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Four Radical Ways to Improve Communication at Sun
By greimer on Nov 17, 2005
At Sun, employees deal with information overload on a daily basis; many of us receiving in excess of a hundred new messages a day. Improving how we deal with this flood of information will require changing the way we think about intra-company communication. Here are four ideas to get us started.
1. Disband the email aliases.
Once upon a time aliases may have been a good idea, but in 2005 superior platforms exist for announcements, articles and group discussions. Reading email at Sun is like drinking from a firehose, and a noisy inbox is a distraction from our work and bad for Sun's bottom line. Ultimately, better options exist to do mass communication than spamming ourselves.
2. Syndicate our information.
At any given time in a company of Sun's size, a large number of important things need to be communicated to a large number of people. How do you get the right messages in front of the right people? The options are:
- Send a mass email. Disadvantage: It's less than ideal and it's killing the email system (see above).
- Publish it to an intranet website or tool. Disadvantage: Keeping track of all the different intranet websites and tools is a terrible thing to have to do.
- Hold a series of meetings. Disadvantage: Meetings are transient, disruptive and expensive, and full attendance is not feasible.
Syndication is an option for getting information in front of people that can either complement or supplement these other methods. It's as much a concept as a technology. On a micro level, it simply means that our tools publish and consume information in a standardized way. On a macro level it means that I can subscribe and organize my feeds in a way that suits my interests. This is important because it's driven by my interests rather than whomever happens to be sending an email, publishing a web page or holding a meeting. The interests of individual employees driving a company's success? What an outrageous idea!
3. Embrace team blogging.
A lot of our internal email usage approximates blogging. Why not move en-masse to an actual blogging platform? We'll get the benefit of a built-in comment system, the ability to plug into a feed aggregator (syndication), the ability to archive, tag, search, link and trackback posts. In addition, we'll benefit from the global information sharing culture that blogging creates.
4. Send email directly to, and only to, those who need it.
Someone who isn't a direct recipient (i.e. not in the TO: field) of an email ought to be able to safely ignore the entire message. This practice makes email more impactful and focused as a communication tool. It also allows modern email clients to highlight direct emails so the user can see at-a-glance which items need action.


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This is possibly a very simple question, but I couldn't find a definitive answer in the players handbook.
If a character has a speed of 6, can he move 3 squares, perform an action, then move the remaining 3 squares?
No, a standard action cannot bisect a move action.
Each action must be fully resolved before you can begin another action (aside from triggered actions). However, you can use them in any order you like: attack, then move; or move before attacking. There are specific powers and features which provide exceptions to this rule.

subset: commoncrawl


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6 Famous Things From History That Didn't Actually Exist
#3. The First "End of the World" Scare
Let's give credit where credit is due. Maybe we spent the turn of the millennium freaking out over our computers and hoarding bottled water and canned goods and mechanical can openers, but at least we didn't go nuts like some people. After all, as the news media tells us, these millennial freakouts happen every thousand years. You may have heard during the Y2K panic that back in the year 999, the Christian faithful were so sure that Jesus was returning that they prayed obsessively, forgave debts, gave all their possessions away, pardoned criminals, and stopped tending their fields. Some even flocked to Jerusalem in anticipation of the return of Christ.
With all this hype, we'll be lucky if it isn't a bigger disappointment than the Star Wars prequels.
So while a few crazies today obsessively prepare for the apocalypse, we're not exactly shutting everything down in a blind panic as a society. Not like those dipshits back then.
The Reality:
European Christians were too busy with the day-to-day business of not starving to death to get caught up in an apocalypse-prepping panic. For one thing, they could barely agree on which year it was, so it's kind of hard to get worked up over the next round number on the calendar when you thought the fatal day had already passed a few years ago. For another, these people were always anticipating the return of Christ. It was kind of their thing, ever since John scribbled down some incoherent ramblings about horsemen of the apocalypse and a whore of Babylon.
His motivation is lost to time.
Which is why historians have been dismissing the notion of widespread panic at the last turn of the millennium for more than a hundred years now. No one went crazy. No one flocked to Jerusalem. People just went about their ordinary business of being dirty and hungry, maybe with an occasional look to the sky, just in case.
What's really interesting is how the rumors of collective millennial shit-losing got started in the first place. The stories actually began in 1605 when a Catholic cardinal mentioned the panic in his history of the church. Protestants later used the stories as evidence of how unenlightened and superstitious Catholics were. Finally, a politically motivated 19th century French historian embellished the accounts as a final indictment against the church. By the time he was done with the first millennial scare, a retroactive mass hysteria had seized all of religious Europe. We almost wish we could be here in a thousand years to see what our ancestors have to say about our handling of the year 2000.
"It's probably a good thing the robo-syphilis outbreak of 2016 killed most of 'em."
#2. The House of Tudor
Even if you're not the world's biggest Anglophile, you probably know about Henry VIII, aka "That king who kept beheading his wives because they wouldn't give him a son."
"Kings don't pay no alimony."
The story there is that his dad was Henry Tudor when he took over the throne of England, and in order for the Tudor name to continue, Henry VIII needed boys, not girls, to keep the lineage alive. Henry's wife Catherine delivered a daughter and some not-living boys before her womb dried out altogether, so Hank moved heaven and hell to divorce her for a new wife, causing a massive upheaval at the time. Anything to keep the Tudor monarchy going, right?
Eventually, Henry's daughter Queen Elizabeth I died childless and the Stuart era began. Too bad for the legendary family known as the Tudors. The whole drama makes for a pretty good soap opera.
Everyone in this picture looks so fancy, you can almost forget that their lives were one long chain of chronic diarrhea.
The Reality:
You know how no one who lived in the Dark Ages actually thought of themselves as living through the Dark Ages? The phrase was invented by later historians as a nice way to break up that bit of history from the years before and the years after. It's the same thing with the idea of a "House of Tudor" or "Tudor England."
For one thing, the first Tudor king wasn't too crazy about throwing his last name around because he came from humble origins. Apparently, "Tudor" was like the "Jim Bob" of the day. After scouring contemporary documents, one historian found one single lonely mention of the word "Tudor," and that was in a poem written after Elizabeth's death.
She was mistakenly killed by a vampire hunter.
The point being, subjects living under Elizabeth's or Mary's or Henry's reign wouldn't have been nearly as concerned about whose house was named what -- they were probably more concerned about whether or not Bloody Mary was going to execute them for Protestantism. In fact, when Elizabeth died, the country was relieved that there was a quick succession that didn't involve an invasion or revolt. If they were lamenting the end of the Tudor era, they didn't let it show. Unfortunately, all of this means that we're not going to get to take reruns of The Tudors very seriously anymore.
#1. The Female Pope
If you've never heard the story of "Pope Joan," we feel sorry for you, because it's awesome. For instance, if your initial reaction to hearing the name was "I didn't know they let women be pope at all," well, that's the point -- they don't. This is the story of a woman who pulled off the con of a millennium.
Despite the handicap of a right arm that started well below her waistline.
In the ninth century, a German woman named Joan started studying at a monastery, claiming to be a man. Covered from head to toe in junk-hiding monk clothes like everyone else, no one suspected that she wasn't a dude. Then she made her way to Rome, where she became a secretary to a cardinal. And when the pope died, according to one 12th century chronicler, Joan was deemed the best person for the job.
For two whole years she pulled off the charade, until the day came when she gave birth in the street during a procession.
