skiskyrock

I blame the homosexuals, pagans , abortionists, pornographers, and teletubbies

this is with no conviction... just a suspicion, its still innocent till proven guilty in this country isnt it? Roy I believe a felony indictment (not necessarily a conviction) is also grounds for denial. The problem with the terrorism watch list is that it is so arbitrary. There is no way to know if you are on it (until now... just go out and try to buy a 22), there is no way to appeal, and it is probably illegal to even tell your story to the media if you knew who was on it. It is a system ripe for abuse... disagree with administration policies? on the list you go. The most pernicious aspect of the Soviet system was that people didn't fear getting tortured in a ministry sub-basement in Moscow or ending up pounding permafrost in Siberia, but feared getting on a list. Politically unreliable ... sorry, no job for you, application for apartment denied, internal travel permit? Nyet, you are on the list. It was an amazingly effective way of silencing dissent. If the DHS wants to be suspicious of certain people fine. If they are suspicious enough of someone to want to keep them from purchasing firearms fine, go to a judge, present probable cause, and get a sealed indictment.

It is called Karst. China and SE asia have a lot. There is quite a bit of it in the Black Hills of South Dakota, if you want to stay close to home.

If you can, get a used Mark II ... the Mk III just adds needless complexity. Also, be aware that this is where it begins. If you get the .22, in a few years you'll be talking yourself into a .44.

It is called beating, and the frequency between the maxima of the superimposed sine waves is the beat frequency

1) no longer debilitated by harboring the malarial parasite, mosquitos live longer and expand their geographic range, dengue fever spreads to Boston 2) immunity to malaria also grants the mosquitos immunity to ubermalaria, a previously unknown disease of jungle voles which kills wild type mosquitos in 10 seconds, preventing its spread to humans where it has a similar effect. Transgenic mosquitos spread the new disease far and wide 3) transgenic technique works, but genes are not dominant leading to gradual dilution of the genes in the mosquito population. Malaria reappears after a 15 year hiatus, spreading like wildfire into a new poulation not previously exposed to it 4) transgenic technique works as advertised, human population increases by an additional 1.5M people per year 3 and 4 are testable, 1 and 2 are not. When we release a variable like this into the ecosystem, that is going to be the experiment.

Ballistic gelatin isn't that expensive. Here are directions I picked up a while ago: #From Ed Harris:† Also the originator of "Ed's Red" homebrew gun cleaning solvent. By: Ed Harris @1:109/120.3006 via 1:2410/271 FIDOnet The target material is prepared from gelatin, USP. The government laboratories purchase this as Pharmagel A, Type 250 from the Kind & Knox Co., Park 80 West, Plaza 2, Saddle Brook, NJ 07662.† The last time I bought any was in 1984, and at that time the price was $2.40/lb., or about $600 for a 55 gal.† drum, shipped F.O.B. from Sioux City, IA. The powder is mixed 10 percent by weight in warm, but not boiling water until dissolved, and then poured into moulds and chilled in a large refrigerator.† The standard block size is 15x15x30cm for handgun bullets and 20x20x50cm for rifle bullets, but improvised moulds such as from cal. .50 M2A1 ammunition cans work well. You will also need Thymol or cinnamon oil as a clarifier, which is added in the proportion of 1 drop per liter.† You will also need heavy duty electric stirrers or an industrial mixer, moulds, a release agent, such as Pam cooking spray for releasing the castings, LD plastic film or Saran wrap for wrapping the blocks, a freezer for storage if you will not use the blocks within a week, and foam coolers to transport them to the range, if you do not have a walk-in cooler near your lab. To do this right, establish the tare weight of a 5 gallon stainless steel container in which you will heat the water and mix the gelatin. Ideally this should have a spigot on the bottom to aid decanting the dissolved gelatin into the moulds.† Add 12 liters of water to the container and bring the temperature to 65 degs. C and adjust the weight by adding or deleting water to obtain 12,000 grams.† Place two electric stirrers into the hot water, one near the top and the other near the bottom of the container.† Add three grams of Thymol or 12 drops of cinnamon oil and stir until dissolved in the hot water. Add 1500 grams of Pharmagel A to the hot water, breaking up any lumps with a stainless steel rod or paddle, to supplement the stirrers, as necessary. After the gelatin is dissolved, in 10-15 minutes, turn off the stirrers and remove them from the solution.† Allow the bubbles and foam to rise to the surface for 20 minutes.† If the container used does not have a spigot at the bottom, it is necessary to skim the foam off the surface before transferring the solution to the moulds.† Allow the warm gelatin to stand at room temperature for at least one hour after transferring, so additional foam which rises to the top may be removed. Place the gelatin in a refrigerator overnight at 0-5 degs. C.† The gelatin may then be removed from the moulds by placing the container in hot water.† After 15-20 seconds use a spatula to loosen the gelatin from the sides of the container.† After two minutes remove the mould from the hot water and invert it over a piece of plastic film spread on a flat surface. Once the gelatin is removed from the mould it should be allowed to remain at room temperature for one hour, then tightly sealed in plastic film and the wrapped block inserted into a plastic bag, which is again sealed to prevent evaporation, which drastically changes the consistency of the gelatin.† Once tightly wrapped, the blocks can be stored up to six months in a freezer, or up to one week in a refrigerator.† Unused blocks should be frozen immediately to retard mold growth.† Before firing the blocks must be allowed to thaw and stabilized overnight at a temperature of 5-10 degs. C, because proper consistency is a function of the tempoerature. Evaluation of the blocks is best accomplished by flash X-ray photography which permits measurement of transient cavity volume as a function of projectile striking velocity, time, distance penetrated and projectile exit velocity energy deposit).† If high speed photographic equipment is not available, it is useful to use a small caliber calibration test shot, such as a steel .177 air rifle shot from a Daisy pump-up air rifle known to give consistent performance, which can be placed as a consistency calibration check in a corner of the block out of the way.† The permanent cavity can then be made to stand out well for still photography by injecting a colored water solution of ten drops food dye to a liter of water, using as veterinary syringe or laboratory wash bottle to reach all corners of the permanent cavity.† To provide proper scale for the photograph, a piece of graph paper can be photocopied onto overhead transparency film, and used as a template to be positioned over the shot. The block should then be placed on a light table or photographed using diffused, backlit strobe flash.† Detailed ammunition test methodology is available in various open-source medical and technical references. In Home Mix We Trust, Regards, Ed

