Re: Free class: Functional Programming Principles in Scala

2012-09-21 Thread Robert Munn
I went to a Scala talk at Netflix recently - very cool what they are doing with big data. I've been focusing lately on Go. Very slick language. It's still young, but well suited for Internet-based software. http://golang.org/ They call it C for the 21st century. On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:34

Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or something?

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Munn
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > If the objective is to introduce a police state under the cover of > national security, then the goal is to scare people badly enough that they > welcome the police state to protect them from the "bad guys". >

Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or something?

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Munn
e > manipulation by the Saudis brought down the Soviet government. There was > no open rebellion to be put down by the government. Unlike the Chinese a > la Tiananmen Square. > > How much consent you gonna give when facing down a tank? > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Rob

Re: Shooting at Empire State building.People under stress or something?

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Munn
Total firepower superiority in the hands of the federal government didn't save the USSR. It's all about the consent of the governed, folks ... On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Yeah...when the government has stealth aircraft, drones, and

Re: where do they get these loonies

2012-08-23 Thread Robert Munn
Seems he never learned the real history of HIV, where many early infections came from tainted blood, tainted needles, and yes, heterosexual sexual contact (e.g. Magic Johnson). On Aug 23, 2012 3:40 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > What is it with Republicans, sex, and science? They just can’t get

Re: where do they get these loonies

2012-08-23 Thread Robert Munn
The path to the Dark Side that is. On Aug 23, 2012 3:13 PM, "Cameron Childress" wrote: ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: htt

Re: VM Ware Fusion 4

2012-08-20 Thread Robert Munn
Major props to Adobe for this move. Everyone college student and digital professional should have creative cloud. On Aug 19, 2012 4:59 PM, "Erika L. Rich" wrote: > > Yups!! I just signed up myself. My Adobe apps were all 3 versions behind, > and I constantly use them, and since I get a student d

Re: PHP moving to the JVM?

2012-08-20 Thread Robert Munn
Back in 2000, when CF was being ported to Java, I predicted that the general server ecosystem would come down to MSFT and Java, with everything else being left with a small slice of the market. At one point I thought PHP would be one of those things that died, since I didn't think FB was a big

Re: I suspected facebook

2012-08-16 Thread Robert Munn
Facebook is a black hole. You go in and time seems to stop ... you come out the other side and hours have passed in what seems like seconds. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > was evil. Now I know. > > > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/germany-facebook-must-des

Re: New Beck album released as sheet music-only

2012-08-15 Thread Robert Munn
I like Beck, I wish I was in a band, then I could bring it to life. On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Beck's written a new album but he's not performing it. He's just > putting it out there as sheet music in hopes that you'll be inspired > to take it up and play the albu

Re: Eclipse Question

2012-08-15 Thread Robert Munn
CFEclipse is good; if you want the better toolset, buy CFBuilder. The debugger alone is worth the money. I had a preso on tips for Eclipse I did a few years ago, I'll send it to you if I find it. On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > I am starting to use Eclipse for CF develop

Re: next time I have a coding problem

2012-08-15 Thread Robert Munn
i read it on the internet, it must be true... On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Are [men on the internet] that um gullible? > > Yes, absolutely. > > -Cameron > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Larry C. Lyons >wrote: > > > Are coders that um gullible? > > > ... > >

Re: The Issues That Matter - WAS: Re: Grand Jury Accuses SF Restaurants of Abusing Health Care Surcharge

2012-07-29 Thread Robert Munn
I'd rather talk about local tax injustice in San Francisco. I think I'll just go back to gardening. On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > Or the UFO hovering over the Olympics opening ceremonies > http://www.youtube.