To a toddler, apparently.
The story gets fuzzy from there. While still trailing afterbirth, Joan died or was stoned by the crowd or was dragged from the tail of a horse, a worthy punishment for being a religious leader with a vagina.
For centuries after, papal processions avoided the street where Joan plopped out a Pope Jr. A statue was erected to commemorate the story. Her face showed up on ancient Roman tarot cards and statues in cathedrals. For years, each papal candidate was forced to sit on the sedes stercoraria, a special throne with a hole cut in the seat ... so cardinals could reach up underneath to confirm there were balls a-danglin'. Like this:
Popes and the Papacy
"While I'm down here, how about the ol' stroke-and-wiggle?"
Someone even made a whole movie about Pope Joan's story, shockingly not starring Tilda Swindon or Glenn Close.
Aaaaand, it's bullshit.
The Reality:
Unfortunately, Pope Joan's story has some birth-canal-sized plot holes. Like the year of Pope Joan's coronation, 855. That can't be right, because Leo IV was immediately replaced by Benedict III in 855. Unless she was actually John VIII, who reigned from 872 until 882, except that fully penised guy had his own backstory and sad demise. There really are no empty spots in the church's history where a theoretical mystery pope could have stepped in.
Penn Provenance
Or squatted down.
The most damaging evidence against Pope Joan is the fact that there are no contemporary references or relics that support her existence -- no commissioned paintings of a suspiciously feminine pope or papal panties or anything.
As for the reason the church avoided that street where she allegedly gave birth, it was because it was too narrow for the pope's entourage. And the statue erected on the spot had actually always been there -- it was a pagan goddess later attributed to Pope Joan. And as for the part everyone wishes were true -- that every pope has to go through a laborious scrotum-groping ritual -- we have to disappoint you once again. It was a conclusion people came to when they saw the hole in the sedes stercoraria, which is really a ceremonial toilet.
Franco Origlia / Getty
His Holy Taco Poops are too good for regular porcelain.
Maybe that's the real story here -- that somebody who at one time was considered an expert looked at a chair with a hole in it and instead of thinking "toilet" thought "This must be the pope's nut-grabbing chair." We've got to say, we kind of like how that guy's mind worked.
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The 6 Most Secretly Racist Classic Children's Books
Every piece of art is a product of the society that created it. You can't watch a romantic comedy from the early '90s without getting a little desensitized to the horrible high-waisted jeans and turtleneck/flannel combo that was deemed attractive at the time. Fortunately, we can shield our children from movies that might otherwise lead them to believe that the cast of Friends had successful film careers.
Things get a little trickier when classics of children's literature suddenly let fly with the sort of out-of-the-blue casual racism usually reserved for old Southern men after a few too many drinks.
#6. The Secret Garden
It is the classic tale of a spoiled little girl named Mary whose parents die in India and who is sent back to England and put in the care of her emotionally distant sort of an asshole uncle. As she wanders around her uncle's Castlevania-sized house, she finds a forgotten garden and a small, sickly boy, and with the magical power of flowers and wishes, the sickly boy gets healthier and then her uncle rediscovers the power of love and everyone becomes a better person.
"You're OK! Off to the mines you go."
The story has been brought to movie and TV screens countless times for a reason. For parents of little girls going through their "I hate everything" stage, it is the perfect piece of propaganda. It seamlessly combines flowers, mansions and everything else that little girls go apeshit for with the exact message that their parents would have taught them if they'd thought of it: If you're nice to your family and go quietly play in the yard, your life will turn into a magical fairy tale.
"Yeah, I thought that once. Now I'm a groundskeeper."
Oh, and also, black people are the cause of everything that's bad in the world.
The Racism:
In the book, on the first morning after Mary moves into her uncle's mansion, she is awakened by a straight-talking maidservant named Martha. It's the sort of character who would be played by a sassy black lady in a modern American movie, but this is England, so Martha is just sassy and poor. She's so sassy, in fact, that she tells her child-boss Mary that she thought she was going to be black because she came from India. Mary of course throws a temper tantrum, exclaims that blacks "are not people," and bursts into tears.
And now from racism into a catchy song, just as Disney would do.
Of course, this is Mary at her brattiest. Surely, the wise Martha will correct her, and Mary's racism will be just another part of the person she will leave behind as her face becomes less punchable.
Nope! Unlike Mark Twain's controversial Huck Finn, where the racially insensitive language is offset by Huck and Jim's tender, buddy cop dynamic, Mary's virulent racism is never corrected by anyone or by anything that happens in the book. In fact, Martha uses her role as the voice of reason in the situation to blame Mary's awful behavior on the fact that she is from India, where there are "a lot of blacks there instead of respectable white people."
"You have to clap your hands three times to make sure they're not hiding in the shadows."
Though it's the last time that black people are explicitly referenced, there's also a strong undercurrent of symbolic racism. For instance, Mary can't begin her journey to self-discovery until Martha changes her out of her black clothes and puts on white clothes, while Mary makes the very odd statement that she hates everything black.
Again, this statement isn't even addressed. Once she changes into white clothing and no longer has to deal with the "black" Indian servants Martha blames for her poor character, Mary heads out into the mansion and begins her journey of discovery.
"Good news, I found a rope! For ... skipping."
#5. Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most beloved and iconic characters in the history of fiction, and if you are wondering what he is doing in this list, then it's because you are only familiar with him through the countless movies and TV shows and not the original books.
The first Sherlock Holmes mystery, A Study in Scarlet, is about how the Mormons are a secret society who kidnap and murder people. OK, but Mormons still get a pretty rough go of it even today. So what if Holmes is like a crime-solving version of Trey Parker and Matt Stone? That is, until you get him around black people, at which point he becomes the obnoxious asshole who thinks the people who keep throwing drinks in his face just don't get his hilarious racial humor.
"This is where we keep the black slaves. I'm kidding! They're Chinese."
The Racism:
In "The Adventure of the Three Gables," Holmes pursues a former slave named Steve Dixie. When Holmes catches up to Steve, he quickly dismantles him with his trademark analytical inquiry:
"I've wanted to meet you for some time," said Holmes. "I won't ask you to sit down, for I don't like the smell of you, but aren't you Steve Dixie, the bruiser?"
"That's my name, Masser Holmes, and you'll get put through it for sure if you give me any lip."
"It is certainly the last thing you need," said Holmes, staring at our visitor's hideous mouth.
Holmes' mouth was healthily dusted with tobacco resin and crusted cocaine.
Boom. So in just three sentences, Holmes has ascertained the witness' name and that he is offended when people are racist dicks to him. Meanwhile, everyone else in the room has learned to never bring Holmes to their local black barbershop.
This isn't an isolated incident. In the second Holmes novel, The Sign of the Four, we meet a character named Tonga who is an aborigine from the Andaman Islands. Holmes doesn't even need to smell Tonga to know he doesn't like him, since he's studied up on his people, and therefore knows that "they are naturally hideous, having large, misshapen heads, small fierce eyes and distorted features. Their feet and hands, however, are remarkably small .... They have always been a terror to shipwrecked crews, braining the survivors with their stone-headed clubs, or shooting them with their poisoned arrows. These massacres are invariably concluded by a cannibal feast."
"I deduced this from the dirty look I got from their women when I insisted I was their God now."
You'd think that a man so well-read and living in the world's largest and most diverse city up to that point in history would have realized that not everyone can be as handsome and kind to foreigners as the (chinless and genocidal) British.
