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Re: Ever Since I Got a Mac I Have Spare Time

Dale — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:27:21 -0000

I don't understand why people have a hard time with pcs. I used to be a Mac guy, but it's been a long time since Mac's were better. I never have problems with my pc. Now when I help set up things on my daughter's MacBook, the user interface just seems clumsy, it's hard to get things to work, sometimes it's hard to know if software has even been installed. And now I've discovered that the USB ports are somehow defective. I was able to hook up my camera to her Mac's usb only by jiggling the connection and then keeping absolutely still after it finally connected. So now the FreeAgent Go drive I got for her no longer can connect reliably enough to work, even though it did a week ago. By contrast, I find that everything just works on a pc, new software, new hardware, everything.

Re: Political Correctness: Where’s The Line?

Dale — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:33:55 -0000

Where I come from, being politically correct means thinking George Bush is the greatest president evar.

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Dale — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:42:15 -0000

If they wanted it to be pronounced "ten", they should have called it OS 10 or OS Ten. I will continue to pronounce it OS "EKS".

I also correctly pronounce Brett Favre's last name as "FAH VRUH", and Dwyane Wade's first name as "DWY-YANE".

Re: What Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga fears… and what you, too, need to prepare for

Dale — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:28:01 -0000

I've had it up to here with pretentious blockheads bandying about words like "neo-marxist" as if they knew what they were talking about, as if the mere mention of the concept would lend them some kind of intellectual caché to heighten their negligible credibility.

Re: Wall-E Angers Fat People

Dale — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:51:04 -0000

I always wondered why people didn't get angry at the Harry Potter books. There's all kinds of fat and ugly hate in those books.

Re: An Observation

Dale — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:24:46 -0000

I realize it's just an observation, but maybe throw a bone to the ignoranumses among us. The first time I ever heard of Naomi Klein was when I saw her on the Stephen Colbert Show. You know how that goes, hard to tell exactly what she's talking about there.

So if it's possible to do so in a nutshell, could you please explain your observation to someone who doesn't know a Naomi Klein from a Jon Cusack, but who does know a Michael Behe from a Richard Dawkins?

Re: Amazon Releases Kindle, Its eBook Reader: Top 10 (Un)Answered Questions Updated

Dale — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:50:48 -0000

E-Ink is about 150 dots per inch, so it's denser than a typical monitor screen. It's reflective rather than transmissive, and it has no flicker at all, so it's like ink on paper. I haven't seen one yet, but that's what the technology is about.

Re: Natural Climate Variation Interferes with Global Warming Theory

Dale — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:54:15 -0000

You missed the point. Nobody ever claimed there wasn't natural variation in climate. There's natural variation on top of global warming, how is that so hard to comprehend?

Suppose there's a linear warming trend of .1 degrees per decade, and there's also a sinusoidal variation of 3 degrees over 9 decades, with the 1st, 5th, and 9th decades being at zero, and the 3rd and 7th being at 1.5 and -1.5 respectively.

Then in the third decade you'll 1.7 degrees over but in the 7th decade you'll be 0.8 degrees under, even though you'll be 0.9 degrees over at the end of 9 decades.

This is an oversimplified example, but it shows how it's possible to have a warming trend masked by a warming/cooling cycle.

Re: GilroyDispatch.com | Under 18 years old? That's no problem, Democrats say

Dale — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:38:50 -0000

Apparently the law says you can register if you will be 18 when you vote, so what's the problem?

Re: President Obama’s Rosh Hashanah Message

Dale — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:43:03 -0000

Because there are Jews who speak Arabic and Jews who speak Farsi, Einstein.

Re: ACORN’s Coming to Getcha

Dale — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:15:29 -0000

Just google on "government agents infiltrate" and you'll get a lot of stories like this from the other side of the political spectrum - only in that case they're true, and not some sort of wingnut claptrap.

Re: The People I Know Who Smoke Weed

Dale — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:01:26 -0000

That's not anything like the people I know who smoke weed. They're all successful professionals and business people, but then, they are also adults. Check out http://cannabisconsumers.org.

Re: 10 Reasons Parents Should Encourage Legalizing Marijuana

Dale — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:27:49 -0000

I never had a problem with telling my daughter I'm for legalization of cannabis. Her friends know how I feel about it too.

I let her know that if there was a choice between alcohol and cannabis, I would much prefer that young people be consuming cannabis rather than alcohol, especially if there were any teenage boys driving. Cannabis is much, much safer than alcohol in so many ways.

