Re: best company logo ^_^

2008-06-06 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Vivec wrote: > > You > wonder if these things are intentional The answer appears to be 'yes, it was intentional'. http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/2008/05/30/a-styles-logo-is-n

Re: Beware of consulting offers

2008-04-25 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:39 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > Many of you already know this, but for those of you who don't, you > should be > > *very* wary of people offering consulting services on this list. > > o_O Great timing as I'm posting my own availability! > > Scary stuff though. > >

Re: what a crash

2008-04-06 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Wow. I was going to provide a racing explanation, but it sorta seems pointless after that most excellent scientific one. Awesome explanation, for sure. For the sake of further explanation of what exactly occurred in this particular incident, I am adding the following. There was speedy dry on th

Re: what a crash

2008-04-05 Thread Matt Quackenbush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI96AKMswLM On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Deanna Schneider < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I went in search of this footage, and didn't find, it, but found this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxObupTVzAQ > > Warning - pretty heartbreaking stuff in there - espec

Re: what a crash

2008-04-05 Thread Matt Quackenbush
2008 at 2:08 AM, Jim Davis wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Matt Quackenbush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:06 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: what a crash > > > > I'm with John Roberts (and just ab

Re: what a crash

2008-04-04 Thread Matt Quackenbush
I'm at the track, and all I can say is OUCH! A rookie mistake. Never turn right and gas it to try and save your loose car. Turn left and lock it down. Otherwise, you're head-on into the wall, just like McDowell today. According to Kyle Petty: "That was a *very* spectacular crash, but it wasn't

Odd Browser Behavior

2008-03-13 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Important Info: Wife's computer, which means God only knows what the hell happened. :-) Odd Behavior: Pick a site, any site. Let's say cnn.com. Load the page, no problems. Click a link to a story. Story loads for a brief moment, and then the browser redirects immediately back to the home page

Windoze Backup Software

2008-02-19 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Have any suggestions/recommendations on Windoze backup software? (Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003) Preferably something that saves backups of files (from a specified directory) as they change, and does additional backups as scheduled. I don't (yet) have a Mac, but based on what I've been

Re: master-cleanse diet

2008-02-11 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Feb 11, 2008 2:14 PM, Erika L. Walker wrote: > I can go on and on and on ... and many of you are probably tired of my > soapbox ;) but CHARLIE! you can do it! :D > > I'm sure there's some others here that can pipe in with some tips to keep > you going! :D > Damn straight. Hop to it Griefer!

Re: The Fairtax Book

2008-02-08 Thread Matt Quackenbush
"A regressive tax system does not mean and likely would not result in low income earners paying more taxes than the wealthy, only that the effective tax rate relative to income or consumption would be a larger tax burden to low income earners." Given the definition on the Wikipedia page, the effec

Re: Is Hillary or Obama making dems switch?

2008-02-06 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Feb 6, 2008 12:48 PM, Rick Root wrote: > I'm a registered democrat, and I'd vote in the republican primary if I > thought it would make a difference in nominating someone less likely > to prevail - like I don't think there's any way in hell Mike Huckabee > can win a national election. So I mig

Re: Seeking Cold Fusion Developer

2008-02-06 Thread Matt Quackenbush
As a relative newcomer to CF-Community, I have a question... Has _any_ thread in the history of CF-Community *ever* actually remained on-topic? (With the original topic of the thread - I realize that *anything* is on-topic for the list.) :-)

Re: The Fairtax Book

2008-02-05 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Feb 5, 2008 6:50 PM, Dana wrote: > I'd like to hear which government agencies are useless :) > Wouldn't the task be a much simpler one if one only had to name the government agencies that are *not* useless?? ;-) ~| Adobe®

Re: Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-03 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Feb 3, 2008 9:22 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I've got to quit watching football I watch one game a year nowadays. The Super Bore. I must admit though, it was anything but a bore tonight. > C'mon now Eli MVP? Please, it was the defense that shut down the patriots > that > should

Re: The Fairtax Book

2008-01-31 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 31, 2008 10:27 PM, Adam Churvis wrote: > I love the idea of seeing every single sales receipt and invoice show > clearly the entire tax burden at the federal, state, county, and city > levels, and I'd even make it mandatory to display "Total Taxes" so people > could get really good and damn

Re: The Fairtax Book

2008-01-31 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 31, 2008 6:44 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Matt wrote: > > Your research is skewed. Texas absolutely _does_ have a state sales > tax. > > > > Ah, yeah that's right but no state income tax right? It's oregon or > washington that I think doesn't have the sales tax. Anyway it's > someone I've

Re: The Fairtax Book

2008-01-31 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 31, 2008 1:04 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Gel wrote: > > So your problem becomes one of accountability. > > Is this any less of a problem under the current system of Corporate > > and Income tax? > > > > Not a durned thing, happens all the time as MN has a state sales tax > whereas, say, Texa

