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Nice deflection!

Thanks!

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1980? We could go back to 1953, CIA sponsored assassination of Iran's democratically elected president and installation of the Shah of Iran's daddy (also the Shah of Iran), which...

You asked a reasonable question and received a reasonable answer and all you can do is say "fuck the lawyers"?

Where were you when American bombs were killing Iraqi children? Or do you only protest when democratic administrations do the killing?

You mean the typical GOP voter, doing the bidding of his corporate overlords?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4xXiqyEb0

Pretty simple really. It's called a cost benefit analysis and public interest regulation. It's a powerful, yet simple tool.

In many places the "public interest" is defined as striking the...

Excellent editing. Loved the shot of the camera filming, very po-mo.

(Bob, it looks likes it's snowing up on the hill...)

I'm not. All threads die a natural death.

Three pages of reasonable, respectful discussion and than you show up and start flinging poo. It's boring and ruins a good conversation.

Really? OK.



FCC http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/universal-service

My original point is correct: Calling it "Obamaphone" is bullshit and the refuge of a scoundrel.

Because they are collected by a private corporation to use for that corporation's purposes? Because they don't go into the general fund? Because once the politicians (both federal and state...

There, all caught up!

The universal service programs have been around a long time. The cell phone for rural customers (the so called obamaphone) was a program started under bush. The current FCC...

Universal service (for phones) has been a statutory goal since 1934. The internet and broadband have caused the system to change a lot. It is not predicated on a handout to PhoneCo executives...

You do know, doancha; that the so called "O-phone" was a program started by the FCC under the Bush administration?

Oh look. ILC came to the party.

Oh well, it was a nice thread while it last. I learned a few things.

I think it takes a pretty high degree of affluence to come to that realization. One way to describe the race: Will enough people realize that or will we destroy ourselves first?

I don't know for sure, but I bet a big reason they are 2.5 days is so that more weekend warriors will sign up for them. The thinking being "why should I burn vacation time sitting in class then...

Do not miss these totally rad trails.

http://www.traillink.com/stateactivity/ut-bike-trails.aspx

Especially the recently re-paved Fort Pierce Industrial Park Trail, 1.75 miles of champagne...

People do score house-sitting gigs in the Valley proper. That would be sweet. You need to go there in the fall or earlier (having already missed the end of this season) and post notes and meet...

May your bowel movements require surgical intervention.

pshaw After the first frikken' day using my new sticks in a puking Taos storm, I loved them so much that I ran over them with my car as I left the lot.

However, because noone was there to hear me...

Skiing the resort backside solo along the top of a gully bank, I saw a crack propagate from my tip about 50 yards. The entire gully slope slid to the bottom of the creek, maybe about 30 feet. I...

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Maryann and Ginger approve!

Incorrect. An avalanche is a sudden catastrophic change in conditions. This change is a given for being in avalanche terrain. Rock climbing routes just aren't subject to the same forces.

In...

This is second hand (and I wouldn't say I was "experienced" with the CO snowpack) but ... on a NE aspect several weeks ago, the guy I was with mentioned that he felt safe on this particular slide...

It must be nice living in your mom's basement, you never have to really deal with the real world.

Awesome and double plus bonus for me having just watched The Eiger Sanction last night. I saw some great establishing shots of the West face and it made me wonder about skiing it. Waiting three...

"What's the splitfest?" I asked.

"It's a bunch of dudes on splitboards."

Duh!

Buster, corn harvesting; it's almost time!

Nice work! At:40 (POV Alex and Josh) is that the gully/streambed kind of under the gondi or near Chinclip? It's been ~23 years!

Mountaineering in the Euro-land alps is downright civilized.

TFPU!

When the lifts weren't spinning up in God's pocket (AKA Silverton CO), I was able to get out and about.

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Payoff! I start with the best first.

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Does my transceiver make me look...

8.5


XKCD...

Il Dolomiti! Que Bella! ...and some of the best food in the world.

Sadly I've only one day of hard pack resort skiing in Italy, so thanks for the stoke.

How would all y'all rate the San Juans of S.CO?

(pretty good I hope, because that's where I'm going!)

How come I can't get a Core rating higher than 8.5?

This. This is how it gets done. The whole sport of skiing, whether 1080s in a park or leather booted pinning; is predicated on a huge logistical pyramid. From the moment you wrap yourself in the...

Both monopolies and the phenomena of "industry regulatory capture" are refreshingly apolitical.

Back when it was POTS (plain old telephone service) the infrastructure and the "service" (voice)...

You know that the telcos bought a few FCC Commissioners specifically so they could all but eliminate the unbundling requirements contained in the Telecom Act of '96? That's why CLECs are limping...

On the surface this is compelling logic, and to a large extent density does drive profitability of any capital intensive network; be it telecom, electricity, water natural gas or sewage removal...

Now that I'm over 50, should I give up on my dream of being a "pro skier"?

Who's going to be there? Drop a line if you want to do some touring or have a bevvie!

Only skied there one weekend and I've always wanted to go back.

Tiered ticket pricing because the 1% love to shred too!

No matter the conditions, no matter the terrain the answer is always "Hop turn!"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso&feature=player_embedded

Great! Maybe we can get to 575 additional gigatons of carbon released into the atmosphere before 13 years are up!

Iraq was entirely about oil and enriching a small cabal of the global elite. It worked splendidly for them.

And that carrier availed itself to the state Universal Access Fund (look for the surcharge on your next bill) to pay for the cable extension. Well I assume they did, because they are not getting a...

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

No fool, after several generations of decent financial sector regulation, we eliminated that (Thank you Saint Ronnie) so that the greedheads (who have always been there) could get busy lubing up your...