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Submission + - NOAA Scientists Catch Rare Giant Squid in Gulf of (noaa.gov)

Manilus writes: "Scientists on the hunt for what piques sperm whales appetites unexpectedly netted an almost 20 feet long, 103 pound Giant Squid. This is only the second specimen of its type to be found in the Gulf with the first being found near the Mississippi River Delta in 1954."
Mars

Submission + - Second test rover for stuck Spirt rover

sparhawktn writes: A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars. ... While the primary test rover's weight on Earth is greater than Spirit's weight on Mars, the second rover is even lighter on Earth and closer to the weight of Spirit on Mars.

Comment Re:Republicans (Score 1) 353

No this has nothing to do with government regulations it has to do with the business practices the business is doing. Which is why the FCC stepped in. Comcast in their terms of agreement are too vague and too heavy handed. Comcast is using this to "say" they are trying to maintain the network bottom line is Comcast got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and now are trying to blame the government for stepping in hoping their customers have forgotten or gotten used to their business model. If Comcast wants to block certain content that is their prerogative BUT they must disclose this and stop selling "unlimited" services and then trying to pull a Bill Clinton and "define" unlimited in stupid ways.
Space

Submission + - Apollo 11 Mission Coverage....LIVE!!!!!!

sparhawktn writes: Once again you can relive, or for most of us, live through the Apollo 11 Mission from launch to landing. wechoosethemoon.org

[quote]In honor of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has launched a new website. The goal of the website is to allow visitors to experience the Apollo 11 mission in real time. In fact, the website will go live at 9:32am on July 16th which is exactly 40 years to the minute after the historic launch.

The website is sponsored by the JFK Presidential Library and Museum[/quote]

Comment Who own's first? (Score 1) 445

Bud: Fargo owns first mortgage
Bud: Fargo owns second mortgage
Bud: I don't know owns third mortgage
Lou: That's what I want to know who to sue first
Bud: Fargo!
Lou: Fargo owns second?
Bud: Fargo owns first.
Lou: I don't know
Bud: Third base!


*Apologizes to Bud Abbot and Lou Costello
Transportation

Submission + - Computer glitch stops United Flights

sparhawktn writes: "A United Airlines computer outage this morning at O'Hare International Airport is keeping passengers from checking in and is grounding the airline's flights at the airport.".."FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said that United had done a ground stop of its planes on its own, and while that officially that had ended at 7:55 a.m., there was no indication when flights would be leaving the airport again. The problem began about 5:15 a.m., she said."
And the best line ever..
"The employees are really stumped," said Norder, who was returning home to Ft. Worth today. "They're trying to figure out what to do." As she spoke, a voice came over the plane's public-address system. Fixing the computer system, "can be a long and arduous process," the voice said."

Comment Re:ANY change? (Score 1) 86

Hrrm and that blocked out what? Oh THE SUN! Again any change is due to the Sun you are talking about a disaster what the general rule when people talk about any warming or cooling of the earth is the "evil man". Which is an untruth. Earth even changes the climate itself by slight variations in the orbit around the Sun. That was my point.
And the point of this article was that the possibility of the Milky Way impacting the Earth climate. Which is a ludicrous thing to even think about. I find it funny the mods liked your post and missed mine completely.

Comment Re:And? (Score 1) 543

Perhaps I'm just young. But, I have paid overdraw charges on checking accounts, and I'm sure you have too.

My comments were solely about credit cards. Bank accounts with over-draft fees are a completely different topic. I would be happy to discuss that line but in a different thread my comments do not pertain to bank accounts but to credit cards.

Maybe you should acknowledge that it is possible, at least in theory, to use credit cards to your advantage?

Absolutely not. I will not make that statement under any pretense. My points have not been made to change your mind on the matter nor will I change mine on this matter with your absurd comment. I am presenting a side where I have stated credit cards are bad.

Comment Re:And? (Score 1) 543

Since always.

From http://www.m-w.com/
c: the provision of money, goods, or services with the expectation of future payment ; also : money, goods, or services so provided

I gain perks with my debt cards as well money back, and so forth. I can also track my purchases with my banks online account service. With the added plus there is no late charges, service fees, yearly membership or any interest if I missed a payment.

My wife and I have traveled with the debit card on vacations around the US. Paid for rooms, food, gas with no problems.

With a credit card you have to pay off your balance every time you can not miss a payment. I would hate to see what the intrest of "thousands of dollars of purchases" would be even at 8 1/2% much less the normal 14 - 21 % cards require you to pay.

Ours is simple we have the money we can buy it we don't have the money we don't. Credit cards are a crutch you get used to them and they will make you weak. You spend what you have and it makes you stronger. It isn't easy at first but it can be done.

Comment Re:And? (Score 1) 543

Yes the power company required an additional deposit but that was used to pay our first few bills. The cars were paid for with cash both were private purchases. We pay everything with our debit cards which is tied directly to the bank account. We have no credit cards at all. If we don't have the money we don't buy anything. so that means everything paycheck, I get paid once a month, we put a budget out of what we have coming in and what we need to spend. But we set priorities Food, shelter, basic utilities before anything else. It took a while to get where we are but we are not 100% debt free still have some old bills we need to address but we take care of the basics first. This is the website that we used to get where we are. It took a while and we had to make some hard choices. But it works. http://www.daveramsey.com/

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