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So, get more refineries built. Or stop relying on your car. Gas prices have only one way to go....up. thanks to this administration reducing drilling permits, driving oil futures up. Ah but our capacity has gone up since Obama. It's higher than it was under Bush 1 or Bush 2.0 No this is now getting a bit nutty for those who can't affor it. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Hey the more we have the better! Maybe these guys will have a reason to start dressing to impress! And some will discover the power of soap+water! But this is great news.

yeah right! that's a horrible thing to think! and with gass at $4+/gal it's getting a bit nutty! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/04/10/the-buffett-rules-billionaire-backers-meet-the-super-rich-who-want-to-pay-more-taxes/ Interesting. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

And the number of jobs we got from Ipods is.....a few. Not bad not bad at all. Right now I'm sorry I'm just not seeing the next technology for the middle class. I hope I'm wrong. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

OH that's one way of looking at it! Very cool! But you know wasn't there a thread about people loosing weight when they started jumping? Due to money and what not? Food money Vs. Jump money? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Well I'm not going to argue with that one! I do look good if i may say so! Are you sure you aren't one of the exceptions? Oh no I know I am. And I'm ok with it! But you know they are right...after jumping out of an airplane how much does running on a treadmill suck? Now if you were all holding hands and doing points and people were swooping say the water cooler....ok sure maybe. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

The one and only reason i would ever downsize from my 210. You guys with your 100sqft things make it look so easy! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Well I'm not going to argue with that one! I do look good if i may say so! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Apparently not Oh we got one more? No kidding! Was it the greatest number of Ms. Universes per capita? Was that their claim to fame? Either way let me tell you the view did not suck! And yeah a good number of the ladies had a good number of augmentations and tucks and what not. Now not as amazing as Argentina and Colombia but it was still very nice!

Well when the world gets calmer get on a plane and fly over to Venesuala. The home of the greatest number of Ms. Universes.... For a man it’s a great place to visit! (insert joke about engineering chick hell). Any how yes many of the girls get little work done here and a little work done there. I think they are allwed to have augmentation and reduction. I think it was Ms. USA who would not allow it? I guess you could say beauty is like any atheletic event? If there is a way to make one athlete better than the other sceice has found a way? Just wait till we figure out the DNA code and you can pre order a smart attractive kid! Or worse! Give someone a virus which will turn them from a troll to a prince? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Nah they are good folks, I just wish they would stop trying to kill us with power point slides and learn how to communicate better to make my job easier! Here is my typical day Engineer "I would like to get funding to develop X136" Me "OK, what makes the X136 better than the X135 and worthy of a Green Belt project?" Engineer "It's better than the X135" Me "OK how is it better than the X135?" Engineer "It's just better than the X135" Me "OK how is it just better than the X135?" Engineer "Well it goes one higher." Me "Ever see the movie Spinal Tap?" Engineer "I don't watch TV." But I know where these guys are coming from, yeah sure the new product has all of 5% more battery life or maybe it's 5% faster and the VOC is that they will replace any product with a newer product as long as it doesn't cost too much more than the last product and can be bought in a different color and has a new name? You know that's like the model T Ford going on its 15th year and now the big change is that it can be bought in red!? Sorry just don't see it, processors are getting faster and faster every day but we are kind of hitting a limit and let's be honest no one cares other than a handful of people. Cars are at 30mpg and that's about where they will stay for a good while. Don’t get me started about electric cars! Yeah nice idea. Just don’t drive too far, don't charge them too fast and for the love of god don't drive too hard! Ever see a LiPo go high order! It's pretty! I'm just not seeing that "next" leap in technology that will open up a new market place for your average techno illiterate middle class consumer who just wants to have product X because everyone else has product X. But I hope I'm wrong. Because let's face it who wants to hang out in a economy that won't see full employment for another 8 years? That puts our recession at 20 years once it's all said and done. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

