Better article at finance.yahoo.com: https://finance.yahoo.com/news... that I ran across on Tuesday.(I own some NOC stock).

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Dave

I was thinking more along the lines of something like having the convicted party drawn and quartered, staked out on an ant hill (fire ants preferably), garroted, etc. The potential punishment needs to be a real deterrent; not whiling away the years in some minimum security resort.

/. groupthink seems to have focused on the "heroic hacker" unearthing politically embarrassing scandals while forgetting the damage that everyone from site taggers who get carried away to what common criminals, terrorists and state actors can do. There are people out there who can do real damage. Be it either without thinking or with much greed or hatred.

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Dave

How many museums have art by Botticelli? You know. The art with lots of nudes and cherubs?

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Dave

Carbonated beverages of all kinds (diet, non-diet) tend to contribute to osteoporosis. The carbonation leaches the calcium from your bones.

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Dave

Actually there have been quite a few studies regarding coffee, caffeine and health:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd...

The general consensus is that coffee is GOOD FOR YOU unless you have specific health issues like hypertension, high blood pressure, etc. Go troll on a different subject. You'll lose on this one.

Beer! Now that's another subject. Dark and thick is the best. Just had a Left Hand Brewing Company Nitro "Wake Up Dead" Stout. It almost doesn't need a glass. Yummy.

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Dave

I didn't know that. The other items on the menu at our favorite sushi place are noted as being cooked (e.g., unagi, ebi) or lightly flamed (seared tuna, scallops if you ask for them that way) but otherwise raw. I just assumed that since the octopus wasn't noted as cooked, it was raw. Unlike most of the other items on the menu that I might see in a fish market, I've never been to a fish market that had octopus (cooked or not).

I enjoy learning and, especially, learning about the things I eat. Thanks. Also, something tells me that the octopus being boiled isn't going to make it acceptable to my friends and family who stick to cooked items on the sushi menu....

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Dave

The one that folds up into a briefcase that you can carry.

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Dave

Lots of things are against the law and yet people still murder, rape, kidnap, steal, etc., etc. What makes you think some idiot will follow a law that says they can't fly their flying car if it has a bit of a bend? I followed some jerk whose brake lights didn't work last week. I'm sure that's illegal, too.

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Dave

Linus missed an opportunity to "adjust" the kernel version numbering scheme. This should have been released as Linux kernel 11.0.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

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Dave

I always knew there was something else I didn't like about Democrats besides their tax and spend, big, nanny-state government ways and now I know. No sense of humor.

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Dave

Try it raw on rice (sushi style). You'd be surprised how good it tastes with soy sauce and wasabi. The texture is a little chewy which puts some people off.

Never thought I'd like escargot but had enough to drink one time and I've been hooked ever since. Who woulda thunk that snails make a great vehicle for garlic and butter?

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Dave

I've had octopus a couple of times. Tends to be a little chewy. I'll stick to ahi tuna (maguro and toro), yellowtail, scallops, freshwater eel (unagi), surf clams, etc. Still haven't had enough to drink to try sea urchin. Just something about the appearance and texture.

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Dave

Think about the millions of M-2s that have been used over the years and especially used in some pretty primitive environments like Guadacanal, PNG, etc. Can't be that hard to maintain. Admittedly, probably some skill involved.

Not worried about the cost. We're dreaming remember? Does make you wonder though about the finances of especially WWII when hundreds of B-17s and B-24s escorted by hundreds more P-51s and P-47s each with their full complement of M-2s and ammo and boat loads of gasoline flew missions on a regular basis. Ever think what it would cost to re-create that now? I was impressed when I saw 20+ B-25s in the air for the Doolittle Raid 70th anniversary and a couple dozen Mustangs in the air at once at GML 2007. Can't imagine hundreds if not thousands.

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Dave

Priced authentic 1911s. Ouch. I'll probably go with a replica.

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Dave

M-2 (Dream big)

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Dave