Re: [Stratalist-ot] go, eric...GO!

2011-05-25 Thread Michael Luscombe
and refute the meager logic you offered, but I've ceased believing that you want any displaced people helped, and all of your circular arguments make perfect sense for someone without a soul. Michael On 2011-05-25, at 1:07 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote: On May 24, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Michael Luscombe

Re: [Stratalist-ot] go, eric...GO!

2011-05-24 Thread Michael Luscombe
We'll all spend money we don't have on certain things. The difference is that democrats would fund disaster relief, and republicans would fund illegal wars against countries that pose no threat. If only you could find a way to help them by carpet bombing. Sent from my iPhone On 2011-05-24, at

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Two men in their 20's

2011-05-22 Thread Michael Luscombe
Well said. Sometimes it seems like the struggle isn't between conservatives and liberals, but educated and uneducated. Michael On 2011-05-22, at 1:15 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On May 22, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote: Only one knows how to defend

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Studies show...

2011-04-29 Thread Michael Luscombe
Drouillard wrote: Hey, how 'bout that Obamony, eh! What a growth rate -- 1.8%! Jobs -- we're swimming in them! Energy prices through the roof -- finally! I can see why you want to talk about anything but what Obama has accomplished. On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Democrats behaving badly near my old stomping grounds

2011-03-17 Thread Michael Luscombe
with the argument, didn't it? Aren't opinions fun? Michael On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Speaking of hacks... Whenever a Republican gets caught cheating, stealing or being gay, that's an anomaly that can't be used to define the party, but when two democrats break

[Stratalist-ot] Very cool website

2011-01-31 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://benthebodyguard.com/index.php -- Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist-ot@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [Stratalist-ot] IT semi rant/actual question...

2010-12-30 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-12-30, at 4:12 PM, richardsan elfw...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:35 PM, M Christol chris...@fuse.net wrote: On 12/30/10 2:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote True story: I had one grad student who dug an old Apple iMac puck mouse out of her lab's 'pile o computer stuff' and

[Stratalist-ot] Stranger's Wrath

2010-12-07 Thread Michael Luscombe
To anyone out there that missed it, I just have to pass on this story. My favourite game of the last console generation was Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, although it didn't end in a satisfying way (a sequel may have been planned, but the launch of the game was completely botched and the developer

Re: [Stratalist-ot] The word of the day

2010-11-29 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-11-29, at 7:19 AM, richardsan wrote: On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com wrote: On 2010-11-28, at 6:15 PM, Francis Drouillard do...@novato.net wrote: I'm fairly immune to television advertising, too. That's one advantage of recording late

Re: [Stratalist-ot] The word of the day

2010-11-29 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-11-29, at 1:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Boardwalk Empire: all of the characters feel extremely real, with the exception of the FBI agent, and he may be a psychopath After yesterday's episode I'd say that 'may be' has been

Re: [Stratalist-ot] The word of the day

2010-11-25 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-11-25, at 4:22 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Happy Perfectly Ordinary Thursday, Michael and mexi! Happy Thanksgiving everyone else! 8-) -- Thanks for the mention =) Would anyone like to offer an explanation of why U.S. Thanksgiving is a shopping extravaganza of such epic proportions? I

Re: [Stratalist-ot] The inside of this man's head...

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-11-18, at 12:11 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 18, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote: On Nov 17, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: ...is a strange, dark, and twisted place:

Re: [Stratalist-ot] The inside of this man's head...

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Luscombe
. On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: The same reason you consistently link to the mentally unstable fringe element that also considers themselves liberals. -- No, I have better things to do. It's not hard to find a liberal I disagree with strongly, almost as easy

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Too dumb for the republicans...

2010-11-17 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-11-17, at 1:49 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: Government spending is the problem. No matter how much we're taxed, they spend too much. That's the case in Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland, and soon the US. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States --

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Like six-week old puppies ...

2010-11-02 Thread Michael Luscombe
ran as a bipartisan moderate but is governing as an arrogant socialist. No wonder folks are pissed. On Oct 26, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Wow, from crappy primetime news to feminism in one easy step. As horrifying as that all sounds, at the end of the day, if you're

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Like six-week old puppies ...

