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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:20:41 -0500, Francois Labreque wrote:
> I think I facepalmed hard enough to break my nose.
Actually, I nearly literally did that last week. I was talking with a
support engineer about an odd support question I answered myself earlier
in the week, and I went to facepalm and missed.
Jim
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:03:06 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 24/01/2012 12:50 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:10:36 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 23/01/2012 9:39 PM, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>>> Fox News
>>>
>>> ??? :-P
>>
>> Some over here refer to them as "Faux News" - because a fair bit of the
>> opinion side is "manufactured rage".
>>
>>
> I saw a bit of it last year in NM. I did not go back to that hotel.
I've news for you - the hotel wasn't hte problem. ;)
Jim
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>>> You do know that the US pulled out of Iraq, yes?
>>
>> I've heard multiple rounds of "We're pulling out. Oh, wait, we're
>> pulling out in 6 month's time. No, we're pulling out next month. Oh,
>> actually, make that 2 years. Actually, wait, make it a month. No, hang
>> on..." It's news to me that they *actually* did it at last.
>
> There was an agreed-upon timeline with the Iraqi government for the
> pullout to be completed by December 31, 2011. They met that timeline.
I heard so many conflicting reports about what they were or weren't
going to do, I stopped paying attention.
>>> Or were you unaware that the US (and the UK) were at war in Iraq?
>>
>> Hehehe, is *that* why every FPS made in the last 10 years happens in the
>> Middle East with Iraqis as the enemy? :-P
>
> It seems that that probably doesn't have a lot to do with reality. There
> were a couple of Star Wars games that came out as well, yet the Empire is
> still a work of fiction.
Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had
never even *heard* of Iraq.
>> Wait - Afghanistan and Iraq aren't the same place? o_O
>
> Um, no, they're not. Are you serious?
Oh. Crap...
>>> I've found it kinda hard to avoid news about that. I'm wondering how
>>> you managed it without even trying.
>>
>> I've heard a lot of talk about "illegal downloads". I haven't heard
>> anybody mention TPB.
>
> Do you read slashdot? The Register?
Nope, never. Why would I?
>> (That and the talk of ISPs charging YouTube money because they're "using
>> up all the bandwidth". Translation: "our profit model depends on
>> customers using only a fraction of the bandwidth that they pay us for,
>> and now people are using /all/ of what they rightfully paid for,
>> waaaaa!")
>
> Actually, not YouTube, but Netflix; it's streaming has been claimed to
> take more bandwidth than illegal downloads.
Maybe in the US. In Britain, it seems to be YouTube and iPlayer that
everyone was whining about.
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Jim Henderson escreveu:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:20:41 -0500, Francois Labreque wrote:
>
>> I think I facepalmed hard enough to break my nose.
>
> Actually, I nearly literally did that last week. I was talking with a
> support engineer about an odd support question I answered myself earlier
> in the week, and I went to facepalm and missed.
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/813780/Extreme_Facepalm.png
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On 24/01/2012 4:39 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I saw a bit of it last year in NM. I did not go back to that hotel.
> I've news for you - the hotel wasn't hte problem.;)
No, most likely the clientele.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 24/01/2012 4:49 PM, Invisible wrote:
> Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had
> never even *heard* of Iraq.
Come on! What about Mesopotamia or Babylonia, then?
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)?
Iran-Iraq War?
--
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen escreveu:
> On 24/01/2012 4:49 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had
>> never even *heard* of Iraq.
>
> Come on! What about Mesopotamia or Babylonia, then?
> T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)?
> Iran-Iraq War?
ask him if he knows something about Celts...
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On 1/24/2012 8:27 AM, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2012-01-23 05:25, John VanSickle a écrit :
>> On 1/19/2012 12:31 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:56:30 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>>
>>>> If they were planning to make it legal to lock Americans up without
>>>> trial, *that* would be seriously disturbing.
>>>
>>> They already have that. It was part of the most recent defense
>>> appropriations bill that was signed into law.
>>>
>>> Obama issued a 'signing statement' saying that his administration
>>> wouldn't use indefinite detention on American citizens, but there's
>>> nothing to stop the next administration from doing that.
>>
>> So the next President could round up the Congressmen who wrote that
>> provision, toss them in prison, and tell them that they can go free when
>> they repeal it.
>>
>> I hereby announce my candidacy...
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>
> Nope.
>
> Article I, section 6.
Wait until the go into recess.
Or declare that making this law violates their oath to uphold the
Constitution, which is perjury, which is a felony, which is an exception
to the item you cite.
Regards,
John
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On 24/01/2012 5:27 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Stephen escreveu:
>> On 24/01/2012 4:49 PM, Invisible wrote:
>>> Well, sure. But I suspect before all this happened, most people had
>>> never even *heard* of Iraq.
>>
>> Come on! What about Mesopotamia or Babylonia, then?
>> T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)?
>> Iran-Iraq War?
>
> ask him if he knows something about Celts...
A Glasgow football team who play against Rangers in the Scottish league?
;-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:01 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 24/01/2012 4:39 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> I saw a bit of it last year in NM. I did not go back to that hotel.
>> I've news for you - the hotel wasn't hte problem.;)
>
> No, most likely the clientele.
Ah, point. :) (Though it's not uncommon in hotels in more liberal parts
of the country as well - I'm pretty sure it was in the Marriot on Times
Square in NYC as well)
Jim
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