I had to take down the front page live comment updates for a couple of days to figure out why MySQL was deadlocking. We all know how painful that can be

.

The last time MySQL deadlocked it took two fire crews, seven cops, a medical staff and three days to remedy the problem.

MyISAM tables suffer from an obscure problem related to concurrent reads and writes, when the read uses a GROUP BY clause.

But does he like green eggs and ham?

I see the words, I read the words, but I have no idea what Charles is saying.
but it's all good as long as he knows

mmm...leftovers

re: #4 paint-right

mmm...leftovers

Tis the season.

I'm a mainframe programmer and it seems Charles might be talking in tech-speak, but don't quote me on this.

Any sort of deadlocking can be painful, especially that of the lower intestinal variety...

Reminds me of something the guys who used to manage massive DB's on 286's with btrieve might have said. It was always Greek Geek to me.

If that DID make sense to me, does that make me weird?

It's that old "GROUP BY clause" thingy again.

Can happen to anyone Charles, don't feel bad.

The deadly embrace.

Avoid at all costs.

Charles, I love it when you speak Greek to me.

re: #2 Sharmuta

But does he like green eggs and ham?

Gotta' give Jesse his props.

re: #14 MandyManners

Gotta' give Jesse his props.

That still cracks me up!

"If that made no sense to you, worry not. Hey, look! An open thread!"

I skipped down to that halfway through.

re: #9 gclaghorn

If that DID make sense to me, does that make me weird?

There Are Only 10 Types of People in the World: Those Who Understand Binary, and Those Who Don't.

If you laughed, you're weird...

re: #14 MandyManners

Gotta' give Jesse his props.

"If anyone laughs, I'm going to cut your *** off!"

/

re: #17 jcm

There Are Only 10 Types of People in the World: Those Who Understand Binary, and Those Who Don't.

If you laughed, you're weird...

It's official. I'm weird.

re: #14 MandyManners

That's the most articulate he's been in years.

Fox is headling "6 Americans killed in Mumbai." On a hunch, I did a little looking and found that 4 of those are considered Israelis by the Jerusalem Post.

re: #13 Griffon

Charles, I love it when you speak Greek geek to me.

There, fixed that for you.

re: #15 Sharmuta

That still cracks me up!

How did he keep from laughing?

I am very happy that someone (Charles) understands this stuff. All I know is I don't and I am very happy to have such an informative and slick blog.

Keep up the good (tech) work!

Hmmm...

Is this why my browser has a CPU usage spike every 15 seconds or so? I thought I had a virus or keylogger -- something trying to "call home" a few times a minute.

I've been trying to chase down that odd, rhythmic spike for months now... and its LGF talking to my browser? That's a relief -- I was thinking I had to wiping my HD and reinstall everything from scratch if I couldn't track down what was causing the spike!

re: #20 twincitiesgirl

That's the most articulate he's been in years.

He has the southern preacher's stuff down pat.

re: #21 MikeySDCA

Its called duel citizenship...what is your point?

re: #23 MandyManners

How did he keep from laughing?

To say the things he says, you have to know how to control your sense of humor.

ISAM will get your every time and make Hash out of your efforts.

re: #19 gclaghorn

It's official. I'm weird.

But in a good way, ;-)

re: #25 stevieray

Hmmm...

Is this why my browser has a CPU usage spike every 15 seconds or so? I thought I had a virus or keylogger -- something trying to "call home" a few times a minute.

I've been trying to chase down that odd, rhythmic spike for months now... and its LGF talking to my browser? That's a relief -- I was thinking I had to wiping my HD and reinstall everything from scratch if I couldn't track down what was causing the spike!

Er, yep, that would be LGF doing its periodic thing.

re: #29 Shr_Nfr

ISAM will get your every time and make Hash out of your efforts.

That's very punny.

re: #30 jcm

But in a good way, ;-)

You like me! You -really- like me!

re: #28 gclaghorn

To say the things he says, you have to know how to control your sense of humor.

I laughed - but then again - I'm always laughing when he is speaking.

re: #27 WrathofG-d

The MSM have something of a victim industry, and this has an air of book-cooking.

re: #35 MikeySDCA

Why don't you accept the idea of duel-citizenship?

That would make them both Israeli & American. Thus, this time, the MSM is actually correct.

re: #33 gclaghorn

You like me! You -really- like me!

Geeks of the World, UNTIE!

re: #31 Charles

Er, yep, that would be LGF doing its periodic thing.

Cool... one less thing to worry about.

re: #37 jcm

Geeks of the World, UNTIE!

Untie? Most geeks just use velcro. You know, to save time.

My hubby wants me to watch Tropic Thunder. Is it a good movie or waste of time?

re: #35 MikeySDCA

The MSM have something of a victim industry, and this has an air of book-cooking.

Ah ha - that's what I've been smelling.

/Thought that someone had just opened up a fresh can of Soylent Green

re: #40 monkeytime

Its not quite Thunder Down Under, but you should do whatever your hubby says.

re: #36 WrathofG-d

I have no trouble with dual citizenship, it's the dual counting that bothers me.

re: #42 WrathofG-d

Its not quite Thunder Down Under, but you should do whatever your hubby says.

My hubby gave you an upding for that. :>)
I will watch it with him.

re: #42 WrathofG-d

Its not quite Thunder Down Under, but you should do whatever your hubby says.

hahaha...spoken like a true bachelor!

re: #43 MikeySDCA

Except that when the American media says that 9 Americans have been murdered they are telling the truth and it is no less truthful when Israel states that 9 Israelis have been murdered.

Now, had they said that 18 people had been killed, then that would be a lie.

re: #46 WrathofG-d

There is much danger that a casual reader will assume the 18 figure.

re: #47 MikeySDCA

So what do you suggest? (other than making a mountain out of a molehill?)

Gotta' go feed the beast. bbl

Deadlocked SQL? Try some Valtrex. Trust me; I'm a Doctor*.

*Okay, it's a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering...

re: #47 MikeySDCA

There is much danger that a casual reader will assume the 18 figure.

casual reader?...round here you snooze you lose...

re: #36 WrathofG-d

duel-citizenship?

Duel?
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Dual

Charles, would it be possible for you to enable users to turn off this feature in their profiles? Our company doesn't like Web sites that auto-update (that's what caused Weatherbug to get blocked).

Good evening.

I hope you all are having a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.

The weather in Illinois is supposed to turn real bad soon.

Gas is down to $1.69 a gallon here.

re: #52 Neo Con since 9-11

Duel?
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Dual

The Duel...

re: #50 yitzy

Deadlocked SQL? Try some Valtrex. Trust me; I'm a Doctor*.

*Okay, it's a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering...

Same difference.

re: #31 Charles

And would it be a little OCD to know so much of what your computer is doing by the second? :-)
Reminds me of my own OCD of what went in and what came out when my kids were babies. Really, it was TMI!

re: #53 Ward Cleaver

Charles, would it be possible for you to enable users to turn off this feature in their profiles? Our company doesn't like Web sites that auto-update (that's what caused Weatherbug to get blocked).

