RE: The Latke Double Down

2012-12-13 Thread Eric Roberts
What if it was soy based sour cream? *grin* Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com -Original Messa

Re: The Latke Double Down

2012-12-13 Thread Judah McAuley
Dang, didn't even notice the sour cream on that. I don't tend to eat sour cream, so I think it was intentional blindness on my part. Lox is good but I love brisket even more, so I'd go for kosher brisket minus the milk product. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Judith Dinowitz < jdino...@houseof

Re: The Latke Double Down

2012-12-13 Thread Judith Dinowitz
There's something inherently wrong with a sandwich celebrating Chanukah, the holiday where Jews fought for their right to be Jewish, being non-kosher. I could, however, easily get behind the sandwich they emulated, on JewishJournal.com, which uses lox instead of brisket. Or lose the sour cream fo

Re: Google Apps - Personal Level?

2012-12-13 Thread Justin Scott
> Thanks! I looked for it but couldn't find the thread! I had deleted it myself, but the search in, wait for it... Google Apps found it for me . -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adob

Re: 50 years of racial integration in college basketball

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
agreed. hard to see the progress of mankind at times, but then there are stories like this On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Mississippi State and Loyola to meet again in a rematch of an NCAA > tournament match from 1963 that helped break through early racial barriers >

Re: Michael in the hospital

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
That is not a side-effect, that is a feature! Very glad to hear you are doing better physically and emotionally, Michael. That is a tough one to hear. As one of the crowd missing original issued equipment (spleen), though, I can say that afterwards there is little guilt about losing parts. We h

Re: Google Apps - Personal Level?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
Thanks! I looked for it but couldn't find the thread! -Cameron On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > Here is the link that Erika shared earlier this week regarding exactly > this... > > > http://techwalls.com/news/register-free-google-apps-standard-account-single-user/ ...

Re: Google Apps - Personal Level?

2012-12-13 Thread Justin Scott
> I've heard through the grapevine that there is still a version of Google > Apps that is free, for personal use only, for one email address only, that > will still allow you to attach a domain name to it. I know I saw something > about this, but I cannot find any place where this is possible on

Google Apps - Personal Level?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
I've heard through the grapevine that there is still a version of Google Apps that is free, for personal use only, for one email address only, that will still allow you to attach a domain name to it. I know I saw something about this, but I cannot find any place where this is possible on Google's

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Devastating. Crushing. Irony." It's reality. The leftist true believers pretend that only the right is corrupt and that the left is blemish-less. Ditto for the right. I think both sides are full of shit and as corrupt as can be. I generally only point out the shortcomings of the left since t

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I'm guessing you're going to feel silly when you watch the video." Why? It's like water on a duck's back. Proven wrong repeatedly in the past hasn't made them feel silly. Sending directed messages to people who do not get their messages and will not respond to said messages does make them fe

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > You still don't get it. I find the science interesting. Unfortunately I tend to not read most of your posts at all simply because you're constantly so forcefully offensive about your viewpoints. Honestly, till GMoney said something about

RE: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Eric Roberts
Problem is that the video was edited and didn't show the guy with the America's for Prosperity button pulling down the tent... Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.t

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread GMoney
Yowzers.great post. I find this science fascinating. If it's truly repeatable and the results become accepted, then this is truly interesting and useful stuff.and so what if some people don't like the results. I'm not interested in placating liberals and conservatives, but if we had some

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
You still don't get it. I find it fascinating that such a simple difference has such low level causality. You can make the same approximate profiles for liberals and conservatives without the reference to the neurophysiology and still come up with the same conclusions based on non physical measur

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > I suspect it would be very difficult, given our cognitive filters. > Those on one extreme would not see the pejoratives as negative, "Hey > that's what they are, can't you see how obvious it is?" - for > instance. Speak for yourself Larry

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Sam
Has it been a month already? . On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> > One new study > (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026456) > presents a very good examination of the cognitive/attentional > differences among conservatives and liberals

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Sam
I'm guessing you're going to feel silly when you watch the video. http://washingtonexaminer.com/union-protesters-at-michigan-capitol-tear-down-slash-apart-conservative-groups-tent/article/2515641 . On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > As usual, Jerry picks up whatever soun

