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"Globalization is in the process of eviscerating traditional loyalties" - Ross M Karchner

"very firmly locates nuclear weapons as geological devices" - Ross M Karchner

"What happened in the mid-1960s to hurt A&P was it opted out of being indexed by Google News." - Ross M Karchner

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"Controllers and technicians at Schriever AFB ensure that the network is operating correctly, enabling tourists to find hotels and high explosives to locate targets." - Ross M Karchner

"So it would appear that Palm is willing to risk a lawsuit with Apple over this, and Google is not. The situation certainly brings to mind a gesture of some sort." - Ross M Karchner

"none knew President Hamid Karzai’s brother, a major heroin smuggler, criminal and political figure in his own right. " - Ross M Karchner

Can these pleasant, tea-drinking American soldiers really be the same people who are assaulting Taliban fighters in this region of eastern Afghanistan?" - Ross M Karchner

"contrary to the pop history version, the Tibetans did not simply let the Chinese roll over their country in 1951" - Ross M Karchner

"This model – an illegal but widely profitable local economy + social services + religion – will, I think, spread widely. To succeed, it needs a weak state, one that takes from the local population but provides little or nothing in return. That kind of state is already common in much of the world and will become more so." - Ross M Karchner

looks like a useful reading list - Ross M Karchner

SQLite ----> MySql 1. Download sqlite3.exe on http://www.sqlite.org 2. Export the SQLite database with sqlite3.exe and command parameter ".dump" (Nate, ".export" doesn't exist!), an example : sqlite3 mySQLiteDataBase .dump .quit >> myDumpSQLite 3. Adapt the dump to get it compatible for MySQL - Replace " (double-quotes) with ` (grave accent) - Remove "BEGIN TRANSACTION;" "COMMIT;", and lines related to "sqlite_sequence" - Replace "autoincrement" with "auto_increment" 4. The dump is ready to get imported in a MySQL server - Ross M Karchner

Army Corp of Engineers manuals - Ross M Karchner

easier to use than the RFC... - Ross M Karchner

<p><img title="prefab-houses-main" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-cont..." alt="prefab-houses-main" width="468" height="382"></p> <p>Forget the stereotypes – <a href="http://weburbanist.com/2008...">prefabricated homes</a> can not only be ultra-portable and easy to assemble, but also sleek and modern, aesthetically rivaling the best of modern architecture. From rooftop lofts that can be dropped on site with a crane to tiny residences with insect-like legs that allow them to perch practically anywhere, these incredibly versatile, mobile dwellings represent the best of what prefabricated architecture has to offer.<br> <span></span></p> <h4>Off-the-Grid Modular Steel House</h4> <p><img title="steel-modular-offgrid-1" src="http://weburbanist.com/wp-cont..." alt="steel-modular-offgrid-1" width="468" height="326"></p> <p><img title="steel-modular-offgrid-2" src="http - Ross M Karchner

Not sure it's a fair critique-- is it a "mess" if your media players and phone don't share an OS? - Ross M Karchner

rpm -Uvh *.rpm - Ross M Karchner

What Can We Learn About Mohamed Atta From His Work as a Student of Urban Planning? - Ross M Karchner

going out on a limb here.. might rhyme with "Blendell"? - Ross M Karchner

wow. - Ross M Karchner

"That leaves the keyboard. I’ve been thinking about this ever since the keyboard-less iPhone launched, and it is my theory that a hardware keyboard is a significant selling point for only one group of customers: those who already own a phone with a hardware keyboard, and that group is a niche. A nice niche, but a niche nonetheless." - Ross M Karchner

I think I'm the only person that likes that movie. - Ross M Karchner

"Today parts of America seem to want to take a similar approach to nuclear power. The Obama Administration, has decided to exile nuclear power from the public square. It’s not that the technology will be weighed against the bizarre alternative of trying to run an industrial nation on windmills. Instead, we will simply pretend that nuclear doesn’t exist, either here or abroad." - Ross M Karchner

Rock. - Ross M Karchner

"It's still junk food" - Ross M Karchner

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"Hulu is dedicating technical resources towards making its content less useful" - Ross M Karchner

Ben Templemsith on "why mac" - Ross M Karchner

"It’s a familiar story, right? The idea was good but the code wasn’t. OR the code was good but they ran out of money. OR the code was good and they had enough money but the founders had a falling-out. OR any other mundane reason that you might care to come up with" - Ross M Karchner