2010-11-02 Thread Michael Luscombe
:17 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Wow, from crappy primetime news to feminism in one easy step. As horrifying as that all sounds, at the end of the day, if you're already pretty, it's easier to read off a teleprompter than become an engineer. It pays well, and you get lots of attention

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Like six-week old puppies ...

2010-11-02 Thread Michael Luscombe
. They're not voting for the Republican Party. That was especially evident in a recent focus group done in Cleveland, OH. The man ran as a bipartisan moderate but is governing as an arrogant socialist. No wonder folks are pissed. On Oct 26, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Like six-week old puppies ...

2010-10-23 Thread Michael Luscombe
That's funny, because the last two republican presidents declared war on Iraq, spent like crazy on debt, increased government powers and reduced individual liberties. They run on libertarian principles, and they rule with imperial principles. You're either dumb for continually falling for the

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Like six-week old puppies ...

2010-10-23 Thread Michael Luscombe
and right. I think he has made good compromises, and he's made a lot of them to ensure more progress in more areas. You're a lunatic, Frank, and kind of a thick one, to boot. Michael On 2010-10-23, at 12:41 PM, Francis Drouillard do...@novato.net wrote: On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Michael

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Uh-oh...

2010-10-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
Because rampant nationalism and religious rhetoric lead to the rise of the Nazi regime. No one said that integrating multiple religions, races, languages and cultures was going to be easy. Quite the opposite, actually. We know it will be difficult, and we struggle to struggle to succeed

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Uh-oh...

2010-10-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
sure, but I'm happy to endorse it. -- Michael On Oct 16, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Because rampant nationalism and religious rhetoric lead to the rise of the Nazi regime. No one said that integrating multiple religions, races, languages and cultures was going

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Javascript anyone?

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Luscombe
I don't quite understand what you're doing here, Bruce, or why you would want to search inside the select options. If you give the select elements id's, though, you can use JQuery to grab the selected option in each select tag. Sent from my iPhone On 2010-10-15, at 12:35 PM, Bruce Johnson

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Javascript anyone?

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Luscombe
john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Oct 15, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: I don't quite understand what you're doing here, Bruce, or why you would want to search inside the select options. If you give the select elements id's, though, you can use JQuery to grab the selected

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Javascript anyone?

2010-10-15 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-10-15, at 2:40 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 15, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Jquery isn't a widget library, though, it's a collection of functions you can easily combine with any of your is code. Most of the time I'm really just using the selector code, which

[Stratalist-ot] Windows 7 AV

2010-09-27 Thread Michael Luscombe
I've just finished installing Parallels 6 and Windows 7 on my iMac, and it's giving me messages about AV software. I'm a noob in this area, and I've only ever heard bad things about Norton on the PC. Any suggestions for inexpensive but useful AV software on Windows? Cheers, -- Michael Luscombe

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Bear in mind that this person was an 'Economic advisor' to the MccAin capmaign, and had McCain won, would likely be employed in th Treasury depratment right now

2010-09-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-09-09, at 4:05 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: Ahh, class warfare, the last respite of the far left. When the price of something goes down demand for it will increase. It's basic macroeconomics, something the fools in DC and their union hack enablers repeatedly fail to recognize or

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Bear in mind that this person was an 'Economic advisor' to the MccAin capmaign, and had McCain won, would likely be employed in th Treasury depratment right now

2010-09-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 2010-09-09, at 4:44 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: Everything has an elasticity. McDonalds is not going to hire 10x more employees because they cost one tenth as much. Nor would anyone familiar with them infer that from a Supply Demand Curve. But the basic observation holds -- if

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Bear in mind that this person was an 'Economic advisor' to the MccAin capmaign, and had McCain won, would likely be employed in th Treasury depratment right now

2010-09-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
in 2008. An in 2010, despite 26-percenters like you and Bruce, we're going to show we're not socialist either. Time to drastically reduce the size of federal government. On Sep 9, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: On 2010-09-09, at 4:44 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: Everything

[Stratalist-ot] UPS Advice?

