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Obama will be at JMU today.
Oct. 28th, 2008
so, is /. right?
Oct. 28th, 2008 11:10 amA recent /. poll asked the question (silly Cowboy Neal answers removed)
So were they (and I) right? I haven't had the time to do any research on it...
Why are oil prices dropping?With the vote being what I'd been guessing (without reading up on it) for about 3 weeks now: "Speculators have no cash" over "Decrease in Demand" by a 2 to 1 ratio.
Decrease in overall demand (people are conserving or using alternatives)
Increase in overall supply (they're pumping more, or a new source of oil was found)
China has decreased consumption after the Olympics
Speculators ran out of funding due to the credit crunch
Government conspiracy (Bush administration? Elections?)
The dollar is strengthening
So were they (and I) right? I haven't had the time to do any research on it...
I have decided...
Oct. 28th, 2008 12:59 pmThat the opposite of a Schoedinbug needs a name.
Unusual software bug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
...and the next run it disappears permanently, without a single change in code or environment.
Unusual software bug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A schroedinbug is a bug that manifests only after someone reading source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked in the first place, at which point the program promptly stops working for everybody until fixed.My testers run into the opposite (but it's not quite a Heisenbug) - they hit a problem that repeats itself until I stare at the code and follow every function/method call and determine that there simply is no way that bug could possibly happen...
...and the next run it disappears permanently, without a single change in code or environment.
Good riddance to bad rubbish?
Oct. 28th, 2008 02:24 pmMillerCoors discontinues Zima - St. Louis Business Journal::
MillerCoors LLC announced Monday that it will discontinue the clear malt beverage Zima, introduced by Coors Brewing Co. in 1992, because of "challenging malternative segment sales and declining consumer interest."
Production of Zima ceased Oct. 10 and remaining orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis using available inventory, chief marketing officer Andy England said in an e-mail. The last orders are expected to be filled in December.
Dear ... (continued)
Oct. 28th, 2008 03:16 pmDear AP (and the Yahoo editors who select "Top Stories"):
Subsequent revelations have shown that "Joe the Plumber" didn't tell one single word of truth to Obama that day. Not a single one. Given that he appears to be unable to tell a single word of truth, why the hell are you giving him a front page line-item over the fact that he "endorses McCain" (which all of us knew was true the second he opened his mouth 3 weeks ago)?
There are people for whom their 15 minutes are up. "Joe the Plumber" is one of them.
Dear Charlie Crist and Hank Williams Jr.:
Repeating a lie, particularly one so easily disproved, doesn't make it true.
Mr. Crist, your state is already leaning more Democratic than you should care to admit. Maybe it would be better if you were to show that you could argue your position from a standpoint of truth and maintain what little respect your party has in that state than to repeatedly shove a lie down the throats of a electorate that is certainly growing sick of lies and has told you so. Your next election probably will depend on it.
Mr. Williams Jr, you're a good musician and singer, but that doesn't make you in any way an authority on politics, economics, or certainly the congressional budget process. Quit repeating the lies you are paid to repeat and make your money the way a professional musician is supposed to - go sue your record label.
Dear Mr. "Joe the Plumber":
STFU.
p.s., that's not "censorship" to anyone except to you, who seem also unable to figure out the definition of "socialist".
Dear Ms. Palin:
You have shown now that creationists actually know more about real science than you do. That's a tough thing, so I must congratulate you. Now shut up about it and stick to lying about your own earmarks instead.
There are plenty of things to learn about fruit flies (whether the types used for genetics research or the types that actually attack crops) that farmers in California would love to know about...and the rest of Americans depend on to have vegetables on their table.
Where do you get your food from, anyways? I didn't know Alaska had its own orange groves...or does everything just come down that magical pipeline you keep wanting to throw money at?
Subsequent revelations have shown that "Joe the Plumber" didn't tell one single word of truth to Obama that day. Not a single one. Given that he appears to be unable to tell a single word of truth, why the hell are you giving him a front page line-item over the fact that he "endorses McCain" (which all of us knew was true the second he opened his mouth 3 weeks ago)?
There are people for whom their 15 minutes are up. "Joe the Plumber" is one of them.
Dear Charlie Crist and Hank Williams Jr.:
Repeating a lie, particularly one so easily disproved, doesn't make it true.
Mr. Crist, your state is already leaning more Democratic than you should care to admit. Maybe it would be better if you were to show that you could argue your position from a standpoint of truth and maintain what little respect your party has in that state than to repeatedly shove a lie down the throats of a electorate that is certainly growing sick of lies and has told you so. Your next election probably will depend on it.
Mr. Williams Jr, you're a good musician and singer, but that doesn't make you in any way an authority on politics, economics, or certainly the congressional budget process. Quit repeating the lies you are paid to repeat and make your money the way a professional musician is supposed to - go sue your record label.
Dear Mr. "Joe the Plumber":
STFU.
p.s., that's not "censorship" to anyone except to you, who seem also unable to figure out the definition of "socialist".
Dear Ms. Palin:
You have shown now that creationists actually know more about real science than you do. That's a tough thing, so I must congratulate you. Now shut up about it and stick to lying about your own earmarks instead.
There are plenty of things to learn about fruit flies (whether the types used for genetics research or the types that actually attack crops) that farmers in California would love to know about...and the rest of Americans depend on to have vegetables on their table.
Where do you get your food from, anyways? I didn't know Alaska had its own orange groves...or does everything just come down that magical pipeline you keep wanting to throw money at?