article on the accuracy of the IPCC's climage change predictions

2013-01-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/12/ipccs-climate-projections-on-target-so-far/ from the article: A paper in *Nature Climate Change* checks in on the projections from the first IPCC report, published in 1990. That report projected simple trends based on greenhouse gas emissions through 2030,

[NOT POLITICAL] animals behaving badly.

2013-01-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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Asteroid-Mining Project Aims for Deep-Space Colonies

2013-01-22 Thread Cameron Childress
Using resources harvested in space is the only way to afford permanent space development, Deep Space CEO David Gump said in a statement. Deep Space Industries will hold a press conference today in Santa Monica, Calif., at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST/1800 GMT) to unveil more details of its bold

Re: Asteroid-Mining Project Aims for Deep-Space Colonies

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
Awesome!! On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.comwrote: Using resources harvested in space is the only way to afford permanent space development, Deep Space CEO David Gump said in a statement. Deep Space Industries will hold a press conference today in Santa

2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
Jerry B. had a link the other day about things Americans should know about the 2nd Amendment. It contained a short bit about slavery and the 2nd Amendment. I just came across a really interesting article that seems to be pretty well sourced talking about the discussions around the 2nd Amendment

32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
Ugly break down of 2012 election spending. The eye popping, top line take away: 32 donors ended up matching the contributions of the 3.7 million small dollar donors. https://prospect.org/article/elected-32-donors-32-donors Campaign finance sure seems like a target for the next Constitutional

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Link added to my Pocket reading list. Thanks. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.comwrote: Jerry B. had a link the other day about things Americans should know about the 2nd Amendment. It contained a short bit about slavery and the 2nd Amendment. I just came

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread J.J. Merrick
It's something that is touched on in Bowling for Columbine in the cartoon short that is in the middle of it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzo9pOXa-s I think it is part of the revisionist history that seems to be very prominent in most causes Make the stats and the history lineup with

Re: 32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
Jesus, nothing to see here, move along... On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.comwrote: Ugly break down of 2012 election spending. The eye popping, top line take away: 32 donors ended up matching the contributions of the 3.7 million small dollar donors.

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
Jews for the preservation of firearms ownership did a good article on the racism inherit in gun control. I'll see if I can find it. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM, J.J. Merrick j...@panos.cc wrote: It's something that is touched on in Bowling for Columbine in the cartoon short that is in

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
That was the article that Jerry sent the other day, I think. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM, LRS Scout lrssc...@gmail.com wrote: Jews for the preservation of firearms ownership did a good article on the racism inherit in gun control. I'll see if I can find it. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
Oh yeah it was. If anything I think the post reconstruction, pre-civil rights era showed us just how bad these southern race based laws on everything from gun ownership to voting to property ownership really were. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote:

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
I wonder about the revisionist history thing myself but the fundamental problem is that people on most sides of an issue are attempting it all together and it changes over time so you end up with revisions of revisions and it can be hard to figure out what really happened. And, of course, the

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread J.J. Merrick
Fascinating read! Of course I WANT it to all be true because it does fit my personal narrative, so I will need to do more research because it is almost too good to be true :-) -J.J. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote: I wonder about the revisionist

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
With Jefferson at least, who authored and confirmed the amendment, this simply isn't true. Yes he was a large slave owner, but fought to have it outlawed in his own state, and failed. He loved and had children with one of his slaves. I have no doubt that some people felt they needed guns to

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
I'd agree with you on Jefferson, I'm not so sure about Mason and Henry. I'd like to know more, however, as this isn't an area I know a huge amount about and I think that the research isn't extensive. I also don't know if it really changes much from a practical, legal interpretation perspective

Re: 32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Yes tim tell us what is NOT wrong with rule by the very richest. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:04 PM, LRS Scout lrssc...@gmail.com wrote: Jesus, nothing to see here, move along... On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote: Ugly break down of 2012

Re: 32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
I assume you missed the sarcasm? I've said before that we need major election reform in this country. Did you really think I was supporting this? On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: Yes tim tell us what is NOT wrong with rule by the very richest.

Re: 32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
No. That sarcasm was pretty clear. (and it sounded like the voice in MY head when I read it) Yikes. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:37 PM, LRS Scout lrssc...@gmail.com wrote: I assume you missed the sarcasm? I've said before that we need major election reform in this country. Did you really

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Mason was a very prominent slave holder, the second largest *slave* owner in Fairfax County after *George* Washington. The Gunston Hall site has a fair amount of sources and information about his views at the time. http://www.gunstonhall.org/georgemason/slavery/views_on_slavery.html On Tue, Jan

Re: 32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
But Tim, I thought you *loved* plutocracy? On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson jmi...@gmail.comwrote: No. That sarcasm was pretty clear. (and it sounded like the voice in MY head when I read it) Yikes. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:37 PM, LRS Scout lrssc...@gmail.com

Re: 32 donors provided bulk of 2012 election spending

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
And Rush and Glenn Beck too right? On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote: But Tim, I thought you *loved* plutocracy? On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson jmi...@gmail.com wrote: No. That sarcasm was pretty clear. (and it sounded

An Update

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
I'm so mad I'm physically ill. I just received another email from Wanda Kuznar, my VA Field Examiner. She is the person that makes decision about whether to approve my spending requests for the VA's Fiduciary Program. You see I was awarded a significant sum of money by the VA as back pay. Only

Looking for CF Devs

2013-01-22 Thread Scott Stewart
Hey all, I need to ask some favors. The company that I work for is in need of mid and senior level ColdFusion developers for a DHS USCIS contract. We haven't had a lot of luck with getting good candidates in the door. I've got two but I need two more. I'm posting this here, because posting

Re: Looking for CF Devs

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Scott Stewart webmas...@sstwebworks.comwrote: Someone who is clearable, and can maintain clearance. Well I've been thinking about getting back in the work force, but I doubt this is gonna happen anytime soon haha!