Re: terror plots foiled across Europe

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 30, 2008 9:32 PM, Dana wrote: > so why not invade them? I just think the bit about how we are invading > Iran because they invaded Kuwait back in the day does not pass the > giggle test. Why not invade Mexico for fighting with us over Texas? > Heck, why not bomb Britain for being mean to us

Re: Obama Rally in KC: I was there

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Bill has his girlfriends. Hillary has her girlfriends. Why does _anyone_ actually care? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160

Ben Stein Expelled

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Man, I cannot wait to see this one. http://www.expelledthemovie.com/playground.php ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600

Re: Obama Rally in KC: I was there

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 30, 2008 1:11 PM, Billy Cox wrote: > I guess that leaves out Clinton too unless she can borrow Bill's. > > > "I'll take a President with balls." > LOL. She's had him by his for decades now. ;-) ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8

Re: Obama Rally in KC: I was there

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
I suppose one hears what they want to hear, but it's always the same ol' "vote for me and vote for change" rhetoric. It happens every election year, and no one party has the patent on that line of crap. And on his voting record, it is, at best, abysmal. On the first 200 bills for the 110th Congr

Re: Obama Rally in KC: I was there

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 30, 2008 11:36 AM, Sam wrote: > I don't want a Public Relations Speaker I want a president. > What's he going to do for the country besides a giant group hug. Kum > by ya and all that. > > He's never said what he'll do, just change and take back. What does > that mean? Give me details, what

Re: Obama Rally in KC: I was there

2008-01-30 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 30, 2008 11:38 AM, Sam wrote: > ps. > McCains a liberal... > Hear hear! +100 ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/c

Re: List anonymity (Re: CF-Community Presidential Poll)

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 29, 2008 7:08 PM, Dinner wrote: > His Real Name, or just a "stable name"? > His real name. > I doubt it really matters. > > If you've got skills, you've got skillz. > In the grand scheme of things, I agree. I was just presenting another argument to make people get all up in arms about

Re: List anonymity (Re: CF-Community Presidential Poll)

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Then there's another side of that argument. I know someone who was recently sought out and hired specifically because of his involvement with lists and blogs, and had his name not been out there in the open, he most assuredly would not have been contacted. ~~~

Re: terror plots foiled across Europe

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 29, 2008 1:29 PM, Loathe wrote: > Say it with me now: > > 1. Cease fire violations are an act of war. > 2. Attempting to assassinate a former president is an act of war. > 3. Firing on U.S. aircraft is an act of war. > True on all 3 counts. But does it justify heading into a war that

Re: terror plots foiled across Europe

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 29, 2008 1:55 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > I see that as the view of people who are emotionally invested in opposing > the President; it is a view that is simply not supported by the facts. The > war in Iraq was not pre-determined. (a) I don't oppose the President, per se. And I most certai

Re: Building a CF RSS Feed

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
or cfRSS or RSSVille on riaforge http://cfrss.riaforge.org/ http://rssville.riaforge.org/ ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;1

Re: terror plots foiled across Europe

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
9/11 was most certainly *not* the cause of our invasion of Iraq. It was the _excuse_ that Bush so desperately needed and desired to engage the American public and congress in backing his intentions of war. Period. On Jan 29, 2008 11:53 AM, G Money wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 11:20 AM, Dana wrote:

Re: For Tony ...

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Funny. I was reading this thread, and google decided to give me the following as a related "ad". Pretty cool. http://www.braydenbozak.com/?gclid=COqmvN_4m5ECFSUwlgodYVmZPw As for golf, I'm the guy that use to make fun of everyone that played golf. Never got it. Long story short, I never did un

Re: The Fairtax Book

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Quackenbush
I find that Amazon book "review" to be laughable. The writer spends a considerable amount of time lamenting that the book authors provide no studies or "proof" of what they say, and then spends the remainder of his time to offer his views (with no studies or proof of any sort), and proclaim that h

Re: [linkage] Neat conference

2008-01-24 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 24, 2008 2:01 AM, Maureen wrote: > Looks like a Myspace template to me. Maybe we're not looking at the same > page? > That is *precisely* what went through my head as soon as I looked at it. Pissed me off just as bad as myspace does, and I couldn't even read the site to see what it's abo

Re: As the ColdFusion World Turns

2008-01-22 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 22, 2008 1:39 PM, Shawna Hampton wrote: > > > WHERE otherBlah IN (#preserveSingleQuotes(yourList)#) > IMO, #preserveSingleQuotes()# should never be used in a query. Doing so opens your database up to all sorts of SQL Injection attacks. The only possible exception to this is if you have

Re: These seo guys rock!!!!!

2008-01-21 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Now that is some funny chit right there. I'll be sure to put a rush on moving all of my high ranking sites off of CF and onto something more SEO-friendly. How about I rewrite everything so that all of my content is delivered via JavaScript? Maybe that will finally get me the rankings that I so d

Re: Usage-Based Internet Billing??

