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You don't know how to ski?

Most design projects go south during conceptualization. To prevent this common mistake, take a step back in your design process and ask yourself the following questions: What's the problem I'm trying to solve? Is it a real problem or one I made up for my project? Have a chosen the solution (magnets?) before identifying the problem I'm trying to solve? Hint: Don't do this. What design work will I need to do to solve this problem? Do I have access to the expertise necessary to solve this problem? Have I done quick, back of the envelope feasibility analyses for each proposed solution to prevent a lot of wasted energy pursuing something that never had a chance of succeeding from day one? If you can't figure out how to do this for your proposed technology - its probably going to be a dead end for you.

Anthony Lakes in NE OR. Pow at 8000. Stay at the old Geiser Grand in downtown Baker Cit - their rooms are discounted in winter and they often hand out lift ticket discount coupons. Sweeping views from the area - its the highest thing around for a ways.

I have one of those. And now I know what it is.

You think 2D ink is expensive...

A virus is a dunghill, and I, a cock who climbs upon it to crow.

I'm 3D printing an army of Tvash replicants right now.

Looks like the White House wimped out. Their brief fell short of claiming Prop 8 was unconstitutional - even after the GOP renegades' brief did exactly that. Limp.

It's an interesting topic that illustrates the general decentralization brought about by better communication and deeper experience.

Well, we all know who's going to go for the one man/one women natural law thang. Here, originalism provides a ready excuse for religious bigotry. The state failed to provide a link between denying same sex couples wedding licenses and bolstering the stability of the family in general when Prop 8 was struck down by the 9th Circuit. It's hard to see what they're going to do differently this time around, but hey, it's the Supremes. Anything goes, myan.

Local populations are capable of taking environmental stewardship on, no? They have the most to gain or lose, and they hang out there anyway. Sirdars have a lot of money and influence in the area. They've already done a fair bit to help clean Everest up in partnership with others. They know the environment.

Both represent an historical shift in policy, and any victory would be hugely welcome. It would be hard to imagine a scenario by which a striking down of Prop 8 on equal protection grounds (one of two primary arguments) would have any other effect than to put any state with a marriage ban at risk of a similar suite with no real chance of winning. The other argument is one of due process - the state must show a compelling reason why it denies certain rights of marriage to gay couples. The decision may split the difference by requiring states like California to recognize gay marriages performed elsewhere but not necessarily allow them to take place, but I don't see how that inconsistency would go unchallenged for long. Any decision is going to tear DOMA a new asshole.

Aaannnd how about a two-fer? The Obama Administration will file an amicus brief to SCOTUS in support of ending California Prop 8's gay marriage ban. Kinda like what's happening here.

I'd like to see a video in the health and fitness forum on how to do this painlessly.

Stalkabully shitshowz aside, the VAWA just passed the House, a clear victory for social justice and common decency, and a welcome end to yet another manufactured crisis on the part of the GOP. Yet another black eye for a back-to-the-past movement that already has all four engines on fire.

Have we forgotten how our sport got its start? Local Tyroleans hired as guides. To say there's something wrong with guiding a sought after objective like Everest is to forget why the sport exists in the first place - to climb the sought after objectives of the day like the Matterhorn. Everest is a special case, however. The surrounding environment is delicate and the local population is cash poor. The Nepalese government doesn't necessarily plow those hefty climbing fees it so heavily promotes back into the affected region. The numbers on Everest have skyrocketed since pre-packaged guided trips became available. The results have been mixed - more money for the local economy, more environmental impact, more folks exposed to accident. I don't have a problem with any mountain being guided, as long as such environmental and local impacts are managed as well.

The trick isn't how to get the tick out of the bottom of your scrotum. It's who.

Ah, leaches are nuttin. Woke up with one on my eyelid once. Pulled it off and ate it before my morning coffee. Chiggers are counted in units of a thousand. That's how they attack, too. Those you DO have to dig out.

I've had more ticks than either of you. Way more. And bigger, too. And I can tell you this: Chiggers make ticks look like a sunny day at the beach.

You're supposed to light the Jack Daniels on fire.

I haven't witnessed a melt down like that since Jim Bakker. Achilles heel piece?

Can you put that in a cartoon where big things hit little things?

I like your avatar. Cool graphic.

is that the one where whats his name steps on his last pair of glasses?

I just want to land on an asteroid. In Putin's Russia...