The book is good too.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Scott Stroz wrote:
>
> I got the Blu-Ray box set of Band of Brothers for my birthday. I
> started watching it last night. I forgot how amazing that series is,
> simply incredible.
>
> I may have to subscribe to HBO when The Pacific airs.
>
I love that miniseries and I especially love the introduction to it on
TV Without Pity. Don't remember the exact wording but it went
something like, "they were brave men, dangerous men and because it was
HBO, they were hot men. Every single one of them. Except David
Schwimmer".
Rough series to wa
Disregard. My phone is slow, lol
-Original Message-
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:46:00 am
To: "cf-community"
From: "Scott Stroz"
Subject: Re: Band of Brothers
http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Scott Raley wr
HBO.com says 'March 2010'
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:47 AM, sor...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> When does it air? I have free hbo till August.
> -Original Message-
> Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:37:27 am
> To: "cf-community"
> From: "Sc
When does it air? I have free hbo till August.
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Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:37:27 am
To: "cf-community"
From: "Scott Raley"
Subject: RE: Band of Brothers
The Pacific? Gonna talk about Pearl and Iwo and all that?
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Nice.. I may have to subscribe just for this too.
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From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:41 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: Band of Brothers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_%28miniseries%29#Broadcast
On Thu, Nov
http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Scott Raley wrote:
>
> The Pacific? Gonna talk about Pearl and Iwo and all that?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:43 AM
> To: cf-comm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_%28miniseries%29#Broadcast
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Scott Raley wrote:
>
> The Pacific? Gonna talk about Pearl and Iwo and all that?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 200
The Pacific? Gonna talk about Pearl and Iwo and all that?
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From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:43 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Band of Brothers
I got the Blu-Ray box set of Band of Brothers for my birthday. I
started watch
I agree. BoB was absolutely amazing. I'll have to watch it again. Thanks for
the reminder.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Scott Stroz wrote:
>
> I got the Blu-Ray box set of Band of Brothers for my birthday. I
> started watching it last night. I forgot how amazing that series is,
> simply inc
> WillBo wrote:
> Holy sh!t, gated too?!?
>
No gates! (that's my PC motto too, "No Gates!") It's just that our
sub has only one entrance so if you're driving in, you likely like
there, but the streets are still owned by the city (unfortunately).
~
> Heh, so true. That's the beauty of the closed development: no through
> traffic.
Holy sh!t, gated too?!?
Gruss we hardly knew ye!
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fisher
~~~
> gMoney wrote:
> I guess you are rightallows snobs to live in little clusters, away from
> the rest of us :)
>
Heh, so true. That's the beauty of the closed development: no through traffic.
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On 4/24/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > gMoney wrote:
> > I think some of your rules suck balls, and can't for the life of me
> figure
> > out why you support them.
> >
>
> LOL. Well I think this is why local government is awesome; imagine if
> I tried to impose my neighborhood's r
On 4/24/07, G Money wrote:
>
> I think some of your rules suck balls, and can't for the life of me figure
> out why you support them.
>
Couldn't agree with you more.
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> Scott wrote:
> Gruss, Ignore this... it came in out of order and you've explained how this
> works and it ain't an HOA at least not in the traditional sense.
>
Yeah, we only pay $100/yr for the core stuff which is the common
landscaping, snow removal, and seasonal lights. We've got a few major
> gMoney wrote:
> I think some of your rules suck balls, and can't for the life of me figure
> out why you support them.
>
LOL. Well I think this is why local government is awesome; imagine if
I tried to impose my neighborhood's rules on yours?
Anyway, the shed and fence rule keeps the yards ope
My neighbors rent. They store stuff outside. Sometimes their yard has
dandelions in it. Their back yard is fenced in. They've got a little shed in
back that they keep neat. Sometimes they park their car on the street.
They are WONDERFUL people and we've become good friends.
I think some of your r
Turns out there are several communities in the area with the same
(non-enforced) stipulation. I already rented in the same neighborhood
and knew it was mixed so other than the shock factor it didn't really
matter. Besides we had been looking for a house for a year in an
increasingly hot mark
On 4/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> wrote:
> While signing the papers to purchase my house the agent pointed out that
> according to the CC & Rs in my HOA I live in a "White Only"
> neighborhood. My neighborhood was built in 1950.
>
And you didn't run screaming?
