This should be an easy $35,000

2011-05-19 Thread Ian Skinner
According to the radio program I heard this on, this company has 259 clients. http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: This should be an easy $35,000

2011-05-19 Thread Ian Skinner
On 5/19/2011 8:43 AM, G Money wrote: Those stupid people...don't they realize that all dogs go to heaven. Even so, they are also willing to take care of cats, birds, rabbits, other small caged mammals as well as horses, camels, llamas and donkeys in New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho and Montana.

Re: This should be an easy $35,000

2011-05-19 Thread Ian Skinner
On 5/19/2011 9:39 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: I am struggling between thinking this is pure genius or pure evil for capitalizing one someone's beliefs like this. I know exactly what you are feeling. I'm also vacillating between whether this is a hoax or not. On one hand: *Q: Is this a Joke? A:

Re: Take a moment to pause and consider a time gone by.

2011-05-06 Thread Ian Skinner
On 3/21/2011 11:16 AM, Ian Skinner wrote: Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_last_wwi_veteran And then there was one... *Last World War I combat vet dies in Australia http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110505/D9N1AR9O1.html

Re: Why the showing of papers by Obama was Racist

2011-04-29 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/29/2011 3:15 PM, Sam wrote: I was correcting his statement you moron. It wasn't a longstanding law, it was a new law created less than two weeks ago to justify not releasing the long form. May 15, 2001 is two weeks ago! That might explain a lot about this conversation!!!

Re: Why the showing of papers by Obama was Racist

2011-04-28 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/28/2011 11:56 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: For those more anthropological in mindset, longpork was the term used for white missionaries who were eaten by cannibals a few centuries ago. I don't know which came first, but I have also heard the long pork euphemism in documentaries about

Re: Oregon Legislature rick roll

2011-04-15 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/15/2011 11:27 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/14/oregon_astley/ I heard of it, but had not searched for the video yet. That was kind of fun. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Oregon Legislature rick roll

2011-04-15 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/15/2011 12:18 PM, Casey Dougall wrote: slowest loading youtube vid ever Not for me. The video was right there. Too many House of Fusion members accessing it? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Yet another reason why I am glad we homeschool...

2011-04-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/12/2011 6:51 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: http://tinyurl.com/6xap9t3 I can understand asking, or even requiring that lunches from home be more nutritious, but to ban them completely AND force families to pay the mandatory lunches is ridiculous. TOPIC A I am glad that homeschooling works for

Re: Would you pay monthly for Creative Suite?

2011-04-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/12/2011 8:50 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: Dreamweaver has had a 'code only' interface for a long time...I used Dreamweaver when I first started in web development pre-'MX' and it had a 'code only' view. I believe the point you responded to is that the Code Only view does not eliminate the

Re: Would you pay monthly for Creative Suite?

2011-04-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/12/2011 12:08 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: What am I missing here? The same analysis for people who DO NOT already own a version, so they would not be doing the 'upgrade' path. Just saying, those will be different numbers.

Re: Would you pay monthly for Creative Suite?

2011-04-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/12/2011 12:32 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Ian Skinnerh...@ilsweb.com wrote: The same analysis for people who DO NOT already own a version, so they would not be doing the 'upgrade' path. Just saying, those will be different numbers. Good point.

Re: Would you pay monthly for Creative Suite?

2011-04-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/12/2011 12:46 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: This assumes you always upgrade. I know plenty of people who skip a version. Yes it does. But each of you and me who are happy using older, but working technology. There are those who demand (rightly or wrongly) the latest and greatest. I

I just DO NOT understand how this spam even works!

2011-04-04 Thread Ian Skinner
Who is the 0.1% that actually clicks a link in a message like this? Look atp refreshing dyrgs at sepcial hot http://{url omitted} prices. Become the lvoer with galss It took me a while to figure out they where NOT trying to say Become the lover with glass! Whatever that might have meant.

Re: San Diego Rules

2011-03-28 Thread Ian Skinner
On 3/28/2011 9:48 AM, Vivec wrote: How is it that Farms in a desert are supplying most of the food in the US... Add water to desert soil, and one often gets very fertile farm land. Of course, one must keep adding the water.