My daughter's 20 now, never had a problem with drugs, makes straight A's, grades papers, tutors football players, used to be a cheerleader until she got too busy. She drinks a little, but I'm pretty sure she never smokes cannabis because I can smell even trace amounts of it. I'd still rather she consumed cannabis rather than alcohol, except for the legal implications.

Re: Jokerized Dark Knight Movie Trailer

Dale — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:49:00 -0000

What jump? There's never a jump.

Re: Political Correctness: Where’s The Line?

Dale — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:33:55 -0000

Where I come from, being politically correct means thinking George Bush is the greatest president evar.

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Dale — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:42:15 -0000

Re: Barack Obama is not my Homey

Dale — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:16:53 -0000

That looks like an excellent voting record to me. Thank you for consolodating that info.

Re: Barack Obama is not my Homey

Dale — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:02:31 -0000

"I've said it once and I'll say it again, Obama is the kind of guy who convinces you something like genocide is cool and trendy. Sound familiar?"

Yeah, but I never thought George Bush was that great a speaker.

Re: Barack Obama is not my Homey

Dale — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:51:34 -0000

Simonesdad has a point that conservatives should consider when bandying about the "liberal" epithet. Zachary says Obama has the most liberal voting record, but doesn't seem to realize that the scale only goes from 1 to 5 out of 10 points.

It's not like there are any bills being put forward to nationalize the oil industry or to sing the praises of Karl Marx. These are the kind of bills that would rate a 10 on the most liberal scale (at least in the minds of conservatives).

But in the US, our entire political spectrum pretty much ends in the middle, so it only makes sense that someone on the far left is a moderate.

Re: Five Reasons Not to Vote for Obama

Dale — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:04:12 -0000

Many of the reasons you give have already been debunked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dljboY5t2Dw. It's true, I'm an atheist who happens to like Obama better than McCain or Clinton, but I have no illusions that Obama is perfect. That's just lame, you didn't really think much about that one, it's pretty obvious.

I'm voting against Obama because he supports US drug war efforts in Central and South America, and many of his policies seem hardly different from those of Bush/McCain/Clinton. I'll just vote for Ron Paul, and then McCain will be elected and we'll all go to Hell in a handbasket. Does that make you happy?

Re: reddit interviews Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe

Dale — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:45:07 -0000

Hey Mike, I hope they play Aaron Copland's _Fanfare for the Common Man_ at your funeral.

Re: Name That Whale, Quickly!

Dale — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:29:20 -0000

You're not going to win friends and influence people by hating on Mr. Splashy Pants. You people need to get over yourselves and your 29 names that are supposedly more beautiful than Mr. Splashy Pants - especially if you're trying to get more publicity and recognition!

Names like "Anahi", "Kaimana", etc., are a dime a dozen in the whale world, and difficult relate to because they sound so snooty.

I mean, what is wrong with you people?! Can't you see what a huge, HUGE publicity coup it would be? Are you really that dim that you can't see that every news outlet in the world would LOVE to carry stories about Mr. Splashy Pants?

Re: For Rent: Pristine Tropical Rainforest. Any Takers?

Dale — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:29:19 -0000

That's really cheap! Bill Gates could take out a 100 year lease on that from his pocket change.

Disqus - Latest Comments for Dale

Re: Ever Since I Got a Mac I Have Spare Time

Re: Political Correctness: Where’s The Line?

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Re: What Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga fears… and what you, too, need to prepare for

Re: Wall-E Angers Fat People

Re: An Observation

Re: Amazon Releases Kindle, Its eBook Reader: Top 10 (Un)Answered Questions *Updated*

Re: Natural Climate Variation Interferes with Global Warming Theory

Re: GilroyDispatch.com | Under 18 years old? That's no problem, Democrats say

Re: President Obama’s Rosh Hashanah Message

Re: ACORN’s Coming to Getcha

Re: The People I Know Who Smoke Weed

Re: 10 Reasons Parents Should Encourage Legalizing Marijuana

Re: Jokerized Dark Knight Movie Trailer

Re: Political Correctness: Where’s The Line?

Re: Never Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of “OS X” (Proof Included)

Re: Barack Obama is not my Homey

Re: Barack Obama is not my Homey

Re: Barack Obama is not my Homey

Re: Five Reasons Not to Vote for Obama

Re: reddit interviews Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe

Re: Name That Whale, Quickly!

Re: For Rent: Pristine Tropical Rainforest. Any Takers?

Re: Amazon Releases Kindle, Its eBook Reader: Top 10 (Un)Answered Questions Updated