*sigh*

Finally.

I've met Chris Smither. He's a very nice guy.

ID Thread 2.0

It turtles all the way down......

Music is always good... Better than politics

Time for the bed thing. G'night lizards

G'night Jason.

Just got back from the ball game so I missed the Jindal thread. Was it bloody? (I'm too chicken to look.)

re: #3 winston06

Music is always good... Better than politics

Except when they mix them.

re: #6 Sharmuta

Except when they mix them.

Kind of like politics and religion.

re: #5 MandyManners

It should go on for a few days. You can always check back tomorrow.

re: #5 MandyManners

Just got back from the ball game so I missed the Jindal thread. Was it bloody? (I'm too chicken to look.)

No one got the axe.

re: #7 Sharmuta

agreed!

I have always believed that athletes and artists should stay away from political activism.

A cool airplane

It's rutan's spaceship one

Not to pick nits or anything, Charles. But I'm pretty sure it's Smither. No 's'.

Radial chopper

I miss Tom Lehrer. *sigh* Funny guy.

This guy's a good picker, too. Easy with just a few chords but good mastery of his fingers. Pretty effortless.

I wonder how many bars he's played through the years...

re: #12 Ojoe

It's rutan's spaceship one

And the White Knight.

re: #6 Sharmuta

Except when they mix them.

When sautéed in butter and garlic, they can go together quite nicely.

re: #14 Ojoe

Holy moly.

The whole thing works like clockwork over time
I'll just sit back in the shade
While everyone else is gittin' laid
that's what i call intelligent design

Ha!

Picking this precise ought to be criminal.

re: #16 lawhawk

Yes, more fun than discussing that other stuff.

"The only way to fail is to quit."

—Rutan

re: #8 Noam Sayin'

It should go on for a few days. You can always check back tomorrow.

I be skeered.

I wish I could remember who did the parody of "Tipperary" which ran:

It's a long way from amphyoxus
It's a long way to us
It's a long, long way from amphyoxus
To the meanest human cuss
Good-bye to fins and gill slits
Welcome lungs and hair
It's a long, long way from amphyoxus
But we all came from there.

re: #9 DistantThunder

No one got the axe.

Not even a rap on the knuckles?

re: #9 DistantThunder

No one got the axe.

Yet.

re: #17 Syrah

When sautéed in butter and garlic, they can go together quite nicely.

With some flat-leaf parsely.

Eddie Izzard - Evolution
/Language warning

re: #5 MandyManners

I'd call it more primordially muddily oozy, than bloody.

re: #14 Ojoe

re: #28 freetoken

I'd call it more primordially muddily oozy, than bloody.

All mucked-up, then.

re: #29 MandyManners

What's that thingy in the middle with all the spokes coming out from it?

The aircraft in the background should provide a clue.

re: #14 Ojoe

Radial chopper

That is WILD!

Turbine street legal bike.

re: #2 jcm

ID Thread 2.0

It turtles all the way down......

ROFL!

Someone HAD to bring up THAT one in this thread! Muahahahahahaha!

re: #26 MandyManners

With some flat-leaf parsely.

Yes, just so.

I think I will pour have a Rum and Coke with mine.

:-D

re: #29 MandyManners

What's that thingy in the middle with all the spokes coming out from it?

That is a radial engine!

#29

What's that thingy in the middle with all the spokes coming out from it?

That's why it's listed as a radial chopper. Radial engine.

Radial engine

re: #33 NomadOfNorad

ROFL!

Someone HAD to bring up THAT one in this thread! Muahahahahahaha!

What so funny?

You're not one of those heathen a-turtle-ist are you?

re: #38 Syrah

What so funny?

You're not one of those heathen a-turtle-ist are you?

No comment. :D :D :D

re: #30 MandyManners

All mucked-up, then.

In so many words, yeah. I have yet to see one of the ID threads that doesn't devolve into a debate about God, rather than the specific topic at hand. Today the topic was Jindal, and his tap dance routine around the question. However, there were very few comments about Jindal in particular, or how politicians ought to handle such questions, or what it means for McCain.

Rather, people continue to discuss the topics of "theory" and "Darwinism", cheap shots about climate change, or why Charles (allegedly) is picking on religious people.

I'm out of here.
Night all!

A society will remain as free or as enslaved as the conscious dispositions of individuals determine it shall be. Just as the roots of oppression are found in passivity, the foundations of our liberty reside in highly energized and focused minds that insist upon their independence. There are no shortcuts, no structures or doctrines that can be erected, no hallowed documents to be revered, to save us the effort of continually challenging those who would presume to exercise authority over our lives.
— Butler Shaffer

Breitbart TV

Olbermann Names FNC "Worlds' Worst" For Russert Coverage But Fails To Detail The "Offending" Statements.

1) What the hell did they (supposedly) say ?