The Issues That Matter - WAS: Re: Grand Jury Accuses SF Restaurants of Abusing Health Care Surcharge

2012-07-28 Thread Robert Munn
Oh, small ball details, why are we bothering with this stuff? Local tax injustice in San Francisco may matter in San Francisco, but really it is nothing more than a distraction from the transcendent issues of the day. Shall we review? Global weather manipulation through the use of ionospheric hea

Re: Grand Jury Accuses SF Restaurants of Abusing Health Care Surcharge

2012-07-27 Thread Robert Munn
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > > > Again, I don't think the employee is paying a dime here. > Then I don't understand the grand jury thing at all. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! ht

Re: Grand Jury Accuses SF Restaurants of Abusing Health Care Surcharge

2012-07-27 Thread Robert Munn
I regard this situation as a corruption of incentives. Perhaps the law of unintended consequences is at work here. If what you say is true and that's just how PHAs work, then it gives the employer a specific financial incentive to have the employee pay into a benefits system that they will not use

Re: summer update

2012-07-26 Thread Robert Munn
r 71. Weathers crazy here! > > > > On Jul 26, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > > Summer greetings. I hope everyone is doing well. Or at least getting by, > > given the state of the world. I have been busy, but I have free time > right > > now a

summer update

2012-07-26 Thread Robert Munn
Summer greetings. I hope everyone is doing well. Or at least getting by, given the state of the world. I have been busy, but I have free time right now and I wanted to say hello. My garden is coming along, I have expanded the cultivated space and added a fruit grove with strawberries, blueberries,

Re: In praise of Joanne Rowling’s Hermione Granger ser i

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Munn
Harry is the Chosen One because Voldemort makes him the Chosen One. In the story, the Chosen One could have been Neville Longbottom, but Voldemort chose Harry, and so made Harry the "Chosen One" by attacking him. It has nothing to do with magic, fate, or anything else. The phrase "Chosen One" is a

Re: fw: Conservative elites to huddle to stop Romney

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Munn
There was never going to be public support for more extensive military operations in Afghanistan. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Because as soon as they could the administration focused on a war of > conquest in Iraq. Then support to Afghanistan dried up, that included

Re: fw: Conservative elites to huddle to stop Romney

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Munn
Afghanistan that is the new Vietnam for the US. Bush sent troops there to get Bin Laden and destroy the haven for Al Qaeda. We never really had a plan beyond that, and here we are ten years later. Why? On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > One thing to consider is that it to

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Munn
The primary cycle is exhausting. If the Left is trying to brand him, he is doing his part to give them ammunition. Like you said before, he's not ready for prime-time. The Republican field is fractured because the Republican Party is fractured. The party establishment can't find a candidate they

State of our lifeboat, and a New Year's resolution

2012-01-02 Thread Robert Munn
As we enter 2012, I've been thinking about the state of the world - where we are today, where we might be a year from now, and what each of us can do to affect the world in a positive way in the coming year. I have been seized by the notion that we are all in a lifeboat together here on this plane

Re: Gerard Butler rescued filming surf scene at Mavericks

2011-12-23 Thread Robert Munn
is that what they call immersing yourself in the role? On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Medic wrote: > > I heard he actually acted his way back to the surface. > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > > > > > http://sanfrancisc

Re: Interesting article on Ron Pauls newsletters

2011-12-23 Thread Robert Munn
What I like about Ron Paul, and libertarian ideas generally, is the emphasis on liberty, individual rights, and freedom. Human dignity demands that we recognize that we each have these rights. Rights are not the only element of citizenship, though, freedom is not absolute. With rights come respons

Re: apparently it's snowing )

2011-12-23 Thread Robert Munn
NorCal is a great place, here are a few tips to help keep it that way: 1. respect and protect the environment 2. shop local 3. leave things generally in better shape than when you got here If we all work together, we can create a better place for future generations than the one we inherited. :-)

Gerard Butler rescued filming surf scene at Mavericks

2011-12-22 Thread Robert Munn
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/12/20/gerard-butler-rescued-while-filming-surf-movie-at-mavericks/ So apparently Butler has been filming a movie about a Mavs surfer in the Santa Cruz area, and he was in the water at Mavericks a few days ago when a 20' set came through and nearly ended his a

Re: apparently it's snowing )

2011-12-22 Thread Robert Munn
More west. I moved to Santa Cruz last year. I think you were on hiatus from the list at the time. We'll have to set GG straight when he gets here. GG, when are you landing up in NorCal? On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Dana wrote: > > seriously? When did *that* happen? Off Summit, or more on t

