The Freedom Ride

Don Sensing is putting the pedal to the metal and the terrorists on the run.

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[Jack is Back!]

At one time in Nevada (and I think parts of Wyoming) there was no posted speed limits on major highways. You could literally fly down the road. But then the odds were that you were also the only one on the road except the snakes and armadillos.

[Reasonable and prudent. Yes, it was.]

One hundred plus with a fourteen year old, in Montana.
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[Reasonable and prudent? No, it wasn't. It wasn't Montana either.]

I was once sailing along quite peacefully and alone about 90mph and suddenly a yaller Corvette passed me like lightning. It was over the horizon before my four hooved quarter horse got to a steady 120 which she held for the next half hour. Every time we appeared in the Corvette's RVM it bolted from 110 to 140 and over the hill again. I was quite confident PoPo would arrive neither fore nor aft.
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[Almost as fun as bragging with West Texas truckers.]

Drafting West Texas.
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[Danube of Thought]

Until a few years ago Montana had no posted limit, although you were limited to "reasonable" speed. I drove up there from L.A in the fire-engine-red 12-cylinder Jaguar convertible and blew those yokels away. God I loved that machine.

[glasater]

DOT-
Was that the model one had to double clutch to shift?

[Danube of Thought]

Nah--sorry to sayni had auto transmission.

Watch this: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=f8Vo8iGLMwk

[Manuel Transmission]

I was appalled at getting a ticket in Montana for 96mph, in a 4-Trotter, no less. The county mountie was not amused. Must be all those Californicators that moved up there.

[Ignatz]

--DOT-
Was that the model one had to double clutch to shift?--

No, that would be the XK 120-150 and the 3.8 E-Types which had no synchro on first. The old Moss box was rumored to have started life as a tractor transmission.
Nearly got tennis elbow shifting my old 3.8 E.
They went to all synchros in late '64 with the 4.2 E-Type.

[Sue]

You need an interpreter in here. XK 120-150, synchro on first, Moss box (tractor transmission I get), 4.2 E-type.

[peter]

Chevy volt wouldn't even make it across one county in Montana

[Danube of Thought]

Here is a better link to the URL I posted above. It's a clip called Rendezvous, and at this link you can see it to the conclusion (the final seconds got cut off on the other one).

Here's the Wiki story on the 1976 filming. The son of a bitch should have gone to prison.

[Ignatz]

--The son of a bitch should have gone to prison.--

Yeah, but it made a great movie, DoT. Have the DVD.
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Sue, XK 120-150 were the Jaguar sports cars of the fifties.
Moss box was the primitive British transmission Jag used along with primitive Lucas (AKA the prince of darkness) electricals.
3.8 was the number of liters in Jag's sports car engines of the 60's, later increased to 4.2 liters, in the E Type; "greatest crumpet collector known to man" as Road and Track's Henry Manny dubbed it.

[glasater]

Ignatz-
That bottom photo is about the vintage my brother in law--whose family was in the car biz--got in a trade somehow and let my older sister drive for a time. I got to tag along on some adventures and did try to drive it although I wasn't legal to drive at the time and just learning to drive a stick.
My only claim to fame is a family friend had a Ferrari he wanted ferried down to La Jolla from WA state. I got to drive it all the way down 'cause the person with me couldn't get the gear out of third:-)
I've never driven a more magnificent machine in my life and most likely never will again.
Drove down through Nevada where I got to put it through it's paces on some of the straight stretches.
I think that Ferrari was a similar one used in DOT's video. At least it sure sounded like it.

[Ignatz]

glasater,
That e type is even the same color mine was. Finally sold it because of that gawdhelpus of a transmission and because the early ones had bucket seats evidently designed by Fu Man Chu or Torquemada.

Apparently it was actually an automatic Mercedes with a Ferrai 275 GTB sound track dubbed over it in Rendezvous.
Those GTB's are now around $1,000,000 per pop these days. Could get them for $50-75,000 twenty five years ago. My favorite road Ferrari; too bad I never had the brains to buy one when mere mortals could afford them.

[Ignatz]

275 GTB

[sbw]

Once rode in a 1960 Morgan... A 2-seat British sports convertible built on an oak frame. Speed was not an option.

[Extraneus]

I checked out one of those S60s a few weeks ago. Very nice. 330hp AWD. Waiting for the price to come down a little.

[jwest]

DoT,

If you made it all the way from LA to Montana in a XJ12, you’re a lot luckier than me.