Re: Penis size worldwide

2011-03-28 Thread Ian Skinner
On 3/28/2011 12:50 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: On a slightly separate note but related to your comment, I thought the average size was 6 inches. average *claimed* size. I.E why women are such bad judges of distance. That have always been told - - - - - is 6 inches.

Take a moment to pause and consider a time gone by.

2011-03-21 Thread Ian Skinner
Buckles, last WWI doughboy, dies at 110 in W.Va. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_last_wwi_veteran MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – He didn't seek the spotlight, but when Frank Buckles outlived every other American who'd served in World War I, he became what his biographer called the

Re: Take a moment to pause and consider a time gone by.

2011-03-21 Thread Ian Skinner
I think I'm going to have to keep an eye out for the documentary Pershing's Last Patriot http://pershingslastpatriot.com/film/ this year. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

For television sci-fi fans on the list.

2011-03-14 Thread Ian Skinner
http://mentilucent.net/media/1/20070107-comparison.gif Somebody had a lot of spare time on their hands. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Quake / Tsunami

2011-03-11 Thread Ian Skinner
On 3/11/2011 7:15 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: of course they are... any REAL reports of the tsunami from planes or heli's that have flown out to look for it? There's nothing to see while the wave is in deep water. Until it hits shallow water, it is very hard to predict what a tsunami will

PHISING: Has it gone beyond my technical understanding?

2011-03-01 Thread Ian Skinner
Does anybody on this list still participate in general technology discussions? Or has the list devolved to be solely political haranguing? If not, I received an e-mail today that I *THINK* is probably a phishing ploy, but I do not understand how it works if it is. I'm curious how this might

Re: PHISING: Has it gone beyond my technical understanding?

2011-03-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 3/1/2011 9:00 AM, Paul Vernon wrote: Incidentally, clicking on the link in your e-mail reveals your private e-mail address and allows anyone to re-subscribe you to the US bank subscription services... Paul Luckily not all that private. A 15 year old e-mail address that I have mostly

Re: Oops! Wis Gov Thinks Caller is Koch

2011-02-24 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/24/2011 1:29 PM, Sam wrote: You earn $50,000 a year, but people that work in your state government earn $100,000 a year, and you're paying for it. Where's the justice? Yeah every state worker earns six figure salaries and nobody in the private sector does.

Re: Oops! Wis Gov Thinks Caller is Koch

2011-02-24 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/24/2011 1:59 PM, Sam wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm These salary figures do not include the value of health, pension and other benefits, which averaged $40,785 per federal employee in 2008 vs. $9,882 per private worker, according to the Bureau of

Re: Oops! Wis Gov Thinks Caller is Koch

2011-02-24 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/24/2011 3:02 PM, Sam wrote: Also, did you calculate your pension for the amount of years you plan on living? Yes, I did. Because your salary is unexplainably low. I'm sure the people around you make double that. Sorry to be the one to point that out. Failed again. My salary is

Re: So this Wisconsin Thing

2011-02-22 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/22/2011 1:07 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: I could not agree more. It seems like politicians (hell, everyone really) think that 'compromise' means beating down your opponent until they agree to your terms. Something I've been lamenting for a couple of decades now.

Re: So this Wisconsin Thing

2011-02-22 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/22/2011 1:35 PM, Sam wrote: You're right. It started in 2006 Then you must not have a very good memory of the 80's and the 90's. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Google Nautilus

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
Has anybody taken their Google logo for a test drive today? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive:

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 10:01 AM, Sam wrote: Al Gore said the cold weather is caused by global warming. You say that like it isn't what happens? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 12:16 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Vivecgel21...@gmail.com wrote: Because it has changed more now, and more rapidly than in the past. Can you provide links that support this statement? They are out there. This is a horrible reference, but I saw a show

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 11:09 AM, Sam wrote: I wish he would stop confusing me. It's really messing up the NYC gondola business I was planning. Air Conditioners must be a real conundrum to you. How when energy is added to the system the system gets hotter, but yet the room gets colder.

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 11:50 AM, Sam wrote: You mean we weren't confused so they had to change something. I bet when Gore said Manhattan would be 20 feet under water he meant in the form of snow. And that snow hasn't effected NYC society at all has it.

