Charles Lindsey

http://www.3000ad.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cg...c;f=33;t=000290 Will the thread do?

I stood in for Georges and got my rear wipe with a wire bristle brush. It wasn't pretty.

Yeah it's ridiculous. For the most part I had 70 seeds but towards the end it went up to 120. The download speed was awesome. But to share with others and get your share ratio up it took forever. Yeah it was cheesy. Decent enough though. I love the most of the space ship scenes and backgrounds.

I had this really nice post with all sorts of tricks using UBB. The Internet gods decided I shouldn't post it so my connection went kablooey. Basically I disagree wth you Grizzle.

quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: Oh, and thank you Cmdr Chavik for the link on Ponzi Schemes. Very educational. Now that I think about it. Social Security IS a Ponzi Scheme and everyone was FORCED to buy into it. Thank you. I would argue that a TRUE Ponzi is one with intent to defraud and the wikipedia article is mostly correct when it states that SS is not Ponzi because we all know what it is. Did anyone watch the speech President Bush gave tonight? He said a lot of the right things to satisfy me. Nest egg that you can bequeath = good. I said this above. Performance equal to or better than current system = good. Work hard all your life you won't retire into poverty = good. Yeah this is one of my major sticking points. We need doctors and we need sewer diggers. Your fecal matter has to go somewhere. Why should a doctor (who does good in in society but generally gets rewarded very well) be any different than a sewer digger (who does equal good for society just not as glamorous) ? Really? So that part was good. There may be a tidbit more but they went off on Iraq and energy policy in the news conference part. Let's just say I'm interested.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7654627/ quote:The reaction gave off an isotope of helium along with subatomic particles known as neutrons, a characteristic of fusion. The experiment did not, however, produce more energy than the amount put in ÔÇö an achievement that would be a huge breakthrough.Still, it's very interesting.

Yes I lost. Ughhh.

Spectre fleet is different this year. It is comprised of Alter Alter Egos. They are Galcom members who wish to fill the league ladder. I have yet to approve you in the 3000AD Fleet Database as I posted in the Wraith thread.

I have not seen any registration in the fleet database for Spectre. After J.smith contacted me in the MP game and told me he wanted to join Spectre as an AAE I looked for a couple days then gave up. J.Smith, you have to be registered officially with 3000AD Database before you are accepted to the various other fleet forums. I wish I could get my man Munch straightened out but would ya'll give this guy a hand and I'll approve him toot sweet for ya. I suppose I will need a pm from someone I know telling me what his AAE handle is.

quote:Originally posted by Shadow5731: Attempted to place this into the tech support area (where it would be more appropriate), but the board would not allow it though. Anyways, the most recent update to Universal Combat...noticed something odd once so far (will try to duplicate it and save that too). While jumping from near the jump-node to Earth and back to Pluto's Supply station, the CC didn't turn first to face the direction it was jumping. Neate effects though on that one....ball of starts and such behind you. Nothing major, but something that caught my eye while doing the Galcom/Pluto trading run. Saved the game WHILE it was jumping and took a screenshot too if that info would help. That just means you were perfectly aligned with your jump but backwards instead of forwards. You can get the same effect by jumping forwards to something then flipping your ship over end for end using pitch. Big ball of sparklies appears.

Bet he takes his laptop, wireless adapter, and blackberry and continues to work on code.

Woohoo!!!!!! Welcome back!!!

No. Not when some of our members have flexible schedules. Personally I am available Friday evenings 6 - 11:59 PM perhaps later but that cuts into next days availablity. Sat and Sun lets say noon to 10 PM.

quote:Originally posted by jamotto: It was a waste of time as soon as the congress started reworking the budget for it. Same with Hubble. quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Hubble should stay up and do it's thing.I agree 150% and I also think it should be repaired/upgraded as long is feasibly possible.

In the Hubble Ultra Deep Field thread someone made a remark that Hubble has done it's job and should be let go. I also suggested some innovative ways to cooperate on saving Hubble. My post was not only for information but also thumbing my nose at those think Hubble is done by pointing out that the new director may rethink the decision to scrap Hubble. I hope so. I think I would be happy with the final service mission. I "could" hope for more but if Hubble gets this last one I think I would be satisfied. Turns out that the robot seems to be undoable.

No today is no good. I accept for April 23

Errrm, how does an individual member who is not a fleet leader with access to the password for the team issue a duel?

Look above! We already answered and are willing to help.

Yeah we gotta get Munch a "system information profile" in your sig and then a fleet sig. The PM's will be flying. Maybe it's time I clean out my box? We would love to have you and will help all we can.

Hmmmm, Seems I remember being at a friends house and some cable channel was on. The show features massive machines such as huge cranes, huge earthmovers, and a paver capable of paving an eight lane highway at once. The one I saw had a segment on the actual "mover". It was pretty neat. Too bad I don't remember any details. Edit: Bingo! http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/crawler.html

This finally made my local evening news.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7477739/ quote:WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee said today that he would push for swift confirmation of NASA Administrator nominee Mike Griffin with the intent of clearing him to report for duty Monday April 18. Griffin said during his confirmation hearing before the Commerce Committee this morning that his two top priorities would be safe return to flight of the space shuttle fleet and eliminating the lengthy gap between retiring the shuttle fleet in 2010 and fielding a replacement vehicle, the Crew Exploration Vehicle now scheduled for its initial launch in 2014. Griffin also said he would reconsider the decision by his predecessor, former NASA Administrator Sean OÔÇÖKeefe, to cancel a planned shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. ÔÇ£We should reassess the earlier decision in light of what we learn after return to flight,ÔÇØ Griffin said.

...and going. The durable twin rovers on Mars have gotten yet another lease on life, with NASA announcing Tuesday it would fund another 18 months of operations. Space.com

Pretty neat impromptu match. Too bad I was doing yard work and got a PM 45 mins after it was sent.

"Exceptions to the rule" means all others should mean most but I will give you that on a technicality. He did say "real assets". Let's tweak this a bit. If I die before drawing let my contrubutions be an inheritable asset. That's about the only part I like about this whole thing. If I begin to draw that inheritable asset could be reduced by a percentage every year till it was nothing very shortly (5 or 7 years?). My suggestion is not true yet but the 4% being inheritable I like. The things I don't like: Kerry: I have a plan. Beat up for not having a plan. Bush: I have a plan. Beat up for not having a plan. I agree with others. Explain it to me and I will tell you if I like it. Four percent is not much. Why not more? It will still be gov controlled. Anyone smart enough to divert money should be smart enough to open their own savings/IRA/401k account. You can ALREADY do this. So, meh, I haven't seen enough yet.