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Re: Lite roliga bilder!

Richard — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:27:25 -0000

WTF?! känner hon me hjälmen

Re: http://thedailyasker.blogspot.com/2008/09/super-asking-sub-blogging.html

Richard — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:28:38 -0000

I've seen the aftermath of a crash similar to that. Never done that much damage when I've fallen.

It's not unusual to fall from scooters. Soft rain that simply lubricates the road is one danger. People not indicating is another danger. The third danger is cooler temperatures when the tires don't hold to the road as well.

Aside from that there's nothing more fun than driving the scooter on a nice summer day like today :-)

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/06/what-is-ik-how-do-i-animate-in-ik-but.html

Richard — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:12:15 -0000

I started out as recommended using FK on the arms. As you know rotations are hard to work with as it is, and having three sets of rotations (depending on how the limb is jointed) times three axis is something I decided I didn't want to deal with anymore. I would much rather translate something than rotate. I have been using IK now for everything. I so happen to key enough to where it doesn't effect my animation. I feel comfortable with my work-flow now.

For elbow flipping issue: On a new key I zero out (set values to zero in the channel editor) on IK wrist rotations and elbow twists, and then make sure I rotate them in the same order as the rotational order (Default for Euler coordinate system - usually x y z). It's my effort to help avoid flipping and Gimbal Lock.

Re: New AC-DC track, kinda meh

Richard — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:26:00 -0000

I think it's alright. Still got the old school feel to it, altho his voice ain't what it used to be. the first solo could flow a little smoother too, but all in all i thought it was pretty good.

Re: A meal at Pho Shizzle

Richard — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:36:00 -0000

It is hands down my favourite restaurant. Awesome service, delicious food!

Re: Star Wars Episode III Trailer

Richard — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:04:40 -0000

I've seen the trailer avalible for download to your mobile phone at this site just in case anybody wants to walk around with it in their pocket.
http://www.mobsvideo.com

Re: Review: Smallville – Spell

Richard — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:46:21 -0000

I saw this for the first time as re-run. Haven't seen Season Three. Haven't seen Season Four (but for a couple episodes). I enjoyed it! It kept me on the edge of my seat! It was a bit confusing, like others mentioned. But that's okay! Be a little less cynical people. And enjoy the ride! (Oh! It was fun too.)

Re: Free at last... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:04:00 -0000

And for the record Dan, I wanted to enjoy my wife while I'm still in my youth, not when I'm some 90 year old wrinkled up prune.

Re: Free at last... - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:22:00 -0000

franknhonest reply to my post...

"If there is a God, he doesn't give a flying fuck about this world or anyone in it."

Thanks for understanding my point also. I'm sure Dan Marvin would not agree since he is not in our boat. He only sees things from a one sided point of view. People like him are not willing to accept that some things don't work for other people. Our own personal lives and the tragedies we have dealt with prove that. That is where the real evidence is at. I am living proof that God does not work and that God is a liar.

The problem with people like Dan Marvin and other christians is that it's easy for them to give God all of this glory when it seems they are doing well in life. However, I have seen many people who at one time gave God all the glory for everything they had accomplished in their own lives and all of the blessings that they have received until one day they lost everything, and that is when a lot of them turned against God.

It has happened many times, and I have found most of those same people who were praising God at one time did not persevere like their Bible Hero Job did. God provided no answers for those same people, nor did he provide any comfort to those same people whatsoever. They were told to have faith, only to never see an improvement in their lives. They just sunk deeper into depression and despair only. No comfort for God came for those same people. I speak this out of my own personal sufferings in regards to dealing with the "Cold Hard Realtiy" of who God is and the way life really works.

I speak for those of us who have not been as fortunate as hypocrites like Dan Marvin have been. I speak for those of us who did not get the breaks in life that christians like Dan Marvin got. We are the one's who Dan Marvin's God has chosen to neglect and ignore.

Some christians will proclaim that God is testing our faith. Why would God need to test my faith when he already knows the final outcome? If that's so, then I see God as a Mad Scientist who performs experiments on his own "Lab Rats" known as humans. Plus God is partial and has his favorites. Apparently Dan Marvin is one of them. God is a fucking asshole and I don't owe him shit, and I refuse to submit to what he wants. I will not repent. Fuck God and fuck his bastard son Jesus!

You're right Jon. God does not give a fuck about us. He is nothing more than a self-centered, self-absorbed, egotistical, and insecured universal bully. That is who God is, and the bible has no merit when it comes to proving who God is. Goddamn the bible and Goddamn every son of a bitch who put the bible in print.

Re: Proof that god is nonexistant: a short version - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Richard — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:15:00 -0000

11. Because there is no afterlife, the whole religions discussion is pointless.

Brain science has very good evidence that "We are our brain", and when the brain dies we are gone. So no afterlife makes thinking about god pointless.

Re: An Evolution-Related Challenge - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Richard — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:20:00 -0000

The simplest solution I see for YEC is to state that the laws of nature have changed in the last 10000 years. That can solve any problem (all dating methods, size and movement of the universe, any scientific argument). And of course there can't be any evidence that this is not true.
Of course this makes science useless, but they don't really care about science as creationists anyway.

Re: Why I Believe Anti-Evangelism Is Wrong - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Richard — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:12:00 -0000

I agree with most of your arguments but not with your conclusion.
As the religious are pushing their nonsense, we have to push back or we will be trampled over.
We have to challenge all magical thinking when it's pushed on us or our fellow humans. Because if there is no voice of dissent then the irrational becomes the norm, and it has. Fortunately we have reality on our side and that is a powerful ally.

Re: Why I Believe Anti-Evangelism Is Wrong - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Richard — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:28:00 -0000

I would just like to offer my heartfelt sympathy to anyone who has to face this guy over the breakfast table. Because he's ALWAYS right Yuk.
As an evangelical christian, he was always right. As an evangelising atheist he was always right. And now he's right again in telling us atheists not to evangelise. And you can be quite sure that tomorrow he'll be telling everybody he's right about something else.With guys like him around, who needs a wife?
Tyrone, stop giving atheists a bed name,and stfu please.

Re: Why does God hate me? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Richard — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:04:00 -0000

Atheist RN-
Yowzer! What a hard topic. I can relate. I am an atheist psychiatrist and I come across this issue all the time. I dont pretend to have the correct answer but here are some of the thoughts I have had about it over the years.

First, general priciples: you should never challenge a defense unless youre able to put something in its place. People believe these sorts of things not just because theye been taught to, they believe them because these beliefs serve some emotional function for them. In general, the belief that suffering is somehow deserved functions, weirdly, to enhance the persons sense of control and sense of being taken care of.

Therapists who work with abused children note that such children will commonly blame themselves rather than their parents. The logic seems to be: I am weak and vulnerable, and I know it. If my parent is really awful, then I am powerless and at their mercy. If it is my fault, at least there is something I can do: I can be better. I can find out what I am doing to deserve this and stop doing it.

I think suffering patients who blame themselves are doing something similar. It gives them some sense of efficacy -- better than the alternative, anyway, which is that there is no larger answer to "why." If they suffer because of sin, they have something to work on, namely, ferreting out their sin, really repenting, being a better CHristian.

Other Christian rationalizations have similar functions. Saying its God's inexplicable will seems to blame God and thus contradict what I just said, but remember that here the emphasis is different, for many CHristians also believe God will ultimately bring good out of bad. Again, the person is comforted (though by being taken care of, in this case, rather than being empowered to work on sin).

Either way, these beliefs -- which play a comforting role in their psychology even when things are going well -- are doubly "necessary" for them when they are ill, and scared, and in pain, which is of course when were are all at our worst and most needful of solace.

That said, what to do? Well, primum non necere (first, do no harm, for those unfamiliar with this term). Directly challenging these beliefs is almost certainly going to do more damage than good, however destructive these sorts of beliefs feel to us. Again, they are there for a reason; their psychology *needs* them, for now. And anyway, such a tact will most likely just alienate you from them. So, confrontation is out (Im not suggesting this is what you would do, but Im just being thorough).

I have found that it is more helpful to attempt to subtly "reframe" (as psychotherapists say) these beliefs into a more "benign" version. Suggesting, for example, a shift in focus from their sin to God's love will remain within thier framework and be more adaptive. I remember being told, when I was a Christian, that "God's will is not always done." This was a revelation for me, and, as far as I can tell, consistent with the theology. It opens up the possibility that you arent really being punished without suggesting that God isnt in charge, which would be scary for them. It keeps the possibility of Gods love and undermines the emphasis on sin. Of course, this presumes you could do this in clear conscience. I, myself, confess that I could not, as, beig an ex-christian, the focus on sin is just too triggering for me to even enter into imaginatively. And for me it feels dishonest to suggest something I not only disbelieve, but disbeleive rather strongly. But I know some former fundamentalists who yet remain generic theists or liberal Christians who feel comfortable doing this.

Another approach would be to elist the help of a friendly pastor or chaplain, whose focus will be soft, "gentle" and comforting, rather than root-out-the-sin. They are used to dealing with these sorts of questions, generally believe what they're syaing, and I have no problem recommending one to help someone through such a crisis of faith. I do this on the priciple of what helps this person the most. I myself belief a nontheistic belief-system is better -- but that is clearly my value, not the patients.

Finally, tried and true secular appraoches are not always out of place with theists and not necessarily in conflict with their values. Shifting the focus from "why" -- which, you could honestly admit, may be unanswerable -- to what they could do *now* to feel better is empowering and conducive to treatment. Teaching them relazation techniques, some cognitive restructuring, education about the disease all enchance a sense of control. And of course, as all good clinicians know, just listening to someones pain without trying to fix it is perhaps cliche' but nonetheless incredibly powerful.

That was longwinded and incomplete, but those are some preliminary thoughts. What a great question. How it helps!

Re: Why does God hate me? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Richard — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:40:00 -0000

Jim, Ray, Atheist nurse, and others- thank you for your kind remarks. This has been an interesting discussions, drive-by shootings notwithstanding.

I have been thinking about this issue for a couple of days now and have had another thought or two. I work part of the time in a rural clinic in Texas so I routinely treat a lot of highly religious (and conservative) people. Most of the time, their religiousity is not at all an impediment to anything, and usually in fact seems to be a source of strength for them, if for no more reason than it imbeds them in their community. So, usually, I let their faith be whatever it is and focus on what I know, which is to employ more earthly means (all the things psychotherapy does)to help them, and almost always the two are not in conflict. There is no reason why one may not believe in God and yet come to recognize that, by golly, I *am* mad at my sister after all for what she did and I *do* tend to focus excessively on my health when I get anxious.

That said, there have been a few people Ive treated whose religion really is toxic to them. They dont know it, and I dont say that, but its clear that it is maladaptive, prevents them from growing, alienates them from potential help, and beats down their self esteem. I have had people tell me through gritted teeth that they are indeed *not* angry because they are a Christian and have handed the fact of their husbands abusiveness over to God and thats then end of it. The belief systems of such patients are all but impenetrable and do not respond or soften much no matter what I do.

For a long time this really bothered me. I felt as though these had been treatment failures. Then, I realized something: these folks almost always end treatment *thankful* for how much theyve gotten out of it. In other words, they really do get better. Their religiosity is just as dense and defensively-driven as ever, yet they seem really to feel better.

I say this to highlight something that others have touched on too: never underestimate the raw power of human empathy. Having someone to talk to about whats bothering you (even when you deny anything at all is bothering you) and being listened to without criticism or judgment or having someone trying to make them feel better is an amazing experience. *Especially* in fundamentalist cultures where literally everything you think or feel or do is saturated in moral valence, being listened to and having ones feelings accepted uncritically can be a very new experience. Empathy is deeper than, and cuts under, every theology.

This shouldnt surprise us, I dont think. We are able to feel joy and pain and fear and warmth and intimacy long before we can talk, and much longer before we can theologize. We are literally wired for sharing our emotions. It isnt always a satisfying response to us in the medical world who usually want something to *do* to help our patients, but I do think we need to remember (I have to remind myself this all the time) that there is little as precious or as moving as being listened to and understood. It sounds touchy-feely, but its true. Being really heard is a rare experience for many people and I have seen many people weep when they first feel it. (One slightly cynical observer suggested that all the stuff that goes on in psychotherapy, all the insights and interpretations and homework etc, just provides something for the therapist and patient to talk about while the relationship itself heals.)

So, atheist nurse, I think a lot of time you dont need to have a deep reply when someone asks you why God hates them. You should mainly listen, and if you can, talk to them about what theyre feeling. Help them sort it out. It can be really liberating just to be able to say whats behing their question. Someone asked if "does God hate me" mean "am I alone" -- maybe, the meanings to these things are always individual, but to me it sounds angry. For your patient to be able to verbalize anger at God without you recoiling in horror at such a blasphemy -- i.e., to "normalize" that feeling -- would be (pardon the inappropriate pun) a Godsend for them.

So, just hear them; you dont necessarily have to try to soften the defense. It will probably soften on its own in time (defenses are always most rigid in acute stress). Or, to say it another way, just by listening and being empathic and showing an interest in what theyre feeling can soften the defense. I guarantee you, if you really listen empathically, you will be the one person they remember from the hospital (or whereever you work).
Sorry for the long winded reply. The world is shades of grey to me. I am a shrink rather than a surgeon, after all.

Richard

Re: http://blog.thegreenasterisk.com/2006/07/becky-thing.html

Richard — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:39:00 -0000

blogger, huh? It feels a lot like Moveable Type. But since most of my friends have Xanga, and I don't want to be the one to install MT on their PC, and set up their security & stuff, I'll stick with Xanga.

Re: Premier League and the 39th Step: Pure Greed or Pure Genius? | EPL Talk

Richard — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:20:40 -0000

Lets get real here, football is a business nowadays.
I am all for the proposal, i moved from england to australia back in 2001, and i would love to see any team from the EPL play here.
Maybe the A-League will take some notes on how the english game works, because the A-League is really lacking something.

Simon is right in a respect, there wouldnt be a symmetrical season. But thats why you do research, to find out where big fan bases for each team are in the world.

Re: It’s life, Jim…

Richard — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:11:00 -0000

I am wearing that expression today. Boredom, followed by some awards ceremony, followed by an employee evaluation.

Even pondering last night's fantastic date (tall, red-haired, brainy...hooray!) doesn't help. :/

Will seeing a cute kitten shredding my forearm make you feel better?

Re: New Kanye West – Robocop (DJ Drops)

Richard — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:33:32 -0000

James
this just sounds like: â€œIm gayyy im gay im gayyyyy!â€

Seriously James, shut the fuck up.

Re: Wale – Family Affair

Richard — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:26:42 -0000

Choice song and review!
What are the best rap blogs?

Re: FOXNews.com - Politics - Blogs Face Possible FEC Regulation

Richard — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 07:24:00 -0000

Amen! I can't believe that they think they even CAN regulate all those blogs! What difference is there between a website/page and a blog? None. Yet they don't seek to regulate websites or pages...

Re: Google Video Search

Richard — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:03:00 -0000

I have been using Blinkx since it came out in December. I would go back and search through again. They have a lot of news content and really good transcriptions and video footage. Really, go back. I really like the site.

Re: New Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem

Richard — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:00:37 -0000

dude! thank you sooo much for these. theyre great!

Re: Contest: Win Tickets To See Fall Out Boy, Plain White T’s, Gym Class Heroes

Richard — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:28:00 -0000

fall out boy are awesome! thanks

Re: Comments Vs. Conversations

Richard — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:43:35 -0000

I don't really want to get in to a conversation about it but it's interesting what can come out of them. (That's the second ever comment I have left).

Re: Pre-Conference Butterflies and a Thank You

Richard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:21:32 -0000

GOOD LUCK!!! You both deserve it to be a great success. I hope that everyone benefits from the exchange of ideas and knowledge that you are making happen.

Re: Pre-Conference Butterflies and a Thank You

Richard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:24:56 -0000

Can you just remind me what is the best way to tune in to the Conference please? Is it here or on another site?

Re: Old Packard Bell Commercial | The Cosmic Tap

Richard — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:10:07 -0000

v intersting commercial. also apropos was the bank customer line (in light of developments in Europe this week)

Re: “Reality-Based”

Richard — Wed, 18 May 2005 23:17:30 -0000

Joe, I guess it just depends what circles you hang out in. Absolutely every liberal blog-reader knows about the aide's comments, due to their scandalous implications regarding the Bush administration's epistemic practices. Really, it was THE big story a couple of months back. If you haven't come across the quote before, then you clearly don't read liberal blogs, and thus aren't in much of a position to be speculating about what is or isn't "well known" to their audiences.

Re: Layard Bait and Switch

Richard — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:49:30 -0000

Also, while I may prefer other's income not increase relative to mine, I might also prefer (strongly and "meddlesomely") that everyone else work really hard and produce lots of useful stuff.

So a tax on income, rather than helping fulfill my first preference, is likely to stymie my second because of the bait and switch you've identified.

Re: Album Review: Jimmy Eat World – Chase The Light

Richard — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:19:49 -0000

best song on chase this light = the title track. good god one of the most well written songs i've ever heard

Re: Con-neko 2006

Richard — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:44:00 -0000

Hi,
ja, das war lustig :) Ich muss jetzt noch lachen wenn ich daran denke.

Und Arakiel :)... ne, du wurdest nicht durch das Ende vom Film wach. Hehehe... Wir haben geschrien, gelacht u.s.w. aber du hast dich nicht aufwecken lassen. Da war der Film schon vorbei :)

Hehehe... iss ja nicht so schlimm. Aber lustig ;)

Re: Hochzeit Ryo & Bunny

Richard — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:42:00 -0000

Danke danke, Hoppe :)

Re: Das iPhone kommt

Richard — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:42:00 -0000

Du hast recht. Kein UMTS-Support. Ich ändere das mal im Blog-Post. Danke.

Transport und Einfuhrzölle müssen keine Mehrkosten bedeuten. Das Handy wird nicht in den USA hergestellt. Bei dem Unterschied US-Dollar -> Euro ist es nicht mehr fair.

Aber wie kommst du auf 299 Dollar ? Heise spricht von 499 Dollar für 4GB und 599 Dollar für 8GB.

Re: Give them a Christian beating!

Richard — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:26:19 -0000

Right on, Brian!

Oh, and do carry your Power Book everywhere

and then beat people over the head with that! Kidding!

Re: Strong Christian

Richard — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:46:15 -0000

yes, I think you're onto something there, in contrast to the
definition being (essentially) someone who performs well (or
appears to).

Re: Silence

Richard — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:08:24 -0000

I have nothing to say.

Re: Jesus

Richard — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:15:33 -0000

This morning while leading a Communion prayer I realized that it has been a couple of years
since I have, as some do, gone to great lengths to make it clear that the bread and the
"wine" are "only symbols" (if they are). Nor do I try to make it clear that they are
somehow mystically the elements of bread and body "co-mingled" (like the cereal commercial)
if they are. I just refer to them matter-of-factly as the body and the blood -- as Jesus
did. Perhaps I risk confusing people that way, but if Jesus took that risk, I guess I can
too. (One passage suggests that such was the *purpose* of the parables.) Okay maybe
theres a better word than "confuse". Anyway HWJP? Actually, I expect that He simply
used the Hebrew blessing "Blessed are Thou, O Lord, King of the Universe Who gives us bread
etc. etc." (something like that).

Re: I’ve officially entered that stage of life…

Richard — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:04:06 -0000

"There ain't no such thing as a free dinner." (You're usually expected to buy a gift.)

Re: Conversation

Richard — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:07:28 -0000

I imagine there are also a lot of girls in the Gender Issues office (assuming it still exists) who would glady talk to you about pride and prejudice. Hmm. I have to type blindly while my comment goes underneath your friends' listst.Oops was that right? We'll see.

Re: Hi Everybody!

Richard — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:45:00 -0000

I assume from his last name and accent that Dr. Nick is Hispanic of some sort.

Re: Film Crew

Richard — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:37:22 -0000

When my pastor and I attended the Leading Like Jesus Seminar at Redwood I added the subtitle "Or How to be Rejected by Your Friends and Crucified by Your Enemies".
I do wonder at times how much of a good example Christ was re. leading for success (as we usually define, expect or prefer it).

(Of course, this could be misused as support for a martyr or Messiah complex.)

Re: CBC Fans

Richard — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:21:50 -0000

I don't think it was on this morning (Monday) but maybe I dozed off. Maybe I should get up earlier.

Re: Pressed for Time

Richard — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 09:45:50 -0000

Hey I heard you on the radio. It was a *bit* shorter than I expected! ;)

Re: Opensource Radio

Richard — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:47:37 -0000

The Cooking Channel?

Re: Dark Night

Richard — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:11:51 -0000

I thought this sounded familiar. I was going to comment that it sounded like Song of Solomon, but I guess Steve knows that. (Plus I was wondering who this beloved was that you were meeting in the middle of the night!)

Re: Largest Known Prime Number

Richard — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:37:04 -0000

Re. your hearing Keith's voice in your head when you read his blog: I pretty much find that to be the case with anything I'm reading by someone known to me, especially in the case of blogs with their (normally) informal nature.

Re: Free Stanley

Richard — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 10:09:44 -0000

Thanks BJ!

Re: Rrroll Up Results

Richard — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:20:47 -0000

I had coffee with the original Ed Gooch yesterday and I rolled up a Try Again and he rolled up a doughnut.

Re: Car Spam

Richard — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:20:16 -0000

Saw you and N walking today along RR Road (to Seattle?)

Re: Favorite Song/Album of the First Half of 2009?

Richard — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:04:55 -0000

Songs Two Weeks - Grizz, Moths Wings - PP , Girlfirend - Phoenix, The Veils - Sit Down By The Fire
Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Anticpating Humbug to be my favourite album when it comes out haha

Re: A Suggestion for Apple in 2007

Richard — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:17:00 -0000

It's such a flawed theory I hardly know where to begin.