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 12:34 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: Not that is very much a more debatable point. NOW that is very much a more debatable point! Typos that are still correctly spelled word -- the bane of my communications. ~| Order

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 12:32 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: however, the direct link between the post-industrial revolution change in human activity and the subsequent changes in atmospheric composition seem compelling and broadly substantiated. And just as important. Even if future research proves that the

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:13 PM, Sam wrote: What's idiotic is the people that fall for this shit. Last year you were crying the glaciers were melting and NYC was going to be under water. Now your argument is too much snow. Don't you feel just a little dupped? The last I heard, glaciers are still melting

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:15 PM, Sam wrote: Maybe if we didn't cause all this warming there would be even more snow. Yes exactly! ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:30 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Ian Skinnerh...@ilsweb.com wrote: Saying that easily viable and noticeable changes are bullshit and completely made up for the profit of some group or the other is idiotic. I never said that. No, you did not say that,

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:42 PM, Sam wrote: That was bad data and has been retracted. Me going to National Glacier Park and seeing a lot less Glaciers then where there 30 years ago is bad data? Looking at National Geographic pictures of Glaciers around the world that are gone? Where did the Al Gore

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:42 PM, Sam wrote: So Hemp is the AC for the Antartic which is getting too much snow pack. Or something like that. You do realize it's summer there? Heat waves in the summer in South America, is that a new thing? You do realize that it is winter in NYC and snow in the winter is

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:51 PM, Sam wrote: The weather changes, always has. Saying that the climate is changing one way, then another Lets start with a very basic question. Do you believe that the climate as always been as it more or less is now? That there have never been ice ages or global tropical

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 1:53 PM, Sam wrote: You didn't even read the article. Yes I did. Please cut and past the part of the article that tells me where the glaciers that have already disappeared from Glacier National Park and many other places in the world have gone.

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 2:07 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Ian Skinnerh...@ilsweb.com wrote: On 2/8/2011 1:30 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Ian Skinnerh...@ilsweb.comwrote: Saying that easily viable and noticeable changes are bullshit and completely

Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming

2011-02-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/8/2011 2:21 PM, Sam wrote: Climate has cycles and stop being a patronizing ass. Climate has cycles. But we can not possibly be in a cycle now and anybody who tries to prove how the cycle is currently going is a liar and makes up their data. On 2/8/2011 2:21 PM, Sam wrote: Stop being a

Re: Coffee Espresso

2011-02-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 2/1/2011 8:59 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: Hate it. Love the way it smells though. I'm the same way man. Love the smell of coffee, but can't even stand coffee flavored desserts. I've always figured if I can not stand the taste of coffee mixed with all the fat and sugar of a dessert, there's

Re: 25 years ago today....

2011-01-31 Thread Ian Skinner
We all probably know that today is the 25th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. 25 Years ago I was a Senior attending McCall-Donnelly High School (http://www.mdsd.org/Default.aspx). The McCall-Donnelly High School shares the same building as the McCall-Donnelly Elementary

Tuesday Funny

2011-01-18 Thread Ian Skinner
Woman falls into fountain while texting on cell phone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg11glsBW4Y ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion

Re: The Happy Meal Nazi: No Toys for You!!!!!!!

2010-11-04 Thread Ian Skinner
Law curbs McDonald's Happy Meal toyshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101103/us_nm/us_mcdonalds_toys Excerpt: San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children. Heaven

Re: CFUnited Soundoff

2010-07-23 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/23/2010 9:38 AM, Sisk, Kris wrote: Or how about we at least consider the idea that life is too complex to have occurred randomly? Which nobody here is saying one can not consider. But *unless* you can express the idea in scientific terms, I.E. with a testable and falsifiable thesis

Re: FW: New Zealand museum thaws 100-year-old Scotch

2010-07-22 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/22/2010 8:42 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: At least one bottle that is. I suspect that you're right. Repeated freezing and thawing would wreck the taste. But would it have repeatedly thawed if it was burred in Antarctic ice?

Re: NEWBIE ALERT ( was Re: Online Backup Services.)