My wife bought one for me as a birthday present years ago. I couldn’t make it across town without an electrical problem or the injectors screwing up. But I’ll bet it would have been fast if it could have kept running long enough.

[Jane]

Lileks talks about the cruise - complete with a slide show

[Gmax]

If you made it all the way from LA to Montana in a XJ12,

I am sure he was carrying a mechanic. Until Ford got a hold of Jaguar they were known for great interiors, and cars in the shop. Burled wood does not look as great from the distance of repair shop waiting room.

[Moonlight over Sacajawea's pass was magnificent. Missed Lolo alas.]

I've had the pleasure of 8 or 10 marvelous highway dances over the years, the first with truckers at night on a slick Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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[glasater]

It was a Ferrari Mondial--finally remembered the model name. And looked exactly like the one at the link.

Kim--
Sorry you missed Lolo pass which is magnificent in the Fall. Winter--no:-)

[matt]

I'll never forget my next door neighbor's XKE coupe going up in flames as I drove up one Saturday afternoon. The local kids were in awe of the firetrucks and flames and smoke and mess.The neighbor was a software engineer, so no wonder.

He was a home mechanic, and had dared to undertake to "improve" the Lucas electrical system. The gremlins sneered at him, however, and repaid him accordingly. Since this pointed demonstration (note the root word "demon"), I have favored American and German hardware.

It can not be proven that I have driven over 165mph on an interstate straightaway in a very high performance street legal race car, nor that I once traversed the continent from the GW bridge to Dana Point in 55 hours with a look of manic glee on my face most of the way, and I shall deny any knowledge of such events if questioned by law enforcement.

Any resemblance to individuals living or dead is entirely coincidental.

[Danube of Thought]

I never had a single problem with the XJS, although I recognize that I am the unusual exception.

I had a lovely little Austin-Healey 3000 for a few years, and had enough problems with it to make up for my luck with the Jag. And the Lucas Prince of Darkness caused about half of them.

[Danube of Thought]

Seen this, Jane?

WASHINGTON — Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-sanctioned security details. New heightened security procedures by the Transportation Security Administration, which require either a scan by a full-body detector or an intimate personal pat-down, have spurred passenger outrage in the lead-up to the Thanksgiving holiday airport crush.

[centralcal]

Jane: So, I gather from reading Lileks (via your link) that he has replaced Mark Steyn at NRO. I like Lileks, but I sure miss reading Steyn.

[Gmax]

Silicon Valley’s latest, greatest hopes — clean tech and green tech — also seem to be failing despite big investments from the likes of John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Vinod Khosla, a former Kleiner partner.

“It is not clear anyone will make money on their green-tech investing. It looks like it was a bubble,” Mr. Parker said.

Mr. Parker is exhibited the behavior of many victims of a scam, he is avoiding acknowledging he was had!

[Jane]

Oh I think Steyn will be back CC.

DOT, the whole thing fries my ass.

[glasater]

This is the most fun car we ever owned:

Mitsubishi 3000GT 1991 model year or therebouts.

[Threadkiller]

Why do the British drink warm beer?
Because Lucas makes their refrigerators.

If Lucas made guns, wars would not start.

[hit and run]

matt:
(note the root word "demon")

Lucasferian

[And never miss Thermopolis.]

Cannonball Matt. Yeah, g, we've commonly stopped at Lolo.
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[jwest]

DoT,
An Austin-Healey is one I haven’t tried, so it makes sense that it would be a good car.

My love/hate relationship with British automotive genius started with a Spitfire (blew the engine), moved on to a MGB GT (electrical problems) and then a Triumph Stag, (all of the above).

The (used) Jag was a birthday gag gift which my wife bought after we saw a Dudley Moore comedy about an advertising executive who made “truthful” ads. In the movie, the tag line for the car was “Jaguar - For Men Who Like Handjobs From Beautiful Women”.

She thought it was hilarious.

[Jack is Back!]

DoT and Matt,

This one is for you. Don't know if you saw it but it seems to be a blog out of Coronado. Picked it up over at Insty. Well done and damn interesting. The first briefing officer is a 4 striper and doesn't look over 35, or are my eyes going on me? LUN

[Janet]

This was my first car. It also didn't run well. :(

That is all it had in common with a Jaguar.

[Stephanie]

Horrid TSA story, but the gallows humor got me...

Hopefully, he was thoroughly searched and patted down before being allowed to board the helicopter airlift.

The obvious question:

Is watching naked folks on the scanner all day at work causing TSA agents to suffer from the same problems as people who watch too much porn?

