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    • RojoLoco
      RojoLoco last edited by

      http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

      Guess who got caught in this BS traffic last night.....

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      • travisdh1
        travisdh1 @RojoLoco last edited by

        @RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

        http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

        Guess who got caught in this BS traffic last night.....

        How many collapsing bridges will it take for someone to actually fix our infrastructure? Granted, I know that means forcing politicians to spend road funding on actual roads, which is apparently the difficult part.

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        • Son of Jor-El
          Son of Jor-El last edited by

          Not sure if that's an infrastructure thing or just a really hot fire thing.

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          • JaredBusch
            JaredBusch @Son of Jor-El last edited by

            @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Not sure if that's an infrastructure thing or just a really hot fire thing.

            Correct. this was a fire and damage. not bad infrastructure..

            Yet another example of @travisdh1 needing to take off his tin foil hat.

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            • travisdh1
              travisdh1 @Son of Jor-El last edited by

              @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Not sure if that's an infrastructure thing or just a really hot fire thing.

              Ah, apparently I should've looked at more than the headline. Still, doesn't change my original sentiments.

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              • RojoLoco
                RojoLoco @travisdh1 last edited by

                @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

                Guess who got caught in this BS traffic last night.....

                How many collapsing bridges will it take for someone to actually fix our infrastructure? Granted, I know that means forcing politicians to spend road funding on actual roads, which is apparently the difficult part.

                They're spending all of our infrastructure budget on the new baseball stadium... in Cobb freaking County (already the worst traffic in town, let's put a stadium there!!!) The whole thing is just a greasy political move by crooked politicians and everyone knows it.

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                • RojoLoco
                  RojoLoco @JaredBusch last edited by

                  @JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  Not sure if that's an infrastructure thing or just a really hot fire thing.

                  Correct. this was a fire and damage. not bad infrastructure..

                  Yet another example of @travisdh1 needing to take off his tin foil hat.

                  It was an INSANE sized fire. Could see the smoke for many, many miles.

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                  • travisdh1
                    travisdh1 @JaredBusch last edited by

                    @JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Not sure if that's an infrastructure thing or just a really hot fire thing.

                    Correct. this was a fire and damage. not bad infrastructure..

                    Yet another example of @travisdh1 needing to take off his tin foil hat.

                    You should know by now that never happens.

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                    • Son of Jor-El
                      Son of Jor-El last edited by

                      Speaking of bridges, the worst one I have ever seen was this baby:

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier_Bridge

                      I almost went into the water because a pothole practically sent me airborne.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller last edited by

                        Dutch student flies to Sydney, Nova Scotia by accident
                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39459471

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                        • dafyre
                          dafyre @RojoLoco last edited by

                          @RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

                          Guess who got caught in this BS traffic last night.....

                          Owch man, that sucks. That area is usually bad for traffic anyway, innit?

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                          • PenguinWrangler
                            PenguinWrangler last edited by

                            Woot! My home town Zoo is number 1, Go St. Louis!!!
                            http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-zoo-2017/
                            It is also free to the public! St. Louis area is a great place to live. A lot of the attractions are free!

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                            • RojoLoco
                              RojoLoco @dafyre last edited by

                              @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

                              Guess who got caught in this BS traffic last night.....

                              Owch man, that sucks. That area is usually bad for traffic anyway, innit?

                              Very bad. It was gridlock in all directions all around the 85 / Buford Hwy corridor. The stuff of nightmares.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @PenguinWrangler last edited by

                                @PenguinWrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                Woot! My home town Zoo is number 1, Go St. Louis!!!
                                http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-zoo-2017/
                                It is also free to the public! St. Louis area is a great place to live. A lot of the attractions are free!

                                Dammit, we didn't make it there last time. Maybe we will stop by next time.

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                                • JaredBusch
                                  JaredBusch @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @PenguinWrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  Woot! My home town Zoo is number 1, Go St. Louis!!!
                                  http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-zoo-2017/
                                  It is also free to the public! St. Louis area is a great place to live. A lot of the attractions are free!

                                  Dammit, we didn't make it there last time. Maybe we will stop by next time.

                                  It's not anything special to me, but then I was born and raised in that area too. I've been to other zoos I guess none of them ever were quite that good but only a couple zoos

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller last edited by scottalanmiller

                                    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39460538

                                    Talk about 1984, television is now mandatory!

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                                    • scottalanmiller
                                      scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      Colombia landslides: More than 100 die as Putumayo suffers heavy rain
                                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39468575

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller last edited by

                                        Oh look, covering up government corruption takes precedence over protecting children. No surprise there.

                                        https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/to-keep-classified-docs-from-wikileaks-secret-doj-drops-2-child-porn-counts/

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                                        • scottalanmiller
                                          scottalanmiller last edited by

                                          Welcome @njbair

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                                          • JaredBusch
                                            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            Oh look, covering up government corruption takes precedence over protecting children. No surprise there.

                                            https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/to-keep-classified-docs-from-wikileaks-secret-doj-drops-2-child-porn-counts/

                                            Actually, the problem here is that introducing this information as evidence would negate the counts anyway because the defendant could argue that the material was placed there with fake timestamps and such.

                                            So there is nothing about protecting any children. That is not what this was about.

                                            These Playpen busts are all most likely going to get thrown out because of this.

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