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"If they support him and he succeeds, they fail."

Can you expand on that thought? I just don't get how if a plan they support succeeds they'll end up failing overall. Wouldn't it be good for their careers to say "Hey look, I'm such a good decision maker that I backed the stimulus package despite my party saying not to and it was a raving success. I do what's best for you my voters, not just tow the line."

I suppose then that my friends and I who consider ourselves "liberals" must not be typical. We strongly believe in a person's right to defend themselves and fully condone the actions of the would be victim in the related article.

I would think that committing a criminal act is essentially an exercise in risk management. Until the risk of committing a crime outweighs the benefits there isn't an actual reason for the criminals to stop. In the case above the attackers judged the risk incorrectly and ended up losing one of their lives. Hopefully the cohort will remember this next time he considers robbing another person.

+1 Ed Skoudis

Maybe I haven't been in the industry long enough (only 6 years) but can't recall having heard it pronounced any way other than the way Linus did. Do you commonly hear it being mispronounced?

I've also noticed this in myself. My method of combating it is this: if the item I want to buy is "expensive", say $50 or more, I mark it down on the calendar and wait a month. If I still want it in a month, I'll get it. Probably 95% of the time I'll be like "what the hell did I want that for?" and not get it. So far so good.

@carl: It's been going on in the Chicago area for at least 3 years. I remember not having to sign for fast food during my senior year of college.

@carl: It's been going on in the Chicago area for at least 3 years. I remember not having to sign for fast food during my senior year of college.

I'm kinda of surprised by the sudden surge of negative reactions I've seen online to this video in the last week or so. I can't put an exact time on it, but I'll say that I can't remember seeing a movie in the theater that didn't start with this video in probably the last 6 months or so.

I live in an "upper-class" town in the north west subarbs of Chicago, so I doubt that they're marketing to "feeble minded" individuals. I took away from it what Eric mentioned: "It demonstrates that soldiers are from all walks of life". They also should peace time disaster response, something I know several people that joined for because they wanted to help those at home who were hit by hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, etc.

I did think that many of the military cut scenes are overly dramatic and unrealistic, but it is an advertisement after all. The one that makes me laugh is when they stop the convoy for the soccer ball kid. That doesn't happen. I've been told that they keep driving no matter what in case it was a setup for an ambush against our troops. Sucks for the kid that gets ran over but it is war, and war sucks.

I'm kinda of surprised by the sudden surge of negative reactions I've seen online to this video in the last week or so. I can't put an exact time on it, but I'll say that I can't remember seeing a movie in the theater that didn't start with this video in probably the last 6 months or so.

I live in an "upper-class" town in the north west subarbs of Chicago, so I doubt that they're marketing to "feeble minded" individuals. I took away from it what Eric mentioned: "It demonstrates that soldiers are from all walks of life". They also should peace time disaster response, something I know several people that joined for because they wanted to help those at home who were hit by hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, etc.

I did think that many of the military cut scenes are overly dramatic and unrealistic, but it is an advertisement after all. The one that makes me laugh is when they stop the convoy for the soccer ball kid. That doesn't happen. I've been told that they keep driving no matter what in case it was a setup for an ambush against our troops. Sucks for the kid that gets ran over but it is war, and war sucks.

@Mikkee: Very nice! It's too bad houses that look that great cost a ton.

Has anyone seen "normal" priced houses with clean modern architecture like that?

@Mikkee: Very nice! It's too bad houses that look that great cost a ton.

Has anyone seen "normal" priced houses with clean modern architecture like that?

Seems the reviewers on Amazon agree with the Hoff!

http://www.amazon.com/P90X-Extreme-Fitness-Tony-Horton/dp/B000TG8D6I/ref=pdsimsgnjs1

Seems the reviewers on Amazon agree with the Hoff!

http://www.amazon.com/P90X-Extreme-Fitness-Tony-Horton/dp/B000TG8D6I/ref=pdsimsgnjs1

Note to self... Don't use test surrounded by angle brackets when posting comments.

The section you quoted lies in between the two quoted statements in my comment above.

Note to self... Don't use test surrounded by angle brackets when posting comments.

The section you quoted lies in between the two quoted statements in my comment above.

I hope you didn't purposefully misquote that article just to make a stronger point. You're better than that.

From the article:

"Imagine Ehud Olmert, the outgoing Israeli prime minister, saying this to Barack Obama:"

"Perhaps that seems unimaginable. But Olmert has already said something close to this."

So Olmert didn't say that, but something close to it. What you quoted was made up by the columnist for dramatic affect.

I hope you didn't purposefully misquote that article just to make a stronger point. You're better than that.

From the article:

"Imagine Ehud Olmert, the outgoing Israeli prime minister, saying this to Barack Obama:"

"Perhaps that seems unimaginable. But Olmert has already said something close to this."

So Olmert didn't say that, but something close to it. What you quoted was made up by the columnist for dramatic affect.

Nice list. I've weeded people out before with the ping, tracert, and http vs html questions before. Good stuff!

Nice list. I've weeded people out before with the ping, tracert, and http vs html questions before. Good stuff!

If I ever come across an extra $739.99 I know what to get now :)

If I ever come across an extra $739.99 I know what to get now :)

Are you a Check Point customer at all? We were able to have our Check Point rep provide us with a "lab license" that is good for a year at no cost.

Are you a Check Point customer at all? We were able to have our Check Point rep provide us with a "lab license" that is good for a year at no cost.

You've got me curious as to the hardware you have available for this.... How many physical machines do you run?

You've got me curious as to the hardware you have available for this.... How many physical machines do you run?