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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. ER September 10, 2025 4:56 pm (Space/Science)

All we are saying, is give war a chance BuckGalaxy September 5, 2025 1:30 pm (CurrentEvents)

He should know better. ER September 1, 2025 8:20 pm (Space/Science)

There's more than Floyd RobVG August 20, 2025 12:24 am (Off-Topic)

Season 3 - Foundation BuckGalaxy August 2, 2025 12:33 pm (Science Fiction)

Alien:Earth RobVG August 16, 2025 1:44 pm (Science Fiction)

Trump grovels BuckGalaxy August 17, 2025 12:43 pm (CurrentEvents)

"Cancel culture" podrock September 3, 2025 8:32 am (CurrentEvents)

Clare Torry RobVG August 26, 2025 7:42 pm (Off-Topic)

Existing instrument on Mars Curiosity Rover could be used to detect life BuckGalaxy August 18, 2025 12:48 pm (Space/Science)

Lateral Thinking BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 11:57 am (Off-Topic)

SNW: The Finest Frontier BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 12:20 am (Science Fiction)

Beating the Bracelet by ER April 21, 2012 3:58 am

Loss of signal is also a signal. And the design is a bit more complicated than we think. by TB 2012-04-21 09:52:59
There are other kinds of bracelets which transmit through a specific land phone line. Those are for house arrest, ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:43:16
- Useful info. Many thanks. by ER 2012-04-21 08:34:05

Zimmerman out on bail, apologizes to family. n/t by RobVG April 20, 2012 8:34 am

My personal opinion, and that's all it is, an opinion, by ER 2012-04-20 09:01:08
- Guilty of what? by RobVG 2012-04-20 16:49:03
  - Is it the prosecutor or Zimmerman by ER 2012-04-20 20:37:40
    - "And I’d be willing to bet the orders to cover it all up right after the shooting came straight from ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:52:36
      - Nah, Bush doesn't dare poke his head out of his Fortress of Sillytude. Have you noticed how much the GOP ... by ER 2012-04-20 21:04:37
        
        Under Bush it would be legal. After all, a hoodie is the uniform of a terrorist, and it's better ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:45:42
- Well, I was writing that I don't have an opinion so I'd deliver an opinion on your opinion. The ... by bowser 2012-04-20 11:36:01
  - Zimmerman reminds me of Barney Fife. A frustrated wannabe bad ass. by Jody 2012-04-20 14:01:23
    - I think Barney Fife would have backed down the minute he was confronted. If he had a loaded gun ... by bowser 2012-04-20 16:29:21
      - Barney Fife and his gun, here. by TB 2012-04-20 20:17:21
    - I don't know Zimmerman, I have no idea what kind of man he really is. by ER 2012-04-20 15:30:38

I miss the old Ted by ER April 18, 2012 7:20 am

Looking at this video got me listening to a litany of old classics - ZZ Top, Kansas, Van Halen, Wham!..... I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-18 23:50:23
- I remember driving once, stopped in traffic, and I was listening to a classic rock station playing 40 year old ... by ER 2012-04-19 05:15:53
  - Wham! isn't a rock group, but they're still good. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-19 19:30:40
    - They look so bloody wholesome-- not that there's anything wrong with that. 8) by ER 2012-04-19 20:54:06
Ted has a cult following. He has become more vociferous as he gets older. A 'getting older and losing patience ... by Jody 2012-04-18 11:32:24
- He's entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a ... by ER 2012-04-18 12:17:33
Good Lord. That made the news? by TB 2012-04-18 09:13:55
- There are a lot of them, aren't there? by bowser 2012-04-18 10:43:39
  - The quality is the thing, not the quantity. by TB 2012-04-18 11:05:37
OH HELL YES!!! by Jody 2012-04-18 08:58:24
- Just what the doctor ordered by ER 2012-04-18 09:18:41

The Secret Service scandal. by bowser April 17, 2012 3:18 pm

Stormtroopin' by ER 2012-04-18 15:14:12

GSA Spending Scandal by RobVG April 13, 2012 8:35 am

I read the entire .pdf report. One of the very last sentences directs someone to attempt to recover the ... by bowser 2012-04-17 10:41:33
- And now Congress is making noises. The more noise they make the less they actually do. It's like judges sentencing ... by bowser 2012-04-17 11:03:32
One hates to see that sort of thing. It really is not OK. And yet the hundreds of millions that ... by bowser 2012-04-13 19:43:35
- You have a point by RobVG 2012-04-14 08:59:23
- I guess the "morality" depends on which party is dropping money down the rathole. by TB 2012-04-13 20:04:39
  - Solyndra screams for heads to roll. And then fire 'em. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:45:35
It keeps getting worse by RobVG 2012-04-13 18:14:52
"The General Services Administration inspector general was told the agency spent as much as $330,000 to move an employee from ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-13 10:17:02
That's not the half of it. More here, with videos. by TB 2012-04-13 08:42:21

