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"for the record,, I think the WORLD should replace the word terrorist with DICKHEADS or FARTKNOCKERS or something... " I can just see Kerry challenging Bush on his fight against Dickheads. Or Bush defending his 'War on Fartknocking'. Sarge, the Fartknockers are murderous thugs, using religion and politics to justify their love of anarchy and devastation. Murderous Thugs works better I think. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Bush if he didn't talk much, just skydived and drank beer." Aye, but there's a few things I'd like to chat with Dubbya about, off the record, but the real clincher is.... Which beer would each candidate bring? I'm guessing Bush would bring Shiner (being from Texas and all), and thats gotta be worth a couple of points in my book. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Is it true what I hear about most equipment over there being able to play both standards?" Basically yes, its not true NTSC, but it is watchable. That goes for things like TVs and VCRs etc, different story for cams. I've had the same issues as you trying to convert NTSC to PAL in minidv format, I've ended up sending tapes to repro houses to have the conversion done professionally, probably not worth it in your case. There are some software apps out there (Canopus do a system that works with their cards for example)but have never tried them. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Or do you think a "love fest" would have stopped him?" Nope thats not really what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that the war with Iraq was unneccessary, and if Patton's words are as valid today as they were 60 yrs ago, then Churchill's words equally are. "Funny you bring up Ghandi, a guy that did what he though was right even when others thought he was wrong. " Difference being Ghandi was proved right by history, the case for Bush and Blair's war is already in doubt. Ghandi was a great leader and a true role model, Bush and Blair, well, they are hardly comparable to Ghandi, are they.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'. " Churchill, from the same era as your quotes, he might even have been referring to Patton, fits today as it did back then. Oh and as for pacifists (you actually called them treehuggers, but hey) not changing anything...Ghandi anyone? The way of the sword is not the only way... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

As I recall, its been discussed pretty much to death here on the forum, its not good news, the format of the video is slightly different from regular miniDV, so you can't firewire footage between say a TRV, or PC cam and an IP7. Digital editing may cause stress as well. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

How do you work the mouse if you only have a hook? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Nothing wrong with ice in Scotch, or water, for that matter. 'Chaque un a son gout', as they say in France, which loosely translates as chuck in whats good. You just keep on enjoying that Dalwhinnie Jim, although I prefer more peaty flavours from further west. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I did not hunt him and he did not hunt me down to argue, threaten, etc. and we had great jumps." Meep, meep.. It is possible to have diametrically opposite political views and still remain good friends. Is it not Jim?

"The gun ban did nothing to stop gun crime, nor to reduce the number of murders. It is a failure, which deprived law-abiding people of their property and their sport, for nothing." I strongly (and respectfully) doubt that this tragic situation could have been avoided by relaxing our current gun laws to the previous arrangements. Especially if the homeowners were adhering to the (previous UK) law and responsible gun onwership guidance. We would have required some sort of further relaxation of our previous laws to enable the homeowners to react within a reasonable time frame. Prior to the present gun control laws, we had to keep guns locked, and stored separately from ammo. Not very practical for personal security purposes, but perfectly adequate for sporting, and 'special interest' (such as maintaining antique firearms) applications. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"You should talk with the leading Researcher in the atmospheric physics Dept at Colorado State U. Dr. Gray. He is a world known expert on the topic..." Even I have had a look at some of Dr Gray's stuff. Controversial reading, and worthy of consideration. But one 'expert' doen't mean total agreement, take for example the opinions of the following experts... Joyce Penner, from the University of Michigan; Thomas Crowley, of Duke University; Richard Alley, from Pennsylvania State University; Jerry Meehl, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Lonnie Thompson, from Ohio State University; Chris Field, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Daniel Schrag, of Harvard University, Michael Oppenheimer, from Princeton University, David Battisti, from the University of Washington in Seattle. If the rest of the parade are out of step with you, who's marching to the wrong beat? "to jump out there is say GW is happening and is caused by humans, and will be disastrous, is pretty naive. " To deny that we are having an influence on Global Climate change is pretty delusional, and what cost if we are wrong? Really, what is it going to cost us if we react and make a serious effort to reduce our emissions rates? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Try "Free Fall" by Tom Read. http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews26781.html Factual account of one guy's struggle with depression around the time he was trying to organise a Joe Kittinger type high altitude record attempt. Not a bad book. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