The more Mac applications are available on Windows, the less reason to switch. iTunes makes sense to port to Windows because it translates into iPod and Store sales. Quicktime makes sense because it's part of iTunes and because Windows users (mostly video editors) will buy the Pro version to do encoding.

Since every other major browser is free, they'd have a hard time charging for Safari. Only the hardcore Apple lovers would buy it, and charging makes it less likely developers would buy it to test with. So, Safari only translates into money for Apple if a user switches, and if I already have iTunes, Quicktime, and Safari on my PC for free, I'd have to REALLY love Apple to buy a whole new machine just to use the Mac versions of iTunes, Quicktime, and Safari.

Re: Remove ^M characters at end of lines in vi | UNIX | Tech-Recipes

Richard — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:27:28 -0000

:D Perfect.....just what I needed ! Many Thanks !

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Duct Tape Fashion

Richard — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:15:18 -0000

The suit is really cool, but that Wonka hat needs to go.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » The Gen-H4 Personal Helicopter

Richard — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:37:36 -0000

>> if you are unable to read English you have no reason to be on the internet

What a ridiculous point of view! Why encourage homogenization? What a dull world this would be if everybody thought like you.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » VectroTel Provides Secure Mobile Communications

Richard — Tue, 23 May 2006 08:04:22 -0000

Isn't the Man-in-the-Middle attach mitigated by the hash on the display. When your friend on the other ends reads out the wrong hash you know something's wrong.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Wonder Pizza Vending Machine

Richard — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:19:57 -0000

I sent an e-mail to Wonder Pizza to get on board and become a vendor. (FL) I am waiting for a reply.

Thanks!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Z-CoiL Shoes Are Apparently Not A Sight Gag

Richard — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:00:06 -0000

I also own a Z-CoiL Pain Relief Footwear store. After seeing what these shoes did for my family we decided to open a store to help other people. A good example of how these shoes help is we had a young man come in to our store with crushed heels in such pain he could not stand upright and could barely walk. by the time he was in our shoes a half an hour he was almost upright and could walk almost normally. When I saw this man again he was walking perfectly without any pain.

So, when I hear someone say:
"Id gladly choose to live with any pain if the alternative involved me wearing these things in public. ” I find it hard to believe you would give other people power over your life by being embarrassed about how your shoes [that give you back mobility and freedom from pain] look . If you were to come into my store I would treat you with compassion and professionalism in spite of your misgivings because I know how people react when they are freed from their pain.

Grateful

I actually hope you never suffer from pain like my clients.
Fighting the good fight for you,
Richard

Re: Ron Paul

Richard — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:42:15 -0000

Tim,

This is a good example of how effective the media manipulators are in playing up emotions to divert attention away from the real important issues where Ron Paul beats the other candidates hands down. The fact is that so many people make decisions not based on reason but on emotional whim. Your article is simply a concrete example of this. What is your reasoned opposition to Ron Paul's platform of "no nation building", national sovereignty, promotion of individual liberty and enforcement of the Constitution?

Re: When lesbians bash gay men

Richard — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:34:37 -0000

im gay i need a man help please

Re: De Mozilla aux wikis

Richard — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:13:00 -0000

open source et free software :),
c'était juste pour dire que l'un est une vision simplement économique,
l'autre est une vision plus politique

Re: Jesus the Musical by Javier Prato

Richard — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:36:05 -0000

Thanks to Javier Prato for a thouroughly entertaining video! In this time of worldwide religious hysteria it's nice to see that someone still has a sense of humor. Not everyone on Earth believes in the outdated primitive superstitions of the past. It's sad and rather frightening that so many people rely on the Christian bible as a moral compass when anything more than a selective cursory reading reveals just how lacking in morality the authors were. I'm sure at the time of the writing, the injustice and bigotry mentioned were considered acceptable, but we've learned since then that they're not. As our culture advances, we need to let go of this antiquated mumbo-jumbo and learn how to live together in peace. No one should
have to die in the name of Muhammed or any other prophet.

Re: Björn Gustafsson!

Richard — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:31:18 -0000

EsMo vafan gör du inne på den här sidan om du inte tycker om honom??! nånstans innerst inne tycker du säkert att han e lite charmig ;)
jävlar va bra du måste va själv om du tycker så illa om andra.. o hur jävla rolig e du själv?har du tänkt på det? prova o sätta dej i parlamentet elr på melodifestivals scenen o få alla (utom några muppar som du!) att skratta! tvivlar starkt på att du skulle klara det..
o sen om du e en 08-snobb som inte tål andra än dej själv, kan du ju försöka hålla det för dej själv, för ditt eget bästa, sånna människor är inte omtyckta..

Re: Björn Gustafsson!

Richard — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:49:15 -0000

den idioten som länkade till artikeln om robert och björn kan inte ha mycket till hjärna..
alla blir ju bara förvirrade och tror att det är hans son, men en gång för alla DOM ÄR INTE SLÄKT!!
antagligen så skämtade han elr nåt,ni vet, som komiker brukar göra..
sara och många andra har ju redan rabblat upp bevis på att ämnet som diskuteras på den här sidan är falskt. bor på samma ställe som robert och jag vet att dom inte är släkt.

Re: http://socialpedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/social-media-conference.html

Richard — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:44:38 -0000

Hi,

Thanks for giving the information about the conference on the social media.

Social media Conferences are very important for companies to be transparent and have open conversations with the other Companies. The other Companies will then not only see the negative comments, but the fact that we are doing something about the companies, this is majorly important for our business image as you are being seem as a very receptive and liable company to do business in the future.

Re: The DO NOT EAT Page

Richard — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:48:28 -0000

Spin: At last a bunch of things you can't eat that really don't want to!

Groovy link, Matt.

Re: http://hitormiss.org/2002/01/15/i-never-thought-i-would/

Richard — Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:18:53 -0000

I'm with Brad: Kratt plus Kratt = Truly Scrumptous. The sum greater than their parts. All that. Ahem. Do it for the planet, Matt! ;.)

Re: http://hitormiss.org/2002/01/05/finally-saw-the-lord-of/

Richard — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 14:57:59 -0000

Anytime a film goes past two hours with no intermission, I wonder when the ship is going to sink. Down with movies long movies with no intermission. Sorry. Off topic.

Re: http://wonderfulgeneration.blogspot.com/2009/06/snsds-tell-me-your-wish-mp3-is-out.html

Richard — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:35 -0000

I am Definatleyly Buying this CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: The kitten and the carnivore convention - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:12:00 -0000

Thanks for the support everyone, you have all been a wonderful tool and allowed me the privelage of seeing others like me.
I was wondering what an anonymous blogger would be doing chastising me for "Not being right with Jesus" and the end times when by all accounts he should be in church worshipping the very god he speaks of. Instead he is surfing the web reading about why people left Christianity. Do you really need a sign that you may not be a believer either?
Thanks again everyone for your help and I hope to hear more posts from you.

Re: The kitten and the carnivore convention - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:28:00 -0000

Thanks for everyone for commenting on my post. It means a lot to me that you all care enough to continue to show your support.

I would like to make an observation for something I noticed. People always say that the way we can trust the bible to be accurate is to trust God that he gave the right people the information to properly translate the bible into the accurate word of god. Following that logic, wouldn't we then be able to say that god would also be careful enough to only place the right people as the head of churches so as not to allow them to be turned the wrong direction? if he supposedly could do it for one, why not the other? WHy do we have so much disagreement about the most basic of fundamentals of Christianity? It does not fit.
I have said that I find it impossible to not believe that there is some sort of intelligent design, even if it is in the most basic of form. Yet I cannot fathom this thing, or creator, or whatever caring that much for us yet allowing so much confusion. As Christians will say: "Actions speak louder than words". How can a man have faith in something that cannot even make its intentions cut out and clear? In order for me, for instance, to believe I can run, don't I first have to know that I have legs?
God it not the author of confusion? Then tell me who is, because if a person has to ask a scholar or doctorate of theology to understand some of the things in his so called truthful word, than he seems to be doing a good job confusing me. It is really very simple. To have faith is one thing. Yet to have faith in something that has written such a confusing, contradictory book for the whole world to "easily understand" is quite another. It is simple and pure bullshit. there is no getting around it, no ducking under it,no going above it. Would trust someone to write a will for your mother that could not get the facts right? Why then would you trust a god with a big responsibility to save you when in fact he cannot even ace the small points of his story? what makes you think he is capable of the big things? Interesting.

Re: To Shiver in the Howling of the Night - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:19:00 -0000

Anonymous,

Should I logically deduce what it is that you are saying I am lead to believe one of either two different things:
1: The bible states that when Christ is accepted we inherit the holy spirit thereby instructing those whom he places in charge as to what to do and the "godly" way to behave in the church. If I follow that logic than I have no choice but to believe that God himself is evil because his spirit, living in those whom act out these things, is allowing this sort of behavior. Or:
2: The people in charge of the church are power crazed, cult loving, mind fucking, ignroatn people who failed to gain in the real world. Consequently they chose to run a church where they could say something, spout off a few verses to back up their theories, no matter how twisted they were, and then proceed to get what what they want from the person dumb enough to believe them.
I'm not sure which one I should buy, but either way it is not looking too good for the Christians is it?
RICHARD

Re: Atheist Pastor - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:12:00 -0000

Look dude, I know where it is that you are coming from. To believe because it is a moral virtue concerning the welfare of your family is probably more difficult than really believing and trying to un-believe.
I do not have much advice for you except that it is a long, slow, and incredibly hard process that spares you absolutely no hardship. Yet it is worth it and the end road will forever be of reward to you.
About the qualifications: degrees from theological seminaries are still degrees. And the more expensive, the better in the worlds eyes. You never know, a good paying, secular job may just open up for you in the near future.
ever thing of teaching philosophy?

Re: Schizophrenic Faith - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:51:00 -0000

I really indentify with this, especially my life as it is right now, i'm already an atheist, and i've left christianity, but my home life sucks. Anyone who wants to email me can at myspacemail@goowy.com

Re: I am a former youth pastor - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:57:00 -0000

Caleb, I stumbled across this web site just tonight. I certainly am sorry that you have encountered the type of Christian you described. I teach at a University here in Phoenix (I will not make mention of the name). I teach Introduction to Logic, Foundations of Critical Thinking and Intro to Philosophy . I encourage my students to ask questions and to challenge everything and everyone ... since I myself do that. I wish I had an opportunity to engage a dialectical discussion with you since I never would state or even intimate that it is wrong to inquire discursively or even intuitively ... I would assert the opposite claim. If you summarized what is your major objection to Christianity, what would that be? (No, I am not setting you up for ridicule; rather, I would like an opportunity to reason with you concerning that or other objections.)

Re: Where it will take me? - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:03:00 -0000

Congratulations on your successful life. I can only aspire to reach it through hard work and a dash of luck.

I'm sorry about your loss and the crisis you are in. A simple way to alleviate some of the internal turmoil you have is to put things in perspective (at least this works for me). Your size compared to the city you are in, to the Earth, the Sun... Your problems among the 6 billion other people with their problems. Your life span compared to the 4.5 billion age of the Earth. When I do this I feel that all these problems I face are not that important and so I can focus on the positive. Family, friends and doing something I like are my personal tiny world where I can be happy.

Re: Don't listen to your head. Listen to your heart - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:50:00 -0000

Its fascinating to me in reading deconversion stories just what experiences it is that proves pivotal. I, too, noticed "small" discrepancies and curiosities early on in my religious phase that eventually snowballed into very big deals. My experience was somewhat similar to yours, in a few ways at least. When you argued with your father about Christianity, and he was unmoved, it made you doubt your message, rather than chalking it up to his being blinded by sin. So, in effect, you blamed the message rather than the hearer. Fundies ususally go about it the other way. Their message is true, they think. Therefore, their arguments *must* be good. Therefore, if their message is not believed, then there can be no fault in their arguments. And there is a ready explanation for what *is* wrong -- the sin in the hearer! Its a perfect way to get past the otherwise strange fact that they have an infallible message from the Creator himself, and an
supernaturally perfect Book (and obviously so!)-- but not universal adherence. My experience was similar in this respect. When I noticed that I never felt as warm and goey inside as evangelicals taught me anyone living "in Christ" would be -- i.e., when I remained depressed and unhappy -- I (eventually) was able to blame the message, rather than my alleged failure to "really" live it. I wonder what it is that makes some of us willing, on some level, to doubt the message, rather than ourselves? Anyway, congratulations!

Re: I can accept myself again - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Richard — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:56:00 -0000

Ellytoad-
I am continually amazed when I look back and realize just how many premises and dogmas were slipped by me, without my noticing or objecting, back when I was a Christian.

For example, I think Christianity manages to convince us we are steeped in sin mainly by redefining it. The criteria given for what counts as sin are so broad that virtually anything you think, do, or say, that is not done from a state of utter motivational purity, qualifies. CS Lewis, who was very influential on me, does this in spades, espeically in his book The Great Divorce. His basic idea is that self-will (he is obsessed with this) is the root of all sin -- the Luciferian "I will" -- and any self-interest you have, of any kind, in anything you do, counts as self-will. That means if, for example, you do something good, and have any thought or feeling in you anywhere of pleasure in the fact that it was *you* who did something good, rather than sheer/pure egoless pleasure in the fact that good was done, that is sin.

Of course no one can live up to this standard. But if you arent paying attention, as a Christian, then you buy in to this definition, start looking around your life, and of course you see sin everywhere. So you think: by Golly, theyre *right*! I *am* enslaved to sin. And the state of sinlessness that Christianity specifies -- total surrender of the will to God -- is impossible, because paradoxical: how can you, by force of will, surrender your will? You would have to assert your will to deny your will. Of course you cant. So now, Christianity has also convinced you that not only are you steeped in sin, you are powerless to help yourself. So what choice do you have but to accept the cure Christianity offers?

Another favorite example of mine of these sorts of under-the-radar assumptions is the teaching that "without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sins." I accepted this without comment when I was a believer. It never occurred to me to ask "why the hell not? Who made up *that* stupid rule?" God runs this ship, right? So why does or did anyone ever have to bleed and die for us to be forgiven, even accepting for the sake of argument that what Christianity says about our sinfulness is true? *We* dont require that standard. You dont demand that your friend who has wronged you beat his child to death before you will forgive him. So why does God?

The trick here, I think, is that Christianity *must* first persuade you that you are utterly worthless, helpless, and powerless, before it can sell you on its solution. It was such an amazing liberation to me to redefine, as I deconverted (this was with the help of a psychotherapist), all those thoughts and feelings as simply human, products of our forebrain and limbic system (or your unconscious, depending on what perspective youre looking from). All those emotions that I couldnt control anyway werent sin -- even the "bad" ones, like anger and lust that Jesus talked about -- they were rather just ordinary, human, morally neutral parts of ourselves. Its what we *do* that counts, ethically, not what we think and feel.

Far be it from me to reference pop culture, but one of my favorite quotes on religion comes from Sting: "Men go crazy in congregations and they only get better one by one."

Congratulations on your deconversion,

Richard

Re: Le EEEPC : De moins en moins Linuxien ? - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:58:03 -0000

Je suis vraiment fier d'utiliser xandros et de voir que finalement (malgré quelques bugs) il est possible de faire quasiment la même chose que sur windows et avec une bécane 4 fois plus puissante

Mais alors quel cirque pour un utilisateur qui aime personnaliser son xp ?

Malgré les nombreux tutos je galère pour tout installation, icônes...

Je perds pas espoir, ça demande un peu de temps mais je reste sous linux quitte à essayer d'autres distributions (pas encore le niveau recquis)

Re: Qu’attendez vous de la nouvelle génération d’ultraportables Lowcost ? - By Pierre Lecourt - sondage - Blogeee.net

Richard — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:32:46 -0000

Le Rêve :

Le pc de l'illustration sans charnière au milieu avec une résolution full hd entièrement tactile
Taille A4
Moins d'un kilo
connectique complète et lecteur multicartes
et à l'arrière un panneau solaire...

Voilà

Re: Qu’attendez vous de la nouvelle génération d’ultraportables Lowcost ? - By Pierre Lecourt - sondage - Blogeee.net

Richard — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:33:42 -0000

Et un prix ultra serré bien sur

:)

Re: Jeeesus ! Vanderled ! - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:04:30 -0000

Ce site fait vraiment fake de partout :

http://vanderled.com/onlinestore/index.php/cPat... <- tout à 0.00 EUROS ! O.o

Re: Airis sort lui aussi sa gamme d’ultraportable : Airis Kira ! - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:34:04 -0000

1024×768 : avec scrolling d'ecran ;)

on dirait un peu du V-Tech quand même.
Par contre, l'offre Telefonica à 100 € est superbe. SFR devrait en prendre de la graine :p

Re: Le EeePC 900 disponible en mai en France. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:34:56 -0000

\o/ mon anniversaire est en Mai ! (mais début mai)

Re: D’autres images du HP 2133 Mini Note. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:42:47 -0000

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-2133-mini-no...

Une belle présentation vidéo du 2133 avec un comparatif visuel avec l'EEE.

Faudra t'il que j'attende encore un an pour que le marché ce stabilise et que l'on puisse faire un choix ?

Re: EeePC 900 : Enfin des infos ! - By Pierre Lecourt - 900 - Blogeee.net

Richard — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:42:24 -0000

En complément de Maroussia :

Eee PC 701: 22.5 x 16.4 x 2.15~3.5 cm pour 920 g
Eee PC 900: 22.5 x 17 x 2.0~3.38 cm pour 990 g

70 g de plus pour la dalle & une deuxième SSD
Par contre, je suis étonné qu'il soit plus fin...

Re: Exclu : Fiche technique et infos officielles sur le EeePC 900 - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:11:32 -0000

8Go de moins pour compenser la licence XP, c'est une bonne alternative pour ne pas avoir à annoncer différents prix pour le même produits.

Reste à savoir si Microsoft fera l'effort d'optimiser correctement son OS pour l'EEE900.

Comme toi Pierre, la crainte reste sur l'autonomie de la batterie. Mais avec l'émergence des accéssoires déjà dispo pour l'EEE701, je pense qu'il sera facile de ce procurer une seconde batterie plus performante & de conserver celle ci en batterie de secours.

Encore merci Pierre pour toutes ces informations, reste encore l'ombre de la date de sortie.

Re: Présentation du EeePC 900 en France le 17 Avril. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:43:36 -0000

Personnellement, je n'aime pas trop la cinétique d'ouverture du G10iL.

En tout cas, si Asus ne refait pas les mêmes fautes que lors du lancement du 701, on peux esperer une sortir nationale pour Mai.

Re: Une station d’accueil DVD pour le EeePC. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:35:48 -0000

Moi aussi je dis mieux :

- Disponibilité de coloris Noir/Blanc
- Hubs 4 ports
- Port IDE Internet pour HDD 2.5"

Mais bon, 70€ juste pour un bout le plastique cheap & un graveur (même pas DVD si on lit correctement la description).

Au pire, si le ventilo est une turbine d'Airbus, il ne devrait pas être difficile à changer.

Re: Une station d’accueil DVD pour le EeePC. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:39:28 -0000

J'oubliais,

moins : fourni sans alim...
plus : station au bonne dimension, avec un jolie enfoncement pour la batterie de manière à ce que l'EEE ne bouge pas trop.

Pour les plus bricoleurs, le HUB & le HDD devraient rentrer dans le boitier sans trop de problème ;)

Re: Présentation du EeePC 900 en France le 17 Avril. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:13:02 -0000

Reste à savoir si demain, les claviers seront AZERTY...

En tout cas, j'espère une sortie début Mai : comme ca je pourrais le demander pour mon anniversaire :p

Re: ASUSTEK annonce un EeePC 10″ ! - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:54:21 -0000

J'aurais laissé plus de marge en passant directement à 11" ou 12" maintenant qu'il existe l'intermédiare 900 entre le 701 et le 1001.

De toute facon, pour ma part ce n'est plus la même gamme d'UMPC.

Re: Pixmania brade le EeePC 4G Black ! 219.90€ ! TROP TARD :( - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:10:39 -0000

euh, je ne trouve qu'un 2G QWERTY pour ... 249 €

Re: Les EeePC 900 sortent dans la précipitation avec une batterie 4400 mAh. - By Pierre Lecourt - 4400, 900, asus, batterie, eeepc, mah - Blogeee.net

Richard — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:58:40 -0000

Ils n'ont vraiment pas de chance chez Asus avec les lancements respectifs du 701 & du 900

Cette fois ci, ils en prennent plein la g* à cause de la batterie :
http://www.silicon.fr/fr/news/2008/04/23/faux_d...
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-137264-asus-sca...
http://www.pc-infopratique.com/actualite-3417-p...

Sans compter le nombre de journalistes qui annoncent l'Atomisation du EEE pour Juin... là encore Asus ne va pas être à la fête en "re"-présentant un Celeron sur les premiers modèles EEE900 :s

Beaucoup de monde ne vont pas comprendre cette politique: quelle différence entre fin mai & juin pour une refonte complète du coeur du système ; tout cela en moins d'un mois...

Je veux bien croire que le 701 à essuyé les plâtres, mais quand on voit qu'il y a un an, Asus à complètement foiré la sortie mondiale du 701 et que maintenant ils parlent déjà de l'Atom, alors que le 900 en version Celeron n'est même pas encore arrivéeee jusqu'à nous...

Wait and seeE :)

Re: RAV : je cherche un téléphone mobile et l’abonnement qui va bien. - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Richard — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:18:42 -0000

TEN c'est plutôt pas mal je trouve, et puis tu profite du réseau Orange sans être directement lié à l'opérateur.

