Search found 6622 matches

by living_stradivarius
Tue Sep 06, 2016 12:28 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Flag ID
Replies: 2
Views: 2239

Re: Flag ID

by living_stradivarius
Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:36 am
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: A delusional Trump
Replies: 4
Views: 3221

Re: A delusional Trump

who knows he could be a political genius if this somehow manages to be true :D Image
by living_stradivarius
Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:24 am
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Unlearning what you've learned
Replies: 0
Views: 1956

Unlearning what you've learned

by living_stradivarius
Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:31 am
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Cognitive Ease
Replies: 1
Views: 1864

Cognitive Ease

by living_stradivarius
Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:12 am
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Stock market crash in China
Replies: 7
Views: 4731

Re: Stock market crash in China

China's national social security fund (pension fund) orders all its asset managers "not to sell a single stock" http://www.ianwelsh.net/meanwhile-in-ch ... ket-crash/
by living_stradivarius
Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:42 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Puerto Rican debt becomes unmanageable
Replies: 11
Views: 5512

Re: Puerto Rican debt becomes unmanageable

I think I posted this on another thread about PR: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensl ... tax-haven/
by living_stradivarius
Sun May 10, 2015 7:33 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Puerto Rico: Greece of the U.S. economy?
Replies: 4
Views: 2293

Re: Puerto Rico: Greece of the U.S. economy?

American citizens who live in Puerto Rico for 180 days of the year pay 0% capital gains tax. Very tempting!
by living_stradivarius
Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:38 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: At Least 6 Inches
Replies: 75
Views: 12895

Re: At Least 6 Inches

Even the cats are befuddled

Image
by living_stradivarius
Fri Dec 26, 2014 4:24 am
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: I desperately need your help for this computer problem
Replies: 13
Views: 6247

Re: I desperately need your helpf for this computer problem

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/se ... es-firefox

Scroll down to the section that reads: "Set a default search engine". 3 steps
by living_stradivarius
Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:02 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: What's wrong with American news media
Replies: 32
Views: 9716

Re: What's wrong with American news media

WASHINGTON — I often wonder what Paddy would think. I wish I could have a pastrami on wry with the late writer and satirist at the Carnegie Deli and get an exhilarating blast of truth about “the atomic, subatomic and galactic structure of things today.”
Isn't it pastrami on RYE?
by living_stradivarius
Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:38 pm
Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
Topic: Minnesota Orchestra's return concert
Replies: 12
Views: 4955

Re: Minnesota Orchestra's return concert

While I am happy that the musicians, several of whom I know personally, are back in action, the fact that the Minnesota Orchestra Association sent $3.2 million to the Cayman Islands in the month before the lockout deserves a helluva lot of scrutiny that it isn't getting.
by living_stradivarius
Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:54 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: For football fans
Replies: 6
Views: 3670

Re: For football fans

"This game was a matchup between the greatest skier the world has ever seen an avalanche."
by living_stradivarius
Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: For football fans
Replies: 6
Views: 3670

Re: For football fans

49ers all the way. We'll see the Broncos at the SB I'll bet.
by living_stradivarius
Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:03 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Screen Shot Disappointment
Replies: 11
Views: 3908

Re: Screen Shot Disappointment

There's a button on your keyboard called PrntScrn (or some variant thereof) you need to press to capture the screen before pasting. Instructions are here (you can ignore step 2, which is for the purpose of capturing the contents of a specific window): http://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-%22Print-Screen%2...
by living_stradivarius
Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:47 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: "America's Ugliest Campuses"
Replies: 8
Views: 4950

Re: "America's Ugliest Campuses"

Looks like a similar list came out in 2007. Harvey Mudd certainly keeps its title with Wally the Wart ( a concrete block) as its mascot.
http://drewd.com/2007/12/12/sorry-wally-the-wart
by living_stradivarius
Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:46 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: "America's Ugliest Campuses"
Replies: 8
Views: 4950

Re: "America's Ugliest Campuses"

Seems like the blogger has something against squares and rectangles.
by living_stradivarius
Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:05 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: How to fix the health insurance exchanges
Replies: 3
Views: 2257

Re: How to fix the health insurance exchanges

They can't just hire any team of "IT experts". I've heard people mention Washington should fly Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Larry & Sergey to fix the problem. None of them are experts in handling load-balancing to a database and database replication, which is basically the solution to the primary problem....
by living_stradivarius
Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Windows Error Reporting
Replies: 11
Views: 4031

Re: Windows Error Reporting

Chances are you accidentally set Sibelius to open ASPX files by default, causing Sibelius to crash since it cannot properly read the file.

Your friend also made the mistake of sending you the web page (in ASPX) that contains links to images rather than the images themselves.
by living_stradivarius
Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:34 am
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Countdown to disaster?
Replies: 37
Views: 9223

Re: Countdown to disaster?

The Dow is up nearly 200 points. A few more brinks of disaster like this and I can retire early. :roll: If you went all-in on this inverse volatility index etn yesterday at around $24, then yeah, literally: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSEARCA:XIV&sa=X&ei=uZpeUvWlF6rwyAG9yIGADQ&ved=0CC4Q2AEwAA...
by living_stradivarius
Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:36 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: The First Amendment is still controversial
Replies: 3
Views: 1836

Re: The First Amendment is still controversial

Well I am a devout not-having-graduation-on-any-day-ist. Please cancel graduation altogether for folks like me.
by living_stradivarius
Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:54 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Countdown to disaster?
Replies: 37
Views: 9223

Re: Countdown to disaster?