2) Matthews called Russert a dupe and inferior IN YOUR INTERVIEW, you sick,twisted tool.

re: #14 Ojoe

No nonono no. Put 'that' back in the 'airplane' you got it from.
You are gonna get someone killed son.

Next thing heard:
"Hey y-all watch this!"

re: #40 freetoken

I agree. It will sort itself out eventually but it's going to take a while.

re: #31 Dar ul Harb

The aircraft in the background should provide a clue.

I'm utterly clueless.

re: #34 Syrah

Yes, just so.

I think I will pour have a Rum and Coke with mine.

:-D

White wine for me.

re: #35 jcm

That is a

re: #36 Grantman

#29

That's why it's listed as a radial chopper. Radial engine.

What? (Yes, I'm that ignorant of such matters.)

Never mind.

re: #37 Dar ul Harb

re: #45 MandyManners

They took a similar engine, and built a motorcycle around it.

That thing must be loud as hell. Yumpin' yiminy.

re: #40 freetoken

In so many words, yeah. I have yet to see one of the ID threads that doesn't devolve into a debate about God, rather than the specific topic at hand. Today the topic was Jindal, and his tap dance routine around the question. However, there were very few comments about Jindal in particular, or how politicians ought to handle such questions, or what it means for McCain.

Rather, people continue to discuss the topics of "theory" and "Darwinism", cheap shots about climate change, or why Charles (allegedly) is picking on religious people.

Oh. So it was like the other ID threads.

But where they came from aint nobody knows..

And that sums it up nicely. Nobody knows. Lots of people think they know.

I hope that thing comes with a belt guard. Yikes!
Right off of the crankshaft to the transmission.

re: #50 Noam Sayin'

They took a similar engine, and built a motorcycle around it.

That thing must be loud as hell. Yumpin' yiminy.

I like peace and quiet.

BBL

re: #46 MandyManners

White wine for me.

How about a nice Chardonnay. (Washington Hills 2000.) It a fine two-buck chuck. Good for cooking and drinking.

re: #49 MandyManners

Ahhhhhhhhh. Thank you.

Well, if you liked that, I'll show you the Wankel!

re: #52 Mich-again

And that sums it up nicely. Nobody knows. Lots of people think they know.

The Turtles know. But they ain't tell'en.

re: #53 Electron Shuffler

That's the primary, or so I learned on American Chopper. I don't know what the primary does, but I imagine it does something before something else does a similar thing.

Then the wheels go around - really f*cking fast.

I drive a scooter.

re: #14 Ojoe

Radial chopper

Scattershield under the seat? Or do you ride with a cast iron nut cup?

re: #51 MandyManners

Well, the thread is still going strong and thus may turn evolve into something useful... or it could be just another dead end street on the map of evolutionary political blogs. Killgore may be hoping for the former, while I fear the latter is the case.

re: #58 Noam Sayin'

Primary Drive

I likes my airplane engines in... well airplanes. Not at ear level.
Nice work tho.

Why is the law that I have to wear a seatbelt in my car when the guy on the motorcycle doesn't have to wear one.

re: #35 jcm

How do the pistons connect to the drive shaft on such an engine? Just got curious about that, for some reason.

re: #61 Electron Shuffler

Just testing you...

Creationists are now going through the previous thread and dinging every post they don't like.

re: #63 Noam Sayin'
HEY NOAM! Duct tape. Just as simple as that!

re: #66 realwest

Ha! The handyman's fixit.

Alright, folks. It's been a long weekend. Off to bed.

joke ding, Charles.
Don't shoot!

re: #65 Charles

Creationists are now going through the previous thread and dinging every post they don't like.

I see that. Yet I don't see any posts from one of them.

re: #62 Mich-again

Why is the law that I have to wear a seatbelt in my car when the guy on the motorcycle doesn't have to wear one.

I'll bet that if you were wearing a helmet in your car, no-one would notice if you were wearing a seatbelt.

RonPaulBlimpie is a busy beaver.

re: #65 Charles

Creationists are now going through the previous thread and dinging every post they don't like.

Kinda proves the Evolutionists' points, no?
;)

re: #69 gman
They think they're invisible because they have their eyes closed!

Gore Created Global Warming.

re: #70 lummox

I'll bet that if you were wearing a helmet in your car, no-one would notice if you were wearing a seatbelt.

Who said I don't /. Yeah how long till kids have to wear helmets in cars...

re: #62 Mich-again
And how come motorcycles don't have airbags? Huh?
Some intelligent design at work right there!

re: #65 Charles

Creationists are now going through the previous thread and dinging every post they don't like.

If they're using Spy, they're coming over here for that one.

re: #63 Noam Sayin'

I can't remember.

re: #71 Killgore Trout
He has problems with the LDS.

re: #76 realwest

Bubble Boy?

