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This is one reason we hate the uber-wealthy by Eri June 19, 2011 12:20 pm
  • I see where you're coming from, but where do you draw the line? If I choose to live in ... by ER 2011-06-19 21:09:38
    • Where I draw the line is ostentatious wealth that serves no purpose. I don't/wouldn't deny people their luxuries. ... by Eri 2011-06-19 22:26:30
    • I know what you're saying. It can be terribly aggravating, the sense that money that could be doing good for ... by mcfly 2011-06-19 17:59:24
      • When we first moved to California, we drove out of the Sierras near Monterey and took a little side trip ... by ER 2011-06-19 13:30:54
        Anyone we know live in Portland, Oregon? by Jody June 19, 2011 7:40 am
        • Yeppers, my friend lives there and is trying to avoid it. I told I'd be watching with a pair ... by Eri 2011-06-19 17:46:52
          • where is RobVG from? If he is not from Portland, I can truthfully say that everyone I have ever known ... by FrankC 2011-06-19 17:21:56
            • I just e-mailed a friend who lives in Oregon with this. I think she lives near Portland. by Eri 2011-06-19 12:31:48
              Private and public boards by TB June 18, 2011 5:35 pm
              • Beyond me. by podrock 2011-06-18 18:52:08
                • You're on the right track with the private post setting. But as-is, a post set to private can only be ... by Robert 2011-06-18 20:35:38
                  • Hmmm..... Any way I can help? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 20:13:41
                    • Not sure...what do you have in mind? Your question was addressed to podrock, and that's proper: He's system admin, and it's ... by Robert 2011-06-20 10:17:45
                  How stupid can you get? by Eri June 18, 2011 5:18 pm
                    Just sayin'.... by Jody June 18, 2011 3:54 pm
                    • Typo. I'm sure he must have meant "Swiss and German engineers, and French pastry chefs." Or did I miss the point? ;-) by mcfly 2011-06-18 16:02:35
                      • I'm sure you've heard the old joke. In Heaven, the engineers are German, the cops are English, and the cooks are ... by ER 2011-06-18 18:58:08
                        • The crooks are American bankers and Wall Street execs in both places. by Eri 2011-06-19 12:24:40
                          • Oooh, burn! by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 20:10:21
                            • Did you hear the one about a soccer match between a German and a British team? The game was ... by ER 2011-06-19 17:59:33
                              • Heh. With a little help from their friends, namely us, who pulled their asses out of the fire both ... by Eri 2011-06-20 06:07:22
                                • "I saw a film today, oh boy. The English Army had just won the war..." --A Day in the Life, Lennon-McCartney Defeating Hitler ... by ER 2011-06-20 09:10:30
                                  • Not true at all. Had the Soviets not been given the massive amounts of material from Lend Lease, they ... by Lee 2011-06-22 14:54:13
                                    • You are 100% correct that Russia would have been destroyed without lend-lease but with lend-lease the Russian would have beaten ... by FrankC 2011-06-25 13:53:23
                                      • Can you indicate exactly what in ER's post is "not true at all?" by mcfly 2011-06-23 11:02:47
                                        • The part about the war being turned around by the time we got involved. Had the US not gotten ... by Lee 2011-06-23 12:22:08
                                          • Most of your assumptions can't be supported. Here's are excerpts from the paper "DETERMINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WWII STRATEGIC BOMBING STRATEGY," ... by mcfly 2011-06-24 10:51:05
                                            • Those British bombing raids were carried out at night, with the 8th Air Force bombing the city during the day. ... by Lee 2011-06-24 18:40:33
                                              • Better tell the historians with the USAF. Guess they can't get it right, huh? by mcfly 2011-06-24 20:36:29
                                        • And at the time, before 12/7/1941, conservatives opposed Lend-Lease. by podrock 2011-06-22 18:04:53
                                          • It's easy to understand why. The US also sent the USSR over 100,000 heavy machine tools. Many of ... by Lee 2011-06-22 23:05:11
                                        • While all true, had we not come into WWII, the tide might have turned again. Germany was busy building ... by Eri 2011-06-20 12:47:25
                                          • It was those Canadians, kicking @$$ and looking good while they did it! Another alternate history that I find fascinating stems ... by mcfly 2011-06-20 11:10:11