The strangest part is that decades before, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a story titled "The Adventure of the Yellow Face." Now with a title like that, you would think you need to brace for the worst, but it's actually about a black woman in love with a white man, an inconceivably progressive idea at the time. In addition to a dim-witted narrator, it would appear that erratic racism was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's favorite device for keeping readers off balance.
"Heads, I hate the Japanese. Tails, I love the Arabs."
#4. Tintin in the Congo
Tintin is the classic Belgian comic book about a young reporter, his dog and his bearded drunken sailor pal. Georges "Herge" Remi, the artist who created Tintin, is difficult to pigeonhole on the racism spectrum. On one hand, he was arrested four times on suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer. On the other hand, he worked to change the portrayal of Asian people in European fiction from inscrutable and evil lemon-colored quasi humanoids to, you know, people. On the hypothetical third hand, he wrote this book.
This scene probably won't make it into the Spielberg movie.
The Racism:
On Tintin's journey to the Congo, all of the black people he meets are drawn to look like they're about to take the stage in the most offensive minstrel show ever put on. The Congo in Georges Remi's mind is populated infantile and naive imbeciles who are seemingly designed only to prove that condescension has an equivalent to blind hatred. Tintin and his traveling partner don't mistreat the natives. They find their attempts to build a country adorable, like a chimp that's learned to eat with a knife and fork. It's worth noting here that Tintin isn't nearly as condescending as his traveling partner, a talking dog.
That's pretty judgmental for an animal that regularly eats poop.
Herge's portrayal of the Belgian Congo feels more like something out of Dr. Seuss than the famously realistic and "well researched" worlds that Tintin's adventures typically took him through. In one scene, Tintin is driving his car when it's hit by a Congolese train. Of course the car, made by white men, is left completely unscathed, and the train is derailed. It's like a Shel Silverstein poem about how, if you believe hard enough, racism defies physics.
"See, Snowy? Black people have a higher center of gravity because of all the smug they keep up in there."
In the comic -- which was published 30 years after Joseph Conrad published Heart of Darkness -- the Congolese people practically drop to their knees and begin worshiping their honky masters, thankful for their presence in the Congo.
Tragically, five minutes later Tintin is burned for witchcraft.
Unfortunately, this was a pretty accurate depiction of how Belgian people viewed their role in the Congo, which they began developing with a "humanitarian assembly" called the African International Association, one of the rare humanitarian assemblies now studied by something called genocide scholars.
Belgians were outraged that Tintin made his dog walk.


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This is a step in a proof I thought I understood.
Given that $\lim_{|x|\to \infty} |x\cdot f(x)| = 0$, show
$$\int_R x f(x) f'(x) \; dx = \left.x\cdot \frac{[f(x)]^2}{2}\right|_{-\infty}^\infty - \int_R \frac{[f(x)]^2}{2}\;dx = - \int_R \frac{[f(x)]^2}{2} \; dx$$
My best guess was to take
$$u = x f(x),\quad du = x f'(x)+ f(x),\quad dv = f'(x)dx,\quad v = f(x).$$
But then where does the factor of $1/2$ come from?
Thanks for hint(s).


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*shudders with excitement* Far Cry 3...! - I'll be picking this one up the day it comes out.
What are you guys' thoughts on Black Ops 2? I wasn't overly impressed with the first Black Ops. Besides the awesome Vietnam levels the rest I found really underwhelming, even the big "twist" ending. Thoughts?


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Men's UA Catalyst Short Sleeve T-Shirt for $21.99 + free shipping
New Prices. New Gear. And Free Standard Shipping, No Minimum. Shop UA Outlet Now Through 2/18.
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$22 for a plain t-shirt? for half that you can get a Woot shirt with something stupid printed on it!
I hadn't even heard of this brand until last August, when I saw the logo on someone's shirt and asked them what it was. Now I see it absolutely everywhere. Did the popularity just explode in the last 6 months or so, or did I just crawl out from under a very heavy rock?
@tsfisch: I've known about it for I would think nearly 10 years but I was also heavy into sports and worked at a hockey store. Good stuff but way overpriced!
I have one of these shirts, and they are extremely conformable. They're great for working out and running in. With free shipping, this isn't that bad of a deal and I'll probably pick up another one.
this type of shirt from any of the name brands usually runs around $20 on sale, so this is definitely only a luke-warm deal at best.
As for the Under Armor brand, they're good quality and have been around at least a decade as far as I can remember, and this is DEFINITELY not a "Plain T-shirt". This type of shirt is highly-engineered from the fabrics to the design and fit. It's designed to wick away sweat and dry very quickly, is very light-weight, and I believe this particular shirt is made from recycled plastic bottles.
Calling it a "plain T-shirt" is like calling Nikes "plain sneakers".
The model looks dazed and confused - like he just stumbled off that disabled cruise ship, and CNN just gave him an ugly green t-shirt so he had something clean to wear on camera.
I can see by the confusion this deal is causing that a lot of wooters are not of the physically active variety. Under Armour is the Bentley of performance clothing. If you're active and play sports or just work out hard it's worth full price. Any discount is just a bonus for this stuff. Yeah, it's not cheap but it lasts and outperforms anything you'd like to compare it to.
@zuiquan: So I'd rather have 7 different color volkswagons (t-shirts) at this price and use a different one every day of the week.
@kamikazeken: I don't spend $120 on Nikes, either...
100% recycled polyester, made in China. No, no.
I use these shirts when I go for a long run (~8mi), and they're really great for that sort of thing. Activities where you expect to be sweating a lot make these shirts a godsend, so there's less irritation and friction than a normal cotton shirt. To me, the added price is worth the lack of chaffing and irritation.
I'd highly recommend if you have those sorts of problems while doing various types of exercise or activities that you expect to be sweating buckets from.
@tsfisch: I think it's the latter. If anything, I'd guess (totally unscientifically) UnderArmour has slightly decreased in popularity recently due to other athletic brands going after their market. I've been using their compression gear for years for basketball/running.
I'm going to let Macklemore express my thoughts about this deal in verse:
They be like "Oh that UA Catalyst, that's hella tight"
I'm like "Yo, that's $22 for a t-shirt"
Limited edition, let's do some simple addition
$22 for a t-shirt, that's just some ignorant b!*ch sh!t
I call that getting swindled and pimped, sh!t
I call that getting tricked by business
That shirt's hella dough
And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don't
@tsfisch: Under Armor has been big for the last decade or so. Back around 2005 or so, they were the first sponsorship logo to be placed on the Wrigley Field outfield wall (on the doors in the wall, not on the actual ivy). These are commonly worn as undershirts under sports jerseys.
if this was a 2-for-$30 deal (or better), then it would be worth a place in the sponsored deal of the day. Like I said, this is a great product, but the price is only "meh" at best.
@tcayer: I don't pay $120 for Nikes either, I get them on clearance, or at the outlet store, and the MOST I've ever paid is probably $45-$50 for a pair of Nikes. I was simply making a quality comparison between products... this is a quality product just as Nikes are usually a quality product, so hot deals will be harder to find, and to the uninitiated the prices may seem exorbitant.


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"There is a saying at the police department that we hire for character and train for skills. He is the character," says former Bowling Green Police Chief Bill Waltrip.