Re: Microstar nous détaille son Wind en images ! - By Pierre Lecourt - microstar international, msi, ultraportable, wind - Blogeee.net

Richard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:24:17 -0000

moi j'aime bien, on dirait un EEE tout en rondeur

Re: Sondage : EeePC 900 Linux 20Go ou Windows 12 Go ? - By Pierre Lecourt - microsoft, sondage, xandros, xp - Blogeee.net

Richard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:59:28 -0000

Et si maintenant on refait un second sondage :

• J'achète un EEE900 20 Go et je conserve Linux.
• J'achète un EEE900 20 Go pour installer Windows & avoir 8 Go supplémentaire.

Je ne crois pas que XP ce fasse toler autant que ca à regarder les réponses de certains. ;)

Re: Sondage : EeePC 900 Linux 20Go ou Windows 12 Go ? - By Pierre Lecourt - microsoft, sondage, xandros, xp - Blogeee.net

Richard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:32:09 -0000

Merci Skynotik, comme le dit "Anonyme", le sondage est faussé, même si pour le calcul d'Asus, ce sera la version Xandros qui partira plus vite.

Par contre, pour un XP Home, c'est plutôt 70€ / 80€ encore, et avec l'annonce de MS sur la continuité de service pour XP, je ne pense pas que les prix descendent si rapidement.

C'est pourquoi j'ai voté XP, même si je ne prendrais pas la version Live.

D'ailleur, peut être que j'arriverais cette fois à me convertir :p

Re: Le HP 2133 Mini note, le EeePC 701 et le Everex Cloubook : Photo de famille nombreuse - By Pierre Lecourt - asus eeepc 701, comparaison, everex cloudbook, hp 2133 mini note, photos - Blogeee.net

Richard — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:06:47 -0000

-1 pour la batterie du HP

Il doit sagir d'une double batterie:
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-2133-mini-no...

Et si je me trompe : beurk aussi !

Et question volume, le 2133 jouera plutôt avec le grand frère du 701. Du coup, il n'apparaitra pas tellement plus grand que l'Asus.

Pour le cloudbook (et non pas cloubook, Pierre !), ben les gouts et les couleurs ne ce discute pas.

Moi il me plait bien ce p'tit HP, à part que les plastiques font un peu cheap en photos.

+

Re: Un EeePC 8G à 2199$ sur Ebay !? - By Pierre Lecourt - ebay, eeepc 700, mod, modification - Blogeee.net

Richard — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:20:11 -0000

Il est toujours sous garantie ?
Je lui aurais bien pris, mais il manque un chauffe tasse :p

Re: Présentation du Airis Kira 740 par The Phone House. - By Pierre Lecourt - airis, apple macbook air, comparaison, eeepc 700, kira 740, presentation, the phone house, video - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:48:28 -0000

Dommage pour The Phone House que l'ère du 7" est révolue !

Re: Exclu : Photos officielles du EeePC 900 noir. - By Pierre Lecourt - asus, asustek, eeepc 900, haute definition, images, officielles - Blogeee.net

Richard — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:15:13 -0000

Et voila encore un problème Cornélien :

- choisir le noir et la sobriété & une plus grand compatibilité informatique pour la couleur.
- choisir le blanc et le mariage nickel avec mon iPod 5.5

Concernant Flickr_10g: je reconnais très bien les plats : ils ont servis ça à la cantoche d'Asus cette semaine ;)

Re: Temps de Boot XP entre un EeePC 900 et un HP 2133 Mini Note. - By Pierre Lecourt - boot, eeepc 900, hp 2133 mini note, windows xp - Blogeee.net

Richard — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:18:31 -0000

dixaine (comme Dix), c'était pas compliké.

Re: O hpG gratuito está de volta… Vai confiar??? - Explorando e Aprendendo

Richard — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:19:00 -0000

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Re: Hemingway’s "Indian Camp"

Richard — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:15:00 -0000

i agree with some points youve made here but uncle george with the indian woman? im not so sure about that, i didnt read so much into that. i dont know, i kind of just saw him there to satisfy his own racial feelings. i saw him as wanting to see the indian woman in pain and really just for the experience. perhaps i didnt see too much into uncle george’s significance?

Re: Wordt terug in de tijd reizen werkelijkheid?

Richard — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:15:12 -0000

Tijd reizen, als ik in de tijd kon reizen, zou ik ver in de toekomst reizen, ver weg van deze wereld.
Reizen door de ruimte

Re: Guestbook

Richard — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:21:30 -0000

Name: Richard
From: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: BRADRS1@HOTMAIL.COM

TC, have a great Christmas. Thanks for the gift show. As ever, great job.

Keep it up, looking forward to 2007, I still don't mind paying the $1.99 for shows. It's worth it and the price is fair. ( ignore the negative feedback, they don't know what t hey are missing ! )

Take care and have a good one.

All the best from Canada !

Rich.

Looking forward to another year

Re: The Men Will Cook

Richard — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:59:00 -0000

I agree 100%. But I'll be damned if I'm doing all of the cooking. Marriage is a partnership where both sides have to bring something to the table. I have no problem cooking, but if my future wife can't, that's STILL a showstopper.

Re: The Men Will Cook

Richard — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:10:00 -0000

As a family, we can't always eat out all the time. And there are going to be times when either the husband or wife have a bad day, and it should not be on just one person in the house to do the cooking all the time. If my wife has a bad day, and I didn't, I can cook. And vice versa.
I'm not tying women to the kitchen. But in most marriages, the primary caretaker is the mother, and the primary provider is the father. Now, if you can't cook, that's fine when we're dating. But between the courtship and the moment I say 'I do', learn something. Will I teach what I know? Of course.

I know me and Posh have had this debate several times, so I won't go any further. :)

Re: After the Love has Gone: How Men Can Survive a Break Up

Richard — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:15:00 -0000

I definitely agree with this article, and it's what men have to do regardless of what stage the relationship is in (talking, dating, exclusive, engaged, married, etc). When C Rob talks about cutting ties, he's truly on point with this. Speaking from experience, especially if a separation is bad, your initiative to speak to her, help her out of a jam, facebook her, text her, etc is all out of the window. She's no longer your problem. This is one of the main reasons why it's not a good look to date someone who works with you in some shape or form.
The funny thing about us brothas sometimes is that the pride and fight in us makes it where we can never walk away from a situation without doing everything in our power to make it work, especially if you fall into one or both of these categories:

1. You are really in love with her.

2. Your market value as a man is perceived (internally and/or externally) as low and you don't have better (or in some cases any) options.

When this happens, some men will turn desparate and will go out and and hit women with a diamond-laden pacifier (in other words, they propose). So many women are in love with the idea of being engaged and married that they forget about the setbacks that led to the initial break up in the first place.

I know two women who broke up with their man for showstopping reasons (one hated who she was becoming with him, and the other didn't like how her man raised his daughter) have fallen for this in the last month. What's sad is that I warned them that it would happen, told them how it would happen, yet they still fell for it. In my opinion, the reasons that caused the demise of the relationship in the first place are not resolved. All the engagement ring does is provide, what we call in information technology, a workaround.

I say all this to say that, as men, we need to truly know ourselves and have insight and constant self-assessment into how we operate and what we value. If you know in your heart that you have your way of doing things, and it conflicts with what your girl's doing, you have to be man enough to accept that and move on to find someone who is more compatible with how you operate. Don't stay around just because she's FINE, she can make some mean mac and cheese, or she can make you suck your thumb in the bedroom like Eddie Murphy in Boomerang.

And ladies, as long as you remained more focused and in love with having a diamond on your finger and making wedding plans that you forget about building towards a HEALTHY marriage, tricks like this that desperate men do will continue to work.

Re: I’m not Fat, I’m Thick!! : What Men are Saying (Part 1)

Richard — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:19:00 -0000

Great post Cocoa. I definitely have to agree. It should be more about the women doing it for themselves first and for us second. Not just because it makes your attractiveness more strategic, but as both men and women get older, it gets harder to maintain a healthy weight, especially for women when they start having children. It's pertinent that we all get it right early on. Besides with all of the monkeys on our back as Black Americans, we need to be healthier to get those years back, whether you're overweight or underweight.

Re: Calling It Off: The Broken Engagement Edition for Men

Richard — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:05:00 -0000

Great blog Chauncey. I agree with this 100%.
People definitely have to do their due diligence before moving into an engagement, let alone the questions that must be resolved prior to walking down the aisle. All of the 5 points that were brought up are things that you should look for as early as possible, especially 4 and 5.

So many people are in a rush to get married nowadays that they will settle for the minimum, combined with desperate consistency.

Re: Bringing Quality Women into Your Life

Richard — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:33:00 -0000

I may sound like I'm venting, but in the last year of my dating life, I have yet to meet the woman with the quality characteristics that you mentioned, and at the same time she's attractive, single, and not on a pole somewhere. I definitely agree with your points, but quality women like you described and who don't look like Shrek are a haystack needle.

Re: Time to Get a Girlfriend

Richard — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:12:00 -0000

Great post Chauncey,
Although I will say there are exceptions that exist in each of the age brackets. But I will say that for myself, when I was in the 18-23 bracket I really thought I was grown and ready for a long term woman, but I did realize that I had growing to do personally and professionally before I could grow with another woman.

And just like you, I'm aiming for that 29 and up group. Just like you alluded to, they're not out to prove anything anymore, and are more BETJ and less BET.

Re: Bringing Quality Women into Your Life

Richard — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:36:00 -0000

Sorry LBS, but that mentality only works with women. As a man, it is our job to find a wife, not just wait and hope she falls into our lap.
Right now, finding a wife right now is third of my priority list behind God and my professional career, so I'm technically in that "I'm doing me" phase right now. At the same time, I'm not stupid, and I'm not one to block my blessing. God knows my heart and my desires, and I'm waiting patiently until my wife is revealed to me. And honestly, God has placed enough good (and bad) women in my life to know when my wife comes. I'll be aight, don't worry.

Re: 10 Dating Mistakes Men Make

Richard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 -0000

Maybe it's the Cali in me, but (as we discussed on IM while you wrote this blog) there are some holes in your argument.
Disclaimer: Now for those women who are reading this, this is just my opinion, and I only speak for myself and my experiences, and not for black men.

Don't tell us what you think we want to hear.

Why would we do that, when the truth would hurt you more? Just imagine if your S.O. pulled a Al Bundy and said "it's not the dress that makes you look fat, it's the FAT that makes you look fat." Naw, we rather lie and keep the evening smooth.

If you are into her ....call her back, show up when you are supposed to, follow through, don't be an ass!!!!!

If a man's into you, he will do those things and it will become a labour of love for him. He won't think about the consequences, it will just happen. If he's not doing it, it's not because he's lazy, it's because HE'S NOT INTO YOU. Think about it from a professional standpoint: if a company wants to hire you, they won't chill and just sit there. They will call you, make you an offer, and ask for your decision. Simple as that. Men make it known if we're interested. And if you act half ass on your interest as well, a GOOD man with options won't wait for you. (FYI)

Fineness doesn't equate to having a level head or compatibility. Ms Right could be sitting right next to you.

You are absolutely right. However, if "Ms. Right" looks like Lil' Wayne, men won't talk to her. PERIOD. As we talked about before, men are visual creatures, and the first thing that attracts us to you is your looks. Now, speaking for myself, looks may get you in the door, but who you are INSIDE is what keeps you inside of my house. The problem we have in our society is that women who are considered "trophy material" are not given an incentive by our society to be "good women" because "bitch niggas" give them passes because of their looks.

You are't wifing Wal-Mart girl, so why should I be forced to marry Mr. Paper or Plastic? Guys, every woman does not want you to be her sugar daddy.

Now, although I agree with that, there's a certain aspect of this that we're missing here. A lot of women complain about men being intimidated by successful women. Granted, there are some men who actually are. But a real man is not. But what keeps some good men from dealing with successful women is that, just like in the greek world where people always talk about their journeys into their respective orgs and want to throw it in everyone's faces, black successful women sometimes have this tendency to do the same, and it's a turnoff to black men, especially if we're on par with you. Both sides compete enough in the workplace during the day; turn that eurocentric corporate mess off when you walk through the door of your home. THANKS!! (This one alludes to #8, but still needed to be said, damnit)

Find out if she is still emotionally attached to her former boo. If she is still hung up on him, you will never make headway and will never touch her heart like you should.

Some women will argue that the best way to get over someone is to spend time with someone else. The problem is that some women play games with men, and don't make it known what their situations are. Ladies, don't wait until a man takes you out to drop the "I'm not over my ex" bomb. And dudes, once you find this out, give her 3-6 months of space before you try to holla at her, especially if it was her that broke it off.

Newsflash - Black couples can build together just like any other nationality.

Newsflash: We can do this, but we don't do enough of it. Why? Because it's not encouraged in our communities. And shows such as the upcoming show "Real Housewives of Atlanta" do not encourage it either. Not many black women these days are into a relationship based on organic growth; they're more about acquisitional growth. Translation: I can count on one hand how many women wanted to date me when I was broke, making $35k a year, living in an apartment, and driving a beat up Maxima. 3 years later, I get a MBA, purchase a home, and drive a luxury car, and all of a sudden the game changed (even with women who knew me when I was broke). Were they trying to work with me when I was broke?.......... EXACTLY

Other than that, great post. ;)

Re: Intraday Reversal Action Stuns Traders

Richard — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:55:44 -0000

Risk aversion increased today as the financial sector, XLF, fell 1%, and this caused a sell off in the Nasdaq shares, QQQQ, and the Nasdaq, 100, QTEC, as liquidity that had come via the Fed’s TAF, TSLF, and PDCF facilities pulled out.

The risk aversion caused a shooting star explosion topping-off of two groups: First, the interest rate differential darling ETFs and stocks — the yen carry trade favored investments, such as the BRICs, South and Latin America. And secondly, the utilities, transports and industrials.

The red hot Nasdaq having turned lower today, will continue to do so; the emerging nations, utilities transports and industrials will follow later this week.

Re: US Steel Shows False Breakout and Reversal

Richard — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:30:58 -0000

In the linked article, I related that there was a massive unwinding of the yen carry trade, which complemented two others that occurred on June 6, 2008, and June 20, 2008, which can be seen in the BRICs, EEB, a traditional yen carry trade falling 3.8%.

US Steel had a "false breakout" due to a "pop" in the US Dollar, relative to the yen, when the USD/JPY went to 108.4.

US Steel really got hit hard, not only by a turn lower in the USD/JPY to 105.86, but also by today's unwdinding of the yen carry trade, where investors who borrow from the Bank of Japan at 0.5% interest, sold stocks to repay their loans.

Today's massive sell off in interest rate differentially favored investments can be seen in the fall of the following basic material stocks as well
James River Coal, JRCC, 22.1% (producer of both steam and metallurgical coal)
Cleveland-Cliffs, CLF, 17.2% (producer of iron ore pellets)
Consol Energy, CNX, 14.6% (producer of steam coal)
AK Steel Holding Corp, AKS, 13.6% (steel manufacturer)
United States Steel, X, 12.5% (US based steel manufacturer)
Intrepid Potash, IPI, 8.2%
BHP Billiton Ltd, 6.2%, (producer of base metals)
Peru Copper, PCU, 5.8%,
Aluminum Corp of China, ACH, 3.9%

Deflation is coming to stock wealth and US Steel. I recommend that one be invested in gold.

Re: Looking at the Dow and its Components

Richard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:07:59 -0000

Timely, excellent and much needed research with a great presentation of data.

Based on lower oil, the Dollar Rally has buoyed up consumer stocks and destroyed the commodity stocks.

Home Depot is elevated above its 20 day as it is a target consumer stock being both in retail and in homebuilding.

Intel is a consumer stock as well in the sense that it is tied into consumer electronics.

Take a look at Intel's chart, it usually gets excited before a major market turn down; I think it is due to investor over exuberance.

Bank of America is above its 20 day, as is a leader of the Fannie Mae, Freddie mac, and Financial Rally, and because it along with almost 20 other stocks cannot be shorted in the way it has been lately, by order of the SEC.

The US Dollar is likely to fall lower on Monday as the USD/JPY has a correction, and also as the EUR/JPY has a correction. This means the stocks at the top of the list will fall lower.

I am bearish all stocks.

Any time in the afternoon on Friday would have been good to add some to a short selling position by adding to the 200% inverse DXD as it dropped below 60.

Notice how the natural resource shares are below their 20, this is due to the EUR/JPY, that is the yen carry trade unwinding.

I know this is going to seem radical, but I have reached or are reaching 'Peak Dollar'; I provide some ideas on how to work that investment in the linked article.

Re: Significant Strengthening of the US Dollar

Richard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:22:46 -0000

The US Dollar has had a strong increase -- its gone parabolic up on interest rate differentials; currency traders bet this last week that the ECB is going to lower interest rates to stimulate growth. So they shorted EUR/USD.

And the currency traders shorted the Euro heavily relative to the Yen making the EUR/JPY, the yen carry trade unwind; this benefited those in indexed ETFs:
DRR Double short euro rose 8%
DTO Double short crude 16%
BOM Double short base metals 12%

Given its rise, the Dollar is going to correct on Monday, and pushing above 76 is going to be difficult even as oil, which makes up a large part of the CRB, falls lower again. Yes, the CRB is going to reach $380 soon, and this is going to be strong resistance.

I do not share your bullishness on the dollar or on stocks, I am very bearish on both; and present a case for gold and short selling in the linked article.

Re: Freedom of Speech

Richard — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:28:34 -0000

He may be telling "real" stuff and not fantasy. I would also ban him, for being dangerous to others. I do not want to hear stories from a guy that violates women.
I am 60 and I can go out a get a woman without being nasty.

Re: Happy Anniversary HNT!

Richard — Fri, 19 May 2006 00:01:02 -0000

A beautiful photo. You are hot.

Re: Midnight Musings

Richard — Sun, 21 May 2006 08:07:49 -0000

Nothing bizarre about worrying about your children regardless how old they are. Mine are in the early thoirties, and i still worry when i don't hear from them every few days. Keep up being a good mother.

Re: Superficial Beauty

Richard — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:14:08 -0000

I prefer long hair it is an attention getter, and it makes a women look sexier.
A nicely proportioned body is what attracts me to women passing by.

Re: Living a Little

Richard — Thu, 25 May 2006 11:20:15 -0000

A beautiful ,clever, artistic photo.

Re: PARTY ON!

Richard — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:54:49 -0000

TME looked very comfortable and sexy lying across her bed.

Re: PARTY ON!

Richard — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:03:08 -0000

I followed a link to your piczo site. You are really quite beautiful.
You look kind of young to have a 17 year old child.

Re: http://www.liebfraumilchandlipstick.com/?p=60

Richard — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:04:55 -0000

I guess you live in a small town? :) :)
Really cute.

Re: Boys Toys

Richard — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:08:23 -0000

Don't mess with a guys toys. They are absolutely necessary for the survival of the human race, and the world.

Re: The City I Live In….

Richard — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:11:36 -0000

What a beautiful city. The architecture of the church and surrounding area is stunning.

Re: Freaky Fantasies

Richard — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:36:13 -0000

That is a strange, and maybe dangerous game. They are setting themselves up to be blackmailed.

Re: Happy HNT

Richard — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:02:30 -0000

BEAUTIFUL. I know that I will be dreaming of you tonight.

Re: Happy HNT!

Richard — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:38:34 -0000

Georgeous, as usual.

Re: Happy HNT!

Richard — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:43:35 -0000

Beautiful, as always.

Re: Reminiscing Part 2

Richard — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:00:06 -0000

This is a really nice ending. A classic "and everyone lived happily ever after".

Re: Wedding Pics

Richard — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:43:51 -0000

It looks like you had a real fun wedding. I enjoyed the show.

Re: TMI Tuesday

Richard — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:09:04 -0000

What a down to earth set of questions. A time for thought for me. ....Richard

Re: Embarrassing HNT

Richard — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:35:16 -0000

I guess real life is not like the ads. Those razors will always get you.
Nice tat.

Re: Iboga

Richard — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:11:16 -0000

Blogging is somewhat like the drug you describe. It allows me to be open minded, and free to say and do what I want. not what other people expect of me. It took 6 months for me to post a nude photo of myself because I had bad hangups about my skinny body. Now It is much easier. Now I feel good about it. Thanks to the way 99% of the bloggers I meet handle the situation.

Re: 50 Things

Richard — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:00:46 -0000

What a list. I wouldn't have the patience to write a list like this.
I don't know about the cockaroach though. Richard

Re: WOOHOO!

Richard — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:59:54 -0000

Welcome home.
Bored senior.

Re: Plugholes and Glasses! (Oh God.)

Richard — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:53:48 -0000

That has to be the longest discussion about peeing that I have read. Really cute.
Welcome back.

Trying preview before posting.

Re: Photography

Richard — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:46:39 -0000

Those studio shots are are so fake. There is nothing like photographs of people in the own enviorment. Especially children.
like the center shot with the child playing peekaboo.

Re: Ouch!

Richard — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:56:21 -0000

!OUCH!

Re: Keeping Schtum.

Richard — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:52:34 -0000

It sure is a dumb move. Not a day goes by that we don't hear about a problem caused by blogging, or sensitive emails.

Re: TMI Tuesday

Richard — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:40:51 -0000

Posted with IE. No system freeze when right clicking or viewing code. The photo has a size of 240x320. everything seems to be in it's proper place, except the comments, i have to scroll down 3/4 page to see them. That's the way it is saved in your imagige hosting site. You have to go there and change the size.
It seems that you are using the beta version, so i can't post a comment to you with the regular blogger. the option to do so doesn't work. Wonderful beta. Any comment replys show up as coming from my beta blog. I was wondering why one of your replys showed up on my other beta blog. Blogger fixed that problem, I don't know why it is not working properly on your site. Probably code problems. Your site is the only blog(old or beta) of about 180 sites that doesn't seem to be working properly.