Re: apparently it's snowing )

2011-12-22 Thread Robert Munn
santa cruz mountains On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Dana wrote: > > over the hill? You're in Orange County, right? > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > really? over the hill we've had night time weather in the 40

Re: apparently it's snowing )

2011-12-21 Thread Robert Munn
really? over the hill we've had night time weather in the 40's for a couple of weeks now. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Dana wrote: > > it's a nice place to live ;) We're still doing a leisurely Indian summer > here. > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:37 AM, GMoney wrote: > > > > And future hom

cf-community@houseoffusion.com

2011-12-21 Thread Robert Munn
Homer! On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:58 PM, PT wrote: > > They are the first Lego people! > > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Ahu_Tahai.jpg/450px-Ahu_Tahai.jpg > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Robert Munn
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Sam wrote: > > I know it means jobs in the US and cheaper fuel cost eventually and > the Republicans forced it into the bill. > > What I don't know is why Canada would care if we have a pipeline or > not. We would still buy oil from them it would just take us lon

Egyptian women protest abuse

2011-12-20 Thread Robert Munn
Wow, Egyptian women are standing up and calling out the army for abusing female pro-democracy protestors. Kudos to them for bravery in the face of such brutality. The Egyptian Army, for its part, has now apologized, but the apology isn't sitting well with some activists. Can't say I blame them. Ei

Re: FW: Ron Paul has narrow lead in Iowa

2011-12-20 Thread Robert Munn
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > Which is why I say Romney needs to bring Paul's supporters into the fold. > > They have energy that is lacking in the rest of the field. >

Re: FW: Ron Paul has narrow lead in Iowa

2011-12-19 Thread Robert Munn
ite the miserable performance of the economy, and > Obama's kowtowing to the Republicans every chance he can get. > > I think the Republican party at this point could do much better by > simply throwing in the towel on the current crop of loonies and get > American Idol to do

Re: Don't mess with Syria

2011-12-19 Thread Robert Munn
Interesting times in the Middle East. Can the Saudi royal family survive a sex scandal? Will we see a revolution in the Kingdom if it turns out that the princes have been saying, "Do as I say, not as I do," to their citizens? Or will they bribe/coerce their citizens into continued compliance with

Re: A very effective Sports Illustrated Article: "St. Joe's won't release me to play at UAB and I don't know why"

2011-12-19 Thread Robert Munn
He ought to ditch the NCAA and go pro somewhere that he can develop his talent. Is he good enough to be a development player in Europe? On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > Read more: > > http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/12/19/todd.obrien/index.html

Re: FW: Ron Paul has narrow lead in Iowa

2011-12-19 Thread Robert Munn
So is Paul an irrelevant fringe candidate or Ross Perot II? He can't be both. Look at the facts, Sam. All else being equal, Romney does not beat Obama head to head. Gingrich could, I think, if he recovers from his precipitous drop in the polls, but what are the odds he can keep it together for an

Re: FW: Ron Paul has narrow lead in Iowa

2011-12-19 Thread Robert Munn
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Sam wrote: > > The latest poll is by a dem pollster. They want more than anything for > Ross Perot two to get Obama elected. > Which is why it is incumbent upon Republicans to find a way to keep Paul in the fold and not have him run as a third party spoiler. P

Re: FW: Ron Paul has narrow lead in Iowa

2011-12-19 Thread Robert Munn
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Even when Paul was number two in a three man race they would talk about > number one and three without even acknowledging his existence. > > I think it's less about Gingrich and more about "Wow, Paul's still in the > race? Guess we s

Re: Official Facebook Crybaby Thread

2011-12-18 Thread Robert Munn
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > What's Facebook? > > ant farm ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http

Re: Portland police arrest man after alleged 'Star Wars' light saber assault at Toys R Us

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Munn
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:10 PM, PT wrote: > > > >> The officers finally arrested the man after grabbing him and pinning > >> him to the ground. > > Like all Jedi, he is useless when deprived of his saber. > He forgot the Jedi mid-trick. ::waves hand:: 'No, I am not the Jedi you are seeking.'