2010-07-22 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/22/2010 11:01 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: Feel free to ask any questions here. We'll be glad to help. larry *IF* everybody is not embroiled in the latest social-religious-political discussion of the day. ~| Order the

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 12:12 PM, Sam wrote: I'm guessing you didn't know there's twice as many whites below the poverty level than there are blacks? Now that you know that do you want to re-explain what your point is? Blacks make up 13.5% in 2008 of America according the first website I looked at.

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 12:42 PM, Sisk, Kris wrote: Those statistics are wrong, or at least massively out of date. There's no way 75% of America is white anymore. If we were they wouldn't be talking about Latinos being the majority American race before 2015. The last statistic I saw estimated 55% at

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 1:02 PM, Sam wrote: What is your point? To defend Larry no matter what? Yes, that is my point exactly!. Defending Larry by pointing out bad mathematics. I also have a bridge in NYC I would like to sell you. P.S. I also do not believe your interpretation of Larry's point. But

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 1:17 PM, Sam wrote: Shocking! It is shocking that I could agree with you, but your math is still wrong. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 1:28 PM, Sam wrote: 24 million whites below poverty 12 million blacks below poverty. I said twice as many whites are below the poverty level and you say my math is wrong? Shocking. So you give us half a fact. Then say this fact proves your point. And you get defensive

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 1:24 PM, Sam wrote: So why are there 24 million whites below the poverty level if race is so tightly tied to poverty? That's it Sam. Keep bashing us with a single number without context until everybody gets tired of it. Then when all the people who know why this is wrong

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 1:37 PM, Sisk, Kris wrote: I think Ian's point was that raw numbers like that are pretty meaningless when your talking about statistics. Your math isn't exactly wrong but it doesn't paint an accurate picture either. And that is the *ONLY* point I was making...

Re: Oops! Did I say that on tape? Shirley Sherrod of the USDA Sticks Her Foot In Her Mouth.

2010-07-20 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/20/2010 1:43 PM, Sam wrote: Your constant self righteous asshole attitude is tiring. Can you ever just get over yourself and admit your wrong? You first! ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: For the Statistically | Mathematically inclined

2010-07-18 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/16/2010 10:43 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: Can somebody help refresh my statistical knowledge that I have not used for over twenty years? I am trying to figure out the formula | algorithm to create random numbers that will follow a specific probability distribution. If I have done my

For the Statistically | Mathematically inclined

2010-07-17 Thread Ian Skinner
Can somebody help refresh my statistical knowledge that I have not used for over twenty years? I am trying to figure out the formula | algorithm to create random numbers that will follow a specific probability distribution. The distribution I want is asymmetrical. There are more numbers on

For the Statistically | Mathematically inclined

2010-07-17 Thread Ian Skinner
Can somebody help refresh my statistical knowledge that I have not used for over twenty years? I am trying to figure out the formula | algorithm to create random numbers that will follow a specific probability distribution. The distribution I want is asymmetrical. There are more numbers on

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-16 Thread Ian Skinner
Now that we all have had a chance to learn something new about the HTML label tag we may not have known before. Does anybody have any insight or suggestions in the actual jQuery code before I go and repeat what I have nearly a dozen more times for the other sections of the form?

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-16 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/16/2010 8:42 AM, Medic wrote: I don't use JQuery, but why not just turn the code you don't want to retype 12 times into a function? That is the type of thing I am trying to get some advice on. What might be the way to apply a dozen slider UI controls to a dozen different div elements

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-16 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/16/2010 9:45 AM, Medic wrote: Post your code for how you do it once and I'll see if I can help you create a reusable function. I assume this should be easy but since I've never actually used jQuery I can't say for sure. I posted a link in the first message so anybody could see all the

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-16 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/16/2010 9:45 AM, Medic wrote: Post your code for how you do it once and I'll see if I can help you create a reusable function. I assume this should be easy but since I've never actually used jQuery I can't say for sure. Ok, thinking about what you are talking about, I replaced that

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-16 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/16/2010 10:46 AM, Medic wrote: You do realize that jQuery is just an interaction layer on top of javascript right? So if you do it natively in javascript you are just cutting out a step. jQuery doesn't do anything that you couldn't write yourself in js, it's just done already for you

Very first jQuery application

2010-07-15 Thread Ian Skinner
I'm playing with jQuery for the first time. This is what I have developed so far. http://www.ilsweb.com/games/demographics.html I'm seeking guidance and experience, so that when I have completed this exercise, experienced jQuery developers won't feel like this looking at my code -

