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- By Phillip Brownlee
- Posted April 19, 2007 at 1:05 a.m.
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Yes here lately the world seems to be getting a little crazier, Monday at VT, yesterday three other universities locked down over bomb threats and my wife learned that the night before a man that works at the same company she does. Had he house raided and they recovered several home made bombs! She knew he had not been to work in a couple of weeks and the rumor was it was because of high blood pressure. It turns out he was having psychological problems and was suicidal. It was said that when the man’s friend called the son to say he was worried about the man. The son went over and found his dad sating with a lap full of pipe bombs and talking about life was not worth it. Yes the world seems to be getting a little crazier.
Don’t buy that new computer just yet…
“Patrick Gelsinger, the general manager for Intel’s digital enterprise group, said the successor to Penryn, a family of chips known as Nehalem, will make their debut in 2008 with an overhauled design and featuring up to eight processing cores, double that of current top-of-the-line chips, he said.” – MSNBC.COM
What does that mean, Republican?
I run a lot of graphic programs that seem to bog down the best of systems as they try to ‘render.’
Will this new Nehalem fix that for me? Because – I will wait for sure, if it will.
Writerdog – OMG!!!
I bet you are stunned.
You think you know someone and then something like that happens.
Just recently a well-respected businessman in my community was arrested when he flipped out and started tearing out walls, hearing voices. Turns out he was on Meth – and perhaps even making and selling it. Shocker.
WTF?
But bombs????
That’s scary even from where I sit.
Did the guy ever voice any intentions for the bombs? Besides blowing himself up? I mean, he wasn’t planning on pulling a Pali as he checked out – was he?
I went auto shopping yesterday and found the perfect truck, but after figuring the sales and personal property taxes decided not to buy. Even at $3 a gallon, I save about $700 dollars the first year and break even on year two by continueing to drive my current truck. Buying a new fuel efficient auto doesn’t save you anything.
Isn’t it nice to see our new mayor taking charge so quickly of City government? First, he made sure a decent offer was tendered to settle the police contract, then he pushed for the creation of the gambling study task force . . . and in his first week as mayor.
GSheridan,
RE: Nehalem Chip
Too early to tell right now. Depends on what the Computer manufacturers do with it. It has a bigger cache, which means faster.
Rendering can sometimes be software related as well as CPU intensive. 3D graphics and Video are known to have long render times.
Some 2D graphics programs vary on their rendering times. I use a program called Xara Xtreme, which is a 2D Vector program. It is a competitor to Adobe Illustrator and Xtreme it much faster than Illustrator.
People that do advanced 3D or Videos often set up networks called Render Farms, so they won’t tie up the CPU on their workstation computer.
The 4-core and 8-core processors are coming. Look for the 45 nano gate is just around the corner. Problem is, the new class processors won’t be affordable for a while, at least for regular folk.
Sheridan, have you tried a dual-processor machine? Are you maxed out on memory? Do you have hyperthread?
I see it’s still wall to wall Virginia Tech shooting coverage on the news. I wonder:
Does the media’s obsession with the the killer encourage other wannabe killers?
Does the media realize that they are giving the killer exactly what he wanted?
Hate filled homicidal killers like him are a dime a dozen in Iraq.
Very true, Outlander..the media is giving him the attention he craved. I wish they would take his ugly picture off tv and off every newspaper.
Rap, look on the bright side. At least it’s not 24 hour Imus/Anna Nichole.
I heard the Phelps clan is going to picket the VA Tech victims funerals.
See, now THERE is a good use for people who make bombs…
I didn’t say that.
now if a crazed gunman would only wipe them out.
If I had been in the mail room at NBC when the ‘video manifesto’ arrived I would have smiled and shredded it.
They never should have given him the means to get his sick little message out. It will only encourage other sickos to make their mark.
Hank
4/19/1995 Oklahoma City bombing :-(
Holy cow, has it been that long?
So tragic, why haven’t they even mentioned it in the news?
That deserves as much attention as the 9/11 anniversary imo.
NBC silenced Imus for saying something stupid. This kid murders 32 people and he gets everything he wants.
What brain baby thought it would be a good idea to air his BS?
NBC interviewed the VT students after seeing it. Even as they were telling the reporter how distraught it made them, in the background… you guessed it, they were still airing it.
Should NBC be taken to task for releasing this crap?
No, they probably provided a good insight to what to look for in others who may be ill as well.
And I wanted to see it.
Dang it, I”m getting to bed later and later you guys keeping me too busy :D.
Goodnight.
Well it seems to serve as a distraction from the hundreds the “Surge” is killing in Iraq.
Before that is was a girls basketball team being insulted.
Now Bush is whining on a radio program that congress won’t give him money for the cluster bombs he needs to claim victory.