Re: TMI Tuesday

Richard — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:42:16 -0000

Go to the site that is hosting your photo and resize it. Or resize it on your own computer, post it in a comment(temporarily), copy the code, go to profile setup, and insert the jpeg code there. then delete the comment, and delete the blog code that references your photo hosting site for the photo.
Things will go faster because you will have the photo within blogger, not that it has to link to an outside source.

Some day when I have time I will look at your code to see what it is doing. I have some terrible times on your site. Like scrolling not working, locking up my computer, where I have to ctrl-alt-delete to close your page. I tried to right click the photo to see the size, and your site froze. had to ctrl-alt del to close firefox. maybe you have code in it that disables "right click". Please note that your code may work perfectly with windows internet explorer, the problem may be that the code is not cross platform compatible. e.g. with "firefox","opera" etc.

Re: Thursday Ramblings

Richard — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:34:41 -0000

Those are some interesting statistics about male/female talking per day.
As far as work, I wouldn't complain since it doesn't do any good. Obviously she is a very unhappy bitch. Don't quit until you have another job lined up.

Re: A Grave Story

Richard — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:36:16 -0000

It is nice that history is preserved in the UK. Here in the states history is bulldozed away and an ugly glass buildings, shopping centers or a housing development replaces it..

Re: Memory Monday

Richard — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:07:40 -0000

What a sad story. It shows how delicate life really is.

Re: A Request

Richard — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:30:51 -0000

How about "clocks" and "watches"

Re: Christmas Traditions.

Richard — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:56:41 -0000

It sure sounds like a typical christmas when there are children involved.

Re: Christmas Traditions.

Richard — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:08:15 -0000

I had 2 boys and 2 girls.They are now in there late twenties, and they are still haunting me. :)

Re: Dentists

Richard — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:44:19 -0000

I used to be afraid of the dentist. Now I just let my mind wander while I am sitting there, feel the first couple of needles, then no more pain. At least until the pain killer wears off.

Re: Christmas HNT

Richard — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:23:11 -0000

You have such nice boobies. Nice shape, not big, not small.

Re: Time for a bit of Honesty….

Richard — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:10:17 -0000

I wish a HAPPY NEW YEAR for you, and your family. Keep smiling and blogging.

Re: 26 Things

Richard — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:27:42 -0000

Great photos. The grave of the 16 year old and the way she was treated was kind of sad.

Re: 25 Peeps

Richard — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:53:32 -0000

You are in the big leagues now. I hope that you will not forget us little people that haven't attained the big league status yet. :)

Re: TME’s Entry

Richard — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:08:36 -0000

If you must apologize, feel free to use the official "apology form" on my site. just make a couple of small changes.

Re: Dreams and Wet Things

Richard — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:48:58 -0000

As for the fish, you may have a hidden desire to be sucked, or suck something.
The "down and out" scene could just be a mental play of just being yourself, a nice person..

Re: TMI Tuesday

Richard — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:03:19 -0000

I love the photo. It would make a lovely greeting card for any occasion.
I noticed that you were suddenly dropped off 25peeps. I guess people were drifting to the skin shot people.

Re: 1st Birthday

Richard — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:47:51 -0000

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
I wish you many more.

Re: Mirror Mirror

Richard — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:44:01 -0000

It took a long time for me to learn why I can't see my reflection in a mirror. No one in the family wanted to talk about it.

Re: Letting Go

Richard — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:16:43 -0000

It is sad that things did not happen the way you want. It may sound cold to you and other readers of your blog, but after reading the post a few times, I believe that the separation is a blessing in disguise. No one should have to live in despair.
Don't spend your time thinking about who was at fault, or what one could of done. Don't dwell on the past(only nice parts of it) It doesn't make a difference now. It will only keep you in a state of despair.

Start a new life, go out for walks and enjoy some of the things that you see and hear. Meet new people, go to a local pub and socialize a little. You will be like a bird, free to go in any direction. As you said, breathe a little with no ax over your head. You can and will be a happy person again.

Re: SHHHHH, IT’S A SECRET!!!

Richard — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:51:29 -0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Miss U. (a second time just in case you missed the salutations at TME's blog.)

Re: Hmmm.

Richard — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:30:34 -0000

In some situations it sounds better than the slang versions.
I wouldn't feel to safe sitting next to you when you have a fork in your hand..

Re: Why Rob and Laney are Separated. Reason #127

Richard — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:20:35 -0000

You handled the situation beautifully. You should invite him over once a week, and up the flashing price.

Re: Gulp…

Richard — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:30:17 -0000

You shouldn't have any problems. You are a fine looking woman, and I am sure that your real life personality is the same as here on the blog. Put on nice slacks and blouse, go to a nice pub with enough money to buy one drink. The guys will take care of the rest.

Re: A Technology Flip Test: Introducing Channels in a World of Platforms

Richard — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:23:11 -0000

A really valuable exercise.

I like the comment from Rahul and wonder at the comparison between a restricted access platform and a channel.

I have an internal blog - i.e. inside our firewall. I post there nearly every day and find it an excellent means of communication and collaboration. My external blog, on the other hand, gets very few posts - I cannot be as relevant outside as I can on the inside and there is little payback for me in posting there.

As John suggests, there will be things that individuals are unable to express *unless* there is some level of restriction. It must be the case that there are some things individuals wouldn't express without severe restriction.

It's interesting that you seem to exclude the phone from your definition of a channel. Why is that? Is a meeting or a conversation not a channel?

In short would the channels have arisen out of platorms as a simple means of creating an ad-hoc highly restricted platform? If this is so, then as Nitin suggests, channels will get traction as a means to meet this need.

Re: New TV On The Radio – Golden Age

Richard — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:53:27 -0000

I'm not a fan of the new song, but bands almost always release the worst song on the album first, so I'm not too worried.

Re: In between interviews

Richard — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:51:00 -0000

Jeesh! It's been that long since they stopped playing pepper! I'm old......

Re: Emacs as a powerful Python IDE

Richard — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:37:11 -0000

What about instructions for using iPython? Do you use it in emacs 23?

Re: Comic Book Commentary v2.0 and Other Stuff

Richard — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:41:00 -0000

Enjoy your column, Guy - always thought provoking.

Will be really interested to hear your take on McKee's Story seminar. As a TV script editor in the UK, I've considered the course several times, but opinions among my friends and colleagues are polarised - some sing his praises, some dismiss him as a money-grabbing, hypocritical misogynist.

Let us know how you find it, and keep up the good work.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/06/prey-demo-review/

Richard — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:49:16 -0000

Yeah they did a good job, at least during the demo to keep things interesting, and the weapons were really cool!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/06/prey-demo-review/

Richard — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:38:43 -0000

Ok...... I think you might need a vacation Anon!

Re: The 10 Girliest Video Games EVAR!

Richard — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:41:57 -0000

Rakka you are marvelous, I had a feeling you would counter my post, well done!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/06/left-behind-the-video-game/

Richard — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:32:01 -0000

What else would you expect!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/06/adventures-in-perlering/

Richard — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:25:46 -0000

Oh hell yeah! RCR here I come!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/ringmania-2-is-the-new-black-er-tetris/

Richard — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:18:02 -0000

No No Rakka never will my tetris fail me (fingers in ears) "la la la la la la I can't hear you la la la la la la"

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/ringmania-2-is-the-new-black-er-tetris/

Richard — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:44:59 -0000

Uh NO!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/happy-birthday-aeropause/

Richard — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:37:42 -0000

Happy Birthday, now bend over!

Re: Fragging at the Hampton Inn

Richard — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 14:41:15 -0000

I bought a DS lite on vacation, before reading your comment, man you must have espn.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/prey-review-summer-drought-over/

Richard — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:10:49 -0000

Yeah, It might be 20 years until we see Prey 2, seriously though if they make a 2nd one I hope the abandon the Doom Engine and use Unreal or something else. it just seems like the Doom Engine is holding back some of the potential with the next gen consoles

Re: Madden Pay Per View, WTF?

Richard — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:10:06 -0000

Yeah, they are really going after the casuals who don't know any better with this idea!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/dead-rising-demo-available/

Richard — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:30:26 -0000

Yippie Yippie Yippie Yippie

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/dead-rising-zombie-kill-count/

Richard — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 22:49:30 -0000

489 baby! Just get the katana, the cleaver and hack till your thumbs bleed!

Re: Why are there no elitist video games?

Richard — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:41:30 -0000

Yes, I cannot wait until they make Trsut Fund Simulator 5000!

Re: Why are there no elitist video games?

Richard — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:45:39 -0000

Oh wait even better, The Chapaquitic driving sim!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/gears-of-what/

Richard — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:45:51 -0000

I bought KillSwitch! Man was I dissapointed, It was one of the few games that I did not play all the way through!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/phil-harrison-the-gilligan-of-gaming/

Richard — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:16:05 -0000

That is not what I was saying! People should want it too be a good machine is whay I said, not that they should want to buy it!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/phil-harrison-the-gilligan-of-gaming/

Richard — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:35:59 -0000

Bias, do you know the definition of that word? I have nothing against Sony, I simply made a point about their PR man. If you can find an example of Nintendo or a Microsoft employee sticking their foot in their mouth as much as Phil, I would be glad to post it!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/dead-rising-marketplace-content/

Richard — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:03:08 -0000

Yeah!, even though the game is fun to play over and over again, sometimes ya just want to advance!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/dead-rising-review/

Richard — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:10:05 -0000

Yeah the models do get a little bit repetative, but there is enough variety that it can be easily ignored

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/phil-harrison-the-gilligan-of-gaming/

Richard — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:39:37 -0000

Nice comments Jay, I wish I would have found a few of those!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/dead-rising-crashing/

Richard — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:08:49 -0000

I have played through the game 4 times already and so far not one freeze or crash!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/new-assassins-creed-screenshots/

Richard — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:11:43 -0000

Yippie, I cannot wait for this game. It is to bad that its not a PS3 exclusive anymore. Might have sold some PS3's

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/frustration/

Richard — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:33:51 -0000

I took a NES cartridge and snapped it in half after blowing on it didn't work. Damn, i was a strong little kid!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/exclusive-interview-blu-ray-speaks/

Richard — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:16:45 -0000

Nerd Fiction, HMMMMM I like that!

Re: 10 Tips To Make Dead Rising Rock

Richard — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:26:16 -0000

I enjoyed the storyline to but to get the true ending can be a bit hard if you are not at a high level!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/exclusive-interview-blu-ray-speaks/

Richard — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:32:41 -0000

I have just made contact with HD-DVD reps. They say he will be availible next week!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/xbox-live-vision-camera-pics/

Richard — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:01:52 -0000

Harris, there is a poker game and Rainbow 6 vegas that allow you to map your face into the game!

Re: Top Ten Best Physics Games

Richard — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:08:23 -0000

Nice list. I hear that Halo 3 will be using a quite more extensive physics engine this time around

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/texas-holdem-review/

Richard — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:59:40 -0000

Yeah, at first the delay bothered me to, but if you are in a good room with people talking and having a good time it never seemed that bad.

When it gets down to two people is when I notice the delay!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/texas-holdem-review/

Richard — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:58:15 -0000

Yeah, even though I have yet to finish DR I still cannot drag myslef away from Texas Hold'em

Re: Texas Hold’em is Broken

Richard — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:37:00 -0000

I think the these games have problems because its impossible to test these games under the conditions that they are going to really run. I don't see MS paying over 500,000 game testers to sit down and work out the bugs. That is what we are for once we get the game.

Remember, even though online gaming is common it is still relatively young and as such will never be perfect.

Re: Texas Hold’em is Broken

Richard — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:35:21 -0000

Broken is a hard word though! I have played over 500 hands and have yet to expierience any issues that make the game unenjoyable. Troubled or in need of a patch is a better way of describing this game becaue it is far from broken.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/the-games-we-play/

Richard — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:01:36 -0000

Dont forget that Nectar attracts the bees to you, blend some up!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/ddr-why-dear-god-why/

Richard — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:00:26 -0000

I don't doubt that its fun, but even games as good as guitar hero just dont appeal to me!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/far-cry-instincts-predator-demo-on-xbox-live/

Richard — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:11:33 -0000

I have the game and be prepared to be underwhelmed, at least by the graphics. Ubisoft did nothing to tweak or improve the graphics. Its a straight port that seems to be set on medium quaility.

I don't mind when a company ports a great game like Far Cry to the 360, but to charge 60 dollars for it is pretty cruel!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/ninety-nine-nights-review-x360/

Richard — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:51:44 -0000

Whatever,

While I respect your opinion, N3 offers nothing but button mashing. If you are a new person to this kind of genre you might find it fun, but anyone who has played these games for an extended period of time know that N3 is a mediocre game at best. It lacks any innovation or new expierience.

Intriguing, N3 is not!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/what-are-you-playing-this-weekend/

Richard — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:33:10 -0000

With by brand new video card I will be replaying through Half Life 2 baby!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/ps3-no-hdmi-for-you/

Richard — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:44:04 -0000

Features the majority of people could care less about is what Sony is doing. The HDMI cable is small beans, it may not be a big deal but for $600 I would expect something like that to be included, especially when they hyped their HDMI port so much.

Blu-ray is an unsupported format, remember that DVD was supported heavily when the Ps2 launched. Sony has seemed to turned its back on gamers!

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/dead-horse-beating-console-vs-pc-gaming/

Richard — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:15:25 -0000

Nice, I find myself being more of a console gamer. I play a bit on PC, but there is truly no comfort level there.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/g4-disses-aeropause/

Richard — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:31:22 -0000

Yeah I could bitch copyright infringment but that is what I did myself technically so that would never stand up, plus its not worth it anyways

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/g4-disses-aeropause/

Richard — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:03:35 -0000

They cut it down to about 35 to 40 seconds long, and dubbed some music over it. They also edited out anything that said aeropause.com

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/g4-disses-aeropause/

Richard — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:46:41 -0000

Oh I know that we have no legal case against them, that is obvious, its more of a moral case.

Here at Aeropuase we make it a standard that we always link back to where we get our information. I was in a blog state of mind. I guess TV just does not have our ethics.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/g4s-apology/

Richard — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:45:11 -0000

That's just human nature BOB.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/which-gaming-blog-makes-the-best-graph/

Richard — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:21:08 -0000

I just put the link to the site to make your own graph, sorry about that wrathchild

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/nintendo-viral-marketing-conspiracy/

Richard — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:01:09 -0000

Dude, I have it on good authority that Reggie helped plan the faking of the moon landing, and by the way welcome to Aeropause

Re: Top 10 Most Annoying Things About Online Gaming

Richard — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:58:46 -0000

Everyone will be able to put the following list inot their own order, this is merely the order that they piss me off in.

Re: Top 10 Most Annoying Things About Online Gaming

Richard — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:49:46 -0000

I would never want to banish typing all together but would like to get people who can to use headsets.

Re: Top 10 Most Annoying Things About Online Gaming

Richard — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:04:16 -0000

Good to see a lively discussion although I think that some people are taking the list a little to literally, remember these are opinions, that means you cliath!

As much as the stuff above can be annoying from time to time online gaming is still one of the best things out there.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/09/no-dvd-playback-for-the-wii/

Richard — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:02:48 -0000

But do homeless people have kick ass 72 inch DLP Tv's?

Re: Anna en la bañera.

Richard — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:19:42 -0000

Ella esta lista para hacer el salto del tigre

Re: Sofi posa para Met art.

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:34:12 -0000

ESTO ESTA EN VITRINA

Re: Encode Video for the iPod Touch or iPhone | Tombuntu

Richard — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:32:01 -0000

I can sync music but how do you sync the video in linux?

Re: Four Tweaks for Using Linux with Solid State Drives

Richard — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:05:02 -0000

See http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance... for more about the 'excessive writes wear out flash drives' issue, which is mostly a myth at present. Basically you have to write evenly across whole SSD, as fast as possible and 24/7, to even have a chance of wearing it out, and it typically would take many years even with this unrealistic usage pattern.

Re: A New Refreshing Look for Ubuntu | Tombuntu

Richard — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:12 -0000

There is only one really annoying problem with this theme:

Try to resize a window from the top corners or the bottom left corner. You have to find the 1 (one!) pixel that enables you to resize windows. The same goes for left and right but here the zone to resize is 1 pixel wide and as high as the current window.

Re: Sun buys MySQL - what about PostgreSQL?

Richard — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:57:42 -0000

I like these two posts. I wonder if Sun has plans in the mentioned direction:

http://www.jroller.com/dk/entry/bundlingjavaglassfishwithmysql
http://www.jroller.com/dk/entry/ltfollowup<...>

Re: Adobe Creative Suite CS 2

Richard — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 05:36:52 -0000

Hi, I came across this website easytraders.co.uk and they will have creative suite cs 2 and photoshop cs 2 exclusively to there website in 2 weeks !!

they are accepting orders now and i have reserved my copy !!

RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW !

EASYTRADERS.CO.UK

Re: Top 3 Twitterers of Each Country in the World based on Number of Followers (Updated)

Richard — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0000

My partner and I had our city and country listed, so I had her remove the city and just list as France and she appeared today at the #6 position for France.
I changed city and am still waiting for the stats to adjust, they are slow because I made that change 2 days ago and it has not hit the system.

If you use Scotland, you should also use England. The top 3 in England have 10k, 4.2k and 1.2k.

Great list. Must have been a pain to put together.

Re: How Hot Are You On Twitter? Twitempearture Tells You So…

Richard — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:06:00 -0000

I'm an ice cold 23°F (-5°C)! @_McLaughlin and my partner @Cindy King is CindyKing a hot 93°F (34°C)!.

What does she do right that I do wrong?

Re: Windows most Hidden facts which you might have not heard of!

Richard — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:33:00 -0000

#1 Several special file names are reserved by the system and cannot be used for files or folders: CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL. If you used DOS, you will figure out why.

#2 did not work for me. What is it supposed to do?

#3 only made 235 pages for me. The 'j & z' are in my file. I found odd that it makes 200 paragraphs of all that text.

Good finds.

Re: Hello Drizzle

Richard — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0000

Keep an eye on that one, Chris. If you don't already do them, I recommend some really good ITB stretches at this point. Feeling a twinge like that can forecast future issues if you're not careful. Other than that, it looks like you did exactly the right thing in switching lanes like that. Cool!

Re: 4 Miles (I hope)

Richard — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:50:00 -0000

Addictive? Running? Well, maybe a little :-)

Re: 4 Miles (I hope)

Richard — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:22:00 -0000

I would recommend the ForeRunner way more than the FitSense one (then again, I have one). I haven't seen anyone who ran with the FitSense for a whole season, whereas the ForeRunner users tend to be, well, let's be polite and call us "Product Advocates." And its only about $120 on Amazon.

The signal can get confused with heavy cover, and will assume that you continue on your current vector until it gets a new signal. This happens surprisingly rarely, even running in a greenbelt. I use the ForeRunner for pacing, and then download the data into TopoFusion for archiving. You can correct any erroneous points - usually well under 1% - for very accurate data (and maps).

And yes, I'm a bit of a geek.

Re: 5K Fun Run: 33:32

Richard — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:28:00 -0000

That's great - any PR is a good thing, and knocking off over a minute is fantastic. Learning how to pace in a race is a difficult skill in itself, one that takes quite a bit of practice to get down for most of us.

As for the second wind - part of that is pacing, and part of that is probably warm up. If you can, try running very slowly for 15 minutes or so about half an hour before your next race, giving yourself a 15 minute period to do some stretching. Then you should be good to go!

Re: 5K Fun Run: 33:32

Richard — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:49:00 -0000

Hey, no worries. I'll be honest, when I first started doing 5Ks (in 33 minutes or so), I couldn't understand them. After all, if I had warmed up by running more than 20 feet or so, I wouldn't have been able to run the race!

Re: 45 Days of Hard Core

Richard — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:34:00 -0000

That sounds great for the most part, but I'm a little concerned about your nutrition. 1400 calories is not a lot for the schedule that you're looking at - especially as your runs start getting longer. Be aware of your body's energy needs and don't be afraid to boost that up some leading up to your half marathon.

Re: See Kat Run

Richard — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:25:00 -0000

That sounds wonderful. Who knows, you could end up like Austin's Stroller Guy. Running with the stroller is great exercise, and something that I'm really looking forward to in a year or two when we start our own family. Isn't that weird? Or maybe not?

Re: http://www.lagrandt.com/2009/10/puntajes-de-partidos-del-martes-fecha.html

Richard — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:52:46 -0000

lejos la figura de godoy cruz - estudiantes fue albil

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/06/what-is-ik-how-do-i-animate-in-ik-but.html

Richard — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:12:15 -0000

Re: Tag Team…

Richard — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:48:00 -0000

This construction is one of MANY that Matt has built. I believe one of his sole purposes (as far as the kitties are concerned anyway) is as Kitty Contractor.

Keep an eye out. I've asked Matt to rework some of his construction and photo graph it. (He's been saying he would for months now)

Re: Sweetest sleepy girl

Richard — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:04:00 -0000

anna, I spoke with Virgil's mom today... I demanded she post an update soon or else I feared there would be a riot on my blog! :) Hopefully that will work. (Virgil's mom has been sick lately, but not for a month!)

Re: Just another morning…

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:41:00 -0000

Looks like a fun product Sam! Thanks!

Re: Strike a Pose…

Richard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:14:00 -0000

Thank you! Funny thing about her is that she's SOOO afectionate! She starts purring as soon as you make eye contact with her!

Thank you for all your great comments and support!

Re: Learning the Ways of the Wireless World…

Richard — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:32:00 -0000

To alleviate any anxieties this printer never operates on its own. :)

Glad to hear about this sort of danger though!

