Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Bruce Sorge
Wow, I am so sorry to hear this. They will be in my prayers Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Jan 2, 2013, at 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter, and

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Baruch dayin emes You have my deepest condolences and if there is anything I can do for you or your family, just ask. be well Michael On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: We just saw them the other day when they came over to visit. He was a

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
Have you ever told them not to call you again? I am not sure if it completely applies since you have an existing business relationship with them (you are their customer), but if you need a new hobby: http://www.killthecalls.com/suing-telemarketers.php -Cameron On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:16 PM,

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
So sorry to hear about this Eric. You are your family will be in my thoughts. -Cameron On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter,

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: I think the point is that we are causing change at such a rapid rate that they won't be able to adapt. Some change is slow. Some change is fast. Giant asteroid colliding with the planet was fast and

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: Very few of those who call themselves Christians today practice what Jesus taught. Even claiming to know what Jesus (or anyone in the Bible) really said can be debated. It's what the church *claims* he said. Which, as

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Bruce Sorge
I keep forgetting to because I am in such a hurry to get rid of them. I need to remember to let them know not to call. It's really not much of an annoyance as it would be from a telemarketer that I have no business relationship with. Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Jan 3, 2013, at 7:51 AM,

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Maureen
Quite familiar with that line of thought as I've read many of those translations, so I'll reword my statement. Very few of those who call themselves Christians today practice what various Bibles claim that Jesus said. I'd settle for them simply doing that. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:11 AM,

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Maureen
If you have bought anything from them in the last 18 months they are allowed to call you, even if you tell them not too and list your phone on the no-call list. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: I keep forgetting to because I am in such a hurry to get rid of

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: If you have bought anything from them in the last 18 months they are allowed to call you, even if you tell them not too and list your phone on the no-call list. Ahh yes, I thought there was an exception like that in

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Bruce Sorge
Yeah that's fine bad I said its really not a big annoyance. I was just commenting on the fact that a charter emotes can't get the benefits of their products being an employee because their service is not in the state that they work. Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:18 AM,

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah that's fine bad I said its really not a big annoyance. I was just commenting on the fact that a charter emotes can't get the benefits of their products being an employee because their service is not in the state that

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: Quite familiar with that line of thought as I've read many of those translations, so I'll reword my statement. Very few of those who call themselves Christians today practice what various Bibles claim that Jesus said. I'd

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
So sorry Eric. I simply do not know what else to say. Our hearts are with you. larry On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter, and

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
you change conclusions as more data come in. That's basic science, nothing is carved onto stone tablets. It looks like the Arctic sea will be ice free in a few years. This year the surface of Greenland Ice cap was the consistency of a 7-11 slurpie according to one scientist. The last decade was

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread GMoney
As a parent of young kids, this burns me to the core. I'm grieving with you. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter, and their

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
http://www.livescience.com/25907-alaska-climate-pdo.html whatever . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: you change conclusions as more data come in. That's basic science, nothing is carved onto stone tablets. It looks like the Arctic sea will be

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
So sorry to hear this, prayers to you and your family. . On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter, and their 2 kids were rear

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
Cable as a channel provider is going to die. The cable providers have horrendous business models and customer service. This could be another nail in the coffin: Intel cable box could allow per-channel subscriptions (

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/25907-alaska-climate-pdo.html This article states that 1) Climate Change (warming specifically in this case) is very real and has been impacting Alaska very heavily for decades. 2) A weather pattern is

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stewart
I have no words ...except I'm sorry On 1/2/2013 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter, and their 2 kids were rear ended by a drunk driver going 100mph just outside of Little

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Not at all. It claims climate change is real while telling you to ignore the facts behind the curtain ie Alaska and Siberia are the coldest they've been in decades. Let's make an exception to only explain this away and never use that same exception for anything else. As Larry states,

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Vivec
:( Very sad to learn about this. It's terrible. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive:

Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
I just canceled Cable about three weeks ago. HD antenna + NetFlix + iTunes + web content over AirPlay = no cable required. -Cameron On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Jerry Barnes critic...@gmail.com wrote: Cable as a channel provider is going to die. The cable providers have horrendous

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread GMoney
Well, what new conclusions do you want to draw from these isolated areas of exception? On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Not at all. It claims climate change is real while telling you to ignore the facts behind the curtain ie Alaska and Siberia are the

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Not at all. It claims climate change is real Right... Okay. Again, your link while telling you to ignore the facts behind the curtain ie Alaska and Siberia are the coldest they've been in decades. Nowhere does is

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
Yes, I have clear cut morals. I'm sure you have clear cut morals also. Of course. Everyone has morals. The central questions are: What morals do we as citizens of the US have in common? Is this common ground big enough to define the morals for a country? Has this pool of common morals

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Not isolated areas, unless you can consider Alaska and Siberia a tiny exception. It clearly states temperature is cyclical and not only has warming paused for 16 years, it's now on a 20 year cold cycle. But global warming is still real, except when it's not. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:11 AM,

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
From an interesting analysis of papers published in peer reviewed scientific journals that have looked at global warming: 24 of the 13,950 articles, 0.17% or 1 in 581, clearly reject global warming or endorse a cause other than CO2 emissions for observed warming. The list of articles that reject

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Not at all. It claims climate change is real Right... Okay. Again, your link ... while confirming it's not. I forget I need to spell everything

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Stop flaunting your ignorance. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: From an interesting analysis of papers published in peer reviewed scientific journals that have looked at global warming: 24 of the 13,950 articles, 0.17% or 1 in 581, clearly

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
Even claiming to know what Jesus (or anyone in the Bible) really said can be debated. Of course it's debatable. Anything attributed to a historical figure from thousands of years ago is debatable. It's what the church *claims* he said. Which, as Judith pointed out earlier in this thread is

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: I wish you would question these so called scientists as much as you question religious folks. It really is amazing. The level of delusion and suspension of reality you represent on so many levels. I am not really here to debate

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Answer the question then, given the vast weight of data, why do you think that there is no global warming? An interesting preso on the topic by the scientist I previously cited, it ties in current research from some very different fields of study, all of which points towards human caused global

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
On climate change, does anyone know what followed the two recent ice ages? I'll help you: Global Warming. J - Protection of the environment has become the principal tool for attack against the West and all it stands for. Protection of the environment may be used as a pretext to adopt a

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
BTW try discussing the issue instead of spewing insults. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Stop flaunting your ignorance. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: From an interesting analysis of papers published in peer

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
And if you look at the environmental chaos that occurred after the last one, we are in for some interesting times, in the sense of the old Chinese curse. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jerry Barnes critic...@gmail.com wrote: On climate change, does anyone know what followed the two recent

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Self brainwashing maybe, but OI! On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: I wish you would question these so called scientists as much as you question religious folks. It really is

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
I just canceled Cable about three weeks ago. HD antenna + NetFlix + iTunes + web content over AirPlay = no cable required. Case in point. We switched to direct TV last summer. I could do without, but my wife . . . . . All I ever watch is netflix now. I have recently watched Psych. I am now

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
None of your silly articles prove global warming is man made and most of the handful of people that wrote the multiple articles that they also reviewed have admitted global warming as they defined it has stopped. Sixteen years ago. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Larry C. Lyons

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Was that tidbit peer reviewed? . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jerry Barnes critic...@gmail.com wrote: On climate change, does anyone know what followed the two recent ice ages? I'll help you: Global Warming. ~| Order

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
You really are in love with yourself aren't you? I can't wait until you grow up and realize you know much less than you think you do. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: I wish you would question these so called scientists as much as you question

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Judith Dinowitz
I just don't like these blanket statements, Cameron. For example, I can think of several people who call themselves Christians who, I have found, do what they say they will do. I can think of two examples of friends of mine who are in our community. Bring specific examples, back what you're