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-15 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/15/2010 10:04 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: You seem to be applying the selector for the button press in the wrong place, if you move the nouse to say 150pixels left of the button on white space and press the LMB then the button seems to still be pushed. Interesting. The button is in a

Re: Very first jQuery application

2010-07-15 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/15/2010 10:17 PM, Andrew Scott wrote: I am sure someone who is more experienced at jQuery will answer that, but when I viewed the source it looks fine to me. But yeah very weird if you ask me. It may not be a jQuery issue. The HTML specification does indicate that clicking on a

Re: Forget 2012. BP's gonna kill us all before Christmas!

2010-07-13 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/13/2010 8:07 AM, Sisk, Kris wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/12/methane_bubble_of_doom/ Bit of amusing junk science and conspiracy theory. Good for a laugh though. On a related note, have people always been convinced the world was going to end tomorrow and I've just never

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/12/2010 10:12 AM, Sisk, Kris wrote: I've got a high listen score so I'll just take a 10 on that check. :-] This thread has not devolved into a much more interesting and entertaining direction of late! ~| Order the

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-12 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/12/2010 2:41 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: Just because there are no videos (or none that I can find) on the net doesn't mean it is not true. Again...go fire one and you will understand. Something that can penetrate 27 inches of ballistic gel is packing a heavy punch. But that is a

Animal World Cup prognosticators disagree.

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
So which way would you go with your betting dollars, pesos, euros? With the parakeet or with the Octopus? *S'pore World Cup-forecasting parakeet picks Dutch* http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100709/D9GRDR082.html SINGAPORE (AP) - A crowd of soccer fans leans forward as Mani, Singapore's

Re: Animal World Cup prognosticators disagree.

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 6:49 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: PigeonRank of course!!! http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html But, as far as I can tell, the rats with wings haven't actually made a prediction yet, have they? ~|

Re: Now these robot engineers are solving the problems...

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 7:44 AM, G Money wrote: See now...why did ya have ta go and do that? On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Cameron Childresscamer...@gmail.comwrote: Really, this could have been such a nice thread about subservient robots working hard to meet humankind's needs. At least for awhile

Re: Ummm, about that budget . . .

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 9:40 AM, Sisk, Kris wrote: It's not the positions that are dishonest. It's how the two sides talk about each other. If they were honest they'd both admit that the other side has a point and we'd actually be able to move towards resolving the issue instead of just endlessly

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 11:33 AM, Sam wrote: On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Maureenmamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: I was actually a pretty strong advocate for the 2nd amendment until my son got shot at in drive-by while eating lunch at a Mexican restaurant in NE Atlanta. I bet the guns used weren't

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 12:14 PM, Sam wrote: Good point. While we're banning all guns because some might one day become illegal, lets close the drug stores too. OR, conversely, regulate guns to the same level drugs and drug stores are regulated since dangerous items should be regulated to similar

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 12:14 PM, Sisk, Kris wrote: The problem I have with gun control laws is that they don't accomplish anything. Most gun related crimes (80% I think was the figure but it's been a while since I've seen it) are committed with illegally purchased guns. A large number of illegally

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 12:51 PM, Sam wrote: So the thieves win? Focus on the crimes of having illegal guns rather then *banning* the legal ones. And I'm quoting from the email you replied to: On 7/9/2010 12:35 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: Gun control and *gun banishment* are two different things

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 1:14 PM, Sam wrote: We already have gun control, by extending it you banish guns from more people. Playing with semantics doesn't change the point. Maybe improving current gun control might might make things better. I do not accept your theorem because it is built on a faulty

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 1:34 PM, Sam wrote: Did you change focus somewhere along the line? On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Ian Skinnerh...@ilsweb.com wrote: ... that those who can get them are better controlled to not allow them to get to these people. Again, I will just re-quote my original post.