Re: Kitten BBQ…

Richard — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:27:00 -0000

Thank you Anonymous. We were well award of these dangers and had already implemented the "limited supervised visitation" policy when it comes to any loose string in the house. (Isn't that what Britney Spears has? :)

Re: The Yummy Squeeze… I just can’t resist

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:59:00 -0000

Dear Anonymous,

Phyllis actually always seemed to be quite content being alone. Well, with US. She did get lonely, of course, when we were out of town over night. Her daddy, Matt, stays home all day with her, so she always had companionship.

Although I do have to say that she requires less "toy time" now since she has living beasts to chase!

Re: The Aliens Arrive!

Richard — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:11:00 -0000

You are very sweet Anne. Thanks for your comments!

Re: Phyllis’s Story…

Richard — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:35:00 -0000

HI Sarah! Please contact me! I'd love to see photos of Ramona!

Re: More About Sunday

Richard — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:14:00 -0000

Would it be out of place for me to once again plug the cute little Garmin Forerunner (under $120 from Amazon)? I know that its a pain in some ways, and kinda pricy, but being able to pull up the map and find your starting point (no road overlay, but still useful) when running out in a brand new area is incredibly cool...

Did the farmer ever answer your question, or did you give up?

-Richard

Re: 5 Mile Race Tonight

Richard — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:53:00 -0000

Am I allowed to admit to being jealous? Enjoy the surf, and good running!

Re: Updates

Richard — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:45:00 -0000

Plan with the stick. I like it. Of course, it gives me a vision of a small imp of some sort chasing after you, bashing wildly at the spot where you'll be if you drop down more than 5 seconds off your target pace.

But doesn't pushing yourself through a quitting-point just feel good?

Re: Ruzzin Fruzzin

Richard — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:25:00 -0000

That's exactly it, Susan. The same way that swimming can kick your ass if you've only been running. Then again, if it wasn't for that, they'd make lousy cross-training opportunities...

Re: 11 Miles and Swamp

Richard — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:23:00 -0000

You know, sometimes you have to ask yourself why you're running (in general, and on a given day). If its just for the joy of being outdoors, then cool. If you're trying to transform yourself and get better, faster, stronger, then you have to push yourself. My advice? Join the club. When I hooked up with the Gazelles here in Austin, I was the slowest runner in the club. When I join back up after my MCL retreats, I probably will be again. But there has never been a time when I was with them when I wasn't pushing myself. And there hasn't been another time where I gained speed, strength and confidence anywhere near as fast. These two things are probably related.

Re: 11 Miles and Swamp

Richard — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:23:00 -0000

Re: 11 Miles and Swamp

Richard — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:35:00 -0000

I hope that you don't take my previous comment as any kind of slight - for the record, I think that you're doing great as well! Just offering an other perspective - personally, I just love being challenged.

Re: Abort Abort!

Richard — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:04:00 -0000

First, great call to abort.

Second - I've recently started reading Core Performance by Mark Verstegen. Its got a ton of good advice and exercises designed to stabalize your trunk and help prevent injuries like this one. I know that that's a weakness that I have personally, and his regimen really seems to help. I've just dabbled so far, but I'm starting up with the whole thing this week (and yes, I'll be blogging about it starting tomorrow).

Might be worth a try...

Re: Eminem Watch Out!

Richard — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:05:00 -0000

Very nice. Isn't it a good feeling to know that you could have just gone out and done a 12-14 miler because its fun? Running rocks. Sounds like a beautiful place too - kinda like one of the parks I like to mountain bike in. I wouldn't run there though because its 99%+ bikers going at bike speeds through one-way track. Still, you get to see some beautiful scenery that most people will never look at.

Re: Number 9...Number 9...Number 9...

Richard — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:16:00 -0000

Setting your quads on fire sounds like fun - makes me want to go and find myself a friendly hill.

Re: Deer in Headlights

Richard — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:41:00 -0000

And just think, the deer bounded off like that with a big blurry headlight still in front of its eyes. Heh. As for the seat, that's one very real advantage to having leather in a car - cloth does have that whole absorbant thing going on (and I've found that it can retain odor unpleasantly well). I'm actually thinking that my next vehicle may be an Element - the comfort of cloth seats in a stain resistant waterproof technical fiber. Cool.

Re: Six Easy Miles?

Richard — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:10:00 -0000

You know - Easy Pieces makes a great Christmas gift to physics-deprived folk. Glad to see that I'm not the only person who enjoys it. And something else? A 10K at your 5K pace is pretty cool too.

Re: Gym-iny Cricket!

Richard — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:12:00 -0000

I see the gym workouts - but where is the time to play cricket? Oh, well. Sounds like you'd enjoy reading Jay's stuff.

Re: It's a MOUNTAIN, stupid.

Richard — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:33:00 -0000

That sounds like a blast - and something that's going to be an annual tradition for you in the years to come. Great showing, and a good beer choice for afterwards!

Re: Fitness Goals

Richard — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:40:00 -0000

Looks pretty good to me! How challenging a course is your trail maratahon likely to be?

Re: Gym Binness

Richard — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:31:00 -0000

For me, its all about getting back on track. I'm looking at an hour of spin this evening, followed by 7 comfortable miles tomorrow and then 5 race-pace miles Sunday morning.

Re: Gym Binness

Richard — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:32:00 -0000

Although after adding up my miles for the week (a depressingly easy task) I may add on another five today after spin. Or not - depends on when my DW is planning on leaving work.

Re: Fitness Journals

Richard — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:40:00 -0000

Got a change of pace for you. Read this one. Painfully honest at times, and I can't say that I agree with everything she says, but her big point is that you need to take responsibility for your actions and their affects on your body. She decided that she enjoyed being thin/fit/healthy more than she enjoyed eating rich foods - but never tries to either blame the foods or claim that they're not enticing. I suggest a browse through the archives if you have some time to spare... they're quite refreshing.

Re: Fitness Journals

Richard — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:42:00 -0000

Maybe we need to start an angry-ex-fatass club? Or even PAC? Or does such a thing exist? :-)

Re: Motivations and Stuff

Richard — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 19:05:00 -0000

One word. Dale Carnigie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. Alright, that was nine words, but its still one of the greats. Try the audiobook, its delicious.

Re: 16 Trail Miles

Richard — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:53:00 -0000

How'd my weekend go? Good. But not that good. You're doing some very cool things these days, sir.

Re: 8 Miles (not 10)

Richard — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:10:00 -0000

I knew that there had to be something good about trail running... ;-) Then again, I'm peeved because the TV over my office treadmill gets hotel-cable rather than regular cable, and therefore doesn't include comedy central, so I'm not much of one to talk.

Re: Yaks

Richard — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:12:00 -0000

Methinks you mean these. And no, I haven't. But the theory is pretty sound...

-Richard

Re: Winning Vs......

Richard — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:07:00 -0000

I've felt like that a lot on my way back from this injury. There have been so many times during a training run when I've wanted to stop, take an unscheduled walk break, go back early. A couple of times I have slowed down, but (so far) I've always been able to slap myself around and get back on track. You can only do as much as you let yourself do: your body is a huge fan of the status-quo, and your mind a big admirer of old, "safe" behaviour.

Re: Are You A Serious Runner?

Richard — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:11:00 -0000

For me, there are a couple of other stages as well - I've been thinking about races though. Most people's first race is done to "finish." Even if its a 5K. And if they do it, well, that's a big step in becoming "serious." Next, you transition to "running." You want to move from start to finish with some kind of pacing strategy - even if its "Run 12:00 pace and walk every 8 minutes." That's still running. The big one that I'm looking at right now is transitioning from "running" to "racing". There are many others, as well, in all sorts of different areas - pick the ones you want, and go for them.

But hey, if you're serious about running then, in my book, you're a serious runner. That's the only criteria.

Re: Full Force

Richard — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:33:00 -0000

I know what you mean about finishing the marathon. My awareness came in the midst of a truly sucky 30K race. Some people never get that feeling. You know what though? Once you've got it, it seems to be true. You will finish. Now you just have to decide how much ass you want to kick along the way.

Re: Maybe not 2005, but...

Richard — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:24:00 -0000

Sounds lovely. I think that will wait a few years for me though - I want to get my speed down first, then move on to the more challenging trails.

Re: Blech

Richard — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:53:00 -0000

Good luck this weekend, Chris! What kind of race is it - trail or road? Hilly or flat? C'mon, you know we crave the innermost details of your life...

Your running life, at least. Not all that other stuff. I mean, what you choose to do on your own time is your own affair. Even that. No, we don't need to know about that. Just the running stuff.

Re: A Little Moment

Richard — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 11:17:00 -0000

Congratulations! Superheros rock.

Re: Six Days

Richard — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:26:00 -0000

That's a good routine you've got there, Chris. Oh - and you can laugh all the way to the finish line.

Re: Boiling Down

Richard — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:53:00 -0000

Yup. Taper madness is very real indeed. Be prepared for it to get worse - not much, but a little - before the big day. Another thing that you may have heard about that hits many - not all, but many - marathoners? Some slight tunnel vision at mile 26. Seeing it crop up in a lot of NYC reports made me remember my own experience with it. Don't worry about it if it hits you.

Re: Tunnel Vision

Richard — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:52:00 -0000

Agreed. You're going to get out there and kick some serious ass - yours! More seriously, what's your plan for the remainder of the week? Taking it as it comes, or do you have defined workouts?

One final piece of advice - feel free to ignore it if it doesn't work into your plans. Eat your big meal for lunch the day before the race, or have a very early dinner. I had an amazing time carbo-loading the night before my first marathon, and then carried it all around with me all through the race. Just a thought - Higdon recommends the big-lunch strategy, and I'm going to follow it this time around for sure. But again, do what you need to do for you.

Re: Marathon Day -1

Richard — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:42:00 -0000

Chris? Kick ass. Then come back and tell us all about it. Got a tracking link or anything you can share with us nosey parkers out here in blogville?

Re: Quickie

Richard — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:54:00 -0000

Congratulations, Chris! I'm looking forward to reading the full report as well. I hope that you're enjoying your blisters - and that your groin line was successful ;-)

Re: Marathon Write-Up (LOOONG)

Richard — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:06:00 -0000

Ready as hell for more? That rocks. Awesome. And that Fat Ass 50K? Sounds like fun. And that food! Maybe after my street season wraps up this time I should think about a little trail cross-training. Too cool. And again, congratulations!

Think you'll be sticking to the mud in the future, or is there a traditional 26.2 up ahead somewhere?

Re: Dear Everyone...

Richard — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:56:00 -0000

Chris - what you've accomplished says a lot more about your inner self than your outer shell. Keep on fighting the good fight, racing the good race, and - hopefully - feeling better and easier about everything the whole way. You rock.

Re: Dear Everyone...

Richard — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:57:00 -0000

Your wife rocks too, by the way. Please, let her know that. That sort of accomplishment shouldn't be left unpraised - its really quite impressive.

Re: Those Little Calories

Richard — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:16:00 -0000

I know its bad, but I love eating out. Some tricks that I use to help things out though, when I'm trying to lose weight:

Eat one large meal per day, max. Make this your social meal. For the other one, a 300-400 calorie meal is plenty.

Breakfast foods can make good meals. Two pieces of toast (180 cal) covered in half a can of beans (180 cal), two breakfast links from Morningstar Farms (80 cal), and a fried egg (90 cal) makes for a very satisfying - and filling - meal at only 530 calories.

When eating out, avoid the "free" food. That means breadsticks, heavily-dressed salad, tortilla chips, etc. If you really want it, eat a little with your main course, never before, or you risk filling up and still eating your regular meal as if you hadn't.

Don't eat past your entree. Let's say that you get some enchiladas. Mmm, enchiladas. Actually, let's all go out and get some enchiladas right now. Oh, wait. Sorry about that. Anyway, they probably came with some rice, beans, chips, and maybe some guacamole if you're lucky. That's alright. But now fast forward to the time that you've polished off that last forkfull of corn-wrapped goodness. Stop. That's it. No getting more flour tortillas to wrap up the left over beans. No grazing on the chips. Put down the guac. As soon as the thing you actually ordered disappears, you're done.

That applies to mopping up "extra" pasta sauce as well, especially if you use bread to do it.

There is no need to finish everything that's on your plate. Whatever obligation you might have to do so disappears completely if you were not the one to fill your plate. Actually, your obligation is to fill it properly in the first place, so that if you're done and you still have food you failed in the filling, not in the eating.

Hot steaming pretzels with mustard are like crack. Stay away from their glistening goodness. And if you can't, well, I understand. But we must never, ever, talk about this. It didn't happen.

If you want to nibble, make it a meal. Once I got a nice fresh pan of bread with olives, tomatos, etc, on it from EatZis. I nibbled away at it. That became dinner for two days in a row.

Don't write a long post about food while hungry.

Re: Odd 5K

Richard — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:55:00 -0000

I just got back (well, yesterday) from hearing a 2:08 Boston winner give a talk. That, he said, was his secret. Know your pace, run your pace, and keep on plugging. He's known for "coming from behind" even though he keeps a fairly even pace just because most of his opponents would start to fade. Your take away: olympic level wisdom.

Re: Marathon Write-Up (LOOONG)

Richard — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:46:00 -0000

By the way: I have heard that you can pick up :02/mile for each discarded pound. So losing 30 could gain you a minute in pace with no extra effort! Something to think about...

Re: Can I Get a "Hell Yeah!"

Richard — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:45:00 -0000

Personally, I like the idea of someone weighing in at 290 pounds being a "shell of his former self". Wow. Just getting up every morning must be so much nicer now.

Re: Pounds for Turkey

Richard — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:49:00 -0000

Most training is designed to get our bodies to become more efficient - endurance training is this way even more than most other forms. For weight loss, you either want some very inefficient training - or gobs and gobs of efficient stuff. I found that riding 30 miles (gobs) on a mountain bike (forced inefficiency) 3-4 times a week (again, gobs) was pretty damn effective.

Re: Celebrate Your Success!

Richard — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:19:00 -0000

I'm intentionally going to limit this reply to my running :) What did I do towards my goals - to achieve them? Discipline and education. Plain and simple. Hard work, both mentally and physically, that went so far beyond simply showing up and doing the minimum that I needed to do achieve the stated goals, which is what I did last year.

Now don't get me wrong. Working the minimum got me from a couch potato to a marathoner, and it was probably better that I did it that way last time around. But this year, I've become considerably more focussed, more demanding of myself, and a lot more successful. Before, I was simply someone who ran. Now, I am a runner.

Re: Incommunicado

Richard — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:26:00 -0000

Quick, while he's gone - you change his blog colors, and I'll rearrange his links...

Re: Well Hello...

Richard — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:49:00 -0000

Glad that you had fun in the Big Apple, Chris. Next time you're in town, I highly recommend that you try to make time to do a run - either around Central Park itself, or on the track around the resevoir (one of the oldest recreational running tracks there is). Its a blast.

And Friday in Macy's? Sounds like a great experience.

Re: Superhero Stuff

Richard — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:24:00 -0000

That rocks, Chris - both the attitude and the plan. I've been meaning to take a stab at Yoga too, especially since its free with a Gold's membership - maybe we can make some kind of deal where I'll check it out if you do, and vice versa? The news on the scale is really impressive, but not as much as your renewed confidence is.

Re: Superhero Stuff

Richard — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:00:00 -0000

Re: Kicking Your Own Sphincter

Richard — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:00:00 -0000

I don't suppose you've got a link to that test?

Anyway, it reminds me of one of my favorite group workouts, the 800m circuit (aka the 400m circuit somedays).

Warm up well - 1+ miles of running, ending at a track.

Drills for form - 200m each of:
  high knees, butt kicks, skipping, crab walking, etc
  (finish with some 100m strides)

Circuit training:
  Run 800m at about 85% max exertion
  Do ten reps of the following:
    Sit ups
    Push ups
    Lunges (10 each leading leg)
    Vertical jumps
    Step ups (10 each leading leg)
      Start with both feet on the ground
      Put one leg up on a bench
      Bring the other leg up so that your knee is at chest level
  Repeat with - and this is the key - no rest between intervals

The first couple are easy. Then it gets a lot harder.

Re: Ruined My Daughter

Richard — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:02:00 -0000

Great. Now - through no (real) fault of your own, I have that classic tune Log running through my head. Hmm.

Re: Captain America

Richard — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:13:00 -0000

Be honest now.

Was the whole point of that post to have a reason to show the final comic panel?

If so, that's okay. Its a really cool panel :-)

Re: Feeling It

Richard — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:50:00 -0000

Off season? Off season... oh, you mean like when you get injured from overuse, right? Yeah, that... Changing your goals to be size rather than weight related is probably a good thing.

Re: Feeling It

Richard — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:29:00 -0000

ncmunchkin, You may want to check out stumptuous.com about that weight training. Lots of interesting myth debunking. Heck, I've got some pretty good advice from her site myself.

Re: Free Race Money

Richard — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:51:00 -0000

Looks like its time for another visit to RunTex for me then. Ah, well... Maybe I can get in and out without buying anything this time...

Re: Discipline

Richard — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:08:00 -0000

Ouch. Ting. Hmm.

Re: Faster Than I Thought

Richard — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:41:00 -0000

Just be sure that you don't stress yourself around a hard workout. Other than that, sounds like a good plan. I realized that I do the "physical" side of fasting about once a month without meaning to - I'll eat lunch one day, and won't eat again until dinner the next day. Not exactly the same bennies though. I like the idea of an intentional three-day event.

Re: Woo!

Richard — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:13:00 -0000

Wow.

Re: Make and Keep Promises

Richard — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 17:37:00 -0000

I lost a lot of my weight by thinking about what I ate. I would often eat it anyway, I made myself no promises about actions, but I did make sure to consider it every time. Turns out, most of my bad eating habits were just that, bad habits, and making eating more consious corrected a lot of them. But if I really wanted that Kit Kat, well, I ate it. Sounds like you've got some good plans lined up.

Re: True Love

Richard — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:21:00 -0000

Thanks, for the useful information really liked it. There are highly useful dating strategies for the shy guy on World Wide Web that can help to overcome the problem of shyness. As tough as it is for the shy people, it is imperative to make an eye contact while on a date

Re: Shameless Self Promotion

Richard — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:57:00 -0000

Thanks Todd; honestly we couldn't have written the book without the participation of you and the other bloggers used as examples. Thanks alot!

Re: I Am Hungry

Richard — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:42:00 -0000

Thanks for the link to my blog & for yr recent comments there. I appreciate yr support for my perspective. THings are just horrid now. Let's hope that somehow both sides can pull out of this tragic death grip w/o spilling much more innocent blood than has already been splilt.

I was just visiting Raising Yousouf, a Palestinian blog, & the vile stuff being spewn back & forth in the comment thread from hardline pro-Israelis extremists & their Palestinian/Arab respondents was incredibly disheartening, but of course totally to be expected given how bad things are now.

Re: I Am Hungry

Richard — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:45:00 -0000

BTW, I have a world music mp3 blog included within my larger blog. If you like world music I hope you'll give a listen.

Re: Google and Intuit Strike QuickBooks Deal

Richard — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:28:00 -0000

Hi Andy, I think the $50 AdWords credit will be meaningless unless Google creates an AdWords version customized for Quickbooks. Have you seen the Starter Edition? That certainly won't cut it. It's a failure for two key reasons: it opts advertisers into the content network and it only allows for the creation of a single ad.

Most small businesses will have multiple products/services to advertise and will need different ad text and keywords for AdWords. Google needs to create a "Quickbooks Edition" which must be for search engine ads only, allow the creation of multiple ads, and provide for simple management and reporting. I'm not sure Google is either able or willing to create a version tailored for small business. If they do, however, this Intuit deal will be a success both for Google and for small business owners.

Do you think they'll create a new version or will they simply link from Quickbooks to AdWords?

Re: Philosphy and Amsterdam underground

Richard — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:10:00 -0000

You're a very happy drunk ... me too ... great message

Re: Vote to make me Vlog-a-licios

Richard — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:12:00 -0000

one...

Re: Apple adds Youtube on Apple TV

Richard — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:38:00 -0000

Hey Gabe, they are using H.264 for the YouTube content... they are converting video's to this format, so no Flash for YouTube on AppleTV :-)

Re: 恶搞系列—windows

Richard — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:16:27 -0000

:smile :smile :smile 搞笑！

Re: Isaac Florentine on realism and fantasy of the 'Ninja'

Richard — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:34:20 -0000

I wonder why they didn't talk to any Ninjutsu or Ju-Jutsu masters in Japan for some insight? There's the Bujinkan, Genbukan and Jinenkan as well as whole host of Koryu Ju-Jutsu schools (like Takenouchi Ryu & Sōsuishi-ryū) and even some Iai schools which have ninjutsu in their curriculum (like Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū). At least it would have looked slightly more authentic than the MMA & Karate stuff used in the clips so far. Not to say that they're not extremely good at what they do, but it's not very similar to what we do know about the fighting styles of the ninja.

Re: Commissioner Israel L. Gaither

Richard — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:09:00 -0000

Happy birthday indeed!

The final chapter is still being written for an officer who is re-defining the role and impact of the USA National Commander. The Gaithers served as special guests with the New York Staff Band annual retreat - their impact was stunning, truly anointed.

RJM

Re: The Answer is Love

Richard — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:20:00 -0000

My daily prayer:

'Lord, increase my capacity to love.'

RJMunn

Re: What would you do differently?

Richard — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:11:00 -0000

Your colleague Salvationists in the USA East are covering Connections in prayer, and believing that a great outpouring of God's grace and power will be unveiled in your midst, with ripple effects all the way to New York. May AUS never be the same again.

Yes! Connections - with the heart of God, with each other and within ourselves.

I'll also be watching - live on the web. Thanks for that.

Richard Munn

Re: Christmas Caroling

Richard — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:24:00 -0000

Just finished a 4 hour stint in the Palisades Mall - you can picture the scene.

Nealson joined forces with Derek Lance, Andrew Garcia and a hardy ensemble, all to the glory of God and a $7K day.

Christmas grace upon you, CommK.

