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Very funny stuff, really. I gotta grin everytime I read you all's stuff.. very creative..

I am glad I brought the question to the table, all very good answers the think tank has put foward. Regards to you all.. michael

All fine reply's, I like the skirt chaser ministry, that is funny !!

He fulfilled his job as a profit by bringing the great story humptey-dumptey to pass.

copenhagen

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I agree. It was like I remember Vic saying, that a prophet was a difficult man to be around. And everything I remember about LCM was difficult and the other choices did not feel like they fit. And last, my memory is blank on anything he propheted about about. Anyway, I will be able to sleep tonight without really knowing.

I am a bit confused as to what LCM was ordained as, was he like supposed to have the gift ministry of a prophet? I know he has been stripped of all that, some form of ex-communication. But, if he was a prophet, wouldn't stripping him of his ministry be a watered down version? Wouldn't, if he were a prophet, wouldn't it be more correctly false prophet? Inquirying minds want to know, cause I got no clue and was wondering....michael

I am laughing...ha, ha. LCM, home depot, uniform, little note book, ha

Folks, I know there a some on here who have critized John and Momentus and so on. And that is fine. John and his wife do need prayer right now. Quite frankly, I have never met, in person, John Lynn. From time to time I have talked with him and corresponded with him. I don't think its too hard to give him credit for being one of the first to stand up to TWI on the adultery issue. To me, he struggles with daily living just like you and I. Do, please offer prayer up for John and Elizabeth.

thanks, regards, michael

WOW! thanks guys.

It's really a question of what you want to spend. And by spending, that combination of time or money. There are plenty of places to put data nowdays, up on the internet. And lots of ways to put data on a disc or a stick. There are USB hard drives that are going down in price, an alternative to a USB stick. If you have a DVD player on your PC and it is Double Layer, you can get around 8 gigs per disc on that (DL discs are what a buck or a buck and a half a disc). If you are going to blu-ray on your computer, you can put a lot of data on a blu-ray disc, you would need a blu-ray burner, I don't know the exact capacity of Blu-ray discs, but am thinking like 25gig. If you have really critical stuff, then you go to a Raid array. Like cman, I believe has mentioned, an extra drive is always a good idea, I bought a 1T drive (1,000gig) for like 129 or so a few weeks ago. What I would also look into is imaging software, it does a bit by bit copy of a drive, sort of the same idea as those discs you get when you buy a pc, "recovery discs"...here you are taking a snapshot of the whole drive with all your stuff, plenty of this type of software out there...many drives, like in buying a new backup drive have the software included with a new drive...regrds..michael

The Clinton's cat, put to sleep.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/socks.obit/index.html

Pretty slick waysider, that was really, really good. Obviously written by a man(or plural), otherwise the shaver attachment would have probably been another common device found in the boudoir. I sent this to my ex-wife, she just got an I-phone, ha, ha !!

see if the smplayer will work on w7

it plays .mkv files

http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/

Thanks CMAN, thanks a lot. Yes I installed smplayer and the additional codecs, it comes right up with no problems: .x264.mkv files. I still have to replace my audio card, from a pci to a pci-express...it looks like on that I need to spend 149.00, that gets me up to 92khz, maybe I will go up to 169.00 or 179.00 and pop it up to 192khz (the native bluray sampling rate), I got to look at my budget....but hey, thanks for the advice, looks great, feels like it is running smoother than on vista 32 bit. I may pass this on to the forum on microsoft....kmplayer just didn't do it...regards, michael

Well, its installed. The journey began with buying a 1T hard drive. I used ImgBurn to basically just burn the .ISO from Microsoft. Install was flawless, maybe taking, 15 minutes. I have like a duo core 2.66gigahertz...whatever. So, I got back a bit of memory, instead of the limitations of 32bit Vista, not being able to use all 4gig of memory, the 64 bit version can use it, but it sort of reserves around 800meg of memory, for its own use, basically it looks like the idea of rather than paging code not needed, on disc, Windows 7, kinda of borrows and reserves some physical memory. I may find out how to adjust that memory reserve.

