Re: Ability Vs. Authority? - Today

Quoteswampy Sometimes I feel like the hammer thrower in the 1984 Apple ad. You're not that important. Keep that in mind.

Re: RIP Slim Whitman - Today

QuoteBlack My condolences to anyone who actually ever listened to his music beyond the snippets that kept repeating in that infomercial that defined syndicated television in the seventies... You just couldn't resist making a snide remark, could you? Maybe one day you'll acquire some tact. What an @#$%&.

RIP Slim Whitman - Today

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Re: What's important at Fox News? - Yesterday

Quotedavester Most people I know avoid the inane Fox News ridiculousness. Steve G seems intent on annoying everyone by posting their inane headlines here. What's the point? Get a life man! :agree:

Re: What's important at Fox News? - Yesterday

QuoteDP Except Fox News doesn't alter 911 tapes to aggravate an already incendiary situation. Nor does Fox produce demographically oversampled polls to "prove" their predetermined results. Nor does Fox Google a name in Aurora , CO after a mass shooting at a movie theater-like any 8-year old can do-and point out a person with the same name is a Tea Party member which, of course, wasn't t

Re: Two things that should NOT go together - Yesterday

I like Jim Beam a lot, but yeah, that Red Stag is truly nasty.

Re: Oh no, my newspaper is being held hostage! - 4 days ago

You just gonna have to read something else!

Re: Pentax announces K-50 and K-500 mid- and entry-level DSLRs - 7 days ago

Eustace, the Q7 is announced today too! And yes, with the larger sensor. Presumably, it's the same sensor as in the newish MX-1. If you've looked at any samples from that camera, they are outstanding. Of course this changes the "crop factor" for the new Q: the 01 Prime (which is a really nice lens) becomes a 39mm equivalent instead of 47mm. I much prefer the original Q body design m

Re: Obama Talks Like Bush... - 7 days ago

Looks like Mac has just now discovered copy/paste.

Re: The New Mac Pro is Think Different - 7 days ago

Re: PSA: Gigantic line of storms threatens 20 percent of Americans - 7 days ago

Here's the result of a derecho from a few years ago while I was visiting my folks in Southern Illinois:

Re: Eric Clapton’s Isolated Guitar Track From the Classic Beatles Song, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ (1968) - 8 days ago

Why didn't George play the lead?

Re: Great 360 degree pano tour inside a B-1B pilot's station - 8 days ago

QuoteRacer X I love the B-1Bs and the FB-111s. Same design team, similar missions. After the F-111 debacle, I think I'd have passed on the B-1 if I knew it was the same design team. I guess the B-1 finally has its bugs worked out and has become useful (toward the end of its service life) but it's taken way too long and cost way too much. (Part of the excessive cost of the Shuttle program is du

Re: 50 Worse Charities in America - 13 days ago

Quotemax Instead of hanging up you should have asked what kin of cancers are they funding..... Next time I'll have that PDF handy so the call will be a lot more interesting.

Re: 50 Worse Charities in America - 13 days ago

I just yesterday got a call from "Cancer Fund of America." Hung up on 'em.

Re: Pentax K-5 II / K-5 IIS Review - 13 days ago

I was gonna post that I swear! A very good review for both cameras, although one has to be aware of dealing with moiré with the IIs. Under a grand after rebate from B&H: the most bang for the buck of any APS-C SLR?

Re: Two Moves = 1 Fire ... corporate department moving - 14 days ago

Unless I see another picture, this is how I will visualize cbelt3 from this day forward:

Re: Buy Cheerios!! - 14 days ago

Seems to me accusing progressives of "elitist sanctimony" is no different from progressives accusing you of being backward.

Re: UNM prof: Fat people: don't bother working on a dissertation - 16 days ago

Just fire him now.

Re: [OT : its too damn hot ] advice on summer bedding? - 17 days ago

Do you have a ceiling fan above your bed? If not, get one. A quiet one.

Re: I'll think twice about this meat company - 21 days ago

All your porks are belong to us!

Re: Slippery AIR solved - 22 days ago

QuoteWags The late Leader is likely spinning in his grave Because people are correcting a deficiency by adding usability to one of Ive's precious designs? Seriously: if the thing is so slippery that people have to resort to DYI fixes or aftermarket products, then THAT is what late Leader should be spinning about.

Re: Breaking News Interstate 5 bridge collapses - 27 days ago

And yet spending money to repair and upgrade infrastructure is wasteful pork. What a shame. I hope no lives were lost. :mad:

Re: OT: Dame Helen Mirren grants terminally ill boy's wish to meet the "Queen of England" - 28 days ago

She is wonderful. You should start with "The Queen."

Re: Oh Dear: Flickr, what have you done? - 30 days ago

Quoteztirffritz In the past they masked the photos with a transparent GIF or something like that. You could link to something, but it display nothing. Are you talking about linking to someone else's photo or one of yours? Again, I've never had any trouble linking my own photos to this or other forums. Quotevision63 Uncle Wig, where are you seeing info about caps for Pro Accounts? They're te

Re: Oh Dear: Flickr, what have you done? - 30 days ago

Quotevision63 They've been under extreme pressure to "evolve" flickr. So we'll see. Now even free accounts get a terabyte of space and you can't really beat that. But Pro accounts are now capped; they were unlimited before. That doesn't affect me but it does affect quite a few others. Now, for more space, they have to pay $500 (yes, $500) per year. Strictly speaking, Pro accounts are

Oh Dear: Flickr, what have you done? - 30 days ago

Newly redesigned site, predictable (and at first impression) largely deserved outrage. It's been tablet-ized. I thought before today, it was a good functional site that made browsing straightforward, and got you to a nice enlargement on a black background quickly and easily. Also changes to the Pro account which doubles in price just for the privilege of not seeing ads. Now everyone gets a fre

Re: Why are UI designers so infatuated with… - 30 days ago

Quoteblooz The worst thing about the "light text" on "dark background" thing is that the people who do this have no concept of how to use fonts. Thin fonts do not work on dark backgrounds. You need thickness in the letterforms to be able to read the text clearly. I come to a website with black background and white or yellow (god forbid, yellow) text—I pass and go somewhere

Re: BillBoard Music Awards tonight on ABC - 30 days ago

Quotesteve... Since turning it on, all the singers and groups have had spectacular choreographed dance productions. I assume it's over by now, but that would've been a GREAT place to drop the neutron bomb. A world without Bieber is like a world with sunshine!

Re: Car shopping - 4 weeks ago

Quotecbelt3 Wig - FYI the Element is essentially a CR-V with a different body and seating. And discontinued.. I know, I know. I would suggest buying a used car anyway.