                                            • It's not really clear why WWI was fought, other than "big power rivlary", whatever that means. Ten million people ... by ER 2011-06-20 11:49:14
                                              • Business community was against the war?? Here's what happened in this universe. If anything, the concern of the time was business "war ... by TB 2011-06-20 12:34:02
                                                • History is not a science. It can't be, unless we discount the thick fuzz of human behavior. And interestingly enough, ... by mcfly 2011-06-20 20:58:53
                                Progressives not that happy with Obama by TB June 17, 2011 9:34 pm
                                • Yeah, having Obama as president is sort of like growing old. It's a pain in the butt, and a big ... by ER 2011-06-18 16:59:08
                                  • Maybe for the leftist nuts, but for the rest of America, it doesn't beat the alternative. Not on several ... by TB 2011-06-18 17:06:57
                                    • We'll see. America may be a conservative nation, but there are always plenty of ways for the right to alienate ... by mcfly 2011-06-18 19:34:49
                                      • *Disillusioned* So, modern politics is like American Idol - except everyone's Simon Cowell when it comes to the opposition, by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 20:08:32
                                        • Yeah, but at some point the guy on the stage has to actually deliver. by TB 2011-06-18 20:14:02
                                          • And what one person calls a delivery, another calls a disaster. At the risk of pushing things too far: Abdul cries, ... by mcfly 2011-06-18 21:09:38
                                            • I think the loyal opposition had better be careful what they wish for... by ER 2011-06-19 04:51:28
                                  Petition to Ban Job Killing ATM Machines by TB June 17, 2011 8:08 pm
                                    Microsoft thuggery at it's best by Vitruvius June 17, 2011 4:27 pm
                                    • More notes: Here, here and here. The Contextis report is highly speculative, and the issues it refers to are known. It offers ... by mcfly 2011-06-17 21:34:59
                                      • Thanks! The tech is largely gobbledegook to me (I hadn't even heard of WebGL until now) but it sounds ... by TB 2011-06-17 21:39:54
                                        • They're BOTH thuggish - Apple just does a better job of brainwashing it's customers. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 00:16:53
                                      • It's based on this report, not Microsoft's. The FAQ on that page has instructions for disabling it on Firefox and Chrome. A ... by TB 2011-06-17 17:53:22
                                        • Sheesh, where to start... Well, there's no denying that MS has plenty of experience with serious design flaws. But whether their ... by mcfly 2011-06-17 16:58:02
                                          This Morning's Spam Storm by podrock June 17, 2011 10:30 am
                                          • Quiet today, no spam. by podrock 2011-06-20 12:55:01
                                            • Spam Storm update, 6-19 by podrock 2011-06-19 11:54:37
                                              • Spam Storm Update: Only two today, one from the coder and one from 6/link. by podrock 2011-06-18 16:01:36
                                                • Hmmm.... How hard is it to work WordPress? We could try creating a new captcha system. Also, what do the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-17 16:23:27
                                                  • WordPress is usually pretty easy to work with. Things like captcha are added through plugins. We're currently using one called ... by Robert 2011-06-18 20:38:14
                                                    • It's more likely something is coming in via a non-captcha route, but who knows? Maybe some vendor has a ... by TB 2011-06-18 20:53:01
                                                    • Another thing, All the email addresses they provide are obviously false. Perhaps we could take a cue from other sites ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 00:20:05
                                                      • While in dashboard, by podrock 2011-06-17 16:35:01
                                                        • test as subscriber by Rita Book 2011-06-17 17:11:32
                                                      Research Update by Eri June 16, 2011 10:52 pm
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