Yay, sarameg! Now, if you want to visit me for the next storm . . .
It looks like my DH is going to have a plane and that it will be leaving on time for Vienna! He was so sure he wasn't going anywhere he didn't pack until the last minute.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Feb 08, 2010 10:10:35 am PST #7101 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
sarameg - Feb 08, 2010 10:14:41 am PST #7102 of 30001
Boo, pool closed!
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2010 10:15:15 am PST #7103 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
As for telco dereg, the media consolidation that followed wasn't what I'd call a net positive for humanity.
Well, I'd agree there are some mergers that I don't think should have gone through, but it did open up the market. Ideally, I do think there should be restrictions on controlling all of the media in a region.
Dereg is one path, and a lot of nations took it, but there are other paths that work as well or better.
I think that's a reasonable counterpoint. However, I would still say that telco dereg is conservative minded legislation that did improve things. Though, again, done during the Clinton administration. For all the sh*t Clinton took from the right, he delivered better for Republicans (with the exception of Supreme Court nominees though you can claim Bush Sr. only broke even on that point) than any other president since Reagan.
sarameg - Feb 08, 2010 10:30:49 am PST #7104 of 30001
Jesse - Feb 08, 2010 10:33:32 am PST #7105 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Woah -- that is CLEARED.
Dana - Feb 08, 2010 10:38:08 am PST #7106 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Polter-Cow - Feb 08, 2010 10:38:25 am PST #7107 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2010 10:38:36 am PST #7108 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Time Travel in San Francisco via Google Earth
Time travel is always fun, and Google Earth now makes it easy to do. The newest version includes a button that allows users to to view historical imagery to see how a place has changed through the decades.
I tried it out with San Francisco, where Google Earth offers views of the city dating back to 1946. Sometimes the changes are subtle, but at other times they are very stark.
The image at top, for example, shows SOMA and the original Bay Bridge approach on Fifth Street. Notice all the ships tied up at San Francisco’s then-active wharves.
Here’s the site of the former Seals Stadium, at 16th Street and Bryant, as it looked in 1946, before the elevated 101 freeway went in, and before it became today’s Potrero Safeway:
SuziQ - Feb 08, 2010 10:42:53 am PST #7109 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Thanks PC! The boy figured out the number of possible permutations, but got stuck on figuring the actual answer. Will see if I have hint him in the right direct now.
Vortex - Feb 08, 2010 10:44:52 am PST #7110 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Boo, pool closed!
I think that you've gotten enough exercise for a bit.