2010-09-08 Thread Michael Luscombe
, printer, speakers, router, iphone dock, midi keyboard, etc. numerous USB devices and other doodads. My wife has a similar setup with a dual 24 imac (minus the midi devices), so I assume we'd need close to the same capacity. Thanks in advance! -- Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com http

Re: [Stratalist-ot] UPS Advice?

2010-09-08 Thread Michael Luscombe
://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. -- Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com http://www.maumedia.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

[Stratalist-ot] Google Logo

2010-09-04 Thread Michael Luscombe
Check out the google logo today. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [Stratalist-ot] unfavourable details about Vitter

2010-08-25 Thread Michael Luscombe
100% true, but... The Republican problem is one of their own making. They've ratcheted up the rhetoric on value based issues. It's extremely hard to watch someone like Edwards talk about family values and then sleep around on his cancer-stricken wife. That kind of hypocrisy just isn't

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed

2010-07-29 Thread Michael Luscombe
, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com wrote: From a Facebook post: -- In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance

Re: [Stratalist-ot] trash or treasure x's 2

2010-06-27 Thread Michael Luscombe
, Francis Drouillard do...@novato.net wrote: I felt The Road was terrible, largely because it was so damned depressing. Despite its shortcoming, The Book of Eli was more enjoyable. Maybe I'm just a sucker for hope. On Jun 26, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: I thought Mila was miscast

Re: [Stratalist-ot] trash or treasure x's 2

2010-06-27 Thread Michael Luscombe
Odd how? That I like happy movies? It's just too easy to say this sucks. Ask any teenager. Being positive is a lot more daring. Sent from my iPhone On 2010-06-27, at 6:40 AM, M Christol chris...@fuse.net wrote: Michael Luscombe wrote: The depressing stuff seems lazy sometimes. It's more

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Squick-inducing slashdot headline of the day...

2010-06-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
Have you ever tried Chatroulette? Sausage city. Makes me sad for the human race. Michael On 15-Jun-10, at 11:57 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Chatroulette Working On Genital Recognition Algorithm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Squick-inducing slashdot headline of the day...

2010-06-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
/stratalist-ot?hl=en . -- Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com http://www.maumedia.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[Stratalist-ot] Mmmmm

2010-06-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
Look at this thing: http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW481?mco=MTc5MTA0MjU#overview It's like stereo porn. I just want to lick it. Mmm. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Mmmmm

2010-06-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
Aye, although first on the list would be replacing this ancient G5 with an intel mac so I can ditch the troublesome PC. I should start a swear jar, I'll be rich in no time =) Michael On 9-Jun-10, at 1:34 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: Just one more thing for your iWant list. Look at this

Re: [Stratalist-ot] good grief

2010-06-03 Thread Michael Luscombe
with the imminent problem and worry about everything else after. Michael Sent from my iPhone On 2010-06-03, at 1:48 AM, Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com wrote: I don't think Obama has done A very good job of mitigating the catastrophe. No one has. No Sent from my iPhone On 2010-06-03

Re: [Stratalist-ot] good grief

2010-06-02 Thread Michael Luscombe
Wow. Where do you start? Isn't Obama serving his country? Don't muslims believe in god? Er, the same god, I believe. So BP saves a few bucks by not drilling a relief well, and it's Obama's fault for being a make-believe muslim? Crazy dumb people are so bloody amusing. Michael Sent from

Re: [Stratalist-ot] good grief

2010-06-02 Thread Michael Luscombe
on commercial whaling, and many of those activists now question their support for Obama. They feel duped by Him. It's really hard not to tell them I told you so! On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Wow. Where do you start? Isn't Obama serving his country? Don't muslims

[Stratalist-ot] Check reality at the door

2010-04-22 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyFeFhUTmI Words have clearly lost their meaning. -- Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Check reality at the door

2010-04-22 Thread Michael Luscombe
, Francis Drouilllard do...@novato.net wrote: On Apr 22, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyFeFhUTmI Words have clearly lost their meaning. -- Michael I worry more about the Obama regime trashing the US Constitution than a few American citizens

[Stratalist-ot] amateur space photography

2010-03-25 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://tinyurl.com/yh295l4 -- Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [Stratalist-ot] if they're not gonna work...

