Re: Common Core will turn your children gay

I don't know anything about it. I will ask my mom her opinion. She is a first grade teacher. On 5/20/2014 11:47 AM, GMoney wrote: > If anyone on here has practical experience with it and can give concrete > examples of what they think is wrong with itor perhaps how it's turning > them gay

Re: Common Core will turn your children gay

If he does, wow. If not, you have to give him credit for knowing how to rile up his target audience. On 5/20/2014 10:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Not sure, I've had to listen to my teahadi neighbours and they > honestly and sincerely believe that sort of thing. ~~~

Re: Common Core will turn your children gay

Just some asshole preaching to the choir trying to get them all wargarbled. I doubt he _really_ thinks that. On 5/20/2014 9:30 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > At least that's what this Florida representative thinks :) > > > http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/05/20/florida-republ

Re: Woman's car attacked by self-identified 'high elf' battling evil

Puncture marks? Haha! At least he truly committed to his cause. Now he may be committed to something else. Imagine explaining that one to the insurance company. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon

re-reflow

Does anyone know of any other tool similar to Adobe's Edge Reflow? Reflow shows potential and I can get things done with it, but it is still glitchy and the only code it outputs is "for previewing your Reflow design". I have found Macaw, which is glitchy, but at least lets me export code, Web

Re: loooong web pages

I blame that Windows Metro crap. Big blocks of color and a little content. It's probably just a case of "all of the cool kids are doing it". It's like the web is coming full circle, back to pages that are organized top down in one long column, just without the bookmarks, usually. I find it a

Re: loooong web pages

Isn't that what media queries are for? On 5/15/2014 12:55 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > I think it's due to phones and tablets ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272

Re: loooong web pages

Nope. Not Paralax. Just long web pages. Lots of negative space. The link I posted is a perfect example. On 5/15/2014 12:55 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > Parallax? > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.a

loooong web pages

t aware of, or is it just the next new fad like image carousels before? Designers confuse me and therefore make me angry! PT - Seeking enlightenment for a better tomorrow. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://

Re: Fred Phelps Sr., leader of Westboro Baptist Church, dies at 84 - The Washington Post

He was old. He died. Don't feel bad for being a little glad. It isn't like someone stole any life from him. If he really believed what he said he believed, imagine how miserable his life was. So full of anger and hate...he's probably happier being dead. Well, maybe, depending on where he end

Re: Fred Phelps Sr., leader of Westboro Baptist Church, dies at 84 - The Washington Post

Here. Let me. Thank god for dead Phelps. PT - One less waste of air, for a better tomorrow. On 3/20/2014 12:10 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fred-phelps-sr-leader-of-westboro-baptist-church-dies-at-84/2014/03/20/a0c5cd30-ae2b-11e

Re: Warrantless strikes by drones by US within America?

A lot of people probably don't. On 10/25/2013 6:33 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > The shrink in you doesn't immediately see the difference between looking > someone in the face and pulling the trigger and doing it on a video screen > from a far distance?

Re: Living Relatives of Iceman Mummy Found

The burning question is how do they know he was lactose intolerant? Something about that cracks me up. On 10/15/2013 12:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > http://news.discovery.com/history/living-relatives-of-iceman-mummy-found-131014.htm#mkcpgn=emnws1 > > and they probably want a piece of

Re: Shit's getting real

On 10/3/2013 3:12 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > He talking heads have no idea yet what his issue is. Do they ever have any idea? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/14

Re: One political party holding US to ransom...

On 10/2/2013 2:39 PM, Vivec wrote: > > Ok. If one were to look at that sort of thing all the time, and believe > without question...then I see where you would get the ideas that you have, > Sam. > :-\ > > It's a cognitive dissonance issue at the moment, I think. With a lot of > things. All the

Re: These Arizona teenagers are gonna exorcise Britain of all the evil Harry Potter demons | Death and Taxes

I am going to beat Sam to the punch and say this is a non story. This isn't the fundamentalist Christian Right. These are con artists along the lines of psychics and mediums. "This Friday, BBC3 is set to air a documentary about three frighteningly sincere teen girl exorcists from Arizona ..."