After 20 years of service in Bowling Green, Detective Barry Raley has decided to put his badge away. He says leaving the Bowling Green Police Department is only an opening to the next chapter of his life.
"It was something I did give a lot of thought to because I really enjoyed being a police officer. I've done it again right at 20 years but I just felt like it was time to make the transition and change. I had a new call on my life," says Raley.
He may be moving on, but his detective work won't soon be forgotten. Bill Waltrip says Raley always had a special knack for solving cold cases.
"He liked digging. That's a quality people like in detectives because people want to find out an answer to a question or a problem that people don't know and he had that quality about him," says Waltrip.
"I really cared about those cases I was assigned and those cold cases just took on a lot of meaning for me because the impact it would have on the families," says Raley
Although he and other detectives have brought justice to many families. Raley remains certain he was just doing his job.
"I don't feel like I am a hero. I feel like I just represent the average, everyday, hard working person out there," says Raley.
For making an impact on our community. Digging deep so families could rest easy. We honor Barry Raley as this week's Hometown Hero.


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Alexander III of Macedon is referred to as Alexander "the great", but who gave him this title? At what point in history was he acknowledged as such and why is he considered so great?
I think the first time he is mentioned as "Alexander the Great" (at least in the sources known to us) is Quintus Curtius Rufus' "Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis", this "Magni" has been translated into English as "Great". Here it clearly refers to his talent as a military leader which allowed him to build up a huge empire. Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, this book is considered to be written in the 1st century AD.
Btw, Russian historians tended to focus on the word "Macedonis" which is why he is better known as Александр Македонский (Alexander of Macedon) in Russian.
Alexander apparently received that epithet from the Romans, who admired him. The oldest surviving reference of the title is found in the Mostellaria ("The Haunted House"), a play written by Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC). This roughly a century or so after Alexander's death in 323 BC.
Plautus seems to assume his audience would recognise who
The reasons are of course obvious, as @TomAu and @WladimirPalant have explained.
Alexander was called "the Great" by historians shortly after his death in his early 30s.
During his short life, we conquered essentially all of the modern Middle East and Egypt, starting with a base of Macedonia, a kingdom near Greece. In the process, he defeated much larger, mostly Persian armies, in an unbroken series of battlefield victories and successfully campaigns that are studied even to this day. Had he lived longer, he might have united large parts of Europe and Asia under Macedonian rule.
Despite his bellicosity, his rule was mainly benevolent. He treated conquered peoples kindly (relative to his time), and encouraged his Greeks to intermarry on equal terms with these people. Thus, Greek civilization spread throughout much of the Middle East with little further bloodshed. He also supported the development of learning, and his tutor, Aristotle, plus earlier scholars such as Socrates and Plato, were passed along to later generations as members the great minds of antiquity.
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I'm having trouble understanding precisely how the proof by induction is used to show that it takes at most $2^n-1$ moves to get all the disks from one peg to another. Are there any helpful sources or particular insight that you have that may help me, and others, understand this problem more intuitively?
Here's a proof. Basically, the idea behind the induction is this: To solve the case with $n$ disks, you first have to get the top $n-1$ of the disks onto one peg so that you can move the bottom disk. By inductive hypothesis, this takes $2^{n-1}-1$ moves. Then it takes one move to get the bottom disk where it needs to go. Then you have to solve the $n-1$ disk case again, to get them on top of the bottom disk, which takes another $2^{n-1}-1$ moves. So the total number of moves is $$[2^{n-1}-1] + 1 + [2^{n-1}-1] = 2^n - 1.$$
The proof goes as follows: for one disk, it takes $1=2^1-1$ move. Assume for up to $n$ disks it takes $2^n-1$ moves. Then for $n+1$ disks, you first have to move the top $n$ to an empty peg, taking $2^n-1$ moves. Next, you move disk $n+1$ to the other empty peg, taking $1$ move. Third, you move the tower of $n$ disks from where it is onto disk $n+1$, again taking $2^n-1$ moves. The total number of moves is $(2^n-1)+1+(2^n-1)=2^{n+1}-1$
I have a large pile of disks on peg A, no disks on peg B, and no disks on peg C.
My aim is to construct an algorithm to move n disks from one peg to another. If only I had an algorithm to move n-1 disks from one peg to another - after all, then I could construct an algorithm for n in three simple steps:
That is, if I have an algorithm that works for n-1, I can very easily construct one (in the three steps I just outlined) that works for n.
But wait - I can move one disk. So let's set n = 2. I have an algorithm that works for 1, so I get one that works for 2. Oh, and now I can set n = 3...


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Princess Bride: 25th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] for $9.96
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Was in store at Target last weekend for $4.00. Not sure if was just the Thanksgiving weekend sale or through the holidays...but enough to end up in my cart!
Same at Wal Mart, where I got it.
Wow, this is the top ranked deal, and no one has posted the predictable quotes from the movie yet. That's almost begging me to reference the famous one-word quote - but I won't do it.
It is beyond my control...wait...
@arrrrgh: I was going to come here and do as you wish. But I actually forgot what the one-word quote was. Inconceivable, I know.
@omnichad: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Is this really that great of a deal for a single disc blu-ray when all week AAA titles have been under $7? Some under $4? Not criticizing, just confused. I know the movie is popular, but that doesn't make a deal a deal.
@thericochet: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Princess-Bride-Anniversary-Edition-Blu-ray/product/B008FD36IC
@dpn0121: Congratulations on finding CamelCamelCamel. Yeah I saw that it's half off. My point, if you actually took the time to read my post, is why is this rated this highly so soon after gigantic discounts over the past few days?
Pulp Fiction & Kill Bill Vols 1 & 2 for $3.99 each, Harry Potter region-free 8 Disc Blu-ray for ~$35, Harry Potter 8 disc DVD set for ~$27, etc. Just seems odd is all.
No, I don't like Harry Potter.
@thericochet: it's Christmas and people need stocking stuffers or just want to load up on movies. Movies always do well and do better this time of year. Look at how many times fight club has been in the top 5.
The bi-weekly resurfacing of this movie on here happens again.
@dpn0121: That's a lot more reasonable answer than a pasted link. Thanks for being a human being.
@dpn0121: Say what you want but there's no way you're gonna convince me it's only a coincidence you have 5 movies on the front page from Amazon. Someone like you needs to go away.
Rather this one at the top than see Spaceballs or Blazing Saddles which is on here about every two weeks
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High-powered guns deny others' rights
Why are there any questions with regard to gun safety?
What possible need is there for anyone, save military and law-enforcement personnel, to have weapons capable of firing 30 shots in 27 seconds? Many sportsmen agree there is no need or right. Every citizen has constitutional rights. We all are being denied these rights by the use of such weapons.
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GeorgeK wrote on Jan 20, 2013 4:31 AM:
We are being denied these rights by using our 2nd Amendment right? Nancy, come on dear. Many sportsmen agree there is no need or right? 2nd Amendment! The military and law-enforcement need them for protection. Why not you, I or the next guy?
If you do a little research, you'll see that the 2nd Amendment was put in place to protect the others.
On a final note, I would have definitely take a bit more time to think my thoughts through before putting it on paper. It sounds like incoherent babble. "
FREEPRESS wrote on Jan 20, 2013 8:26 AM:
Why does someone need a weapon like the type you describe? To borrow a quote: "When seconds count, police are only minutes away." That's why! The police reportedly took 20 minutes to respond to the Newtown incident; look what happened in far less time...