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Jerry Barnes critic...@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice if I could get my Apple TV to stream Amazon Prime. It would be a worthwhile investment then. This is one of the points I make about investing so heavily in Apple equipment. If you have an AppleTV, and

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
if global warming is a hoax, then why was the first decade of this century the warmest on record? Why are twice as many high-temperature records being set as low-temperature records? Why is spring starting earlier and fall later? Why are glaciers, Arctic sea ice, Greenland and Antarctica melting

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
From http://www.jamespowell.org/Blog/Blog.php?id=3223808278669646293 Are Humans Causing Global Warming? Ask Floyd Landis. Sat, Apr 21 2012 11:30 | Permalink Blog Post for Columbia University Press The earth is warming. But can we be sure that humans are the cause? Yes. The same way cycling

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Judith Dinowitz jdino...@houseoffusion.com wrote: I just don't like these blanket statements, Cameron. For example, I can think of several people who call themselves Christians who, I have found, do what they say they will do. Really, my statement could

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: You really are in love with yourself aren't you? I can't wait until you grow up and realize you know much less than you think you do. Continued awesomeness. -Cameron ...

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
That's the same as saying every Muslim is a terrorist because the extremists represent all of them. Broaden your views and stop stereotyping. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Judith Dinowitz

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: That's the same as saying every Muslim is a terrorist because the extremists represent all of them. Broaden your views and stop stereotyping. No, it's the same as saying Muslims (also) have the same number of asshats as the

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I think this is my third year since I cut out DirecTV. I have a mythTV server with 4 frontends throughout my house. 4Tb of raid storage that keeps both tv recordings and a slew of home videos. 1 Roku, 1 Wii that plays Netflix 1 netflix subscription. We don't lack for content and the stuff we

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Ray Champagne
How do you watch out of market NFL games? On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is my third year since I cut out DirecTV. I have a mythTV server with 4 frontends throughout my house. 4Tb of raid storage that keeps both tv

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: if global warming is a hoax, then why was the first decade of this century the warmest on record? It's not, remember the unexplained pause started 16 years ago. Why are twice as many high-temperature records being

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
My own opinion is that I do not think we will ever be able to determine the root cause here. It was locked in the head of Adam Lanza. But I did find an interesting brief analysis of a potential causal factor (not reason but factors associated with the shooting).

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I don't. I spend a lot of time on NFL.com though. ;) On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Ray Champagne r...@raychampagne.com wrote: How do you watch out of market NFL games? On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is my

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Wow, that was really dumb. So, he proved global warming is man made because we have more man made carbon? Science is getting too easy. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: From http://www.jamespowell.org/Blog/Blog.php?id=3223808278669646293 Are

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
why do you assume that this is a matter of personal responsibility or lack thereof on anyone's part? He lived a very isolated life combined with moderate to severe Aspergers. This is not a case of his parent had not divorced or he had not been disciplined enough or spanked enough etc. It seems to

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
but therein, you've already let your bias show that you believe its the lowering of morals that caused this. We don't know if there were mental issues, or it was just plain stupidity that caused this kid to do this. Heck it may have even been that the mother was trying to get help for her son,

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I still don't get how using specific examples from a book that is held up as the basis of a religion is an attack on said religion? Seems to me that if you're offended by things in that book, you're, in essence, offended by your own religion. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Sam

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
didn't even have to watch that video to have that song going through my head all night. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson jmi...@gmail.com wrote: I wish we were

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Well, if your talking about the gospels aren't there five, written over decades by different people? Yet your argument seems to be believe all or none? That's why I think it's a cheap shot at religion. I'm sure you can find valid and specific arguments, but the broad brush get's my attention. .