Re: These Arizona teenagers are gonna exorcise Britain of all the evil Harry Potter demons | Death and Taxes

Wait. Wait. Wait ... I just did the math. Daddy Hukster claims to have done 15,000 exorcisms and charges $200 a pop. Assuming he charged for all of them, that is $3 million. That jackass better be paying taxes on that. Also, he would have to perform 1 exorcism a day for 41 years to rack up

Re: Texas Conservatives Demand Science Textbooks Incorporate 'Creation Science Based On Biblical Principles'

On 9/11/2013 3:38 PM, Sam wrote: > >> The only arguments involve >> mythological beings creating all life in a week, or other such stories. Not >> science, but religion or mythology. Based on your point of view, >> Bullfinch's Mythology should be accepted scientific textbooks. >> > > You just sa

Re: Texas Conservatives Demand Science Textbooks Incorporate 'Creation Science Based On Biblical Principles'

On 9/11/2013 3:33 PM, Sam wrote: > That was my point. This nonsense from the articles title implies All Texas > Conservatives on the board want creationism taught. In reality it was one > out of 28 members. Ah. I understand your point now. You just took a round about way of stating it. I was

Re: Texas Conservatives Demand Science Textbooks Incorporate 'Creation Science Based On Biblical Principles'

On 9/11/2013 9:42 AM, Sam wrote: > > Any scientific theory that is not law has arguments against. I don't see a > problem with giving the pros and cons to any good theory. This argument was > presented as trying to add creation science when the article says they just > want the books to be thorou

Re: Texas Conservatives Demand Science Textbooks Incorporate 'Creation Science Based On Biblical Principles'

On 9/11/2013 2:11 PM, Sam wrote: > Exactly. So why is "an argument against evolution" considered an argument > about origins? Because creationism is an origin myth. > Who want's to teach an unrelated myth-based, alternative explanation? I > thought we were talking about arguments against evolut

Re: Texas Conservatives Demand Science Textbooks Incorporate 'Creation Science Based On Biblical Principles'

On 9/11/2013 11:17 AM, Sam wrote: >> Do humans evolve or did every living thing on earth evolve from the same >>> living cell? >>> >> >> All creatures evolve Sam. The fact that you asked this question leads me to >> believe you do not fully understand evolution. >> >> > Did you say all creatures

Re: I really don't want to live on this planet any longer...

Well, since it isn't going anywhere, it should be easy to get off. You won't even have to drop and roll to lessen the impact from that imaginary X,000s kph rotational speed. On 10/8/2012 11:05 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > http://fixedearth.com/ > ~~~

Re: How the f*&k did this guy get on the House Science Committee?

"According to Broun, the scientific plot was primarily concerned with hiding the true age of the Earth. Broun serves on the House Science Committee, which came under scrutiny recently after another one of its Republican members, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), suggested that victims of “legitimate rape

Re: Radial tree graph navigation

Wicked. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! On 9/7/2012 5:35 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > You could use a totally awesome and free JS library called D3. It is > the bees knees for data viz. Some parts of it are more manual than I'd > like but the upside of that is that you can customi

Radial tree graph navigation

I am considering making a navigation system using a radial tree graph, (don't ask). Javascript, CSS 3 and HTML5 are my only real technology options. Canvas is OK, but Flash is right out. Has anyone here ever seen any tutorials for something like that? Maybe seen an example or two? I saw an

Re: republicans lose control over the Wisconsin Senate

Yippie? On 7/3/2012 12:09 PM, Sam wrote: > > I wonder what the left wing thinks. > > . > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> >> I wonder what the right wing thinks of this, after Walker surviving >> the recall, the state senate goes democratic. >> >> http://gazettextra.co

Re: Illegal Campaign Contribution?