davjohns There was a show like that a few years back called the Swan? They would take as you said ho hum women but who had some serious trauma in their lives and who were deserving and would do just that. Over a period of 6 months they would get the Demi More treatment. Some came out the other end looking stunning! Others came out with a great boost of self esteem. You know I know they say it's all about what is on the inside that counts but we view ourselves via the mirror upon which others view us. And if you are viewed a given way by others over time that can erode one's self worth. Hey don't look at me, yeah I may be mean to the engineers on line but I do my upmost to be civil in public and pull them aside and talk. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I met him. And pretended to smash a beer bottle over his head. Yeah but that was my idea remember! And didn't I buy you that beer buddy? And hey I lasted 4 months not being mean to engineers and I think that's a good effort on my part! For an addict I say that's a good start. I think I can do another 4 months! Any how back on topic! Yeah she is very cute! I hope she wins? Did she win? Better question? Who watches these shows any more? I remember they were something amazing but now it's kind of so ho hum? God I recall there was this gorgeous girl who worked at Pashas a great night club in NYC where my friend knows the owner.....Paris something or another! She was stunning! I mean you would step over your own mother to say hi! She was so hot girls would bitch about how hot she was. So that should tell you about how hot she really was. Well she was once a dude. More power to her for working that hard in being comfy in her skin. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Holding my breath...... So to save our economy is to invent a new way to recharge a cell phone or light up a TV? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Oh yeah that's cool stuff. Saw it the other day. A wall that no longer needs plugs to power your "stuff" Cool idea! Just don't lick the wall...i kid i kid. but yeah cool but..........not going to make 200k jobs per year is it? Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

God I hope they are empty boxes! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

She is by far way better looking than 98% of the engineering chicks I have ever met. And I bet she is more stable and less prone at screaming at men for being men. Though I am almost 100% sure that a good number of the more...."handsome" engineering chicks are dudes in drag? Ever see an engineering chick walk in high heels? Like watching a penguin waddle. And don't even get me started about when they "put on their face" blind drag queens cry! Engineering bashing aside......if you are ever in the "village" of NYC and a very attractive barmaid pours you a drink don't be surprised if her hand may be bigger than yours. But hey more power to them for taking huge risks and spending huge sums of money to be more comfortable in their own skin. And if you ask me, she looks hot! I would gladly date a girl that hot any day of the week. And you know how shallow I am! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Same here! And the "stuff" I'm seeing, is going to make the world a better place for a very select few with very select problems. I don't see another desk top boom or internet market any time soon. Any time we were in a mess, be it WWII or the Great Depression or the subsequent recessions we were always able to reach and find technology to save our asses. Technology that was directly aimed at the middle class. Be it electrification to the automobile to the home computer revolution which brought about the internet. Now we if you look around are very topped out. Thus they reason why Forbs is not expecting us to achieve full employment until 2020. That's another 8 years of slow growth regardless of who gets elected into office. And I'm sorry please don't bet money on rocket, solar cells or for the love of god batteries. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

The Canadian girl right? She is stunning! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

They day we can have Cherry 2000, well.....how can I put it....? It's going to be fun! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Well I can't talk much about what I do or who i work for but let me put it this way...don't hold your breath for that next middle class technology that will create the jobs we need in the next 2 years. Reading Forbs yesterday and they were talking about "full employment" won't happen till 2020. And even then a good portion of the workforce will be transient independent contractors. I hope they are wrong. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

Since this post i have been a lazy mofo! Read Brian Germains book again...ok But only repacked my parachute 4 times. What a lazy fuck right! Shit I use to be able to pack in 15min now I'm all back up the buss and fucked up. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

I was in China and Vietnam last year. And I'm sorry to say this, but they are just as innovative as we are. And at 1/5th the cost and possibly greater government support....on key issues.....it's scary! Look let's not piss on each other's shoes and say it's raining. Yeah airplanes work because of wings...ok cool. But a rocket takes how much energy to put what in space? Do you really think that based on basic physics and chemistry that you will ever see a orbital ticket at the same price as a first class ticket from US to Australia? Not in your lifetime. I assure you! Don't argue with the physics of the universe you will always loose. See guys, especially older folks, think about it for a second. When our economy hit the skids always something new designed for the middle class came up and saved us. Be it the interstate highway network to the world wide web. We create jobs here in this country via innovation that could not be replicated in other parts of the world. However we have hit a limit to our science and technology such that we are just making a shaper and sharper point on an existing pencil and China can do it better and faster. And now they are innovating at the same rate as us. And as such does this mean that 10% unemployment is the new "normal" for our society where full time jobs are a thing of the past and we are nothing more than a sea of under paid contractors washing from coast to coast eroding away the middle class till it's nothing more than just a distant dream? I don't know, I sure hope not. Yet again I don’t see what non replicatable technology will save our collective middle class asses. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

All made in China for nothing. As in next to nothing. Private space craft? Really? Is that what we are going to base the survivability of the middle class on? Golf cart Toyotas, private space craft and LED lights? Think back to when the net hit, and how it changed our lives. Now it's mature, you have world wild connectivity and a truly global market place. So no matter how smart you are, if you live in the US or the EU I can find a guy or gal who is even smarter in China who will do the very same work for 1/5th of your pay. Want to stay competitive? Are you willing to take 75% pay cut? And still have the same fixed costs? This is some very scary shit. Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!