Until you have been in that type of situation or been a victim of a home invasion or subject to looters and robbers threatening your life after a disaster, you have no right to judge what others may need to defend themselves. "
This Guy wrote on Jan 20, 2013 9:42 AM:
And just an FYI, the 2nd amendment has absolutely nothing to do with hunting and/or sportsmen. "
Citizen 4 Fairness wrote on Jan 20, 2013 11:45 AM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 20, 2013 11:59 AM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 20, 2013 12:03 PM:
This Guy wrote on Jan 20, 2013 2:08 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 20, 2013 6:16 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 20, 2013 9:51 PM:
CT Resident wrote on Jan 20, 2013 10:52 PM:
In reality, after reading many of your ...... posts you do not have a clue and could not even buy one if given a dollar and sent loose in the 99 cent clue store. "
Larry wrote on Jan 20, 2013 11:24 PM:
But it gets worse....you have no right anywhere in the constitution to a cell phone. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 20, 2013 11:33 PM:
Kitty.. actually your right Not to be gunned down DOES NOT trump the 2nd Amendment. Were that the case, it would have been repealed long ago.
In case you didn't know, if you are gunned down by an assault riffle, .38, shot gun, .306, or a musketoon, you're still gunned down. Your boys (Obama and Reid) will never bring any gun bill to the floor for a vote. Reid doesn't have the cajones.
Uhoh George. You're in Kitty's radar now. She is gonna ........ you into ......submission.... because not only is she a financial expert, she knows firearms as well (as she knows finance) :)
Freedom isn't free. Not only do we have to fight to protect freedom, we also suffer the consequences of those that abuse freedom. "
Below me wrote on Jan 21, 2013 1:01 AM:
Below me wrote on Jan 21, 2013 1:32 AM:
roy wrote on Jan 21, 2013 9:02 AM:
How about this Nancy: Every gun owner I've talked to 'Needs" their gun for whatever sport the participate in, AND, protection. And, we have the "RIGHT" to have these weapons for all legal reasons.
And, Kitty, the only illegal reason to use them is when they try to confiscate them.
I do not know one gun owner that will voluntarily give up any weapon they own.
We will automatically become "THE MILITIA".
GeorgeK, go get "um !!! "
al.cap wrote on Jan 21, 2013 10:37 AM:
all they care about is telling law abiding citizens what arms they are allowed to possess. like everything that comes from the left, it's about control, and dictating to the populace from a position of imagined superiority. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 21, 2013 11:20 AM:
Kitty.. Why couldn't Obama have his day on the 20th like he is legally bound to and leave today to celebrate the life of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King jr?
I wonder how many times he will say I in his speech? "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 21, 2013 11:27 AM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 21, 2013 11:57 AM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 21, 2013 12:00 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 21, 2013 1:49 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 21, 2013 2:44 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 21, 2013 7:12 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 21, 2013 7:26 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 21, 2013 7:43 PM:
abortion is the law of the land, just as is my right to own whatever firearm i choose.
if you really cared about keeping kids safe, you would join us in our call to put police and guards in schools. the fact that you don't tells me all i need to know about you and others like you.
and, if you bothered to educate yourself, instead of parroting the other hysteria mongers, you would know that i spoke out against the killer and his ability to acquire the weapon that they say he used. but, like always, the only voice you hear is your own. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 21, 2013 9:52 PM:
GEORGE.... no one is taking your guns....stop the hitler hysteria..... "
whatajoke wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:12 AM:
So do I take it from what I'm reading, you believe the shooter at Sandy Hook wouldn't have deserved the death penalty after killing 26 people.
Clearly, his life is greater than those other 26 then. He, under that logic, would be awarded more rights than those that he killed. The shooter ended thier lives, but in your world his life needs to be protected by the "law".
How, in any sane world, is that considered fair or just? "
al.cap wrote on Jan 22, 2013 5:26 AM:
as for abortion, obviously you weren't paying attention when we did 100 or so posts on the subject. i fathered a child at 17. married his mother, who was 16. today, that man is very happy that his parents weren't too inconvenienced to let him live.
and, i never said it should be outlawed. only that it's hypocritical to use Sandy Hook to advance a political agenda, while referring to unborn children as "not the same as" the victim you want to portray for your own politics. "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:08 PM:
To bring this article full circle, the first sentence of it is,'What possible need is there for anyone, save military and law-enforcement personnel, to have weapons capable of firing 30 shots in 27 seconds?' Sounds to me like somebody doesn't want me having the gun of my choice. That would be like if I told you, you couldn't say anything you wanted within the confines of your home.
I mean after all, what possible need do you have for the internet? All you do is come on here and spout off about 'Children!' and 'Rush Limbaugh!' and how 'heartless' and 'selfish' the other posters and I are here. This offends me quite a bit. I mean come on, these words should be reserved for intelligent discussions happening in the most elite corners of America right now. People like yourself certainly can't be trusted to use words with such meaning.
So you don't deny my Hitler analogy was correct? Point, George! "
KITTY wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:11 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:15 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:29 PM:
again, i NEVER said abortion should be outlawed. god, woman, learn reading comprehension. you just spout the same old tired lines as if they're gospel, and don't even read anyone's post.
i am intimately familiar with what a scared kid goes through while contemplating ending the life of a child they created. i'm also someone who has dealt with the adversity faced by teenage parenting. don't tell me that i've got no voice in that debate.
this isn't mine, but it makes the point.........you ask me why i need an AR. i ask you why Rosa Parks had to sit in the front of the bus. when it's your right, you don't need to explain why. "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:35 PM:
Hitler never fired a single shot, but his words were powerful (mostly true, the man may have fired a gun in his life, but pretty sure he wasn't out there with the SS pushing Jews into 'showers'. All people agree, Hitler was a very charismatic speaker, if you disagree, I suggest reading some of his speeches.)
and as a result over 6 million people lost their lives. (ok, you got me here, 5,933,900)
Perhaps we 'oughta reconsider the 1st Amendment while were at it. (Why not? I have clearly demonstrated that free speech is clearly more dangerous than a gun)
Never seen a gun that can kill 6 million people. (Have you?)
Barring exception to my slightly off figures for the death total, I believe I made 99.9% sense.
Oh, and one last thing for you, C4F and Sandy Socks............
Hysteria: Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
Sound familiar? "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 22, 2013 12:37 PM:
Great last line, very well said. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 22, 2013 2:26 PM:
andrew cuomo sounded just like hitler last week, during his state of the state address. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 22, 2013 5:40 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 22, 2013 5:46 PM:
i left school and worked two jobs to support my family. don't tell me about what my belief in the sanctity of life cost me. stick to economics, at least you kinda sound like you have some knowledge on that subject.
still waiting to hear how the great intellectual will explain the great mystery of banning guns. "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 22, 2013 6:19 PM:
" lol....you are hysterical men......i wasn't hysterical when i said.......you are --->mean spiritedcarefeltparanoid hysterical drama queens "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 22, 2013 6:22 PM:
Hysteria: Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
" lol....you are hysterical men......i wasn't hysterical when i said.......you are {mean spirited} men who only {care} about yourselves.......and i {felt} sorry for any women in your lives.... if there are any........you are the {paranoid hysterical drama queens}...... "
Thank you Kitty for strengthening my argument. "
conservative 1 wrote on Jan 22, 2013 6:23 PM:
bugs bunny wrote on Jan 22, 2013 6:51 PM:
Please keep my name out of your mouth...is clear you have a disease it might be contagious "
KITTY wrote on Jan 22, 2013 8:45 PM:
ram wrote on Jan 22, 2013 8:45 PM:
save your confessions forJesus..
hey Stevie Wonder can see how raisis is you are.. "
Sami6 wrote on Jan 22, 2013 8:58 PM:
Kitty is also an expert on matters concerning whether we could stand up to the government if it ever came to that. (military and law enforcement shall not follow illegal orders).
