Once again, you and I are the government, so are you confessing?
Jeff Miles
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On Sep 9, 2009, at 4:59 PM, mike wrote:
Government is nothing but a bunch of crooks. And while some
Yeah, you pretty much got it. If we are going to allow you to legally
run a protection racket we are going to bring it into reality when it
comes to profit. If this is beyond understanding let me put it another
way. Any future kids you have you have to pay insurance for in case
they might
This all leads me to a question. My mother bought into the ATT plan
with the little USB thing. She could get wireless internet like a cell
phone. She went to Mexico recently (was basically just over the
border) and was cut off from ATT because of the charges she'd
incurred. She used the
This is the thin, low profile, full width, aluminum, $50 keyboard, which
I love. I cover it when I'm not using it, nothing was spilled on it and
the keys that failed are all in a row and failed the same day. Doesn't
that suggest that the failure is electronic rather than a physical
problem
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Steve at Verizonstevet...@verizon.net wrote:
So you are in favor of nationalizing, not just the health insurance
companies, but also life insurance and automobile insurance? Your logic
would apply to them as well.
What logic are you ascribing to me? All I
I too installed it (on a PC) last night, and now it doesn't recognize my iPod
touch.? What's supposed to happen is that when I connect the Touch to the PC,
iTunes is supposed to start up and sync the two.? It used to work with 8.0.?
Will be contacting tech support when they open their desk at
We shouldn't complain about U.S. broadband. Check this article about broadband
in South Africa.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1212214/Company-enlists-Winston-homing-pigeon-carry-data-transfer--faster-broadband.html
Or:
http://tinyurl.com/nszden
It's not mentioned in the
This might actually work for us too, since video files are still too
large to transfer via the internet. I wonder how many 3.5 drives a
pigeon could carry? Or, how many pigeons would we need to reliably
transfer say, 1tb of data via flash drives. I imagine some would get
lost/killed, so there
1tb is the province of pedicabs, very reliable.
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Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:47 AM
This might actually work for us
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This might actually work for us
Then it would be a flock?
So you flock the stuff?
Stewart
At 11:59 AM 9/10/2009, you wrote:
Yes, that's true. You'd need a RAIB (a Redundant Array of Independent Birds).
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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In that case I'd say yes. It's probably an electronic failure. Is it
still under warrantee?
After this discussion of keyboards I got to looking and thinking. I
hate the flat keys Apple is now using. I prefer the indented type. No
pun intended. But the touch and feel lets me know where my
One postscript on the GPS issue: don't get too used to relying on
your GPS unit. The satellites on which GPS depends are aging and
will need replacement very soon. No money has been appropriated for
any replacement satellites, and you can't send the space shuttle up
to fix them. So,
And here's a bit of personal observation. When someone does something
wrong and are called on it they sit quiet. When they think they've
done nothing wrong they tend to get up and shout and argue. So for me
at least, I guess that tells you what I think about those during the
speech who
I may misunderstand you, but are you looking for the Gmail recent
mode? See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=47948
--Using POP on multiple clients or mobile devices
Jennifer Hiebert
On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:42 AM, db wrote:
Yes... there is something going on...
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
You might also remind your senators and your congressman that China
and--surprisingly--India both have space programs and, among other goals,
are aiming for the moon. I don't necessarily want the U.S. to do a land
Huh? I thought NASA's moon program is, unfortunately, still alive and sorta
on schedule. We're abandoning our plans for a space station after our
commitments are done and putting all our eggs into Ares/Orion.
As of this moment, it still is alive. However, a White House panel of experts
has
Yes, but sending a robot out has nowhere near the PR potential as a
live person. And it's been done already. Besides, as a species, we
can't actually say we walked there unless one of our feet hits the
dirt.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Huh? I thought
Yes, but sending a robot out has nowhere near the PR potential as a
live person. And it's been done already. Besides, as a species, we
can't actually say we walked there unless one of our feet hits the
dirt.
So, like I said, no real purpose. :)
I think part of the problem is that there is an assumption that the
problem is always at the customers end, and not the providers, even
after going through the checklist. I had an issue with Outlook Express
not running with a limited user last year. After working with Compaq's
customer support
...Oddly, though, there was no point-and-shoot analogue in video
cameras...Home videocams were almost without exception expensive,
complicated devices loaded with features like image stabilization,
night-vision mode, and onboard color correction...even with tools like
Apple's iMovie, it was a
Huh? I thought NASA's moon program is, unfortunately, still alive and sorta
on schedule. We're abandoning our plans for a space station after our
commitments are done and putting all our eggs into Ares/Orion.
