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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd December 2018, 08:58 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,301
Posted By rwguinn
Many reputable publications (and especially...

Many reputable publications (and especially photography-specialized, like Nat Geo, Airizona Highways, etc) require the RAW file for all photos. I'm pretty sure that RAW files will be required in the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd December 2018, 06:04 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,749
Posted By rwguinn
But despite hours of practice, and near perfect...

But despite hours of practice, and near perfect pitch, I will never be more than the best mediocre rhythm guitarist in Parker County...

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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd December 2018, 06:01 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,749
Posted By rwguinn
Here, also. I saw it worse because I had to grade...

Here, also. I saw it worse because I had to grade and assist lower class classmen. My wife also has that conceptualization problem. I never have-in fact the first 3-view I ever saw was an almost...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd December 2018, 07:12 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,171
Posted By rwguinn
In all 50 states here in the USA (afaik), all...

In all 50 states here in the USA (afaik), all animals taken must have the meat processed for human consumption, with the exceptions of varmint and predator control. Trophy Hunters ( who go for the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd December 2018, 07:38 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,862
Posted By rwguinn
You shouldn't have let Al move in, mate. And...

You shouldn't have let Al move in, mate. And "English" is a really broad brush, ain't it, ya'll?

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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st December 2018, 02:08 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,862
Posted By rwguinn
It happens all the time. I had ASME (American...

It happens all the time. I had ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) write me requiring that I pay for a translator for my New Mexico State University transcript. I've an airline refuse to...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2018, 01:11 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,380
Posted By rwguinn
I believe the Chair of that group has publicly...

I believe the Chair of that group has publicly stated that they don't want Methodists, either, because they are "too wishy-washy...

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Forum: USA Politics 7th November 2018, 11:20 AM
Replies: 190
Views: 11,654
Posted By rwguinn
The big battle. Republicans are now free to stack...

The big battle. Republicans are now free to stack the deck, and the House can't even slow it down...
Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution states that the President “shall nominate, and by and...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd September 2018, 08:08 AM
Replies: 510
Views: 21,858
Posted By rwguinn
What people are missing here: The Security...

What people are missing here:
The Security Clearance belongs to the individual. The Need-to-know and ACCESS to Classified terminate with the loss of a position requiring it. That termination has no...
Forum: USA Politics 30th August 2018, 04:42 AM
Replies: 3,324
Views: 152,719
Posted By rwguinn
Late-breaking news: Satan Files Lawsuit Against...

Late-breaking news: Satan Files Lawsuit Against Trump for 'Bait-and-Switch' Tactic

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Forum: Computers and the Internet 17th August 2018, 07:13 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 785
Posted By rwguinn
Dual boot: preserving windows 7?

I have an issue that is difficult to contemplate. Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop have issues with windows 7, but I have a structural analysis package (Algor) that is expensive as hell that wont work...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th August 2018, 07:56 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 2,931
Posted By rwguinn
At one time, the Brown Bess musket (a muzzle...

At one time, the Brown Bess musket (a muzzle loading firearm) was defined as an "Assault Weapon" and some.were confiscated due to the defininton being "a firearm that has been issued to US military...
Forum: USA Politics 27th July 2018, 08:42 AM
Replies: 1,103
Views: 86,213
Posted By rwguinn
:deadhorse

:deadhorse
Forum: USA Politics 25th July 2018, 12:40 PM
Replies: 3,476
Views: 180,683
Posted By rwguinn
Edited for accuracy for you...

Edited for accuracy for you...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th July 2018, 11:16 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 11,439
Posted By rwguinn
just an anecdote on the times a Pharmacist is...

just an anecdote on the times a Pharmacist is justified in refusing a prescription, and the proper work-around.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th July 2018, 06:19 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 11,439
Posted By rwguinn
I have had a pharmacist refuse to fill a...

I have had a pharmacist refuse to fill a prescription.
It was because that particular prescription had a flag showing a negative interaction with another script that I was taking. Took 4 hours of...
Forum: USA Politics 24th July 2018, 03:23 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,056
Posted By rwguinn
I have not examined California's law carefully...