Now Kitty has got the market cornered on the use of guns or the lack there of. Kitty I retired a long time ago from the largest and best law enforcement agency in CT. At the time of my retirement we were carrying S & W .357 revolvers. (Pea shooters by today's standards) I and most of my brethren could bang out 6 round in 6 seconds, reload in 3 seconds with speed loaders, fire 6 more, reload 6 more. 18 rounds in approximately 27 seconds. Even with that pea shooter we could throw substantial lead with just a revolver.
I describe this because it doesn't matter what the gun is it has lethal capabilities and more laws will only be obeyed by law abiding citizens.
Kitty you and your elke need to focus on re-opening Fairfield Hills hospital, Middletown hospital, reconstituting Southbury Training school. It is the people that are on the street and should be behind those walls that are committing these atrocities but you and the other Libs cant come to terms with this.
Kitty how will the more laws do anything for the 500 dead in the last year in Chicago? Nothing, It is the culture that LBJ created. Fathers like slinking allie cats that come around on the first of the month, procreating and not raising their children.
Until THAT culture and the culture of 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation handout recipients and the young kids having babies without establishing a two parent family culture changes we are not going to see any change. More gun laws will have no effect.
One last comment, the Newtown Masacare was / is an atrocity but it pales in comparison to the multiple murders every day in our cities caused by the aforementioned cultures that exists. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 22, 2013 9:35 PM:
Yes Kitty, the death penalty. Some people don't deserve to live and we should be protected from them.
Kitty has no less knowledge about finance than she has about raising cattle. There is no way you can have any knowledge about finance and still support Obamanomics. Unless your motives are race based.
Ram. yo reely neets two youse spell cheek "
KITTY wrote on Jan 22, 2013 9:39 PM:
blue line wrote on Jan 23, 2013 2:35 AM:
The Police have no issue with law abiding citizens having gun, including but limited to AR-15's and high capacity magazines. CCW too. I can not say I am for open carry but that is another thing.
In the past year every gun I have encountered was in the hands or criminals, who I might add were not following the stringent firearms laws. In addition they were not abiding by laws pertaining to drug dealing, felons with firearms, hurting other people either.
We (the Police) realize that law abiding gun owners are doing what is allowed for in the 2nd amendment.
Why is there no Connecticut against felons ( who are not allowed to posses firearms ) from possessing ammunition. Prosecute those who break the law. There is no need to make more criminals of law abiding citizens. Why is there not a more severe law on threatening which could be lodged against the student in Trumbull or Mr Zordan?
The firearms in the tragedy s in Newtown and upstate New York were obtained illegally. How many laws were broken in obtaining them?
The criminal justice system in Connecticut is broken when it come to guns.A perfect example is Frankie Resto allowed out of prison early a felon who got a gun illegally and killed a store clerk in Meriden. Two more examples are Brandon Sessions, Daniel Watts, felons with guns, one had a stolen handgun the other was just arrested for a murder (with a gun).
Governor Malloy should create a three strikes your out for felons. Life should mean exactly that you will never set foot outside of prison again to prey on the good citizens of this great state.
A firearms is plastic, metal and wood. It is not evil or good until a person make a action occur. If you wish to control violence you need to look at the humans who are evil or disturbed not a inanimate object.
Project Safe Neighborhoods in Connecticut is another way of preventing violence on the streets of this state. It has been used to decrease violence in our cities.. Making more laws is not.
Lastly there are evil bad or sick people in this world, sadly there will always be. Take the most "evil" appearing firearm you can come up with, nothing will occur good bad without a human picking it up.
More laws restricting firearms and the good law abiding people is not the answer. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 23, 2013 5:15 AM:
like i said, ignore the question because you know bans don't work.
@ram- you see a rasis everywhere you look. check the mirror, son "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 23, 2013 8:23 AM:
So you are telling me emotion plays NO role in your distaste of guns? That your ideas here are purely logical and rational?
All great and relevant facts in your argument, ma'am. Mental hospitals (something you'll get full agreement from me on) are politically incorrect and even if they do somehow get public support again, we are going to run into the big NIMBY problem. Predicting a few responses, Kitty will most certainly push the issue that guns must be part of the equation. That guns are part of the problem. You might even be lucky to hear from Citizens 4 Fairness on how everything you just posted is void of fact and is really purely opinion. Just tell her that when you've done your job for over 20 years, your opinion becomes fact. "
ram wrote on Jan 23, 2013 8:58 AM:
Yeah sure
Someone is writing on under your name ?
Look in the mirror and you will see
The ugly truth "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 23, 2013 9:20 AM:
I didn't write the go back to PR stuff. Someone is being a wise guy. Not my style. "
linda wrote on Jan 23, 2013 9:24 AM:
linda wrote on Jan 23, 2013 9:30 AM:
ram wrote on Jan 23, 2013 9:53 AM:
believe you me I dream of going back to Puerto Rico, where people are not judged by the color of your skin,but I have deep roots in this contry ,1 day went my kids graduate college I'll go back,too lay in my hammock and dream again,dream of a beautiful peaceful world,were we all are treated equal.my real name is Angel I love to
Help people, especially kids and the
elderly,as long God gives me the strength I will continue to do that
I don't go to church but I thank God and I put God in front of everything
that I do...and no matter what I do to people like you I'm just a puerto Rican,but do the kids tha I dedicate my life to I'm a hero... "
ram wrote on Jan 23, 2013 10:33 AM:
believe you me I dream of going back to Puerto Rico, where people are not judged by the color of your skin,but I have deep roots in this contry ,1 day went my kids graduate college I'll go back,too lay in my hammock and dream again,dream of a beautiful peaceful world,were we all are treated equal.my real name is Angel I love to
Help people, especially kids and the
elderly,as long God gives me the strength I will continue to do that
I don't go to church but I thank God and I put God in front of everything
that I do...and no matter what I do to people like you I'm just a puerto Rican,but to the kids tha I dedicate my life to I'm a hero...a Puerto rican hero tha is "
al.cap wrote on Jan 23, 2013 10:49 AM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 23, 2013 11:14 AM:
I agree with everything you said, I take two exceptions though.
1. Open carry or concealed carry should be the choice of the person doing the carrying. We all know concealed is better but I don't think there should be laws dictating the manner in which a firearm is carried.
2. I am not convinced with the case regarding Mr. Zordan. Unless you have inside information, I don't think the guy is guilty of anything more than poor word choice. Essentially if he is found guilty, it sets a precedent that somebody could accuse another of making a 'threat' and somehow that would be enough to confiscate all of somebody's weapons. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 23, 2013 1:03 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 23, 2013 1:20 PM:
" AL....Oh so you are for a ban on assault weapons......because that is the only way you keep people from getting them.....as we saw.with the lanzas.....i am not for lapierre's solution.......the only man that can talk about gun safety and leave guns completely out of the conversation.
this is a far cry from your latest post. are we to understand that you now favor armed guards in schools? still wondering how this supposed ban is going to work to remove guns from circulation. if, as you say, no one is going to confiscate arms from law abiding citizens, please explain. "
linda wrote on Jan 23, 2013 1:55 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 23, 2013 6:41 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 23, 2013 6:57 PM:
Sami6 wrote on Jan 23, 2013 7:58 PM:
As others have said, police have no problem with "qualified" citizens possessing and carrying guns.