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I suspect it would be very difficult, given our cognitive filters. Those on one extreme would not see the pejoratives as negative, "Hey that's what they are, can't you see how obvious it is?" - for instance. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Out of curiosity, Cam, what do

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > The discussion section in the article is very interesting and how they > interpret the results: I know you hate conservatives Larry, you don't have anything more to prove there. -Cameron ... ~~~

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > I was making a comment on Judah's comment. I was merely being > skeptical that it would happen, after all past behavior is the best > predictor of present and future behavior. My comments are actually largely based on observations of your

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Out of curiosity, Cam, what do you think is the best way for each person to > personally combat that tendency? I start by trying to make sure I avoid > name calling in the form of things like "rethuglican" or "nobama" and then > really try

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
The discussion section in the article is very interesting and how they interpret the results: - Research has widely explored the differences between conservatives and liberals, and dozens of studies indicate that several variables like dogmatism, intolerance for ambiguity and disorder, fear of

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Judah McAuley
Out of curiosity, Cam, what do you think is the best way for each person to personally combat that tendency? I start by trying to make sure I avoid name calling in the form of things like "rethuglican" or "nobama" and then really try and make sure to avoid over the top comparisons, like any refer

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I was making a comment on Judah's comment. I was merely being skeptical that it would happen, after all past behavior is the best predictor of present and future behavior. No name calling, just an observation that the right wing extremists seem to need an enemy. My later comment was how it fits w

50 years of racial integration in college basketball

2012-12-13 Thread Judah McAuley
Mississippi State and Loyola to meet again in a rematch of an NCAA tournament match from 1963 that helped break through early racial barriers in college basketball. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8741183/game-change-mississippi-state-loyola-cannot-forgotten-college-basketba

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
The whole thing happens on both side more and more now where the conversation starts with demonizing the "other side" and using inflammatory language to the extent that any productive dialog is all but impossible. This is by design, because there is no interest in meaningful dialog, only in spewin

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Judah McAuley
It isn't just the right wing, though, Larry. I tend to see more vitriol about "union thugs" and whatnot but if you go back a couple years there were plenty of tea party rallies where the entire group of a couple thousand people were painted with a broad brush because of racist signs carried by a c

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
The irony is crushing this email! Larry vilifying the right wing about vilifying someone else. Name calling as a call for the end to name calling. Awesomely blind. Devastating. Crushing. Irony. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > Won't happen Judah, the right wing needs

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
It also fits with what I've been saying about those attracted to conservative politics. They tend to be more responsive to fear related information. Especially if its presented in a black and white or absolutist manner with no shades of grey. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Won't happen Judah, the right wing needs an enemy to vilify and demonize. So if the darned Commies or Socialists don't fit, its going to be Union Thugs or Sharia loving Muslims. Need to fire up the base after all. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Now I'd love to see the

Re: Mandatory Union Tax Ending in Michigan?

2012-12-13 Thread Judah McAuley
As usual, Jerry picks up whatever sounds most hateful from the right wing blogs and posts it without question. Brilliant stuff, Jerry. So, according to actual news reports and interviews with the guy, here's what seems to have happened. The food vendor in question, Mr. Tarver, was not attacked,

RE: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Eric Roberts
The nVidia tegra3 processors on the ASUS tablets is awesome. I downloaded some of the free games they have for it and as far as graphics go...it's console quality. I was very impressed with it. Plus, with it being an Android tablet (as opposed to a nook or Kindle Fire) you have full access to th

RE: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Eric Roberts
I have an ASUS Infinity 10" tablet and I love it. The graphics are INCREDIBLE on it. I have had it for about 6 months now and no issues. Glad you are back home. Rest up and heal! Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsult

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:08 PM, J.J. Merrick wrote: > I still don't understand the 1024x768 screen on the ipad mini's When > we are all looking at the retina displays on our phones the larger > pixel size is annoying. I am sure I am just a Neanderthal, but I don't really notice much differenc