Re: Absence

2011-12-16 Thread Robert Munn
Maureen, I'm so sorry. My thoughts are with you as well. On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > My sentiments exactly. My condolences Maureen. :( > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:27 PM, GMoney wrote: > > > > > I'm speechless. > > > > Thoughts, prayers, everything...with you. S

Re: New camera setup captures trillion frame per second video

2011-12-15 Thread Robert Munn
I wonder if it will turn up on Ghosthunters ... On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > I wonder what else they could use it for? ( besides pr0n ) > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amaz

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-15 Thread Robert Munn
is still illegal and unconstitutional. If it happens and it ends well, maybe the public will forgive them. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > This is 1032, it specifically says 1031 does not apply to US citizens. > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow.

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Discrimination?

2011-12-14 Thread Robert Munn
gt; >> > >> Most of these people never produced a rock & roll album, and some of > >> them don't/didn't have enough talent, in my humble opinion, to be in > >> the HoF. > >> > >> Apart form other bands mentioned in the thread, 2 others

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Discrimination?

2011-12-14 Thread Robert Munn
The Police = white reggae Their early stuff is genius. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Maureen wrote: > > The Hall was gonna include rap and hiphop from when the genre was > born. Run DMC very good at what they do. The Police, just another > band that never impressed me much. IMO. >

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Discrimination?

2011-12-14 Thread Robert Munn
ba-da-bing! And on that note, one of my favorite Dreamers, John Lennon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b7qaSxuZUg On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Maureen wrote: > > So perhaps it is all Fux anyway. > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > &

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Discrimination?

2011-12-14 Thread Robert Munn
It's all jazz anyway. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Maureen wrote: > > MJ was a Motown artist. All of the Motown music is considered a > sub-class of rock. I agree. James Jamerson, who played bass on most > of the Motown stuff is also in the Hall is a sideman. He had more > influence on

Re: Yes! Yes!

2011-12-14 Thread Robert Munn
If that image doesn't stop and make everyone think for a moment about the reality of driver safety, nothing will. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I was referring my time in EMS and having to cut people out of cars > after bad accidents. :D > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:5

Re: Rock and Roll Hall of Discrimination?

2011-12-13 Thread Robert Munn
blues = rock roots On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Stevie Ray Vaughn is a blues guitarist, not a rock > guitarist. > > He did, however, have more creative mojo than everyone combined listed > below. Maybe excluding Jethro Tull. > ~~~

Rock and Roll Hall of Discrimination?

2011-12-13 Thread Robert Munn
Wha? Steeley Dan is in the hall but Journey isn't, and rock guitar god Stevie Ray Vaughn isn't? What a joke. Just goes to show you what official recognition is worth. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/wheres-the-rock/ The hall’s selective “open-mindedness” explains how ABBA, Neil D

Meanwhile, in the 'duh' category of national news ...

2011-12-13 Thread Robert Munn
People are more afraid of big government than big business or big labor: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70318.html Finally people are waking up to the true threat to their liberty. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anth

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-12 Thread Robert Munn
This is 1032, it specifically says 1031 does not apply to US citizens. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Look at 1031... > > > -Original Message- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com] > Sent

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-12 Thread Robert Munn
xpenses paid trip overseas, courtesy of the U.S. > government!" > > 3 weeks later... > > "Has anyone heard from John?" > > =-p > > - > "Because I can lie beautiful true things into existence ..." > Neil Gaiman on Why I write. > > On

Re: Client's Primary Contact Wants "Free" Help

2011-12-12 Thread Robert Munn
Romantic kidding aside, Vivec makes a good point. Business, like life, is about relationships. I've failed as much as I've succeeded, and where I have succeeded, I've done so because of my personal and professional relationships. Our personal success depends on not just all the people around us, b

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-12 Thread Robert Munn
No more citizen detentions makes it much more likely to pass muster in the courts. On Dec 12, 2011 3:23 PM, "Vivec" wrote: > > I found these short points about the Bill. It seems that it has changed a > bit: > > * The bill no longer authorizes the indefinite military detention of > Americans ca

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-12 Thread Robert Munn
The Senate vote was along party lines with Democrats voting Yes and Republicans voting No, so this isn't a Republican thing. More likely it's a 'guys in power' thing. FDR suspended habeus corpus and interned thousands of innocent Japanese-Americans for years during WWII. Lincoln suspended habeus c

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-11 Thread Robert Munn
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > You think Obama is tacitly allowing the GOP to have it's way and by > > extension Corporate interests? > > > > More like the GOP and Dems are really kinda all the same, when it comes

Is it going to be Gingrich?