What will it take for you to understand two things:
1. Guns are inanimate objects.
2. The bad guys are not going to follow laws pertaining to guns.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to get this.
If the bad guys were willing to conform to the laws of society they WOULDN'T BE BAD GUYS. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 23, 2013 8:48 PM:
strengthen background checks, increase penalties for gun crimes, enforce existing laws, including laws regarding safe storage, and re-instate the death penalty for capitol crimes. place armed police in schools. these are proposals that will be effective right now. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 23, 2013 8:49 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 24, 2013 6:43 AM:
blue star wrote on Jan 24, 2013 8:51 AM:
My guess is you are a wannabe Trooper, maybe a prison guard? How about being honest with the folks here?
What is your idea of the largest and best law enforcement agency in CT? "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 10:09 AM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 24, 2013 10:42 AM:
i used lots of dots, so you know it true. "
jzordan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 10:43 AM:
Don't feel sorry for these guys' wives. First off, I'm guessing that their wives are very much like them; hard working, conservative, pro-gun, pro-life, and really good moms. I'm guessing, too, that they are proficient in the use of all sorts of neat guns. My husband and I have wonderful conversation, he is supportive of my dreams and goals, he is a great dad, and from the sounds of it, he is a lot like the other guys on this board.
I'm also guessing that when something breaks around the house, or the car quits, these men are on the scene and able to fix everything from a drippy faucet to a blown engine (I know my guy can. We have a saying around our house, "If Dad can't fix it, it can't be fixed" Just the other day, my KitchenAid mixer quit working. He took it apart, put the multimeter on it, figured out the problem, and saved me $150 repair).
As to your rant about assault weapons - first of all, what is classified as an assault weapon for the purpose of banning certain sporting arms, are cosmetic changes made to the outside of the gun to give it a more "military" look, which some people prefer. A good comparison would be buying a Prius and putting a car bra on the front end, and painting pin stripes on the sides. It doesn't change the form or function of the car, it just makes it look different. Same gas milage, same gear ratios, same engine displacement, just looks different from stock, fresh-off-the-assembly-line Prii.
You are absolute right in that you have a fundamental right not to be shot. We all do, and I wouldn't begin to disagree with you on that. However, you also have a fundamental right not to get hit by a car, pushed in front of a train, stabbed with kitchen scissors, robbed, raped, mugged or otherwise accosted. The fact of the matter is, Kitty, that there are evil people out there that do evil things. You can't legislate compassion. You can't legislate sanity.
What you can do is educate yourself. I mean TRULY educate yourself. Face your fears. I was terrified of heights all growing up. Terrified. You know how I overcame that fear? I bungee jumped from a crane platform 200 feet in the air. It was amazing and exhilarating, and now, heights still make me uncomfortable, but now I don't fear them so much.
I would like to extend an offer to you, Kitty, woman to woman. I am a certified firearms safety instructor, I would love to give you the opportunity to face this beast in a safe environment. I would like to extend an invitation to you to come take my class, handle some firearms, and face this fear that you have.
Bring a friend or two. I will have a friend of mine join us who is proficient in the use of these assault rifles, and loves to teach. I think that we could all learn from each other. If you prefer I don't invite him, I won't, and it can just be us girls.
What do you say? contact me at sigp2301 at yahoo dot com if you're interested.
I hope to hear from you soon! "
jzordan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 10:52 AM:
And if you have more questions about assault rifles in the hands of the good guys, ask the South Korean shopkeepers how theirs saved them during the LA Riots. "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 11:41 AM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 24, 2013 12:36 PM:
I am on the edge of my seat to see if Kitty accepts this offer. A chance to be educated on the facts........... thrilling.
PS. Any relation to the gentleman who had his weapons confiscated questionably? "
al.cap wrote on Jan 24, 2013 12:54 PM:
@fan- keep callin it like you see it, bud.
@jzordan- well put. thanks for the perspective. my wife might have said some of those things. and btw, she loves shooting the AR. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 24, 2013 1:25 PM:
@WOLCOTT....I was responding to linda who said i was exploting the children......she was uninformed like always......i was explaining to her the organization they started and have done interviews on sandy hook project.....they want change and they don't want people to forget....check out their facebook page....you are disrespecting the memory of those children ....not me.......as far as fox news lying read the attached courrt decision ......i rest my case..
Appellate Court Rules Media Can Legally Lie.
By Mike Gaddy. Published Feb. 28, 2003
The court did not dispute the heart of Akre's claim, that Fox pressured her to broadcast a false story to protect the broadcaster from having to defend the truth in court, as well as suffer the ire of irate advertisers. Fox argued from the first, and failed on three separate occasions, in front of three different judges, to have the case tossed out on the grounds there is no hard, fast, and written rule against deliberate distortion of the news.
The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, argued the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves.
In its six-page written decision, the Court of Appeals held that the Federal Communications Commission position against news distortion is only a "policy," not a promulgated law, rule, or regulation. Fox aired a report after the ruling saying it was "totally vindicated" by the verdict. "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 1:56 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 24, 2013 2:04 PM:
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 2:09 PM:
jzordan wrote on Jan 24, 2013 3:06 PM:
He is my uncle. "
blue star wrote on Jan 24, 2013 3:22 PM:
So now maybe someone will quit the dancing and tell me what is your idea of "the largest and best law enforcement agency in CT" not in my town , not in the United States, but in Connecticut.. I have never known you folks to BS before so why start now. GK note the word 'largest'
I will be very disappointed if you guys don't own up to this, in an honest and honorable way.
Aside from that i would expect the same support that I have provided.
Please no more Bill Clinton type responses. "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 24, 2013 3:46 PM:
I will cede to you that someone may infer CSP from 'largest and best law enforcement agency in CT'. Personally, I was thinking either Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven PD. I know a few guys in Bridgeport and New Haven who both refer to each as such. Ultimately, I don't think Sami6 was trying to imply they worked for CSP. If they did, they did, if they didn't, they didn't. They just have a lot of pride in who they worked for. "
blue star wrote on Jan 24, 2013 3:59 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 24, 2013 5:39 PM:
i'll always have your back, my friend. even when we don't see eye to eye. "
blue star wrote on Jan 24, 2013 6:28 PM:
For general edification, each of the largest municipal Departments, N.H., Htfd, Bpt., is about 1/3 the size of the CSP, as far as who's best, I would leave it open to discussion. A lot has changed. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 24, 2013 7:00 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 24, 2013 10:38 PM:
@JZORDAN.......i totally decline........i have my own personal safety covered and it doesn't now and never will involve a firearm but thanks for the offer.....my late husband was a professional man and didn't have time to do things around the house....but we kept the economy going by paying workmen to do all those jobs......my boyfriend is a vietnam vet and also for gun safety like my self.......he has a very demanding career and we continue to provide income for local workmen...... "
al.cap wrote on Jan 25, 2013 5:11 AM:
liberal.....elitist.......snob "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 25, 2013 6:51 AM:
blue star wrote on Jan 25, 2013 9:10 AM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 25, 2013 9:48 AM:
if you're lucky, you can hire ram. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 25, 2013 9:59 AM:
Those of us that chose to protect ourselves will continue to. Those that chose to be prey to criminals will continue to. Those COWARDS in Washington DC will continue to flap their soup coolers and do nothing. The left will continue to talk "assault" riffle control, yet will bring NO votes to the Senate Floor. When the next incident happens, and one will, they will blame their lack of COURAGE on the right.