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I still don't understand the 1024x768 screen on the ipad mini's When we are all looking at the retina displays on our phones the larger pixel size is annoying." Apple was in a rush to market to meet the demand for 7" tablets that was only being filled by Android products. I am sure it will impr

Re: Michael in the hospital

2012-12-13 Thread Maureen
Rest and get well. And don't be too frightened about the surgery. Gall bladder surgery is not too bad, and when I had mine done, I felt so much better afterwards. The only side effect I have is that I can't eat lettuce. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Well, they were out of the iPad Mini Megas..." Tough break. How about the 106" one. I'm still waiting for the iPad Nano. J - The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. - Lord Acton

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread J.J. Merrick
I'm a total Apple Fan-Boi and this made me laugh... "It's the future until at least May" I still don't understand the 1024x768 screen on the ipad mini's When we are all looking at the retina displays on our phones the larger pixel size is annoying. -J.J. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jer

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > Congrats: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Os87PLlyU4k Well, they were out of the iPad Mini Megas... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J2Au80BmHc -Cameron ...

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I'll add this to my list of things to try no my shiny new iPad Mini. Arrived yesterday." Congrats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Os87PLlyU4k J - I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
iPhone and iPads are nice, especially if you have never had a tablet/smart phone. They are good starter items. That said, I just switched to the Galaxy SIII. I could not stand the proprietary nature of Apple any longer. Some people need their hands held when they do things. Others do not. Ap

Re: Perfect and imperfect systems - Milton Friedman's thermostat

2012-12-13 Thread Judah McAuley
I am unaware of the thermostat in question, so I'll gladly take a look. Thanks for the heads up, Cam. Cheers, Judah On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Judah- > > Ran across this on Hacker News today and it reminded me a bit of our > conversations about creating "perf

RE: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Revolution
Agreed - Any.do is a nice little app. They just receive funding to expand the business. I expect good things from them. Another app is Simple Note - but neither of these use encryption. Testing another app now called SomNote. I live off my ios devices - iPad 2, iPad mini, iPhone however I

Perfect and imperfect systems - Milton Friedman's thermostat

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
Judah- Ran across this on Hacker News today and it reminded me a bit of our conversations about creating "perfect systems" and "perfect actors", etc... Things worth observing vs things not worth observing. Not super directly related, and the article is completely NOT about unions, but in my mind

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Tony wrote: > check out any.do cam > > it's tight I'll add this to my list of things to try no my shiny new iPad Mini. Arrived yesterday. Go on list, you can start your hating any time. -Cameron ... ~

Re: Michael in the hospital

2012-12-13 Thread GMoney
Rest and get well Michael. A friend of mine had his gall bladder removed many years ago, and he leads a completely normal life, so try not to worry too much about it. On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > I just wanted to thank you all for t

Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy

2012-12-13 Thread GMoney
I believe what you tell me...why would i doubt it? On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Dana wrote: > > I was not able to get past the first few pages either. I think it's style. > I have a pretty high tolerance for bad writing too. It's not the ideas. I > can read Heinlein, Nietzsche, Celine... s

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Tony
check out any.do cam it's tight On Thursday, December 13, 2012, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > mdino...@houseoffusion.com > wrote: > > > With my recent health scare I've decided to turn over a new leaf and get > > more organized. I'm planning

Re: New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > With my recent health scare I've decided to turn over a new leaf and get > more organized. I'm planning on getting myself a tablet or smart phone and > use it to schedule/organize whatever I'm supposed to do.

New leaf of organization

2012-12-13 Thread Michael Dinowitz
With my recent health scare I've decided to turn over a new leaf and get more organized. I'm planning on getting myself a tablet or smart phone and use it to schedule/organize whatever I'm supposed to do. What are people's experiences with such hardware/software?

Re: Michael in the hospital

2012-12-13 Thread Michael Dinowitz
I just wanted to thank you all for the prayers and well-wishes. I'm alive and recovering at home, though I'm still mostly in bed. Once the anti-biotics run their course I'll be going back to get my gall bladder removed. :( There's something psychologically devastating about a part of your body bei