This will solve the problem: tell them to piss off and keep on driving. what justification do they have for not paying? On 6/25/2012 12:46 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > President Obama’s visit, and the Obama for America campaign said they > wouldn’t pay. ~~~

Re: US Education - The Next Bubble

Back in the 60's/70's, SC subsidized public colleges to the tune of something like 80 cents or more per dollar of expenses. I believe that number is in the low teens now. The burden of the difference has been shifted to the student. The federal government offers to pick up some of the slack

Re: Messed up priorities

No. I don't think I have it backwards. I am not saying that it's amazing that everything is tailor made for us. I am saying that it is amazing that there is life at all. If anything in that list didn't exist, or things didn't happen the exact way they did in the right order, then not only

Re: Messed up priorities

I think the conditions are so specific, that is about what it would take. Sure, there has to be other life out there, but I think it is rarer than it might seem it should be. On 6/11/2012 1:59 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:52 PM, PT wrote: > >> I

Re: Messed up priorities

It really amazes me the number of things that had to go exactly right to allow life to form on Earth. First the universe exists. Our star is just the right size and temperature. Earth is just the right distance from it. The moon exists and is just the right size and has just the right orbit. The

Re: Messed up priorities

>> Not sure if the event they think created the moon predated plant life. > Yes. The Earth was probably not solidified at the time. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/d

Re: Messed up priorities

Well, the new Hubble is already under construction. This would be an unplanned addition. The NASA folks said if they got both, they could use one to look at wide area views of the universe and the other to really zoom in on something interesting when they find it. I believe the term ideal w

Re: It Appears that New Party Minutes Confirm President Obama Was a Member

Technically, the 1st doesn't apply when it is a private citizen saying STFU. :) On 6/8/2012 10:23 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I can honestly say at this point, I detest every single person from every > party that posts political content on the internet." > > Not a fan of the First Amendment or

U.S. Bankruptcy - a rambling rant (Re: Messed up priorities)

proactive is done. Finance is fascinating and mind boggling at the same time. PT - Giving an unprofessional opinion based on the understanding of a Professional Business minor, for a better tomorrow. (Please do not respond nitpicking the numbers. They don't really mat

Re: FW: Bulgarian archaeologists unearth skeletons stabbed through chest to prevent becoming vampires

Actually, I read somewhere that staking the corpses to the ground wasn't so much to prevent them from becoming vampires as it was an attempt to actually pin them to the ground so they couldn't get up. Darkly amusing. At least there was *some* rationality behind the practice. Actually, the wh

Re: FW: Bulgarian archaeologists unearth skeletons stabbed through chest to prevent becoming vampires

The book says it has to be holy water! Don't forget about werewolves. (might not be safe for work. Juvenile potty humor. Keep the sound low if nothing else.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SlWegS2sS0 On 6/8/2012 9:27 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > easy solution after they are finished studying

Messed up priorities

It is really sad that NASA does not have the 1.3 billion funding needed to complete their new telescope project that would help explain what dark matter is, among other things. The way the government spends money, 1.3 billion is nothing for a project of such potential scientific importance. Th

Re: Funny story: publishing company fires employees for sharing rumors of outsourcing

I was kind of with him at the start. He did make some good points, but he handled the situation poorly. He lost me when he blamed the firing of 25 people on the misdeeds of one person and more so when the expansion office was to be staffed with a lot of orphans ... I think he was just pissed

Re: Funny story: publishing company fires employees for sharing rumors of outsourcing

I am not seeing the hilarity, beyond someone recorded him being a total jackass and gave it to the press. OK. To be outed as a petulant, petty, lying, abusive, vindictive, exploitative, avaricious asshole in a community where he is considered an upstanding leader is a bit hilarious. I bet th

Re: The Zombie Apocolypse is starting...

Sardonicism aside, they would have been shooting the, uh, victim, in the knife case, which kind of defeats the purpose. They didn't have to shoot him. They could have waited around until he was done if they wanted. They also called SWAT to handle him after the pepper spray did not work. Had

Re: The Zombie Apocolypse is starting...