Technically, it's not 'auto-updating' the same way Weatherbug does, by reloading a whole page. It's just sending a small amount of data back and forth from the server. If it is a problem, let me know.

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If you're husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

re: #54 3 wood

Good evening.

I hope you all are having a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.

The weather in Illinois is supposed to turn real bad soon.

Gas is down to $1.69 a gallon here.

1.50 here 3 wood..
Happy thanksgiving

re: #53 Ward Cleaver

Charles, would it be possible for you to enable users to turn off this feature in their profiles? Our company doesn't like Web sites that auto-update (that's what caused Weatherbug to get blocked).

I think it does it via Ajax. No page refreshes like Weatherbug.

re: #59 WrathofG-d

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If you're husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

Ask Jennifer Aniston. She can answer that.

Five years ago, I would have know exactly what Charles was saying.

If you don't use it, you lose it.

re: #59 WrathofG-d

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If you're husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

Yes.

re: #59 WrathofG-d

Let's try this again with a PIMF.

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If your husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

Hate when I make that mistake.

re: #59 WrathofG-d

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If you're husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

More like exhibitionism and voyeurism. Do you know how many people are on set when these scenes are filmed?

re: #66 Alouette

Yes many. Although any nice Director would remove all unnecessary crew.

re: #64 gclaghorn

Yes.

NO!
jesus..It's just a love scene...Be nice..
/just in case i get a chance to do a love scene with some foxy mama..
Don't harsh on me

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

Charles, as long as you understand the tech stuff, it's all good.

Open thread! Yay!

Hey, look! An open thread!

Oooh, shiny things!

re: #69 Alouette

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

We'll forgive you.

re: #52 Neo Con since 9-11

Duel?
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Dual

One of my favorite Ridley Scott movies is "The Duelists" from a Joseph Conrad story.

Has everyone seen their STREET-VIEW of their house or business on Google Maps?
How accurate is it? Do you want it to STAY inaccurate [address wise], as I do?
Just asking!
---
I really is neat though.

re: #69 Alouette

They also tied up some of the victims before murdering them.

One of these days the world will get angry...but untill then...FOOOTBALLL

/(i'm very big /'ng about football to point out a point...we are quickly distracted. Eventually it will be like "Brazil" (the movie) where we are numb to the attacks)

re: #69 Alouette

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

Where did you see that they ate at Chabad?

re: #74 right_on_target

Has everyone seen their STREET-VIEW of their house or business on Google Maps?
How accurate is it? Do you want it to STAY inaccurate [address wise], as I do?
Just asking!
---
I really is neat though.

I've seen my house, it's 3-4 years old at this point. Interesting but potentially dangerous technology.

re: #59 WrathofG-d

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If you're husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

depends on the definition of adultry...is it murder if youre stabbed with a rubber knife?...fun question I guess...I have zero connection to artificial entertainment but my guess would be no...is virtual sex really sex?

Turns out that MyISAM tables suffer from an obscure problem related to concurrent reads and writes, that’s exacerbated when the SELECT query uses a GROUP BY clause. The comments need to be MyISAM tables in order to allow the use of FULLTEXT indexing, which greatly helps with searching. But the DB query that checked for new comments in each front page thread was causing that deadlock condition.

uhmm...ermm...why, of course! :)

re: #74 right_on_target

Has everyone seen their STREET-VIEW of their house or business on Google Maps?
How accurate is it? Do you want it to STAY inaccurate [address wise], as I do?
Just asking!
---
I really is neat though.

"No street view available."

Just the way I like it.

re: #77 CynicalConservative

Rumor has it the Terrorists in India used Google Maps to scout out the hotel and attack points.

re: #69 Alouette

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

Recognizing evil is half the battle.
Getting half the population to recognize it is the other half.

The rest will happen naturally.

re: #76 Sunlight

Where did you see that they ate at Chabad?

The media has said this site was selected for a strike and was scoped out in advance. If they heard there were meals offered to everyone, they would not hesitate to eat there.

re: #81 WrathofG-d

Rumor has it the Terrorists in India used Google Maps to scout out the hotel and attack points.

Street view?

/Intertwining two thread topics into one...just ignore me

re: #78 albusteve

Bad analogy.

With your fake murder analogy it is a rubber knife. Thus, the murder didn't actually happen.

In a love scene, the love might not be real, but the fondling, touching, nakedness, and kissing, etc. is. You might not "mean it", but you sure are actually touching, etc.

To jibe it with your analogy, it would have to be faked by lighting, angle, or some other manner where the real touching didn't take place.

Needless to say at this point I guess...I would very much so consider it Adultry/Cheating.

re: #85 WrathofG-d

Bad analogy.

With your fake murder analogy it is a rubber knife. Thus, the murder didn't actually happen.

In a love scene, the love might not be real, but the fondling, touching, nakedness, and kissing, etc. is. You might not "mean it", but you sure are actually touching, etc.

To jibe it with your analogy, it would have to be faked by lighting, angle, or some other manner where the real touching didn't take place.

Needless to say at this point I guess...I would very much so consider it Adultry/Cheating.

I know its a bad anology...in the case of actual arousal and beyond I will agree that adultry is present...film or not...

re: #60 HoosierHoops

Happy thanksgiving

Thank you. All my kids are home, so it feels like old times.

My how they grow up fast. It seems like just yesterday my eldest was sitting on my lap playing with her dolls.

Now she's almost 24, out of college, and lives 65 miles away.

Those years slip us by so fast.

re: #85 WrathofG-d

Bad analogy.

With your fake murder analogy it is a rubber knife. Thus, the murder didn't actually happen.

In a love scene, the love might not be real, but the fondling, touching, nakedness, and kissing, etc. is. You might not "mean it", but you sure are actually touching, etc.

To jibe it with your analogy, it would have to be faked by lighting, angle, or some other manner where the real touching didn't take place.

Needless to say at this point I guess...I would very much so consider it Adultry/Cheating.

Oh Wrath..Stop it..The actors don't consider it cheating..neither does the director or the people watching the movie..It's all play school..
OT..Where the hell is RealWest? Last we heard from him the geek squad pulled up like 12 hours ago and nothing since...

What?

What!

My question...

If we used the $800 billion to pay off all elected democrats in the House & Senate (and Presidency) to leave their posts, would/could that possibly be cheaper for us in the long run?

/just being silly.

Re: Adultery - if you're a lib, then no, it's not.

/answers the question as to why so many actors are libs - 'it's a gimme!'

re: #88 HoosierHoops

Hey, I stated that I would consider it Adultry...so sue me. If the people involved are happy with it...then good for them. I wouldn't be.

But I was trying to see if people agreed with me, and I figured y'all might enjoy something to think about, and something new.

On that note...I'm out.

BTW: No idea where RealWest is...or anyone for that matter. Not 100% on where I am actually!

re: #86 albusteve

I know its a bad anology...in the case of actual arousal and beyond I will agree that adultry is present...film or not...