LUN

[Danube of Thought]

Thanks so much, JiB. That little thing comes out about once a week and I love it. I think of it as an e-newsletter.

And i can't tell the Rear Admirals from the Ensigns anymore without looking at the insignia--they're all kids.

[Danube of Thought]

How are you folks posting pictures?

[boris]

It's pretty much like a hyperlink but the picture has to be at a url location, like photobucket.

You uplodad a pic to photobucket and they provide a link you can embed here.

[Danube of Thought]

Thanks Boris--now I gotta figure out Photobuckrt.

[hit and run]

I what must be cheerful news for those involved,Fair Game is in http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/2010/20101119.php>the Top 10 grossing movies this weekend.

Congratulations!

Top 10 is awesome. Fair Game is right behind the blockbuster: http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2010/FCGRL.php>For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf

Actually, Fair Game and Colored Girls were released on the same day -- and Colored Girls has grossed just short of 10x the money Fair Game has.

Another week and Fair Game will reach the lofty sum of $4M in gross revenues. Haven't confirmed but I have seen figures saying that Fair Game cost $22M to produce.

Joe's sad and Val's confused.

http://www.morethings.com/pictures/valerie_plame/joe-wilson_-valerie-plame.jpg>

Buck up,you're in the Top 10!

And hey,Val's a http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-plame-wilson/arms-treaty-must-not-be-d_b_787586.html>HuffPo blogger! (warning,actual Huffpo link),so she's got that going for her.

[Manuel Transmission]

Anyone know whether there is a way to link from a local drive? I am deathly afraid of any external PB/FB type of affiliation.

[Janet]

Any pictures I post are from google images DoT....so that wasn't my exact car (although the year & color are the same).

To post a google image -
*pick the image you want (needs to be around 500 x 500 or less to fit or it gets cut off)
*paste the address in the comment box here
*put at the end of the address
*type in a comment (I don't know why, but it needs words too)
*hit preview...admire work...hit post

[hit and run]

ManTran:
Anyone know whether there is a way to link from a local drive? I am deathly afraid of any external PB/FB type of affiliation.

No. It has to have a url. That's why using photobucket or something similar is necessary.

If you would rather...you can email it to me and I can upload it.

Daddy's done that a couple times for his volcano pics and the brown bear pic a couple weeks ago...

[Extraneus]

<img src="url of your pic"/>

If you see a pic at a site you like, you can right click to get the name, but then you have to go into the page html (Ctrl-U in Firefox) and find the filename, then figure out if it's on their site or elsewhere to determine the url. Not really hard, but it takes a few steps.) Photobucket or picture urls are easy, since the url is easy to figure out.

Right-clicking on the Drudge main pic right now shows the filename is r1887963329.jpg. Going into the page source and searching for this, the following url is determined:

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20101123/i/r1887963329.jpg?x=400&y=230&q=85&sig=CRVxPL0xCb.5FZrFBST50A--

Putting this into the markup I posted on above:

One final thing. Sometimes in the page source, the url looks like this

/a/p/rids/20101123/i/r1887963329.jpg?x=400&y=230&q=85&sig=CRVxPL0xCb.5FZrFBST50A--

If so, tack the "http://thewebsite.com" onto the beginning, since this is an url that's relative to the website's home page.

[Janet]

Great question Manuel Transmission...I always wondered that too.

Oh my 7:06 post isn't right!!!??? It won't post the instructions???? That is weird.

[Porchlight]

Oh, Janet! In high school I was absolutely head over heels with a cool guy who drove a beige Rabbit. How I loved that car - I would look for it all over town. Years later I ended up dating him but the car was long gone by then, so I never did get to ride in it. ;)

[Janet]

Extraneus - I learned how to do it from you teaching Matt on a thread long ago. I printed the thread & would use that as my instructions. You are a great posting tips teacher. Thanks...

[Extraneus]

Well it's the least I can do for all you do, Janet. (Hint, hint.)

I should be more clear if that's being saved, though. Right clicking on a pic, you have to choose Save Image As... to find the pic's filename. (No need to save anything. This is just to find the name.) Then in the page source, you search on that filename to find the url.

[Janet]

Oh, Janet! In high school I was absolutely head over heels with a cool guy who drove a beige Rabbit.

That was my car in my Austin days. It was terrible to own a car that broke all the time when I was poor. I learned how important an alternator was. ....mine kept falling out.