Maybe he’ll take money out of SS to pay for his obsession for impossible “victories” forever out of reach.
Ed, when was the last cluster bomb we dropped. For that matter, when was the last bomb we dropped?
Does “we” mean the CIA, the Mossad, or some covert operation?
Do you think that they’re going to tell ya? Why not ask “Flack-Jacket McCain?
For the computer geeks if they are still monitoring. The multi core processing; you pretty much need software that is going to exploit multiple cores – read multi-threaded. If you application is spawning a lengthy process on a single thread synchronously, then you will wait until that thread completes.
Conversely, if you have a multi-threaded application that exploits the multiple cores asynchronously, then several threads could be doing work across the processors at the same time.
For graphics intensive – read 3D – you should also look at your graphics card. Make sure it has an accelerator and plenty of its own onboard memory.
The multi core processors should have a larger cache, but that is no substitute for lots and lots of RAM!!! Try getting into the 2 Gig range for best performance.
The CIA is flying bombers now? Whoa, small world. Thought that was the Air Force. Huh, just goes to show how much I don’t know.
Last I checked, the Mossad weren’t Americans. But I didn’t know the CIA flew bombers either.
News accounts have the Mossad active in Iran, northern Iraq, and Lebanon. The unreported, of course, don’t exist.
The CIA is busy painting signs on their out-of-country-prisons, Which say: New CIA Prison, just for you.
So the CIA ISN’T dropping bombs then. I’m confused. Who is dropping bombs? I hear about the IEDs and what not. Thought that was the guys we were trying to shoot…
The Navy flies bombs too. They use aircraft-carriers.
So the NAVY is dropping bombs. Ok, I’m with you. And their last cluster bombing sorte was… when?
Look Ed, I’m screwing with you. I’m ex-military and somewhat up to speed on who does which kind of mission. The point I was making is that Bush is fighting for funding for the troops that are there. Be this the correct war, a war you support or don’t – regardless, the money is to keep this men and women equipped until we can bring them home.
Between the ears needs more than just dial-up.
this = these
The fight is to bring them home.
Who does what kind of mission is in a state of “all bets off.”
But hey, hero, you should know that, right?
You’re screwing with me?
you’re not very good at it.
outlander is all jazzed about “hate-filled Iraqis.”
You betcha.
Just imagine if a race of democracy-loving Martians with superior technology said that George Bush was not legally elected and his entire presidency was a fraud.
If he did not step down, we would be invaded and occupied because we needed to be “freed” from our tyrant.
I’m sure that outlander would welcome these invaders as the true liberators they are.
Candy and flowers, right, outlander?
OK ed, then when was the US’s last cluster bombing sortie, who completed it, what were the targets, how much ordinance was expended and what was the hit/damage ratio?
Who does what kind of mission is in a state of “all bets off.”But hey, hero, you should know that, right?Posted by: Ed Friedemann | April 19, 2007 at 12:02 PM
OK, so the Army is flying surveillance missions in U2s, the marines are patrolling the Gulf in submarines, the Air Force is doing LRRP missions in the north.
What the hell are you talking about … hero?
Ed makes up things like the uni-bomber. Truth is, if a Palestinian saw Ed in their land, they would kill him because of his surname and possibly because of his skin color. Ed would scream “I’m on your side!” The Palestinians would reply “Not with that name and skin you are not.”
Ed lives in an alternate reality.
Hi Hank — How are ya? Haven’t seen ya around in a while.
Unfortunatley, you may be setting yourself for a destruction of evidence charge —- and just add to the tragedy.
The real culprits in giving noteriety to the murderer is the media (not just MSNBC) — from what I can tell all the news networks seem to be giving him way too much publicity and what he wants — instead of news scrolls across the bottom of the screen they should be scrolling the names / bios of the victims
Be well
outlander is all jazzed about “hate-filled Iraqis.”Just imagine if a race of democracy-loving Martians with superior technology said that George Bush was not legally elected and his entire presidency was a fraud. If he did not step down, we would be invaded and occupied because we needed to be “freed” from our tyrant.
I’m sure that outlander would welcome these invaders as the true liberators they are. – Capn America
Hmmm… Martians huh Capn? OK. Let’s go with the premise.
You know what I wouldn’t do? I wouldn’t strap some explosives to an impressionable kid and tell him to go blow himself up and some other Americans of another religious persuasion so those mean old Martians would leave.
Got any more apologies for those who facilitate suicide bombers?
“Ed makes up things like the uni-bomber.”
I don’t think Ed invented the uni bomber —
” Truth – is, …… ” You mean your truth –
bombs, rockets, bullets, grenades — only difference is the delivery method, and the size of the destruction …. you look absolutely ridiculous trying to pick that nit —-
Ed, don’t fall into the trap —
If you try to argue with idiots — those watching may not know who is who ……..