But things work pretty fast. And the interface, what I see feels solid, substantial. The downside, so far, is another upgrade on my sound card, I have a PCI card. So, its back to Computer Depot or somewhere for a PCI express card. The 64 bit driver for Vista works fine on the video side, I have a cheap ATI, no problems. So, for high end graphics, it looks like I need to wait a bit, microsofts media player doesn't do .mkv files and there isn't a player out there like kmplayer or vlc player that is ready...but I will be looking.

Michael Chudzinski here. Basically a list and possibly a discussion, if need be about "things about computers you may have thought about, or wondered about". Some tips from my years of experience in personal computing, the PC world (not the mac world). General things, with specifics elaborated, that come into my mind, and additions, if I can continue to edit the post, when I realize "oh, I should add that, too". The information posted here, does overlap, so in reading the post, a concept or idea may apply in more than one item, but be discussed in only one item.

1) When you buy a graphics card, what you are paying for, is a combination of speed, amount of memory on the card, and the manufacturer. The most important thing of the three, is speed, secondly the amount of memory. And third, what "upward compatibility" the manufacturer is committed to.

Explained: You look at a graphics card from the standpoint of how much work the card is going to do for you, that is, what do I need this card to do, is it play video games, do High Definition movies, and so on. Once you have determined speed, then you think about how many more dollars you are willing to spend on having a card with a higher memory density, that is more memory on the card. Third, you think about the manufacturer. In other words, you think, ok, Microsoft is in the business of selling upgrades, does the manufacturer have a real commitment to keeping the software that runs the card up to date with what Microsoft brings to the market.

2) A computer is a vast array of integrated and discrete devices. What you pay for is the technology and secondly "the extras". A price of a computer is more of less determined by how close to the "state of the art the computer" is. Secondly, the stuff that come with it, for instance a 500 gig drive, compared to a 750 gig drive.

Explained: Computers are a compromise. Computers, in a way, are no different than cars in a way. When you look at a car in the show room, what is just about the first thing you see? Its a sticker that says "25mph da, da" "32mph highway". With a computer, you do not see this sticker,

if you are following me. The concept (i.e. the analog of car MPG to computers) is called "throughput". This concept, is the idea that a computer, having all these tiny, tiny devices on it, is a machine, a machine that has a weakest link. A computer is a chain of devices, with a weakest link. Trust me when I say, I would have to spend an inordinate amount of time in my own purchases to find the weakest link of a PC, but it is there. But I regress...anyway, throughput is the objective measure of how fast things get done on the computer with all things considered, the strongest link down to the weakest link of this chain of devices we call a computer. Computers are priced at a premium for state of the art and the price goes down from there. The sweet spot, so to speak of computers for price, is, in my opinion, a bit above the middle, above older technology, below the state of the art technology. Secondly, price is determined by the extras, more memory, a larger hard drive, and I am referring to these extras in the general sense, not the sense that you can pay more money for an upgrade on a particular model, I am saying in comparing one pc to another pc, even if the pc you are comparing is one of a line of pc's any given manufacturer offers. You weigh the value of the extras in comparing one pc to another pc, second to how close a pc is to the state of the art from the choices available.

3) Upgrades are nice, but every computer is manufactured with limited upgradability.

Explained: Obviously a computer that comes onto the market is only upgrade-able for a limited amount of time. New technologies come out, new standards are developed. I am merely saying that part of the price of the computer is based on how upgrade-able a PC is. A lower priced PC, for the most part, has more limitations on its ability to be upgraded, than a higher priced PC is. Its that idea that we live in a "disposable world", the world in which we live is oriented more to the short term, than the long term.

Enough for now..regards..michael

This is just a silly comparrison.

I was wondering if any of you might agree with me to some extent...

Do you see some resemblance between these?

The new JQ Adams presidential dollar coin

AND

The Creature from the Black Lagoon

I do....

Spec

I did notice that when they are both enlarged and position myself in different places on the couch that the eyes of both the Creature and JQ seem to still be looking right at me. Kinda spooky..

Never choke in a restaurant in the South

Two hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot of whiskey, they talk about their moonshine operation.

Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. And, after a minute or so, it becomes apparent

that she is in real distress.

One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, 'Kin ya swallar?'

The woman shakes her head no.

Then he asks, 'Kin ya breathe?' The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head no.

The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick

with his tongue. The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth. As she begins to breathe again, the Hillbilly walks slowly back to the bar.

