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Jason Henderson wrote: they were acting in what they thought were the best interests of the free world at the time. Self-interest is not the best interest for the free world. Jason Henderson wrote: Your statement is like blaming a dept. store CEO for the stabbing death of someone because the killer bought a knife at his store. How was he supposed to know the killer was going to use the knife for something other than spreading butter on bread? No, it's more like blaming the clerk at the sports store because a strange and obviously unbalanced individual bought a rifle and blew away his neighbours the next day. The US govt knew that the Middle East was unstable, but they thought the USSR was a bigger enemy, so they gave them guns and training. If they'd been smarter to begin with, the situation would not like this now. If they act smarter now .... nevermind. DWORD dwCaffeine = 0x00c0ffee;

Then wouldn't this be in some small way a victory for the terrorists? To undermine/eradicate current freedoms that the American people enjoy? Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030 I can levitate birds...

Well, the only thing I learnt from taking statistics at A Level was that their very act of selecting who they question means that their survey results will be utterly skewed and useless, so I usually point this out. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

benjymous wrote: "Well, my name's Richard, but people call me benjy" :laugh: I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser

My cam's 2mpix, I think (1600x1200 is it's max res) I got myself a 256mb CF card (only £60!) so now take everything at that resolution (the card can hold a couple of hundred pics) - I figure that it's better to have all the pics in a higher res than you need, than use a low res and really regret not having a high res version if you realise you want one (like getting prints made) Megan Forbes wrote: It's actually built into the camera Sounds cool, though it means my dilemma is still unsolved :( I know the camera can see IR light, through experimentation with pointing remote controlls at it, so it should be possible to get really good nighttime shots with a good IR lightsource (even if I have to manually gamma correct the images once they reach the computer) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Trollslayer wrote: You are a sick, evil twisted person Thank you! :cool: If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here   [sighist]

Look closely and you'll see the tears in his eyes :laugh: :laugh: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

Shaun Wilde wrote: all I need now is a pipe, a whippet, a pint of bitter, a comfy chair and a log fire ehm... okay! :):~ Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!

Dylan Kenneally wrote: increased agressive marketting strategies I can understand that especially state broadcasters may need cash from advertising, fine. I have no problems with that. But if you are going to pay extra, surely you are making up for that? If not, they should bring out a premium rate where you do cover this and don't have to watch adverts. I'm not a huge TV watcher at the best of times anyway, but we got cable free with our broadband. My husband watches every evening while I am on CP, studying, etc, and the ad's really drive me crazy. I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser

Andrew Peace wrote: How about yourself? Conflicted... lol. Got a new girlfriend... err camera I mean :-D So on that front I am exstatic and having a ball with all the settings and control etc. Job side... not so happy, thinking of looking for either a new one, or taking up another career (though the later option is ONLY if I cannot find a new IT job which has vision and which I like. i.e. I am not settling for a J O B anymore, I want to do something I believe in and care for, just making money has lost it's shine for me.) Glad uni is going well for you, if it was not for the exams I would have gone to uni :-D Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)

benjymous wrote: I know, but IT had a whine about abuse of bandwidth only because it gets in the way of their pron(sic) downloads Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers. But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong - just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02

Good idea, but I don't think they'll let me. Shog9 wrote: This is my December These are my snow covered dreams This is me pretending This is all I need... Forfeit the game before someone else takes you out of the frame... :-D That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig] I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene[Roger Wright on VB] (sorry Christian)

No one ever commented on it, but anytime there was a question about our work, or an important memo intended for one of us, it came to my desk. Gradually my phone extension was passed around as the contact number for us, and when new contracts came up for discussion it was my phone that rang to ask for "someone" to represent us. That would be me, of course. All else followed a natural course.:-D "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

Well, I think of it more like a TV or radio. I'd just rather turn it off. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator. sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus

You mean the grapefruitopia squirrel mousemat? No reason whatsoever -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Michael Martin wrote: Does it mean that only a false religion would forbid anyone to marry? According to the Bible, yes. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002

My seven year old sone refuses to STOP beleiving in Santa even through we told him he wants real. Basically if NORAD can show him being tracked and you can see him packing presents over the Internet, send him emails and get replies why shouldnt he beleive in him. For that matter why shouldnt I. Maybe he doenst deliver the presents but that doesnt mean he doesnt exist. Thinking about it, Santa does exist, there are loads of Santas, from kids stores to garden centers. Ok, I'm converted, I beleive in Santa.

_Magnus_ wrote: Why do you turn it off for CP btw? I sponsor CP every now and then by clicking the ads. :) Secondly, the dynamic thread views sometimes refuse to work correctly - for some reason it reloads the page every now and then. -- This space for rent.

Andrew Peace wrote: So, anyone else back from Uni yet? Yeah, been back for 1 1/2 years now. :) -- This space for rent.

Drunken Santa Master! -- This space for rent.