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Don't Ask Me (Apr 28 2004 18:59 GMT) - This big green radiator-looking thing was sitting in a parking lot the other day. I have no idea. |
Recent TX Jobs Posted
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Senior level MESpec Engineer (Houston, TX) (Apr 28 2004 18:59 GMT) - As a Mechanical Engineer previous experience with: o designing skids o selection of instrumentation (gauges, RTDs, switches, thermocouples, heaters, SOVs) 8+ years as Mechanical Engineer designer of skids 3 Years of Spec Writing Experiences Ability to reflect technical expertise per the GEAEP Specification Template o selection of P&ID components (valves, strainers, filters, fuel control valves) o selection of rotating equipment (gearboxes, high-speed coupling, pumps) o experience with air handling systems 2 to 3 Years of Spec Writing Experiences Reconstruct the technical information to the GEAEP Specification Template via: o ability to draw from technical expertise o extract technical design parameters from CEO Team and/or System Team |
Peter Kaminski
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"Pyramid Marketing vs Peer-to-Peer" (Apr 28 2004 18:59 GMT) - Jock Gill has posted a great rant on decentralizing politics and political campaigns at Greater Democracy. It's a 20-year vision, I think, but it is starting now. Democracy at its core is supposed to be about decentralization of power, distributing... |
Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com
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Congressman's Triplets Eye of Tax Debate (Apr 28 2004 18:59 GMT) - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's just-born triplets barely had time to burp before they became part of a House debate on taxes. Rohrabacher, R-Calif., announced the happy news of the new arrivals on his Web site Wednesday. He said his wife, Rhonda, had given birth to two girls and one boy at an Orange County, Calif. |
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Sullivan's silliness r.e. sharia in Canada (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - Andrew Sullivan is "horrified" that Muslims in Canada are allowed to resolve some disputes according to Koranic law. Yes, heaven forbid that people be allowed freedom of religion within their own communities. If he had read the Washington Post story he cited, he might have seen the following: A 1991 Ontario arbitration law permits such arbitration according to religious principles, just as rabbis in Jewish communities and priests in Christian communities help to resolve... |
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Is the election over? (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - It may be. All of the polling, the back-and-forth between GeeDubya's minions and JFKerry's milquetoast brigade is probably nothing more than blogfodder at this point.Lynn Landes at Dissident Voice: Voters can run, but they can't hide from these guys. Meet the Urosevich brothers, Bob and Todd. |
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Impossible is nothing (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - I don't wear Adidas. My running shoes are almost always New Balance, in large part because they are one of the last shoe companies to actually keep some of their production in the U.S., where they pay their workers well and they focus on quality. But the Impossible is Nothing series of ads by Adidas is just flippin' cool. |
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War against Wal-Mart: Why it matters (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - Nathan Newman outlines the reasons WHY we should care about the Wal-Martization of America (and the world) No, what makes Wal-Mart pernicious is that, where Henry Ford saw that paying his workers well meant that they could afford to buy the cars he made (and as importantly, buy other goods that drove growth and higher wages at other companies), Wal-Mart pays wages that leaves their own workers so poor that many of them can't afford even Wal-Mart's low prices or enough to take care of... |
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The war against teen-age artists (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - They should have sent this kid to Gitmo, don't you think?Washington Student Questioned on Artwork (AP) PROSSER, Wash. — Secret Service agents questioned a high school student about anti-war drawings he did for an art class, one of which depicted President Bush's head on a stick. Another pencil-and-ink drawing portrayed Bush as a devil launching a missile, with a caption reading "End the war - on terrorism. |
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Pat Tillman (et al), American hero(s)? (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - Now that the predictable outpouring of platitudes and praise for NFL player cum Army Ranger Pat Tillman have been given way to NBA playoffs, American Idol voting irregularities and news of more deaths in Iraq, can we ask if Tillman really qualifies for the hero label. Mickey Z. at Dissident Voice has an excellent piece on this topic. My warhawk brethren will gasp and suggest I am unAmerican for even suggesting otherwise, but screw them. They aren't given to critical reflection about the... |
Mark Time
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Last Push for Spirit of America (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - The blogsphere has managed to raise $36,000 for Spirit of America. However, our goal is to raise $50,000. The contest has been conceded, and our Victory Alliance came in second. Too bad for us, but very good for Spirit... |
Ming the Mechanic
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Gargantuan Google (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - The Guardian has an article about how Google seems to cover up what kind of horsepower they're really sitting on.[T]ake the number of servers that Google operates. The only figure the company will admit to is '10,000+'. They also claim to have '4+ petabytes' of disk storage, and have let slip that each server is fitted with two 80 gigabyte hard drives. Now a petabyte is 10 to the power of 15 bytes, so if Google had only 10,000 servers, that would come to 400 Gb per server. |
Defenestration Corner
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Bootcamp Day 98 -- Luna (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - There are only three days left in XM Bootcamp II; today's channel, Luna, is definitely worth having gone through Bootcamp to discover. Luna plays Latin jazz. The music, at least so far today, has been upbeat and very listenable -- good music to think by, to dream by (not on company time, of course), or even to have telephone calls by...but it's even better with the volume turned up. |
Jesse Ezell Blog
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It's Official, The Patent System Needs To Be Fixed (Apr 28 2004 18:58 GMT) - “the [National Research] council recommended in its report that the patent office and Congress take seven steps to improve the patent system. Those steps include, among other things, hiring new patent examiners, creating a more open system for challenging questionable patents, and rejecting more patents on processes that are deemed to be "obvious" by people in the field.” [1] Finally, some traction in the government. |
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Merge's 15 year anniversary (Apr 28 2004 18:57 GMT) - Four-day passes to Merge's 15-year anniversary celebration go on sale this Saturday, May 1st. $55 grickles is a hell of a deal. Mark (check out the RISD story he tracked down) points out that that flying to Baltimore, then driving the rest of the way sounds like a very appealing idea. Pretty much every cheap flight in America makes a stop in Baltimore at some point. Thursday, July 29th @ Cat's Cradle Superchunk M. |
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Don't wanna be taught to be no fool (Apr 28 2004 18:57 GMT) - Pat was talking earlier about typing and the "home row." I commented that typing was the only useful thing I learned in high school. And then I started thinking about it. Is it? Is typing the only useful thing I learned in high school? |
Bitsmack.com
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Boddington's Baby! (Apr 28 2004 18:57 GMT) - Here's a comic. So this week is pretty busy. Our company is holding a training class for resellers and users all week. Every night we take them out for dinner and drinks. Last night we went to a pub and I had to try Boddington's just because it was mentioned in a Friends episode. |
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...disquieting muses... (Apr 28 2004 18:56 GMT) - For poetic types, I just wanted to point you in the direction of words_that_burn, in case you are interested |
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