This is exactly how I like to learn 5000 years of history: in 90 second video clips.
http://mapsofwar.com/index.html
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- Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:06 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: A little perspective
- Replies: 7
- Views: 583
- Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:54 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: another vid clip.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 564
Yes, I've seen it on TV. A little chitty chitty bang bang action: the fantasy every guy has had while stuck in traffic. Also a little extra resonation with anyone who has flown a pyro.
Here's a Zune marketing short I think rocks:
https://www.comingzune.com/
Here's a Zune marketing short I think rocks:
https://www.comingzune.com/
- Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:59 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Losing our rights?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4109
Freedom to protest was lost when the 'free speech zones' went up. Really? Then how did a bunch of illegal immigrants get away with marching about their rights? Just because free speech zones aren't ubiquitous doesn't mean they don't impinge on free speech. You are effectively saying that free speec...
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:41 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Losing our rights?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4109
Uuuuhhhhh. Too late Yes, the Kelo case is very well known. That's my point: all my examples above are of things that have actually happened to average citizens. This illustrates that loss of rights is not hypothetical, but a real danger to all of us. I'm more interested in hearing what the Bush adm...
- Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:52 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Losing our rights?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4109
You're right; the change isn't really perceptible to the average Joe. This is exactly what makes the trap so dangerous. First of all, it's incremental. Secondly, it usually affects other people...until the day trouble comes looking for you, too. You'll notice it the day the government forces you to ...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:38 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Europe begins its surrender...
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2745
If I was forced to live under Sharia law, I would slit my wrists.....deeply. Bee No youldn't. You wouldn't have to because I and about 2 or 3 million other people would go to war, a very noble war at that ;) and the enemy would be stomped into the dirt where they belong. That didn't happen when the...
- Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:51 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: 5 years
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1156
These are off the top of my head (no doubt more could be added to both lists). The negatives: Since 9/11, we've spent billions of dollars, passed some really dumb laws and initiatives, turned most of Muslim opinion against us, turned much of world opinion against us, gotten bogged down in an unwinna...
- Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:54 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Ground Zero buildings
- Replies: 4
- Views: 592
An alternate view on the subject:
Penn & Teller BS: Ground Zero
Not another show about 9/11 but rather on the politics surrounding the rebuilding.
Penn & Teller BS: Ground Zero
Not another show about 9/11 but rather on the politics surrounding the rebuilding.
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:28 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Network Digital Media Players
- Replies: 3
- Views: 552
Thanks for the thoughts. I think I'm looking for a simpler and perhaps less expensive solution than you're involved with. I'm just looking for sound, so I went ahead and ordered the Squeezebox. I'll let you know how it is in about a week (I ordered it 2-day and it's going to take 10 days...um, yeah).
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:05 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Network Digital Media Players
- Replies: 3
- Views: 552
Network Digital Media Players
I'm looking to stream music from my computer to my home theater via wireless. Anyone else already doing this with some advice? I'm looking closesly at these two items: Roku Soundbridge M1000: http://www.rokulabs.com/products/soundbridge/ Slim Devices Squeezebox: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeeze...
- Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:38 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Its Alive! o_O
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1254
- Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:24 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: If not Stem Cell Funding, why not fund Anti-Abortion?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5141
- Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:25 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: does anyone use HEATPIPES?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1942
C/W comparisons don't tell the whole story. You can look at the various watercooled and aircooled (which use heatpipes) charts here and it looks like the heatpipes have water cooling beat. But in reality, they just can't move as much heat as water cooling. Overclockers always get better results with...
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:07 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: The Prestige
- Replies: 5
- Views: 597
Good find. These damn studios just have to imitate each other.aldel wrote:Looks awfully superficially similar to this. Another case of "Antz / A Bug's Life" syndrome?
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:52 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: The Prestige
- Replies: 5
- Views: 597
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:41 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: does anyone use HEATPIPES?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1942
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:02 pm
- Forum: Descent Multiplayer
- Topic: What's this Sub-level 12?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1309
- Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:24 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: More on the climate
- Replies: 124
- Views: 12760
Suncho, since you're so keen to hear from people who have seen the movie, I'll post the observations of a friend of mine who saw it (I still haven't): I saw An Inconvenient Truth last night. It’s Al Gore’s movie about global warming (aka climate change). It was a bit disappointing. 45 minutes was de...
- Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:21 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Stem Cells
- Replies: 113
- Views: 6600
The whole fetus-life-abortion thing is a red herring. You can't compare this to Nazi experiments. What you can compare it to is organ donations. When a cadaver can be used by science to teach (in a med school) or to heal (organ transplants) it generally is, unless the surviving relatives are cockbit...
- Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:11 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Debunking the Chernobyl myth
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1546
I researched these claims about 6 months ago, and determined that both sides were exaggerating the impacts of Chernobyl. No surprise there; the truth always lies somewhere in the middle. Note that there's a lot more damage from Chernobyl than just deaths, e.g., wounded and deformed people. I learned...
- Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:04 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Finally out of debt - yay!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 628
Re: Finally out of debt - yay!
I'm seriously impressed, DT. Paying off nearly $1K a month for a year and a half is a big deal, especially right out of school. Congratulations on being in the extreme minority of responsible Americans. Also, per your other thread, Lasik kicks butt. I was half blind from age 13 to 30; I couldnt' see...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:26 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Eminent Domain Abuse Skyrocketing
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2405
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:41 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Eminent Domain Abuse Skyrocketing
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2405
Fox is the only place you heard about the Kelo decision?CUDA wrote:ironically the only news agency I even heard report about this is Fox news, Hannity and Combs, they make regular reports on the imminent domain abusedissent wrote:Wow, the Wiki article on the Kelo decision makes for some fascinating reading.
- Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:02 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: New Investment Product: You may be interested.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 437
Yeah, they seem tough, but I'll bet they wouldn't hold up 10 seconds against these guys:
http://tmous.com/media/MOUS_kung-fu.html
http://tmous.com/media/MOUS_kung-fu.html
- Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:03 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: illegal immigration
- Replies: 8
- Views: 883
um, what corporations are hiring illegals to do seasonal farm and construction labor? Corporations have found a loophole. They don't dare hire illegals directly, so they subcontract to smaller businesses that do. By using illegals, these smaller businesses can get the job done for a lower price tha...
- Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:28 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Critical thinking: come get some!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 497
- Wed May 31, 2006 7:46 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: AIRBUS A380-800
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2901
- Wed May 31, 2006 7:40 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: More on the climate
- Replies: 124
- Views: 12760
- Wed May 24, 2006 10:53 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Alright... WTF!!!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2954
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Hey, I need a *woosh/over your head* emoticon right about now.CUDA wrote:because Bush garnered more votes than any prsident in history. and if memory serves the 3million vote gap was also the largest in history.
- Wed May 24, 2006 6:00 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Alright... WTF!!!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2954
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if you went by popular vote alone, then it would be theoreticaly possible for NY, Cal and Ohio to control the election by population alone, the college was desined to prevent that And with the EC, we instead have Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania controlling the election! j/k As has been stated, both...
- Sun May 21, 2006 9:34 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Monogamy
- Replies: 124
- Views: 9356
Just a quick cheap shot at Jeff's ideas on atheism, altruism, and marriage: http://www.creationtheory.org/Morality/CrimeAndDivorce.shtml The Barna Research Group conducted a poll of Americans in 1999 in an attempt to show that religious faith reduces the likelihood of divorce. The results shocked th...
- Sat May 20, 2006 12:08 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: hayeena vs ___?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1534
- Fri May 19, 2006 9:03 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: hayeena vs ___?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1534
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Alligator will have the advantage in water no doubt. On dry land that is a different story and its death roll won't be so effective. Nope. They are fast very fast and strong on land. Try reading about them. Fast and strong is irrelevant if their kill maneuver (drowning) is inoperable. On land an al...
- Thu May 18, 2006 6:50 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Realtime Satellite Tracking, Anyone?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 446
Realtime Satellite Tracking, Anyone?
I'm sorry, this is just too cool:
http://www.n2yo.com/
If you've never seen a satellite flyover, you could use this site to help you out.
http://www.n2yo.com/
If you've never seen a satellite flyover, you could use this site to help you out.
- Thu May 18, 2006 6:34 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: I’m a free man
- Replies: 11
- Views: 786
- Tue May 09, 2006 7:05 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Monogamy
- Replies: 124
- Views: 9356
- Sat May 06, 2006 4:37 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: What's wrong with weather web sites?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1769
- Fri May 05, 2006 6:59 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: A nice list of EO's securing your constitutional rights.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1168
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Presidents lie all the time. Clintons lie was not of national security but of a personal matter and in my opinion was not worth dragging the country thru the mud like it was. I think the point was that he lied under oath. If he lies under oath, how can you trust him with anything else, especially w...