I'm an old fashion sentimentalist...this is creepy for me to consider...non of my three wives was an actress or adultrist...I cant imagine...like the movie where some guy paid a couple a million $ to fuck the wife?...no comprendo...

"There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said. "At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back."

[Link: www.rantburg.com...]

re: #90 gettinby

800 billion? I doubt that's enough to satisfy. I'm singin' Jamie Gorelick Jamie Gorelick -Jamie Jamie Jamie...Jamie Gorelick. They want our souls.

re: #91 WrathofG-d

Hey, I stated that I would consider it Adultry...so sue me. If the people involved are happy with it...then good for them. I wouldn't be.

But I was trying to see if people agreed with me, and I figured y'all might enjoy something to think about, and something new.

On that note...I'm out.

BTW: No idea where RealWest is...or anyone for that matter. Not 100% on where I am actually!

Hey Wrath..I was nudging you in the ribs..You are good people..
I hope you don't mind me teasing you sometimes...

re: #95 HoosierHoops

Hey Wrath..I was nudging you in the ribs..You are good people..
I hope you don't mind me teasing you sometimes...

glad thats over with...I wish I hadnt said anything

Learn database programming and be the life of the party.

re: #59 WrathofG-d

Wrath's Wonder of the Week:

If you're husband/wife was an actor would you consider on screen love scenes to be Adultry?

A LOVE scene - no. F**king, as in a porno? Hell, yes. On the other hand, I probably wouldn't marry an actor, and I think I can be pretty darn sure I would not marry a porno actor.

My ex did, in fact, commit adultery, and it was common knowledge - I was the last to know. Maryland is not a no-fault divorce state, and he was at fault, to the point where everyone thought he was a rotter - even his friends. HOWEVER, we were adults and got everything material straightened out without lawyers. He paid me the money he owed me for mutual expenses, and he filed (I paid zero for the divorce).

As a matter of fact, adultery is still a crime in Maryland, believe it or not. I used that to scare the crap out of my ex and his stupid gf, to keep their paws off my retirement money. I could easily have sued him on grounds of adultery.

re: #74 right_on_target

Has everyone seen their STREET-VIEW of their house or business on Google Maps?
How accurate is it? Do you want it to STAY inaccurate [address wise], as I do?
Just asking!
---
I really is neat though.

Got a linky?

re: #69 Alouette

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

I agree.

The real problem is this terror operation is easy to duplicated in most cities and was very successful. Ten to 12 people killed almost 200 people, wounded 350 more, and caused tremendous property damage and general economic damage.

I think this terror operation must be taken very seriously and probably punitive actions should be taken.

Nice explanation but wasted on me...I'm quite pleased with myself just getting my system to come up...

re: #97 WF Bach

Learn database programming and be the life of the party.

You would crash the party?

re: #100 Ledger1

The real problem is this terror operation is easy to duplicated in most cities and was very successful.

Yup. So, who's next? NYC?

re: #98 Cattt

A LOVE scene - no. F**king, as in a porno? Hell, yes. On the other hand, I probably wouldn't marry an actor, and I think I can be pretty darn sure I would not marry a porno actor.

My ex did, in fact, commit adultery, and it was common knowledge - I was the last to know. Maryland is not a no-fault divorce state, and he was at fault, to the point where everyone thought he was a rotter - even his friends. HOWEVER, we were adults and got everything material straightened out without lawyers. He paid me the money he owed me for mutual expenses, and he filed (I paid zero for the divorce).

As a matter of fact, adultery is still a crime in Maryland, believe it or not. I used that to scare the crap out of my ex and his stupid gf, to keep their paws off my retirement money. I could easily have sued him on grounds of adultery.

I'm so sorry Cattt...I was being lighthearted..
Several years ago..Another Hoopster story..
Our beautiful Daughter called me from LA.She was a junior at UC Davis.
She had gotten an offer to do a movie scene in LA..And found out it was a porn movie..She called me in panic to get a plane ticket.. In tears..
It's a family secret but mrs. hoopster and I still laugh about it like only parents can...But..That's the way it is...

re: #104 HoosierHoops

I'm so sorry Cattt...I was being lighthearted..
Several years ago..Another Hoopster story..
Our beautiful Daughter called me from LA.She was a junior at UC Davis.
She had gotten an offer to do a movie scene in LA..And found out it was a porn movie..She called me in panic to get a plane ticket.. In tears..
It's a family secret but mrs. hoopster and I still laugh about it like only parents can...But..That's the way it is...

I'm proud of your daughter for not accepting the offer. Unfortunately, some desperate young girls would.

re: #103 Caton

Yup. So, who's next? NYC?

Can't think of a city where this cannot happen.
Gotta think up ways to prevent it.

re: #103 Caton

Yup. So, who's next? NYC?

I'd say elsewhere.

re: #103 Caton

Yup. So, who's next? NYC?

I sure hope not. But it's possible, and we need to be wary of that fact.

re: #107 MandyManners

I'd say elsewhere.

tulsa or maybe provo...whats the difference?...the entire country is a target

re: #91 WrathofG-d

Hey, I stated that I would consider it Adultry...so sue me. If the people involved are happy with it...then good for them. I wouldn't be.

But I was trying to see if people agreed with me, and I figured y'all might enjoy something to think about, and something new.

On that note...I'm out.

BTW: No idea where RealWest is...or anyone for that matter. Not 100% on where I am actually!

I would wager a guess that we are all — or at least a majority — are practicing "adultry" i.e., we are all adults (at least chronologically)!

On the other hand, adultery is a whole nother story!

re: #92 albusteve

I'm an old fashion sentimentalist...this is creepy for me to consider...non of my three wives was an actress or adultrist...I cant imagine...like the movie where some guy paid a couple a million $ to fuck the wife?...no comprendo...

And a woman who practices that is not an adultrist (not a word), but an adulteress (her male counterpart would be an adulterer).

There! That grammar rant and several more pounds of turkey and I feel ever so much better! ! !

;D ;D ;D

re: #109 albusteve

tulsa or maybe provo...whats the difference?...the entire country is a target

The price of being on top.

re: #110 LeePro

And a woman who practices that is not an adultrist (not a word), but an adulteress (her male counterpart would be an adulterer).

There! That grammar rant and several more pounds of turkey and I feel ever so much better! ! !

;D ;D ;D

I'm fixed...

burma shave

re: #58 Charles

Technically, it's not 'auto-updating' the same way Weatherbug does, by reloading a whole page. It's just sending a small amount of data back and forth from the server. If it is a problem, let me know.

It could be a problem, as it would increase the number of site accesses. They track that kind of stuff. It's like a whack-a-mole popping up. They're bound to whack it.

re: #99 LeePro

Got a linky?

___
Here's a street-view where I used to live. The address is way off.
BTW... This is three blocks from ground zero of the levee break on the 17th street canal that ruptured after Hurricane Katrina flooding 60% of the city.
One thing I do notice are the house numbers and auto plates are out of focus on the street views I've seen, including the cars in front of my present house.