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
Looks like he is surging in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Romney and Ron Paul are tied but well behind. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/06/143195478/gingrich-talkes-lead-in-new-iowa-poll Gingrich still faces a bunch of questions about leadership style, the number of marriages

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
lol. i wonder if there are actually people sitting around with tin foil on their heads right now. On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Rember not to forget your tinfoil hats when the black helicopters come to > get you. > >

Putin Out in Russia

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
Russians protest return of Vladimir Putin. Someone really ought to change that tag line, it doesn't translate well into english. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/10/world/europe/russia-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 ~| Order the Adobe

Re: fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
personally, i believe in the poison pill technique of self-defense. gather dirt on your opponents, and if they move against you, it all comes out. somewhat of a MAD strategy since inevitably anything damaging that they have collected against you will come out as well, but if you value liberty over

Re: red moon tonight

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
There is supposed to be good viewing tonight at Bonny Doon airport at 3:30 if anyone is in the area and wants to see the moon from the mountains. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > Anyone going out to watch the red moon at 3:30 am? I have work to do in > town to

fema camps and habeus corpus/posse comitatus

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
FEMA camps have been activated and the Senate has made it possible for the military to detain Americans indefinitely without trial. So who is going to end up in those camps and why, and who decides how those people will be treated, when they can have access to lawyers and family members, and what

Re: Question about drones

2011-12-10 Thread Robert Munn
A friend of mine was building RC airplanes 25 years ago. Some of his club's members had small RC jets, and this was technology built by people without huge resources. 25 years later the technology is that much better and readily available, so my guess is that self-destruct mechanisms are not worth

red moon tonight

2011-12-09 Thread Robert Munn
Anyone going out to watch the red moon at 3:30 am? I have work to do in town tomorrow. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http

Re: General question about degrees

2011-12-09 Thread Robert Munn
IT is one of the fields that will continue to grow. Healthcare is another, especially elder care, and everything around the elderly is set to explode in the next five years. Geeks rule. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > I really suck at languages. I am engaged to a philippi

Re: 'Fool Me Twice: The Assault on Science in America'

2011-12-05 Thread Robert Munn
Metaphorically speaking, of course. The little things in life are precious. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > Science will find the truth eventually. Meanwhile, I see the truth in > everyday life, everywhere I look. It's all around us, everywhere. The love >

Re: 'Fool Me Twice: The Assault on Science in America'

2011-12-05 Thread Robert Munn
Science will find the truth eventually. Meanwhile, I see the truth in everyday life, everywhere I look. It's all around us, everywhere. The love of my wife and children, the passing of the seasons, the comings and going of the world. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Sam wrote: > > I have real

Re: 'Fool Me Twice: The Assault on Science in America'

2011-12-05 Thread Robert Munn
People should keep searching for the root cause. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Sam wrote: > > Et tu brutus? > > . > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons >wrote: > > > >>

Re: 'Fool Me Twice: The Assault on Science in America'

2011-12-05 Thread Robert Munn
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > > http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-ignorance-greed-and-ideology-are-warping-science-and-hurting-democracy-2015#ixzz1fgCiFxdc > > Turns out you were right about man-made climate change. Geo-engineering pro

Re: Flash is Dead!! Long live HTML5

2011-11-11 Thread Robert Munn
And the REAL news, courtesy of Mike Chambers: http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2011/11/11/clarifications-on-flash-player-for-mobile-browsers-the-flash-platform-and-the-future-of-flash/ In short, Adobe is focusing on AIR and killing off the Flash plugin for mobile browsers. You can build AIR apps

Re: interactive 3d user interface

2011-11-07 Thread Robert Munn
wow factor +10 On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > Microsoft research has a new research project called holodesk. Yes, > that's desk, not deck. Nothing exceptionally new here as we've seen > interactive 3d stuff before but it's a nice attempt. It'll still be > 100 odd ye

Re: Firefox 8?