2010-03-24 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 24-Mar-10, at 12:24 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 24, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote: Opposing the Democrats that are marching us over a cliff _is_ representing the people that were ignored by them. Down our throats in March. Up your ass in November! Oh woe woe is me!

Re: [Stratalist-ot] if they're not gonna work...

2010-03-24 Thread Michael Luscombe
and start listening to those with whom you disagree before Obama and his disciples completely ruin America. Michael Luscombe wrote: I have absolutely no idea why people continue to argue with Francis or any republicans, for that matter. It's clear that they're living in some alternate

Re: [Stratalist-ot] oh, so shameless

2010-03-18 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 18-Mar-10, at 2:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 18, 2010, at 10:30 AM, richardsan wrote: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=18983id=10119981130l=8059ec298d Those boring old handles let you grab it a lot better than the flap kinda thing, that's a 'innovation' I've seen many

Re: [Stratalist-ot] GUess they didn't actually read the play....

2010-03-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 16-Mar-10, at 1:30 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: How do you know it won't happen here? The same thing is happening in Canada, although you may not want to recognize it. Where will your PMs go when they need good treatment in a timely manner if Obamacare passes? And you clearly haven't

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Solitary Man - Urban Primitive?

2010-03-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 16-Mar-10, at 2:34 PM, M Christol wrote: This dude in Detroit has the right idea. His generator probably helps his health, to boot. http://www.urbanophile.com/2010/03/16/detroitblog-solitary-man/ Six years ago, Glendale Stewart took a look at the world around him and decided to drop out

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Solitary Man - Urban Primitive?

2010-03-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 16-Mar-10, at 3:35 PM, Mark wrote: Michael Luscombe wrote: On 16-Mar-10, at 2:34 PM, M Christol wrote: This dude in Detroit has the right idea. His generator probably helps his health, to boot. http://www.urbanophile.com/2010/03/16/detroitblog-solitary-man/ Six years ago, Glendale

Re: [Stratalist-ot] better looking than a Prius, too!

2010-03-10 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 9-Mar-10, at 8:26 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Michael Luscombe wrote: Both technologies in one car, not two cars. But that's not really where I think we should go. I'm just saying that the introduction of fuel saving technologies only increases

Re: [Stratalist-ot] better looking than a Prius, too!

2010-03-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 9-Mar-10, at 10:44 AM, do...@novato.net wrote: Screw those runaway hybrids, I'll take one of these gas sippers: Mhttp://fastflip.googlelabs.com/view?q=view%3Apopularsource=newstype=embed#zU1AFjfQE6yppM -- Oh, I see what you did there. Toyota has a problem with brake pedals, so

Re: [Stratalist-ot] better looking than a Prius, too!

2010-03-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 9-Mar-10, at 11:35 AM, do...@novato.net wrote: Oh, I see what you did there. Toyota has a problem with brake pedals, so electric hybrids are a waste of time. Nice. You're reading way too much into my statement, Michael. -- Sorry, you clearly meant runaway to mean... sorry, I have no idea

Re: [Stratalist-ot] quick, get a waterboard!

2010-03-07 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 7-Mar-10, at 7:02 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 7, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote: This guy could stand of few doses: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/07/2010-03-07_american_al_qaeda_terrorist_adam_gadahn_aka_azzam_the_american_arrested_in_pakis.html Well,

[Stratalist-ot] What to do with your stimulus money

2010-03-02 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://digg.com/d31KJFg I'm clearly not going to the right yard sales. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[Stratalist-ot] Beautiful Scenery

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/video-exploring-cave-crystals -- Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Beautiful Scenery

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 21-Jan-10, at 3:32 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/video-exploring-cave-crystals -- Probably a better link on the subject: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/crystal-giants/crystals-photography -- Michael -- You received this message

Re: [Stratalist-ot] The masters of the fucking universe...`

2010-01-13 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 13-Jan-10, at 7:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/82270.html I'm speechless. Either this douche is committing outright and arrogant perjury or the banking sector is run by complete and utter fucking morons. -- Can't it be both? In any case, that's

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Wow....

