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Well, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge engineer might have said something like that...
and the 2018 Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa wasn't so hot either.
(We had just been over that Genoa bridge half a dozen times a few months earlier. When it's …
And following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
Federal judge instructed state to use older maps, with Republicans likely to appeal decision
New maps that added five Republican districts in Texas hit a legal roadblock on Tuesday, …
If he's so happy to release the files he could have done that at any time without any congressional action. At this point I have no confidence that whatever is released will not have been purged of any material unfavorable to Trump. He's had plenty …
@Anna- my comments were strictly limited to "automatically generated configuration file", using recent MFO problems as an example.
With respect to "threat traffic that grew" as used by Cloudflare, I wouldn't hazard a guess as to the exact definitio…
@Anna- I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no significant expertise in the wonderful world of software. But I do believe that I've read that software can be designed to automatically initiate processes which are normally quiescent, but which can be act…
I was raised and educated as a Catholic, but dropped out completely at an early age. I tell you that because I am no fan of the Catholic Church or religion in general.
But I find it very interesting that the present Pope, Leo, has no use for Trump …
Trump has no respect for anyone's experience, education, or professional knowledge. He thinks that he can just appoint anyone to do anything, and the only "requirement" is loyalty to him.
Evidently Judge William Fitzpatrick isn't overly impressed w…
We have to back off a bit and take a look at the people who "have become desensitized". Are these people, for the most part, even aware of what the normal prosecution process should consist of? I'd be surprised if that's true.
And here are excerpts from Crash's link:
A federal magistrate judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over grand jury materials to former FBI Director James Comey as he fights criminal charges, pointing to possible government misconduct as …
"it was contributing rather more heat than light."
It was contributing plenty of light on the fact that FD1000 can say anything he wants, but when challenged on the veracity of his remarks, is NEVER able to respond.
Now that we've transitioned to…
"but it still irritates me"
Yeah- same here. And the battery models are so damned heavy that my arms get very tired after 15 or 20 minutes. But at 86, these things happen.
OK @JD_co, that's it for you too. You just made the list also...
He's got 'em on the list — he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed — they'll none of 'em be missed
