Burning Amp? SFO

Spehro Pefhany

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Oct 27, 2012, 12:03:19 AM10/27/12

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http://www.burningamp.org/

Looks kind of interesting and weird.. if I was within driving
distance...

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Spehro Pefhany
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miso

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Oct 27, 2012, 1:16:37 AM10/27/12

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On 10/26/2012 9:03 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
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> http://www.burningamp.org/
>
> Looks kind of interesting and weird.. if I was within driving
> distance...
>
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany
>

They used to do this at that raw speaker (as in driver) shop on Shotwell
in SF. [Name escapes me.] Shotwell is a street that is appropriately
named. Far better to spend a bit of money and use Fort Mason by the Marina.

The economy is absolutely picking up. A few weeks ago I was in San
Francisco and I only had to deal with 3 panhandlers in my trip from the
BART station to MOMA. Usually I see half a dozen.

John Larkin

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Oct 27, 2012, 10:56:52 AM10/27/12

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They've all been hired to write Ruby apps.

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Michael A. Terrell

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Oct 27, 2012, 11:19:38 AM10/27/12

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John Larkin wrote:
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> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:16:37 -0700, miso ?mi...@sushi.com? wrote:
>
> ?On 10/26/2012 9:03 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> ??
> ?? http://www.burningamp.org/
> ??
> ?? Looks kind of interesting and weird.. if I was within driving
> ?? distance...
> ??
> ??
> ?? Best regards,
> ?? Spehro Pefhany
> ??
> ?
> ?They used to do this at that raw speaker (as in driver) shop on Shotwell
> ?in SF. [Name escapes me.] Shotwell is a street that is appropriately
> ?named. Far better to spend a bit of money and use Fort Mason by the Marina.
> ?
> ?The economy is absolutely picking up. A few weeks ago I was in San
> ?Francisco and I only had to deal with 3 panhandlers in my trip from the
> ?BART station to MOMA. Usually I see half a dozen.
> ?
> ?
> ?

>
> They've all been hired to write Ruby apps.

Not all of them. Most are working to re-elect Obama.

miso

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Oct 27, 2012, 2:24:36 PM10/27/12

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Trust me, panhandling is their job. One of the papers years ago had some
staffer get all scruffy and do pan handling. The take was about $80,
which was double the minimum wage at the time. Oh, and their tax rate
was less than Romney's 15%.

Michael A. Terrell

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Oct 27, 2012, 2:41:55 PM10/27/12

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miso wrote:
>
> On 10/27/2012 8:19 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

> ?
> ? John Larkin wrote:
> ??
> ?? On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:16:37 -0700, miso ?mi...@sushi.com? wrote:
> ??

> ?? ?On 10/26/2012 9:03 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> ?? ??
> ?? ?? http://www.burningamp.org/
> ?? ??
> ?? ?? Looks kind of interesting and weird.. if I was within driving

> ?? ?? distance...
> ?? ??
> ?? ??
> ?? ?? Best regards,
> ?? ?? Spehro Pefhany
> ?? ??
> ?? ?
> ?? ?They used to do this at that raw speaker (as in driver) shop on Shotwell
> ?? ?in SF. [Name escapes me.] Shotwell is a street that is appropriately
> ?? ?named. Far better to spend a bit of money and use Fort Mason by the Marina.
> ?? ?
> ?? ?The economy is absolutely picking up. A few weeks ago I was in San
> ?? ?Francisco and I only had to deal with 3 panhandlers in my trip from the
> ?? ?BART station to MOMA. Usually I see half a dozen.
> ?? ?
> ?? ?
> ?? ?
> ??
> ?? They've all been hired to write Ruby apps.
> ?
> ?
> ? Not all of them. Most are working to re-elect Obama.
> ?

>
> Trust me, panhandling is their job. One of the papers years ago had some
> staffer get all scruffy and do pan handling. The take was about $80,
> which was double the minimum wage at the time. Oh, and their tax rate
> was less than Romney's 15%.

There is one that is usually on a corner about a mile from here. He
is a nasty piece of work, so I just ignore him. He and his wife were
living at a church for free, getting food stamps and he was out there
begging. A member of the church lost her home and stopped to ask if
anyone could help her find a place to live. He cursed her out and
threatened to beat her up. She has severe Rheumatoid Arthritis and is
so bent & twisted she can barely take care of herself. That was when
they were tossed back out on the street.

legg

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Oct 28, 2012, 11:26:59 AM10/28/12

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On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:03:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<spef...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

>
>http://www.burningamp.org/
>
>Looks kind of interesting and weird.. if I was within driving
>distance...
>
>
>Best regards,
>Spehro Pefhany

You know you're dealing with the lunatic fringe in consumer electronic
design, when 'burning' is considered a heart-warming feature of the
finished product in your living room.