2010-01-12 Thread Michael Luscombe
I've been trying to watch this video all month, and the performance is just so choppy I give up, rather than ruin it for myself. When I reboot, sometime in February, I'll let you know if I liked it =) On another topic, is there any way to just flush the VM system in OSX and let it rebuild

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Wow....

2010-01-12 Thread Michael Luscombe
os x 10.5.6 Illustrator CS3 Firefox 3.5.7 I prefer to use Firefox, for the most part, but Safari does seem to handle multi-tab situations better. Michael On 12-Jan-10, at 8:58 PM, richardsan wrote: what versions, michael? os/apps? On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Michael Luscombe mich

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Re: Citizenship test

2010-01-06 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 6-Jan-10, at 2:17 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Is Chris Bischoff on this list? Anyone know any more of what's up with him that what's on Facebook? No he's not on the list, at least under any email or nickname I can decipher. And welcome, btw... you're not moderated any more we had to

[Stratalist-ot] Wireless security

2010-01-05 Thread Michael Luscombe
Even though it seems dirt simple, I have been unsuccessful at getting wireless security working reliably at home. WEP, WPA(2) and others randomly refuse to let me connect or slow the traffic to a virtual stop. I've removed the security and restricted the wireless network to specific mac

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Wireless security

2010-01-05 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 5-Jan-10, at 4:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: I've removed the security and restricted the wireless network to specific mac addresses. It's less plug-and-play, but it works and it's fast. Does anyone foresee a security issue

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Adobe Reader 9.2 security flaw reported

2009-12-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
Now, why would anyone do such a thing and miss out on the wonderfully interactive 3D PDFs created with Strata Live 3D and Live 3D PDF? =D Michael On 16-Dec-09, at 3:50 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 16, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Brian Lawson wrote: This affects both Mac and Windows.

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Adobe Reader 9.2 security flaw reported

2009-12-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
Ack, you're right. Boobies! *whew*, that was a close one. =) Michael On 16-Dec-09, at 6:50 PM, Mark wrote: Watch it, Michael, that's dangerously close to being on topic. Michael Luscombe wrote: Now, why would anyone do such a thing and miss out on the wonderfully interactive 3D PDFs

[Stratalist-ot] OS X 10.5

2009-12-11 Thread Michael Luscombe
Has Apple flat-out discontinued OS X 10.5? It seems like the last version that's going to run on my G5, and I've already encountered a few apps I wanted to try that require it. Having said that, I'm having trouble finding it now. Anyone have a line on cheap, discontinued Apple software? =)

[Stratalist-ot] Free pie charts

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Luscombe
I'm probably the only one here that'll find this funny, but I had to share: http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to stratalist...@googlegroups.com. To

Re: [Stratalist-ot] hard to believe...

2009-12-01 Thread Michael Luscombe
I could just be talking out of my ass here, but it really seems like Dems are trying to pitch a strong man (r woman) with a vision to lead the party. Obviously, that worked out for them this time, and Clinton, Kennedy, etc. When the lead doesn't impress (eg. Kerry, Gore... hey, smart

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Picking fights with those who buy ink...

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 30-Nov-09, at 4:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: ...by the gallons.. http://tinyurl.com/yewzhes This morning's show? Well if you're going to hassle me about it like that, there must be a story there...We'll spend a lot of time this morning on the subject! Michael, any idea of who is so

Re: [Stratalist-ot] Picking fights with those who buy ink...

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 30-Nov-09, at 5:25 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: On 30-Nov-09, at 4:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Michael, any idea of who is so paranoid about people dissing the Olympics that this would be going on? I'm a little disgusted. It's not illegal to talk about anything in Canada. Tell that to

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Socialist Agencies Destroying America

2009-10-23 Thread Michael Luscombe
Charitable acts are also filled with good intentions. You can't demonize the intention to do good because sometimes it fails. Were you hoping that the legislation on healthcare was a haiku? I don't think the length of the bill has any bearing on it's worth. Your country stands for Life,

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Socialist Agencies Destroying America

2009-10-23 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 23-Oct-09, at 3:52 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So Michael, but you're wrong. A significant majority of Americans do not want public healthcare or a public option or whatever else the leftists are calling it these days. They don't want the federal

[Stratalist-ot] Re: dim sum in toronto?

