosing the othe

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Judah McAuley
Yeah, I've seen "anti-war left now pro-warrior president left" bit quite a lot. It really bugs me. The same folks who would be demonizing Bush or McCain for taking out Bin Laden and then pushing the fact during an election are trumpeting the same thing being done by Obama. On the other hand, you'v

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
Not a big fan of salon generally, but recently I have noticed that they are very upfront when dealing with the difference between reporting facts, and offering opinion. They have even talked about how the formerly anti-war left has turned into the pro-warrior president left. That was an interest

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
just got around to the link. This may be the definite analysis of the lawsuit -- this journalist has serious internet and constitutional chops. Great choice, thanks for posting. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:51 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/federal_court_enjoins_ndaa/ > >

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > *clapping loudly* Sweet, lets get the courts to say one thing while the government keeps on doing it's thing. Didn’t this same thing happen with the Patriot Act? ~~

Re: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Dana
yes, that's a good thing. There is however some new version that somebody is determined to pass. I have not had a chance to read up on it, but one of the congressmen who is trying to amend it so it doesn't apply in the US has been posting about it on Facebook and I shared the posts about two hours

RE: Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread Eric Roberts
*clapping loudly* -Original Message- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:51 PM To: cf-community Subject: Good news from NY today - NDAA http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/federal_court_enjoins_ndaa/ ~~

Good news from NY today - NDAA

2012-05-16 Thread LRS Scout
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RE: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Pierre Demester
I've got 3 ipads (2 ipad 1's + 1 ipad 2)... all with 64GB of ram. My wife uses one of the ipad 1's... my children (4 & 6) use the other iPad 1. One uses Verizon 3G, the other use AT&T. I use the iPad 2 with Verizon 3G. I just came back from Montana / Wyoming with no connectivity issues. Am headi

RE: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Eric Roberts
Yeah...i got to the west suburban Chicago one a lot...they have a great selection. -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:32 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Ipad 2 We have a Microcenter in Vienna Virginia here. Its a gr

RE: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Rick Eidson
I am in Kansas City Mo. I think the closest one is Overland Park.. Rick -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:32 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Ipad 2 We have a Microcenter in Vienna Virginia here. Its a great geet ty

Re: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
We have a Microcenter in Vienna Virginia here. Its a great geet type store, but they have the strangest distribution of stores. 4 or 5 in the midwest then one here in Virginia. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Dang it, those are available in store only and the closest M

Re: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Judah McAuley
Interesting. I'll have to take a look at that. I've never actually been to a Walmart before. I'm sure there is one around here. Probably try hitting up Best Buy first though. Thanks for the idea. Judah On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Rick Eidson wrote: > > Wal-mart will price match.. I think B

RE: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Rick Eidson
Wal-mart will price match.. I think Best Buy will too! Rick -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:40 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Ipad 2 Dang it, those are available in store only and the closest Microcenter is about

Re: Question on writing modern web specs

2012-05-16 Thread Judah McAuley
+1 to everything that Sandy said. The legal framework is still basically the same as it was 5 years ago, but vendors have improved substantially in their standards adherence and the burgeoning market in mobile devices has pushed flexible design to the forefront. While you might be able to avoid a

Re: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Judah McAuley
Dang it, those are available in store only and the closest Microcenter is about 800 miles away. Not quite worth the drive. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Rick Eidson wrote: > > Yeah, I am already sold... I played around with my keyboardist ipad2 last > night. She had to practically beat me ove

RE: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Rick Eidson
Yeah, I am already sold... I played around with my keyboardist ipad2 last night. She had to practically beat me over the head to get it back from me! For about the last 6 months her and our guitarist have been using them on stage to share sheet music/chord charts. They have this program that searc

Re: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I may have to take a drive out to MicroCenter today. Since the kid and Wendy have taken over my iPad, I may have to get a second one for myself. Really I dont see the thing anymore because of those two.. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Hmm...now you guys are tempting m

Re: Ipad 2

2012-05-16 Thread Judah McAuley
Hmm...now you guys are tempting me. I really should be saving up for a new workhorse laptop, but $350 is not a bad price point. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > In combination with something like a Zagg keyboard case, it works > pretty well. It could almost replace my l

Re: I'd send this comic to my wife but...

2012-05-16 Thread Ras Tafari
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