Texsox

Here is why Brit wasn't on the list, her demise was so predictable.

You must not be a second child I don't see a problem, plus you said you were awake, so what's the deal? Did your wife have a problem with the lateness of the call or did she stay awake another hour whispering and giggling with her sister?

I'm wondering of the people who have voted no way, how many have actually paid the $$$$ for Office? The roi of renting versus owning would be about 2 years. And with upgrades and etc. happening about every two years, the cost/benefit isn't as far out of line as first appearance.

I'd vote for McCain over several in the Dem field, so I would consider him a "threat" to Dems. I'd have voted for The Hammer, but his career was smeared to death. Newt would be interesting, but the ethics stuff will kill him. Political bargained deals cling to you like the cheap perfume of a stripper. It may seem nice at first whiff, but soon it is a reminder of the slime. But all in all, I want Jeb to run and continue the BFD* *Bush Family Dynasty

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 10:02 AM) There is a subtle grammatical difference between "opposed" and "was opposed to". If he was against he war, he "was opposed to" it. If he actually voted or did something against it, then he "opposed" it. That is the savvy marketing I was referring to. Too subtle for me. But like I said, it does highlight a couple things. First, He's not alone in a short national policy voting record, Governors also do not have a voting record like this, so they can use some of the same techniques and claim to be for or against something without having been put to a test via a vote. The second is how we all should be vigilant in reading these releases and be certain our impressions are grounded in some reality.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 10:43 AM) One of the Perq's of a lifetime @ university is you don't have to spend more than a couple bucks for most Microsoft products. That is sweet.

I'm thinking $17 per month for WoW and millions of players, why not a program that is used as much? Plus. I'd bet more than a few people just say "charge it" anyways.

Didn't take long Hacker Finds Chink Damn, right when all the hackers stop trying to break XP

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 09:15 AM) I think its interesting, the way he is positioning his "history" about the war. He says he "opposed" the effort in 2002, giving the impression he voted against it - which of course he did not, since he was not in Congress yet at that point. Subtle conditioning of the truth there. How else would he write that? People here were for or against the war then, but they didn't vote for it. What it does show is he has free reign to claim almost anything. Of course every reporter worth their Selectric will be trying to uncover some objective evidence that he supported the war effort.

I really dislike "I'm running for office" legislation. I doubt he gets to be the sponsor of this bill if he isn't running. They would have put a different face on it.

I need to put together a low cost PA system for my Sea base this summer. I need to have speakers in three different locations spread out over an acre or so. One set of speakers will be inside, one outside, and one outside, but under cover. To save cost, I'm thinking portability and going with one set of speakers. I do not have to do any mixing or anything fancy. Just the ability to play MP3s and run a microphony. This isn't worked into my camp budget, so I'm trying to stay as close to zero as I can. Perhaps using a laptop and some amplified speakers I have laying around?? My portable sound knowledge is from the 1980's when I worked as a wedding DJ. I guess Technic 1200s aren't of much use anymore

They were all wonderfully horiffic in their own right.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) That's why we have charitible organizations. Its comical to me how freekin stupid people in the 3d world are. They keep on popping out children with no way to feed, clothe or educate them and then the bleeding hearts here whine about how horrible it is that children are living in squalor. No sympathy here for the idiots of the world. If you want to assign blame for the plight of these people it isin't because we dont have a global welfare state funded by U.S. taxpayers, its because of stupid people breeding. Yet, if somone was evoking capital punishment and killing a thousand adults, we'd open the checkbook for billions and billions of dollars, send thousands of soldiers off to die. And conservatives are against birth control, it's against God's will.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 06:18 AM) 4 degrees is really, really cold. No. Four Degrees is the finest rock band to come out of Omaha Nebraska

I've used them for a couple projects. Worked fine for me. But, you pay for their service in the prices they charge. The same t-shirts I can have my local screen printer make for $6 they charge double that but handle the production and administration. There is a tradeoff that makes sense at times, other times not.

I markedup about twenty bills a couple years ago and after months without a hit, I stopped looking. I have used bookcrossing.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 31, 2007 -> 12:23 AM) Of course, all those highly informed Americans had to learn about global warming without any help from the administration. The ongoing broad and blatant political interferance to squelch the science and intimidate the scientists is unethical and repugnant. All this and more at the Union of Concerned Scientists website I view self reporting surveys like this with a great deal of mistrust.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) As of 2001, you could still connect your VIC20 with 300 baud acoustic modem to Compuserve. That must have been some radio station you were working at

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 09:36 AM) No, I believe that each person is responsible for their own actions. Hence it takes two to tango. How very GOP of me OK, I agree with that. Is an area for Dems and Reps to go to without taunts, jeers, and "dissenting opinion" a good thing? If so, then isn't the right thing to do to respect the other person's, space and to be a good guest? How very DEM of me.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 09:17 AM) To be honest, the Dems most get ignored in the GOP thread as I see it. It does take two to tango. That would indicate the problem lays with the Dems who respond in the Dem thread?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 08:45 AM) Just for discussion's sake, here are the top 5 from the GOP thread and the Dems thread along with the percentages of total posts in those threads. According to the numbers, it doesn't look like the GOP thread has been left alone either, so the whole idea of "only" threads has been long gone for quite a while now. I was also surprised that the GOP thread has way more balance it in, as the top 5 posters in the Dems thread own almost 70% of its posts, while the top 5 in the GOP thread hold only just under half of thread. The myth that the GOPers are the only ones doing this is busted IMO. What isn't reflected in the totals, and I can't answer this because I rarely venture in the GOP, is the nature of the posts. Are the Dems coming over there and arguing? Are debates flaring up between Dems and GOP in that thread like they are here? That is a bigger issue IMHO than post counts. And it should also be asked, is the site better or worse if there is a totally partisan area that allows for hyperbole? That allows for each side to commiserate? I thought yes. Still do.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 08:05 AM) How do you figure? Bad players have career years all the time and than after that they go back to their annual crappiness. And Fields hasn't had a chance to show it, like I said I don't really think Fields is a better hitter right now than Crede is, just I'm not sure if Crede is the hitter everyone thinks/wants him to be either. How many guys have played that never had a great year, now how many have had one then none. I believe the never hads are a longer list than the have one and only one. That's how I was thinking of it. Plus all the guys that never have a chance at the MLB level, that peak at A, AA, or AAA. So having that first one is a lot harder than the second. The second one, you've already been there and done that. You have some experience, confidence, etc.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 07:23 AM) Buying a new OS is like buying the first year of a new car model, you just never do it. You wait and let the bugs get worked out, then you move in when the problems are all fixed. The flip side to that is now many companies will introduce an item with the best materials and construction techniques and then gradually "take cost out" until the public complains then builds a new and improved model. With improved design tools and production techniques I'm just not as worried about buying the first year's model. I believe this was truer when designs were more fly by the seat of your pants, hand drawing, and guessing if it will work.

Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).

Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).