@unknownuser said:

If he looses I would say democracy will have to be redefined for the average person who thinks his vote makes a difference.

On the contrary, the Electoral College empowers the average person in the less populous states. Without it, the candidates would only have to win over the voters in a few densely-populated locations, and would be free to completely ignore the issues faced by people in other areas.

The Electoral College is a combination of equal and proportional state representation - 435 House seats + 100 Senate seats + 3 DC seats = 538. It's a fitting system for a representative republic.

Sorry, I can't agree, because Bush won't be gone until January, when the President-elect is sworn in. I know, a technicality...

EDIT: it appears some people are under the impression that just because Nov 4 is Election Day, that the occupant of the White House changes on Nov 5, but that's not the case - the outgoing President is still in power until 20 January. So, no "goodbye" until then - that's why I disagreed.

@unknownuser said:

Obama, Marxist principles? Hm.

Yeah, I know sounding the alarm won't work.

@daniel said:

@remus said:

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

Mountain Dew is a soft drink, which happened to be invented and named here in Knoxville. You have all your buddies over for the Mountain Dew drinking fest, and then everyone helps you assembled the tree (that's why Heiniken wouldn't work - no one would be able to assemble the tree after drinking it all).

I'm sure it goes up in no time, too, with all that caffeine and sugar...

@solo said:

Um... I think not, Mccain is the candidate that has won the flip-flop award, in fact he wins the 'sell your soul' award for not only changing his views but also his principles.
here is just a few, there are many more.

What do you mean, you "think not"? With what are you disagreeing? I only wish I could accuse Obama of abandoning his (Marxist) principles. If I could, I don't think I wouldn't oppose him quite as much...

As for the "flip-flop award", it must go to Obama. McCain may have had more changes in position over the long-term, but it's only because he has more history in government. When Obama backpedals within 24 hours (Jerusalem), it's clear he's the flip-flop king.

BTW, I didn't mention Obama's flip-flops on drugs, energy, guns, illegal immigration, Iraq, Israel, legalizing marijuana, lobbyist influence, Marxism, offshore drilling, patriotism, public finance, religion, single payer healthcare, socialized medicine, spending, or terrorism. Regardless, it's all moot.

@solo said:

• McCain supported a major campaign-finance reform measure that bore his name. In June, he abandoned his own legislation.

Good thing. McCain-Feingold was a disaster. Not that the general idea of campaign finance reform is bad, but it was a dumb implementation. I'd like to think he figured out that what was well-intentioned actually was a bad idea. Like the old Dakota saying, when you find yourself riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Unfortunately, politicians usually apply any number of other, less sensible strategies, like

1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Accusing the other party of killing the horse.
4. During elections, claiming the opponent's horse is more dead.
5. Appointing a congressional committee to study the horse.
6. Increasing the standards for riding dead horses.
7. Creating a government-funded training program to increase riding ability.
8. Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
9. Creating a new entitlement program to fund disadvantaged riders of dead horses.
10. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
11. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
12. Declaring that the horse is better, faster, and cheaper when dead.
13. Revisiting the performance requirements for horses.
14. Promoting the dead horse to a cabinet-level position.
15. Spending a trillion dollars to bail out gamblers who bet on dead horses.adapted from http://soli.inav.net/~catalyst/Humor/dhorse.htm

@solo said:

• McCain gave up on his signature policy issue, campaign-finance reform, and won’t back the same provision he sponsored just a couple of years ago.

ditto my above comment, since you apparently dittoed yours.

Well, time to go vote. May the best dead horse win...

1. Do I see the value? Yes. The challenge is the implementation, especially when multiple faces are selected and intended to be the same result.

2. Correct. The frame parameters are differentiated from the glass parameters.

Update - I think I have the "serious bug" fixed, so I'm getting closer to initial release. I expect there will be some updates as I gradually incorporate all the features I intended for this version - and that's based on the requests to just get it "out the door".

@unknownuser said:

The rest of the world, for its part, will see something different. America, already said to be on the decline, will look all the smaller for having failed to redeem itself with the election of a young black man with African and South Asian roots and a Middle Eastern middle name. And it will look smaller still for having had the opportunity to do so, yet failing to see the opportunity, let alone capitalize on it and breaking a line that goes back more than 200 years in the United States. To the rest of the world, in electing another Republican America will have appeared not only to extend the agonies of the Bush years, but to have missed a historical chance for which it's hard to find a precedent or parallel in any country: the ultimate triumph of a long-oppressed minority.

