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So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

"Make my day" BuckGalaxy June 5, 2025 1:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

NSIDC Data drop ER June 4, 2025 9:34 pm (Space/Science)

Boulder will be in your news soon. podrock June 1, 2025 3:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

It's over folks RL June 1, 2025 12:38 pm (Space/Science)

Administration solves things the old fashion way BuckGalaxy June 1, 2025 11:01 am (Flame)

Issacman out as NASA Admin BuckGalaxy May 31, 2025 9:40 pm (Space/Science)

Lie, cheat and disable mechanisms... BuckGalaxy May 31, 2025 8:04 pm (Space/Science)

Big beautiful wall RobVG May 31, 2025 11:50 am (Flame)

2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit May 28 and 29 BuckGalaxy May 28, 2025 2:52 pm (Space/Science)

C'mon a little closer gonna do it to you BuckGalaxy May 27, 2025 9:46 pm (Off-Topic)

Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" by TB April 21, 2012 1:56 pm

Artificially generated shortages don't count? Pulling refineries off-line so as to drive up the price of refined products isn't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:51:47
- Anybody can ask a question. by TB 2012-04-23 21:31:03
  - They are simple "yes" or "no" questions relevant to your post. And I was right. You wouldn't answer, ... by bowser 2012-04-23 22:14:38
    - Okay. Let's go over it again. by TB 2012-04-24 08:02:58
      - "HOVENSA announced earlier this month that it would shut down its St. Croix refinery in the Virgin Islands. Sunoco and ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:51:56
        
        These refineries are not being permanently shut down. by TB 2012-04-24 11:30:00
        
        Economics 50: A functional monopoly artificially restricting supply is a tactic designed to increase profits. In the oil ... by bowser 2012-04-24 13:38:46
So the futures market is not a problem? by RobVG 2012-04-22 09:41:04
- Okay, we'll investigate it for another four years. by TB 2012-04-22 12:57:51
  - I had a reply but I lost it. [Edit] by RobVG 2012-04-23 07:59:37
    - Update on that Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group here. by TB 2012-04-23 09:05:00
      - Well, there might be a difference between an actual supply problem and an anticipated drop in supply that's never realized? by RobVG 2012-04-23 17:38:45
- Way to go, Rob! by ER 2012-04-22 10:06:09
  - "Hmmm. While we’re talking about speculation, maybe we can speculate that this unexplainable spike in gas prices is deliberately engineered ... by TB 2012-04-22 16:56:19
    - 2008? Oh that was obviously Democratic skullduggery, taking advantage of their great influence with the oil companies, and the Texas ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:25:45
      - Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) by TB 2012-04-22 19:11:39
        
        I've mentioned here before that I think prices are set by individual speculators, and (sometimes) market forces, but since ... by ER 2012-04-22 21:17:22

Careful about disposing of that old smartphone by TB April 21, 2012 6:04 pm

A word to the wise. The safest phone is a Nokia 800. You won't be able to get ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:31:04
I figure I'll just smash mine after the contract runs out. Also, this reminds me of the time I was walking ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:10:27

The Speed of Technology by TB April 23, 2012 8:34 pm

Just noticed: How come most of the technologies slow down right before they hit %100? Some of them ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 01:51:23

What the public knows about political parties by TB April 23, 2012 10:14 am

Clearly the results divulge a truth. WE ARE SCREWED by Jody 2012-04-23 13:26:28
By the way: Don't knock capuchin monkeys. They're a bit smarter than your average - - - . ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:20:25
- "...on the ability of capuchins to use money..." by ER 2012-04-23 12:37:54
I thought some of the questions were phrased a bit oddly, and that someone doing a quick read would get ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:14:36
Funny, I interpreted the exact same data in a totally different way. by ER 2012-04-23 11:00:55
- Did you read the whole news story? by TB 2012-04-23 11:04:58
  - Yes. Why, Is that supposed to make a difference in my conclusion? by ER 2012-04-23 11:18:20
    - No, you concluded this was why people voted Republican. The results and demographics seem to indicate otherwise. by TB 2012-04-23 11:35:19
      - I don't see it. This is what I saw. "The partisan gaps in knowledge are at least partly a consequence of demographic ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:06:36
        
