I think that Rush was merely saying that it was Jon Stewart who first made the suggestion about Bane = Bain. Rush was commenting on the Comedians who first talked about this. Its a stupid reference of course. . .on many levels. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/17/comedian-likens-batman-villain-bane-to-romney-bain-capital-firm/ I don't much about the movie but my son has been following it--it seems that it is more about Occupy Wall Street than about evil Rich Guys.

Lucky shot! Nice.

I'll be interested to know how you get on with it, Bob. it's too bad you bought that tablet. I have one sitting here that I should sell. I used it a couple of times and don't like it. Nothing wrong with it but I'm left handed with a pen but use the mouse with my right hand. I am just too clumsy with my left hand to be able to work the tablet efficiently and know where I'm working in SketchUp. I tried it a few times but I decided I have too much work that has to get done to be able to spend the time getting proficient with it. I wouldn't try to switch the mouse to my left hand now, either, for the same reason. I am interested in that keyboard, though. Let us know how that works for you.

Hmmm this is what I was afraid of. It looks fine for my W7 comps but dire for 3 Vista based comps.

.... well, as I said, its behind me and on reflection I would not have had it any other way. While in the process it all seems a natural thing, then again I was young enough when Pauline and I got married (24 and 25) so we didn't give things a lot of thought. Our friends where getting married and planning to have kids and it was generally seen to be the done thing. I see over the past few years that all this cost is being quantified. Its looks like we have spent over €300K getting the kids raised and educated! As I said, we never thought much about it while it was happening, just got on with it. I sure could do with that €300K these days But as I said, I still would not have it any other way. Here is an interesting article (UK) on the cost of raising kids. How much does it cost to raise a child? http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/feb/23/cost-raising-child I see that child care is a big chunk! Back in the day, it was a case of the mother staying at home and taking care of the kids but over the past 15 years or so this has all changed. I honestly don't think its totally the case the the mothers insist on continuing to work outside the home, it looks more to be the case that they have to continuing in jobs in order to keep the roof over head. On the other hand I see no issue with the father being the parent to stay in the house minding kids, it would simply, for me, be a case of who can pull in the most from outside work. I think this arrangement is common enough in Scandinavian counties but again they appear to be more advanced in this thinking than the rest of the Western World. [image: rHxt_The-cost-of-raising-a-chi-002.jpg]

Awesome!!! (I was in fact meaning to go back to Bournemouth this weekend...)

@gaieus said: @clubber2k said: ...I...really liked bmike's work I think we all do. Though I do not post here (nor in the Gallery, general), I do keep a'count of those extremelyvalued posts. Well thanks gentlemen. The kind words are greatly appreciated.

Oh wow, just brilliant.

Hmm, its working now. here's a hint for the landscape architects, use scientific plant name pass phrases: rhaphiolepis indica killed xylosma congestum Time To Crack: 9.262673711748022e+25 centuries Total Passwords in Pattern: 280,000,000 Decillion Also, adding the double spaces in there really pumped up the crack time.

A bit late but never the less, I hope you had a good one Richard Mike

@rich o brien said: @unknownuser said: if these games were made as a tv series they proberly take the plunge too have you not seen the StreetFighter movie with Jean Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue? Probably the greatest game to big screen adaption ever. Random Govt Guy: Colonel, have you lost your mind? Van Damme: No, you lost your balls Yeah you said it John, I'm with you, times like this makes me think "I joined the wrong army"

Olympics next

@trogluddite said: @chrisglasier said: ...for use on line... ...the only owner being the manufacturer Which brings its own problems - ... Sorry I did not make the point clearly. It is the structure of the digital market I am concerned about. Rather than consider the distribution of software with products it seems beneficial to consider it as provision of services like public utilities - extension of the web sites on tap experiment (W3C protocols and development languages being the utility). All the arguments about competitiveness and so on apply to both ways, but the big plus for utilities is the avoidance of currently unresolvable ownership issues.

It looks like Higgs Boson has been hiding at the SketchUcation forum. [image: vHGu_AGodParticle.jpg]

Mike, could we see an animation of that upper deck in a hurricane?

I can see that being a treasured gift - also neat to show the kids when they get old enough to appreciate the work that went into saving their lives.

Well, it's clear that for me posting to this thread is too time consuming, unless my intended standard is lowered... from the quintessential to the fantabuloso. I hope there are at least occasional posts from others consistent with the thread to whet the appetites and expand the palates and familiarity of the interested. Ben Monder. What the video lacks in audio quality is made up for in revealing the apparent intensity and devotion of the artist. To me, his compositions seem reverential more often than not. [flash=560,360:11mgdhc9]http://www.youtube.com/v/vOelOvwpR0w[/flash:11mgdhc9] Sleep Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder - Animal Planet [image: DFPF_benmonder-1.JPG] Ben Monder ~ no bump ~ Kurt Rosenwinkel - Heartcore - All the Way to Rajasthan

Back online, the site is. [image: mTJn_respectexistence.JPG]

Yes that OWS poster is American, just told from a foreign point of view to make a comparison. Student debt in-total in the US has surpassed credit card debt (which we all know has long been out of hand). So what are we going to be doing with all these young people without work, already having crippling debt? They sure aren't going to be buying those cars and houses, which we so like to base our economy on. And meanwhile I have a couple friends in Canada, now retired, who are obtaining advanced degrees at university FOR FREE! So yeah, wtf?

Try this: Filehippo Update Checker It simply scans what you have installed and then pops up a browser window of apps/drivers that are out of date, its up to you if you want to download and install them. While your at it get CCleaner and Defrag if you havent already, both are free. I use CCleaner about one a week to not only get rid of the accumulated junk that Windows acquires but to check and kill a lot of the unnecessary processes that start with Windows. As for AVG, I personally got rid of it yonks ago after it started to 'infect' my browsers with it toolbars etc. I use Avast on my XP machines and MS's own Security Essentials on Win7