2011-10-27 Thread Robert Munn
with Firefox's 32 bit releases > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > If you want 64 bit goodness now, FF 10.1 alpha: > > > > http://nightly.mozilla.org/ > > > > > > I have a 64-bit version of Firefox 3.6.3.

Re: Firefox 8?

2011-10-27 Thread Robert Munn
If you want 64 bit goodness now, FF 10.1 alpha: http://nightly.mozilla.org/ I have a 64-bit version of Firefox 3.6.3. Not sure who compiled it, I don't recall where I picked it up. On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > > > Yeah but at l

Re: Bank Transfer Day

2011-10-17 Thread Robert Munn
like the prices in a couture boutique, if you have to ask ... On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > > Does that make me part of the 1%? > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.c

Re: Iran "assassination" plot. Building the case to invade?

2011-10-13 Thread Robert Munn
I laid out what I figured was the plan for the Middle East years ago. Use Iraq as a wedge in the Arab world. Spur the idea of democracy. Then divide and conquer. Take a look at this 2009 Brookings report called 'Which Path to Persia?' to get a sense of the current thinking about Iran. http://www.

swine flu vaccine problems - documented in Finland

2011-10-09 Thread Robert Munn
http://news.yahoo.com/finland-vows-care-narcolepsy-kids-had-swine-flu-183019281.html and an excerpt: Finnish and international researchers recently found a conclusive link between the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine and new cases of narcolepsy, a chronic nervous system disorder which causes people t

Re: Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX

2011-10-07 Thread Robert Munn
very cool! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > A few of us went bungee jumping at Adobe MAX. Like - hike 5 miles up into > the wilderness and jump off a fracking abandoned bridge kinda bungee > jumping. I've been learning iMovie and made a movie trailer from some of >

Re: So....Knox?

2011-10-04 Thread Robert Munn
She looks more like a naive kid than a seductress. I smell lawsuit! On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Maureen wrote: > > I watched a fairly well done documentary on this, and I don't think > she did it either. > ~| Order the Ad

Re: So....Knox?

2011-10-03 Thread Robert Munn
and now a free woman On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:56 AM, GMoney wrote: > > I asked it about Casey Anthonyso what's the verdict on Amanda Knox? She > hot, or not? Again, i can't quite tell. It helps that she's into > threesomes, > if the prosecution is to be believed. > > ~

Re: US Govt kills US Citizen

2011-10-03 Thread Robert Munn
It's a bad precedent, not the least because of the questions around Awlaki. FYI, apparently Obama took a page from Bush and had a lawyer write an opinion as to why it was OK to kill this guy. I thought he opposed all those Bush-era legal memos? http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/

Re: Fed. judge declares part of the Patriot Act unconstitutional

2011-09-28 Thread Robert Munn
Dear Government: Bin Laden is dead, please bring the troops home and repeal the Patriot Act now. Thank you. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Hey, what do you know, only takes like 10 years for someone in the > judiciary to realize that search warrants without probable c

talk about fringe thinking ...

2011-09-27 Thread Robert Munn
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/94940/peter-orszag-democracy?page=0,0&passthru=MGU3YjMxNDdlN2UyMjM2MTNhZGZjNDE2MjE2NjE2Nj Peter Orszag, former budget director for the Obama White House, says we need our institutions to be less democratic so things run better. Democracy is ugly, dude.