[Janet]

Ohhhhh!!! I'm a terrible guesser, so I don't try. Very cool...what an honor. I love your posts.

[centralcal]

Regarding posting photos in comments - if I copy a picture into photobucket is there an easy way to insert it into comments? For instance, I notice Firefox has some sort of picture tool on its text toolbar.

[hit and run]

In Google Chrome you right click then select "Copy Image URL".

In Internet Explorer right click then select "Properties", then copy the Address (URL) in the dialog box that pops up

In Firefox right click then select "Copy Image Location"

...without having to go into the page source.

[Porchlight]

Ext,

In IE I just right click on the photo and choose Properties. That gives you a little window that displays the URL of the pic which you can then copy using ctrl-C. Then hit OK on the little window and paste the URL into the img src tag.

In Google Chrome it's right click on photo, then select "Copy Image URL" - then you can paste directly, no copying needed.

Can't help with Macs though...

[Porchlight]

OMG, I am such a dork. Forgot to hit refresh...again.

[Extraneus]

Really?

Ha!

Thanks!

[Danube of Thought]

This is a test.

[Danube of Thought]

Un-oh. It worked. I promise to use it sparingly.

[centralcal]

Testing . . .

just for kicks and giggles.

[hit and run]

centralcal:
Regarding posting photos in comments - if I copy a picture into photobucket is there an easy way to insert it into comments?

Yes. When on an image page in photobuckrt (h/t DoT), there is a section over on the right labeled "Share this photo". Click in the box for html code and copy the text.

Paste it right here in the comments box with your text and voila!

Click on that image -- and it will take you to the photobuckrt page -- look for the Share this photo and try it for yourself.

(I swear,I just went to Ann's photobucket and clicked on the first image there. I would never have specifically gone there looking for Megyn. Not me. No way. And no way am I suggesting that people try and practice their new found photo posting skill just because it would put that Megyn pic up repeatedly on this thread. Not me. No way.)

[centralcal]

Is there any way to easily resize a picture you want to insert?

[Porchlight]

Janet,

Nothing more frustrating than having to continually dump money into a junky car b/c you have no other alternative. I'm driving only the second "nice" car of my lifetime - all the others have been money pits.

[Ann]

I am so sad. I'm not needed here anymore. :(

[JM Hanes]

Man Tran:

"Anyone know whether there is a way to link from a local drive? I am deathly afraid of any external PB/FB type of affiliation."

I would worry a whole lot more about linking to something on a local drive at home!

Photobucket is pretty straightforward. You could probably fill in pretty much whatever you wanted for name, gender, birthdate, and zip (not viewable to the public). They don't ask you for an actual address/phone number etc., and you can use your "privacy settings" to prohibit folks from doing anything on your page, or becoming a follower etc. It doesn't link you to Facebook/Twitter etc. unless you enable the connections.

I just use it for posting pix here because it's so simple when you get the hang of it, and I think it's about as close as you can get to a standalone option.

[Extraneus]

Well I shouldn't comment after that, but in a real web page you add width="200" height="400" or whatever w and h you want in that img tag and it works. I've never been able to get it to do anything here.

Hit? Porch? Ann? Buehler? What am I doing wrong?

(Weren't you the first one to discover this, Ann?)

[hit and run]

Is there any way to easily resize a picture you want to insert?

You would need to save the image from whatever website you found it -- resize it in a photo editor (even MS Paint is sufficient if all you want to do is resize) and then upload to a photobuckrt or flickr.

400 pixels wide is the max. But I often use 500 pixel-wide photos when I don't care if a portion gets cut off on the right.

But listen,it's early. The Queen of Photobukrting is Ann. She has it down to a science and should not only be leading this discussion -- she should be getting paid for it......

(OK I just refreshed the page and see Ann is here......my comment stands)

[Porchlight]

Nonsense, Ann! Just because folks know how to post photos, doesn't mean they know how to find the awesome photos you put up on a regular basis...

[hit and run]

Extraneus:
but in a real web page you add width="200" height="400" or whatever w and h you want in that img tag and it works.

I've never gotten that to work here....

[Danube of Thought]

I'm on Firefox and I used the method Hit prescribed. Easy as pie.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Anyone know whether there is a way to link from a local drive?

There is. It's called a "web server".

[glasater]

Here's one Hit missed:

[Ann]

LOL, O'Reilly just called bodyscanners "super naked machines."

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:) I only know how to post pictures with photobucket on a MAC. Photobucket lets you resize any picture you upload. Width should be 400.