Telecommunications Act of 1996 allows you to have a dish
On 4/24/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> to subscribe to cable television, my experiences with Cox have soured me on
> it. So I have to be able to put up my DirecTV dish.
~~~
While signing the papers to purchase my house the agent pointed out that
according to the CC & Rs in my HOA I live in a "White Only"
neighborhood. My neighborhood was built in 1950.
Scott Stewart wrote:
> My old neighborhood, we weren't even able to do that. We cold only post
> signs in the win
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From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:58 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Band Of Brothers
Some of the rules are:
* No dandilions, weeds, unlandscaped areas, etc
>> they pay for the landscaping right?
* No cars in the street
rceable..
--
Scott Stewart
ColdFusion Developer
SSTWebworks
7241 Jillspring Ct.
Springfield, Va. 22152
(703) 220-2835
http://www.sstwebworks.com
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From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:49 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Br
> Scott wrote:
> killers. We have to be able to put up a fence (2 large dogs), and I refuse
> to subscribe to cable television
We had a problem with the fence thing too, but now we just take the
dogs for walks and that's worked out. The original sale was my wife
saying, "well, I guess we have to
/www.sstwebworks.com
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From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:20 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
> Scott wrote:
> Wow, Gruss. This is the last thing that I thought you'd buy into...
> HOA's stomp all
You got caveats about winos or a local Church (local in the sense that
the physical building is in the neighborhood, the reverend lives in
another city on a golf course, no less...) trying to start gospel
missions and daily feeding programs in the middle of your residential
neighborhood?
I thought
> Scott wrote:
> Wow, Gruss. This is the last thing that I thought you'd buy into...
> HOA's stomp all over individual freedoms, all the while providing nothing
> but incompetence and rampant stupidity.
>
We must be talking about different things. My thing is just our
neighborhood that gets toget
) 220-2835
http://www.sstwebworks.com
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From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:54 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
> WillBo wrote:
> too much monkey business...too much getting in other people's business...
> WillBo wrote:
> too much monkey business...too much getting in other people's business...
HOA are the bestest form of local government. If you live in a
neighborhood where you don't think you need stricter rules, then
great.
In my neighborhood we all agree that there's certain things we
should
m: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:46 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
> You don't find out about this until you try to move, or the HOA sues you
and
> most of the time they win.
That is extra-super-effed up.
--
will
"If
> Scott wrote:
> I just kinda wish HOA's didn't exist.
I love ours - it's 100% a democracy (95% vote-to-pass) and we decide
on everything: rules, who the contractors are, what we'll contract
for, etc. We also use it to organize group buys on services, tools,
etc., and, of course, the parties!
So
> You don't find out about this until you try to move, or the HOA sues you and
> most of the time they win.
That is extra-super-effed up.
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fisher
> protest it!
I could see protesting from day one... but just try un-signing a contract...
:-)
again, /me homeowner in a neighborhood with no HOA!
the person in the office next to mine was complaining the other day
that some guy in her neighborhood had painted the trim on is house the
wrong sha
e wanted.
>
> --
> Scott Stewart
> ColdFusion Developer
>
> SSTWebworks
> 7241 Jillspring Ct.
> Springfield, Va. 22152
> (703) 220-2835
>
> http://www.sstwebworks.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesd
tewart
> ColdFusion Developer
>
> SSTWebworks
> 7241 Jillspring Ct.
> Springfield, Va. 22152
> (703) 220-2835
>
> http://www.sstwebworks.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:21 PM
> To: CF-Com
(703) 220-2835
http://www.sstwebworks.com
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From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:21 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Band Of Brothers
Try "no real estate signs posted anywhere but at the entrance to the
neighborhood&quo
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:17 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
HOA's should be narrowly focused on obvious issues that ensure property
values are not decreased. Can't have a non working chevy on blocks in your
front yard, for instance. I'm perf
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:17 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
HOA's should be narrowly focused on obvious issues that ensure property
values are not decreased. Can't have a non working chevy on blocks in your
front yard, for instance. I'm perfectly fine
works.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:13 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
>
> > I think your HOA needs better things to do with your money.
>
> Personally I have
ng Ct.
Springfield, Va. 22152
(703) 220-2835
http://www.sstwebworks.com
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From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:13 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
> I think your HOA needs better things to do with your money.
Pe
> I think your HOA needs better things to do with your money.
Personally I have better things to do with my money than to give it to
an HOA... I hear weird stories all the time about them. Having a "No
Dandelions" clause doesn't even cause me to raise an eyebrow.