I've heard of cases where people have been hypothermic and "dead" for 40 minutes and been revived. There have been cases where people have been as cold as 73.4 F and cases where people have recovered in as little as 2 days. Not all at the same time, but in all of those cases the victim recoverered fully. It seems to help a lot to get cold first, then drown.

I've always liked Beavers for their history as bush planes, but I never got the chance to jump the one at Eagle Creek, OR while I was in the NW. Here is a website with lots of Beaver photos, even a calendar: [url]http://www.dhc-2.com/[url]

Sorry to hear that... nothing quite matches that feeling of dread when you realize that your collection of nude photos of Ernet Borgnine are ...just... gone. Does not boot is not quite the same thing as unreadable. One thing that might work is to create a linux boot CD or the like (damn small linux fits on a thumb drive). You can download these already configured google knoppix or damn small linux. Once you have linux running you may be able to mount the drive and copy the files you need. IF you are lucky, the old drive may have recovery disk images on it somewhere that you can burn these onto a cd/dvd and re-install. Two things that may help a drive that won't spin up is to take the drive out and stick it in the freezer for an hour or two, then let it warm back up to room temp and try it. Sometime taking the drive out of the frame and holding it vertically can help free up a stuck head, also.

Diclofenac is typically given in pill form, but it is approved for use in gel form for muscle and joint pain in some countries. It is a COX-2 inhibitor like celebrex and Vioxx... I'm not saying it is dangerous, but if you have a family history of heart problems, you might want to stop taking it. Diclofenac also makes your corpse toxic to Asian vultures.

Congratulations. You two make a great couple. ~

A woman I was dating was house/dog sitting for some friends of hers from work, so she invited me over for the night. One thing led to another and her VS lacy thong wound up in the pile of clothes on the floor. Afterward she went to get a shower and I was lying in bed when the dog shoots into the room, grabs the thong and takes off. All I could think of was how were we going to explain it to the owner when the dog blocked some vital tube with them. I wound up stark naked chasing a dog through a strangers house. Those people had some serious money tied up in windows. It took a good 15 minutes of chasing before she got tired of the game. I just hope they didn't have a nanny cam.

