Re: Polls show GOP getting spanked in polls after shutdown.

2013-10-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
Did you read my message? We are sacrificing training to save money. Not training means units are not ready for combat. Just because Iraq is pretty much over, and Afghanistan is winding down does not mean there are no more global threats. On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Sin

Re: Polls show GOP getting spanked in polls after shutdown.

2013-10-22 Thread LRS Scout
8 over two years, was supposed to be four. On Oct 22, 2013 10:05 PM, "Bruce Sorge" wrote: > > Well I can tell you that the military is being hit hard for spending cuts. > > First of all, General Odierno recently said that there are only two > Brigade Combat Teams that are ready for comba

Re: Polls show GOP getting spanked in polls after shutdown.

2013-10-22 Thread Maureen
Since the wars are winding down, why would the military spending not be reduced? On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > Well I can tell you that the military is being hit hard for spending cuts. > ~| Order t

Re: Polls show GOP getting spanked in polls after shutdown.

2013-10-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
Well I can tell you that the military is being hit hard for spending cuts. First of all, General Odierno recently said that there are only two Brigade Combat Teams that are ready for combat. Two out of the 43 we currently have. This is due to sequestration, which means that the DOD has to mak

Re: Polls show GOP getting spanked in polls after shutdown.

2013-10-22 Thread Maureen
Each time someone rails about spending cuts, I send them a link to the budget page, and ask them exactly what they want to cut. I have yet to get a response that recommends any specific cuts - just a lot of sound and fury about whatever the latest media buzzword is. The average voter is massivel

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
glad to help Erika. I remember a story I read once of soldiers from the north and south sharing Thanksgiving dinner in 1863 or 1864 along the Rappahannock River. I don't know where I got it from, or if I'm conflating the 1914 Christmas Truce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce). On Tue

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
see what I mean. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:37 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > I know I do > On Oct 22, 2013 3:17 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > > > > How about this one: > > > > > http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/Lincoln-Thanksgiving-proclam.htm > > > > Problem is the bible belt so

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Erika L. Rich
Eh, Lincoln I think they most can stomach. He's a "forefather" whether we like it or not. There's always something in history people will object to and all for good reasons I am sure. However, this approach actually solves the whole problem. Thank you Larry! On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:17 PM, La

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Erika L. Rich
Can't print videos ... :P But thank you :) On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:01 PM, GMoney wrote: > > Here ya go. Family friendly (it's done by kids!): > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > > > > If you had to showcase a story a

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread LRS Scout
I know I do On Oct 22, 2013 3:17 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > How about this one: > > http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/Lincoln-Thanksgiving-proclam.htm > > Problem is the bible belt sorts may object to Lincoln. > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > >

Anthropology of debt

2013-10-22 Thread Judah McAuley
Fascinating anthropological take on the history of the notion of money and debt. Really worth a read. http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/what-is-debt-%E2%80%93-an-interview-with-economic-anthropologist-david-graeber.html Cheers, Judah ~~~

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
How about this one: http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/a/Lincoln-Thanksgiving-proclam.htm Problem is the bible belt sorts may object to Lincoln. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > If you had to showcase a story about Thanksgiving, that was suitable for > al

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread GMoney
Here ya go. Family friendly (it's done by kids!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbYZDohsHk On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > If you had to showcase a story about Thanksgiving, that was suitable for > all ages, appealed to the Bible belt, as light-hearted and family f

Re: What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
you lost me at "appealed to the bible belt" ;) On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > If you had to showcase a story about Thanksgiving, that was suitable for > all ages, appealed to the Bible belt, as light-hearted and family friendly > as possible, yet stuck to the truth

What story would you print?

2013-10-22 Thread Erika L. Rich
If you had to showcase a story about Thanksgiving, that was suitable for all ages, appealed to the Bible belt, as light-hearted and family friendly as possible, yet stuck to the truth what would you write? Opinions? ~| Ord

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
My twins just started girls scouts this past month, so they'll be the newest crack...err cookie dealers around me. I've started a preemptive diet to offset what I'm going to gain in the next few months ;) On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > My daughter just started Girl

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I agree. If it wouldn't be so dang easy I'd have gone to another solution. > This is as simple as writing the downloaded img file to a usb stick and > booting it. Of course you need to configure your raid array via a web > interface,

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Judah McAuley
My daughter just started Girl Scouts. They call the first level Daisy now. I'm pretty sure that when I was young it was called Blue Birds, so I'm not sure why the change. Anyway, it's a new troop at my daughter's school and we're trying to help out. Only 2 meetings so far but it seems very cool. I

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I agree. If it wouldn't be so dang easy I'd have gone to another solution. This is as simple as writing the downloaded img file to a usb stick and booting it. Of course you need to configure your raid array via a web interface, but I'm guessing all of them would have something akin to that.