[hit and run]

From Politico...testy much http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45525.html>future former Speaker's office?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will give up more than just the majority in the next Congress — she’ll be stripped of her right to use military aircraft.
...
"Wow, POLITICO. New low,” said Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill, adding, “this is not news to anyone.”

D. Hammill pulls off the double lutz...

[JM Hanes]

PB also lets you keep folks like hit from copying your pix if you don't want 'em to. :-)

The problem with posting photos directly from other websites is that it draws on their server's bandwidth (which they are paying for), I believe. It used to be tough on smaller sites, although maybe that's a thing of the past now that we've got big outfits like Blogspot etc. around. You don't have to worry about that at all though, when you actually upload a graphic to a site like Photobucket which is set up as a public server. You do have to have a photo on your home drive to upload, but there's no linkage after you've copied it to the web.

[Danube of Thought]

What's a "web server?"

[JM Hanes]

Ann! Ditto what Porchlight said!

[hit and run]

TSA http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/07/tsa_using_pizza_boxes_to_recru.html?ref=nf>using pizza boxes to recruit tomorrow's gropers:

http://media.bonnint.net/wtop/18/1887/188749.JPG>

Experience handling salami preferred

[Threadkiller]

Something you find at a spider bar.

[peter]

OT, a link at the LUN to my friend Jim O'Sullivan's blog wherein he has video of then Senator back bencher Obama promising that KSM would get a military trial.

[hit and run]

JMH:
The problem with posting photos directly from other websites is that it draws on their server's bandwidth

The bigger problem for me (because I really don't care about their bandwidth) is that posting photos directly from other websites makes you dependent on those photos remaining on those websites at that exact address. (this is admittedly more of a concern when posting on my blog than here in the comments,because a comment thread here is pretty transitory,while one's own blog post is ... semi-forever)

Yahoo,for example,is notorious for moving stuff around.

You don't have to worry about that at all though, when you actually upload a graphic to a site like Photobucket which is set up as a public server.

If you're really conscientious about the stuff -- pull the image from their site and link the image to the page you got it from. Don't just steal their image...drive traffic to their site.

Though it is fun to link to (in my case) flickr to watch the counter there as people click through to see the image full-sized.

Some of you people are really,really stingy with click-throughs.

[DrJ]

What's a "web server?"

I'm assuming you are serious. A web server is a computer (a "server") that is configured to deliver web pages from an incoming request. Usually the hardware emphasizes input/output speed and redundancy: lots of Ethernet connections or connections to the outside world, fast and usually redundant disk drives (RAID arrays), redundant power supplies and enough memory to keep it all going. Usually they are configured to run without a monitor, keyboard or mouse.

Usually they use specific software, such as Apache, to deliver the web pages. Often there is a database to keep track of various components if the site is complicated or if there is ordering involved.

That's how it is done right, but you can do this on your own computer to serve web pages inside you local domain. To reach farther out, you really should have a fixed Internet address, though you can get by with dynamic DNS uncomfortably. (DNS is Domain Name Service.)

It is not that hard to set up, actually, as long as you keep it simple.

[PD]

Oh, my:

Natural Gas: Worse Than Coal & Diesel in Greenhouse Emissions?

[Old Lurker]

We love it when you talk dirty DrJ...

[centralcal]

I just wanted to prove I could do it (in an emergency), Ann.

I don't want to sign up for photobucket or flikr - too danged lazy. However, when you are away for lengthy periods, as you were late this summer, I believe, and I find a really outrageous shot of FLOTUS, I might try posting it.

Besides, I am not as gifted at you at finding really "good" material and pithy snark to accompany it. ::big grin::

[Thomas Collins]

H&R stated:

"[A] comment thread here is pretty transitory."

No way, H&R. Two thousand years from now, fine thinkers will still be studying Plato and Aristotle, but they'll also be poring over JOM threads!

[hit and run]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/11/white-house-official-china-needs-to-do-more-us-south-korea-joint-military-exercises-possible-in-comi.html>Obama Admin,on North Korea:

One step you may not see that has happened in the past is “rushing into six party talks,” the official said, trying to get North Korea back at the table with other superpowers. “We see that as rewarding bad behavior.”

See,in the past we too aggressively rushed into six-party talks. That sustained multilateral diplomacy was too aggressive. And rushed. What we need now is a more nuanced,passive,less sustained effort to engage.