There will now be a brief sidetrack.... "If you know what life is worth -- you'll look for yours right here on Earth. -Peter Tosh " Not only, but also..... "We're sick and tired of your ism and skism game Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name, Lord We know when we understand Almighty God is a living man You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time So now we see the light We gonna stand up for our right" Shouldn't Bob be credited with the lines as well as Pete though. Back to the guns folks.... "Eliminate the things that cause crime, then you can live life not in fear of crime." Yay. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Dunno, maybe, maybe not, it depends on the time frame between the lass knocking on the door, and her ultimate demise. "They probably stood there, frozen, until he stormed away leaving his dead girlfriend on the ground in her own blood." Maybe someone should sue this couple for not owning a gun that might have resulted in the prevention of this killing? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Oh my gawd, its headed straight for Rockall and St Kilda I fear we may have to evacuate the residents. Local police will strictly enforce curfew to prevent looting and other civil disorder in the more densely populated areas. Power supply company technicians have been put on standby and even bonus rates, to avoid irate outburts and even death threats, in extreme cases, from locals who can no longer run their AC and post whore....... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"It is pretty cowardice that they wear black masks and never have the balls to show their faces,, " Unlike the SWAT teams and special forces people all over the world who wear masks or refuse to be identified by the media. The mask doesn't make them cowards Sarge, its their actions. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Okay Tom, sorry I missed the caveat. Have a good weekend, beer time here. Cya. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"They blame an "intelligence breakdown". " Difficult to challenge in the light of recent events. "wanna buy some Florida wetlands?" Why? Did you buy some? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"With no effective court system, no official police force, and no justice for powerful criminals, what real choice is there aside from lynch mob justice? " Probably the best argument I've heard for the 'Lynch Mob' allegation. I'll accept that. Dangerous president nevertheless. Sorry, I meant precedent. I'd accept the justification if SH was in fact a real and present danger, but he wasn't, he was effectively contained, and somewhat neutered, so although the only justice available was a lynch mob, was it really necessary? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Netherlands isn't, but Amsterdam is. (ie: you won't find any coffeeshops in Rotterdam. --- I was just there a few months ago) " Coffee shops all over Holland, at least around Teuge, Hengelo, Enschede, (east Holland) for sure, deffo, been there done that. Maybe its a regional thing, local bye laws? There are a few countries in Europe where it is essentially decriminalised (not the same as legal), eg the UK, you probably won't get busted for a couple of grammes, and as long as you're not wafting a spliff in the face of the nearest plod, you'll be okay, same in some parts of Switzerland as far as I know. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I should be able to hook them up... if I can't I'll let you know... " Kewel. Have a good one Josh. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"He did not comply for 12 + years.... I am from the school of "You have till Friday to do X or Y will happen." " Why wait 12+ years then, the argument doesn't stack up. We are just going to have to agree to disagree on this, because I'm in too good a mood to really get into it on a sunny friday afternoon. Have good weekend, keep your head down, from what I hear you guys are about to get hit again. I'll be thinking of my Floridian brothers and sisters. On both sides of the political divide, that even goes for PJ. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"it authorized force... " No it didn't, it threatened 'serious consequences'. "but it was not the one adopted in the end." there wasn't any resolution authorising the invasion of Iraq by the UN. But hey, howzit down there, the lads will be bringing back PAL video from Brazil, can you fix it for them? I can get it converted over here, relatively easy. edit to add Kev beat me to it, but don't forget the PAL issue. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"The UN showed itself to be a pussy. They gave a date, and then did nothing when it passed. " You'll be an advocate of lynch mob justice then Ron? Pass me a rope, there's gonna be a hangin'. Sigh, once more for the hard of learning. The war was, and still is, justified by the coalition on the grounds that Iraq was in direct contravention of UN resolutions, the UK and the US decided to abandon the pretence of any form of multilateral control, and went to war without UN support. Thats about as close to an international lynch mob as I have seen. Like i said, pass the rope.... "And Kerry, and the rest of Congress WHO VOTED TO USE FORCE" Hell, we might as well blame the entire UK and US populace for what is, by any stretch of the imagination, an almighty fuckup. Blair and Bush were respective CinC , they carry the responsibility. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"What, you have churchmen guarding your places of government?" Well why not, when you have people having conversations with God in charge of government? Makes perfect sense to me. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson