mmrmnhrm
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I dunno... she cleaned up reeeaallly nicely http://hotceleb.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jodie-Sweetin-13.jpg
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Yep... the oil is still down there, and while the ME emirs are pumping for all their worth, at cheap prices, the oil is still down there. Then what happens when the ME runs dry? Hey, that oil is still down there, ready for us to sell at higher prices.
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Except the F22 actually works, is in Syria now, and looks sexy to boot.
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Because these are designed to fly low and slow. AF prefers zoom zoom because it's (supposedly) sexier.
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I rolled my own NAS maybe five or six years ago using an 8-port ARECA RAID card with 1TB drives and SuSE Linux. Great learning experience, been through one drive failure/rebuild cycle, and it's chugging along just fine. If I were starting out today, though, I'd probably just buy a drobo or qnap and have done with it.
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Apply anyways... as Eli pointed out, I wasn't licensed when they hired me five years ago, either. I'm still not. If you've got the right experience, willingness to learn, and don't pull stupid crap, we can (and do) fill in the holes and reimburse relevant training.
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Looks like the URL changed. Here's the new one.
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Still looking to fill this, and the managers are starting to get annoyed. Corporate recruiter was even like "Have any ideas?"... yeah, search Cleveland/Toledo/Detroit and offer relo. Ryan, if you haven't thrown your name in, I'd suggest giving it a shot even though you're not a "real" electrician. The experience you've got is probably applicable/transferable to what you'd be doing with us, and I'd likely be teaching you the rest.
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Third +1 for Hocking Hills... lots of weekend getaway two- and three-room cabins down there with hot tubs on the front porch and grills out back
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Yep, I've been there ever since Westerville Athletic closed up shop. But it does cost a pretty penny.
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Is there a Planet Fitness nearby? They seem to be popping up everywhere.
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Why do you say this? Do you or wifey have a special requirement of some sort that only those two can meet, is money an issue, do you (not)want swimming? Lots of gyms in the area, so limiting it to just these two straight off without knowing why kinda defeats the purpose.
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I'm having a hard time believing the court signed off on a divorce with minor child that did not specify any sort of custodial/visitation/support requirements for either parent. Regardless, this is why lawyers exist. Friend needs to get one before she opens her mouth again and says/does/agrees to something she's going to regret more than she already is.
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I did both (weighting and see more options), which is why I think their algorithms are... off.
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I'd love to be able to vote issues, but if isidewith is the mechanism, forget it. As noted by a couple of us, the weightings/rankings just don't seem to match. It's the same reason I hate using this site when it comes time to vote for the CSM in EVE Online. I also had one of those fun, random, "what if" thoughts on the way in this morning. With Trump starting to create a gap between himself and the GOP establishment, and the coronation of Hillary on the left suddenly uncertain, what would the 2016 election look like if we ended up with Trump v Sanders?
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Fairly close myself, and I'm like "Uhh, I don't think so." When I went through their "why," it seemed like the site was over-weighting my environmental views in relation to those on individual liberty and immigration (where I'm in pretty strong agreement with Trump, but whom the site assigned me an 18% overall score)
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This much I'll give you. Anything beyond that, including the fact that it was nothing more than stating the obvious to Rumsfeld and Cheney, back when they weren't neo-con warmongers, is bumpkis. Supply side does not "stimulate innovation" as you put it. I could come up with something tomorrow that allows mules to carry 50x their current capacity, price it for a penny each, and you know what? Nobody would give a rat's ass, because we've moved on to pick-up trucks, front loaders, and ice cold Budweiser. At best, you could make the argument that SS allows companies to throw random shit at the wall just to see what will stick (and, to be honest, Japanese electronics companies are masters at this), but without demand, it doesn't matter what you're offering, it isn't going to sell. Ahh, yes, that wonderful quote, and it's less amusing partner, "A receding tide lets you see who's been swimming naked." I seem to recall the 'rising tide' comment being especially prevalent just before the stock crash of 2000-01, and the housing crash of 2008.... I'm going to give you a pass on Godwin... but others may call you this discussion's "loser" for the thinly veiled reference to fascism. I use televisions merely as an example, and it's rather clear you missed my point. If I don't want a television, I don't want a television. It doesn't matter if you give it to me for free. Or you can take it to the other extreme... where I have a serviceable 24" screen, but live in an tenth floor walk-up apartment that isn't much more than a bed, stove, and shower. I would absolutely love to have a 100" 4k screen, but where would I put it? Again, you'd be attempting to supply me with something that I can't use. Indeed, but the blind reverence given to tax cuts and trickle-down has been disasterous to the middle and working classes over the last 30+ years. Even the God of the Republican Party, The Man Who Can Do No Wrong, Ronald Reagan himself, agreed to roll back some of his own tax cuts (gasp!!). But guess what... deficits under Reagan were double those of previous administrations. On the flip side, when JFK (dirty rotten liberal that he was) cut the top tax rate from 91% to 65%, his goal was a bottom-up stimulus, not a trickle-down one (and it worked!) Again, my argument is not that the Laffer curve is outright wrong, but rather that we are NOT on the right-hand side as tax cutters would like us to believe, but rather on the left-hand side.
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Dear god, please tell me you don't honestly believe that Laffer Curve bullshit. Sure, the fundamental concept (that you can raise taxes only so far before you begin to kill the economy as a whole) is sound, but the corollary notion of trickle down and supply-side economics somehow being realistic(1) is just as disgusting as the Marxist-Leninist dogma of everyone selflessly working for the common good with no leadership and everyone sharing gloriously in the fruits of each person's labor. Edit: This statement (and, indeed, the entire 'cut taxes' creed) assumes that we are already on the falling, "diminishing returns," portion of the curve. I personally do not believe this to be the case. Marginal tax rates in the 50s and 60s were insanely high compared to today (90% plus for top earners), and I just can't see how we fought Korea, Vietnam, sent people to the moon, and did all that other crap without running up a massive public debt, unless at the time we really were on the diminishing side, and have since overshot the "optimal" rate and are now on the rising edge. (1) I have a very simple explanation of why supply-side doesn't work. Let's say I have a perfectly functional, absolutely beautiful, 80-inch television with 3D, a bazillion inputs, and whatever else I might dream of needing. Supply side advocates would have you believe that if they drop the price of a 70-inch television low enough, perhaps even below the cost of manufacturing it, that I'll rush out and get one. But I don't want one. I already have a television that's bigger and better in every way. You could even offer it to me for free, and I still wouldn't take it. Extend this to other (all?) segments of the economy, and you're churning millions of dollars off manufacturing lines that will never be purchased, let alone result in revenue (and thus, worker wages) for the company making them.
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Yes, but unlike Buster up there, you actually got it.
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My problem with Hillary (and, let's be honest, just about all the candidates present) is the question of integrity. None of them have it, whether it's Clinton's evasion on Benghazi and her email, Christie's good ol' boy cronyism, or that thing on Trump's head that he refuses to identify. About the only one whose integrity I don't question outright is Paul, but I'm just not sold on his policies.
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Yes. I find the lack of kitchen-esque flames disturbing. Of course, the fact that Obama isn't really part of the equation, and Joe Biden hasn't made any appreciable noise, probably helps.
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This is exactly why I won't vote for him.
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And "Stratego".... damned spy vs. marshal mechanics.
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What games are you playing now, and how old are they all? A six year old can play things like 'Sorry' and 'Chutes and Ladders', while a three year old would be hard pressed to sit much past the second or third round of turns. D&D? Oh does that bring back memories... Someone in the house are both my "basic" red and blue box rulebooks (1983) as well as the AD&D 2nd edition PH and DMG (1989).