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Topic: No worries enough oil to fill our tanks for a thousand years |
hornofhubris
Replies: 15
Views: 1686
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:31 pm Subject: Re: No worries enough oil to fill our tanks for a thousand y |
One of my favorites of the political season in the US is when
one or the other of the candidates talks of the millions of
new jobs to be created in the alternative energy biz that
it right around t ... |
Topic: Polygamy raids |
hornofhubris
Replies: 315
Views: 18645
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:07 pm Subject: Re: Polygamy raids |
They had a women who left the compound awhile back with
her 8 kids on KMOX CBS AM in St. Louis today.
She talked of how the 3rd Prophet back had allowed her
to attend college and that spiritual ... |
Topic: A Little News from Aaron |
hornofhubris
Replies: 88
Views: 8022
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Forum: -Board Kiosk- Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:41 am Subject: Re: A Little News from Aaron |
I remember my first "Hello World" program I coded on
a Motorola 6800 system in the 70's. It sent a terse
serial string to a CRT dumb terminal.
Your "Hello World" message sends a beautiful
image ... |
Topic: For Americans:Can you now vote for a Pathological Liar? |
hornofhubris
Replies: 44
Views: 3968
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:40 pm Subject: Re: For Americans:Can you now vote for a Pathological Liar? |
Obama is under attack for being elitist and calling working
class people bitter by Hillary.
"You know, he wants to divide us over race. I'm from the South. I understand this. This quota deal th ... |
Topic: Polygamy raids |
hornofhubris
Replies: 315
Views: 18645
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:37 pm Subject: Re: Polygamy raids |
Well I suppose if they are spiritual marriages instead of legal
marriages you can't prosecute a bunch of old men for polygamy
which is against the law. And if the girls were at least 16 and
they a ... |
Topic: Near-Term Peak an Illusion? |
hornofhubris
Replies: 21
Views: 2004
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:07 pm Subject: Re: Near-Term Peak an Illusion? |
The graph clearly shows the dramatic rise in other liquids. Does
this include ethanol? With 25% of US corn crop fermented and
distilled into ethanol to burn in motor vehicles I am unconvinced.
If t ... |
Topic: Polygamy raids |
hornofhubris
Replies: 315
Views: 18645
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:04 pm Subject: Re: Polygamy raids |
The media can't stand not twisting a hot story to pump revenue,
and the government at all levels can't stand not having their
nose and control on every aspect of life either, because they
sell perm ... |
Topic: Engineering question |
hornofhubris
Replies: 12
Views: 1521
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:10 pm Subject: Re: Engineering question |
I have always heard about 30 pounds sq. ft. in sleeping rooms
and 40 in other rooms as the limit for modern construction.
But the loading is the dead load of inanimate objects plus
the live load of ... |
Topic: The Economist Has no Clothes |
hornofhubris
Replies: 72
Views: 5210
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:58 pm Subject: Re: The Economist Has no Clothes |
I was watching a Wall Street round table on cable about 2 years
ago. Someone was fretting about the foreboding deficits and
the impossible to measure leverages that were in the system.
One of the ... |
Topic: The Economist Has no Clothes |
hornofhubris
Replies: 72
Views: 5210
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:33 pm Subject: Re: The Economist Has no Clothes |
"We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole
spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody
or nobody."
"We ... |
Topic: The Economist Has no Clothes |
hornofhubris
Replies: 72
Views: 5210
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:54 pm Subject: Re: The Economist Has no Clothes |
I know we are very hard on economists but in my past corporate
experience and in observing Presidents and congress in my life, I have to admit that no matter how brilliant the economists in place h ... |
Topic: The Enemy |
hornofhubris
Replies: 64
Views: 4919
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:03 pm Subject: Re: The Enemy |
I think we are doing the dunce dance sometimes with regard to
economics. Mr. Bill, unlike so many economically oriented experts,
is able to defend the economics systems and results within a
framew ... |
Topic: The Economist Has no Clothes |
hornofhubris
Replies: 72
Views: 5210
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:18 pm Subject: Re: The Economist Has no Clothes |
The markets and economist models work fine if you account
for the growth in concentrated wealth and consumption by
the reduction in human beings on the planet in response
to resource limitations. ... |
Topic: Food price hikes changing U.S. eating habits |
hornofhubris
Replies: 20
Views: 2422
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:48 pm Subject: Re: Food price hikes changing U.S. eating habits |
I went through a cafeteria line recently where you build
a plate with individual items that tally to a variable plate
cost. I had a target price in mind before I even pulled
on the door handle to g ... |
Topic: I can confidently say that we must be at Peak Oil. |
hornofhubris
Replies: 11
Views: 2265
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:03 pm Subject: Re: I can confidently say that we must be at Peak Oil. |
If this is not it, then it is for sure the little wooden spoon taste
you get before the big double dipper of rocky road is put into
your cone and you pay up. |
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