        Remarkable. by TB 2012-04-23 12:44:40
        
        I think you spend an awful lot of effort trying to change the way I think. Think about that. by ER 2012-04-23 12:57:31
        
        Have you ever thought about why I bother? by TB 2012-04-23 13:06:57
        
        We've always known you were a partisan propagandist Tom. We've told you as much. But I have to admit, ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:17:09
        
        Ah, that's a load of horseapples. by TB 2012-04-23 13:34:22
        
        Tom, your "pick the group" gotcha is not really all that extreme. That's really middle of the road stuff. ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:56:08
        
        "Middle of the road?" No wonder you think I'm in deep right field. Check your GPS. by TB 2012-04-23 14:01:37
Same here Tom by Jody 2012-04-23 10:49:03

What's happening May 1st by TB April 23, 2012 1:46 pm

Kodachrome by ER April 23, 2012 7:41 am

It takes a hell of a good digital camera to do the kind of things film cameras did routinely. by TB 2012-04-23 08:54:43
- Any jerk can take a picture, as I suspect that gentleman was trying to tell me. The real skill comes ... by ER 2012-04-23 10:28:00
  - Some of it is, so help me, personal. I have a friend I've hiked and climbed with a lot. ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:31:36
    - The trick to taking good photographs is to take a lot of them. Clap a high capacity motorized film ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:54:34

Cause of Falcon hypersonic scramjet crash revealed by RobVG April 23, 2012 7:20 am

9 minutes at Mach 20 and then lost signal? It simply outran the signal. by bowser 2012-04-23 12:51:16

The SCP Foundation by TB April 23, 2012 12:24 pm

Bah. Research. (Moved to SF) by TB April 22, 2012 7:28 pm

Survey says, "leave me alone!" by TB April 21, 2012 10:03 pm

Jesus is coming. Look busy. by ER 2012-04-22 06:41:40
- I think you've probably hit the nail on the head, there. by TB 2012-04-22 08:45:28
  - This obsession with innovation has a down side. Popular products disappear, either because they stop making them, or because ... by ER 2012-04-22 09:44:58
    - I find that different grocery stores carry different products. by TB 2012-04-22 11:03:10
      - Your letter to that company was right on target. But I suspect it did little good if it was ... by ER 2012-04-22 12:11:19
        
        I suspect that professional marketers have been trained to see everything as something that needs "change." by TB 2012-04-22 13:02:55
        
        What really steams me is when beloved symbols and mascots are arbitrarily updated to meet the needs of the marketing ... by ER 2012-04-22 14:16:20
        
        It's lucky they can get away with Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben at all in this age of hair-trigger sensitivity. by TB 2012-04-22 14:52:37
        
        I'll get right on it, TB. by ER 2012-04-22 15:20:32
        
        You go with yours, I'll go with mine. by TB 2012-04-22 15:54:05
        
        You both got it wrong!!! by Jody 2012-04-23 04:21:17

The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... by Jody April 22, 2012 3:45 pm

Details here. by TB 2012-04-22 16:43:37
She shouldn't even be considering it. by bowser 2012-04-22 15:56:27
- They are meeting off property and going to discuss what to do. Her father has offered to drive her in ... by Jody 2012-04-22 16:27:20
  - She shouldn't even be considering it. And, not to worry. Lockheed will have set up a second gate so she ... by bowser 2012-04-22 16:35:33
    - I knew you would feel this way Bowser. I don't. by Jody 2012-04-22 16:59:45
      - And you wonder where the middle class has gone. 57 years of unrelenting propaganda has trained you well. by bowser 2012-04-22 17:05:17
        
        I really don't feel that is true Bowser. There is something sadly desperate about all this. Sorta "Custer's Last Stand" ... by Jody 2012-04-23 03:55:09
        
        Something like seven percent of private employees are unionized. by TB 2012-04-22 17:17:15
        
        No, but once they lose their unions, they can mostly kiss the middle class goodbye. Ain't that the plan? ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:36:42
        
        It is simply revolting to see people who live enjoying the advantages of Union employment and benefits disparaging Unions. by bowser 2012-04-22 21:07:57
        
        I said "private employees." by TB 2012-04-22 19:09:12
    - I don't think she has actually thought any of this through. Tomorrow her company will help her...and I am curious ... by Jody 2012-04-22 16:57:51

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