> First things that comes to mind are blood loss and shock. Also I don't > think it would take much to get a good bite in on the neck or under the > jaw line. Crazy dude was biting chunks out of the victim's face. I think > he was probably biting hard enough to do the deed. Oh and add to this tha

Re: The Zombie Apocolypse is starting...

On 5/30/2012 2:24 AM, Dana wrote: > >> One of the fun facts that came up in conversation with them was that >> hospitalizations for infected wounds are actually quite common and some of >> the worst are caused by the human mouth. Usually people injuring their >> hands on other people's teeth. Pret

Re: The Zombie Apocolypse is starting...

On 5/29/2012 7:39 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:26 PM, PT wrote: >> >> If I were the victim, I would tell the cop to fill him up. > > Which is why we have trained police officers deal with these > situations and not freaked out victims.

Re: The Zombie Apocolypse is starting...

Take down, how? Grapple with him? You would tackle a man who is strung out on who knows what that probably makes him "invincible" and also makes him think it is a good idea to eat faces? He obviously has no problems with biting ... and biting, and biting. Who is really going to stick their

Re: OK this is interesting

That would be awesome. Unfortunately, I think the author has seriously underestimated the logistical nightmare resulting from some of the proposed features. The gravity wheel, while not a new idea, is needlessly complicated in its design. Most of the luxury features (IMAX theaters? Restaura

Re: big FISA news

Wow. Jacobs sounds like an asshole. If he can't separate his personal distaste for the plaintiffs from the legal standing of their complaint, then he needs to recuse himself if the matter gets sent back to him. The government's defense is that the plaintiffs can't sue because no one caught t

Re: All your google belong to us

I don't trust either? ;) Rackspace Cloud Drive whoo! On 5/22/2012 10:53 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Any comments on your experience with it vs DropBox? > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > >> Google Drive bab! ~~

Re: Occupy Atlanta says - Don't talk to the police....

Heh. You should grab one and scan it. Talking to the police, as in forming some kind of relationship is a good thing to do. Other times, talking to the police is an ignorant thing to do. If the police are asking about witness type stuff, it is probably OK and a public service to tel what yo

Re: DOJ: videotaping cops is a constitutional right

Did you see that Baltimore Sun link at the bottom? No so encouraging. It shows that you can't give PDs ANY leeway or they will find a way to abuse it. Come on guys. If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to hide. At least, that's what YOU keep telling US. On 5/21/2012 2:

Re: taxes and itemization

You can ask your nearest Small Business Development Center for further advice in this area. Most assistance is free and they will know some good CPAs. http://www.sba.gov/ http://www.asbdc-us.org/ You can check with any local colleges too. The center for student development (or whatever the

Re: Indefinite detainment in NDAA ruled unconstitutional

On 5/19/2012 12:28 PM, Dana wrote: > > Justin Amash has been posting about this on Facebook. The people who voted > against his amendment said he was coddling terrorists, according to him. Well, we can't have that. We need to be tough on terrorist supporters. We can start with the jerkoffs wh

Re: Indefinite detainment in NDAA ruled unconstitutional

> “And now, Thursday, Representatives Adam Smith (Democrat, Washington) and > Justin Amash (Republican, Michigan) have presented an amendment to Congress > an amendment that does just that . Those who vote > against it therefore will be voting clearly, and without any ambigu

Re: In which I am proud of my boy...

Hahahaha at the tinny music coming out of the phone. That took some guts. I notice she didn't hesitate to say yes. On 5/18/2012 8:41 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Today more than many days. > > Today my son asked a girl to prom. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsCdDEX8-Q&feature=share > > Da

Re: Good News: Court allows NSA and Google to keep their ties secret

You sound like someone with something to hide. Do you have something to hide? This whole song and dance is asinine and a waste of time. By defending themselves for maybe or maybe not doing anything, the NSA might as well be standing in a public forum with a bullhorn screaming "Don't look at

