The Ball Bearing plant was shut down a few years ago, the NRO said so. That's why all those huge dishes are still there and move from time to time.

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Vive la liberté?

I'll be burning my last battery card in protest.

Ah, the first laptop, the Trash-100.

I live on Tulalip Bay and work in downtown Everett a few blocks from the transit center. It would still take me about an hour and 45 minutes to bus to work. I can drive it in 15 minutes, okay, 20 with getting coffee. Plus I would have to deal with about a half mile of walking in the rain many days. I also need my car to visit several other sites in the area for my work.

For me, mass transit is not going to happen.

Okay, build me a monorail down SR 529 and I'll think about it :)

I love my SnoPUD.org. Will not live in a non-PUD power area again.

Sorry about the typos in my comment above, it won't happne agian.

We've all said that.

Did that inclusive OR gate come in TTL or CMOS?

Remember that Bergoglio worked as a bar bouncer in his younger days. I think he may know what he's talking about on this subject.

Yeah, Glory Road would be my choice. Hell, Clooney would be good as Old Scar.

David Brin's Existence is another very interesting take on the subject.

http://www.amazon.com/Existenc...

If your're playing anything under 15 IPS then it's going to be muddy.

I've never understood this one, a blockbuster is a great movie while a bomb is a bad one. But a blockbuster is a bomb. WTF?

I'm a few years south of 57 but I got lucky in my job, I get to admin the phone system. The first thing I did was disable my extension's VM. If it's that urgent, call my cell, if not send an email or put in a ticket.

I work for an aerospace cabin integrator and we're always looking for good TechPubs people. My company offers fully paid classes within our field. The great thing is that the TechPubs folks work hand in hand with the engineers. You can talk with them and figure what type of engineering work you want to do, stress, electrical, structures, flam, systems, furniture... and we just touch the inside of an airliner.

Email me if you live in the Puget Sound area.

Off-topic side note about WalMart. I've done data cable work at more than a few and found that they do one really neat trick when they build: For their main electrical room they haul in a 40' container (before the walls are up) and set it in the back of the store. All the electrical mains come in there through a wall. All the main breakers and the telco demarcation point is in there so if they catch fire the rest of the store has a chance. Off-topic but kind of cool if you're into that thing, which I am.