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Maureen
I agree that those are serious issues that need to be addressed, but it is doubtful that any of them apply in the Newtown case. By all reports Adam Lanza had very loving, but strict, parents who did all they could do to give him the care and love he needed. Even allowing him access to the guns

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
It's not my argument that says believe all or none. That's been what has been preached for ages. It's definitely not my argument that the bible is the Inerrant word of God On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, if your talking about the gospels aren't there

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Maureen
Baffled that anyone would attempt to defend or discuss religion and not even know how many gospels there are, or when they were written. My next question would be have you read them? On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, if your talking about the gospels

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
But doesn't each sect choose which book(s) to give more weight to? . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com wrote: It's not my argument that says believe all or none. That's been what has been preached for ages. It's definitely not my argument that

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Four or five, not important What's wrong with my time frame? No, I have not read them. What baffles me is that you think someone should be all in to defend someone else. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: Baffled that anyone would attempt to defend or

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Maureen
What you are claiming was an attack on religion was actually a somewhat tongue-in-cheek commentary on several passages of the Old Testament. It has nothing to do with the gospels. Perhaps I simply feel if you are going to attack what is posted, you should at least have some comprehension of

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread William Bowen
So very sorry to read this, Eric. You and your family will be in my thoughts. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law, stepdaughter, and their

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Well then to re-frame the discussion, what you call the old testament is a translation of a translation of a translation or something like that. The original Hebrew version also was written over the span of 1000 years and passed down verbally for a much longer time. So we're back to all or

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Judith Dinowitz
Right. Because it was a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Torah (written law without the oral law taken into account at all), it lacked a certain context. To respond properly, I would need to look at what you said, read it in context, and see what the commentaries say to shed more light on each

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
As long as DirecTV is the sole provider of NFL Sunday Ticket (and I don't move back to the NY area) I don't think I will ever drop DirecTV - but I will never tell them that. There is just no legal way for me to watch the Giants every Sunday if the local channels do not broadcast the games...and

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com wrote: $20/month for my netflix Based on what the streaming selection was like when I left them, I would not subscribe to Netflix if they paid me $20 a month. -- Scott Stroz --- You can make things

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.comwrote: If you have an AppleTV, and iPad/iPhone or a MacBook, If you can afford to buy all that Apple equipment...why are you worried about cost of cable? :D -- Scott Stroz --- You can make things happen, you

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
yeah, I haven't given up the DVD part of the plan yet. Movies still seem to hit DVD first and then move to streaming a bit later. I know they were wanting to reverse that scenario, but it hasn't happened yet. That said, I've been catching up on Heroes, Merlin (The British version), Dr. Who,

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
I got a call from Fios asking me to add TV to my existing package. When I told him my internet doesn't seem all that fast he explained I should avoid using two different search engines at the same time. . On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Bruce Sorge sor...@gmail.com wrote: So I got my monthly

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: If you can afford to buy all that Apple equipment...why are you worried about cost of cable? :D Heh - well I didn't buy it just for the cable replacement. but that's a whole 'nother discussion (that's been had a few

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: if global warming is a hoax, then why was the first decade of this century the warmest on record? Why are twice as many high-temperature records being set as low-temperature records? Why is spring starting earlier

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, I haven't given up the DVD part of the plan yet. Movies still seem to hit DVD first and then move to streaming a bit later. I know they were wanting to reverse that scenario, but it hasn't happened

Re: family tragedy...

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
Eric, Words escape me. Please know that you and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Last night, while on the way home to Texas from visiting family here in the Chicago area, my son-in-law,

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Fixed! On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: Silly Larry...since 2000 Alaska is reporting some of the coldest winters on record and Siberia is experiencing it's coldest winter since 1938, therefore there is no global warming. /sarcasm .

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
What does that even mean? What a moron. Sad thing is, he probably has told that to people many times...and they believe him. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: I got a call from Fios asking me to add TV to my existing package. When I told him my internet

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
You do realize that Siberia and Alaska do not make up the entire globe, right? On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Fixed! On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: Silly Larry...since 2000 Alaska is reporting some of the coldest

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
I looked up some movies I wanted to watch on netflix and they had them. So I signed up for the trial month and the movies they had were just descriptions and weren't available to watch. Bastards, but it cost me nothing. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
I did ask him what it meant and than I heard a sound like his head was spinning so I let it go. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: What does that even mean? What a moron. Sad thing is, he probably has told that to people many times...and they believe