Street-View

Depressing bit of detail on the Mumbai events at Belmont.

re: #103 Caton

Yup. So, who's next? NYC?

What put our economy in a dumper? More that it is?
Hit 6 or so malls, doesn't even have to be successful.

Gort!
Klaatu barada nikto!

re: #106 Taqyia2Me

Gotta think up ways to prevent it.

That much is obvious. Armed citizens.

re: #113 Ward Cleaver

It could be a problem, as it would increase the number of site accesses. They track that kind of stuff. It's like a whack-a-mole popping up. They're bound to whack it.

When it updates, it's not logged in your history or anything as an additional access to the site. Also, the data transfer is probably so small that in an average company with many people accessing the internet at once it would most likely go unnoticed.

re: #114 right_on_target

___
Here's a street-view where I used to live. The address is way off.
BTW... This is three blocks from ground zero of the levee break on the 17th street canal that ruptured after Hurricane Katrina flooding 60% of the city.
One thing I do notice are the house numbers and auto plates are out of focus on the street views I've seen, including the cars in front of my present house.

Street-View

Norway doesn't sound like it's three blocks away from the levee. ;)

/Check your link

re: #105 gclaghorn

I'm proud of your daughter for not accepting the offer. Unfortunately, some desperate young girls would.

I still have the SF Chronicle Sunday edition that Nikki sent us of her in a Bra on a Mervyns Ad. You don't think I'll pay for college without that?
She wants to be a model...
Nikki is really smart.. I don't worry about her

re: #97 WF Bach

Learn database programming and be the life of the party.

You and my JimPro (Ms Access guru)

re: #120 gclaghorn

Norway doesn't sound like it's three blocks away from the levee. ;)

/Check your link

He'd got a flooding problem, he might be a bit busy...

re: #69 Alouette

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

No problem with that word...these are rabid animals and need to be dealt with in the same manner.

re: #111 MandyManners

The price of being on top.

consider what 15 or 20 jihadis could do to say lansing michigan...plenty of interstates...major towns all around...quickly get down to detroit or chicago if they dont give it all up...they could bring lansing literally to it's knees...this is a huge problem and profiling would go a long way to disrupting such an attack...we have been very very fortunate so far but I fear it's coming

interesting tip on the myisam versus innodb stuff charles - thanks!

really do enjoy these posts - you're on the cutting edge, front line when it comes to seriously HIGH traffic websites. so tips like this are awesome for php/mysql programmers like myself.

what i mean is - if one of my sites suddenly gets to LGF popularity levels, at least i'll know where to look when problems happen, thanks to your tips.

maybe you should write a tech book about it charles... would be an interesting read, and i'd certainly buy it.

re: #125 albusteve

consider what 15 or 20 jihadis could do to say lansing michigan...plenty of interstates...major towns all around...quickly get down to detroit or chicago if they dont give it all up...they could bring lansing literally to it's knees...this is a huge problem and profiling would go a long way to disrupting such an attack...we have been very very fortunate so far but I fear it's coming

Someone (TFK?) told me last night the price a coyote charges for bringing in Iraqi (and some other nationality) aliens.

re: #120 gclaghorn

Norway doesn't sound like it's three blocks away from the levee.

You're forgetting the worm hole.

re: #117 mbruce

Gort!
Klaatu barada nikto!

Ack! ! !

re: #104 HoosierHoops

I'm so sorry Cattt...I was being lighthearted..
Several years ago..Another Hoopster story..
Our beautiful Daughter called me from LA.She was a junior at UC Davis.
She had gotten an offer to do a movie scene in LA..And found out it was a porn movie..She called me in panic to get a plane ticket.. In tears..
It's a family secret but mrs. hoopster and I still laugh about it like only parents can...But..That's the way it is...

First, no sweat on the divorce. I got good advice from a counselor and several women friends, did what they advised, and got over it quickly. Consequently, I am much MUCH happier now than I was when I was married.

As for you daughter - O.M.G. I am glad that turned out well! Some young ladies might be intimidated into doing something stupid - glad she called her mom and dad.

These things can turn out very badly. As a teen, actress Darryl Hannah narrowly avoided being sold as a sex slave in Las Vegas. She was a student in L.A. when she accepted an offer to model for an album cover in Las Vegas. Once there, she realized the modeling trip was a scam and that she was about to be forced into a sex slave ring. She and another girl escaped out a window and fled.

Consequently, Ms. Hannah has made it her personal mission to do everything she can to stop sexual slavery: Daryl Hannah on Her Fight to Save Women and Children Forced Into a Life of Prostitution

re: #124 LGoPs

No problem with that word...these are rabid animals and need to be dealt with in the same manner.

totally agree - when you are dealing with utter and total EVIL, then its perfectly ok to swear a bit.

these islamist terrorists are evil fuckers - and i would rank them alongside the S.S. and Pol Pot in the evilness stakes..

re: #120 gclaghorn

Norway doesn't sound like it's three blocks away from the levee. ;)

/Check your link

___
You're right, it is hard to get a link location [URL] from the Inquiry page on Google maps.
Just take my word for the inaccuracy. I don't want to post an address here, even though the house is unoccupied. A lot of the houses were razed after the storm. The rest are still being re-built.
The neighborhood has a Jack-O-Lantern look with the empty lots now.

re: #13 Griffon

Charles, I love it when you speak Geek to me.

Fixed

Hey y'all - had a window of time so I thought I'd hang with y'all in the LGF 'hood!
What's going on?

re: #125 albusteve

profiling would go a long way to disrupting such an attack...

You mean CAIR is right, ROPers in the US are all peaceful, law-abiding citizens?

MySQL just like everything Sun Microsystems touches, has gone to shit. look what they did to Storagetek. A billion dollar company with killer margins, and now two years later Sun's storage strategy and products are as fucked up as they have ever been.

Back from Thanksgiving. Here are the big shadows in the canyons of the San Gabriel Mountains. Towercan. Pacific time zone.

BBL

re: #132 right_on_target

___
You're right, it is hard to get a link location [URL] from the Inquiry page on Google maps.
Just take my word for the inaccuracy. I don't want to post an address here, even though the house is unoccupied. A lot of the houses were razed after the storm. The rest are still being re-built.
The neighborhood has a Jack-O-Lantern look with the empty lots now.

No problem. I've had the same problems before.

re: #134 realwest

Hey y'all - had a window of time so I thought I'd hang with y'all in the LGF 'hood!
What's going on?

Uh Hi, I'm stuck onboard as the Duty Engineer, therefore free to be stuck here or to go back to playing Rome: Total War.

What's going on with you?

re: #136 chukardog

MySQL just like everything Sun Microsystems touches, has gone to shit. look what they did to Storagetek. A billion dollar company with killer margins, and now two years later Sun's storage strategy and products are as fucked up as they have ever been.

I was thinking about this myself. What are your thoughts on PostGreSQL?

re: #137 Ojoe
Ooh, pretty photo Ojoe! Thanks!

re: #69 Alouette

The satanic evil fucks in Mumbai scoped out the Chabad House before making their hit. They probably sat at the Rabbi's table, ate his food and listened to his Torah lecture.