RJM

Re: Prayer Warriors

Richard — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:01:00 -0000

I have a witness in my spirit - this is a break through season for AUS South ... and beyond.

The tide is now flowing, I’m touching the wave, I hear the loud call of the Mighty to Save;

My faith’s growing bolder, delivered I’ll be; I plunge ’neath the waters they roll over me.

Ride the wave!

RJM

Re: ACC Finals

Richard — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:56:00 -0000

What a terrific AUS event - for the blessing of Melbourne, and around the world.

Sometimes God visits, and we are marked in special ways forever. The last 24 hours have been such a time. The Knaggs, Collinson, Noland, Burrows, Court, Strickland, Rook team is a passionate, ebulant cast of larger-than-life characters.

A crack salvo ANZAC force is in place.

From a grateful Brit.

RJM

Re: Soulja Boy Responds To Ice-T’s

Richard — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:33:24 -0000

Oh Kim... How sad of you. Ice T is right. Soulja Boy is lame and should in fact "eat a dick". This kids career is a joke. It's sad to see how many records this kid sells because it only shows how incompitent our society is. This chump has the highest grossing itunes sales for a single because of people like you. You should be proud of yourself.

Ice T paved the way for tools like this kid.

Do me a favor, next time... Shut up... Sit down and reivaluate your next comment before you post it.

Thanks.

Re: Responsibility for Health Care

Richard — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:53:56 -0000

Donald, while your arguments are correct you're attacking a straw man. No reasonable pundit is advocating writing a blank check to certain individuals (or any solution that creates poor incentives). If guaranteeing minimal standards of health assistance for some people is a public good, than you have to live with the fact that the solution has to be "collective".

Ridiculous consumption subsidies and pointless wealth redistributions should be fought, but you are unconvincing in that you don't address the concerns of people you criticize at all. Even a libertarian can view the problem of providing health care to those who can't afford it as a public good one.

Re: Responsibility for Health Care

Richard — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:28:13 -0000

Michael, by "public good" I just mean the economic concept. I'm not here to reinvent public economics. I don't think that assistance to the poor should be given by the government because they have a "right" to health care. That doesn't change any of the arguments for doing so, some of which have to do (for example) with positive externalities (living in a city full of miserable ghettos is very undesirable, I benefit from you spending on charity, etc).

Re: Responsibility for Health Care

Richard — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:38:57 -0000

Even though I support many libertarian ideas, it's astonishing how many libertarians completely refuse to recognize or even understand the basic economic arguments for welfare, let alone give a proper answer to them. As much as I hate to work to pay for others' political arrangements because of an oversized government, the case for zero welfare seems to me to be completely foolish and ill supported by basic economic theory.

Re: Responsibility for Health Care

Richard — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:22:56 -0000

Donald, you are very right. These IFs are extremely important. However, I would say that many intelligent people are very convinced specially of (1) and (2). So here's a suggestion (and a cordial challenge) for the blog: write about these ifs. It seems to me that if the economic case for forcible tranfers is valid, then the ethical question is way more complicated: if there is no welfare, than many people (probably a majority in most countries) would be forced to live in a society (let's put it like this) they don't agree with and would be willing to pay to change.

I would like to see libertarians talking more about the economic case made for welfare instead of focusing mainly on the ethical questions (for which they are much more convicing).

Re: We Need a Permanent Vacation from Him and His Ilk

Richard — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:18:59 -0000

Well, in your free time you can go either to Disneyland, Las Vegas or watch tons of movies. It is well known that government mandated vacation time can solve a huge coordination problem if workers want to trade off income for some more leisure time. I don't know if this legislation is sensible, but to dismiss the question right away is not the way to go.

Re: Dude Week Poll

Richard — Wed, 19 May 2004 14:16:21 -0000

That's a good point. I'm sure they'll lose now that I'm saying this, but I should point out that the Wolves have made it a lot further in the playoffs than Mark and Mattbot thought they would...

Re: Dude Week Poll

Richard — Thu, 20 May 2004 10:11:51 -0000

After last night, I think you've got to pick KG. If a 30-20 performance (with five blocks and four steals) in game 7 isn't the definition of a soldier, I don't know what is.

Re: Book Review: What In the World Is Going On? by David Jeremiah

Richard — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:12:33 -0000

Brandon, like the post! Most enlightened. Like you I have over time read a great deal and continue to do so. There is, however, one problem with reading the printed word which is (and forgive me if this sounds like a truism) you actually have to be able to physically look at the book. I find, for all sorts of reasons, that there are many times when one simply cannot physically look at books. Take for example, when working out, going for a walk on your own or whn you are in a situation where having the light on to read is “not popular”! You may, of course, just want to rest your eyes! There is a great solution however - have the text read to you. This does not just relate to audio books though. Sometimes I will use a speech reader on my PC to read an e-book there and then. Other times I will record the output to listen to later. I have often toyed with the idea of offering this as a service to people visiting my article directory. What do you think? Would it be popular? What do you think about the idea of leveraging your time using audio?Reply - Quote

This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://www.brandonacox.com/2009/02/17/speed-reading-read-a-book-per-day-a-blog-per-minute/#comment-13477" rel="nofollow" title="“Speed Reading: Read a Book Per Day, a Blog Per Minute” (http://www.brandonacox.com/)">Brandon A. Cox - Personal and Pastor's Blog

Re: Book Review: Breaking the Missional Code by Ed Stetzer and Dave Putman

Richard — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:12:33 -0000

Re: Book Review: Churched, by Matthew Paul Turner

Richard — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:12:33 -0000

Re: ¿Se inicia la censura de Bloggers en Perú?

Richard — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:50:40 -0000

RECULO EL CONGRESISTA JOSE VARGAS!!!!

Recien sacado del horno!!!!

La Republica 11.55 del 21/08/09

El congresista José Vargas anunció que retiró el proyecto de ley para regular la rectificación en los medios de comunicación, para evitar que, por su criticada iniciativa, se perjudique la imagen de la bancada aprista.

Aseguró que su decisión es personal y no fruto de ninguna presión ya sea de su bancada o del Poder Ejecutivo.

Vargas consideró que se ha generado un debate innecesario sobre una supuesta intención, por la vía de esta iniciativa, de amenazar la labor de los medios de comunicación y la prensa.

“Es una decisión personal, no he recibido ninguna presión, ni de mi partido ni del Gobierno”, aseveró.

La referida iniciativa fue cuestionada por diversas bancadas en el Parlamento, incluso la Célula Parlamentaria Aprista deslindó con dicha iniciativa, como lo hizo en su momento el Gobierno. (Con información de Andina)

This comment was originally posted on el útero de marita

Re: Thinking about picking the Groovy DSL book up again

Richard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:39:38 -0000

Mainly the areas I've always wanted to be able to use DSL are in configuration where I have to deal with lots of XML.

DSLs to replace some of the following:
Spring / Camel / xBean / Hibernate

a cookbook style where I can pick up examples and use them would be very helpful to me.

Re: Fly The Copter

Richard — Sat, 07 Dec 2002 23:13:53 -0000

i tried really hard and i actually got a score of 18

Re: Evil Parents And Evil Names

Richard — Mon, 29 May 2006 21:03:00 -0000

my full name is richard daniel james arthur kingsley jackman. no joke. i groan every time i see a form that says -insert middle name(s)-

Re: KitKat ger oss en paus – hittar du buggen?

Richard — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:47:17 -0000

Vill man vara lite extra petig så är det ju faktiskt inte den första web sidan där absolut inget händer.

Men det är ju en lysande ide' att driva vidare med sin strategi och köra den fullt ut istället för någon hipp skicka-in-tävlings-kampanjsida eller dylikt.

Helt lysande faktiskt!

Re: KitKat ger oss en paus – hittar du buggen?

Richard — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:47:17 -0000

Re: The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (Half Way There)

Richard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:55:54 -0000

This list was too long. Ugh. What's wrong with just putting up a simple Top 5 or something?

Aside from that, I think your Top 20 are great. I'd take my Top 5 from there:
My Girls
Heads Will Roll
Blood Bank

Re: The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (Half Way There)

Richard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:56:37 -0000

oops.. that was there, here are the other two:

Stillness Is The Move
Moth's Wings.

Re: 08005875290

Richard — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:33:27 -0000

BT are stupid, sending a text message via 0800 number?

Re: 08000304909

Richard — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:08:05 -0000

It is a genuine number for HSBC

Re: Marketing Gone Wrong – Don’t Go The Ignorant Racist Route

Richard — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:48:00 -0000

I am completely disgusted by the ignorance shown in this video. This wannabe shock jock went and completely disrespected an entire race based off stereotype that we thought were eliminated from the mainstream years ago. If he works in tech, then he should know how many black tech professionals there really are. There are MANY! And I assure you, none of them even closely resemble any of the stereotypes this character displayed in his little video. We need to pressure Verizon and their executive board to cut their ties with him as well as boycott his company. We cannot tolerate this type of blasphemy anymore. I urge everybody to pay attention and look at the positive black role models in the world and educate yourself to eliminate these types of stereotypes. By this time next year, the President in office will be a black man who is nothing short of remarkable. Not only will it be a major event in history to have the first black president, but hopefully it will be the change we need to show these poor souls that race is not the issue; ignorance is.

Re: Diddy Reminds You To Lock In!

Richard — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:15:05 -0000

Thanks for this video and reminding us to all stay "locked in". I appreciate your blog and all you do to help educate others. I don't comment often, but I check your site everyday (wish you'd post more though :-) ). Doing a good job.

Re: 01442821309

Richard — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:43:49 -0000

Got "missed" call from 01442821309. Upgraded my phone and calling plan at Vodafone 3 days ago. Coincidence?! I think not!

Re: Pretty Much Amazing’s Best Albums of 2008

Richard — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:28:22 -0000

This is one of the best music blogs out there and this list really does cover it all. I like that you didn't add every single Pitchfork approved album. I liked that you included the "Big Albums by Big Names" -- its nice that ONE music blog remembers that mainstream music isn't the fucking devil.

Thank you for being this well-rounded mass of awesome, PMA!

Re: Fall Out Boy- Folie A Deux Album Review

Richard — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:30:20 -0000

Bought Folie a Deux last night. The (Shipped) Gold Standard is definitely my pick for the best.

Re: Fall Out Boy- Folie A Deux Album Review

Richard — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:30:51 -0000

Oh and (Coffee's For Closers)

Re: New M.I.A. x Blaqstarr – S.U.S. (Save Ur Soul) / Way Down In The Hole

Richard — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:34:46 -0000

what is she talkin about? i hope shes not being sarcastic? that would be rude.

Re: Kanye West – Love Lockdown / Heartless REMASTERED

Richard — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:59:02 -0000

This song doesnt prove anything, even I can sing with so much mic-magic! Would love to hear Kanye sing this live, can almost bet he wont make it.

Re: New Coldplay – Prospekt’s March / Poppyfields

Richard — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:37:22 -0000

It's available in some countries. It sees its US release next Tuesday, though.

Re: Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow Remixes

Richard — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:54:06 -0000

Where's Kid Cudi's remix of Boom Boom Pow at?

Re: Kanye West, Beyonce & Taylor Swift – Single, Heartless & Wild

Richard — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:22:29 -0000

This was fucking funny! I think the whole ordeal is stupid and pointless... But this mp3 is great. Good job PMA.

Re: Primary Voting (just what the doctor ordered)

Richard — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:52:01 -0000

Nutters, Wow. For myself I not only vote in the primary and general elections I work the poles. I would encourage any young person to volunteer to work the poles and see democracy in action. I have done this for the last 5 years and I am always the youngest person. Everyone is over 60.

Re: Would You Leave Your Child Alone With This Man?

Richard — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:22:47 -0000

Seems like we have found your counter obsession to Dimitri's George B. McClellan except in reverse.

Re: Sons of Confederate Veterans are not Educators

Richard — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:28:47 -0000

Should we be teaching children anything about the Civil War in middle school? I have children and nephews this age and I ask them what they are taught about the Civil War. The remarks are interesting. They are at an age where they believe what people in positions of authority tell them. They should be taking another math class, not history.

Currently the history of the Civil War is being challanged but do yall have it right this time? The guys writing the books in the past were suppose to be the best and brightest. 100 years from now they will be calling present scholarship a bunch of BS.

I tell my children to think of a couple of simple facts. I have seen stats that show approx. 500,000 slaves were kidnapped to British North America. Approx. 620,000 white men lost there lives during the Civil War and who knows how many civilians. This is profound to me. The United States has paid the ultimate price for slavery but most historians are still stuck on Yankee vs Confederate, Confederate flags and Monuments.

Man has been killing and enslaving his brother since Cain and Able. The true miracle of our country is the ability to grow and change over time.

Re: Big Ass Confederate Flag Coming to a Highway Near You

Richard — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:34:31 -0000

Why you would invest time and money in this endeavor is beyond me. This is off topic but here it goes. My interest lie in the study of race in the Civil War and Reconstruction periods and thats what first brought me to this blog. I find very little responsible discussion on this topic on the Internet. Anyway, while reading the Fayettville Observer yesterday in the NC archives I came across an interesting statement that made me think of your research on The Crater. This relates to the battle of Kinston/New Bern. I was researching the capture of the Kinston 22. The article describes Confederate Troops being taken by train to Dover and realizing they will be going to New Bern. It says "Before we had gone very far we learned that we were probably going to Newbern, and it seemed more than probable that we were, and we anticipated a jolly time pitching into the negro troops there."

http://www.rrphillips.com/kinston_22/index.htm<...>

Re: Another Black Confederate? (Part 1 of 9)

Richard — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:21:24 -0000

James M. Miller Camp, 2116

Wanted to let you know your link to James M Miller Camp throws up a virus on that page. Using AVG for a virus scanner.

Re: Will the Real Weary Clyburn Please Stand Up

Richard — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:36:27 -0000

I have mentioned in a previous posts that the thought of a slave fighting for the confedracy has never crossed my mind and I have spent my entire life in NC. Never heard it discussed until now. If I were a Union Soldier and a slave was shooting at me what would it matter if that slave was listed on a muster roll. Someone should be able to get a sense of who Mr. Clyburn was.

Where was he in 1870. Was he living beside his former master?

What do land records show? Did his former master give him land?

What were the names of his children? Did he name his children after members of his masters family?

Was he a slave? free? Pension was written thru the eyes of a white in Jim Crow times.

I could keep asking question after question. My point is the pension application is only one small piece of the puzzle.

It seems to me that much of the discussion about this topic revolves around emotion. What do the facts say. I understand that slavery and Jim Crow involved power over the mind but Mr. Clyburns actions after the Civil War should tell something about him.

As for the SCV, what is the point in all this. To feel good about yourself? Try to look like you have diversity?

Is pathetic.

Re: sickening

Richard — Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:33:58 -0000

What is truly sickening is that Fisk repeats the myth that sanctions have killed a half-million Iraqi children.

Re: IKEA: Is It Green?

Richard — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:32:52 -0000

Everything I have bought from IKEA (lamps, desks, bed and a dresser) has lasted for a pretty long time now (anywhere between 3-5 years) and so far nothing of theirs has broken down on me. I have not had the same success with Crate & Barrel which sells items for a more expensive price. I have seen many of my purchases from them fall apart.

Overall, I like IKEA, both their products and the service, so I will continue to shop there when necessary (which honestly is no more than twice a year).

Re: New York City's First Rooftop Hydroponic Farm To Yield 30 Tons Of Produce Annually

Richard — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:09:20 -0000

Hydroponics uses 78% less water than traditional farming. Read Dr. Resh's book, it is the Bible when it comes to hydro.

Hydro will save us if we do it well enough.

Re: It's Time For an Inconvenient Talk About Peak Fossil Fuels

Richard — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:07:22 -0000

Anyone thinking that theoildrum.com has "well-thought out" posts is pretty delusional or does not actually read the site. It is filled with mostly fear-mongering and liberal end-of-the-world wankfests something that Treehugger stays away from thankfully. If you are really interested in Peak Oil, do your own research, keep a level head, read this site, read a ton of books (most of which are at your public library), do a lot of Googling and take everything from both sides of the debate with a huge grain of salt.

Re: PETA Calls Obama's Kung Fu Fly Swat an "Execution"

Richard — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:14:03 -0000

I think they are still going back and forth on the "is a virus alive?" debate, so who knows?

PETA is the Paris Hilton of animal rights groups, if you don't look their ridiculousness with fade away. I always ask myself the question pondered above... does PETA get upset when a lion eats its prey? When an owl snacks on a mouse? When a dolphin has a fish for a meal?

Also, the idea that PETA is a front has been in my mind too, good job to the commenter pointing that out. It is truly the only valid explanation.

Re: Greenpeace Tresspasses, Paints on HP's Roof to Protest Hazardous Materials in Electronics Products

Richard — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:22:59 -0000

You have to love the message "environmentalists" like Greenpiece send out time and time again:

"COMPLY WITH OUR DEMANDS OR WE WILL VANDALIZE YOUR PROPERTY"

Re: Green Tomato Cabs in London

Richard — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:49:30 -0000

That is too funny. I was only just telling my wife the other day that having a cab firm that uses Prius' (Prii ?) and Smart cars (for when it's just a one person journey) would be a great idea for a company. Good luck to them, I'll be interested to see how they get on. Also, why does it have to more expensive, surely they could work out a deal with the car companies (it's great dvertising for them) to lease a fleet of the cars and obviously gas consumption would be less than a regular cab so would be cheaper no ?

Re: BBC Documentary: Planet Earth

Richard — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:22:48 -0000

I was in the UK last week and caught an episode of this fantastic series. It was the caves episode which was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. The behind the scenes part was amazing, showing how they managed to capture all those shots.

I will be buying this on DVD for sure and play it non stop for my 6 month old boy so he grows up appreciating just how wonderful this planet of ours really is!

Re: Toyota's Fine-T Fuel Cell Hybrid Concept: Coming to NYC

Richard — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:31:08 -0000

I wish I could buy one now!

Re: 68 and 100 LED Waterproof Flashlights Introduced

Richard — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:27:45 -0000

I have this exact light, got it off an NZ importer on trademe (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Other/auction-7... - same one) - anyway, its crap.

The switch has 2 brightnesses, first push the center lights only go, second they all do, third its off. This is purely the switch, no electronics.

There is no current limiting between the 4 aaa cells and the array of leds, so the only thing to limit the brightness is the internal resistance in the cells in it. Anyway, as a result its the same brightness on dim and bright.

And finally the carrier that the batteries go into is flimsy and mine lost one of the springs in short order.

Looking at it, its blindingly bright, trying to light anything up with it and its useless.

Re: Concepts We Want Made: Yuko Taguchi's Wind-Up Lamp

Richard — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:09:12 -0000

Actually, many small (and dim) LED spot-type reading lamps that I have seen in local stores here (Switzerland) are 1 watt. So if someone can produce 20 watts turning the key, and assuming 50% efficiency, then they might get 10 minutes of lighting for 1 minute of cranking.

Still, for the amount of energy expended, it hardly seems worthwhile. Would be easier just to have a regular AC-powered LED light with a built in timer.

Re: Jim Kunstler on Oil Addiction

Richard — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:39:01 -0000

I like this site because it helps me think of steps I can take to soften my impact on the environment, not so I can read about some guy who once was convinced that Y2K was going to kill us all. Kunstler is not a tree hugger or an environmentalist by any means, just someone who incorporates our fears and concerns to make money and inflate his ego. He does more to hurt the environmental cause by making us all look like nuts then his current musings about the lack of sustainability concerning our car culture.

Re: Carbon Health Warnings on New British Cars

Richard — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:07:11 -0000

"the cars themselves will be colour coded with paint ranging from dark green to red, so that we can instantly pick out the scarlet letter and hurl abuse at them"

Because that's what environmentalism is all about, ostracizing others about their cars and using tactics employed by fascists and puritanical religious nuts. The more I read Lloyd Alter's posts the more I realize he is not a true environmentalist but one of these "holier than thou" folks who usually pick religion over environmentalism. Whomever said that treehuggers are turning into a religion is dead on. And reading these comments just plays along with the theme of brainwashed sheep that we usually associate with cult members.

LA And you don't have a sense of humor.

Re: But is it Vegan? The Chicken Fat for Biofuel Debate Heats Up

Richard — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:36:25 -0000

This sounds like another case of "my vegan dick is bigger than your vegan dick." So childish. Seriously, no matter what people are not going to stop eating chicken (and it's fine if they do) so I have no problem if they use animal fat for biofuel. As far as the factory farm debate goes that industry does need to be changed. Animals do need to be in better conditions but we can still eat them. What we don't eat we can then use that for what other means we find fit.

Re: The Next Slum?

Richard — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:50:50 -0000

In what universe does Kunstler get sole credit for predicting the real estate crash "years ago"? People from all sides of the political aisle have been predicting this for years. Maybe this has something to do with the cyclical nature of booms and busts. Alter, you never cease to amaze me with your fascination with all things JHK.

Re: More Details: Volkswagen Turbo Diesel-Electric Hybrid Golf

Richard — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:09:38 -0000

Hey Space, i think you are right concerning the CVT are great for gas engines but not as well for diesel. The nice thing about the DSG (I have test driven a GTI with one) is the 7th gear.

Re: Hyperbolic Crochet

Richard — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:31:30 -0000

Excuse my language, but that picture is fucking awesome.

Re: James Howard Kunstler Spares No One in New "KunstlerCast"

Richard — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:11:35 -0000

JHK has some interesting thoughts and some good points but he is not the most scholarly of people and at times gets his facts a little mixed up. He gets really tiring when he bashes mankind and America and it makes you want to tune it out.

And sometimes I really wonder if he is trying to warn us or just predict stuff to be a Cassandra and enjoy when everyone else is suffering. He really seems to have a thing against people in my (younger) generation. Good luck Kunstler with your "new media" thing but I think I will sit this one out. It's kinda ironic that for a man with no faith in technology that it is only thanks to new technology that so many people can hear his rants.