--
will
"If my life weren't fu
: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:06 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
> I live in a neighborhood with covenants, one of which bans dandelions.
> My neighbor sometimes lets a few of his grow for a week or so.
> That's sloppy landscaping, but I'm not ready to call him a lia
> I live in a neighborhood with covenants, one of which bans dandelions.
> My neighbor sometimes lets a few of his grow for a week or so.
> That's sloppy landscaping, but I'm not ready to call him a liar over
> it.
Maybe not. But somebody in your neighborhood is.
--
will
"If my life weren't fu
> gMoney wrote:
> While I have ZERO emotional stake in defending the Heathen Oprah Army
But there's a big difference between an author telling everyone made
up stuff is true and an author who forgets to cite a paragraph. That
latter case is sloppy editing, the former case is outright lies.
The p
On 4/23/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well - not to defend Ambrose (I like his books personally, but have
> nothing to say beyond that) but:
>
> "Readers" were only pissed in the case you cite because Oprah told them to
> be. This was not a case of a readership incensed by a lack of
> -Original Message-
> From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:47 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
>
> > Larry wrote:
> > Read his explanations, they're easily available on the web.
> >
>
> -Original Message-
> From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:41 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Band Of Brothers
>
> We DO care. I care. Wasn't there just a huge flap over some Oprah book
> author who made up a lot of
> Larry wrote:
> Read his explanations, they're easily available on the web.
>
Why would someone capable of writing an entire of book on a subject
steal a passage or paragraph? It makes no sense, especially when all
they'd have to do is add the cite.
It sounds more like sloppy editing to me, one
>Ray Horn's stealing of Ray Camden's BlogCFC
>
>Guess I had my head in the clouds. What happened?
http://corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/How_not_to_develop_Open_Source_Software
http://www.rickroot.com/blog/1/2006/01/Ray-Horns-Rabid-BlogCFC-is-Stolen-Software.cfm
~
Ray Horn's stealing of Ray Camden's BlogCFC
Guess I had my head in the clouds. What happened?
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Read his explanations, they're easily available on the web.
As I said if it were once or twice then I can see you point, but multiple times
and across multiple books? Moreover its not just a line or two here or there,
but entire paragraphs and passages. That's not just a slip that's deliberate
> gMoney wrote:
> No, it would make me feel better if authors didn't copy other people's work
> and pass it off as their own. I don't see why I have to accept anything
> short of that...though apparently you do.
>
My point is this: why would Ambrose, who's writing average-guy
accessible WWII books
On 4/23/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm saying that:
>
> (1.) If Band of Brothers contains a full page of stuff from someone
> else's book, as a reader I really don't give a crap, and neither does
> anyone else. They care about the story in general. Again, Band of
> Brothers, Wi
> Larry wrote:
> So let me get this straight you're saying that
I'm saying that:
(1.) If Band of Brothers contains a full page of stuff from someone
else's book, as a reader I really don't give a crap, and neither does
anyone else. They care about the story in general. Again, Band of
Brothers,
The fact is that he did lift entire passages for his works on Custer, B-24
pilots, Nixon and the experience of soldiers during the second world war. It
wasn't a matter of just missing one or two attributions, he lifted entire
paragraphs and sections without attribution. Hell if I had done somet
> Larry wrote:
> His works or other people's. He's been caught plagiarizing other's work
That's absolute bunk for so many reasons:
(1.) A "scholar" reads thousands upon thousands of documents authors,
etc to expect that someone will NEVER slip up and put something in
that's not his is asinine.
(
> Russ wrote:
> Dr. Ambrose was awesome.
Ambrose tells a great story about how he came to write the Pegasus
Bridge which, the very fact that he tells this story, shows character.
10 second version:
He's leading a tour of Normandy sites and is by the famous Cafe from
Pegasus Bridge. As he's desc
His works or other people's. He's been caught plagiarizing other's work more
than a few times.
http://www.slate.com/?id=2060618
http://tinyurl.com/2bbepd
I cannot respect any scholar that steals the work of others. Once or twice may
be mere sloppiness, but multiple times is completely unethica
+1
I recommend any of his works.
Dr. Ambrose was awesome. He was one of the few professors outside of Geology
that I had a true respect for.
I had him as a long term sub when my American History prof decided he needed to
detox in the late 80s. He taufght our class, in a 300 person auditorium
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