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I don't think SC is stereotyping the Vietnamese. They really do work harder and in fact a relatively large proportion of them HAVE become doctors. That profession is in particular highly regarded in that community for some reason.

Nice troll assmonkey. Of course, the Wal-Mart quip was just a bit of hyperbole.

I'm looking for partners to try Slippery Slab Tower on Saturday and Sunday. Send me a PM if you are interested.

Whatever works for you, I guess.

For example, are they including Larry the Tool's salary in the cost of fee collection?

Exactly, Dru. Now, what needs to be done is work which documents how much light at various wavelengths reaches the surface. It is blue and orange light which is used by plants, with blue being them most important. Blue is a shorter wavelength and would be expected to be less affected by CO2 in the atmosphere. If we are talking aerosols, then yes, blue light is affected more than the shorter wavelegths.

They are claiming $23,436 (4.9%) cost to collect $477,488 in Northwest Forest Pass fees. That seems better than some of the figures I have heard recently. Recreation Fee Accomplishments 2003 -- Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests ( 2-page 178kb Acrobat file )

Global warming is caused by carbon dioxide trapping more infrared radiation from the sun. Surfaces radiate infrared into space at night. CO2 blocks this some degree. Incoming solar radiation is also absorbed so that less reaches the ground. Can that be such a surprise? The method by which they measure insolation involves measuring the temperature of a black plate. This method does not distinguish between the various wavelenghts of light. In fact it is biased towards the infrared and longer wavelengths. So it may be that visible light is not attenuated at all- that most of the reduction is in the infrared.

Ship of Fools, by Ted Kaczynski

Dru, I was wondering how long it would take you to chime in. Can you discuss why tricams are good in winter and how you use them? I can see how the points can better bite into iced up cracks.

"Question: Does the President have the right to hold a US citizen, arrested in the US, as an enemy combatant?" No, and it is a cut and dry issue. Padilla's civil rights were violated.

Today they are made by Camp SA. Weren't they formerly made by Lowe?

Anyone who has kids who chew bubblegum or used marking pens ought to know about Goof Off.

Who's pole did you take?

How could we flip you shit when carpet is a stake?

I can't think if an instance in which I have used my tricams in the passive mode, that is not their best use. I'll use a wired stopper instead. They fit better and are easier to remove.

Last time I was at Vantage, I was heading up a route and some guys told me, "there's a fixed red tricam about half-way up. But don't bother trying to get it out, we tried for a long time and it wouldn't budge." That tricam was mine in ten seconds.

Ode to a Pink Tricam Oh Pink's the one I love to place when I'm alone way up in space on some exposed and airy face. They sink where other gear won't go. When all you've got is manky pro, This tricam saves your butt from woe. But it's often hard to get them out; They make your second moan and shout And wave his nut tool 'round about But that's why you're the one on lead Your problems are a different breed As long as someone does the deed... "Oh quit your whimpering," you rumble, "And get it out or there'll be trouble" "Get to work now, on the double!" Although it sometimes takes a while, They do come out with vim and guile, (or chiselling and curses vile.) Pink will do what all the rest. Won't do when they're put to the test. Oh pink tricams are just the best! -- Charles "Pinky" Danforth

Dru, I'll send you my gopher just as soon as I can trap him. Please send mailing address.

I think Dwayner has done it, but he was banned.

Cool. It works.

So trask, you probably think that it was a mistake to offer Gary Ridgeway a deal to avoid execution in exchange for leading investigators to all the bodies he stashed?

On Monday, Mr. Inslee paid a visit to our laboratory on a sweep through several high tech firms in the Canyon Park area. He was only here for 30 min, and I was only able to introduce myself and shake his hand before he had to go. However, a poster went up about a "Brown Bag Lunch" Community Conversation for today at the Puget Sound Center. I showed up for the lunch and it turned out that there were only about 7 or 8 people there and except for two of them, they were rather shy, but I wasn't. I got to ask several questions. Several of us introduced ourselves and I mentioned that I was a member of cc.com and that I had questions from you that I wanted to address. He said he had just been to a meeting with members of the Access Fund. I asked if they brought up Cave Rock and he said no. He brought up the Roadless Rule and said he was in favor of the rule, and he was "in favor of more money for maintenance of existing roads", that money spent on new roads takes away funding that would otherwise go to the road currently used by various backcountry users like climbers and hikers. On behalf of Bug, I brought up H1B which is the program by which foreign workers can obtain work visas for jobs at high tech companies. He said that he has looked at the paperwork that these companies must submit and he believes that they are being honest about not being able to find qualified workers in the US. He says the process is very costly and time consuming for companies and that they don't go through it without a definite need. He said that no one has yet brought up to him an abuse of the system and that if there is, he would like to hear about it. One of his aids mentioned that this year the number of visas was reduced from 165,000 to 60,000. He brought up the issue of "outsourcing" on his own and that it is something he is concerned with and is looking at ways to deal with it, but it sounded like it is a trend that is hard to reverse. I asked about his position on Fee Demo and he said that "I really hate it! Why should a family who wants to go for a picnic have to pay $30 for the priviledge." Funding for trails maintenance should come from the General Fund. He voted against the recent House Bill that would make the Fee Demo program permanent. The bill passed, unfortunately. It turns out that one of his aids is a climber who lives on the east coast. I talked with him about problems with FS administrators in the Leavenworth Ranger District. He asked me to send him an e-mail detailing our concerns. I really think this is a great opportunity to see about getting Larry the Tool fired. I do intend to follow up on this. It would help if people like Mattp, who have written letters of complaint in the past would forward the information to me. Other issues he talked about: Iraq, SBIR loans, Patent Fees, Medicare (against GOP bill), Reimportation of drugs (for) and how the US subsidizes the rest of the word on drugs.

We shouldn't make laws based on exceptions. You have to look at what represents the rule. Case in point, in a story that I saw on the TV news last night, a young woman gets pregnant and takes the abortion pill RU486. She got an infection and died. Her parents are suing the government to take the drug off the market. It doesn't matter that 150,000 women have taken the drug safely in this country. It was the hospital's fault for sending her home with a Tylenol, rather than examining her properly.