Last night there was a riot in Detroit. I can think of no other word to describe what happened at the Pistons/Pacers game. Fans attacked athletes, athletes went into the stands after fans, security couldn't control the melee. It was a nightmare. I'm a sports fan. I root for the Pistons. I was overjoyed that the Pistons beat the Lakers for the Championship las
One of the early and insightful comments by ALobos that was perhaps overlooked was: It just seemed to me that Clinton had better ideas. Even the most ardent supporter of Mr. Kerry would be hard put to tell me a positive, central idea of Kerry's campaign that would make people vote for him. I me
One of the interesting, but often ignored, statistics is that healthcare administrative costs on the US are close to 30%. Unbelieveable? Check out this Blue Cross site for statistics: https://www.capbluecross.com/HIPAA/Administrative+Simplification/ Let me quote from their report: "An average of 26 cents of each health care dollar is spent on administrative overhead. The industry needs to become more efficient, and one way to do that
Hi, Keith. No, I hadn't but I am going to check it out.
I have been trying the new Desktop Search utility from Google. My first reaction is that it is good. Really, really good. The utility lets search for a topic from your email (Outlook or Outlook Express), AIM chat logs, Word Documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets and even web history. Easy to use, easy to configure. A very useful utility.
I don't think that Kerry was able to score a decisive victory in this debate. And I think that this was his best chance to do so. I am really concerned about the economy and I think many Americans share this concern. Unemployment, lack of growth and the deficit are real concerns. Kerry failed to offer a vision that was persuasive. Part of that was how he was coached and a bigger part was that he is simply not a charismatic speaker. In
Hi, Sally. Good topic, thanks for posting. I do think that the article that you referenced skews things a bit. 2 to 7 percent is NOT what I would call "relatively few." I would guess that number FAR exceeds the percentage that write anywhere else. Beware those editorial slants. It would be just as true to say, "Despite being a relatively new phenomenon, blogging has already caught on with what some estimate to be as much as 7
Do I detect a bit of sour grapes here? Yes, it was certainly thoughts of the Yankee's payroll that kept Pat Borders from throwing to third when A-Rod stole the base. After his second double of the game, I might add. And a similiar preoccupation with free agency that distracted Lohse so that he bounced the pitch to the plate. By the way, it might NOT have been a good idea to throw a pitch right down Broadway to Reuben Sierra with two o
And thank YOU for the reply! Flushing the RAM without requiring a reboot sounds like a valuable feature. Thanks for the post, by the way. (Had I forgotten to say that earlier?)
A note that appears on the dowload site regarding FreeRAM XP Pro: Note: WinXP has a very state-of-the-art memory management, and you won't notice any performance improvement when using memory optimizers. All such optimizers/boosters available on the market - both freeware and trialware - are useless for XP and others to follow. Such programs are recommended for 95/98 Larry Kuperman only. This is NOT
In a little over two hours, it will be my birthday. Forty-nine years old, or NOT-YET-FIFTY as I prefer to think of it. A time for retrospection and introspection, but not any inspections I hope! "Ya say its yer birthday, well happy birthday to you!" I was born on September 30th, 1955, the day that James Dean died. I was born in Da Bronx, Nu Yawk and
With great reluctance, Wal-Mart has agreed to stop selling "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion," an infamous anti-Semitic tract. Yet, in a memo to Reuters, a Wal-Mart spokesperson refused to label the book as a fake and simply said that it was withdrawn as a "business decision." From the 1880's until World War I, Czarist Russia conducted a campaign o
And so it ever was...... I wonder if you have ever seen my article on anti-Semitism in the times of Early Christianity? See http://kupe.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=26404 From the earliest times, anti-Semiticism has received far more negative attention than reason or history would dictate. Today, this hatred and resentment extends to Israel. When Palestinians literally played football with the head of an Israeli soldier (see http://kupe.
It is good to "see old faces in new places!" Greetings, Phil. PJ is too modest. (At least by my standards!) PJPowell's DesktopX creations have been widely used and have even appeared in movies! When Colin Farrell played an elite programmer in the Touchstone Pictures movie "The Recruit" his desktop was an analog clock, created in DesktopX by none other than PJPowell. Good to see you on JU.
"Universal health care" is an emotionally charged phrase these days. It means many things to many people. But we already DO have universal health care, depending on how you define it. Hospitals cannot, by their very charge, refuse to provide emergency treatment to anyone, even if that person is "medically indigent," the fancy phrase for unable to pay their bill. This has led to a scenario where, in poor urban areas, the hospital ER becomes the primary
Still in Beta, Amazon is developing a new search engine aimed at dethroning Google. Actually the search engine is based in part on Google technology, but boy is it slick! Here are some of the features: A9.com remembers your information. You can keep your own notes about any web page and search them; it is a new way to store and organize your b
Thank you all for commenting, but the intent of my post was not to create an opportunity for Bush-bashing. Historically, Russia has a long history of supporting Islamic militants. Russian technology is responsible for the nuclear plant under construction in Iran today and Russia was involved in building the nuclear plant in Iraq. Russia (as the Soviet Union) financially and militarily supported Nasser in Egypt as far back an the 1950's. <B
The death toll has risen to six and may climb higher. Fortunately, the embassy was at least partially protected by a steel fence. Clearly the work of terrorists, no group has as yet claimed responsibility. But Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the likely suspect is an Islamic group known as JI. "Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a m
In the wake of the Russian school massacre, President Putin ripped what he sees as an hypocritical US policy toward terrorism. The US has met with Chechnyan separtist leaders in the recent past. President Putin offered this comparison: "Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants
If you have not followed the hostage taking and subsequent murders in Russia, I must urge to do so. Unpleasant as it is, as a member of humanity, you must bear witness to this. 322 dead. At least 155 of those killed were children. CHILDREN! The terrorists had taken over 1,000 people hostages. First reports indicated that most of the deaths occured w
Jeremy, Hinduism grew by incorporating religions on the Indian sub-continent, so it has changed more than any other religion. But leaving ancient history aside, I Googled the history of Hinduism. Among the first links: Hinduism remains arguably one of the most tolerant of such religions. However, during the past few years, a Hindu nationalistic political party has controlled the government of India. The linkage of religion, the federal governm
"Mighty Rome is fallen...." When last we left this history, the Roman Empire under Constantine had adopted Christianity as the state religion, the Gnostics had been driven underground and the Jews were suffering from intermittent persecutions within the Empire. We should perhaps look at the Roman Empire. At the height of the Empire, Roman power spann
Hi, Barry, and thanks for the aricle. The two suicide bombings were timed to derail any withdrawal as part of a unilateral peace process. From The Christian Science Monitor: The bombing came just hours after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told members of his Likud Party he planned to speed up preparations for a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0901/p06s01-wome.html This is not the firs
Gideon and kingbee, again thanks. I live a life without religion...I am not an athiest....I simply live my life The Crusaders, I am a Secularist. I believe that good deeds in this world are what really count. Are you kind to the people that you meet? Do you treat others with dignity and respect
jotter, you've got mail. greywar, Gidean and Joshua....thank you.
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