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I run Nas4Free on an older dell chasis. While following this thread, > found OwnCloud which I think I will install. That's the dirt cheap > scenario > Yeah I have seen a bunch of pretty cool stuff out there for home grown NAS. I tend

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I run Nas4Free on an older dell chasis. While following this thread, found OwnCloud which I think I will install. That's the dirt cheap scenario ;) On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > > What do you all

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > That might be an excellent idea Bruce. Get a bunch of people together and > send off a few dozen cookies to soldiers on deployment. Bruce do you have > any suggestions about organizations that handle such? > Not Bruce but I'll answer. Th

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Cameron Childress
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > What do you all think of this? It's windows and Mac compatible, > which is perfect for our house since we have windows and mac products. > We have a ReadyNAS and it's been great. I used it with my Windows machines and it will host Tim

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Andrew Scott
But that goes back to what I originally said, about going with a NAS with 4-5 bays they are the same price you just add the drives you need. Try getting an WD with 16TB. Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Oc

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Sam
The Capital chapter has had the option to send boxes to the troops for a couple years now. They usually ask if you want to send some when you make your purchase. . On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > That might be an excellent idea Bruce. Get a bunch of people togethe

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
No I don't. I always received them. Hatton mentioned something about it in the previous message. Sent from my iPhone 4S. > On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:05 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > > That might be an excellent idea Bruce. Get a bunch of people together and > send off a few dozen cookies to

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
That might be an excellent idea Bruce. Get a bunch of people together and send off a few dozen cookies to soldiers on deployment. Bruce do you have any suggestions about organizations that handle such? On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > We love getting cookies while deploy

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
exactly, but I think the WD is fairly similar to this and quite a bit cheaper. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Andrew Scott wrote: > > I'll let them speak for themselves. > > http://www.synology.com/events/2012_DSM_campaign.php?lang=us > > > > Regards, > Andrew Scott > WebSite: http://www.an

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Bruce Sorge
We love getting cookies while deployed. It's a huge morale booster when your stuck in some shithole COP. Sent from my iPhone 4S. > On Oct 22, 2013, at 9:18 AM, "C. Hatton Humphrey" wrote: > > >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: >> >> While I don't really agree with abo

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Andrew Scott
I'll let them speak for themselves. http://www.synology.com/events/2012_DSM_campaign.php?lang=us Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.co

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > While I don't really agree with abortion, I love lesbians and girl scout > cookies, so bring me some thin mints to stock the freezer with~~ I'm sure there are links somewhere that could address all of your (*ahem*) concerns. In all serious

Re: Polls show GOP getting spanked in polls after shutdown.

2013-10-22 Thread Sam
Brit Hume explains the Tea-Party http://www.caintv.com/awesome-video-brit-hume-explai . On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > just ribbing you Judah. > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Judah McAuley > wrote: > > > > > Of course not. She's a lovely dancer and has a Mas

Re: Western Digital My Cloud Storage

2013-10-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
The bonjour service is just a discovery service, it's not a file sharing system. By default, iOS devices can't access file shares. You need an intermediary service in between the two. I think that's one of the biggest selling points of this "cloud" server. Right now, the easiest way to transfe

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread Sam
They have a new baker this year, they are now called caramel deLites. I always bring the sheet to work for a week and let people sign up. Then my daughter goes house to house a bit and then they schedule days in front of supermarkets or Home Depot. One place I worked they stacked the boxes in the

Re: Kevin Swanson Begs You Not To Buy Communist Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies

2013-10-22 Thread GMoney
I buy at least one box from any and every girl scout that asks me. I had to sell shit when i was a kid growing up in my catholic grade school. One year it was candy, then garbage bags, then...hell i don't even remember what. I just remember how much it sucked, and how much I appreciated the people