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Are you sure? . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: You do realize that Siberia and Alaska do not make up the entire globe, right? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Ray Champagne
I'll go back to Netflix when the Arrested Development show comes out, and will probably cancel again after that. For me, it was never an economical choice, and the shows were always too old and could be bought/borrowed elsewhere. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
but therein, you've already let your bias show that you believe its the lowering of morals that caused this. But your bias doesn't come into play? Typical. We don't know if there were mental issues, or it was just plain stupidity that caused this kid to do this. We sure don't, and when I

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
OK..I literally laughed out loud at that. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: I did ask him what it meant and than I heard a sound like his head was spinning so I let it go. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: What does

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Scott Stroz
Pretty sure, yea, but I will consult a globe to be certain. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure? . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: You do realize that Siberia and Alaska do not make up the entire globe,

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
If you wanna place blame for Newtown, place it on the pharmaceutical company that marketed a drug known to cause violence and delusional thinking and the doctor who gave it to a young man who was already severely disturbed. This is an angle that needs to be investigated. I have read that a high

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread Bruce Sorge
I am with you on this one Scott. I actually never considered the Ticket until I was told that I qualify for it for free this year for taking DirectTV with me to Ga. I am hooked now that I can watch ALL of my Niners games. So I'll pay for it next season, and the season after next, and so on.

Re: Canceling Cable (Re: Charter is funny)

2013-01-03 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
My wife's biggest complaint when we had only Internet and antenna was that she couldn't just surf channels. On Jan 3, 2013 1:17 PM, Ray Champagne r...@raychampagne.com wrote: I'll go back to Netflix when the Arrested Development show comes out, and will probably cancel again after that. For

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
Was that tidbit peer reviewed? No. Gives it more credibility. It actually matches what happened. Most peer reviewed items are reviewed by a bunch of cronies. Here's an interesting tidbit. Take it for what it is worth: Man-made global warming: even the IPCC admits the jig is up (

BSG - Blood and Chrome

2013-01-03 Thread Cameron Childress
Anyone watch the Blood and Chrome series on YouTube? http://www.syfy.com/bloodandchrome Anything else SciFi related that anyone's excited about to be on the lookout for? -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Maureen
Just to clarify, I did not post the commentary, but even so I fail to see the attack. Also, most of the items commented are not from the Torah, but from other books. An episode of the West Wing addressed most of the same items. Perhaps you've seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWuXpfXSl5Y

Re: Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Ancient Earth : Discovery News

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
Let's pretend your right. jk We know the world is much hotter now because North America is a little warmer than we expect it to be, so we're told. The Arctic is melting so fast we'll be underwater before Al Gore sells his tv station. Ooops, scrap that. Now, we're told the largest portion of the

Re: BSG - Blood and Chrome

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I watched it. I thought it was quite a different feel from the series...mainly because of it's 10 minute cliff-hanger format. I was commenting to my coworker about how amazing it was that the show was being streamed in 1080p which was pretty crisp on my 27 screen. I can't say that 5 years ago,

Re: BSG - Blood and Chrome

2013-01-03 Thread William Bowen
BC is good, apparently the eps are the pilot chopped into streamable bits. The series will premiere at some point in the future on the channel formerly known as Sci-Fi... The 4 ep mini series that was done in advance of the Halo 4 launch was pretty good. Then--of course--there's the Pacific Rim

Re: Charter is funny

2013-01-03 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
bwahahahaha... On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: I got a call from Fios asking me to add TV to my existing package. When I told him my internet doesn't seem all that fast he explained I should avoid using two different search engines at the same time. .

Re: I give up

2013-01-03 Thread Sam
I liked the West Wing, except for all the parts with Martin Sheen. Here's a Christian retort: http://www.equip.org/articles/president-bartlets-fallacious-diatribe/ It's easy to look good when you write the script. Ali McBeal was an awesome lawyer, according to her writers. . On Thu, Jan 3,

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