Iwill probably be in some serious trouble here, and Imus is old news, but I would like to ask where Sharpton and jackson are when assholes like this talk
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm
A little comparative reading:http://kansas.com/228/story/48548.htmlandhttp://www.kctu.com/images/defmaint_1andhttp://www.kctu.com/images/defmaint2Just a little detail got left out of the first story…
Ken, Not to worry, It’s fun to cluster the crazies on a slow afternoon.
I like the one about the “uni bomber” and the “alternate reality” comes in a close second.
The famous soldier is trailing the pack…too complicated.
Move to Palestine Ed if you love them so much.
Ed, still waiting on the last date the US cluster bombed ANYONE….
So outlander,
You would be a Vichy-American eh?
Now we know the kind of people who were “loyalists” during the American Revolution . . .
As for the suicide bombers, I’m trying to remember who said this:
“Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for another.”
Maybe you can refresh my memory, outlander.
CapnAmerica-
You surely are not favorably comparing suicide bombers to the one who said that, are you?
John 15:13
I don’t think killing others was meant by that Biblical phrase Capn.
Kind of backwards logic I would say.
Backwards logic? If you fight against the forces occupying your country you are an insurgent and we will kill you. So America saved Iraq from Iraqis?
“As for the suicide bombers, I’m trying to remember who said this:
“Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for another.”"- Capn America
I dunno Capn, a suicide bomber taking innocents of another faith with him sounds a whole lot more like hate than love to me. I doubt he was killing them because he loved them.
Why are you defending them?
Listing of schools, colleges and universities receiving threats after Monday’s events at VPI:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3056317&page=1
Cap ‘laying down you life for another’ infers that you are sacrificing your life to save theirs. This isn’t what suicide bombers do. They impose their will on innocents who have done nothing to them but just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
For the most part I don’t care too much for large corporations but today I find myself rather sad at the loss of a corporation here in Atlanta. As I have driven in to work the past few days, workers on top of the 50 story Bellsouth building have been removing the huge sign. Each day about 3 letters go away as though a once great company is being tortured to death a bit at a time. I do not know what to expect from AT&T but I will always remember Bellsouth as a company that provided excellent and professional service at a reasonable cost to businesses and people alike. My hope is that At&T will continue the great service and professionalism we have known BellSouth for but my fear is that we will end up with another company like Ameritech here wher technicians show up days late wearing blue jeans and dirty shirts and are rude. I have worked with both phone companies and I hope that does not happen.
‘ I would like to ask where Sharpton and jackson are when assholes like this talk’
I wonder the same thing. These guys that should value equal treatment for all races certainly do not model that behavior.
“4/19/1995 Oklahoma City bombing”I will remember….
G, so far no more information has came out as to his intent with the bombs.Knowing a little of the trouble this family has had in the last couple of years that was not their own fault. I could understand him having some real problems with mental health. Not sure I would have gone that direction because of the sad tale they have been through.Because the problems were not their fault I will respect their privacy and not list them here. I do know my wife and many of her co-workers are alarmed that the company did know of the mental health problems and the suspected activities and did not advise them.Though they did not have hard proof as to what he was intending to do, so it was a judgment call.
Headline:
WICHITA BEAGLE MANAGING EDITOR LOSES HER FLASHLIGHT — UNABLE TO PULL HER HEAD OUT OF HER ASS …
I was serioulsy considering getting a Beagle subscription again until yesterdays front page story about a small town college (FROM MISSOURI) bowling team in the NCAA tourney in town (Last year you said you put news of local interest on the front page — I guess a Missouri bowling team is just being neighborly?)and todays front page story about the dynamic new WSU coach. Noteworthy stories — but the front page?
In yesterdays paper any news of the Iraq war was buried on page 4-6, and most galling in todays paper the story of 2 Ft. Riley Soldiers and a 3rd soldier getting killed in IRAQ — at the bottom of page 3 – a spot if I remember from a long ago marketing class, a place on the page that is least often read. Even in the web edition you have to go to the second page of the State news to see any mnetion of it.
If you’re going to do that at least have the respect to put those notices on the front page of the sports section and not bury it— it would be a tradeoff …..
