@petercharles said:

@autarchos said:

Huh, what's happened????

Someone must have moderated it. 😒

Anyway, it's there so have a look.

@unknownuser said:

If only I knew what's going on there! 😒
😆

Well I hope they give every Vista user a free license for Windows 7 if it actually is better.

Ah, a retread of a Clinton joke. Not unexpected. Hopefully, it will be reworked again in 4 years... 😄

Thought I would give it a try before bed. NEVERMIND how late I stayed awake without knowing. 😮 I was VERY pleased with myself when I realized the only way to beat the falling ball was to build a trebuchet. Also it took me a while to figure out there were solutions not using the wheels at all. Failed at getting the several balls across a pit.

I'm staying away from it nevetheless.

@bellwells said:

@sorgesu said:

Ah I bet the stock has split several times since 46, not a fair comparison

Ahha Susan, I failed to consider this so I did a little research. According to Yahoo, GM did a 2:1 split in March of 1989. If this is accurate, then today's stock price is only twice what it was in 1946.

GM Stock Split History lists all the splits since the 1950s

Hi Todd, hi folks.

Better late than never.

Happy birthday

I thought I saw it yesterday just off the M1 motorway near worksop.

Always is a big deal in Australia and yes we stopped to remember at 11am.
There is a group of historians [i believe] from Australia who have been researching for many years to locate a mass grave in Northern France of about 400 Britains and Australian killed during the war in 1916. Last year a dig was commissioned and a lucky bracelet was found and identified as being owned by an Australian solider. From there they went onto to locate many of the bodies of those lost in action..... a wonderful story of some dedicated individuals....

Link to a local news story:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/11/2416941.htm

Some touching stories posted here....

Well, I wrote to my marketing contacts directly at SketchUp HQ and I have had no response thus far, but I expect the decsion isn't from them any way. They would need to be willing to intervene on my behalf.
On the Google site, there is no way to contact them at all regarding this subject. There are contact us forms for things like using their webtools, but no one to tell that a link isn't working properly or to ask a question about the logo.
exasperating really.

True and that's also a nice site. Very interesting art work!!

I was at the Festival of Lights in Lyon a couple years ago (it's always/generally at the firt wee-end of December).

Good business, too; about 1 million tourists visit Lyon at a time tourism is really down (before Christmas) 😄

@d.alexnine said:

It is so interesting that President Bush single handedly with his administration changed the way people outside of America see Americans. Sadly Americans also began to see themselves in a dimly lit light because of the mistakes of our administration.

I don't think it was quite single-handedly. Sure, there were some mistakes, but the news media is largely responsible for shaping the perceptions of events. It's also responsible for deciding what events are covered.

For example, it's more than a little suspicious how this was missed by the media: A well-documented trail showing the Bush Administration was concerned about Fannie and Freddie way back in April 2001 - just 3 months into the first term. Any responsible reporter would have dug in and found the facts, and brought them to light, not just run with Dem sound bites.

Anyway, the current economic situation (regardless of ultimate cause) could steal away hope in a lot of ways, but I'll still hope for SU7 in '09. 😄

Great fake job...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J72y_qFV2oc&NR=1

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Ya...all those shots look like they fell right out of the Form Fonts website! I guess if all your doing is making a room a furnishing it with components you should be able to churn it out fast and cheap!

@unknownuser said:

So for me caffeine is a natural substance.

🤣
I find lately that my body is just a housing for a coffee filter / exchange for 8 or so cups a day.........and yes there is a natural process involved!

Bytor

Try the Crysis Sandbox 2 editor. 👍
Its comes with the demo.
And I'm pretty sure the soon to be released new version will be even more easy to use.

It seems that this technology like many others is driven by potential profit. Here is a youtube video of similar technology from cisco.

Youtube Video

Now the interesting thing to me is can this be done electronically via an application like Sketchup using 3 Dimensional models. IE what if you could simulate the 35 HD cameras in a 3d application and have those simulated cameras sending video feeds just like the real camera except they are focused on the 3d object in the computer. Now could we display a 3 dimensional "holographic" model to remote locations....Somehow my mind always tries to bring Sketchup into the picture.

@remus said:

I dont know what mountain dew is, but im fairly sure drinking that much of it cant be good.

Go out and gather as much squirrel pee (or any other small animal) as you can put it in a tin can, chill and serve...

John - I did find a pic of an American beer accident but it was a derailed railroad tanker car that spilled its load of beer. The spill didn't look as tragic as the others -- it was too industrial to have the same emotional response. That said, seeing beer transported in tanker cars was in itself kind-a painful. It is good to know that the craft beer industry in the USA is healthy -- so I realize the tanker indignity doesn't apply to all American beer.

Regards, Ross