2008-01-17 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 17, 2008 5:35 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > The irony, of course, is that the networks are rolling out next-gen 10 Gb > fiber connections all over the country, so there is plenty of backbone > bandwidth. The cable companies have just gotten fat, dumb and happy on > broadband user subscriptions a

Re: Usage-Based Internet Billing??

2008-01-17 Thread Matt Quackenbush
That's called "progress", right?? On Jan 17, 2008 4:03 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The US is moving backward in internet usage. In Europe 15MB/s > connections seem to be becoming the norm in places such as Belgium, > and it's filtering quickly throughout developed europe. > High speed

Usage-Based Internet Billing??

2008-01-17 Thread Matt Quackenbush
http://www.mammothblog.com/index.cfm/2008/1/17/Time-Warner-Testing-Usage-Based-Internet-Billing ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/c

Re: Great Op-Ed By Buchanan

2008-01-16 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 16, 2008 12:49 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > If anyone is a true MBA president, I can tell you from direct > experience that it's Mitt. It would be like hiring Warren Buffet > except with management experience. While I don't like his flip-flops > and his campaign persona, he is a great guy and

Re: Huckabee is a huckster

2008-01-07 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 7, 2008 9:50 AM, G Money wrote: > It would be an elective.and basically, if your messed up enough that > you > don't want your child learning about the people around them, including > their > beliefs, you probably shouldn't have your child in school in the first > place. > Those peopl

Re: Jesus camp

2008-01-07 Thread Matt Quackenbush
On Jan 7, 2008 7:23 AM, G Money wrote: > I'm curious though, if you grew up in a fundie home, were you subjected to > any of the kind of torture (poetic license there) as the kids we saw in > the > film? Yes. While some of what is seen in this documentary is certainly on the "extremist" side o

Re: Jesus camp

2008-01-05 Thread Matt Quackenbush
OMG. I actually agree with Jim Davis on something that does not pertain to code. Note to self: must get a checkup soon. Having grown up in a "fundie" home, I can speak from personal experience on this topic. Not many topics will get me riled up as much as this sort of topic. I don't watch ma

Re: NY - Governor Spitzer - taxes on internet sales

2007-11-15 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Leave it to politicians to always try and get a piece of someone else's pie. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP

Re: Comedian Tom Delay

2007-11-14 Thread Matt Quackenbush
My doctor sees me because I'm a patient. Has nothing to do with insurance. Especially when you consider that I have not had insurance in over 15 years. On Nov 14, 2007 8:30 AM, Dana wrote: > But to answer your actual point -- your doctor takes your call because > he has seen you before. He has

Re: Going to CO Springs for a bit- any must see type deals?

2007-09-06 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Ya gotta go to Garden of the Gods. Awesome stuff. http://www.gardenofgods.com/home/index.cfm?&Flash=1 On 9/6/07, Dinner wrote: > > Yeahupa, subject says it all. > > Anything I should try to make a point of [on the way | there]? > ~

Re: one thing pc users can do that mac users can't...

2007-08-28 Thread Matt Quackenbush
My favorite post of the day. :-) On 8/28/07, Dana wrote: > > ::snort:: maybe you should do something useful with the powers this > frees up. Preventing hurricanes or inventing a cure of cancer or > something. > > Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but I'm an agnostic in this religious > discussion a

Re: baseball thread

2007-08-14 Thread Matt Quackenbush
I'm not worried about the Yankees. They're coming on strong now. Thank God. Speaking of the Yankees... R.I.P. Scooter Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto passed away today. He was 89. I loved listening to The Scooter pour out his knowledge about baseball. He was a fun guy to be around. I wish he could

Re: Split Inbound Payment

2007-08-09 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Crow and Jerry, Thanks for the suggestions. That seems to be kinda sorta not exactly what I want to do, but probably the only scenario that is likely to work. :) Matt ~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure sca

Re: Split Inbound Payment

2007-08-08 Thread Matt Quackenbush
If I wanted to collect the whole payment myself and then cut a check (or some other form of payment) to the "owner", yes. I wouldn't have asked the question if that were the case. I am hoping that there is some sort of payment processing mechanism (e.g. PayPal, GoogleCheckout, etc) that would all

Re: Split Inbound Payment

2007-08-08 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Since I don't know who/what you're referring to, I would have to say "no". On 8/8/07, Vivec wrote: > > Is...is this the beginnings of another valliantster?? > 0_0 > ~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs

Split Inbound Payment

2007-08-08 Thread Matt Quackenbush
Howdee... I am unaware that such an animal exists, but I thought maybe there were enough pieces to a variety of puzzles laying around the 'net that I might be able to collect the ones I need and create my own puzzle. So, where better to ask for expert opinions than here? ;-) Think online consig