His partner says, 'Ya know, I'd heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but I ain't niver seen nobody do it!'

Skyrider, some of my best friends are hillbillys. Although in many situations, they are culturally challenged, no one, but no one, can take possum road kill, harvested with a shovel, and create stew like a hillbilly...are we sympatico on this?

When I was around 20, a shock hit me, bigger than the death of JFK, I think you know what I am talking about, thats right, professional wrestling was fake, entertainment, the guy who wins is the one most popular...and now this.. Sumo wrestlers smoking pot. Where will it end?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_...mo_drug_scandal

It's not dead, it's just resting!

Yes, thanks Mstar, for the work involved. Some great finds, the one that surprised me most was the one with Pres. Kennedy. regards, michael

I have a pretty good salsa recipe, here it is from memory so there may be some things slightly off:

Ingredients:

8oz (about 4) of fresh tomatillo tomatoes

3 garlic cloves (I think they are called cloves, the little things you break off of garlic)

2 canned chipotle en adobo peppers (two peppers, not two cans)

salt

1/4 cup water

1) Cut the tomatillos in half and roast them and the garlic on a non-stick skillet, about four minutes then flip them over for about four more minutes on medium high heat.

2) Throw the roasted tomatillos and garlic into a blender, along with the two chipotle peppers and 1/4 cup of water, and blend it into a puree.

3) Put it into a container, mix in salt to taste. If it's too thick, add more water.

This is sort of my standard salsa recipe for putting on steak. It's not really designed for chips as it is more like a hot sauce than a chunky pico de gallo type salsa. It is spicy, but really delicious and has a great tangy, smoky flavor.

Now we are talking...chipotles, yummy, and roasted tomatillos, I am there... I may in turn in the future put up a real Jamaican "jerk" recipe, for pork, chicken...an oh so, taste o the islands....

May I suggest when you do, a double death set would be a sure collectors item. The death of Superman and 12/3/09 the death of Obama-man's cabinet and stimulus bill together in one set.

If I am hearing you right, this would be a death and crash and burn set...

Chance--Man On A Mission

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Great tune...but the guy/dude with the moo stash is not taking my daughter to the prom, if I had a daughter..

I do a lot of work for that company (J. Wippell of Exeter England)...Not in the vestments but in stained glass. I know the designer-- each one is designed specific for each individual clergy or specific event and handmade--They're not for me but the craftsmanship is amazing--hand embroidery and all that type stuff---some of them are incredibly pagan looking and straight out of Harry Potter or some wizard dream.

Its not for me--(Im not a church guy) -but I think it looks better than the plain drab robes of years past.

If anyone wants one or one of those big old funky hats I can probably get you a discount

I will say this, the color coordination hits the mark. I think "Waynes World" would say the look is: holy, but I know how to party.

No, the tavern of note in the "U" district is the "Blue Moon". The Central - as the name would suggest - is in the center of downtown Seattle (or what WAS the center of town cir. 1890 or so). Basically it's right in Pioneer Square, just off the corner of 1st Ave. and Yesler St. ...

Ya, I think I know which one you are talking about. And the Blue Moon, too. Have you been to the one I mentioned earlier at Pike Street market...I am thinking that brew was Alaska Amber..maybe not..but maybe..

Thanks Paw.

Right now you can buy it at Borders books for 3.95 ,I just think it is cool to collect.

I probably will do that, Waterloo has a borders. But I am buying at least 8 copies to go along with my 8 copies of "The Death of Superman", I am thinking that in another decade or two they might be worth double what I paid for them.

Oakspear, there is an acronym that is relevant in this situation:

YHBT

In other words, You Have Been Trolled. WhiteDove is just trying to p*ss on any post concerning anything to do with Obama. Of course she is being ridiculous, and I'm sure she knows it. I also know she's not generally a troll, but is acting like one now. The best course of action is to just ignore posts like that, and maybe she will stop making ridiculous posts like that.

Sounds like the "a cube has six sides" argument has gone on, Mister P-Mosh, I concur with you.

Someone please troll me. I promise to encourage you and if you don't mind, please encourage my ramblings in return. Thats the American Way. Marvel Comics does print quality reading material and this recent publication with our new president, Barak Obama, is proof of that.