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Eeyore
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JoeBloe wrote:
Graham
He was wrong anyway.
Graham
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John Fields
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:29:37 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
You missed the point, which was that if there was a war on stupidity
you'd be the first casualty. Probably because you'd be too stupid
to realize that a war on stupidity was going on.
Your analogy to the world of the blind is also stupid, because
there's no way a sighted person in the land of the blind could be
knocked off as sighted if he didn't want to be. It's also backwards
because you're likening yourself to the one-eyed man in the land of
the blind, when the truth is more like your a blind man in the land
of one-eyed men.
--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
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You missed the point, which was that if there was a war on stupidity
you'd be the first casualty. Probably because you'd be too stupid
to realize that a war on stupidity was going on.
Your analogy to the world of the blind is also stupid, because
there's no way a sighted person in the land of the blind could be
knocked off as sighted if he didn't want to be. It's also backwards
because you're likening yourself to the one-eyed man in the land of
the blind, when the truth is more like your a blind man in the land
of one-eyed men.
--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
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Eeyore
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John Fields wrote:
Don't trip over your shoe laces as you leave will you ? And shut the door behind
you.
Graham
Bwahahahahahahahah
Don't trip over your shoe laces as you leave will you ? And shut the door behind
you.
Graham
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Jim Thompson
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:43:09 GMT, <lucasea@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
needing food and health assistance.
And burn the UN to the ground.
...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
That's why we should discontinue all aid except to developing nations
needing food and health assistance.
And burn the UN to the ground.
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:39:15 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
<snicker :->
...Jim Thompson
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| Phoenix, Arizona Voice
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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Jim Thompson
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On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:45:18 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
<double snicker :->
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice
480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax
480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Guest
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4520F44A.881C5E16@hotmail.com...
....and if one chooses to draw parallels between our actions in the Middle
East and 1933-1939 Germany, one parallel is the fact that Bush is using
similar scare tactics to retain power, take away peoples' rights, and kill a
segment of the world population, in much the same propagandistic way that
Hitler did. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Bush is the next
Hitler, just that there *are* parallels between their misanthropic behavior,
if hugely different in degree and consequence.
Eric Lucas
news:4520F44A.881C5E16@hotmail.com...
....and if one chooses to draw parallels between our actions in the Middle
East and 1933-1939 Germany, one parallel is the fact that Bush is using
similar scare tactics to retain power, take away peoples' rights, and kill a
segment of the world population, in much the same propagandistic way that
Hitler did. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Bush is the next
Hitler, just that there *are* parallels between their misanthropic behavior,
if hugely different in degree and consequence.
Eric Lucas
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John Larkin
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:47:23 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
to advertised job openings, good but fake resumes were invented and
sent in, with the only difference that some had English-sounding names
and some had Muslim-sounding names. The response ratio was about 5:1.
Your assignment is to tell us
1. Which group had the lower response and
2. Why?
John
ps: I employ one Muslim engineer, four Hispanic employees, one native
American, four Asians, two lesbians, and zero Englishmen. I suppose
that makes me a racist.
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
I read about a recent experiment that was done in the UK. In response
to advertised job openings, good but fake resumes were invented and
sent in, with the only difference that some had English-sounding names
and some had Muslim-sounding names. The response ratio was about 5:1.
Your assignment is to tell us
1. Which group had the lower response and
2. Why?
John
ps: I employ one Muslim engineer, four Hispanic employees, one native
American, four Asians, two lesbians, and zero Englishmen. I suppose
that makes me a racist.
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Ken Smith
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In article <2p1Ug.16$45.152@news.uchicago.edu>,
<mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote:
[....]
Maybe, they are just more effective liars. If you haven't caught them in
a lie, it doesn't mean there weren't lies they got away with.
The whole idea that they have anything to do with any form of Islam may
well be a lie. They can get lots of cannonfodder from the Muslim world
may be the reason they try to appear Islamist. It may really be about
power and control.
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<mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote:
[....]
Maybe, they are just more effective liars. If you haven't caught them in
a lie, it doesn't mean there weren't lies they got away with.
The whole idea that they have anything to do with any form of Islam may
well be a lie. They can get lots of cannonfodder from the Muslim world
may be the reason they try to appear Islamist. It may really be about
power and control.
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kensmith@rahul.net forging knowledge
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Ken Smith
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In article <c7WdncygLPPv3r3YRVnytQ@pipex.net>,
T Wake <usenet.es7at@gishpuppy.com> wrote:
[...]
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T Wake <usenet.es7at@gishpuppy.com> wrote:
[...]
It is time for a war on the improper use of the term "war on".
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Ken Smith
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In article <4311i2l8pj43dpasfo65k9e4gmp1200doi@4ax.com>,
JoeBloe <joebloe@nosuchplace.org> wrote:
because that was to the advantage of the British. The Irish side called
themselves the IRA because getting the word "army" in there made it a
"war" and that was to their advantage. Terrorists call themselves
"freedom fighters".
In the current conflict, the US has opted to give the other side an early
victory by calling it a "war".
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JoeBloe <joebloe@nosuchplace.org> wrote:
The British side did not call it a war and called the Irish side criminals
because that was to the advantage of the British. The Irish side called
themselves the IRA because getting the word "army" in there made it a
"war" and that was to their advantage. Terrorists call themselves
"freedom fighters".
In the current conflict, the US has opted to give the other side an early
victory by calling it a "war".
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Eeyore
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JoeBloe wrote:
You complain about the fact that if you criticise Islam for being
irrational and violent, they respond with violence and death threats.
I criticise the USA for being irrational and violent and you respond
with the threat of violence and death too.