"We fought the good fight; we just didn't win," Boehner told a radio station in his home state of Ohio in reference to GOP efforts to dismantle or defund President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms iow: "we tried" and raised a tantrum instead of doing what we finally wound up doing from t...
by living_stradivarius
Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Countdown to disaster?
Replies: 37
Views: 9223

Re: Countdown to disaster?

The Dow is up nearly 200 points. A few more brinks of disaster like this and I can retire early. :roll: If you went all-in on this inverse volatility index etn yesterday at around $24, then yeah, literally: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSEARCA:XIV&sa=X&ei=uZpeUvWlF6rwyAG9yIGADQ&ved=0CC4Q2AEwAA
by living_stradivarius
Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:53 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Countdown to disaster?
Replies: 37
Views: 9223

Re: Countdown to disaster?

I don't foresee a disaster. House will pass whatever nonsense they want and the Senate will strip the silliness out. Crazy House GOPers get to tell their constituents that they "tried".
by living_stradivarius
Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:14 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Does anyone here use Yahoo Mail?
Replies: 8
Views: 5678

Re: Does anyone here use Yahoo Mail?

Gmail is better.
by living_stradivarius
Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:13 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: The daily routines of history's most creative minds
Replies: 0
Views: 1425

The daily routines of history's most creative minds

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/05/daily-rituals-creative-minds-mason-currey Benjamin Franklin spent his mornings naked. Patricia Highsmith ate only bacon and eggs. Marcel Proust breakfasted on opium and croissants. The path to greatness is paved with a thousand tiny rituals (and a fair ...
by living_stradivarius
Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:40 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Innovators and entrepreneurs of the past and present
Replies: 0
Views: 989

Innovators and entrepreneurs of the past and present

"In high school, Jeff worked one summer at a McDonald's restaurant. But he was not content flipping hamburgers and cooking french fries. So the next summer, he started his first businesses. In partnership with Ursula Werner, his girlfriend at the time, he started a summer camp for fourth, fifth, and...
by living_stradivarius
Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:26 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Its Texas Textbook Selection Follies Season Once Again!
Replies: 15
Views: 4783

Re: Its Texas Textbook Selection Follies Season Once Again!

People like these should be forbidden from using technology or any scientific application whatsoever. Period.
by living_stradivarius
Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:33 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Ray Dolby R.I.P.
Replies: 2
Views: 1800

Re: Ray Dolby R.I.P.

Englebart and Dolby within a few months of each other. Sign of the times.
by living_stradivarius
Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:15 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: IRS phone scam
Replies: 3
Views: 4087

Re: IRS phone scam

Not necessarily: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-716-206-3218/3 This number is the IRS office in Buffalo. The number they ask you to call back is 800-829-7650. This is a legitimate department at the IRS see http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Federal-Payment-Levy-Program. It's actually the department th...
by living_stradivarius
Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:51 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Massacre in Egypt
Replies: 35
Views: 5135

Re: Massacre in Egypt

Religion sucks. End of story.
by living_stradivarius
Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:17 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: To J. Buck and all
Replies: 2
Views: 983

Re: To J. Buck and all

kids these days :roll: :|
by living_stradivarius
Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:34 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Now, if we could just get him to love Darwin...
Replies: 7
Views: 3007

Re: Now, if we could just get him to love Darwin...

david johnson wrote:the problem isn't Darwin...it's the folks who misuse what he says...just like religious nuts who misuse the Lord's messages.
Oh you mean like when he says to burn a house down because it has demons in it? :twisted:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/3 ... 82331.html
by living_stradivarius
Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: Reflections on the Snowden Case
Replies: 20
Views: 3791

Re: Reflections on the Snowden Case

You realize this is mostly because of oil, don't you? ;)

Solve the energy problem, and everything else can more easily fall into place.
by living_stradivarius
Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:53 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: James Gandolfini, R.I.P.
Replies: 9
Views: 2720

Re: James Gandolfini, R.I.P.

jbuck919 wrote:
living_stradivarius wrote:Most definitely related to his eating and exercise habits.
Thank you, Dr. Henry. :roll:
Sure thing
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dead ... BOH7fYlaCN
by living_stradivarius
Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:53 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: James Gandolfini, R.I.P.
Replies: 9
Views: 2720

Re: James Gandolfini, R.I.P.

Most definitely related to his eating and exercise habits.
by living_stradivarius
Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:04 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: So Now Even The New York Times .........
Replies: 40
Views: 5722

Re: So Now Even The New York Times .........

Case in point:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... story.html

Not to mention the NASA loophole exploited by the Chinese.
by living_stradivarius
Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: Corner Pub
Topic: So Now Even The New York Times .........
Replies: 40
Views: 5722

Re: So Now Even The New York Times .........

If the Chinese infringe on a patent for which you can prove priority (precisely through your e-mail records, in addition to other evidence), then you can pursue a case against them, and lots of luck, but the US government is not likely to be cite-able or plausible as a co-defendant. China sucks, an...