I know that it's wrong for me to use a word like "fuck" but I can't think of any other way to describe these satanic evil fucks.

Yeah, well...
Like I told my daughter (when she was 15 and cussing me out):
"Watch yer fuckin' mouth! ! !"

^{_{Now she's 35 and tells me I should be more "lady-like" and my son calls me "potty mouth."}}

re: #134 realwest

Hey y'all - had a window of time so I thought I'd hang with y'all in the LGF 'hood!
What's going on?

RW...good to see you my friend...just popped in myself.

re: #142 LeePro

Yeah, well...
Like I told my daughter (when she was 15 and cussing me out):
"Watch yer fuckin' mouth! ! !"

^{_{Now she's 35 and tells me I should be more "lady-like" and my son calls me "potty mouth."}}

Stop Fucking Cussing!

re: #127 MandyManners

Someone (TFK?) told me last night the price a coyote charges for bringing in Iraqi (and some other nationality) aliens.

ha!...ironically down here in albuquerque the hispanic folks are die hard patriots that will absolutely not condone this activity...the reason we dont have such a relative problem with illegals...I've never seen anything like it...

OBAMA TEAM SEEKS DATA ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO ARES, ORION

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's NASA transition team is asking U.S. space agency officials to quantify how much money could be saved by canceling the Ares 1 rocket and scaling back the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle next year.

/hi ho, hi ho, it's back to Earth we go

re: #139 Hengineer
Ah well - Geek Squad guy showed up, installed THIRD Motherboard (actually only TWO installed, the Third one a part fell off of it - a capacitor - when the GS agent opended the package so no point in installing it.
Surprise - this third motherboard didn't work either.
Then I asked him to insall new HD (which I'd received a while back but it didn't make much sense to me to have them install it, use the Resoration Disk and all without a good motherboard) and the Resore Diskette so I could make sure they were ok. He did, Restore Disk worked fine, but then after windows opened the machine shut itself off. This happended four times and finally the Agent said that the new
Hard Drive must be screwed up - so we ordered a new HD as well.
Spoke to a "Rebecca" at Best Buy and she said she'd send it up to Corporate to see about a new computer and I almost totallly lost it- explained to her that I had already spoken at the end of last week with some one who's accent was so thick I couldn't get his name and he told me THEN that if this motherboard didn't work they'd give me a new computer.
So I should hear within 24-48 hours about a new computer or whether or not they want to try to fix this one.
MOFO'S!
I am VERY SERIOUSLY PISSED OFF.

re: #145 albusteve

ha!...ironically down here in albuquerque the hispanic folks are die hard patriots that will absolutely not condone this activity...the reason we dont have such a relative problem with illegals...I've never seen anything like it...

Its interesting the animosity the LEGAL immigrants have towards illegal immigrants. Its like standing in a long ass line at the DMV, only to have 5 people just cut in line ahead of you, demanding that its their right.

re: #142 LeePro
Hey Lee - how are you doing today?

re: #145 albusteve

ha!...ironically down here in albuquerque the hispanic folks are die hard patriots that will absolutely not condone this activity...the reason we dont have such a relative problem with illegals...I've never seen anything like it...

I bet they hate the misperception that some can apply to them.

re: #136 chukardog

MySQL just like everything Sun Microsystems touches, has gone to shit. look what they did to Storagetek. A billion dollar company with killer margins, and now two years later Sun's storage strategy and products are as fucked up as they have ever been.

there's always Postgresql to fall back on.
bit of a bitch of a learning curve for it though.

re: #137 Ojoe

Back from Thanksgiving. Here are the big shadows in the canyons of the San Gabriel Mountains. Towercan. Pacific time zone.

BBL

Teh kewl. Thanks.

re: #141 realwest

Ooh, pretty photo Ojoe! Thanks!

Was waiting for you bro..what do you think of Vista?

re: #74 right_on_target

Has everyone seen their STREET-VIEW of their house or business on Google Maps?
How accurate is it? Do you want it to STAY inaccurate [address wise], as I do?
Just asking!
---
I really is neat though.

I had no idea my street has street view now. The last time I checked, it didn't.

Still can't actually see my apartment - trees in the way, and it's on a private road, so Google couldn't get up close.

If they were looking for me, though, they might get lost, if they use Google, which points to the wrong building when my address is entered. :D

re: #135 Caton

You mean CAIR is right, ROPers in the US are all peaceful, law-abiding citizens?

of course...lets just move them around to this line over here and continue with this dialog for a bit.../?

re: #143 jorline Hey jorline, good to see ya - didn't hardly get to play at all out here today so couldn't chat with hardly anyone at all.
How's business going for you and how are you feeling?

re: #147 realwest

Ah well - Geek Squad guy showed up, installed THIRD Motherboard (actually only TWO installed, the Third one a part fell off of it - a capacitor - when the GS agent opended the package so no point in installing it.
Surprise - this third motherboard didn't work either.
Then I asked him to insall new HD (which I'd received a while back but it didn't make much sense to me to have them install it, use the Resoration Disk and all without a good motherboard) and the Resore Diskette so I could make sure they were ok. He did, Restore Disk worked fine, but then after windows opened the machine shut itself off. This happended four times and finally the Agent said that the new
Hard Drive must be screwed up - so we ordered a new HD as well.
Spoke to a "Rebecca" at Best Buy and she said she'd send it up to Corporate to see about a new computer and I almost totallly lost it- explained to her that I had already spoken at the end of last week with some one who's accent was so thick I couldn't get his name and he told me THEN that if this motherboard didn't work they'd give me a new computer.
So I should hear within 24-48 hours about a new computer or whether or not they want to try to fix this one.
MOFO'S!
I am VERY SERIOUSLY PISSED OFF.

Out of curiosity (assuming its a desktop), have they checked your power supply?

Pop some popcorn this should be good!

Green or Green?

Bicycles or wildlife?
Biologists worry about widening the Burke-Gilman trail

[snip]

What about paving over wetlands that shelter salamanders and frogs, whose population is shrinking worldwide? What about the dozens of big trees to be removed, which shade the wetlands and provide a welcoming roost for birds?

re: #131 buzzdroid

totally agree - when you are dealing with utter and total EVIL, then its perfectly ok to swear a bit.

these islamist terrorists are evil fuckers - and i would rank them alongside the S.S. and Pol Pot in the evilness stakes..

The rabidity that these fucksticks are infected with comes from Islam - Religion of Peace apologists aside. I lived in that region for 5 years in the 90's and saw the root of evil that is it's core message. They either need to fix themselves (i.e., Islam) or we need to fix it for them...and if we do it, it won't be pretty...Just a question of how much of a price they exact before we say we've had enough...

re: #146 Killian Bundy

OBAMA TEAM SEEKS DATA ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO ARES, ORION

/hi ho, hi ho, it's back to Earth we go

All that space shit is unproven!
/BHO

re: #153 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops! Don't know yet - but see my #147 above and you'll understand that I may soon be finding out how much I like VISTA! LOL!
How are you - how did the wedding go?

group by ... having ... with rollup

re: #144 Hengineer

Stop Fucking Cussing!