As of this moment, it still is alive. However, a White House panel of experts
has
By the way, I really liked James Cameron's idea. The whole capsule
being a moon car. It lands, the wheels pop out and off you go.
Jeff Miles
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Allen
Why unfortunately? The moon is a good place to get back to. What
about that helium 3? Plus they've been talking about making fuel and
building things from what they mine on the moon. Not saying it's going
to happen tomorrow, but still, it's in the thinking.
Jeff Miles
I also forget to mention, a weapons platform on the moon wouldn't
provide for much of a surprise attack. FIRE! And then 3 days later
I hate hearing this idea of why are we sending people to space. Do
you really think a robot could have fixed the Hubble the couple times
it's needed to
At least no real purpose for you in the next few years. Unless of
course we name a toilet after you instead of John Stewart. Then you'd
probably want to go visit that.
I can't imagine where we'd be today if everyone thought like this
back in the 1400's. Who needs a new world or another
On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:26 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
I guess I don't get it. I sent a msg to myself and it immediately
appeared in my inbox with the from as me. And, of course, I have an
outbound copy of that msg in my sent folder.
Have you read through the email headers to see how it was routed?
Do you really think a robot could have fixed the Hubble the couple
times it's needed to be fixed? I really doubt it.
We could have replaced Hubble for far less than we've spent on the shuttle
program.
Do you really think we could gather the information needed on how
space effects humans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnc0CeUT-Lc
There is an old saying, and judging by the posts on here it is 100% accurate:
You can't reason people out of positions they didn't reason themselves into.
Too many people are partisan without ever really thinking about things.
What I am looking
I can't imagine where we'd be today if everyone thought like this
back in the 1400's. Who needs a new world or another route to Asia?
There isn't even a remote comparison between exploring Earth and sending a few
people to the moon, sorry.
There's a direct comparison. What part of moving on don't you
understand? I've already mentioned helium 3, which I've heard could
power the us for hundreds of years at less then the cost of what we
spend on oil today. What other motivation do you need? I mean besides
human growth and
Do you mean the couple of flights by the space shuttle to repair
Hubble, or the entire program? We have had around 160+ space shuttle
flights.
We know pretty much everything we need to know? Why didn't we stop
with Aristotle? Hell, we knew everything we needed to know by then.
What's a
We know pretty much everything we need to know? Why didn't we stop
with Aristotle? Hell, we knew everything we needed to know by then.
What's a microchip? Who knows, who cares.
Oh, please. That sentence was in response to your claim that we need to learn
about the effects of space on humans.
Well if that was your original question, no we don't. We haven't been
there long enough. We know a few things, but we're not even finished
learning about us on Earth. If you think we are you could open one
hell of a medical center. You'd be rich. By the way, they are testing
and making
On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:24 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
So you are in favor of nationalizing, not just the health insurance
companies, but also life insurance and automobile insurance? Your
logic would apply to them as well. Or if not nationalize, make them
provide the same coverage to
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:20 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Did M$ PAY Carter for his design? They neglected to pay for some of
the early fonts that they used.
They hired him to design a set of fonts for screen display. After he
completed two M$ got a case of the cheaps and sent him packing. M$
staff
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Business Her Way wrote:
Are any of you using any of these storage/back up units? And if yes,
how is it working for you?
You did not state the application, but for 99 out of 100 it is
trouble. Almost nobody benefits from a RAID and a non-expert user can
On Sep 10, 2009, at 12:43 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
If my 81 year old mother has a DSL issue, is she calling India?
India does not have to be bad. One product I use, Quark XPress, used
to have US support and it was famously terrible. New owners moved much
of the company overseas and tech
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Jordan wrote:
The nice Apple keyboard that I use on the iMac has a problem. The
cde and 3 keys have stopped working. Is there anything I can tinker
with that might fix this? It's a couple years old, but does anyone
think Apple will do anything for me on this?
On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
One postscript on the GPS issue: don't get too used to relying on
your GPS unit. The satellites on which GPS depends are aging and
will need replacement very soon. No money has been appropriated for
any replacement satellites, and you
On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Security researcher Brian Mastenbrook uncovered a cross-site
scripting vulnerability in Ruby on Rails and quickly had injected
Javascript code running in Twitter.
An advisory from the Ruby developers has already been issued, along
with
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
The only thing I'm not seeing here is a point.
Precisely the point. You don't see much through your ideological haze
and trying to provoke thought is quite impossible.