Dinging is not yet proven to be a factor in natural selection.
Wasting time dinging instead of mating may likely be.

re: #73 swamprat

They think they're invisible because they have their eyes closed!

If you're going to ding down an entire thread at least jump into the arena with us and battle.

re: #65 Charles

Creationists are now going through the previous thread and dinging every post they don't like.

And even this thread!

Londonistan Update (AFP) -

Headscarf rejection wins British woman 4,000 pounds

The tribunal dismissed a claim of direct discrimination, but found that woman, Bushra Noah, had suffered indirect discrimination and awarded her the settlement for "injury to feelings".

Dang! Must've really hurt! Like, lots!

re: #68 swamprat

joke ding, Charles.
Don't shoot!

Okay- you got me.

Vilnai to Sderot: Jerusalem suffered too

The last quote in the article really,REALLY troubles me :

Israel has two choices, said Vilnai: "Use of military force, at the end of which – there will be some sort of ceasefire. Or a ceasefire."

I am probably going to really embarrass myself here and come across as stupid or naive but, hey, at least no one knows who I am! I have been reading the evolution vs ID threads and trying to determine just where I fit in. There have been so many terms and opinions thrown around that I am having a hard time sorting it all out. Can anyone out there give me a basic Readers' Digest type summary of exactly what the evolutionist believes and then what an IDer believes? Just sort of boil it down to the facts. Thanks

re: #63 Noam Sayin'

Aha! This jerks my memory!
Radial Engine Drive

The piston shafts all connect to a common offset on the drivshaft.

re: #87 McJenny50

I think if you really want to understand the real nature of the debate you should read the Wedge Strategy. This isn't about God or no God as some would make you think it's about. This is about an agenda to force religion into science classes.

re: #87 McJenny50

Can anyone out there give me a basic Readers' Digest type summary of exactly what the evolutionist believes and then what an IDer believes? Just sort of boil it down to the facts. Thanks

Good luck with that.

re: #90 Mich-again

Buahahaha!

Here's hoping there's not a mad rush to follow the leader over a cliff. You'll never think of Dvorak's Savonic Dance 7 the same again.

re: #80 Mich-again Huh?
Sorry - hadda go do something there!

Hank Williams weighs in on the subject..

A distant uncle passed away and left me quite a batch
And I was livin'g high until that fatal day
A lawyer proved I wasn't born
I was only hatched.

Had this song playing in my car today while driving around town with the little'uns. Glad to see a video!

Tech Q:

I'm struggling with my new blog in ways I could not have imagined a month ago.

I still have 2,500 bookmarks. Despite trying for a few weeks, I have been unable to organize my bookmarks so that I can figure out which to delete. I cannot save the links that I find scattered throughout my bookmarks a second time with another name 'cause it pushes the numbers over the limit. (Am I making sense?)

Would it be a good idea to save them with a Word document (Vista) and then C/P them onto a new bookmark list in another account with my ISP?

Help?

re: #87 McJenny50
Huh - why should you escape all the fun and games?! LOL!
Yeah, you should follow Sharmuta's direction in #89.
And then see Ben Stein's "film" "Expelled".

re: #79 snowcrash

He has problems with the LDS.

Ya think?! :)

re: #96 MandyManners

I would.

I don't know anything about blog software, but the bookmarks should be stored somewhere on your sites directory.
Probably as a xml file.

You can find xml file editors online.
But it's safe to have a backup.

re: #96 MandyManners

I still have 2,500 bookmarks.

Thats a lot of bookmarks. I only have 3 or 4.

re: #84 Clemente

Londonistan Update (AFP) -

Obama - Building a Religion

re: #62 Mich-again

Why is the law that I have to wear a seatbelt in my car when the guy on the motorcycle doesn't have to wear one.

?sarc?

Do you really want to stay attached to your bike while it's tumbling down the highway? (Ouch!)

OTOH, cars are designed with a safety compartment in mind, and you're better off staying in that compartment in a wreck. I recall being in one pre-airbag front end wreck where EVERY piece of sheet metal in the car, plus the brake and clutch pedals, were bent. I opened the door (adrenalin) and walked out. My ankles still pop when I wake up.

A 4,000 pound woman rejected a British headscarf?

Um, not to take any attention away from Mandy Manner's tech question, I have one of my own and hope someone out there can help me.
For some reason, my cursor gets stuck - freezes up and I have to crash dive my 'puter and when I go back on 'puter all seems ok.
Plus I'm getting all sorts of "Script Errors" in that pain-in-the-ass little yellow triangle at the lower left of the screen on LGF - though it usually goes away if I refresh LGF.

re: #104 Mich-again

A 4,000 pound woman rejected a British headscarf?

I know. Too bad they can't develop a weight loss headscarf...must have been a man inventing it.

re: #104 Mich-again
LOL!