Re: Jim Kunstler Interview in Business Week

Richard — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:50:49 -0000

I thought Business Week was reputable...by interviewing JHK they proved me wrong.

Re: Why do Americans think they deserve to eat more than Indians?

Richard — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:55 -0000

This article confirms that Lloyd Alter is the most counterproductive

"treehugger" on this site. Keep spewing the hate and Kunstler love, Lloyd!

Re: A Helping Hand From Toyota to the Yosemite National Park Fund

Richard — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:24:23 -0000

Toyota is pretty much the largest automobile company on the planet and thus is contributing as much or more than any other company to the destruction of the planet.

The automobile is not sustainable regardless of the fuel. Ironically, the resources required for hybrids is even greater than other vehicles due to their batteries and their electrical drive train. The extraction of these resources leads to the destruction of wilderness all around the world.

The best thing that Toyota could do for the planet is get out of the automobile industry and get into rail or public transit.

Re: Gas Shortage in Southeast Easing At Last

Richard — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:30:14 -0000

Margaret, great to see people like you coming up with solutions. The media just focused on people complaining about the shortages. We seem to need challenges like this every once and a while or we get lazy and lose our creativity.

Way to go!

Re: Adventurer Todd Carmichael Has Reached the South Pole Unassisted

Richard — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:33:40 -0000

How was he "unassisted"?? He had a SATELLITE PHONE with him!

Re: IKEA: Is It Green?

Richard — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:32:52 -0000

Overall, I like IKEA, both their products and the service, so I will continue to shop there when necessary (which honestly is no more than twice a year).

Re: New York City's First Rooftop Hydroponic Farm To Yield 30 Tons Of Produce Annually

Richard — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:09:20 -0000

Hydroponics uses 78% less water than traditional farming. Read Dr. Resh's book, it is the Bible when it comes to hydro.

Hydro will save us if we do it well enough.

Re: It's Time For an Inconvenient Talk About Peak Fossil Fuels

Richard — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:07:22 -0000

Re: PETA Calls Obama's Kung Fu Fly Swat an \"Execution\"

Richard — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:14:03 -0000

I think they are still going back and forth on the "is a virus alive?" debate, so who knows?

Also, the idea that PETA is a front has been in my mind too, good job to the commenter pointing that out. It is truly the only valid explanation.

Re: Greenpeace Tresspasses, Paints on HP's Roof to Protest Hazardous Materials in Electronics Products

Richard — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:22:59 -0000

You have to love the message "environmentalists" like Greenpiece send out time and time again:

"COMPLY WITH OUR DEMANDS OR WE WILL VANDALIZE YOUR PROPERTY"

Re: As Sponsors Jump Ship, Glenn Beck Takes Aim At AmeriCorps

Richard — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:50:34 -0000

Germany and Austria had a very similar state-sponsored voluntary labour corps justified with the exact same reasons, and engaging in identical innocent projects. It was called Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst (voluntary labour service).

http://tinyurl.com/mzgcxn

Nothing to worry about here ...

Re: Hey David and George, You Might Want To Ask the President About Climate Change and Energy

Richard — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:01:23 -0000

The best part is where Stephanopoulos timidly asks a token question about ACORN.

Chairman Zero spectacularly lies,

"I didn't even know ACORN was getting a whole lot of uh, uh, federal money"

"... it's not something I'm paying a whole lot of attention to."

http://tinyurl.com/msap64

Obama sweeps that one right under the rug, and predictably, compliant lapdog Stephanopoulos doesn't follow-up or press the issue. About what you'd expect from Stephanopoulos and the loyal mainstream press.

Re: Barbasol Review and Giveaway

Richard — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:24:00 -0000

I like the green can as well. I was blessed with a course beard and sensitive skin.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/03/child-predator-uses-ps3-to-get-11-year.html

Richard — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:49:23 -0000

Perhaps it's just me or perhaps it's because my oldest daughter is 11 but guys like this make me want to tie them down and run them over. repeatedly.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/02/florida-teen-asaulted-by-man-she-met.html

Richard — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:09:04 -0000

bwahaha.

I think they think we are one and the same. Sorry ladies, while I do have a cool hat too I'm not nearly as eloquent or nice as Mr Reynolds :)

Steph, if Jarrod wants to give his side of the story I'll post that at my site as well. Oh that's right, he's still in jail. Well, never mind then.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/02/florida-teen-asaulted-by-man-she-met.html

Richard — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:46:48 -0000

She's specifically searching for Jarrod White. She and her buddies have been hanging out at my site spewing the same defensive junk for the last couple of days.

Ashleigh, it's not our job to collect the evidence, most of us just report on the evidence already recovered by law enforcement.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/02/robin-kittrell-released-early.html

Richard — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:40:38 -0000

Glad my wife doesn't work in Fayette County. Damn.

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Back to Teachin' and Bloggin'

Richard — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:54:00 -0000

Since reading yours and a few other blogs I have been able to encrourage other teachers of their worth as a reflection tool. It always makes me smile when someone reads something in a school journal or has a discussion in the staffroom and says "thats worth blogging about" it really means that they are thinking teaching and learning. Fantastic.

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Edublogosphere is being criticized for twittering

Richard — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:42:00 -0000

Being only new to the edublogosphere I have to agree with you about these comments. In my experience only a small proportion of teachers blog let alone know what a blog is. Thus for those of us who do, if we happen to feel that twitter may be useful for our professional development and building a true educational community then surely that should be seen as a positive. We need more teachers, teachers who are motivated, enjoy their jobs and work together, not in competition.

Re: How do you handle grief? - Letters to the Webmaster

Richard — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:17:00 -0000

I have to agree with spacemonk here. The only answer is: whatever works.

*However* (there is always a however) -- there are more and less effective ways to process grief.

The first thing, in my opinion, is to remember that grief is grief. And you have to mourn the pain and loss that occasion grief, which means you have to feel it. So anything that gets in the way of feeling it, in the long haul, is generally a bad thing. That doesnt mean you have to feel it full force, all the time. We all "naturally" do things in our grief to ease it for a little while, the most obvious of which is distracting yourself. But where I think the danger of Christianity lies is that it, basically, narcotizes grief by saying things like "god will bring some good out of it" or "you will see (whoever) again in heaven". And those are the more benign ones. Some Christian ideologies teach all pain and suffering come from sin. *That* is the truly destructive rationalization, although, even here, its an attempt to cope.

The problem ,I think, with grief and loss is not just the pain of the loss itself, but the sense of helplessness that it engenders. Helplessness is one of the most difficult emotions for human beings to deal with, and I think this is why prayer is so often used. It, essentially, allows us to feel like we are *doing* something. I think this is an underacknowledged problem my many atheists, since human beings seem designed (by nature) to need to feel in control of our lives and environment (this has obvious survival benefits) and, when nothing in the material world allows us to feel that, we invent a nonmaterial world in which our needs *are* met. (please keep in mind, I am an atheist also). Thus, religion serves our needs, and if we can no longer believe in religion, then how shall that need get met?

So, practically, I do think its problematic to pray if it helps, and if it takes the edge off the pain for a while. It doesn’t sound like you really expect a god to intervene, so I think theres no harm done in this. I have done it myself, even though I also don’t believe in god. It’s a defense mechanism – but that’s okay. We certainly need defense mechanisms.

Incidentally, I think natural grieving mechanisms will almost always, in my experience, eventually come into play no matter what the religious background. Its how we’re built, evolutionarily, and so we do those things that move us through grief – unload on a friend, rally community support, cry, eat comfort food, sleep, etc. As long and religion does not hinder these things, and in my experience it usually doesn’t, we will get through it. I actually don’t think most Christians *really* expect answered prayer for tragedies; it just serves as a means of ritualizing grief and gathering support.

Hope that helps. Im sorry to hear about your friend.

Re: Questioning my assumptions - Letters to the Webmaster

Richard — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:24:00 -0000

Atheism is based, as you say, in the assumption of rationality and so is everything else. Reason is what gives thoughts meaning and if you try to give up reason, then you can't make any intelligible proposition.
All people, religious or nor, assume rationality because that is the only way to have coherent thinking and action.

So, don't worry about it. You simply found the basis of all cognition and reasoning.

Re: Questioning my assumptions - Letters to the Webmaster

Richard — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:39:00 -0000

Chris-

I have a couple of thoughts that will offer and hope that they help. Sounds like youre really struggling. I feel for you. Christian apologetics can get you tied up in knots and Christian theology isn’t exactly comforting for the doubter.

The honest answer is that yes, atheism does assume the validity of reason. As far as I can tell, this is an irreducible assumption, or an axiom – the starting point of an intellectual system that is not itself subject to proof. How would you prove reason? With reason? That’s circular, of course, and reason itself forbids it. Some of the individual axioms in logic, such as x=x (the law of identity), are thought to be “self-evident” and that is why they are not further argued. This is debatable, but the larger point is that yes, atheism is not an assumptionless system.

Two things to remember. First, Christianity “believes” in reason, too. Without reason you would speak and think gibberish, even when talking apologetics. Many Christian apologists are careful to state their ideas in formal logical form. So, it is not that atheism assumes reasons without warrant and Christianity does not; *both* must assume, and use, reason. And reasons seems to work just fine to get us around our lives, whether we are believers or not. The question is, why does Christianity go on and assume more?

Secondly, the main argument Christians seem to put up about reason being a bias is better stated, I think, in terms of the *authority* of reason. Christians say it is a bias to claim the authority of reason, which they point out (correctly) cannot be argued, but rather assumed, and so they feel justified in claiming their own authority without argument, such as the Bible.

The problem with this is that *they use reason too*, i.e. they clearly believe and do not question that reason constitutes some authority, just not (in their view) the highest authority. So, Christians and atheists agree: reason has authority. The question is, how much?

My answer is that any discussion of this question, any argument about it, any assessment of the options, *must assume the highest authority of reason*. How could it be otherwise? Look at what you are doing in your post! You are using reason to question reason and the validity of Christianity. You must assume that reason can settle that question, otherwise there would be no point in talking about it.

And what is the alternative? Assume the authority of the Bible, since our highest authorities must be assumed? Okay, fine – so I will assume the authority of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Now, prove me wrong. *Without* assuming the authority of reason to challenge my claim.

See? Reason has to be your starting point before you can think at all. You must use it to evaluate all claims, including the question of whether the Bible has validity.

The question is not whether atheism has assumptions or not. Of course it does. But so does Christianity. The question to ask yourself is: which system assumes more? And which assumes things we can do without? We all agree on reason. Why add more?

Good luck –

Richard

Re: You really need to read the Bible! - Letters to the Webmaster

Richard — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:23:00 -0000

Reading the Bible by itself makes no difference if you dont accept sola scriptura to start with. And why would one accept sola scriptura? Because the Bible says so? That would be circular, even if it were true. Can you give me some other argument -- I cant imagine how you would ground it -- explaining why we sould accept the Bible as an authority, without just assuming it (which is, basically, what sola scriptura is). Moreover, Catholics argue the Bible teaches the opposite -- the Bible *and* the Church -- so theres a matter of interpretation anyway. Is there any other book in the history of the human race that you would pick up and accept whatever it says uncritically, on the presumption that just reading it is somehow good enough?

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/11/bad-breeders-is-closing.html

Richard — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:15 -0000

Congrats! Guess there's something good to be said about the secret identity unraveling. :wink:

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/10/breeder-let-kids-deal-drugs.html

Richard — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:33:21 -0000

I used to think that it was really cool that the parents of a friend of mine in high school smoked weed with us as well as supplied it. Nowadays I can see it for the stupidity it was.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/08/independent-investigators-submit.html

Richard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:04:57 -0000

I have also heard them referred to on several different web sites as bloggers that decided to join in the search.

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2009/05/technical-analysis-condor-options-and.html

Richard — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:47:00 -0000

Have we now entered a bear market for volatility, in which we stay range-bound while volatility declines?

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/04/beating-suspect-mother-responds.html

Richard — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:39:27 -0000

I'd certainly encourage everyone to avoid any kind of vigilante justice in response to this. That is sinking to the level of these stupid, white trash cunts.

And I think anyone who has seen the myspace page of Mercades Nichols knows that the term "white trash" fits absolutely. The things that girl is proud of! Hahahaha

Re: http://kirkwylie.blogspot.com/2008/11/tbray-response-sun-should-stop-sucking.html

Richard — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:28:00 -0000

It's nice to have some dissenting opinion around. Between Tim Bray and Jonathan Schwartz sometimes I feel I get lost in all the the PR spin.

Re: Yikes

Richard — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:30:33 -0000

In tomorrows Reader magazine in Chicago they have a cover story about Jon Burge and the torture that happened at Area 2 Police HQ, the long awaited "Burge Report" comes out in a few days and in the Reader they have a chart of everyone involved and where they are now. Cook County taxpayers will pay Super civil lawsuits on that one. If you remember the movie Above the Law with Steven Segal the evil Dr. charcter used the same device that Jon Burge used. The movie was filmed in Chicago with lots of Chicago cops as extras and some people say that the charcter was based on Jon Bruge.....ouch If you have not see Above the Law the video detective has a clip up at http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=763

Re: Are call centers in India slave ships?

Richard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:03:29 -0000

Great article thanks a lot for posting.

Keep it up.

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Re: http://swiftywriting.blogspot.com/2008/07/final-fantasy-6-fandub.html

Richard — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:28:05 -0000

"I lost my shit when I first heard his Brit accent, I never thought that Edgar would have a British accent"

Well I AM British by birth so no major surprises there. :)

Also we should be restarting it soon. FS sent me an email asking for some recorded dialogue so more episodes should be on their way eventually.

Re: Morning Shorts

Richard — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:33:12 -0000

I should of voted for Peraica. I do apologize.

Re: Schillerstrom lining his pockets with Dem money?

Richard — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:50:36 -0000

Paul Rosenfeld, the fundraiser lobbyist, has a contract with the DuPage Forest Preserve
is that because he knows a lot about birdwatching, Boy Scouts and Wetlands
OR
is it because he is perceived as having the ear of the corrupt Blago administration

Re: Morning Shorts

Richard — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:54:35 -0000

I have met Capparelli and he seems like an intelligent guy. I doubt he is doing it to lose.

Re: This just in… BLAGOJEVICH, HARRIS, MONK, ROB BLAGOJEVICH, KELLY, CELLINI ALL INDICTED

Richard — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:49:58 -0000

As our old Chicago native Tommy Boy would have said "HOLY SCHNEIKEES" or "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD", from "Helen you look like a Helen" to "Rod you look like a Helen"

Re: http://blog.laksha.net/2009/08/remote-desktop-disable-annoying-beep.html

Richard — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:41:30 -0000

Yay!

Re: http://gitzengirl.blogspot.com/2008/12/canvas-for-christmas-day-3.html

Richard — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:21:00 -0000

What a wonderful question! Because we're a very small family and until this year there haven't been little ones around, I think our 'moments' have been just being. We didn't have to do anything special. We simply hang together Christmas Eve and again on Christmas day, munching, laughing (always laughing and laughing and then laughing some more). This year we have a one-year-old with us but still it shall be much the same. Four adults, one little one, laughing and hanging together.

Re: You Can Tell It’s Spring When…

Richard — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:37:29 -0000

So that clip is along the Summit Rd, Port Hills in Christchurch, NZ. The magpies in NZ were introduced from Oz 150 years ago, clearly thriving on an abundance of two-wheeled prey.

Re: Is Cyclingnews Dead?

Richard — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:30:24 -0000

Twitter is dangerous. We all know Twitter fails to give the full story but the worry is do you then go and find the full story.Humans are lazy by nature so we think to ourselves ‘great Lance says he’s bought a new house on Twitter’. What we don’t do then is go out and find where it is, how much it cost him etc. So that means the cycling news websites miss out on traffic they’d previously got from informing us about Lance’s new house. It also means we miss out on getting the full story.

Re: Champion System Clothing

Richard — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:30:54 -0000

Once again the suckers get suckered into thinking expensive brand = best product. As an ex member of the Assos Sales and Marketing team in the European Head Office I only ride in Assos kit as I got quite a collection for free over the years. To put it simply, put the product in a suburb with disposable incomes (South Yarra), put a high price tag hanging off it and wait for the suckers to flood in... Suckers! It's great gear but not worth the price tag in both look and quality. Ever heard of a Placebo, It has a lot to do with your perception of the product and how your mind belives that $400 knicks feel Sooo good. Do you really think that they put all that extra money into R&D for next years kit?
Nice review wade, and your team kit looks great!

Re: Someone has a new nickname!!

Richard — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:41:00 -0000

Actually photo #4 was taken between the shower curtains! HA! Phyllis loves to stay between them while I'm showering (although never when Matt is in there). That's why Matt bought the clear shower liner! :)

Our camera is a Canon XSi. I LOVE my new camera and flash!

Re: A little CatTITUDE!

Richard — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:44:00 -0000

Funny you mention that Patty. Matt often refers to her as Catfish.

Re: Daddy got a new camera… wanna play "Model"?

Richard — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:31:00 -0000

(second paragraph should have started, "the only way I could talk Matt into getting...". BlackBerry fingers on the bus to work!)

Re: Daddy got a new camera… wanna play "Model"?

Richard — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:26:00 -0000

Fourth from last would be Ms Rosalie hamming it up!

The only way I could talk Ma into get ng it was if it was MY gift. But I'm so excited to be able share it with you all!! (kinda like getting a new bike as a kid, all the other kids in the neighborhood have to take a spin too!)

Regarding Virgil, I hav a couple confessions to make...I was at his house a fee weeks ago...for several hours...and even took my camera...but didn't take any photos! He's certainly a lot more shy than any of his sisters who live with me! But has soo many of the same mannerisms as Renatta, it's crazy.

So, why didn't I take any photos? Well, his mom made another plea for help with the hundreds of photos she already has but has been having technical problems getting th photos off the camera. Well, with that I said,"OHH! No problem! We'll take care of that right after dinner.". We forgot all about it!

So, he's doing very very well with new big brother Leo. Leo must out weigh the little guy three fold!

Re: Rosalie has inspired politics…

Richard — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:19:00 -0000

Thank you folks! Your hilarious comments keep me going! :)

Re: http://blog.laksha.net/2009/08/windows-7-rtm-download-update.html

Richard — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:13:37 -0000

this means i'll be able to get a copy tomorrow and install? yay!

Re: http://www.virtualization.info/2008/09/virtualizationinfo-5th-birthday-two.html

Richard — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:05:00 -0000

In my RSS feeds you're site is on top of all other feeds... :) Congrats!!

My email: rdiphoorn at dippie.cc

Re: http://www.virtualization.info/2007/03/vmware-publishes-tsx-2007-agenda.html

Richard — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:46:00 -0000

Well 'just 2 weeks' before the event is actually the new record :-) All previous TSX events we never published the agenda before hand, so we are making progress :-)

Re: http://t3chnophilia.blogspot.com/2008/08/make-firefox-load-faster-at-startup_04.html

Richard — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:57:00 -0000

Brilliant - thanks. Works a treat in WinXp

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2008/07/papelbon-is-scared-of-new-york.html

Richard — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:21:00 -0000

Hey Red Sox idiot, can you please stop with your Mass-hole bullshit? Nobody here cares what you think.

Re: [update] AppStore online!

Richard — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:40:30 -0000

Also die Preise gehen teilweise echt garnicht....
Also wenn das nicht noch billiger wird.. dann reg ich mich auf :)

Re: Photo-des-Tages #74 – Aktualisiert

Richard — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:17:12 -0000

Jaa das ist mir auch schon aufgefallen..
Aber jetzt habe ich endlich den UpdateallSoftwareButton, was würde ich ohne ihn tun?!?

Re: [2.2.1] QuickPwn + PwnageTool jetzt Online

Richard — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:33:28 -0000

Hallo zusammen.

Eine Frage zum Verständnis. Nehmen wir an ich aktualisiere mein 3g auf die 2.2.1 Firmware und führe mittels Quickpwn ein Jailbreak durch. Nun kommt die Firmware 2.2.2 heraus und der Jailbreak würde nicht mehr funktionieren.

ICh habe aber nun in der Zwischenzeit zahlreiche Programme via Cydia installiert. gehen die nun alle verloren, wenn ich auf 2.2.2 update und dann den jailbreak erneut durchführe?

Gruss und danke

Re: [2.2.1] QuickPwn + PwnageTool jetzt Online

Richard — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:44:29 -0000

Also müsste ich jedes mal sämtliche Cydia-Apps erneut aufspielen???

Gibt es keine Möglichkeit der Sicherung? Ähnlich wie beim Sync mit Itunes?

Re: [2.2.1] QuickPwn + PwnageTool jetzt Online

Richard — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:40:48 -0000

Na dann finde ich es relativ sinnfrei diese Jailbreak-Aktion..

Ich fange doch nicht an und stelle mir mein Iphone komplett nach meinen Wünschen ein bzw. um, damit ich das dann bei der nächsten Firmwarerevision erneut tun muss...

Für mich absolut benutzerunfreundlich und nicht "Apple-Like"...es wird hier nicht gejailbreakt....;-)

Gruss und Danke

Re: [2.2.1] QuickPwn + PwnageTool jetzt Online

Richard — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:59:04 -0000

Interessant wäre PDAnet, bossprefs sowie der ssh-zugang zum Phone. Aber da ich ein bequemer Mensch bin da ich Apple-Verwöhnt bin ist mir das schon zu kompliziert..brauch ich nicht;-)

Re: Ruined by Rune Factory

Richard — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:35:00 -0000

I was tempted to do animal crossing but couldn't bring my self to play a game that weird. Honestly I can't bring my self to play any games now.

I dunno if it is possible to just be just burnt out of video games in general :\

ps: I think I saw you driving your honda today..