Man, what racially-motivated stupidity to say we should elect Obama because he's a minority. If someone said we should elect McCain because he's white, it would be equally stupid. Equally stupid is saying that electing Obama would "redeem" the USA.

Should we elect a black man as president? Sure, no problem - as long as he's the right one. Obama just isn't the right one.

@solo said:

:thumb: Toally agree. (the coal ad)

Was that supposed to be a negative Ad?

Well, it does display Obama's naivete about the environment and the economy in one fell swoop. Anyone who believes CO2 is the causal agent really doesn't get it - CO2 trails temperature change - it doesn't lead it. Thus, his proposal is naive. Furthermore, the backlash on the economy would be enormous, all to impact a fraction of a percent of the world's greenhouse gases, which wouldn't make a bit of difference. Remember, the last ice age ended without human intervention - the earth gets cooler and warmer based on cycles and events much larger than us.

@solo said:

I doubt 56 million people are stupid enough to repeat their last mistake.

Are you serious? Clinton and Bush both got two terms. So, regardless of which side of the aisle you're on, it should be easy to believe people are that stupid. I mean, look at the insanity of Obama being the Dem candidate in the first place.

I've finally figured out Obama's mass appeal - he's in favor of everything he opposes (or does he oppose everything he supports).

Suported and opposed the troop surge in Iraq
reducing military spending and increasing militiary spending (2:34)
not touching the strategic oil reserve and tapping the strategic oil reserve
He's on the Senate Banking Committee and he's not on the Senate Banking Committee
an undivided Jerusalem should be Israel's capital and its status should be negotiated (divided)
He wants to end the US embargo on Cuba and he wants to maintain the US embargo on Cuba
He thinks free trade is good and bad
He thinks Iran is not a threat and is a threat.

Seems that whenever he says "let me be clear..." or "I've always said..." it means he's changing his position again.

Well, after Tuesday, it will all be over (double-entendre intended).

A new study from UCLA shows that FDR's policies, rather than ending the Great Depression, actually prolonged it by 7 years.

As the US slides towards a depression that ultimately has some of its roots in Dem social policies, do we really want the House, Senate, and White House going to Dems who intend to implement FDR-type government programs?

Tighten your belts, everyone.

And related to the CRA, I laughed through the tears to hear Barney Frank spew about "reform" and more regulation - this coming from the idiot who for the last 5 years blocked reform of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, while claiming there were no problems with them. The only thing he could do to help the situation is resign.

Even Bill Clinton blamed Frank and other Congressional Dems for the problem. The Democratic Congress has an approval rating half that of President Bush, and we want to elect more Dems? Insanity.

There are many scripts I would like to (have the time to) update, this being one of them. I would change it over to a webDialog, more like the PageUtilities scripts.

The only thing I can think of for your example is to create a custom tool that gets the start point, then gets a zoom window, then gets the second point.

If you want any of my scripts, they are on the Smustard or Windowizer sites (with a very few exceptions). Though they are listed at RLD, the links should point to Smustard.

Same for Todd's scripts and most of TBD's scripts - visit Smustard

Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem. There's a lot more complexity to it than I first thought. That's why there isn't a solution posted yet...

I think it could be done without too much difficulty. If no one gets to it before me, I'll look at it after I get done with Windowizer4 (and TextureReloader, and...)

While I haven't checked for compatibility, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work with housebuilder.rb (but I could be surprised, I suppose).

Progress update: I learned of a serious bug that requires a fix before release. If I can get done with my day-job deadlines, I'll fix it this weekend.

@tomsdesk said:

@rickw said:

...(nor is the WSJ right-wing)...

You must think anything right of your position is "right-wing".
I've also noticed you're getting quite proficient with the smileys. I imagine it is easier than formulating a considered response.

An Englishman, a Scot, and an Irishman were in a pub, each downing a pint. A fly was buzzing around the establishment, and landed on the foam of the Englishman's stout, at which point the Englishman requested a new pint in a new mug. The fly buzzed off and eventually landed on the Scot's pint. The Scot shooed the fly off, brushed of the foam, and continued to enjoy his libation. When the fly landed on the Irishman's ale, the Irishman carefully cupped his hands and captured the fly. Holding the fly very carefully, he started squeezing the fly's cheeks, shouting "Spit it out! Spit it out!"

With apologies to Mike Lucey...

Huffington Post? ROFL! What a maroon... you might as well have posted something from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

(clarification: "maroon" referred to Ariana, not Solo)