2009-10-15 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 15-Oct-09, at 8:54 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: friend of mine is on the road with a cell phone, wondering where to eat lunch, any suggestions, Michael? -- A little late, but head to Spadina, south of College. That's where all the authentic Dim Sum places are =) -- Michael

[Stratalist-ot] Re: wow, really?

2009-10-09 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 9-Oct-09, at 11:51 AM, do...@novato.net wrote: Well, there’s hasn’t been any contribution to peace yet. He’s proposing things, he’s initiating things, but he is yet to deliver.” -- Lech Walesa on Obama's Nobel prize. What a joke. It must be slightly embarrassing and annoying to

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Me, I prefer the Lolcat version

2009-10-06 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 6-Oct-09, at 3:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem. But the determined satirists at Conservapedia have decided to make their own version: http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project -- I read

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Racism? You betcha!

2009-09-22 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 22-Sep-09, at 9:35 AM, do...@novato.net wrote: One of the speakers at the so-called racist Tea Parties: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThzM22US-Jo He hasn't forgotten that Democrats are the party of racists and that liberals are hypocrites when it comes to criticizing Obama. --

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Join the fight!

2009-09-22 Thread Michael Luscombe
grr. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/041b5acaf5/protect-insurance- companies-psa?rel=player On 22-Sep-09, at 4:01 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/041b5acaf5/protect-insurance- companies-psa?rel=player --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

[Stratalist-ot] Healthcare, Rolling Stone

2009-09-21 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29988909/sick_and_wrong/ Not sure how to sell this depressing article. At least it blames everyone involved, instead of just dumping on the obvious bad guys. Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[Stratalist-ot] Re: All you need to know about the tea partiers...

2009-09-17 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 17-Sep-09, at 5:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: http://tinyurl.com/r5z79d Republican congressman demands to know why DC Metro didn't have enough subway cars running. Waaah...the government run subways system didn't have enough cars for us protesters against government-run services! Waaah!

[Stratalist-ot] Re: All you need to know about the tea partiers...

2009-09-17 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 17-Sep-09, at 10:57 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: What's most likely of all is that you don't know that the 9/12 tea partiers came from all across the political spectrum, including those that voted for Obama. It may be difficult for the far-left to understand, but independents and

[Stratalist-ot] Re: change of regular scheduled spam

2009-09-08 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 4-Sep-09, at 12:58 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: No, you're first comment on this thread was: Since that isn't true, the rest of your email is pointless. And that was all you said in your initial response, and I responded as follows: The Canadians that cross the border seeking

[Stratalist-ot] Re: change of regular scheduled spam

2009-08-27 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 27-Aug-09, at 7:28 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: On 25-Aug-09, at 4:51 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: But this debate is no longer about health care, really. It's about getting a win for the left-wingers in the Democratic Party -- which

[Stratalist-ot] Re: change of regular scheduled spam

2009-08-25 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 25-Aug-09, at 1:16 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: But go ahead. Instead of engaging anyone in a real debate or clarifying what is actually in the plan or how we can pay for it, just dismiss the dissenting voices. That approach worked very well for the Republicans, didn't it? -- I

[Stratalist-ot] Re: George Orwell redlines in his casket

2009-07-17 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 17-Jul-09, at 6:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more- equal-than-others/ Orwell's publisher apparently has second thoughts about offering electronic editions, and so Amazon obligingly stuffs it's Kindle version of '1984' into the

[Stratalist-ot] MS SQL 2008

2009-07-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
Does anyone here have access to MS SQL 2008? I desperately need to bring a 2008 backup back into MS SQL 2005. I have instructions for creating a viable export from 2008, but no access to the 2008 management app. If anyone knows their way around SQL, my client and I would sincerely

[Stratalist-ot] Knowing

2009-07-14 Thread Michael Luscombe
Nicholas Cage was completely miscast as an astrophysicist/ philosopher. He's really just doing his best Nicolas Cage impression at this point. There were some deus ex machina elements that elicited a groan or two. They may offend the christians among us =) There were four spectacular CGI

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Oh, man...I really feel sorry for Jenny Sanford...