Re: http://www.dailyautocad.com/2009/02/simple-autolisp-application-for.html

Richard — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:28:14 -0000

I just draw the first center line then make a copy of itself by copy-select midpoint-and the type in @0,0 enter. Then select the line and the center grip. Go to the rotate command.Type in 90 degrees and enter.
this rotates the "top" line. then you have two line the same length attached at the center!
Richard

Re: http://blog.blogupp.com/2008/04/blogupp-is-showing-appreciation.html

Richard — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:08:00 -0000

Cool, I have given Blogupp a try.

You can find it on my blog:
http://www.hedgeagainstspeculation.com

Re: More Bits & Pieces

Richard — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:13:09 -0000

Aww, what a lovely staffe pup. I've got one, they're the loveliest dogs ever ! I know this is very cliched, but Patch ? Or how about... Pudding ? That's quite English.

Re: http://de-lostpedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/lostpedia-interview-mit-damon-und.html

Richard — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:36:00 -0000

Will The Island ever leave the Dharma initiative Team Period and get back to the point where ben linus turned the wheel ? Because they said that it will stop when the oceanic 6 return, but the time flashes acutally stopped when Locke turned the wheel, so what was the point in the oceanic 6 returning ?

Re: aftermath

Richard — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:18:00 -0000

Try saying up late writing about it and then getting up at 5:30 am to talk about it on News2. It's been virtually non stop. Check out the NashvillePost site. I have another story with details on why he sold the team outright.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2009/05/gone-tomorrow-flip-mino-hd.html

Richard — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:10:00 -0000

In it again!

Richard

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/11/giveaway-ipod-touch-update-119.html

Richard — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:44:00 -0000

Oh that's easy peasy! Coldplay Lover In Japan.

Oh and to top if off...I'd load the video as well!

Yep....it's all true.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-mission-impossible-fifth-tv.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:58:00 -0000

Hope I win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-brotherhood-second-season.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:57:00 -0000

Hope I win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-beverly-hillbillies-second.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:55:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-tv-sets-holiday-treats.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:56:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-hudson-brothers-razzle-dazzle.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:52:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-keeping-up-with-kardashians.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:03:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-kimora-life-in-fab-lane-season.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:05:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-libertys-kids-complete-series.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:03:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-normal.html

Richard — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:07:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-rob-big-complete-uncensored.html

Richard — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:32:00 -0000

I love those 2,hope I win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-elmos-christmas-countdown.html

Richard — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:29:00 -0000

I want to win the dvd.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-white-house-pets.html

Richard — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:25:00 -0000

I hope I win the prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-happening.html

Richard — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:15:00 -0000

I hope I win,I would like to see this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-thomas-friends-great-discovery.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:45:00 -0000

I would like to win this for the grandkids.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-another-cinderella-story.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:39:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-numbers-fourth-season.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:01:00 -0000

I always watch this series and hope I win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-my-three-sons-season-one-vol.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:03:00 -0000

I watched the original series years ago.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-stories-from-vaults.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:08:00 -0000

I hope I win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-americas-greatest-monuments.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:05:00 -0000

This is something that would interest me.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-growing-up-wilderness.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:12:00 -0000

Hope I win this sweeps.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-house-of-dead-funny-version.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:15:00 -0000

I want to win this one for my wife.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-bait-shop.html

Richard — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:58:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-csi-ny-fourth-season.html

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:23:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-friday-13th-series-first.html

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:25:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-this-american-life-season-one.html

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:37:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-deception.html

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:44:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-pathology.html

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:41:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-foot-fist-way.html

Richard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:39:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-cashmere-mafia-complete-series.html

Richard — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:32:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-agatha-christies-poirot.html

Richard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:42:00 -0000

I would love to win the prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-new-york-yankees-essential.html

Richard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:10:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-true-story-of-che-guevara.html

Richard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:07:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-best-of-mr-bean-vol-2.html

Richard — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:07:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-taxi-to-dark-side.html

Richard — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:27:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/09/giveaway-medium-fourth-season.html

Richard — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:11:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-csi-miami-sixth-season.html

Richard — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:19:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-childs-play-chuckys-20th.html

Richard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:51:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-postal-unrated.html

Richard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:50:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-cheers-season-10.html

Richard — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:40:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-ghost-whisperer-third-season.html

Richard — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:42:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-before-rains.html

Richard — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:43:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-will-grace-season-eight.html

Richard — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:10:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-legend-of-bloody-mary.html

Richard — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:11:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-chuck-season-one.html

Richard — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:12:00 -0000

I would love to win the contest.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-harold.html

Richard — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:14:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-hellfighters.html

Richard — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:15:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-invincible-iron-man-blu-ray.html

Richard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:44:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-black-mask-blu-ray.html

Richard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:45:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-next-avengers-heroes-of.html

Richard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:46:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-morgue.html

Richard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:43:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-son-of-rambow.html

Richard — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:42:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-deal.html

Richard — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:09:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-supernatural-complete-third.html

Richard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:35:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-where-wild-things-areand-five.html

Richard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:31:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-how-to-rob-bank.html

Richard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:33:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-prison-break-season-three-blu.html

Richard — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:49:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-wire-fifth-season.html

Richard — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:50:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-entourage-fourth-season.html

Richard — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:51:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-heroes-season-2.html

Richard — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:52:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-haunted-histories-collection.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:14:00 -0000

I would love to win this.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-battle-360-complete-season-one.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:17:00 -0000

I would love to win this prize.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-shockwave-season-one.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:19:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-dog-bounty-hunter-best-of.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:22:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-ufo-hunters-season-one.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:23:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-bo-schembechlers-michigan.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:25:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-tom-osbornes-nebraska.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:26:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/08/giveaway-woody-hayes-ohio-state.html

Richard — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:28:00 -0000

I would love to win.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-carmen.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:47:00 -0000

One look at Paz and I'd be doomed too

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-twin-daggers.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:46:00 -0000

Hmmm, twins

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-dirty-money.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:44:00 -0000

I like my money the same way I like my women...

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-bram-stokers-draculas-guest.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:45:00 -0000

Make way for a new guest!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-american-mall.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:41:00 -0000

Nothing says America like Mall

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-voice.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:39:00 -0000

If I win...I'll be speechless!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-executioners-song-directors.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:17:00 -0000

Big fan of Tommy Lee's award-winning work...hope to win!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-caroline-in-city-first-season.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:17:00 -0000

I pine for Caroline

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-daves-world-first-season.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:25:00 -0000

Dave's my fave!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-love-boat-season-one-volume-2.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:22:00 -0000

Hope soon I'll be taking another trip!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-corduroyand-more-stories-about.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:24:00 -0000

I care...if I win!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-phineas-and-ferb-fast-and.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:10:00 -0000

Phineas me!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:11:00 -0000

Grant my wish?

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-mixtape-volume-x.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:12:00 -0000

Let's mix it up!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-roxy-hunter-and-secret-of.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:14:00 -0000

Foxy for Roxy!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/07/giveaway-never-back-down.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:13:00 -0000

No, I won't...back...down...

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-route-66-season-one.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:49:00 -0000

I wanna get my kicks!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-mad-men-season-one.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:34:00 -0000

Mad about this show!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-step-into-liquid-blu-ray.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:35:00 -0000

Seen this the old-fashioned way...can't wait to see it the Blu-Ray way!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-wide-awake.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:35:00 -0000

Wake me up if I win this one!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-best-of-barney.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:36:00 -0000

It doesn't get any better than this

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-garfield-funfest.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:38:00 -0000

Here, kitty, kitty!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-american-zombie.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:39:00 -0000

USA! USA!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-its-boy-girl-thing.html

Richard — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:58:00 -0000

Ain't nothin' but a B-G thang

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-batman-movie-special-edition.html

Richard — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:32:00 -0000

Holy Blu-Ray, Batman!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-adventures-of-ozzie-harriet.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:19:00 -0000

Whatever happened to Dave anyway?

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-yankee-stadium-baseballs.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:20:00 -0000

If you build it...

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-raw-spice.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:18:00 -0000

Just the way I like it!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-serial-killer-collection.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:08:00 -0000

Ulle Lommel? I am so there

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-caramel.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:15:00 -0000

Sweet! Sticky!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-eye-3.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:14:00 -0000

Third time's the charm!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-raising-jeffrey-dahmer.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:11:00 -0000

Sounds cooler than Jeffrey's refrigerator

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-popeye-sailor-1938-1940-vol-2.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:06:00 -0000

I yam wanting this DVD, I yam

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-popeye-friends-vol-1.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:07:00 -0000

My friends will be so jealous!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-intervention-season-one-then.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:05:00 -0000

If I don't stop entering all these giveaways, time for an intervention for me

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-rails-ties.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:08:00 -0000

Great companion piece to TRACKS

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-andromeda-strain.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:58:00 -0000

She's got the germ...

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-devil-may-care.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:04:00 -0000

The devil may not care but I do

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/giveaway-devil-may-care.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:04:00 -0000

The devil may not care but I do

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/06/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:03:00 -0000

How suite it is!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-sophia-loren-4-film-collection.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:54:00 -0000

As the Italians would say...va va va voom

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-catherine-deneuve-5-film.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:55:00 -0000

Belle du Jour, sil vous plait

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-high-noon-2-disc-ultimate.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:59:00 -0000

Do not forsake me, o Week in Rewind!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/05/giveaway-alive-or-dead.html

Richard — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:02:00 -0000

Alive...dead...I'm the one with the gun

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-richie-richscooby-doo-show-vol.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:08:00 -0000

I always wanted to be as rich as Richie. Well, it's a start.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/week-in-rewind-movie-reviews-by.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:09:00 -0000

I wanna go fast

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-america-at-war-megaset.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:10:00 -0000

I wanna see what my daddy did in the war

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-raiders-of.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:14:00 -0000

My VHS copy is worn out!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-temple-of.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:12:00 -0000

I always thought this movie got a bad rap for being too "violent"...people in fact reacted to how psychologically dark it was.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-indiana-jones-and-last-crusade.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:13:00 -0000

Ah, if only Raiders had been the last. But Connery is priceless.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-strange-wilderness.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:10:00 -0000

I wanna be strange AND wild

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-drawn-together-uncensored.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:11:00 -0000

I am strangely drawn to this

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2008/04/giveaway-adventures-of-young-indiana.html

Richard — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:29:00 -0000

Maybe I can't still remember when I was young, but I can always remember when Indy was young...if I win!

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2007/09/running-scared-movie-dvd-review-2006.html

Richard — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:26:37 -0000

There were idiots in your 'screening' who left. Perhaps you were one of them. Any case - there is a serious flaw - from what I could see about the gun and the concern the film's hero had regarding it.

Re: Coming Soon: A Localized Facebook?

Richard — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:59:00 -0000

They never thought about the URLs either. facebook.co.uk doesn't even re-direct to the .com address. How will they cope when facebookers want to post across languages? They'll have to use machine translation due to the speed and volume of the comments and posts. Here's a great one I use all the time http://www.appliedlanguage.com/free_translation...

Re: Nugs surprise Spurs in Game 1

Richard — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:18:12 -0000

Great game! Go Nuggets!

Re: http://www.rochellesychua.com/2009/08/sketchers-on-sale-this-august.html

Richard — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:52:27 -0000

thanks for this news!

Re: http://www.mintblogger.com/2008/12/5-best-seo-tips-for-bloggers.html

Richard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:04:59 -0000

Very impressive write up. Simple yet very straight forward. I find it very informative. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next post.

los angeles web design

Re: http://www.mintblogger.com/2008/12/5-best-seo-tips-for-bloggers.html

Richard — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:00:00 -0000

Your comment about the alt text for the blue ball is almost funny. people can understand that the bluel should not be named xvsgge.jpg OR than understand tat the alt text is important.

Why is it sa hard for people to understand the 2?

Re: Windows Vista for Home Computers is Ready? I Doubt It

Richard — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:03:00 -0000

I totally agree with you. I am still running ME. It does everything that I need. Except some of the new programs like "TurboTax won't run on it. Microsoft can do everyone a favor by writing a whole new operating system, not just fiddling with old stuff to make it look prettier and new.

Re: http://victor-bueno.blogspot.com/2009/04/reality-gate.html

Richard — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:23:00 -0000

Nice short poem you got there. =)

Re: http://www.trade-guild.net/2006/08/sorry.html

Richard — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:39:00 -0000

I thought if you sign up for "Director" status at youtube, the 10 minute limit is waived.

http://www.youtube.com/director

Re: http://www.trade-guild.net/2006/07/video-of-pspt-and-ttmi.html

Richard — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:20:00 -0000

I'm just discovering the world of video blogging for traders, and think it's great! I hope more and more blogging traders give it a try.

Do you plan to do in-progress or postmortem videos on trades? I think those would be instructive. There's so much information out there on getting into trades, and so little about getting back out. Managing open trades is the area I am personally working on the hardest right now, and the area of my trading that needs the most improvement.

Re: Instalando y ejecutando Mysql en Ubuntu

Richard — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:15:00 -0000

Yo tengo un problema, estuve jugueteando un poco con un tip para cambiar contraseña, pero me sale el siguiente error al iniciar SQL:

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Ya intente desinstalarlo con sudo apt-get remove mysql-server y client... Pero al reinstalarlos siguen igual :-( ... Alguna idea ? :-S

T_T

Re: Instalando y ejecutando Mysql en Ubuntu

Richard — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:47:00 -0000

Listo, ya quedo! ... gracias!... Esperando la proxima parte ;-)

Re: My SQL, Primeros Pasos en modo consola

Richard — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:49:00 -0000

Uff me costo mas de un error, he de decir bastantes... sobre todo por el punto y coma, luego se me olvidaba...

Pero ya he podido terminar con esta "practica"

Re: Descarga desde Megaupload en Firefox 3 Beta (todas)

Richard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:19:00 -0000

Igual, se agradece bastante, no instalaba firefox 3 por la falta de esta y otras extenciones y poco a poco se van actualizando. Gracias :-)

Re: Top 15 Animated Films of The Last 10 Years

Richard — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:57:40 -0000

I love Titan A.E. and I'm glad someone else finally agrees with me. Lots of people don't even know what Titan A.E. is or even give it the time of day. Also Wall-E is easily one of my favorites. Have to say thought that I would probably remove The Emperor's New Groove, bump Spirited Away up, bump Incredibles down, and although I agree that how they shot Chicken Run was incredible I personally don't like anything else about it. So I'd probably remove that as well.

Re: Weinstein Wants 40 Minutes Cut From Inglourious Basterds'

Richard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:49:08 -0000

Thats horrible that they would do that to such a great director. I think that's very disrespectful.

Re: Momma Wannabe’s Thanksgiving Contest

Richard — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:51:00 -0000

thankful the divorce is over

Re: Gelaterie di Perugia

Richard — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:50:00 -0000

piccolo errore:

"sia per l'accoglienza degli avventori"

AGLI avventori... a meno che non siano i clienti ad accogliere la gelateria :-)

Re: http://www.jaygarmon.net/2008/05/todays-painfully-obscure-moral-dilemma.html

Richard — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:03:00 -0000

You're definitely not the only Mike Doughty fan out there. Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well if one of my all time favorite songs. He is actually performing tonight (05/15) at The Pilot Light in Knoxville, which is only 2 1/2 hours from me. I want to go but alas, I'm on call tonight, and don't you just know the network would go down as soon as I walk in the door.

*sigh* the life of a 24/7 IT guy....

Re: http://www.jaygarmon.net/2006/06/revelation-of-guido.html

Richard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:23:00 -0000

Woot! Yet another great Short. Interesting to see the virtual world through the eyes of an NPC. Great job and keep them coming!

Re: http://www.jaygarmon.net/2006/07/victory-or-death.html

Richard — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:53:00 -0000

All I can say is...More! I want more! This is writing at its finest! Please do not ever stop or ever give up! Amazing!

Re: Calling All Gun Bloggers and Medbloggers

Richard — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:52:00 -0000

As a Canadian medical student, reading this has been interesting.< />< />It'd also be great to try to add some discussion of hearing protection and firearms.

Re: Calling All Gun Bloggers and Medbloggers

Richard — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:52:00 -0000

As a Canadian medical student, reading this has been interesting.< />< />It'd also be great to try to add some discussion of hearing protection and firearms.

Re: Barack Hussein Obama…

Richard — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:04:00 -0000

Seems you and Rush Limbaugh need to have a chat (look at Jan 22's The Daily Show).

Re: "Thugbuster Five, You Are Cleared In Hot…"

Richard — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:32:51 -0000

Hiya, I can' find your email address, so I'm leaving you a comment.

I just put together a list of iphone/itouch apps for EMTs/Paramedics, could you share my post with your readers? If there's a app you use often in the field that isn't on my list, let me know in the comments (or email me) and I can add it. Did you know apps can be written off on

taxes?:) Might even be able to write off a iphone too if you can show that you only use it for work (for the apps!).

Here's the post:

http://blog.onlinecollegeguru.com/health-care/19-iphoneitouch-apps-for-ems-personnel/

Thanks,

Rich

Re: One Sentence Review of Trauma

Richard — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:43:38 -0000

gotta love the bad fake CPR, worst spinal and airway management I've ever seen, and of course, the most ridiculous characters...

Re: http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2009/03/cajun-spice-rub-in-case-of-emergencies.html

Richard — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:15:00 -0000

Sounds amazing, I imagine this'd go well on some roast potatoes too.
So easy too! Good to see a fellow Yorkshire blogger.

Re: http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2009/03/yorkshire-puddings.html

Richard — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:37:00 -0000

Amazing sounding recipe.
With a few tweaks could make a fantastic toad in the hole!
Might give it a go.

Great to see local bloggers.
Will pop you on my blogroll.
Richard

Re: http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2009/02/rhubarb-triangle.html

Richard — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:19:00 -0000

Amazing. I made about a dozen rhubarb galettes for mother's day this year but my camera broke before I had time to pap them. Sod's law!

Re: Credit Card Processing: Not such a naughty word anymore

Richard — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:33:00 -0000

Nicole, thanks so much for the comment. I started writing a full explanation as a comment, but have decided to post an entirely new entry/response to your inquiry/comment.

I hope you enjoy it and that you share some more feedback with the other readers.

Re: What is the Mobile Web? And why would I need it?

Richard — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:37:00 -0000

Hi Daisy!

Unfortunately, I just know "it's out there", but I have no idea how it works. The site I created for the ALA conference uses Google's built-in mobilizer to convert because I built it on Googlepages.

Sorry I can't be of more assistance.

-R

Re: Adobe Professional vs. eCopy

Richard — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:20:00 -0000

Thanks Don. I completely agree about eCopy being for an "average" office work. It's very simple.

Thanks for the contact info.

Re: Eye Opening Alternative Fee Theory…

Richard — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:38:00 -0000

Mr./Ms. Wheels of Justice, Thanks a lot for your comments! I did miss the efficiency point in my argument, which I totally meant to point out as well.

My firm was founded on this efficiency model. No associates to teach, just experienced members (a/k/a Partners) who already know what they are doing and can perform the customer's work accurately and efficiently the first time. At least, that was our contribution to the efficiency model.

Re: Eye Opening Alternative Fee Theory…

Richard — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:04:00 -0000

Thomas, I love the concept of using something like microeconomics and pricing theory with something like fixed fee billing, but I'm comfortable believing that studying microeconomics and pricing theory well enough for a lawyer to apply them accurately is quite unlikely.

Ultimately it would also be great to just say, "How much is this project worth to the client?" But then you run into the fact that even when you ask that question you have outside forces such as, "How deep are their pockets?" as a consideration, and obviously that's not fair.

Recording hours and value of the time expended on a project is the basis for cost accounting. Any lawyer who does transactional type work, generally knows roughly how much effort will have to be expended on a certain project. With "roughly" comes the question of, "Am I willing to set 'roughly' in stone for bidding on the project?" and "Am I willing to risk my profitability to back up 'roughly'?"

Take a risk. "Paralysis by Analysis" is becoming more and more common with lawyers trying to run their firms.

Re: Eye Opening Alternative Fee Theory…

Richard — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:22:00 -0000

Ron, I can't tell you how excited I am to read all your material.

I guess "I believe" is a start to explain where I stand, but my spirit has to be supplemented by enough convincing practices to make the full shift. After all, I'm the Accounting Manager and can't do it on my own. Although I can help educate those who do... and most won't need anything but a nudge!

Thanks for your insights Ron. I'm really excited to dig through all that you've given me.

(P.S. I've always thought they were antiquated, just didn't have an alternative.)

Re: Twitter on the Run!

Richard — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:53:00 -0000

Glad to help Bre! Keep in touch on twitter if you have other questions @LegalAdmin.

Also search my blog for BlackBerry material. There's a great article with "First 10 things to do to your new BlackBerry" (Or something like that)

Re: The Law Firm that’s a real TWIT! And losing TweetCred!

Richard — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:52:00 -0000

The reason I don't name names is because I fear that my friend would be fired. Even though He's doing them a HUGE favor by exposing the firm's naughty ways.

I'm not even sure it's the "firm" who's dictating policy, but simply a marketing person/department.

I'll dig into this piece with my friend. Perhaps there's a gentle way to get through to the firm's mucky mucks without getting anyone in trouble.

Re: Creating in a Vacuum… sucks

Richard — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:13:00 -0000

Ah, the truth of this ... the nail, Mr. Pants, you have struck it on the head.

Reminds me of learning to stargaze as a child. Seriousl! It turns out that if you stare directly at a very faint star, it's difficult to see. If, however, you peek to the left or right, your peripheral vision (better, for evolutionary reasons, at differentiating contrast) pops that faint star right into bright, sharp relief.

For me, going for a walk is a nearly no-fail idea factory, but I've used just about every other idea on your list. Including making coffee and forgetting to drink it.