Lunar robots: My idea.

I started by reading this: http://gizmodo.com/5252255/x-prize-team-to-send-swarm-of-spiders-to-the-moon

So I read an article yesterday about some Italian team creating spider-like robots to walk on the moon, take pictures and send them back to Earth. My first thought is, "how are you going to get them back? Or are you just going to leave your trash there?" Then I got to thinking that they are going about this all wrong. If you are going to send up a bunch of robots why not make them MUCH more worthwhile?

With today’s technology we could easily send up a couple of robots (or a million) and have them run around digging and whatnot. In fact, why not design them to complete advanced tasks such as assembling buildings and maintenance on each other? Here’s what I would do if I had NASA money…

· Build robots that can travel 50 miles using rechargeable batteries. Robots themselves can’t recharge. People are retrofitting their motor cycles to use batteries and can get 40 miles per charge and go 60 miles per hour.

· Send up payloads containing various modules.

o “GPS” stations to create grid for mapping and navigating. Solar powered.Antennas need to be set up to help robots triangulate their position on the planet.

o Charging stations for robots. Each charging station is portable and is self powered via solar panels. Hundreds of units can be set up to expand the range of each robot.

o Human base stations. Could be inflatable so all a robot has to do is roll it to where it’s needed and connect CO2 canister to inflate.

o Greenhouse. If we are planning on sending people there to live for a while why not get a greenhouse going BEFORE they get there?

o Extra parts for robot self repair. Why not? Why can’t a robot replace the battery on another robot? Robots can be fitted with interchangeable arms to perform various functions.

o Labs. Send up additional labs for robots to send samples for analysis.

· Shuttles aren’t needed. Only a rocket large enough to get the payload off the ground is needed.Payloads can vary from small to huge.

So basically you want to send up a couple robots, charging stations and the transmitting towers to get “the grid” started. Now there is a way for robots to triangulate their position and not get lost. Next, you can send up 50 bots and 100 charging stations. Have the bots set the charging stations all over the place to expand the area the bots can go. Send up a base for sending data back to Earth. This can also be linked to a lab where samples are taken for analysis.

All this can be done easily with NASA’s resources. Use the moon as a testing ground. Then start on mars.

Here are some very basic concepts. You can click on each image to enlarge it.

There are all kinds of sizes and variations that can be built with this system.

Example of a solar panel collecting power to charge rover batteries.

Basic rover with two arm modules. All components and modules could be "plug and play" for easy assembly.

Feedback is welcome. Note to NASA: if you want to know more of my ideas just ask. ;)

Getting bored with keeping everyone updated.

I'm on Twitter, Facebook and Blogger. I actively watch (stalk more like it) about 90 blogs to get my information fix. I just got a Peek so I can get all my emails and text messages wherever I am.

It was all fun at first but now I just have a feeling like I'm alone. I know I have a family and good friends but there's just some empty feeling I get after a while of Tweeting, status updating and blogging. Maybe it's just me.

So I may just stop updating this blog. Ferever. Still haven't made a decision. Just wanted to keep you all (about 67 unique visitors last month according to my statcounter account) informed.

WHERE IS ALL THE OUTRAGE??

HURRY, FELLAS, LET'S VOTE, I AM OFF TO ROME!

FINAL STIMULUS BILL BALLOONS TO 1,071 PAGES...

Dem Senator Predicts: None of His Colleagues 'Will Have Chance' to Read It...

Congressman: 'We all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other'... 

246-183: HOUSE PASSES OBAMA $787 BILLION 'STIMULUS'; NO GOP SUPPORT, 7 DEMS VOTE NO

VIDEO: 'NOT ONE MEMBER HAS READ THIS BILL'

CRAZED: Break Promise To Post Bill 48-Hour Before Vote...

This is absolutely insane.  Mark my words this will destroy this country!  And it will be on the heads of the Dems in control ie Obama and Palosi.  They've both been pushing for this "stimulus" bill to go through as fast as possible and NO ONE knows what's in this thing!