Re: Fox admits it panders to the Far Right

2011-09-27 Thread Robert Munn
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/phone-hacking-scandal-closes-news-of-the-world/2011/07/07/gIQAy5RA2H_story.html On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Caught spying? What? > > I don't think I heard about that...whatchutalkinbout? :-) > > ~~

Re: Fox admits it panders to the Far Right

2011-09-26 Thread Robert Munn
Dude, Fox has been caught in a massive spying scandal that has rocked their organization worldwide. Their pants are on fire and they are trying to figure out how to avoid a ratings implosion when the scandal widens. You think they weren't spying before Obama? On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Vive

Re: fw: Silence From Rep. Bachmann As Vaccine Challenge Expires

2011-09-24 Thread Robert Munn
And in response, an Australian businessman has offered a challenge to Dr. Caplan. http://sanevax.org/father-of-injured-gardasil-girl-matches-caplan's-bio-unethical-bet/ Dear Dr. Caplan I would like to offer you $10,000 to you to prove that Gardasil did not and does not cause the issues discusse

Re: is this accurate?

2011-09-23 Thread Robert Munn
cool, thanks! On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I don't think this is accurate. I glanced at the rule when it was > proposed and there hasn't been any uproar in the medical world that > I've seen, so I'm dubious. But I don't know for certain. I'll do some > investigation

Re: is this accurate?

2011-09-23 Thread Robert Munn
40 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Only in the pink sky universe of Rev. Moon. > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > > The government wants all of our health care records??? > > > > > http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/09/obamare-hhs-r

is this accurate?

2011-09-23 Thread Robert Munn
The government wants all of our health care records??? http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/09/obamare-hhs-rule-would-give-government-everybody-s-health-records ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://w

Re: four things cnn learned from the gop debate, and one thing i learned

2011-09-23 Thread Robert Munn
I disagree. Perry and Romney are the leaders in the race and they don't even get first mention - Paul Ryan, as the author of the entitlement reform plan, does. That's not accidental. As I said in my handicapping notes, people are going to try to draft Paul Ryan if no single candidate breaks free

four things cnn learned from the gop debate, and one thing i learned

2011-09-23 Thread Robert Munn
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/politics/gop-debate-lessons/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3 What I learned is that CNN is still steadfastly ignoring Ron Paul's candidacy. Huntsman gets seven paragraphs. Santorum gets four paragraphs. Santorum! And Ron Paul's name doesn't even appear. Shameless, CNN, just sha

Re: REM calls it quits

2011-09-22 Thread Robert Munn
I liked the early stuff, but I got tired of all the whining in college. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:27 AM, William Bowen wrote: > > Document, Life's Rich Pageant and Dead Letter Office are still on my > slightly-more-frequent-than-just-occasional listening queue, Out of > Time and Automatic are a

Re: Alfred E. Neuman Goes to the UN

2011-09-22 Thread Robert Munn
rotfl, dude that is priceless. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Sam wrote: > > > http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/20/7862290-barack-obama-joins-open-government-partnership-for-group-photo > > . > ~| Order the Adob

GM selling anon Onstar data - even if you unsubscribe

2011-09-22 Thread Robert Munn
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/21/gms-onstar-now-spying-on-your-car-for-profit-even-after-you-uns/ and in GM's response, this little gem: "We have never sold any personally identifiable [onStar] information to any third party." That is a bold statement. GM sells onStar puzzle pieces, and peopl

Re: ron paul wins ca straw poll

2011-09-21 Thread Robert Munn
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > A modern equivalent would be dark matter theory. This substance is not > tested, but inferred or postulated, based on other testable phenomena. Dark > matter itself has never been been quantified as other than a place holder > thus dark ma

Re: ron paul wins ca straw poll

2011-09-20 Thread Robert Munn
strike the 61%, here is the full data, though: http://www.gallup.com/poll/27847/majority-republicans-doubt-theory-evolution.aspx On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > >> >> If he doesn't

Re: ron paul wins ca straw poll

2011-09-19 Thread Robert Munn
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > If he doesn't accept the theory then he's a whack job. > Irrelevant, since a majority (61%) of the Republican Party agrees with Paul. If it's delusional, that makes it a mass delusion, and that's a powerful thing in a popularity contest.

handicapping the race

2011-09-19 Thread Robert Munn
OK, I just handicapped the Republican race. How did I do? What does everyone else think about the field at this point? And what about Obama? Seems pretty clear he is going to face a primary challenger, but unless that challenger is named Hillary Clinton, Obama gets the nomination. ~~

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