Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 4
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I refuse to believe...
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... that the gentleman's name is Peter Schmuck. It's just not possible. Clearly, some sort of elaborate joke or performance art piece is at play.
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Seconded on the store problems
[Read the article: Radiohead's new album: Choose your price]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I tried to buy the discbox, and the store repeatedly emptied my basket halfway through, and occasionally just timed out (after I entered my credit card info!). At this point, I'm going t owait out the traffic the site is getting hit by.
FWIW, I'm already familiar with most of the songs. Bootlegs of their concerts w/ new songs played can be found without a terrible amount of effort (I recommend Greek Theater 6-23/24-2006).
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I already do this
[Read the article: GDrive: The Google hard drive is coming]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anytime I have a file that I want easy access to (from home or work, for example), I email it to my gmail account and archive the email. Since they're mostly documents or pics that don't take a lot of space, I'm still only at about 10% of my gmail capacity, and the docs are always easy to find with the mail-searcher. It's been incredibly convenient, and there have been a few times where I've restored documents by grabbing the gmail copy. The only downside is when I lose internet connectivity, but, honestly, if that becomes a sustained issue, I think there will be bigger problems than just losing documents.
Of course, the thought of google closing its doors, as unlikely as that seems right now, does keep me awake from time to time.
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Cognitive dissonance
[Read the article: Eight Belles' last run]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From the article:
Eight Belles died because horses are oddly designed creatures. They have no muscles below the knee, and their hooves are essentially nails... Thoroughbreds are especially fragile, carrying enormous bodies on legs as spindly as a Kenyan marathoner's. Compare the stocky legs and platter-size feet of a Percheron or a Clydesdale, and you'll see why racehorses are so easily broken.
Gosh, it almost sounds like these creatures aren't meant to be raced around a track! Imagine that! How much cognitive dissonance does it take to be involved in horse racing?