TECHNOLOGY: Cars that drive themselves

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8U0M82O0&show_article=1

GM Researching Driverless Cars
Jan 6 06:25 PM US/Eastern
By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer

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DETROIT (AP) – Cars that drive themselves—even parking at their destination—could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say.

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Well, I’d welcome that.

Having driven in Florida and had elderly relatives that can’t drive, or shouldn’t be driving, yet still need to get around, a driverless car would be a boon.

How about a driverless taxi?

Imagine the commute to work where you weren’t driving, but reading. Like an exec in limo?

An idea who time has come. Let’s roll it out now!

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RONPAUL: Excluded from FoxNews, he does his own thing~

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Ron Paul Town Hall, pt. 1

FoxNews excludes, bit you decide. Ron Paul had his own event. It’s two half hour YouTubes of a Jeffersonian liberal. Remember that the tradition of a liberal is that the individual is sovereign. Not the King; not the gooferment; not the collective. I haven’t heard anyone express these ideas in a long time. We need to get back to the roots of the republic.

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FUN: whether you are a gazelle or a lion

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

“Every morning in Africa a gazelle awakens knowing it must today run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning a lion awakens knowing it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It matters not whether you are a gazelle or a lion, when the sun rises you had better be running.” – African Proverb

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FUN: Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck?

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

From:
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:39 AM
To:
Subject: SRA – Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck?

FYI – Submitted for entertainment value only… ;-)

Of course, the chances of a Democrat actually having a CCW and
carrying a personal defense weapon is very very remote, the exceptions
being Peretta, Feinstein and a few others who really dont want you to
know it… the jury would still be out on the “expert shot” status as a Dem
would not get much range time due to OSHA environment concerns…

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck?

Here is a little test that will help you decide.
The answer can be found by posing the following question:

You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife
and two small children.

Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes
around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities,
praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you.

You are carrying a Glock 40S&W (A Big Hand Gun), and you
are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches
you and your family. What do you do?
…………………………………………………….

THINK CAREFULLY AND THEN SCROLL DOWN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democrat’s Answer:

Well, that’s not enough information to answer the question!

Does the man look poor or oppressed?

Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?

Could we run away?

What does my wife think?

What about the kids?

Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?

What does the law say about this situation?

Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?

Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?

Is it possible he’d be happy with just killing me?

Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?

If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?

Should I call 9-1-1?

Why is this street so deserted?

We need to raise taxes, have paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.

This is all so confusing!…

I need to debate this with friends for few days & try to come to a consensus.

Oh Shit… that hurt!

 

 

 

 

 

Republican’s Answer:

BANG!

 

 

 

 

Redneck’ s Answer:

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Click….. (Sounds of reloading)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Click….. (Sounds of reloading)

Daughter: ‘Nice group, Daddy! Were those the Winchester SilverTips or GoldDot Hollow Points?’

Son: ‘Can I shoot the next one!’

Wife: ‘You ain’t taking that to the Taxidermist..

 

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MONEY: 1M$ @ 4% = 40k

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1231/p14s01-wmgn.html?page=3

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Bengen, author of the book, “Conserving Client Portfolios During Retirement,” published last year by the Financial Planning Association Press, has studied this issue since 1993. And based on his calculations, he believes 4.5 percent of total tax-deferred assets – stocks, bonds, and the like – is the correct payout amount in the first year of payouts. In following years, that payout rate would rise in line with inflation.

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Folks coming to the “withdrawing” phase of retirement savings have always been advised to take 4%. So a million dollar IRA can throw off 40k per year. So, you need lots stuffed away to be comfortable.

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POLITICAL: an important voice discussing the election

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/46134.html

Keith Halderman
Someone Who Has Earned His Wisdom

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Here is an important voice discussing the election that is not being heard anywhere near as much as it should be.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uk-T46soz8

Well, I’d need to “vet” that this is bonafide before I’d start jumping up an down.

(It certainly is a telling indictment of the gooferment education system.)

But, if this fellow wasn’t in the military, he certainly captured the ability of most military vets to identify “barbara streisand” when they see it.

And, in ten minutes of broken and bad English, he does make enough points to make it time well spent.

It should be “mandatory listening” before voters vote!

Old men decide; young men die.

That’s “barbara streisand”. And there’s no honor in that!