Oh fuck! I'm sorry, Hengineer.

^{_{P.S.
Hi, Mandy!}}

re: #140 gclaghorn

I was thinking about this myself. What are your thoughts on PostGreSQL?

i had a play with it - its a bitch to get into and configure...

not ideal when you dont have a lot of time on your hands. mysql fits that aspect perfectly..

apt-get install mysql5

and bam - you have a database up and running. in about 10 minutes.. thats a HUGE aspect to why its popular. plus its tight integration to PHP.

of course, Sun might fuck it up, and i think its very dangerous that Sun owns it - MySQL should have been bought by somebody like Wikipedia - a non-profit, because so many websites depend on it.

re: #142 LeePro

Yeah, well...
Like I told my daughter (when she was 15 and cussing me out):
"Watch yer fuckin' mouth! ! !"

^{_{Now she's 35 and tells me I should be more "lady-like" and my son calls me "potty mouth."}}

Heh.

Reminds me of George C. Scott in Patton:

Clergyman: I was interested to see a Bible by your bed. You actually find time to read it?
Patton: I sure do. Every goddamn day.

re: #163 LeePro

Oh fuck! I'm sorry, Hengineer.

^{_{P.S.
Hi, Mandy!}}

Its ok! ;)

/wave

re: #157 Hengineer
It is a desktop and I have no idea if they've checked my power supply but since this computer is my old computer without a new HD and without a new Motherboard, I'd have to guess that the power supply is ok, no?!

re: #163 LeePro

Oh fuck! I'm sorry, Hengineer.

^{_{P.S.
Hi, Mandy!}}

Hiya', toots! What's going fucking on with you?

re: #149 realwest

Fat.

re: #165 Cattt

classic movie, the actor's portrayal usurping the actual man.

From what I could gather the database had a problem with how it was processing new information (new comments) and had to be shown a new way to do things.

Is that correct?

re: #168 MandyManners

Hiya', toots! What's going fucking on with you?

unfuckingbelievable, so much fucking cussing going on here.

>_

re: #160 jcm

All that space shit is unproven!
/BHO

/sex ed for kindergarteners is a much higher priority

re: #168 MandyManners

Hiya', toots! What's going fucking on with you?

And THAT reminds me of my Uncle "pass the fucking salt" Joe, who couldn't say a complete sentence without cussing, bless his heart.

re: #160 jcm
Hi jcm! How are you doing today?

re: #167 realwest

It is a desktop and I have no idea if they've checked my power supply but since this computer is my old computer without a new HD and without a new Motherboard, I'd have to guess that the power supply is ok, no?!

maybe, what caused the old motherboard/HD to fail?

re: #169 LeePro
Fat? Oh, do ya mean from Thanksgiving dinner?! New teeth working better then?

re: #167 realwest

It is a desktop and I have no idea if they've checked my power supply but since this computer is my old computer without a new HD and without a new Motherboard, I'd have to guess that the power supply is ok, no?!

Other possibilities: poor connections? wrong/not updated BIOS/overheating?

re: #156 realwest

Hey jorline, good to see ya - didn't hardly get to play at all out here today so couldn't chat with hardly anyone at all.
How's business going for you and how are you feeling?

I'm feeling OK, just weighing out my new med options. Business has been up and down...good news is were up 52% over last year...sounds good, but last year sucked...lol

How are you feeling? Send me an email about your latest updates.

re: #150 MandyManners

I bet they hate the misperception that some can apply to them.

I can go way out on the mesas...far away from anything and off in the distance I can see a coupla broken down trailors...junk trucks...a hovel someone calls home and you know? there is an old pipe stuck in the ground and atop it is a huge American flag followed by a black POW flag and maybe some Marine colors beneath all that...I am humbled when I see this stuff...illegals do not fuck with new mexicans...jus sayin

re: #174 Cattt

And THAT reminds me of my Uncle "pass the fucking salt" Joe, who couldn't say a complete sentence without cussing, bless his heart.

I bet all the little kids loved him.

re: #171 Crux Australis

From what I could gather the database had a problem with how it was processing new information (new comments) and had to be shown a new way to do things.

Is that correct?

yup. you got it in one.

re: #161 realwest

Hey Hoops! Don't know yet - but see my #147 above and you'll understand that I may soon be finding out how much I like VISTA! LOL!
How are you - how did the wedding go?

Wedding went great..And I have to go out in about an hour..

re: #178 Hengineer
No offense, but I've had 4 Geek Squad guys out here, well actually 3, one of 'em came out twice and I have no idea except it's not overheating. And I have no idea what an updated BIOS even IS! LOL!

re: #175 realwest

Hi jcm! How are you doing today?

Great! Getting cleaned up from everything, plus a social worker visits the little one on Monday. Kids are watching Curious George. And I've got to get dinner started.

Yep, that's me domesticated.
;-)

re: #172 Hengineer

unfuckingbelievable, so much fucking cussing going on here.

>_

You know it.

re: #183 HoosierHoops

Wedding went great..And I have to go out in about an hour..

Hoopster, how's your head feeling tonight?

i'm off to the lizard lounge now folks.

we could do with a bit more folks in there...

re: #179 jorline
Hey jorline - no need for an e-mail, saw my internist, he listened to my breathing, they took my pulse and BP and I paid my co-pay and that was it!
Don't go back to oncologist until January 5th or so - I'm dreading that visit. And I'm losing weight and have no appetite to speak of.
Other than that, everything's peachy-keen! LOL!
Sorry to hear about your business - have you "tried out" any of the new med's yet?

re: #187 jorline

Hoopster, how's your head feeling tonight?

There should be a law...
I'm not driving

Is this another Burka Blue hoax?

As Taboos Ease, Saudi Girl Group Dares to Rock

They cannot perform in public. They cannot pose for album cover photographs. Even their jam sessions are secret, for fear of offending the religious authorities in this ultraconservative kingdom.

But the members of Saudi Arabia’s first all-girl rock band, the Accolade, are clearly not afraid of taboos.

The band’s first single, “Pinocchio,” has become an underground hit here, with hundreds of young Saudis downloading the song from the group’s MySpace page. Now, the pioneering foursome, all of them college students, want to start playing regular gigs — inside private compounds, of course — and recording an album.

“In Saudi, yes, it’s a challenge,” said the group’s lead singer, Lamia, who has piercings on her left eyebrow and beneath her bottom lip. (Like other band members, she gave only her first name.) “Maybe we’re crazy. But we wanted to do something different.”

re: #184 realwest

No offense, but I've had 4 Geek Squad guys out here, well actually 3, one of 'em came out twice and I have no idea except it's not overheating. And I have no idea what an updated BIOS even IS! LOL!

oh its alright, it just seems weird that after all that, why not just give you a brand new computer. Computers have become so cheap nowadays that if you're not a "power user", replacing the components just isn't worth it.