Why isn't there more outcry from over 300 MILLION American citizens??  I'm pissed beyond reason because I and my future generation will end up suffering financially for this for a very long time.

GRRRRRRR!!!!  I feel so helpless!!

More crap from George "Dishin out the crap" Lucas

PLEASE STOP THE REDICULOUS RELEASE OF STUPID CRAP ABOUT STAR WARS!!

Obama wants to let you slaughter the unborn!

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50M3PQ20090123?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will lift restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, reversing a policy of his Republican predecessor George W. Bush, an administration official said.

"It will be today. He's going to make an executive order (lifting the global gag rule)," the official said.

The Democratic president's decision is a victory for advocates of abortion rights on an issue that has become a tit-for-tat policy change each time the White House shifts from one party to the other in recent years.

When the ban was in place, no U.S. government funding for family planning services could be given to clinics or groups that offer abortion services or counseling in other countries even if the funds for those activities come from non-U.S. government sources."

Need to vent...

I just lost two whole days worth of entered data in my Google Notebook.  I use said webware to journal everything that I do at work so I have a history of my awesomeness.  GRRRR.  Now I think I need to use something more reliable.

Just wanted to let you all know that Google can suck at times.

Other than this little mishap I've not had a single issue with Google.

Still kickin it

I got a PS3 for Christmas so I've been busy.

There.  You've been updated.

Out of sorts.

Sorry I've not posted for a while.  I don't have the motivation recently.  Posting, for me, comes in waves it seems.  I'm sure there's more posts coming from me.  Hang tight. ;)

Done with Bones

Last night my wife and I were watching one of our favorite shows.  I'll just jump to the issue.

Angela had a 1 year lesbian relationship.  In the real world I don't care who ppl screw (or whatever lesbians do) but I don't need it in my tv especially when it's not even needed in the plot anywhere.  I especially don't care to see them kiss.  That's just my personal opinion.  Homophobe?  Not really.  I see people in the mall kissing and holding hands.  I don't care.  But I don't care to bring into my house.  There are other shows to watch.

The geeky kid from the first season (or two) ended up being the serial killer they were "hunting".  WTH was THAT all about?!  I just thought that was a lame attempt to fire an actor.

Angela and Jack broke off their engagement for some jacked up reason.  I loved that they were in love and cared so much about each other.  It relieves some of the tention between Bones and Booth.

And now since Angela is not engaged she's going to have a lesbian fling with an old flame.  Lame.  Just for ratings.

It's going in a direction that I just don't care about.  Hence I'm leaving it.

Review: The Cure's new cd '4:13 Dream'.

I just listened to the audio clips of The Cure's new album '4:13 Dream' and I have to say that its a much needed trip back to the sound I fell in love with over 20 years ago.

I've been a life long fan and have stood by them through the Bloodflowers cd which I thought was complete trash even though it was critically praised and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance in 2001.

I first heard of The Cure in the mid 80's when I was a "skater" in high school back when skaters where not as accepted as they are today. The album was 'Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea: The Singles' and I loved it from first sound. I ran out and bought all the other albums I could find. I bought posters, t-shirts, patched and all the magazines I could get my hands on.

I stuck with them and boasted that they were (and still are) my all time favorite band. I still remember listening to 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' for the first time when it came out. I think a total of 2 songs were played on the radio from that album. 'Just Like Heaven' and 'Why Can't I Be you?'

My friend Kris (who was also a die-hard fan) and I would go to Karma records at least once a week to see if there were any good imported cds that we could add to our collection. Had to have it all.

Everything was going great...until Bloodflowers. I was SO excited to get a new cd from The Cure but I almost threw it out. It just didn't have that sound and flow of the band I had grown to love. To me all the songs had the same beat and complete lack of variation. They all sounded the same. I don't listen to it at all.