This in an era when flames are displayed without heat, heat is
produced without flame and anything producing smoke is considered to
be a health hazard, if not simply unsafe.

RL

Spehro Pefhany

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Oct 28, 2012, 11:08:30 AM10/28/12

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On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:26:59 -0500, the renowned legg
<le...@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:03:19 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
><spef...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:
>
>>
>>http://www.burningamp.org/
>>
>>Looks kind of interesting and weird.. if I was within driving
>>distance...
>>
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Spehro Pefhany
>
>You know you're dealing with the lunatic fringe in consumer electronic
>design, when 'burning' is considered a heart-warming feature of the
>finished product in your living room.

I assume it's a take-off on "Burning Man", rather than a literal
expression of how the amplifier might operate in your house.

http://www.burningman.com/

So, an attempt to be edgy and whatever else that name implies.

>This in an era when flames are displayed without heat, heat is
>produced without flame and anything producing smoke is considered to
>be a health hazard, if not simply unsafe.
>
>RL

There's a coffee shop called St. Moritz right beside a ski slope that
has a cosy-looking fireplace right in the middle.

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/dubai/D70687.html

http://www.dubai-search-and-find.com/images/Ski-Dubai.1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86493735@N00/441936022

The flames are (re)produced on a flat-screen monitor, the ski slope
(all two football fields of it) and snow are artificial, and it might
be 40-50°C outside. About $80 for a day pass including ski lift and
jacket, $50 for a couple of hours.

miso

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Oct 28, 2012, 11:05:25 PM10/28/12

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Ditto on the "Burning Man" spinoff. Some people don't know that Burning
Man started with the "burners" on Ocean Beach. Maybe as early an 1985.
Burning on the beach was never legal, but I mean, hey, it is a beach. It
is not like you are going to set something valuable on fire. It wasn't
like the fire department was going to waste their time putting out the
fire. But the city cracked down from time to time, so it was moved to
the Nevada. I never saw any naked women around the fire, though lots of
dope smoking.

The naked women were further north, over at Baker Beach.

k...@att.bizzz

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Oct 29, 2012, 5:14:04 PM10/29/12

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Probably give as much to charity as Democrats, like Biden, too.

miso

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Oct 30, 2012, 10:28:54 PM10/30/12

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Romney gives very little to charity. Hard to tell though since he won't
release his tax returns. Maybe a few years ago he gave money to a charity.

Romney gives plenty of money to his church, but I don't consider that
charity. Rather he is trying to buy his way into heaven. Basically
payback for all the people he fucks over making money.

Well you do have to had it to old Willard for finding a good way to stay
out of Vietnam. When the rest of his generation was coming home in a
box, Willard was saving the French from their evil Catholicism.

Is there is do not convert list for the Mormon church.? I'd hate to have
those book of Mormon thumpers baptizing me into their religion after I'm
dead.

k...@att.bizzz

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Oct 30, 2012, 11:02:20 PM10/30/12

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Starting off with a triple of lies like that, there is no reason to
read further. You lefties have lost it.

tm

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Oct 30, 2012, 11:21:59 PM10/30/12

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It just proves that liberalism displays a character flaw. I do hope miso
will take some good video of his head exploding next Tuesday and post it up
on utube.

Michael A. Terrell

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Oct 30, 2012, 11:43:50 PM10/30/12

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miso wrote:
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> Romney gives very little to charity.

30% is very little?

Michael A. Terrell

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Oct 30, 2012, 11:46:19 PM10/30/12

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tm wrote:
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> It just proves that liberalism displays a character flaw. I do hope miso
> will take some good video of his head exploding next Tuesday and post it up
> on utube.

You mean 'Have someone else take a video', because there wouldn't be
enough neurons left to do anything.

Gib Bogle

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Oct 31, 2012, 6:42:21 AM10/31/12

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That's to the Mormon church. Miso is right, it is not a charity.

Michael A. Terrell

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Oct 31, 2012, 10:38:13 AM10/31/12

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So, do YOU give away more that 30% of your after tax income?

Jim Thompson

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:04:30 AM10/31/12

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josephkk

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:14:10 PM10/31/12

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So all churches, such as the catholic church, are not charities? The law
says differently, moreover i seriously doubt that the Mormon church gets
more than a third of that 30%. That is 20% to other charities. How much
do you contribute? How much does Obummer?

?-)

miso

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:46:33 PM10/31/12

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> Starting off with a triple of lies like that, there is no reason to
> read further. You lefties have lost it.
>

Much like Willard, you fail to produce anything factual. You call me a
liar, but don't explain what the lies are. This is also known as just
blowing it out your ass.

Romney hasn't taken a reporter's question for 3 weeks now.

> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/mitt-romney-fema_n_2044213.html

miso

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:49:01 PM10/31/12

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That isn't the question. Nor are many people in a position to give away
30% of their income. The point is giving the money to your church is not
like giving money to Oxfam, Doctors without Borders, Habitat for
Humanity, etc.

miso

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:54:23 PM10/31/12

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I didn't denigrate the Mormon religion. I stated exactly what Romney was
doing in France. What the hell else do you think a missionary does but
to convert others to their religion. And if they can't get you when you
are alive, they will get you when you are dead.

"When asked by Newsweek if he has done baptisms for the dead -- in which
Mormons find the names of dead people of all faiths and baptize them, as
an LDS spokesperson says, to "open the door" to the highest heaven-- he
looked slightly startled and answered, "I have in my life, but I haven't
recently.""

Michael A. Terrell

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Oct 31, 2012, 11:54:24 PM10/31/12

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So, what do you claim they do with the money?

Jeff Liebermann

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Nov 1, 2012, 1:54:26 AM11/1/12

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:54:24 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.t...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> So, what do you claim they do with the money?

<http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services>
<http://ldscharities.org>
<https://apps.lds.org/welfareoperations/index.jsf?operation=none&lang=eng>

<http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/13/13262285-mormon-church-earns-7-billion-a-year-from-tithing-analysis-indicates?lite>
Since 1985 the church has spent a total of $1.4 billion on
relief for disasters such as Japan's earthquake and
Ethiopian famine, and it operates 129 "bishops' storehouses"
with food and household items for the needy.
The article has some additional clues as to where the church spends
its money. Ranching, farming, real estates, etc...

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Jasen Betts

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Nov 1, 2012, 5:09:55 AM11/1/12

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On 2012-10-31, miso <mi...@sushi.com> wrote:

> Is there is do not convert list for the Mormon church.? I'd hate to have
> those book of Mormon thumpers baptizing me into their religion after I'm
> dead.

that's act only going to work if God is on their side, else it's just
a lot of yacking and spashing about.

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Michael A. Terrell

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Nov 1, 2012, 7:53:18 AM11/1/12

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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:54:24 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
> <mike.t...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > So, what do you claim they do with the money?
>
> <http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services>
> <http://ldscharities.org>
> <https://apps.lds.org/welfareoperations/index.jsf?operation=none&lang=eng>
>
> <http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/13/13262285-mormon-church-earns-7-billion-a-year-from-tithing-analysis-indicates?lite>
> Since 1985 the church has spent a total of $1.4 billion on
> relief for disasters such as Japan's earthquake and
> Ethiopian famine, and it operates 129 "bishops' storehouses"
> with food and household items for the needy.
> The article has some additional clues as to where the church spends
> its money. Ranching, farming, real estates, etc...

A lot of that has been mentioned in news reports over the last few
months. :)

lang...@fonz.dk

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Nov 1, 2012, 4:51:56 PM11/1/12

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On 31 Okt., 16:04, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:28:54 -0700, miso <m...@sushi.com> wrote:
> >On 10/29/2012 2:14 PM, k...@att.bizzz wrote:

> >> On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:24:36 -0700, miso <m...@sushi.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On 10/27/2012 8:19 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
> >>>> John Larkin wrote:
>

> >>>>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:16:37 -0700, miso ?m...@sushi.com? wrote:
>
> >>>>> ?On 10/26/2012 9:03 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> >>>>> ??

> >>>>> ??http://www.burningamp.org/

> >Is there is do not convert list for theMormonchurch.? I'd hate to have
> >those book ofMormonthumpers baptizing me into their religion after I'm

> >dead.
>
> I'm an atheist, but I really despise people who denigrate other's
> religions. Miso, you need not worry about conversion, you'll simply
> be fed to theMormon'sdogs ;-)
>

you have no problem denigrating political views and opinions
you disagree with, why is religion getting a free pass?

-Lasse

Jim Thompson

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Nov 1, 2012, 5:27:39 PM11/1/12

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Your personal religion is just something I just don't get involved
in... unless you try to proselytize... then I shoot you >:-}

So I guess I treat politics just like religion... when you try to
shove your ideas down my throat... I kick your ass >:-}

k...@att.bizzz

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Nov 1, 2012, 8:41:03 PM11/1/12

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:46:33 -0700, miso <mi...@sushi.com> wrote:

>> Starting off with a triple of lies like that, there is no reason to
>> read further. You lefties have lost it.
>>
>Much like Willard, you fail to produce anything factual.

You started off with (at least) three lies. That's a fact. After
three lies, a liar isn't worth listening to. Sorry, try the truth
some time.

josephkk

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Nov 2, 2012, 12:12:27 AM11/2/12

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So tell me, just what is the faithful one Christian sect doing wrong by
trying to improve the chances of someone of another Christian sect of
going to heaven or having a higher standing therein if either is possible.
Many Christian sects have done this from time to time, including the
Catholic church.

>;-))