Seems like it was not that long ago that they were denying global warming existed and claiming that conquering oil was the way to go. - Clare Dibble
Not that long ago? I wasn't aware that the Republican party was accepting AGW yet; certainly "drill here, drill now" isn't going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, though it presumably might slow the growth of oil imports. - Jim Norris
I saw talk of green jobs, "clean" coal, and alternative fuel sources including hydrogen. Just because I am not convinced that any of those are actually green doesn't mean I don't think it is interesting that for one of the first times I can remember, the republicans are paying lip service to the dems' platform and not the other way around. - Clare Dibble
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“McCain sort of reminds me of Hugh Hefner... a cute little old man surrounded by hot women who spends a lot of time looking confused.”
"And with this ruling, we're past the point of wondering whether Kilpatrick will talk his way out of the colossal jam that is paralyzing Detroit." - Clare Dibble via Bookmarklet
Former Hichcock resident Pete Ewinger. I don't think you knew him. He somehow had more computer/ video/ sound equipment than anyone else I knew at Case, and, predictably, is now an IT consultant. He also introduced me to the office space song, Damn it feels good to be a gangster. - Clare Dibble
I'm not sure what to make of it when a 40 year old homeless guy sounds sort of reasonable. - Clare Dibble via Bookmarklet
Yeah, he had me up until the truthers part. - Gabe Schaffer
I didn't say that it was all coherent, just that it must be pretty early in the morning if any of it sounds reasonable. Usually, these are the guys covered with tin foil and ranting about aliens. I'm starting to worry about my world view on the grounds that any part sounds reasonable alone. - Clare Dibble
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“Impressed by Hillary's speech... eager for Obama's on Thursday.”
Glad she didn't come off as bitter (to me). - Clare Dibble
I don't get this whole convention thing. Is there really a chance that somebody other than Obama could be nominated? Could any of these speeches really change anything? - Gabe Schaffer
I think it's like a party or something, and presumably everyone is supposed to set aside the disagreements and battles of the primary. - Paul Buchheit
OK, but why is it such big news? Are we learning anything, or is it just propoganda? - Gabe Schaffer
It used to be where the presidential nominee was actually nominated... back in the day when people used to go by horse to a distant place. Today, its less meaningful. But if there is a deadlocked convention it can be quite important. See West Wing, season 6, finale. :) - Justin Long
"Are we learning anything, or is it just propoganda?" Many mainstream channels seem to love it because it's a continued chance to talk about points that don't matter, like personality issues of politicians -- "How did he perform in his speech? What was the highlight of the day? Wasn't it cute how Obama's kids did?" I indulged myself in around 1 hour of CNN coverage yesterday and it was brilliantly avoiding anything that will matter to people. On the other hand, there is also the theoretical chance for speec - Philipp Lenssen
The media commentary is more like judging stars on the red carpet, but I'm pretty sure that the democrats get together behind the scenes and set their priorities for the next year(s). And party. - Clare Dibble
I was enjoying my m&m's for a midmorning snack and felt moved to share. It's true, the green ones make me happier than any other color. I'm so glad they started making dark m&ms because my chocolate standards are higher now than when I was a kid. - Clare Dibble
Turns out that using gallons per 100 miles give people a much better idea how much gas a car uses. People value improvements linearly, but MPG is an inverse measure. - Clare Dibble via Bookmarklet
I read a similar post recently about the harmonic mean. To answer the question, how many Priuses (60 MPG) does it take to make up for 1 range rover (10 mpg), Using the arithmetic mean, you get an average fuel consumption of 35 mpg, which is wrong. You have to use the harmonic mean. It takes 6 priuses to compensate for one Range Rover. So much of our effort should be placed on the low end of the mpg spectrum - http://www.nerdblog.com/2008/0... - Robert Felty
Also true of P/E ratio, which much more sense if phrased as E/P (or Earnings Yield). - Paul Haahr
