taks

just getting into MIT requires the ability, and probably drive, to learn in the first place. what this will be good for is folks like me, with significant education already, but lack of access to courses that could be beneficial to their career. i've taken every single upper-level DSP/comm course that UCCS offers (actually, i'm thinking about proposing a few to teach, but that's another story). MIT has more. taks

bummer. the loss in regular methods is not noticeable anyway... but still. taks

bradley delp, lead singer of boston, dead at 55... linky. taks

DTS-HD and DD-HD are lossless. taks

nope, but in his prisons, or when he was gassing them himself... unfortunately, if we just up and left things would spiral out of control and we'd end up with another saddam with a different name. japan took 7 years of occupation, btw. that is the unfortunate consequence of the reality of the current situation... taks

i still liked the next two, but load, reload and whatever the last one was are not on my all-time lists at all. it went from "i like every song on the album enough to listen to them repeatedly" to, "i like 2 or 3 songs, the rest are fair at best." taks

ayup... 6:00 every day on the way home from work. they generally avoid songs from the new album, too. they have a fascination with some really old stuff, like from the 80s, too. good mix of new vs. old, IMO, though the older stuff tends to be fairly select at times. on the morning show this morning (ross had a substitute in today) they were talking about the "Definitive 200" top albums of all time. mo was happy that met's self-titled album came in at 13, though she was disappointed dark side of the moon was only at 2. sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band was el numero uno. even denver doesn't have a decent rock station. unfortunately, the station i listened to when i was in florida, WJRR from orlando, was better as it was uncensored (mostly). the Springs is relatively religious, so on-air personalities have to keep their mouths, and the tunes, in check. censored tool isn't the best when every other word is bleeped. WJRR, btw, is where larry the cable guy got his start. taks

maybe... a $20 clothing item is relatively cheap, unless it's a single sock. taks

lots of people in the US do that. many go to jail on occasion as well. of course, those types often list their residences on "compounds," and have periodic showdowns with the FBI regarding their stockpile of unnecessary weapons. taks

KILO for me in the springs. ross and mo in the morning are about all i ever really listen to, however. taks

you're sorely mistaken if you really think the divides in any developed country even come close to comparing to those in third world locales, particularly one such as iraq. sorely mistaken... taks

nope, it is $3300... my total was $9900, which is where the 9 came from (three of us). taks

yeah, i guess someone realized that you should never underestimate the stupidity of the average drug runner. taks

it seems the personal exemption went up to $3900 this year, but i could be wrong. i only gave turbotax a cursory glance when i filed this year (electronically). there's also a difference if you take the "standard deduction," which one would use if not itemizing, and is different still. i itemize due to the amount of mortgage interest i pay so i don't know that number. yes, btw, uniforms are deductible if you buy your own. deducting a part of your home for a home office is tricky. if the IRS decides you took too much, they'll audit. part of the reason i'm not officially working from home (i could, but choose not to). taks

food is usually the one thing that is not taxed, and this isn't true everywhere in the US (it's not taxed in colorado, unless it is prepared in a restaurant). taks

in missouri, on interstate 44, they put up a sign just west of fort leonard wood (waynesville, between rolla and springfield) that says "drug checkpoint ahead" on the eastbound lane. the highway patrol regularly catches folks that get off at the next exit. as it turns out, there is no drug checkpoint, and the next exit is where the cops actually sit. the reason they can bust you? because the exit itself is essentially a dead end, with no reason for anybody to get off unless they live there, or they're trying to turn around to avoid the checkpoint. it's rather funny, actually. taks

tis true. unfortunately, the system employed in star trek can be best described as a utopian socialism (within the federation of planets). it can work only in theory. too bad. taks

doesn't anybody but me watch futurama? taks

cheese eatin' and surrender monkeys ring a bell? ;0 taks

i was thinking more along the lines of some monsterish extra-solar civilization... taks

the problem we're getting at is that no tribunal has authority over US citizens. what they (accused) have done is immaterial. an unelected body cannot overrule US sovereignty. that's what our little ole constitution guarantees. taks

if we had a global threat, such as some alien civilization (led by lurrr, ruler of omicron persei 8 ) attempting to overtake the world, then yes, it would make sense. taks

that's the only politically correct thing to do, of course. taks

given that the UN is not elected, nor have i heard of any plans to make it so, it probably will never (nor should it) trump individual nations' own sovereignty. taks

given that the CIA has become an organization outside the normal channels of checks and balances, it is not a surprise to see that it acts on its own interests. not at all, actually. this is the fundamental problem i have with such outfits. they're beyond the law, figuratively and literally. unfortunately, i don't have a better idea for the spy world. taks