Power users are people who literally purchase the best of EVERYTHING and go for the most expensive/newest/upgraded piece of equipment.

Electronics is finicky. We've been having this problem with our main engine control console, where the alarm system would go off randomly and repeatedly (but the plant would be fine). The ship's ET and Chief Engineer worked solid for a week replacing literally every single computer card in there (that dealt with all the I/O's and alarm indicators) and nothing worked. In the end the TANO tech rep finally found a power wire had been stuck up against a bit and the insulation on the wire had been "chewed" through by a little metal "spike" (so to speak) with the ship's vibration, and the 24v power supply had been leeching to ground and directly to the circuit boards.

re: #183 HoosierHoops
Wedding went great - that's it? That's your full report?!
LOL!
Yeah, I gotta leave in about 15 minutes myself, but hope to be back tonight.
Do you know where Jordan and his bride are spending their honeymoon - how much time they'll have?

re: #192 Hengineer

The thing about computers, especially old ones, is that if you're going to replace one of the components, the other components aren't far behind from failing.

re: #182 buzzdroid

yup. you got it in one.

I did IT in college and SQL was always a problem I couldn't quite get my head around. It's like learning a new language.

Just one small error like a missed bracket or space left where it shouldn't be and the whole thing went to shit.

re: #168 MandyManners

Hiya', toots! What's going fucking on with you?

One year no smoke = fat!
Thanksgiving/2 turkey feasts = fatter! ! !

FUCK! ! !

How are you and the kid?
Geez, he oughta be old enough/big enough to do laundry and cook now!
;D

Good evening, Lizards. Is this the fucking cursing thread?

re: #197 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good evening, Lizards. Is this the fucking cursing thread?

No, so watch your fucking mouth

re: #192 Hengineer
Huh, well I don't think I'm anything like a power user, but as for that alarm thing, I'd a just ripped out
that power wire and been done with it! LOL!

re: #196 LeePro

One year no smoke = fat!
Thanksgiving/2 turkey feasts = fatter! ! !

FUCK! ! !

How are you and the kid?
Geez, he oughta be old enough/big enough to do laundry and cook now!
;D

I let him do a lot of prep work in the kitchen but, I keep him away from the laundry room for now.

re: #198 Hengineer

Shit! Sorry.

re: #197 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good evening, Lizards. Is this the fucking cursing thread?

It sure as Fuck looks that way.

SNFT.

Ummm...SNCT.

re: #197 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good evening, Lizards. Is this the fucking cursing thread?

What the fuck you think? It's the fucking SNDT?
Oh! it's fucking both!
HOT FUCKING DAMN!

re: #202 x-wing

It sure as Fuck looks that way.

Damn straight.

I think "Satanic evil fucks" covers the subject well.

If you say "Satanic evil fucks" then ask people to guess who you are talking about, what are the odds they will get it right the first time? Really, really high.

Wait until B Hussein O finds out about this. Don't these people know the economy has tanked and we are supposed to be struggling? BHO has made it very clear!

Ill. family thanks employees with surprise bonuses On the day the checks were distributed, Valentin Dima watched as co-workers broke down in tears over their bonus checks. He drove home first, then opened his envelope: $33,000. His wife received a check for a smaller amount, and the two Romanian immigrants have since taken a Caribbean cruise to celebrate.

re: #197 Pvt Bin Jammin
What gave you that fucking idea - we are all smooth talking sweeties out here - no matter what anyone fucking says!
How are ya PBJ?!

re: #189 realwest

Hey jorline - no need for an e-mail, saw my internist, he listened to my breathing, they took my pulse and BP and I paid my co-pay and that was it!
Don't go back to oncologist until January 5th or so - I'm dreading that visit. And I'm losing weight and have no appetite to speak of.
Other than that, everything's peachy-keen! LOL!
Sorry to hear about your business - have you "tried out" any of the new med's yet?

Eat, RW and stay strong. Let me know about any updates.

Business is doing better than others I know in the business...we're up in sale and treading water. Right now we're waiting to hear what the insurance company is willing to pay for the meds, they're all expensive.

re: #199 realwest

Huh, well I don't think I'm anything like a power user, but as for that alarm thing, I'd a just ripped out
that power wire and been done with it! LOL!

Well we didn't even know what the problem was until yesterday lol.
All it needed was to shift the wire an inch or so to the side and wrap it with extra electrical tape.

re: #194 Hengineer

The thing about computers, especially old ones, is that if you're going to replace one of the components, the other components aren't far behind from failing.

Correct ! A computer is build to last only a few years, as a max I'll say 3, everything older than that is no worth a hardware fix (except maybe an HD). If it fails, dump it, and buy a new one (a Mac of course)

re: #207 Cattt

I think "Satanic evil fucks" covers the subject well.

If you say "Satanic evil fucks" then ask people to guess who you are talking about, what are the odds they will get it right the first time? Really, really high.

rolling stones?

re: #203 MandyManners

SNFT.

SAFT in California.

re: #144 Hengineer

Stop Fucking Cussing!

Calm the hell down!

re: #212 Flying Dutchman

Correct ! A computer is build to last only a few years, as a max I'll say 3, everything older than that is no worth a hardware fix (except maybe an HD). If it fails, dump it, and buy a new one (a Mac of course)

No! not a Mac fanboy! no!

/Clevo D901C, 17.1" 1920x1200 LCD, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Dual nVidia 9800M GT w/ SLI, 4 GB Kingston RAM, 3 200 GB IDD's/Dual Boot with Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows XP Professional

re: #209 realwest

"Smooth talking sweeties." LOL

I'm doing okay myself but hubby might have to have spinal surgery if traction rehab doesn't work. We're pretty worried about it.

Bjorn Borg - Love for all

Who's got the fucking bong?

re: #217 Pvt Bin Jammin

"Smooth talking sweeties." LOL

I'm doing okay myself but hubby might have to have spinal surgery if traction rehab doesn't work. We're pretty worried about it.

Ouch, I'm sorry to hear that. My gf has a messed up back too (extra disc in her spine and a slipped disc as well from working deck department on a Carrier)

re: #208 ciaospirit WHAT?!?
He got a $33,000 bonus?! From a (formerlly) family owned business? Doesn't his boss know that Greed is good?!?

re: #217 Pvt Bin Jammin

PIMF Traction physical therapy.

re: #219 Racer X

Who's got the fucking bong?

Don't fucking look at me like that.

re: #219 Racer X

Who's got the fucking bong?

Pass the donuts first.

re: #218 Killgore Trout

Bjorn Borg - Love for all

Why do people applaud at a wedding?

re: #219 Racer X

Who's got the fucking bong?

Gimme' the fucking Cheetos first and I'll tell you.

UPDATE: Bangkok Airport: The Peoples' Aggressive Dimwits are STILL being allowed to abuse and molest the rest of the Thai nation, as the inept, bungling, grandstanding, clueless 'government' gropes around for SOME WAY to ask those scumbag thugs to please come out of the airport and play nice...