I guess they couldn't keep it covered up any more. by ER April 17, 2012 7:36 am

It's not clear what they're talking about just from the news story. by TB 2012-04-17 09:48:28
I think allegations of sexual assault puts officers in a position for which they are not qualified in the least. ... by bowser 2012-04-17 08:29:50
- I suppose every war has its peculiar problems due to unique social conditions. Vietnam had conscription, short tours, drugs, insubordination, ... by ER 2012-04-17 09:27:38
  - I don't think it has anything to do with war. I think it has to do with a difficult ... by bowser 2012-04-17 10:24:08
  - I suspect this sort of thing has been going on since soldiers were wearing leather armor and carried bronze weapons. by TB 2012-04-17 09:51:45
    - True. But the Bronze Age victims were mostly enemy civilians. This is affecting friendly combatants. That is ... by ER 2012-04-17 10:27:12

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge by ER April 16, 2012 11:16 am

I'd say I don't want to live on this planet anymore.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-16 20:45:20
They're having a terrible time. They plant a flag and it floats off. So they plant a flag ... by bowser 2012-04-16 18:10:23

US cancels food aid to North Korea after missile launch, warns of more sanctions by bowser April 13, 2012 12:03 pm

There was an agreement that NK would halt nuclear tests and the development of ballistic missiles. by RobVG 2012-04-13 15:50:11
Well, think of it this way. If we DID send food aid to North Korea anyway, would it ever ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-13 12:22:14
- Even if it did get to the people, it would still allow the NKs to maintain their army and the ... by ER 2012-04-13 13:08:23
  - Sanctions against the people don't seem to work. They simply unite the country. North Koreans would be very aware of ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:42:03
    - I don't agree with you, Bowser. I think the NK regime is a bunch of brutal thugs that have ... by ER 2012-04-13 14:00:15
      - Looks as if I'm not going to be signing your name to the Christmas card. by bowser 2012-04-13 22:27:18
- How is that relevant to the rocket launch? Clearly the kind of food we'd send would get to the ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:07:57

Capital flight in Europe by TB April 13, 2012 1:46 pm

Political microtargeting by TB April 11, 2012 10:33 am

I don't use any myself, (except the Zone) but I fear that in the future you may have to use ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:52:04
- I still like paper bills, in the mail. by TB 2012-04-11 22:00:02
  - A couple of other examples of "the old ways are still good:" I have an old touch-tone phone in the house. ... by TB 2012-04-12 08:54:01
  - I used to have a friend whose grandmother was from a little village in the old country (Italy) and she ... by ER 2012-04-12 03:37:16
    - Yipes. I've never run into anyone like that Italian lady. by TB 2012-04-12 07:56:34
      - Probably watching the porn that code square brings up XD by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 14:20:09
- You might want to sit down for this... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:46:35
- Should be below VRB's post. by ER 2012-04-11 19:55:59
Even better rule of thumb: Don't use social networking sites in general. To me, they're nothing more than ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 19:32:44
- Another reason to avoid social media. http://blog.zonealarm.com/2012/03/employers-requesting-usernames-and-passwords.html You knew it was only a matter of time before they started taking advantage of ... by ER 2012-04-13 10:38:35

So, we should be hypochondriacs vs paranoid by FrankC April 12, 2012 2:48 pm

Meh.... these are less fears for me and more annoyances. Almost everything on that list is avoidable in some ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 21:32:00
We should fear, fear. by Jody 2012-04-12 17:41:48
- The only thing we have to fear...etc. by ER 2012-04-12 17:50:08
  - I am not afraid of etc. by Jody 2012-04-13 07:26:21
    - Really, that's what I'm MOST afraid of...the things I don't know can, and will, hurt me. by ER 2012-04-13 07:28:59
      - Yea...me too actually. Incompetence at my expense comes to mind. by Jody 2012-04-13 09:06:24
  - Fear can be a wonderful tool. It's honest and tells us what we truly value. And, fear plus ... by bowser 2012-04-12 18:24:57
  - The Litany Against Fear by ER 2012-04-12 17:52:41
    - Lucky for him he never had to sit through Shark Week on the cable channel... by FrankC 2012-04-12 18:26:52

South Korea reports North Korea has launched orbital rocket by TB April 12, 2012 4:14 pm

They should never have launched on Friday the Thirteenth. It was still Thurs 12 Apr when we heard about it, but ... by ER 2012-04-13 08:54:05
Yo TB, Career Opportunity! I hear the PDRK is reorganizing and staffing up its space program. Lots of jobs, jobs, ... by ER 2012-04-12 17:48:40
- What makes you think I'm not already involved? by TB 2012-04-12 17:56:06
  - lol by RobVG 2012-04-12 22:00:43
Apparently broke up. by bowser 2012-04-12 17:04:04
- So North Korea blew up its deal with the U.S. for nothing. by TB 2012-04-12 18:25:06
  - Yeah, they're stupid like that. Didn't their last rocket break up mid-flight too? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 21:28:53
    - Rockets occasionaly fail even for the most skilled practitioners of space tech. I cannot imagine why they would bet ... by ER 2012-04-13 07:42:52
- (Overheard while playing solitaire, no citation.) by bowser 2012-04-12 17:05:11

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