Which is (unexpectedly!) http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/253843/foreign-policy-always-looks-easier-outside>contra Obama of 2008:

The last eight years have demonstrated the necessity of confronting the threat from North Korea through aggressive, sustained, and direct bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. Too often, there has been a failure to effectively engage our partners throughout this effort. We must dramatically improve coordination with our allies Japan and South Korea, as well as with China and Russia

Everything sure was easier in the heady days of hope and change and no actual governing responsibility where one could carp from the campaign trail with no consequences for your shit for brains ideas.

Bush obviously didn't do enough in 2008 of the thing the Obama Regime is now saying he did too much of.

[hit and run]

TC:
No way, H&R. Two thousand years from now, fine thinkers will still be studying Plato and Aristotle, but they'll also be poring over JOM threads!

I won't argue with that. I was using transitory in a sense of utility now rather than reference in the future ... referring to the inability to comment on a thread past one week -- the limit after which typepad closes the thread and prevents further comments.

[DrJ]

OL,

LOL! FWIW I set up my internal lab server with to deliver an electronic lab notebook, a reference database manager, the employee manual, equipment manuals, and time sheets, expense reports and the like.

It has no outside connection, so I don't worry about security. Since it is not hammered, the hardware is pretty minimal (it cost me about $200), and all the software was free. I also had the benefit of free labor to set up parts of it (interns from the local JC).

[Thomas Collins]

I noticed that, H&R. There have been times I tried to post on an old thread and couldn't. I guess there is no seniors tour for old threads.

[Ann]

I have a question that I would like for you guys to help answer.

If our nominee for 2012 is between Romney or Palin, who would get your vote?

It appears that the republican establishment is lining up for (next in line) Romney. George and Barbara Bush just gave their approval on Larry King and Tammy Bruce thinks Rove is working for him.

[hit and run]

DrJ:
I also had the benefit of free labor to set up parts of it (interns from the local JC).

Some people may accuse you of running a sweatshop just to exploit cheap labor in service of minimizing your costs.

But I'm assuming the sweat is also used in researching proteins.

The persperiational trickle down effect.

[JM Hanes]

DoT:

In case you need a translation of DrJ's expert version: Everything you see on the internet, like JOM, for example, resides on computers somewhere which stay connected to the web 24/7. When you enter a URL, it essentially sends a request to the right computer, which "serves" up the website that you want. TM is basically renting space on the servers that belong to TypePad. He can use the software they provide to administer his site, but JOM stays on the "host" computer, so that we can fool around here, even when he himself is offline.

Big outfits like Photobucket usually have their own servers. They host people's pix for free and make their money on the advertisements they put on everybody's pages.

You could run your home computer as a server if you know how to set it up, although most folks don't need, or want, to go the DIY route.

[Janet]

Palin for me if it is between Romney & Palin.

[centralcal]

Ann, I would vote for almost anyone from our side (seriously conservative) who opposes OZero. That said, I would prefer Sarah over Romney.

I sadly have to say that, as of this moment (and things could change when push comes to shove), I absolutely would refuse to vote if my only choice was between Schmuckabee or OZero. Second verse, same as the First.

[DrJ]

hit,

Some people may accuse you of running a sweatshop just to exploit cheap labor in service of minimizing your costs.

That would largely be right, though I'd give it a different spin. There really is a role for internships and apprenticeships. The kids I have had working on the software really learned a great deal, and much more probably than they did in a formal class (they took the internship as a class for units).

People seem to think that it is OK to pay for classwork. Why not for valuable training?

[Jane]

If our nominee for 2012 is between Romney or Palin, who would get your vote?

The architect of Romenycare will never ever ever get my vote for anything. And we certainly don't want a competition between Romneycare and Obamacare.

That being said, Rassmussen thinks it will be neither (nor Huckabee or Gingrich)

[DrJ]

That being said, Rassmussen thinks it will be neither (nor Huckabee or Gingrich)

I do hope he is right.

[JM Hanes]

hit:

"the limit after which typepad closes the thread and prevents further comments."

That's something each individual blogger can specify. If you leave your archives open, you can suddenly discover that you're getting covered up in weird spam and links, or find folks using your old threads to do their own messaging. I can't image any blogger leaves comment notifications on for long, which means the cat's almost always away.

[narciso]

Palin, as if there was any doubt, then again I was for Guiliani and supported McCollum, so maybe I'm not the best judge of things. On a more serious note, remember what I said about
my uncle some weeks ago, he's going in for an operation tomorrow, unrelated to the events of that time, so just keep him in your thoughts,