I choose inept, and clueless carefully. The combination is stunning, as Thailand shows present losses at $137,000,000 and rising hourly! Projected jobloss expected to be around 1 MILLION... Thai fresh-food exporters are being SCREWED VIOLENTLY by daily loss of millions in revenue...

But the leftist scum DO NOT CARE, ha-ha, we're within the law and you don't dare arrest us neener-neener!

re: #217 Pvt Bin Jammin

dont know what his prob is--but i had surgery 3 yrs ago after a decade of disc problems and all went VERY well- prayers to you and hubby!

re: #224 jorline

Pass the donuts first.

Get the fuck out of my head.

Who wants a fucking beer? I'll buy this round.

re: #225 MandyManners

Why do people applaud at a wedding?

Because it's happier than a funeral.

re: #216 Hengineer

No! not a Mac fanboy! no!

/Clevo D901C, 17.1" 1920x1200 LCD, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Dual nVidia 9800M GT w/ SLI, 4 GB Kingston RAM, 3 200 GB IDD's/Dual Boot with Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows XP Professional

Mac Powerbook Pro 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB Ram 320GB HD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 256MB. Run MacOs, Vista and a Redhat. simulanteously.

re: #220 Hengineer

Sorry to hear about your girlfriend. My hubby was in an auto accident in September and physical therapy wasn't working, also loosing feeling in his hand so finally they did a CT scan of his spine. Two vertebrae are compressed pretty badly.

re: #210 jorline
Hey hard to eat when you're not hungry, ya know. And I spend a LOT of time sleeping cause of my meds.
Seems to me that y'all ought to be trying one or more of the meds while waiting to see what the insurance company will do - damn, I sure hope your RA or maybe not RA isn't causing you a lot of pain now.

re: #224 jorline

Pass the donuts first.

Weed first - munchies after.

re: #227 Karridine

UPDATE: Bangkok Airport: The Peoples' Aggressive Dimwits are STILL being allowed to abuse and molest the rest of the Thai nation, as the inept, bungling, grandstanding, clueless 'government' gropes around for SOME WAY to ask those scumbag thugs to please come out of the airport and play nice...

I choose inept, and clueless carefully. The combination is stunning, as Thailand shows present losses at $137,000,000 and rising hourly! Projected jobloss expected to be around 1 MILLION... Thai fresh-food exporters are being SCREWED VIOLENTLY by daily loss of millions in revenue...

But the leftist scum DO NOT CARE, ha-ha, we're within the law and you don't dare arrest us neener-neener!

What is going on there?

re: #235 Racer X

Weed first - munchies after.

Fuck yeah.

re: #212 Flying Dutchman
That's why I got an extended warranty - none of the "repair" work they're doing or trying to do is costing me anything except aggravation! LOL!

re: #229 MandyManners

Get the fuck out of my head.

lmao...only after you pass the bong.

re: #228 mikeymom

Thanks. See my #233.

Who the fuck has the Mountain Dew?

Fuck the bong- who wants brownies?

re: #234 realwest

*passes realwest the bong*

That'll give you the munchies my friend.

Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English language today is the word "fuck".

It is a magical word which, just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, "fuck" falls into many grammatical categories.

It can be used as a verb both transitive (John fucked Mary) and intransitive (Mary was fucked by John).

It can be an action verb (John really gives a fuck),

a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a fuck),

and adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John),

or as a noun (Mary is a terrific fuck).

It can also be used as an interjection (Fuck! I'm late for my date with Mary).

It can even be used as a conjunction (Mary is easy, fuck she's also stupid).

As you can see there are very few words with the overall versatility of the word fuck.

Aside from its sexual connotations, this word can be used to describe many situations:

1. Greetings..."How the fuck are ya?"

2. Fraud..."I got fucked by the car dealer."

3. Resignation..."Oh, fuck it!"

4. Trouble..."I guess I'm fucked now."

5. Aggression..."Fuck you!"

6. Disgust..."Fuck me."

7. Confusion..." What the fuck...?"

8. Displeasure..."Fucking shit man..."

9. Lost..."Where the fuck are we?"

10.Disbelief..."Unfuckingbelievable!"

11.Retaliation..."Up your fucking ass!"

12. Apathy..."Who really gives a fuck?"

13. Suspicion..."Who the fuck are you?"

14. Directions..."Fuck off."

It can be maternal..."Motherfucker!"

It can be used to tell time..."It's four fucking twenty!"

It can be used as an anatomical description..."He's a fucking asshole."

Lastly, it has been used by many notable people throughout history:

"What the fuck was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima

"That's not a real fucking gun." -John Lennon

"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" -Captain of the Titanic

"Who the fuck is gonna find out?" -Richard Nixon

"Heads are gonna fucking roll." -Anne Boleyn

"Any fucking idiot could answer that." -Albert Einstein

"It does so fucking look like her!" -Picasso

"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" -Michaelangelo

"Fuck a duck." -Walt Disney

"Houston, we have a big fucking problem." - The crew of Apollo 13

re: #239 jorline

lmao...only after you pass the bong.

a post right down the middle of the hash marks

re: #186 MandyManners

You know it.

Fucking priceless! ! !

re: #216 Hengineer
Ha, a "/Clevo D901C, 17.1" 1920x1200 LCD, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Dual nVidia 9800M GT w/ SLI, 4 GB Kingston RAM, 3 200 GB IDD's/Dual Boot with Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows XP Professional" that's easy for you to say!
And I have no fucking idea of what you're talking about. Dual boots?! What?!

re: #240 Pvt Bin Jammin

how awful--vicodin was the only thing that got through--im feeling twinges this week too-holidays tend to mess me up--hope all works out for you guys

re: #239 jorline

lmao...only after you pass the bong.

Chill, dood.

Have any of you watched a wall while you're high? It's fucking hilarious.

re: #234 realwest

Hey hard to eat when you're not hungry, ya know. And I spend a LOT of time sleeping cause of my meds.
Seems to me that y'all ought to be trying one or more of the meds while waiting to see what the insurance company will do - damn, I sure hope your RA or maybe not RA isn't causing you a lot of pain now.

Thanks, RW. I'll push for a test drive. RA or SA, same joint pain.

Charles,
Just viewed the vid on PJM regarding the brainstorming session on the topic of Media Bias and the decision to subsequently kickoff a weekly Media Bias Critique on PJM .
Congratulations! PJM could not have a better mentor than you!
: )
...
B
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w
s to the Grand Lizard..

re: #249 MandyManners

Chill, dood.

ha!...nice catch

Early data shows strong Black Friday

Sales during the day after Thanksgiving rose 3 percent to $10.6 billion, according to preliminary figures released Saturday by ShopperTrak RCT Corp., a Chicago-based research firm that tracks sales at more than 50,000 retail outlets. Last year, shoppers spent about $10.3 billion on the day after Thanksgiving, dubbed Black Friday because it was historically the sales-packed day when retailers would become profitable for the year.

/dude, where's my soup line?