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 30-Jun-09, at 7:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: When her asshat of a husband says things like this in public: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his Argentine mistress his soul mate Tuesday, but said that he would try to fall back in love with his wife. In a friggin on the record AP

[Stratalist-ot] Disturbing trend

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Luscombe
the Cafe? -- Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com http://www.maumedia.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to StrataList-OT@googlegroups.com

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Downtown Toronto Pano

2009-05-11 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 11-May-09, at 1:22 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 10, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: A panorama taken from the 20th floor of the Four Seasons hotel in Toronto, from a north facing window. http://www.maumedia.com/testbed/4seasons_north/half_pano.jpg http://www.maumedia.com

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Downtown Toronto Pano

2009-05-11 Thread Michael Luscombe
Is your browser scaling them to fit the screen? Michael On 11-May-09, at 1:46 PM, richardsan wrote: e... looking at both pics, nothing is different? On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Michael Luscombe mich...@maumedia.com wrote: A panorama taken from the 20th floor of the Four

[Stratalist-ot] Re: The Nobel Peace Prize that should have been

2009-04-24 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 24-Apr-09, at 1:14 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: If we manage to warm the oceans enough that the methane clathrates in the arctic and antarctic sea beds, we could trigger a catastrophic warming cycle like probably happened in the The Great Dying http://

[Stratalist-ot] Re: The Nobel Peace Prize that should have been

2009-04-24 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 24-Apr-09, at 2:39 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: We can achieve much more with far less money and far less government intervention than by trying to stop climate change. -- I still don't see a difference, in the long run. The extent of the natural resources on this planet to sustain the

[Stratalist-ot] Re: How-tos for image/document enhancement?

2009-03-26 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 26-Mar-09, at 5:36 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: You know, the one that'll blow up a newspaper photo enough to read the text on the lapel pin of the murderer in the group photo of the garden club from 1947? ;-) -- Man, that gets my goat. I have to be physically restrained from ranting myself

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Deep Thought

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 17-Mar-09, at 3:47 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: You people clamoring for 'just let the whole thing fall down', truly have no fucking idea of how far things will collapse when they do. -- That's lovely, but that doesn't mean that the US taxpayers need to supply a blank cheque to allow these

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Deep Thought

2009-03-16 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 16-Mar-09, at 7:50 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: I would like to get me some contractually-required retention bonus, too. Then follow this simple roadmap: 1) Screw up your job in a manner that compromises the welfare of hundreds of millions of people, 2) Declare your job as too

[Stratalist-ot] Re: If you need an excuse to use twitter

2009-03-14 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 14-Mar-09, at 6:59 AM, mex sara wrote: however clicking on some of the pix at the side i can see that it is 'bad' and a bit ' sad' -- It's just a tool, you make of it what you want. Just like Facebook, you can use it to catch up with old friends from around the world, or you can

[Stratalist-ot] If you need an excuse to use twitter

2009-03-12 Thread Michael Luscombe
http://twitter.com/cwalken Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups StrataList-OT group. To post to this group, send email to StrataList-OT@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

[Stratalist-ot] My New Nephew

2009-03-11 Thread Michael Luscombe
Born Monday night, 7lbs, 11 ounces. They were going to name him Ewan (father is Scottish), but they're still arguing about that. http://www.maumedia.com/testbed/afro_baby.jpg Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[Stratalist-ot] Re: Excellent comments on AGW

2009-03-04 Thread Michael Luscombe
On 4-Mar-09, at 10:22 AM, do...@novato.net wrote: A physics professor from Princeton shares his views on AGW: http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5441 -- The more I read, the less I buy the C02 link. Man is increasingly made out to be a giant carbon spewing polluter, when, in fact, 99.5%

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