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The series finale?

Well at least it was on topic. You might want to try it some time.

So we should always live beyond our means?

It is simply not possible draw a line tangent to the pole that will intersect any point at the equator. All line tangent to the pole have to lie on a plane tangent to the pole and normal to the axis of the sphere. Your analogy fails beause as soon at Tom leans to one side, the plank will no longer be in contact with the pole but would be in contact with (and tangent to) some other point on the ball.

What did you mean by this

From what I understand, satellites in polar orbits are at a altitude of 1000 Kilometers. Do the geometry and you'll find that you do not have line of sight from a pole to a point 1000 km above the equator. Even if your sensor was at the same altitude (1000 km) you'd still be looking through quite a bit of earth.

All other things being equal, the range over which you can track a target is going to depend on the elevation of your tracking sensor above the earths surface and the altitude of the target. I see no advantages to either pole over any other point on the globe. I could see advantages to putting the tracking sensor on high mountain peaks. And no, for a human, line of sight is not to the equator. Do some basic geometry on that one.

Well that wasn't in your original link, was it?

What Nazi references?

How are those related to the Holocaust?

They follow your lead.

How does one make the Holocaust funny?

Talking about getting your basice timeline straight, the S&P 500 peaked on March 24 2000. That's 9 months before Bush took office. The primaries weren't over yet, let alone the general election. By the time Bush was sworn in, the S&P had dropped over 12%. Oh, so you actually believe the President is responsible for stock market performance? Did you get all that from the DNC home page?

What do you think had a greater effect? Tax cuts or the Fed Fund rates dropping to 1%?

Depending on which index you're looking at, the markets peaked either last Monday or Wednesday. Do you really think that 2-4 days really constitutes a trend? One things for sure, you truly are speculating. Everyone knew Greenspan was retiring for years now. Everyone knew the date he was retiring but they just started reacting on the eve of his retirement? Might the slide have to do with Google's disappointing earnings? How about the price of oil and the nutbag running Iran? Maybe the inverted yield curve? Maybe stocks just need a breather after the juggernaught they've been on since late October?

What most recent downward trend are you talking about? The one that started last week?

No, that number is right. Mike Williams counts 10.8 million against the cap. If he is cut, there is a 4.9 million savings.

Point taken.

Odd that the link you provided actually makes, rather than refutes, their point.

The benefit of cutting him early is that you can commit his $5 million salary to people you believe can help you. Keeping him to or through training camp takes up takes away flexibility to sign free agents.

Yeah, but I don't see any video. All I get is stills with voice over. That is why I asked "what kind of connection do you need?" as in how fast must you be able to download to get a video? Or is there no video?

See if this link helps you DC Area Bars

The Dunn Loring Metro station isn't terribly far from Greavey's. Were you going to McFadden's earlier in the year? Bailey's in Balston is a Steelers bar. They cook wings in an assortment of fashions that are good.

What kind of connection do you need? All I saw was a series of still photos with voice over.

People did it routinely when Flutie was throwing the ball.