And now we have a creationist in the previous thread who stalked off in a rage, saying he would never be back, hated me, etc., but came back with a sockpuppet to post more Discovery Institute propaganda.

Good thing I designed this site intelligently, so I can catch this kind of stuff.

re: #103 desertdweller

Do you really want to stay attached to your bike while it's tumbling down the highway? (Ouch!)

Nope. And I really don't want to wear a helmet in the car either.

In honour of the many fine long time lizards who have passed recently...
Bell Bottom Blues

It always breaks my heart. I've loved you all.
/Namaste, y'all

re: #108 Charles

And now we have a creationist in the previous thread who stalked off in a rage, saying he would never be back, hated me, etc., but came back with a sockpuppet to post more Discovery Institute propaganda.

Good think I designed this site intelligently, so I can catch this kind of stuff.

Oh c'mon Charles! Just a week ago you said the site was evolving. Make up yer mind.
//////

re: #87 McJenny50

I am probably going to really embarrass myself here and come across as stupid or naive but, hey, at least no one knows who I am! I have been reading the evolution vs ID threads and trying to determine just where I fit in. There have been so many terms and opinions thrown around that I am having a hard time sorting it all out. Can anyone out there give me a basic Readers' Digest type summary of exactly what the evolutionist believes and then what an IDer believes? Just sort of boil it down to the facts. Thanks

"Intelligent Design" is a man-made, non- scientific theory that is heavily promoted by the Discovery Institute. The name "Intelligent Design" is a marketing ploy to arouse the passion of people who believe that God is the intelligent designer who created the universe. The Intelligent Design Theory being promoted by the Discovery Institute is now being foisted upon our public school systems. The Discovery Institute would love to see their non- scientific theory be included in Science classrooms across America.

Evolutionists believe in evolution, or the process of change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. Evolution is based on the scientific method.

re: #109 Mich-again

Nope. And I really don't want to wear a helmet in the car either.

Hee hee! I only did that when the sanctioning body said I must. Kinda hard to drink while driving that way...

re: #10 winston06

agreed!

I have always believed that athletes and artists should stay away from political activism.

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for 50 years, and they're still poor. - Charles Barkley

re: #99 Electron Shuffler

I would.

I don't know anything about blog software, but the bookmarks should be stored somewhere on your sites directory.
Probably as a xml file.

You can find xml file editors online.
But it's safe to have a backup.

I'm talking about my bookmarks for my ISP thingy when I hop on here to go somewhere.

re: #100 Mich-again

Thats a lot of bookmarks. I only have 3 or 4.

Really? Just three or four? What do you do with sites you want to visit again?

re: #65 Charles

Creationists are now going through the previous thread and dinging every post they don't like.

hahaha - wow - people need to Get A Life.

Charles,

OT: I ska-reewed up a link posting. I assumed we could use the same tags we use here. At the bottom I added "[Emphasis added..." ,etc. I think the only harm is, it looks dumb.

I get how it works, now. I think. I just wanted to excerpt a few key paragraphs to stay within fair use. Also, certain text really needed emphasis. Any way to do this other than all caps? Just curious. Thanks for your time.

K~Bob

re: #102 Killgore Trout

Obama -

re: #115 MandyManners

You mean 2500 browser bookmarks? Which browser? (If it's IE, I can't help -- haven't seen an IE browser in months.)

OT-

Will Al Gore win the "John F. Kennedy Award for Courage" for his endorsement today of the Messiah?

re: #121 brainwizard73

OT-

Will Al Gore win the "John F. Kennedy Award for Courage" for his endorsement today of the Messiah?

How about the Vince Foster Award for courage

re: #116 MandyManners

Really? Just three or four? What do you do with sites you want to visit again?

I type the name in the search engine.

re: #108 Charles

And now we have a creationist in the previous thread who stalked off in a rage, saying he would never be back, hated me, etc., but came back with a sockpuppet to post more Discovery Institute propaganda.

Good thing I designed this site intelligently, so I can catch this kind of stuff.

Our government needs you.

re: #29 MandyManners

That's the engine.

Here is the sound of a radial engine starting up:
P-47 radial engine - Pratt & Whitney

(Startup of a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 in the P-47D Thunderbolt)

Aircraft Engine Historical Society Home Page

Goodnight all

re: #105 realwest

I have to think about this one a bit.
...
Sounds like something is soaking up all of your computers processor time
if your mouse is not moving.

The first thing I'd try is make sure that you have a up to date browser.
Try using another browser if it is available to you and see if the same thing happens.

Ctrl-Alt-Delete and rebooting your system is pretty severe.
If you can see what is running at the time and what is taking up all of your processor time it would be a big help.

The worst case fix I know of is trying to do a repair install off of your install disks.

Get other opinions.