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True. Then we'd need to appoint a special committee to commission a study of what the optimum thickness for letters might be, how various disadvantaged groups might be impacted by the change, what measures will be required to mitigate said negative impacts, and to recommend to Congress the enabling legislation to be debated in sub-committees before being quashed for lack of bi-partisan support, or passed with amendments entirely unrelated to the original bill which will cost 14 times the estimated savings from the original proposal.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Knowlton Thomas wrote: Shares in BlackBerry rose 2% on the news, bringing its market cap to just over $5 billion.
See wait it is good news !
Knowlton Thomas wrote: bringing its market cap to just over $5 billion. In 2008, the company's market cap peaked at nearly $90 billion.
Nope. It really isn't
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I'm still surprised they are trading...they never recovered from those two weeks loss-of-service. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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She's tanking like the Kursk right now.
Laser focus, laser focus.
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Stripping ESO 137-001 [^]
Astonishing.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I really like this one, looks almost like a light shinning down!
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Love it.. Very nice picture..
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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Almost like the Enterprise going to warp.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Yes, I can see that.
What I find fascinating is the vast distances involved. 220 million light years away/ago*. Mind bogglingly interesting.
* that's 1,293,297,582,100,394,200,000 miles, roughly! 
I wonder if we'll ever get there...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Not this week.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Wow! Interstellar jelly-fish!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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My Gawd! They're breeding!
(We're gonna need someone with a huge bladder in they come this way...)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Truly amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I have to say though, it looks like some giant cosmic fart. Especially if you imagine the pictured galaxy as some galactic orifice...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I am in awe that one galaxy can put out a half a million light year long trail of dust dense enough to be seen 220 million light years away. Wow.
Brent
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This explains the productivity hit rumored to have hit the CP office last month. 
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I've got it so bad, that when I'm driving in traffic, I start seeing what cars and trucks will combine together to make a bigger vehicle and make more room on the highway.
2 = pedestrian
4 = bicycle
8 = motorcycle
16 = compact car
32 = mid-size
64 = full size sedan
128 = SUV
256 = mini-bus
512 = school bus/city bus
1024 = semi-truck
2048 = Abrams Main Battle Tank
There are two kinds of people. Those who need closure
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Gawd! Don't give 'em ideas - or the next version will have the combinations making a bigger rectangle...
And the existing one was bad enough, it took me a week to get the 2048. Case of sorting out in my head where to "keep" things.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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The 2084 game: "The force is strong in this one" 
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TWO...OH...FOUR...EIGHT...
WHAT DO WE APPRECIATE
MIND GAMES, MIND GAMES
LIKE 2048!!!!
**cheers**
"Seize the day" - Horace
"It's not what he doesn't know that scares me; it's what he knows for sure that just ain't so!" - Will Rogers, said by him about Herbert Hoover
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Well time has come and tomorrow I'm leaving for a month long tour of the Western US to include hiking, camping, backpacking and visiting as many National parks as I can in the time allotted.
I will not have internet a majority of the time but will check in from time to time.
Please feed the hamsters and don't let them party to much in my absence.
hasta la juego
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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