Seems like you have a lot in common with the Islamists.
Graham
Let me see now.....
You complain about the fact that if you criticise Islam for being
irrational and violent, they respond with violence and death threats.
I criticise the USA for being irrational and violent and you respond
with the threat of violence and death too.
Seems like you have a lot in common with the Islamists.
Graham
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John Larkin
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:17:53 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp
See "side notes on private contributions." Personally, both my wife
and I donate many thousands of dollars to the foreign-aid institutions
we believe in. This year, I will give maybe $20,000 to Doctors Without
Borders.
How much do you personally donate to things like this?
John
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp
See "side notes on private contributions." Personally, both my wife
and I donate many thousands of dollars to the foreign-aid institutions
we believe in. This year, I will give maybe $20,000 to Doctors Without
Borders.
How much do you personally donate to things like this?
John
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Eeyore
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Jim Thompson wrote:
It should move to Europe. There'll be a nice building going begging soon in
Strasbourg for it.
I'd also hope that Nato might vote to kick out the USA too.
Graham
It clearly doesn't belong in NY any more.
It should move to Europe. There'll be a nice building going begging soon in
Strasbourg for it.
I'd also hope that Nato might vote to kick out the USA too.
Graham
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Eeyore
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lucasea@sbcglobal.net wrote:
point.
to be halted in its current idiotic behaviour.
Graham
There isn't even the tiniest iota of similarity.
Well... he is. The removal of constitutional safeguards and checks is a case in
point.
Very different. The outcome could be similar though. This is why the USA needs
to be halted in its current idiotic behaviour.
Graham
Guest
"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message newsm82i2hkno8v0s6qum1ca0o8d73dut5p3k@4ax.com...
thing, since, in the end, it does help maintain global stability. The way
it's done may not be perfect, but it's almost certainly better than not
doing anything. However, we have *got* to get over the redneck attitude
implicit in JoeBloe's post, "The Unite [sic] States gives away billions of
dollars a year in aid to other nations, asshole", which is followed by the
tacit "so kiss our feet, world."
of world governing body. You may be right, though, the UN model might not
be the right way to go about it.
Eric Lucas
message news
m82i2hkno8v0s6qum1ca0o8d73dut5p3k@4ax.com...I wouldn't go that far. Sending aid to the rest of the world is a good
thing, since, in the end, it does help maintain global stability. The way
it's done may not be perfect, but it's almost certainly better than not
doing anything. However, we have *got* to get over the redneck attitude
implicit in JoeBloe's post, "The Unite [sic] States gives away billions of
dollars a year in aid to other nations, asshole", which is followed by the
tacit "so kiss our feet, world."
That might not be a bad idea, but I think on the whole, we do need some sort
of world governing body. You may be right, though, the UN model might not
be the right way to go about it.
Eric Lucas
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John Larkin
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:09:14 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
crowds from the French tour busses. On our way back from Monterey, my
wife had to sit shivering at the Junipera Serra rest stop for that
very reason, waiting out a bus full of female French tourists. If you
go to the top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco, the language you're most
likely to overhear is German.
Stay home! The lines at Peet's Coffee and Joseph Schmidt Chocolate are
long enough already.
John
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
Heck, you can hardly get into a roadside rest area bathroom for the
crowds from the French tour busses. On our way back from Monterey, my
wife had to sit shivering at the Junipera Serra rest stop for that
very reason, waiting out a bus full of female French tourists. If you
go to the top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco, the language you're most
likely to overhear is German.
Stay home! The lines at Peet's Coffee and Joseph Schmidt Chocolate are
long enough already.
John
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John Fields
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:48:31 GMT, <lucasea@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In the first place, we were talking about 'cops' which, in my view,
refers to civilian officers of the law.
You're obviously referring to the President of the United States of
America, who is a civilian but, nonetheless, the Commander-in-Chief
of the armed forces of the United States of America, which places
him in a role quite different from that played by a common 'cop',
and to try to liken him to a cop strikes me as being a little
disingenuous.
You may disagree with his policies and those of his staff, but the
fact remains that, for better or for worse, those policies will be
carried out and there's very little you or I can do to stop that
from happening.
I suggest that a letter to the White House or an email to:
http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php
might be appropriate if you can spare the time to make your thoughts
known to those who matter.
--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
---
In the first place, we were talking about 'cops' which, in my view,
refers to civilian officers of the law.
You're obviously referring to the President of the United States of
America, who is a civilian but, nonetheless, the Commander-in-Chief
of the armed forces of the United States of America, which places
him in a role quite different from that played by a common 'cop',
and to try to liken him to a cop strikes me as being a little
disingenuous.
You may disagree with his policies and those of his staff, but the
fact remains that, for better or for worse, those policies will be
carried out and there's very little you or I can do to stop that
from happening.
I suggest that a letter to the White House or an email to:
http://answers.firstgov.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php
might be appropriate if you can spare the time to make your thoughts
known to those who matter.
--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
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Eeyore
Guest
John Larkin wrote:
done with different ages in fact.
result. To give an explanation I'd suggest a tradition of 'less flexible
thinking' as a reason.
Graham
I suspect this is another urban myth actually. A similar thing was *really*
done with different ages in fact.
Assuming there's any truth in it, I'd expect the Muslim names to have a poorer
result. To give an explanation I'd suggest a tradition of 'less flexible
thinking' as a reason.
Not by any definition I'd care for.
Graham
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Jim Thompson
Guest
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:43:41 GMT, <lucasea@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/WhenInDoubt.jpg
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
May your US government contract and support be terminated...
http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/WhenInDoubt.jpg
...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice
480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax
480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.