1 free Batman: AC

I have a spare coupon thingy for a free Steam copy of Batman: Arkham City. If anyone wanted the game, but never got around to getting it, here you go. First come, first served, I guess. Minimum system requirements CPU: Dual core CPU 2.4 Ghz RAM: 2 GB GRAPHICS: NVIDIA 8800 series

Re: Radiation Warning

Oh those wacky conspiracy theorists. What would we do without them? On 5/6/2012 2:09 AM, Andrew Grosset wrote: > > The Radiation Warnings You Won’t Get from the Mainstream Propaganda Machine > http://tinyurl.com/cc5be8c > > Increase in infant mortality: > http://tinyurl.com/7h92r37 ~~

Re: Every CF Developer must read this

Seconded. I have the lean startup book and it's a pretty good read. I was not aware of the other two, but now I am! Thanks. On 5/2/2012 6:26 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Great book! > > If you're into product development (startups, apps, etc) I would also highly > HIGHLY recommend readin

Re: How much can CF handle?

This is probably the reality of the situation. My questions about what CF can handle were more academic. Thanks for all of the responses peoples. On 5/1/2012 10:31 PM, Justin Scott wrote: (e.g. is it okay to start > with ColdFusion and limited resources and get something online more > quickly

How much can CF handle?

I was wondering how much use CF can really handle either as a server product or middleware. I am not talking about situations where throwing hardware at performance issues can get one by, but to the point where choosing the right middleware/application backend software can make or break an ap

Re: This $20 Trillion Rock Could Turn a Startup Into Ear th’s Richest Co mpa

It depends on where the demand curve and the supply curve meet. They are not perfectly inversely proportional. On 4/27/2012 2:25 PM, Brian Thornton wrote: > > With that much product now available doesn't this just drop the price > since it's a more available product? > > http://mashable.com/201

Re: New law mandates black boxes in all cars by 2015

Bloody hell. They better slow down before they get a lot of attention. Are they behind on paying off their masters or something? On 4/26/2012 11:55 PM, Dana wrote: > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120426/14505718671/insanity-cispa-just-got-way-worse-then-passed-rushed-vote.shtml ~

Re: New law mandates black boxes in all cars by 2015

> Don't worry, State and Federal governments surely won't do anything with > these boxes. I can't imagine cash strapped states pulling the box during > inspection, cross checking speed with speed limit and gps data, and then > writing tickets for any violations. This sounds like it would fall un

Re: Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores

That sounds like the entirety of western civilization, except maybe the military part. Also, when has pop music been about anything but self indulgence? It is a product that sells itself while selling other stuff. It has become more blatant about promoting/reinforcing the I want it -> I nee

Re: Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores

Well, to be fair, a lot of these are probably intended to keep parks/places from turning into semi permanent soup kitchens. Now, what is intended and what is being done are likely very different in some cases. I like the one where the law specifies within a certain distance of city hall. (par

Now for something completely different

There are not enough leisure threads on this list. Too much politics. bleh. OK .. so, Mass Effect 3 I had heard about the blow up over the ending of the game, but never paid any attention to it because I had never even played ME2. Well, over the past several weeks, I have played through ME2

Re: A little light reading

Wow. Umm Is he insane? I doubt it. Is he a sociopath? Likely, despite his claims otherwise. 'He insisted he was a "nice person" who was capable of empathizing with those whose lives he had ruined, but that he had chosen not to as a self-preservation technique.' That doesn't seem li

Re: Friday Funny

Yup. I mean, I get it, but it's a bit of a stretch. It tries just a little too hard. On 4/20/2012 9:52 AM, Sam wrote: > > It's not funny when you have to explain it. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.a

Re: Russia Is Massing Troops On Iran's Northern Border And Waiting For A Western Attack

Iran has a pretty decent infrastructure. Something like 3/4 of the population are college educated, women have more rights than in a lot of other Islamic states, and they even build all of their own military equipment. They wouldn't be a bad country to have as friends if they didn't have a d

Re: Zimmerman charged in Martin's death...