Re: Daily Kos: Why liberals should love the Second Amendment

2010-07-09 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/9/2010 2:14 PM, Sam wrote: Missed that, and it wasn't your original. I was paying more attention to this: Less guns bought to be stolen does lead to less guns to buy illegally. Different point for a different part of the conversation. Basic supply and demand says that if there are

Re: Hiring question - Hourly vs Salary

2010-07-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/8/2010 6:51 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: I'm making the assumption that hourly means contract rather than full time hire. That might be a big assumption. I've worked for 10 years now in this technology job of mine and that has broken down largely as 3 months as a full time salaried

Re: New (On Hold) Music Wednesday

2010-07-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/8/2010 11:07 AM, J.J. Merrick wrote: Since we are on the topic... So how are you getting Nashville Southern hospitality in Hawaii? Since that is the only state I am aware of from which Oregon or Washington would be north*east*! As for what most of us call the north*west*, I lived a

Re: Thursday Funny

2010-07-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/8/2010 11:16 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: OK, its obvious that Dylan has issues, but his first 'Vison for America' is pretty damn funny. http://www.lamebook.com/dylans-vision Emphasis mine. Content blocked by your organization Reason: This Websense category is filtered: *Tasteless.* URL:

Now these robot engineers are solving the problems...

2010-07-08 Thread Ian Skinner
... that need to be solved! ... robot that delivers beer http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20009969-1.html Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Cq0sy4TBs ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Stunning photo series on the gulf/oil spill

2010-07-07 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/7/2010 12:34 PM, G Money wrote: I guess I don't have a problem with reasonable restrictions that keep people out of the way of the cleaners...but reporting is a protected right and needs to be allowed to go on. For sure, absolutely. Restrain the impulses of reporters from being

A bit more then just wash me!

2010-07-06 Thread Ian Skinner
Art from window grime (photos) http://news.cnet.com/2300-17938_105-10003985.html Texas artist Scott Wade paints amazingly detailed images on grimy car windows. Here, his take on Albert Einstein. Note that Wade's cat Squeek has left his stamp of approval, a paw print, on the physicist's

House of Fusion

2010-07-02 Thread Ian Skinner
Are you there? Friday, July 2nd, 6:35 a.m. Pacific Standard Time http://www.houseoffusion.com Server Error The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Could not connect to JRun Server.

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 9:02 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Sisk, Krisks...@gckschools.com wrote: Ok...they went to a heavy metal concert and now they're complaining the music was too loud? *Grumble Grumble* Stupid sue happy society. Shit, I just spilled McDonnalds coffee on

XML XSLT technical question.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
Asking here as this is not strictly speaking, a ColdFusion question as CF is not being used in this process at the moment. I have an XML file created by a tool I use. It has eateries like this: TASK TITLE=Add the CFML logging code to other applications on Approd01. ID=76 ICONINDEX=-1

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
actions. It's called hot coffee for a reason. -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:h...@ilsweb.com] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:20 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in courtkind of funny. On 7/1/2010 9:02 AM, Casey Dougall wrote

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 9:29 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: The point was though that she was holding a hot cup of coffee between her legs...no very smart. Accept, according to court transcripts, she wasn't. She was holding it in one hand, while taking the lid off with the other, and the cup collapsed.

Re: No longer unemployed...

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 9:06 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: I sure do hope that this is a sign that the second half of this year will be better than the first half. You and me both list brother. My furloughs officially ended yesterday. Here's hopin' that whatever the Governator has planned for the next year

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 9:33 AM, Sam wrote: Not another Stella defender. I guess someone needs to support the stupid :) I just support making ones judgments from the actually facts as presented in the court case, not gleaned from late night talk show hosts. Start from there and make intelligent

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 10:35 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled into her lap. Oops, been too long since I've

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 9:37 AM, G Money wrote: Yes, but you missed the REAL reason the suit had merit: Actually, I intentionally did not speak to the merit of the case. Just the prevalence of people to form opinions based on facts that are not actually factual.

Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
On 7/1/2010 11:00 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: Putting a cup between your knees is not a really smart thing to do...that is exerting a lot of pressure from both sides...she probably squeezed it so much that it collapsed. I would also question the 3rd degree burns. That would require longer term

Re: XML XSLT technical question.

2010-07-01 Thread Ian Skinner
Further testing and development has shown that it is something with how Firefox applies the transformation. It just removes all the line breaks of the text inside of elements. I.E. apparently does not, but Opera does. Unfortunatly I.E. handles other style elements in a way I do not like.

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