Conservatives here often accuse the Beagle of being a liberal paper, but burying stories of the war on terror — specifically about our casualties in the middle of section 1, panders to this conservative administrations policy of minimizing any information about the war and it’s casualties. I’d say on balance thay are pretty much middle of the road — insulting at times to the intelligence of liberals, conservatives and moderates alike ……
I can’t wait again to see Joe Stumpfs sports predictions for the NBA and NHL playoffs, on the front page — then maybe followed by Bonnie Bings take on our foreign policy, then a Carrie Rengers article about automotive repairs ………. take a shot at having one of your sports writers do a fashion piece — at least they will leave absolutely no doubt in any one’s mind what a crummy at best paper you are. If it weren’t for the puzzle page and comics your paper would be useless – maybe you can cut a deal and sell copies through WAL MART in the bird cage liner section of the pet department.
— fire the managing editor and whoever else decides what goes on the front page and stop letting the interns make all your front page decisions …..
In case you missed it:
Arms fire, bomb kill two Fort Riley-based soldiers in Iraq
BY HURST LAVIANAThe Wichita Eagle
Two Fort Riley soldiers have died this week while fighting in Iraq, the U.S. Army reported Wednesday.Both soldiers were killed during their first deployment to the Middle East.Pfc. Steven J. Walberg, 18, died Sunday when he was hit by enemy small arms fire in Baghdad, the Army said.Walberg, who was from Paradise, Calif., was an infantryman who joined the Army in June 2006 and began serving with the 1st Infantry Division in November.In a separate attack, Pfc. Aaron M. Genevie, 22, died Monday when his vehicle struck a bomb in Baghdad.Genevie was a scout from Chambersburg, Pa., who joined the Army in July 2005 and joined the 1st Infantry Division in November 2005.As of Wednesday, 93 soldiers from Fort Riley have died while serving in Iraq.In that same time, at least 3,311 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 2,691 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
Please sign this petition, men and women alike.
They’re trying to push mastectomy patients to outpatient status. Imagine if they tried to outpatient someone who just had a leg amputation?
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
“Please sign this petition, men and women alike.”
…. and send it to everyone in your email address book ……….
What about abortion procedures? Is that considered outpatient?
I got this in an email today from a veteran:
(The only part I have a problem with is: “help spread the truth about how veterans and military families feel about the war.”It doesn’t really speak for all veterans, soldiers — but the message is no less important)
Today we’re launching an important new project with our friends at VoteVets.org that will use the power of internet video to help spread the truth about how veterans and military families feel about the war.
The project is called VideoVets: Bring Our Troops Home and it contains some of the most compelling stories about this war that you’ve ever heard. These brave men and women want to put us on a course to start bringing our troops home.
Please watch these videos and tell us which one you think is most compelling. Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone will take the video you choose and turn it into a TV ad?spreading this message even further. Believe me, once you get started watching these you won’t be able to stop.
Click below to watch now:http://pol.moveon.org/videovets?id=10218-7964480-PG0etg&t=3Every day at MoveOn we get letters from military families and veterans who’re outraged that the president hides behind the troops to justify his policy?a policy that’s leaving tens of thousands of them stranded in the middle of an unwinnable civil war. We talked to our friends at VoteVets.org about their members, who felt the same way. We realized we had to help give these folks a platform to speak out.
Over 700 MoveOn members around the country volunteered their time to interview and videotape the veterans and military families. Then we put them up on our website?and on YouTube?for you to watch.
Today, we have over 20 interviews, each less than 2 minutes long. Here are just a few examples of the moving stories we heard.John, a former sergeant who served in Iraq told us “I feel used and I feel misled by the administration. I feel that my patriotism has been used and exploited?my willingness to fight for this country was used and exploited.”Peter, also a former sergeant who served in Iraq said, “If there was a manual written on how not to fight a war, it would be this administration’s playbook.”Pam, whose son was deployed to Iraq as part of the escalation told us “They are young kids and they are now going to be placed there, on the frontlines, with an abbreviated month of training, with poor equipment, with inadequate equipment and they know it.”
This is really powerful stuff.
The administration tries to call anyone who criticizes their policy in Iraq ‘anti-troop,’ but these stories show that ’supporting the troops’ does NOT mean supporting an endless war.
The voices of these veterans and military families are missing from the debate in Washington. Together we can make sure they become a vital part of the national dialogue around ending the war.Click below to watch the videos and tell us which one Oliver Stone should turn into an ad.http://pol.moveon.org/videovets?id=10218-7964480-PG0etg&t=4
I don’t read anything from Moveon.org, but it’s an interesting project.
How many people from the Party of God are involved in this?
Four.
Ken did you have a problem with women who have had mastectomies?
Personally I’d be thrilled if hospitals would go back to doing abortions. But they don’t. Blame that on the anti-choicers, not us.
Ooops sorry Ken, that should have been addressed to Joe.
Thanks Ken.
Why are you defending [the insurgents]?
Because they are doing exactly what we would do if someone occupied our country.
In fact, it’s what we DID do to get rid of English rule.
And don’t get me started on what we did to the Native Indians.