I have not examined California's law carefully lately, but I recall that it only applied (at one time) to vehicles sold and/or registered within the State of California.
That meant that if you were...
Forum: USA Politics 24th July 2018, 08:08 AM
Replies: 3,130
Views: 160,979
Posted By rwguinn
There is also the fact that when you have a...

There is also the fact that when you have a security clearance revoked (as opposed to lapsed) it is very difficult to get another.

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Forum: USA Politics 23rd July 2018, 07:56 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 5,769
Posted By rwguinn
That is the issue. The politicians, as well as...

That is the issue. The politicians, as well as the Parties consider an election win to be a mandate for the ideology of that Party as well as the policies--you're either 100% for us or 100% against...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2018, 08:03 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 11,439
Posted By rwguinn
Apparently, Arizona Law doesn't require that he...

Apparently, Arizona Law doesn't require that he just "Step Aside". He's not required to help her in any way at all.

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Forum: USA Politics 22nd July 2018, 04:12 PM
Replies: 3,476
Views: 180,683
Posted By rwguinn
When viewed through the blinders of Trump...

When viewed through the blinders of Trump Worship, you are indeed correct.[emoji849]

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Forum: USA Politics 22nd July 2018, 02:36 PM
Replies: 3,476
Views: 180,683
Posted By rwguinn
The judges SAW all the redacted bits. That is the...

The judges SAW all the redacted bits. That is the evidence they acted on.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2018, 01:55 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 11,439
Posted By rwguinn
What's the result going to be when some...

What's the result going to be when some pharmacist decides that infections and disease are "God's Punishment for wickedness"?
Forum: USA Politics 20th July 2018, 09:50 AM
Replies: 1,273
Views: 149,845
Posted By rwguinn
I can actually get on board with that. Unless...

I can actually get on board with that. Unless something so outrageous was said that it struck home, you do tend to concentrate on the job at hand.
Forum: USA Politics 20th July 2018, 08:18 AM
Replies: 1,273
Views: 149,845
Posted By rwguinn
Assumes facts not in evidence. Who picked Trump's...

Assumes facts not in evidence. Who picked Trump's translator?
Forum: USA Politics 18th July 2018, 03:48 PM
Replies: 1,621
Views: 105,746
Posted By rwguinn
Not if they immediately surrender and request...

Not if they immediately surrender and request asylum.

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Forum: USA Politics 17th July 2018, 01:51 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 36,050
Posted By rwguinn
However, there is precedent: ...

However, there is precedent:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/one-small-misstep/
Forum: USA Politics 17th July 2018, 08:59 AM
Replies: 573
Views: 36,050
Posted By rwguinn
I don't know. Maybe he was channeling Neville...

I don't know. Maybe he was channeling Neville Chamberlain. It worked so well back then...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th July 2018, 06:22 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,283
Posted By rwguinn
^^^^ This. Especially with an angry dude already...

^^^^ This. Especially with an angry dude already either insinuating (or even outright stating) that skin color was involved in the decision...

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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th July 2018, 11:47 AM
Replies: 125
Views: 6,600
Posted By rwguinn
Ah. A Donald Trump Acolyte. Sent from my...

Ah. A Donald Trump Acolyte.

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Forum: USA Politics 8th July 2018, 07:36 PM
Replies: 3,130
Views: 160,979
Posted By rwguinn
The issue I have with that is that the winners...

The issue I have with that is that the winners take it as a Mandate and approval for ALL their Platform Planks. That's kinda what got us into this mess...
Forum: USA Politics 5th July 2018, 07:51 PM
Replies: 1,621
Views: 105,746
Posted By rwguinn
Ok. They're tents, in El Paso Texas. ...

Ok. They're tents, in El Paso Texas. Temperatures hit 90 degrees F by 0900, and 105 F by 3 PM. Humidity reaches almost 15 percent. Shade is non-existent, except where man-made. Wind velocities are...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th July 2018, 05:23 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,889
Posted By rwguinn
Did they also complain because you mowed at Right...

Did they also complain because you mowed at Right Angle to the sidewalks, rather than on a bias like everyone else?

