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- How would you setup an embassy in Iran?
- If we assume that Iran must be reigned in to prevent them from causing more threat to the regional stability; what steps would you recommend to setup an embassy in Iran and increase diplomatic efforts?Here is a website listing various US embassies in the World: http://usembassy.state.gov/
- Tags: diplomacy, fantasy, off-topic, onbliss
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Dear Brits....
- ...now that the Shilpa Shetty hoopla/joke has died down, what are your thoughts about the entire racket?Reality TV programmes are just not my cup of tea, and I do not watch them. But I think improving the programme's TV ratings was at the core of the incident. I was surprised...
- Tags: media, onbliss, much ado about nothing, making mountain out of a mole hill, off-topic, programme
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- 3/11
- ****************************************The Energy Policy Act of 2005 was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005. Under the new law, Daylight Saving Time begins three weeks earlier than previously, on the second Sunday in March. DST is extended by one week to...
- Tags: onbliss, DST, it preparedness, it management, project management, off-topic, Y2K, Main Frames
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- By-election / Special election
- I am just trying to understand something about U.S. elections.Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota is in critical condition, and the analysts have started talking. In the event of an vacancy, looks like the Governor of the state can appoint another person to fill in.I know several countries have something...
- Tags: onbliss, State Legislature, off-topic, constitution, elections, how-things-are-done, legislature, U.S. Senate
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- I finally did it
- Yes, today, this afternoon, finally I succumbed to the recommendation and clicked the "Amazing flame fractals take your breath away" link/thread.Started reading and discovered that it had become another thread about GOD, religion, evolution and faith. There is just some dose of mathematics and other subjects here and there that...
- Tags: knowledge, God, off-topic, onbliss
- Discussion threads 2006-12-06
- How did you discover TR?
- My wife, a software developer like me, actually introduced me to TR. She in turn was introduced to TR by her coworker.So how did you discover this site?ps: She is completely cured of TR-addiction :-)???Good question !!!I don't remembe
- Tags: off-topic, feedback, TR IS, onbliss, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-09
- Smart phone/Pocket PC - Suggestions?
- Well I have an aging cell phone, and the hardware is just dying - keys don't work anymore. I can't search for the stored phone numbers. So what good is the phone now :-) So I am willing to take a giant step towards a smart phone or Pocket PC.I...
- Tags: Compaq iPAQ, hardware, off-topic, onbliss, PC, smart phone, telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-11-07
- Bumping old thread of mine :-)
- I am not sure if my post at the bottom of the 3 year old thread would bring the topic to any attention. http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=3&threadID=140488&messageID=2113106I am not sure if many of the participants are still active.ps: funny how the old thread got the tag "networking" :-)NostalgiaI never thought a mere 3...
- Tags: culture, networking, off-topic, onbliss, politics
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- Coffee colored humans
- Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge. The human race would peak in the year 3000, he...
- Tags: dependence, evolution, humanity, humans, Neil, off-topic, onbliss
- Discussion threads 2006-10-23
- 300 million club
- According to US Census Bureau's population clock, the national population of US will hit 300 million on Oct 17th at 7:46 a.m. Eastern Time.(Tuesday, tomorrow).Another fact is that the population density of US is still very low compared to other den
- Tags: habitat, onbliss, population, off-topic, earth, resources, grandchild, population density
- Discussion threads 2006-10-16
- N.Korea and nukes
- So we have a bunch of countries possessing the nuclear weapons. Now why are these countries denouncing North Koreas actions. It is kind of understandable if say Chile, Fiji, Nepal, Monaco, Grenada or the Vatican City take issue that the world is gettin
- Tags: onbliss, attack
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
- Vancouver - September or October
- Just planning a 4 days sight-seeing trip to Vancouver, Canada. I was wondering if October would be cold/rainy, and if it would be better if we do this in September. I would'nt mind the weather if it is cold/sunny.thankssightsWhat kind of sites are you going looking for?(no, I don't know...
- Tags: cold calling, onbliss, travel, vancouver, sight-seeing, off-topic, Sep
- Discussion threads 2006-09-10
- It's very sad
- especially since he is leaving small children. But it's not a shock that he was killed by an animal. I think it was just a matter of 'when'.Steve IrwinIt was little sad to hear the news that Steve Irwin died after being speared in the chest by a...
- Tags: croc, Steve Irwin
- Discussion threads 2006-09-05
- Peace deal: So what is the deal?
- ****Excerpt from VOA************Pakistan has signed a landmark peace agreement with pro-Taleban militants near the Afghan border. The deal aims to end several years of often intense fighting inside Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal area. Senior military commanders and local militant leaders exchanged hugs and congratulations after signing the agreement in Miranshah, the...
- Tags: agreement, government, militant, off-topic, onbliss, only time will tell, Pakistani Government
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- TiggerTwo: Something interesting
- Yesterday I saw a segment in CNN about a cancer therapy. Incase you did not read/watch; here is a link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/31/cancer.vaccine/index.htmlArticle exceprt:****************************Instead of using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, researchers from the National Institutes of Health are finding so-far limited but inspiring success in a new approach for fighting cancer, using...
- Tags: onbliss
- Discussion threads 2006-09-01
- Redrawing borders - Middle East
- Ralph Peters author of the book: Never Quit the Fight, Stackpole Books. 2006; in an article written in June 2006 begins thus:**************International borders are never completely just. But the degree of injustice they inflict upon those whom frontiers force together or separate makes an enormous difference — often the difference...
- Tags: Sikhs & Buddhists, maps, middle east, onbliss, off-topic, Buddhist
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- Somebody had already thought about it and acted on it.
- Every individual has had "Eureka" moments of having come up with something original or some kind of innovation. The only catch being that the brilliant ideas had occured to others in the past, and they had already acted on it and brought it to the world. So why don't we...
- Tags: GOVERNMENT, Max
- Discussion threads 2006-08-02
- Do you personalize your Work Area
- Do you personalize your Work AreaYou might work in your own office or cube. You might work in a common area or room - with individual desks, or shared desks. Do you personalize your work area and [b]desktop[/b], screen savers?My wife, she says, has our kids pictures. I am not...
- Tags: work area, personalisation, reflection on life?, work, onbliss, off-topic, screensaver, wall
- Discussion threads 2006-07-24
- Is Putin right?
- Recently it is reported that Putin compared the question of democritzation of Russia to colonialism. Here is an excerpt:[excerpt][b]Putin — using almost identical words in his interviews with both NBC and France’s LCI — likened such criticism to the self-serving philosophy of the colonialists, who justified their conquests by the...
- Tags: democracy, Putin
- Discussion threads 2006-07-12
- Still plugged in to the raw Internet? Here are some $25 routers
- Still plugged in to the raw Internet? Here are some $25 routersarticle rootAnonymous browsing via hardwareI know there are entities on the web that allow us anonymous near anonymous browsing of the web. Does any brand of router offer some kind of anonymity?editedThis is outside my limited knoweldge setI...
- Tags: router, george ou, onbliss, off-topic, computer, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-07-07