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Jerry Barnes
He loved and had children with one of his slaves. Maybe he fathered children by a slave. There is an alternate story that it was his brother. Anyway, he certainly was not a big supporter of slavery. Humorous video on TJ and his ancestors (about 30 seconds):

Re: Looking for CF Devs

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
Good luck with that. I think it is becoming increasingly difficult to find experienced CF devs. It seems like, these days, you pretty much need to either open up to telecommuting (not always possible on a contract that requires clearance, I know) or find a good dev who you can train. I'd consider

Re: Looking for a good CF Monitoring System

2013-01-22 Thread Matthew Lowrey
Thank you very much J.J. my company ended up getting this and we're using it now! I must have had my email turned off for this thread and just realized you had replied. Sorry for not getting back with you earlier! Matt, FusionReactor hands down is the way to go. And a little bit of

RE: An Update

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
I have run across this attitude before as well. She will end up losing her job. I got the person fired in my case as well. My situation was different. I have been on vicoden for several years due to knee, hip and back pain. A couple of years ago, I had a minor surgical procedure and the

RE: Looking for CF Devs

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
Shame it isn't open to remote...I am not in a position to relocate. Sounds like a real good gig. -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:44 PM To: cf-community Subject: Looking for CF Devs Hey all, I need to ask

Re: An Update

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
Man, I'm sorry to hear that. I've filed a real complaint with the OIG now. I've contacted WWP, DAV, VFW and the Legion. I've filed my appeal, but not heard anything back. The most troubling of all of this is that I now have the CPD on the way to my house yet again, only this time I called

RE: An Update

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
Kick some ass and take some names brother! -Original Message- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:22 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: An Update Man, I'm sorry to hear that. I've filed a real complaint with the OIG now. I've contacted WWP,

RE: Looking for CF Devs

2013-01-22 Thread Scott Raley
Not that group. I got out of DHS helping all their departments align and start programming the same way so they could share code and build 1 interface instead of 13! Good luck with it. Many of the ones I brought in didn't last but a few months. -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart

Re: Looking for CF Devs

2013-01-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I think you'd be hard pressed to find any Ruby developer that would want to code in CF. I find it painful to go back to CF code nowadays and I did it for years. Just today, I was testing out a gem that replaces your app's error page with a live connection back to the server inside the context

I don't want to know what this dude did.

2013-01-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Sam
... but Danny Glover says different ... . On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Jerry Barnes critic...@gmail.com wrote: It's not debatable. Everyone knows the reason for the 2nd amendment. Read it and the Declaration of Independence and any doubt is quickly erased.

Re: 2nd Amendment and Slavery

2013-01-22 Thread Jerry Barnes
... but Danny Glover says different ... Poor Danny. Sometime in the last 15 years, he lost his mind. J - Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. - Mark Twain ~| Order the

Re: Looking for a good CF Monitoring System

2013-01-22 Thread J.J. Merrick
No problem! Glad you are using it. It's an awesome tool. Let me know if you need any consulting on it as Teratech would love to help you out! :-) On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Matthew Lowrey rid...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you very much J.J. my company ended up getting this and we're

Re: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control

2013-01-22 Thread LRS Scout
Hey Eric, a little reading on the Dick Act: GUN CONTROL FORBIDDEN --- bit of History (While some cite the passage date of HR 11654 as June 28, 1902, others state January 1903) The Militia Act of 1903 , also known as the Dick Act, was initiated by United States Secretary of War Elihu Root

Re: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control

2013-01-22 Thread Judah McAuley
Dude. You just said that Congress passed a law that cannot be repealed. Think about what that means for a second. Now think about it again. Real hard. Don't go there. All laws passed by Congress can be repealed and they need to able to be repealed. You cannot bind a future Congress. The only

RE: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
I didn't see anything in the bill that prevents gun control Tim... -Original Message- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:05 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control Hey Eric, a little reading on the Dick Act:

RE: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
Militia Act of 1903 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), also known as the Dick Act, was initiated by United States Secretary of War Elihu Root following the Spanish-American War of 1898, after the war demonstrated weaknesses

RE: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
The actual act... http://www.jstor.org/stable/25119439?seq=1 Please show me where this prevents gun control...or as Judah pointed out...is non-repealable... -Original Message- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:05 PM To: cf-community

RE: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control

2013-01-22 Thread Eric Roberts
I even found this on a Tennessee Gun Owners site claiming what you said is a croc... http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/58555-militia-act-of-1903-32-stat-77 5-aka-the-dick-act/ I am not sure where you got that info Tim, but I would advise against going there in the future...