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Forum: USA Politics 4th July 2018, 12:24 PM
Replies: 573
Views: 36,050
Posted By rwguinn
" Only the names were changed...:

" Only the names were changed...:
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2018, 11:19 AM
Replies: 3,476
Views: 180,683
Posted By rwguinn
How do you know the translation wasn't biased if...

How do you know the translation wasn't biased if you don't get it in the original language.
(If i still carried a security clearance, under the law I should probably report contact with you and your...
Forum: USA Politics 1st July 2018, 02:39 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 5,844
Posted By rwguinn
Ah, yes. Pregnancy. The only condition where a...

Ah, yes. Pregnancy. The only condition where a mistake in judgement by two people requires a minimum of 9 months of misery and pain for one of them, and zero consequences for the other.
Forum: USA Politics 25th June 2018, 06:10 AM
Replies: 1,621
Views: 105,746
Posted By rwguinn
And that is the exact issue. Distract! If a...

And that is the exact issue. Distract!
If a 500 word article is accurate in every way, but misspelled "Thier", or used "it's" instead of "its"? Fake news! Yellow Journalism!
Or in the case of a...
Forum: USA Politics 24th June 2018, 07:20 PM
Replies: 3,476
Views: 180,683
Posted By rwguinn
Actually, my query was about you using...

Actually, my query was about you using "Conservative Media", "National Inquirer" and "Truth" all in the same sentence...
Forum: USA Politics 24th June 2018, 05:51 PM
Replies: 1,621
Views: 105,746
Posted By rwguinn
Explaining symbolism to those to whom the symbol...

Explaining symbolism to those to whom the symbol is the thing (and pure literalists) is a fool's errand.
Forum: USA Politics 24th June 2018, 06:50 AM
Replies: 3,476
Views: 180,683
Posted By rwguinn
Wait! What did you just say? Sent from my...

Wait! What did you just say?

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Forum: USA Politics 20th June 2018, 08:32 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 936
Posted By rwguinn
Yeah. I don't think citizens get "extra...

Yeah. I don't think citizens get "extra protection"...

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Forum: USA Politics 20th June 2018, 07:48 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 936
Posted By rwguinn
That's the one that extended legal rights to...

That's the one that extended legal rights to everyone on US soil, iirc. Had to do with the Exclusionary act and the Natural Born stuff...

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Forum: USA Politics 20th June 2018, 07:20 PM
Replies: 1,621
Views: 105,746
Posted By rwguinn
They could follow the law:...

They could follow the law: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1158
Notice it says

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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 20th June 2018, 09:56 AM
Replies: 95
Views: 7,934
Posted By rwguinn
Some of them "died", a number were demoted and...

Some of them "died", a number were demoted and denigrated during the war, and some tried to do the best they could for their people despite the Nazi's- and were killed or "committed suicide" because...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 20th June 2018, 09:31 AM
Replies: 95
Views: 7,934
Posted By rwguinn
That's not necessarily true. You should read...

That's not necessarily true.
You should read "The German Aces Speak: World War II through the eyes of four of the Luftwaffe's most important Commanders" by Colin D Hilton. It's a real eye-opener....
Forum: USA Politics 20th June 2018, 07:38 AM
Replies: 3,227
Views: 200,478
Posted By rwguinn
You do...

You do...
Forum: USA Politics 18th June 2018, 05:47 PM
Replies: 1,621
Views: 105,746
Posted By rwguinn
I'll have to check the source again, but I read...

I'll have to check the source again, but I read one article (from CNN I believe) where the interviewed individual statd that as soon as they are separated from their parent(s), they are reclassified...
Forum: USA Politics 18th June 2018, 12:58 PM
Replies: 3,227
Views: 200,478
Posted By rwguinn
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325 ...

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325

Looks like whomever was in power in 1952, '86, '90, '91, and '96
Forum: USA Politics 16th June 2018, 08:34 AM
Replies: 2,241
Views: 184,892
Posted By rwguinn
The difference between the Statesmanship of...

The difference between the Statesmanship of Kennedy and what we have now is only 1 letter, 5 places further along in the alphabet
Forum: USA Politics 16th June 2018, 07:28 AM
Replies: 2,241
Views: 184,892
Posted By rwguinn
And what we are actually receiving is October...

And what we are actually receiving is October 1962...

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