For DZ's, I'd recommend the Ranch in Gardiner NY or CPI in Ellington, CT. Ellington is a lot closer than the Ranch. Ct has a LOT of good top-rope rock climbing, mostly near Hartford and in the Nutmeg Alps. Climbnasium used to be a pretty good rock gym, but it has been a few years. The club scene in New Haven is pretty vibrant and Toad's Place is always good for live music. For more local fun, try the restaurants on Wooster street in New Haven. There is a great rail-trail from Chester to North Haven that is good for running, biking, and rollerblading. Just North of North Haven is Sleeping Giant State park... there is a small castle at the topmost point of the park, but if you get away from there you can walk for quite a while without seeing another person. After a day on the trail or in the park, have a Mexican dinner at Aunt Chiladas in Chester.

Ever worked back to back 80 hour weeks, then had your advisor return from vacation and tell you weren't making adequate progress? Back to your problem. It sounds like you are in a pretty typical grad school environment. It is like a wolf pack. Nothing is going to keep the alpha male off of your kill, but a few nips and some territorial pissing will keep most of the pack off until you have finished. In any institution there are power cliques. The best you can do is stay out of their games... establish yourself and your reputation as a professional, not a politician. People stealing your ideas? Keeping your mouth shut until the moment is ripe is a cherished academic tradition. If it is your advisor, you have a problem... consider switching. If you aren't getting credit for your work, evaluate the situation.. is it worth making an enemy to get a fourth author slot? Probably not. First or second author slot? Enlist some faculty support, then approach the offending professor and state you case usually there is a research ethics panel that will arbitrate, but at that point, you have an enemy. If the work has been accepted to be published, your options are actually better... most journals will drop a paper like a hot potato if they are made aware of an authorship dispute. Let them know you'll piss on your own kill before giving it up. Everyone gets to this point in one way or another, but it all fades once someone calls you Dr.

Do goats count? I'm sure cows are bigger, but I imagine the smell is about the same. A co-worker of mine attended the Milton Hershey school, which was a school for orphans and under priveledged children. They mixed a good education with lots of farm work. His vian was assigned to the dairy barns , running the milking machines. They wokee up one morning after a hurricane, and the power was out. One the new students was so excited he ran down the hall yelling to let everyone know they had the day off. ~

"MATTHEW was arrested for driving under the influence of. alcohol and/or drugs and for being an unlicensed driver. ..." "Matthew was arrested for violation of a restraining order. " "Matthew was arrested for his politically maladroit actions and sent back to Dublin." "Matthew, was arrested for the murders and his wife, Maritza, was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice." I like #3, personally.

This is mass balance, not fluid mechanics. The equation might be right or wrong, depending on the control volume and sign conventions. And you have to account for accumulation: Inflow - outflow = generation + destruction + accumulation drink enough beer and you'll either piss or explode ~

For an excellent book on human evolution, check out Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos. Humanity winds up as small-brained, fur-covered fish eater, living only on the Galapagos islands. We get there by going through a bottleneck event involving biological warfare, ecotourism, lesbian artificial insemination, Jacky Kennedy, and Huntington's disease I think that natural evolution has stopped. We have altered the environment so drastically that the only way for another species to survive is to be economically useful, to be able to live on our waste, and/or to make great pets. Humans themselves are overpopulated by hundreds, maybe thousands of times, and we are either going to do something amazing with technology (the singularity) or we are going to go through a bottleneck event like that described in Galapagos. I hope we'll make good pets.

While I was still an undergrad, the company I worked for billed my time at $ 50.00/ hour. and that was in 1986 dollars. Take what you condsider to be a fair wage . Double it (you aren't getting benefits) add a little extra for not getting to go to the office christmas party. You'll still be a bargain.

People like the idea of using ear buds to get the microwave transmitter in the cell phone away from their brain. With the bluetooth headset, you get to jam it right in your ear. On the other hand, ear buds made it socially acceptable to talk to yourself, maybe the bluetooth set will make it socially acceptable to be a trekkie (trekker?)

I watched the whole thing. First group goes in down in the valley and has a 1 hour walk up hill to the fire. The second group says screw that we are going in above the fire. They drop into a clearing on a steep slope next to a cliff. I guess if you can't really steer you don't worry too much about where you land ~

Always-always-always keep a spare key taped under your alarm clock. ~

The hybrid car concept has a lot of problems at this point, but the economic comparison to standard cars misses one important point - how much does a pound of CO2 cost? Do you want your investment to pay off in dollars or pounds of carbon dioxide?

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers..... Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life..... But why would I want to do a thing like that? - Renton, Trainspotting