The window shade. It has that ridge so that you can easily pull it up and down. Apparently yesterday is was about two inches above my left eye. - Clare Dibble
So how do those heirloom tomatoes taste? - Gabe Schaffer
The heirloom tomatoes were quite tasty. They didn't have that many seeds, and were quite fleshy, but not too hard, like many modern tomatoes. They weren't particularly sweet, and weren't too acidic either. The sweet 100s, as the name implies, are definitely the sweetest. The lemon boys are also low acid, and pretty fleshy. I had a big one on my sandwiches for dinner tonight. I am hoping to get enough ripe at the same time in the next week or two to make salsa. - Robert Felty
Yum. Those tomato photos look really good. - Daisy
Moroccan for dinner, Improv and D Bar desserts... what a great evening! Keegan did stop by our table and explain that the dessert strawberries 9 ways that one of our group was having actually had strawberries 10 ways, but since he did not make the strawberry malt balls crushed on top of the mousse, they didn't count ;) - Clare Dibble via Bookmarklet
BOOO! I keep thinking I'm over the hump, and I keep finding out that it has only just begun. According to this article, the spike in women leaving science is ages 35-44. - Clare Dibble via Bookmarklet
Maybe after success in science, they want to exercise their other talents. Like Sandy Lerner who co-founded Cisco, then after leaving Cisco, founded Urban Decay cosmetics. - Daisy
Daisy, that is a very good point. I can think of a lot of women who have many talents, and explore each in turn. But the disturbing part about the article is that they suggest that it is at the point that they could step up to direct their own research that they bow out. - Clare Dibble
we tasted all sorts of stuff, let these little pills dissolve in our mouth, then tasted it again. But something about the altering of your senses made it feel more like a bonding experience than a normal party with food. - Clare Dibble
must be a girls only thing :) a bunch of guys might sit around and try beers similarly - Tad - just Tad
Hey...it's not just guys who would try beers. I've done that before. Many times. - JMS
Yeah - not a great analogy. I just can't see too many guys volunteering to do a fruit party. ;) - Tad - just Tad
It does sort of have some bad connotations for "macho" men. LOL - JMS
Were there any mang- ... (I won't say it, I won't say it). - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
Actually, it was mostly guys. There is a macho element to trying lemon juice mixed with bitter chocolate and doing shots of vinegar. We actually used the dissolving pills, as the fruit looses it's potency during shipping. - Clare Dibble
“Today my friendfeed contains both disscusions of the average quality of Lobster ravioli at different location and condemnations of fat Ohioians who live on ~$700/month from the government. Depressing.”
nice.... laughing cuz mine has the Lobster one!! - Susan Beebe
I guess they're not living on lobster ravioli? - Jim Norris
What's really depressing is that the subsidized housing complex described is in Fostoria. It makes me think of the Lucinda Williams song about getting away from a bad boyfriend "I'd change the tracks underneath the train, I'd change the name of this town" . . .except it's like Ohio said "we know you already are disabled and on welfare but we've decided to name a town to remind you that you are basically a ward of the state, like dogs in the pound, just in case you find something to be happy about or get healthy enough to think about leaving" - Sarah Miller
I'd be surprised if more then 25% of the people from my home town (it's in Indiana, but not unlike the featured town in Ohio) had every tried lobster, much less had it in ravioli. - Clare Dibble
Considering how far inland Ohio and Indiana are, it's expected that most people in those states have never had lobster. I'd be surprised if more than 25% of the people discussing lobster had ever had Skyline Chili, just because they're so far away from it. - Gabe Schaffer
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“I can totally understand how playing the Joker in The Dark Knight could help someone close to the edge prefer to die a hero than live to become a villan.”
"Every state has what’s known as an "escheatment" or unclaimed property law, which requires businesses to hand over abandoned financial assets, including safe deposit boxes, savings accounts, stocks, and un-cashed payroll checks, to the government. The property qualifies as abandoned after a pre-specified period, which varies by state, of inactivity." - Clare Dibble via Bookmarklet