Yup. Every time I see something like "Reich wing", my knee jerk reaction is to discount the entire post. Just sayin' On 4/16/2012 11:43 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > Generally speaking, as long as the conversation uses those party labels, > you've lost me. I tend to toss out any argument tha

Re: Best free blog site?

> I personally would suggest spending a little while on wordpress.com. and > when you are sure you like it, move your blog to your own host, run > wordpress (downloaded from wordpress.org), and change it to your hearts > content. and switch the redirects. I would also suggest you play with messin

Re: Zimmerman charged in Martin's death...

On 4/14/2012 11:19 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > And that would never happen if Zimmerman is declared innocent, right? Maybe they are hoping he will take a deal. Who knows? > After it plays out and Zimmerman is declared innocent of 2nd degree murder, > what do think will happen? Specifically, what

Re: Best free blog site?

I dunno. $17 sounds OK to me. godaddy charges $10 for a domain. If wordpress.com is a registered reseller, they get them 'wholesale' for less than that. After that, they only need to set up the DNS records (if you don't use someone else) and set up the host headers to point to your particu

Re: Zimmerman charged in Martin's death...

Right. Someone probably put him up to it for just that reason too. -_- Oh, this is politics, but I don't think it is the politics that you are thinking of. The prosecution HAD to do something, otherwise people would go ape shit. There is no way at all to charge him with 1st degree. If

Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again!

marketing > dollars, features, ads, etc that the average person never sees, and I can > tell PT doesn't even give them a glancing thought. You misunderstood me. The business tool side is the only reason I care about Facebook, for the most part. I am all for using it as a marketi

Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again!

I am not making fun of them. I honestly don't think they will live up to their IPO expectations. I think they will go the way of Myspace when something better comes along. The consensus on campus is that the students like the usability of google+ more, they just don't use it because no one e

Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again!

Where does it have left to grow? It already has most of S. Korea and the Philippines, and a lot of the rest of the Asian market. The North America market is completely saturated. I highly doubt they are getting into China any time soon. A good 10-20% of their traffic (and revenue) is from p

Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again!

It might improve their asset (cash) to liability ratio. The more cash they have, the more likely they can pay their bills if their debts get called early, for whatever reason. Were they generating any kind of revenue from those patents? On 4/9/2012 2:31 PM, Dana wrote: > > my tech stock wtf

Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again!

WTF indeed. This does nothing to change that facebook is an over hyped chat/photo sharing thingamabob. I noticed part of the purchase was in stock. I assume that $1B is based mostly on facebook's expected artificially inflated IPO. Those Instagram peoples better sell fast. Facebook isn't g

Re: Market-Based, Deeply-Discounted Surgery for Cash, Payable in Advance

I'll bet they are. Their priciest service: Penile Prosthesis $ 15,425.00 heh. On 4/9/2012 6:44 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > The Oklahoma Surgery Center is not charging based on outcomes but they are > charging prices that are 1/5 to 1/10 cheaper than hospitals for the same > procedu

I feel bad for the pilots

They are probably going to have some survivor's guilt and a lot of second guessing if anyone died. The article mentions that they stuck with it until the last second, so props for that. It also mentions the plane was dumping fuel as it came down. Is that something the pilots did, or was that

Re: It's baaack....

I read it. It goes a long way to answer my original question. I wonder how many of those "I will NOT" are easy oaths to make because we have the luxury of not being put in any of those positions in the foreseeable future. When it really comes down to it, I expect few to actually follow them i

Re: FW: Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban

An oligopoly The media. The music industry. The movie industry. The oil industry. Privately owned infrastructure... Then there are the conglomerates. The media companies own movie studios, TV networks, news networks, music labels, distribution channels... Disney, Sony, or AOL-Time Warne

Re: It's baaack....

