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But given that Nixon was pretty left-of-center by current standards (he did run for president with a negative income tax as one of his issues — something that eventually was adopted in a hugely...

Well, given a whole lot of independent witnesses, mostly with combat aviation experience, a lot of them pilots from the air, dispersed over a wide area and from all points of the compass, knowing...

Most [sane] states have laws similar to Washington and Virginia. In a nutshell, you're prohibited from modifying the exhaust system such that it's louder than it came from the factory. Here's...

Canada has way more fresh water than we do. More likely, they're thinking about sucking Canada dry to satisfy Los Angeles' and Las Vegas' insatiable thirsts.

Back in the 80s, LA was scheming to...

You mean people like Rush Limbaugh who never even registered to vote until well after his political schlock show was a huge hit? :D

And both parties have and do use it to identify likely voters. Voting in primary elections where you have to declare a party preference is a nice way to identify likely members who lean your way.
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Anybody who puts Roquefort or Limburger cheese on pizza has other problems, IMHO

Good brushes and the long stick with the tennis ball are key.

1-Shot is the standard lettering enamel and has been for decades, at least in the USofA. Sadly, they've succumbed to modernity and no...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_register

A pen register sometimes called a [/i]pen trap[/i] is a device that is attached to an analog phone line that listens to the line and records the numbers...

It's important to measure your hem length properly for classification. Here's how Project Runway's Tim Gunn does it:

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A first-year art student at...

They also need a warrant to put a pen register on your phone. And this is exactly like putting a pen register on everybody's phone. Worse, since a pen register only records outbound numbers: this...

...Belaboring the obvious whilst writing the unanimous opinion in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, invalidating patents on naturally occurring genes. From the NY Times this...

English creativity. Or something. Snorgasms? Really?

From the gadget world...a silent alarm clock for women.

http://www.littleroosterstore.com/products/little-rooster
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exactly. Have things changed such that the Basic Law is outdated? I don't think so, but others might. If it has, then we need to have the discussion about that. We have a process for the that: it's...

Every NIC (network interface controller) has a MAC address. It is the presumably unique identifier used to identify the device on the physical network. The MAC address must be unique on the subnet,...

This needs correcting.. Cookies are for storing local, configuration type info - all stuff you have entered/selected. Over & above those, there are now Flash Objects storing way more info.. & not...

Yes, I understand that, but it makes for a convenient handle.

Nonsense. Amendment IX



Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


makes it plain that...

All that is plainly covered under "papers and effects". The problem is that the government has elected to ignore the language of the Law, i particular the "no warrants shall issue, but upon probable...

Now that's a varnish job.

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I hear tell that Wallas diesel stove/heaters from Finland are quite the thing. Self-contained, no exposed flame. Uses diesel from the main tank. Draws external combustion air and external exhaust.
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Not so, Hopalong.

Moveon.org Civic Action is 501(c)(4). It is an advocacy and educational organization that exists to develop progressive leadership.

Moveon.org Political Action, On the other...

Boy, I'm torn here. They do have point: drivers aren't subject to random stops and searches without probable cause to ensure that the vehicle is up to snuff, but boaters are. OTOH, there is a...

A while ago, I worked out a steam generator design in my head. It involved a piece of pipe with a water heater element inside, linked to a 5 gallon bucket reservoir with a toilet ballcock in it. Hook...

Au contraire. You want a short fat length of marine exhaust hose, not small diameter anything. Surface are varies linearly; cross-sectional area, volume and therefore flow exponentially. The surface...

Where do you think that the uninsured poor get care once they get sufficiently sick or injured that they absolutely have to get medical help? Using a trauma center as a primary care clinic for the...

East Side Saw &Sales (Bellevue, Bel-Red Rd) at http://www.eastside-saw.com/

Emerald Tool (6th Ave S) at http://www.emeraldtool.com/main.html

The Sharp Shop down in Georgetown is no more. Ditto...

John Hacker designed step hydroplane from the 20s–30s, IIRC. I imagine Eric will be along presently.

When you install OS X, you create a admin account. There is no "default password", though there is a default administer, "admin", very cleverly.

You will have to boot into single user mode and get...

As my Latvian relatives might say, F*ck*g [spits] Cossacks" . Nobody who was ever ground under the heel of the Russian boot has anything even close to fond memories of them. From the NY Times:
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I don't know about New Jersey, but back home in Ohio a reckless op citation is a crime, not a civil infraction. That means a physical arrest, fingerprinting, arraignment, trial, the whole 9 yards....

Sadly, my Stanley shaves aren't 50 years old. The current crop of owners has cheapened the product to the point of unusability. The biggest problem, aside from the fact that. Pretty much no fraying...

Really? This is our mechanic, somewhere north of 100mph on dirt in his 9000. He does pro rally stuff

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1996 Saab 900 - they build jets...

It might well have drawn on that work, but cell networks can't work without spread spectrum. It's what allows simultaneous use of the same frequencies
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I bought my Festool jigsaw from a German finish carpenter here in Seattle. He liked his Bosch better. But you want the pro saw, the 1590/1591 series rather than the lower-end model.

Wealth distribution is the US displays, to say the least, high negative skewness.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

They get baked on a sheet pan and get cut into rounds. The dryness is important.

Torten aren't really cakes. They are their own, eastern European thing. They are quite dense and rather intense. nothing like American style cakes. Normally torten are kept and served cold, and cut...

Just for the sake of completeness, here's a proper Sachertorte recipe:

[Leschanz-Sachertorte
Makes 12–14 servings
Courtesy of Schokolade Leschanz in Vienna.
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The slices go on cardboard cake rounds, available from pastry suppliers, pretty much any good kitchen store, or just cut your own from corrugated cardboard. To stack, just slide the layer off the...

In general, I agree with you, but...

Cell phones are based on spread spectrum radio, invented by Hedy Lamarr (yes, that Hedy Lamarr) during WW2 as an secret comm system for controlling...

My Stanley spoke shaves. Complete, utter junk. Especially the curved sole model. All the fettling in the world, short of filling and recutting the throat, didn't a damned thing. Chatters...

Your going to give a teenager a Porsche? :-o

Thanks for that. My skilsaw's guard has been getting stuck of late. Think I'll clean it lube it up with Triflow tomorrow.

WRT the tie downs, especially if you're using straps with cam buckles: it's good practice to stop every hour and make sure they haven't loosened up on you. If you're using ratcheting buckles, make...

Pay attention to the specified weight limits on the roof rack. The rack can likely carry more than the rated weight limit. The reason that the limit is low is because when you screech to a halt, you...

What's so odd about that? Anybody who's ever worked any sort of customer/tech support role knows that to succeed at the job, you have to be all of "politician, psychologist, technician and sales...

No idea why they'd feature them prominently in ad campaigns. It's not as if turning an ignition key difficult or complicated. Maybe the target audience is older folks with serious arthritis that...

Reason for the push-to-start button is modern smart keys. The "key" part of a modern smart key is pretty much decoration, doing little besides unlocking the steering column. The brains of the...

Not to mention a blatant violation of the 14th amendment's Equal Protection clause.