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INTERESTING: Those with the least amount of talent use vulgarity

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/britney_anna_nicole_and_the_fu.html

January 06, 2008
Britney, Anna Nicole and the Future of America
By Bob Weir

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Rob and Laura Petrie walked into the bedroom, doffed their robes, revealing full-length cotton pajamas, gave each other a peck on the lips and retired for the night, in separate beds. That was the public state of our morals in the fifties and early sixties. The Dick Van Dyke Show was one of the top shows in the Nielson ratings during a time when America’s standards of decency were suitable entertainment for every age group.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had a zany but loving relationship which was always humorous without ever being licentious. Parents could watch television with their children and have no fear that their innocence would be stolen with the turn of a knob. Forty years later, we have “advanced” to scantily clad women and men jumping into bed with (and on) each other and leaving little to the imagination about their lustful purposes.

Those with the least amount of talent use vulgarity to shock their way to fame and fortune. Partially nude bodies, undulating in paroxysms of feigned passion was once restricted to X-rated movies on the side streets of the big cities. Now, it’s available with a stroke of the remote or thrust into plain view with a click of the mouse.

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This really resonates!

When one thinks of the end of the Roman Empire, debauchery, debased currency, the absence of civic virtue, and the mob in the Colosseum come to mind.

But, it always starts much much earlier.

With the failure of virtue in the individual?

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GUNS: Do airline pilots still need to be armed?

Monday, January 7, 2008

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/EDITORIAL/583177106/1013

Guns in the cockpit
By Tracy Price
January 3, 2008

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In a recent interview, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida stated: “The need for guns in the cockpit is just nearly not [sic] as acute as it once was. There are all kind [sic] of screening systems, there is now the reinforced cockpit door, there are air marshals, we now have a lots of checks and balances.” Hearing this, some might ask, “Do airline pilots still need to be armed?” The answer is, “Absolutely — now more than ever.”

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Duh!

This seems like restating the obvious.

The gooferment is the villain.

It seems like a cheap and easy control to implement.

I’d do it if I was “king”. And, I wouldn’t mention it. Keep it as a surprise.

The times for depending upon others to protect us are OVER!

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MONEY: Citibank limits ATM cash in city

Monday, January 7, 2008

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/01/03/2008-01-03_citibank_limits_atm_cash_in_city-2.html

Citibank limits ATM cash in city
BY KERRY BURKE and LARRY McSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Thursday, January 3rd 2008, 4:00 AM

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A jump in ATM fraud led Citibank to slash the maximum amount of cash available to customers from their accounts – a security move greeted warily Wednesday by its patrons.

The new cap on cash kicked out by the company’s ATMs began in mid-December after what Citibank called “isolated fraudulent activity” around the city.

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Hmm, interesting. With the subprime mortgage mess on everyone’s mind, might an ATM be a new way that there’s a “run on the bank”?

Now we know that the Federal Reserve Bank (which is neither “federal”, a “bank”, or a “reserve” of anything but assurances) can supply all the little green pieces of paper one could ever want. (Remember I think it was Mises who said “only a government can take something valuable like paper and make it worthless by printing on it”.) That guarantee didn’t stop half of NYC’s Chinatown from lining up outside one their banks recently when a bank officer took off with some dough. After all those were just illiterate (in English?) Chinese (illegal?) immigrants who didn’t understand that things are different in the “Pepuls Paradise of the USA”. (Are they really?)

Seriously, while it may be fraud prevention, it certainly doesn’t inspire confidence when this is how you find out about it. What did they lose? How did they lose it? (Personally, some IT guy mailing a file of name, rank, serial number, ssn, card number, mothersmaidenname, and pin to a backup location is not outside the realm of possibility. Like the bloke in England did.)

>change password

So why is the cited depositor being told to change their password?

Sigh, so many question. So few answers.

Let me google my pin, and see if it’s up for sale on a pirate board somewhere!

fjohn

p.s., Luckily I have no accounts with Citibank. Unless you count that one that the nice Nigerian fellow was telling me all about.

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TECH SERVICE: Add a connection on Emurse?

Monday, January 7, 2008

http://www.emurse.com/invite

EMURSE

Join XXXXX’s Network

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XXXXX would like to add you as a connection on Emurse. By connecting with trusted friends and colleagues, you will always have access to their most current resume and contact information!
Are you already an Emurse member?

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Wow!

A resume distribution service, which I recommended, has added a social networking component.

Why?

It’s now not enough to do your one thing well; you have to chase wildly any wisp of an idea (like little children playing soccer who follow the ball all over the field?).

Strange!

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