On to the next subject. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 25, 2013 12:07 PM:
@AL....not a snob.. ..a maker.......lol.......you love makers don't you ......i strengthen the local economy by using the services of local home improvement contractors......a good thing for all concerned.....a win win "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 25, 2013 12:26 PM:
conservative1 wrote on Jan 25, 2013 12:53 PM:
Nowhere on the site does it state any of it's members are parents or relatives of the murdered children/teachers. It's a group of citizens that got together and felt a need to do something. They're not even sure what they want to do or what their goals are. They have less direction than our politicians in Hartford or DC.
Eventually, maybe they will figure out what they stand for, then we can decide to support them or not.
Like every other piece of "evidence" you present, you've "molded it" into what you need it to be. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 25, 2013 1:42 PM:
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 25, 2013 1:54 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 25, 2013 1:59 PM:
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 25, 2013 2:18 PM:
Seamus wrote on Jan 25, 2013 3:00 PM:
No one here needs to be reminded what happened and the only reason the politicians are pushing this is because its the price tag.... The stroke of a pen. Mental healthcare is millions upon millions of dollars this state doesn't have. The AWB of 1994 had no effect on violent crime especially as it continues to drop every year, even since 2004. What's insane is repeating failure and expecting different results. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 25, 2013 4:04 PM:
I read the whole website of SHP. Doesn't say even one parent belongs. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 25, 2013 8:46 PM:
@CONSERVATIVE.....i can't help it if you have bad computer skills......try abc news....that's where i saw it also i saw it on live tv the day they were all sitting on the stage holding their dead first graders pictures.......it was the day they went public with the organization "
al.cap wrote on Jan 26, 2013 7:03 AM:
educate yourselves people! laws are binding! no one ever breaks or circumvents a law! when dannel the great gives us gun confiscation, all crime will immediately cease. "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jan 26, 2013 10:31 AM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 26, 2013 10:48 AM:
blue star wrote on Jan 26, 2013 10:57 AM:
104 comments on this thread, and now it's about race and gender? "
al.cap wrote on Jan 26, 2013 12:05 PM:
@fan- i just hit the wall on another thread. gonna keep antagonizing her on this one, though.
another thing, race and gender don't matter one bit. but if that's the only thing you have, kitty, again, you have nothing. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 26, 2013 3:02 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 26, 2013 3:21 PM:
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This should be obvious, but I can't seem to locate or think of anything that would indicate clearly whether I'm using an XP server or a workstation.
Thanks for the help. Mark
This should be obvious, but I can't seem to locate or think of anything that would indicate clearly whether I'm using an XP server or a workstation.
Thanks for the help. Mark
Easy way to tell:
Press the Windows Button Key and at the same time press PAUSE (or Break)
A box will appear, with all sorts of useful information and at the top, what version of XP you are using, its Service Pack level and a few bits of Hardware information.
This works on most MS products (there are lots of short cuts like that)
XP is not a server OS. It mainly comes in Workstation, Home, and Media Center versions.
MSKB on determining XP version: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310104
Right-click on 'My Computer' and click Properties, it will tell you right at the top the version you are running.
There's no such thing as Windows XP server, so it's doubtful you're using that. The server equivalent of XP is Server 2003
If in doubt, bring up the start menu, that will tell you what you're running
I don't have an XP machine to get an example at the moment, but if you hit the start menu, select run and enter `winver' that application will also tell you what it is that you're running
There appears to be a semi-useful list of versions of Windows on Wikipedia
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I suppose someone could be using an XP machine as a web server or a file server or even a print server. Look at what processes are running. Do you see any server-ish processes such as Apache? What ports are open? Is file and print sharing enabled?
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Hold option and command for a second. (Edit: On 10.9 and later, hold command only.) It'll show you the path. Well, part of the path. It's really not as useful as it used to be.
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Thanks to the person who posted the answer:
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo's Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Music are collaborating to stage the Tony Award-winning play "Parade" Nov. 7-11 in Brodie Hall's Alice Austin Theatre. The Nov. 7-10 performances begin at 8 p.m. The Nov. 11 matinee begins at 2 p.m.
The musical, with book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, tells the true and tragic story of the life and death of Leo Max Frank, the only Jew ever to be lynched in the United States, after he was tried and wrongfully convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan in Atlanta in 1913. The issues that drove the case - the intersections of race, religion, gender and class - continue to resonate in American society. The musical also recounts a touching love story of Frank and his wife Lucille, tracing the growth of their relationship as they mature to understand the profound power of their relationship - but too late.
Theatre Professor Randy Barbara Kaplan is directing the production with student assistance from Kimberly R. Olsen, a junior, who is serving as associate director, dramaturg and co-choreographer. Olsen also has created an informative exhibit outside the theater to enhance the production with photographs and interactive displays that provide historical context for the musical.
Music Professor Gerard F. Floriano is music director for the production with assistance from Louis Lohraseb, a senior, who is serving as associate music director. Junior Rachel Press is stage managing the production, assisted by Lauren Costello, Elizabeth MacWilliam and Emily Scioli.
Russell James Allen, a senior theater and speech pathology double major, plays Leo, and Alexandra Rae Mendes, a senior musical theater major, plays his loyal wife Lucille. Together they lead an ensemble of 22 student performers indluding junior Zach Ellingham as Governor John Slaton; senior Jonathan Mushock as Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Dorsey; sophomore CJ Roche as an aging Confederate Soldier and the virulently anti-Semitic newspaper editor Tom Watson; sophomore John Turner as Newt Lee, the night watchman who discovers Mary's body, and leading witness for the prosecution John Conley; sophomore Liam Enright as the Young Confederate soldier and Britt Craig, a reporter for the Atlanta Georgian who finds himself caught up in a case gone out of control.
Sophomores Alyssa Conte and Gretchen Goble along with first-year student Alexandra Imbrosci-Viera play a trio of young factory workers whom Dorsey drafts to accuse Leo. Sophomore Christa Souza plays Mary Phagan alongside senior Joshua Horowitz in the role of her "boy chum" Frankie Epps and senior Elizabeth Sackett, who plays her grief-stricken mother. Rounding out the cast in a variety of ensemble roles are Louis DiPaolo, Sarah Dukler, Robert Kahrs, Melissa, Niknam, Alexandra Priore, Elyssa Ramirez, Amanda Skinner, Shawn Ward, Kevin Weber, and Emily Withers
"Parade" features set design by Steven Stubblefield, associate professor and chair of the Department of Theatre; lighting and sound design by Johnnie J. Ferrell, associate professor of theatre; and costume design by Crystal Ferrell, visiting assistant professor of theatre. Professors Stubblefield and Kaplan collaborated on the complex projection sequence that accompanies the production.
All tickets for the production are $10 are on sale at both the Student Association Box Office in the College Union (245-5873) and the Brodie Box Office (245-5833). Tickets also are available online.
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