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All I'd say is I was always taught in my economics classes that the economy is a slow boat, and lags it's inputs by about 4 years. I'm not an economist. I took one econ class in HS 25 years ago, and one in college about 20 years ago. They both indicated that the economy lags it's inputs. -- Rob
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and the personal attacks. (though I'll give credit: I haven't you whine about PAs for a while) -- Rob
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are they verbatim in any publicly available NRA sources? You should be able to show that without too much effort. (should you choose to do more than make assertions) -- Rob
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yup... as they say... It's better to be judged by 12, than carried by 6. -- Rob
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EVERYONE? No, they explicitly left in place restrictions on felons and loonies. So, since Chicago had banned handgun ownership up until now, you're saying that everyone in Chicago was either a felon or a loonie? Non sequitur. he's saying he'd rather nitpick over the use of the word EVERYONE rather than try to make a point. -- Rob
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that's sig material right there! -- Rob
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allright. fine. you were there (or your department was). I heard it from someone who was there (or said he was and was using it as a teaching example). yes dear. you're right I'm sorry. -- Rob
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Seriously, WHY are all the Mods here Ultra Libs?
rhaig replied to skyrider's topic in Speakers Corner
Right and the actions of nature are not your fault and as a Libertarian yours is to show no compassion. you have no idea how I choose to care for my community in times of need (due to many things, acts of nature being only one of them). *** So your answer is to do nothing, defaulting to the GOP mindset of no legal gay marriage, exposing your true GOP beliefs with a hint of, "Gee, can't we lower taxes and keep everything else the same?" had you read more than this post, you might see that is not my intent. (wrt gay marriage) I'll not bother to re-explain and leave the reading as an exercise. you continue to ASS-u-me you know what I think (I've quoted benny hill on this before). stop trolling -- Rob -
yeah, the piece supporting the walkway was designed to hold the weight of one walkway (with factor of safety) and the way they modified it, the point on the bracket where the top walkway rod connected to the top walkway bracket ended up supporting the weight of both walkways. Add a bunch of people (some reports have them dancing too) and down they came. -- Rob
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look... one of the engineers on the project told me he thought it was a fault in the design. That's all I'm saying. -- Rob
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now... I know we're splitting hairs wrt thread topic, but what I was shown was designs that called for a section of a rod to be threaded in the middle where the walkway was to be attached to it, but not threaded above and below that section. Cutting threads into the rod there isn't impossible, but putting a nut on that section of threading is. That is because the construction company was working from a schematic, which was another of the problems. as opposed to having the engineer on site? what I see as a problem is having design engineers without sufficient field experience to know what can't be done. Even though he may have been a PE, he didn't have the practical knowledge to know that just because it was drawn right and provided the calculated load and factor of safety, that it couldn't be done. -- Rob
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It would be impossible to test and verify limits of operation for all circumstances. In this instance cold weather operation was not tested for because it was highly unlikely there would be a launch at freezing or near freezing temps, and the engineers knew that any launch outside tested and verified parameters would be closely scrutinized, which it was. Unfortunately, people who felt they knew more about the operation and safety of the o-rings than those who designed and tested them overruled the engineers and gave the go ahead for launch. I suppose this was just that my friend's dad didn't want to blame others for the fault in the design. Because we all agree on what happened. -- Rob
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now... I know we're splitting hairs wrt thread topic, but what I was shown was designs that called for a section of a rod to be threaded in the middle where the walkway was to be attached to it, but not threaded above and below that section. Cutting threads into the rod there isn't impossible, but putting a nut on that section of threading is. -- Rob
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I knew an engineer that worked on the SRBs before challenger. Unless you have information he didn't (or at least what he explained to me 20-ish years ago) wrt a "practical person" making an unreviewed modification to the design, the failure was due to a factor not compensated for nor tested by the engineers. edit to clarify: yes, the engineers were concerned about the cold and mission control over-ruled them. But This man's explanation was that the engineers (of which he was one) never considered cold weather operation when designing that seal. I know nada about the pinto gas tank issue and what caused it. But the Hyatt walkway failure was the direct result of failing to consult the engineers regarding an on-site modification to the design (because the design was not possible to construct). Or at least that's the way a KSU engineering professor explained it to me in a class. -- Rob
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What is the source for this update? It sure sounds like a great spin on the story. This is just the kind of story that can get spun out of control (by both sides). in one thread you berate readers for not doing some simple googling yet here you're too lazy to follow your own advice. http://www.google.com/search?q=15+year+old+shot+border+patrol look... first hit. how about that http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/us/26brfs-TEENAGERSHOT_BRF.html -- Rob
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A strange accusation. You are assuming that there are actually readers of SC who have been convinced by reading pages of phony quotes here. I don't actually believe that anyone here is a moron, so I really don't know what you're talking about. nice backpedal. -- Rob
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see.... that is a text book example of a grouping PA. you just called anyone who agrees with those quotes a moron. but nobody will call you on it because the mods agree with your point of view. -- Rob
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So you're not interested in explanations with facts, logic and reasoning. You're just here to holler "Is to!" and "Is not!"? You're not going to convince anyone with that kind of schoolyard approach. From what I've seen, it is an exercise in futility to try to convince you of anything. I don't think most people would be convinced with stating opinion, and then failing to back it up by saying you don't have anything to prove. -- Rob
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there was a guy in his basement who would coat your F-111 canopy with something to make it ZP (or close). I think his name was Fred. I don't recall exactly. I almost had him coat my wildfire168. Instead I bought a Sabre. OK, but that doesn't mean he invented/discovered it. I didn't mean to imply that he did. Though it was a viable (though not as durable) alternative. The point I was making was that it is most likely that the zero-P coating was developed in a lab by those with degrees.[/reply no shit. and it reminded me of the guy that used to coat old canopies and I thought I'd share. -- Rob
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so after Obama tapped him, his Butz Hurtt?? -- Rob
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I made a comment. I wasn't a promoting that position. I'm not butt-hurt, and I still don't give a shit /ignore -- Rob
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I don't see why the onus is on me. Maybe if I were trying to change anyone's mind, but I'm not. I stated my opinion, you disagree. OK. fine. I don't give a shit. -- Rob
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still waiting to see how the Montana Firearms Freedom act plays out. TX has a similar bill written, but hasn't made it out of committee yet. http://firearmsfreedomact.com/montana-lawsuit-updates/ -- Rob
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It's unconstitutional for states to have their own immigration laws. from the article in the OP "He's always been a strong proponent of every law enforcement agency making those decision on their own." (apparently referring to more proactive local enforcement being discussed above) So you're saying Hurtt believes that local law enforcement agencies should go against the constitution? (if Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for ICE has her facts on Hurtt straight) -- Rob
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Yes, there is some truth to it. The bill exists; true. The bill means what you quoted; false. hey look... a great example of how NOT to convince people you're right. be short, non-specific, and imply your opponent is lying. /ignore -- Rob