I have often wondered...when people have finally had enough and start resisting, and the military eventually gets involved, who will the military side with? The government? The people? Whichever side lets them have their jollies? I hope I never find out, but some generation is probably goin

Re: Project Glass

People always talk about this or that being the _ killer. In this case, I think a technology that worked like that would really kill the web, or fundamentally change it into something unrecognizable compared to what it is today. God help us if Apple gets there first. Whoever does shou

Re: social class determines results of medical tests

It makes sense for social/pack animals. On 4/4/2012 3:07 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > To explain, class and wealth or rather perceived class and wealth has > a significant impact on how we react and interact with others. These > differences have been seen in kids as young as 3 years old. ~

Re: social class determines results of medical tests

WTF? I don't care if someone is a drug seeker. If a patient is complaining about something, the docs need to keep at it, especially if it is potentially life threatening. I know docs are tech support for people and they don't always get it right, but if they can't be arsed to do their job,

Re: Supreme Court: Strip searches just fine for any offense, no matter how small

It seems they are basing the decision on a few earlier decisions: "...the Ninth Circuit ruled in United States. v. Aukai that "airport screening searches, like the one at issue here, are constitutionally reasonable administrative searches because they are conducted as part of a general regulat

Re: Here's something that should piss off everyone...

That's my response to the whole story. ehhh. On 3/31/2012 1:43 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Here is what deadbeat dad ($100,000+ in arrears) Rep. Joe Walsh(R-IL) said > about his opponent, disabled veteran Tammy Duckworth, who lost her leg and > use of one of her arms in a helicopter crash in Afg

Re: DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots

Dude! You are overlooking some serious potential here. I mean, Voltron! On 3/30/2012 2:55 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions wrote: > Call me when it can go faster than a horse. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Antholog

Re: The collapse of the American dream

Holy crap. I knew some of that, but I have never seen it all connected. That .. that is depressing. A topic for my next business class! On 3/30/2012 2:04 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > Be warned this is a cartoon, however it really does an excellent job of > explaining first money, then the evolutio

Re: Firearm question...

Springfield Armory, Glock, etc. have 10mm/.40 cal handguns. There might be some type of sub machine gun that uses .40 pistol rounds, like the 9mm versions >> What current military/Law enforcement weapon uses a .40 cal round? I am >> assuming this is for an assault rifle/squad assault weapon a

Re: Gifts for my kids

Go to a hotel and tell them you were staying there and left your charger behind. If they keep a lost and found, usually they will hand you a box full of them and let you pick out what you want/need. Chargers, USB cables, whatever. On 3/29/2012 2:59 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > optional/s

Re: Mali coup led by US-trained captain

On 3/25/2012 11:20 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > The reason for the rebellion was stated as the existing leadership’s > relaxed attitude towards Touareg tribes’ insurrection in this north-western > African country. Any excuse is a good one. > The coup claimed three lives, leaving about 40 wounded.

Re: FBI & Homeland Security Caught Spying on Prepper Sites

On 3/23/2012 12:39 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > Wouldn't the 3rd amendment prohibit this? In theory, but if the people are scared enough, they will be throwing property and liberty at the government. We are a highly reactive species and not as proactive as we like to think. > Why is no one in this

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

Yup, these are real things that have been studied. That paragraph describes a combination of Agenda Setting and Cultivation Theory. Agenda Setting is, well, exactly what it says. The media, whatever its form, sets the agenda for societal topics by how much importance they assign to one parti

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

I am sure race had a lot to do with Zimmerman's initial suspicions. He also said the kid looked like he was on drugs and was "acting funny". So there you have it. At a glance, the kid was one of the black punks that had been robbing the place and was a druggie! He was a madman. Zimmerman ha

Re: Trayvon Martin, killed in cold blood or is self defence the answer?

* Kid was minding his own business. * Kid was from out of town and had no idea who Zimmerman was. * Zimmerman was on neighborhood watch, not on neighborhood confront-anyone-suspicious-you-see * He armed himself and went looking for a confrontation. * He was not supposed to be armed while fulfilli

Re: Article: Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

You might as well take your name out of the running anyway. On 3/20/2012 8:00 PM, Medic wrote: > > That's a great answer actually. > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Eric Roberts< > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> I have read about this before as well. I would say no, that is

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