Why Regulate Bitcoin?

2013-11-20 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Check out the first paragraph: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/11/why-regulate-bitcoin..html “We do not think that it is in anyone’s best interest for digital currency to become an offshore industry or an industry dominated by China,” said Jeremy Allaire, the founder

Re: anyone with Windows XP SP 3?

2012-03-07 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
I'm working on a friend's Dell Mini and it can't connect to the internet. Have you checked the underside of the Mini to see if there is a tag with a Dell Service Code? I think that's what they call it. It should be about 6 alphanumeric characters long. If it's there, you can plug it into

Re: Pet peeve of the week

2011-10-14 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Only one of my issues when it comes with drivers. On my bicycle I'm constantly yelling at cars to go when they need to take left I'm sitting at the stop sign and they try to waving me to go first. They have the right of way, not me.. Just fucking MOVE YOUR CAR! I'm shocked (and pleased) that you

Re: Friday laugh

2011-10-01 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Not too many entries on the site but the ones there are funny: http://wtfcode.net/ Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Anyone know how to get to the original for September 13? I've scoured the osnews site and googled but I'm not finding it . . . :( . . .

Re: Speaking of Mozilla products - Thunderbird

2011-07-28 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Try posting your request here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=39 George I upgraded to the latest version of Thunderbird (5.0). After it has been running a while, the CPU usage for it goes to 40%-45% and the consumed RAM jumps to ~1.4-1.7 gigs, and the whole app becomes

Re: Old music Thursday

2011-06-30 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Cameron said: The Stone Roses I have probably listened to the song Fools Gold more than any song ever. This is an album I could play over and over, but particularly Fools Gold (and Elephant Stone) were some of the best music I could have ever imagined at the time. I agree with everything you

Re: Old music Thursday

2011-06-30 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
I really liked both of those. Young Blood reminded me of Foster The People Feeling particularly nostalgic tonight. Some favorites of all time... Jellyfish Bellybutton was the best album, but more people are familiar with Spilt Milk. This song is from the Bellybutton album. Never saw them

Re: Evanescence

2011-01-12 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
I've seen them live and they are just as good if not better than on a cd. And Amy Lee is so freaking HOT!! From Wikipedia: She has stated on a number of occasions that she would never flash her breasts or engage in other publicity stunts that would draw attention to herself. In fact, in the

Re: Missing messages in digests?

2010-04-05 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Very strange. My own message thread has not appeared in any of the digests I've received since I submitted my message. And I continue to miss messages in other threads in my digests. For example, I got Matthew's first message that asks where to buy diamonds and I got Maureen's response about

Re: my new computer, i think ive found it

2010-04-05 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
9697488 thats the sku on http://www.bestbuy.com You might want to do a little research on this model. It seems there are lots of bad ones. We ordered one of these from Dell even after I read about the bad ones. It was a great President's Day deal, with an i5 instead of an i7, a larger hard

Speaking of the dark side of the moon . . .

2010-02-03 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
What does one say to someone who steadfastly believes that the Apollo moon 'landing' was faked? Who didn't even know that there were five subsequent landings? Who refuses to accept any of the hoax rebuttal evidence? (just venting . . .) G.

Re: plum

2009-07-20 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
What is Plum? And where are the Churvii? (in .Net world?) George ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive:

Re: British Airways staff on unpaid leave for 4 weeks.

2009-06-19 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/16/british.airways.work.free/index.html So...under capitalism...if it becomes unprofitable to transport people by air, we should all accept that we need to travel by boat. I just flew British Air to Europe a couple of weeks ago, BWI-LHR-FCO and back.

Smartwool socks

2009-03-23 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
A while back there was a thread on Smartwool socks which a lot of you seemed to swear by (I searched but came up empty). I'm heading off to Europe for a couple of weeks and I'm curious which of the many options of Smartwool socks you think would be best for a LOT of walking during that time

Re: Food

2009-03-20 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Ever try scottish oats? Throw them in a single serving slow cooker before bed and they are ready when you wake up. Brown sugar, milk. . You can also bring your water to a boil, drop in the oats (real oats), turn off the heat, and let the oats sit overnight. At least the NYT says so. I tried

Re: Why does underwear cost so much?

2009-01-05 Thread george.e...@ssa.gov george.e...@ssa.gov
Speaking of underwear . . . We got mooned Saturday when returning from D.C. on the Red line Metro. A bent over dude with a BIG BUTT was up on a hill on the other side of the fence at one of the stops. He had his tighty-whities down around his knees . . . it would have been pretty funny except