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
I wonder what will be the predominant language of space exploration:
English, or Chinese?
Chinese, definitely. The American Century ended prematurely.
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Wow, when did Spirit and Opportunity learn to work on their own? I
wonder if the people who get paid to drive them know this. If they
are working on there own, what do you think they're thinking?
There's a rock, let's flip it over. Or maybe, damn it's dusty
today. Or maybe, Hey Opportunity,
On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
You can't compete with the govt. Choice with the state is a
bug, not a feature.
This has no basis in fact. You just keep chanting that wingnut mantra.
Keep your eyes shut real tight while you do.
On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Nah, it's pretty much socialism when the Stupid Party does it too.
Socialism is simply opposition to the untrammeled workings of the
economic market. Most of the world embraces socialism. Socialism
is a good and virtuous thing. Anyone who
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:19 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
What the hell came of creating the database/intranet of health
care? Who was against it? What happened to the waste cutting? Where
did it go? The company still exists, so.?
People were rightly nervous over such an operation being run by M$.
On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:04 PM, mike wrote:
Brilliant! Socialism is great till you run out of everyone elses
money.
But one doesn't. That is just a bogeyman invented by wing nuts who are
bad at math.
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On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Marcio wrote:
Hmmm I am considering this...going Gmail. But will I find all that
Eudore offers?
As time goes on I find that software does get smarter and better as
developers understand tasks better (except for M$ Office). New
software may do things
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years ago was as
affordable as it is today.
Very true,except that today we have more information about fares.
You only get less for your $ today.
Today they can abuse their customers with
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Jordan wrote:
_Oh, and by the way, these wingers who are against government
involvement in health care because it's not in the constitution? I
guess they are against Medicare too. Good luck with that.
I recall Trent Lott lecturing us while people were dying from
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
How about if they break even? That would be a hoot.
What does that mean? You could try to make sense from time to time.
That would really be a hoot.
Profit and break even are not useful concepts for thinking about
how governments work. Any
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:33 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
By expanding Medicare and returning to private nonprofits instead of
taking customers' premiums for shareholders, the costs of both
Medicare and private health care will go down, as it has in many
other countries with similar plans. Medicare
If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry, the
wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Congress.
See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act.
t.piwowar wrote:
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years
No one could compete with Freddy and Fanny because they had the implied
(turns out real) backing of the US Treasury and they could borrow at
rates lower than other financial institutions. That's how they made
those gobs of money (before the fun ran out). And Franklin Raines made
his 90 mil
Profit, no, but break even has a certain appeal.
An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy
beyond its means.
t.piwowar wrote:
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
How about if they break even? That would be a hoot.
What does that mean? You could try
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Jeff Miles wrote:
I'm an ignorant ass because I don't agree with you and don't see why
you keep refusing to understand the word option?
Same thing happens with these folks when the topic is computers. They
simply refuse to acknowledge key facts and will argue
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Jeff Wright wrote:
Every year we work longer and longer to pay the guvmint our tax
burden and
every year we become less free as more laws are passed that restrict
our
freedom just a little bit more than last year.
False. What planet do you live on?
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:59 PM, mike wrote:
I heard someone saying on the radio or television, I don't recall
where,
that we should require when any new law goes on the books they
should have
to remove one also.
Probably Fox. Most of the utterly stupid commentary comes from there.
Only an
On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
As for letting the free market work for insurance companies, I'm all
for that. Let's stop requiring insurance for damn near everything.
Let's make it an option. Do you want to buy a house? You don't have
to buy fire insurance. You want to drive
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It is called universal or one payer healthcare.
Nothing socialistic about it.
Nope. It is socialism through and through. It is the right thing to do.
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On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
For you to say that the health care in Cuba is better than the
United States may be the dumbest statement I have ever heard.
Given the choice...you mean to tell me that you would fly to Cuba to
have open heart surgery instead of having it done by
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:44 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
No one could compete with Freddy and Fanny because they had the
implied (turns out real) backing of the US Treasury and they could
borrow at rates lower than other financial institutions. That's how
they made those gobs of money (before
Hello kettle?
I love that line! g
cb
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On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:26, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
For you to say that the health care in Cuba is better than the
United States may be the dumbest statement I have ever heard.
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry,
the wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Congress.
See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act.
Are we talking policy or are you starting a Jimmy Carter fan
What's wrong with familiarity? why should users be required to learn yet more
s/w when they're already comfortable with what they're familiar? Yes, call me
a curmudgeon.
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