I debated even buying the next release entitleD 'The Cure'. This album brought the music back to a more familiar sound of The Cure. Even though I only enjoyed about half of the album I still feel it's a triumph over Bloodflowers and put Robert Smith back in good standing with me. I got the sense that he knew his previous cd wasn't up to par compared to his life's long work.

Now that you know where I'm coming from I can tell you that 4:13 Dream isn't the best cd they put out but it's better than the previous 2.

The cd starts with Under The Stars which is a slow song. You either like their slow songs or you don't. I tend to like most of them but why start a cd out with something slow?? The nest 3 songs (The Only One, The Reasons Why and Freakshow) are a more upbeat and have a more classic "The Cure" sound to them. Next is Sirensong, a slower song with the rolling guitar and great lyrics. The rest of the cd is pretty good. Upbeat, diversity, better.

I think I'll buy this cd. It was a much needed improvment over previous cds and gets things back to the way they were.

LEGO games. What would you like to see?

I love the LEGO games Star Wars and Indiana Jones.  LEGO Batman is all Iwant for Christmas this year.  A recent about LEGO games that will never happen started me thinking about what other genres might make for a good LEGO game.

There are pleny of characters and story lines in The Simpsons to make for a HUGE game.  Several Star Trek games could be made as well.  I could even think of enough things for a LEGO James Bond.

Please post your thoughts for a new LEGO game.

List of LEGO articels at Kotaku.com

Software for Starving Students is no more.

I was just reading through my blog history to find posts to add to the new list section for 'My Favorite Posts' and I found that Software for Starving Students is no more.  They suggest, however, that you take a look at OpenDisk for a replacement.

OpenDisk is basically an ISO to burn to cd packed with great freeware that is installed on your computer.  Here's their list.

If you are looking for a one-stop-shop for some great freeware whether you're a student or not it's worth a look.

Is there no end to the CRAP from George Lucas!?!?

Lucas, Stop Now: Darth Vader TV/DVD Has Lightsaber Remote

I'm so sick and tired of Star Wars being peddled to every single person on the planet. Star Wars used to be cool. Of course this was before the new episodes (I, II and III). I was even all jazzed about Episode I when it came out. Darth Maul was the bomb! Now let's look at what "cool" crap you can get in Star Wars version.

Bowling Balls

Hoodies

Clocks
http://gizmodo.com/5054306/3d-darth-vader-wall-clock-springs-into-action-when-the-lights-go-out
http://gizmodo.com/5045796/r2+d2-alarm-clock-requires-x+wing-bedsheets

Watch

Cell phone alerts

Emperor's Throne

Flashlights

RUBBER DUCKS!

So as you can see there are a lot of ways George has turned a great thing into a huge money machine with no bar too low.

The Eye.

I'm at work defragging half the fleet of pcs here and I have The Eye going on a second monitor. The Eye, a story of a blind girl (Jessica Alba) who gets a cornea transplant and starts seeing images of death and junk. This is basically a new version of Body Parts staring Jeff Fahey (one of the greatest B movie actor) who loses his arm in a car accident, receives a donor limb from a murderer who was served the death sentence.

I'm a sucker for these kind of creepy movies. The Grudge, The Eye, The Ring, One Missed Call, The Skeleton Key all good movies. The Grudge 2 sucked IMO. 1408 was a nightmare from Satan himself.

The problems I have with them, however, is that when they go to a hospital there's NO STAFF AT NIGHT. Ever been in a hospital over night? You can't get a moment's rest cause some nurse is checking vitals every 15 minutes.

The Eye isn't a bad movie, just full of cliche's.

My new Tech Blog

I started another blog that's just for IT and how I get things done at work.

http://appsbyaaronit.blogspot.com/

I'm going to focus on the things that happen at work and what tools I use to resolve them. The goal here is to hopefully help other people who are the only IT Guy in a small company. I don't have a million dollar budget so I have to use free tools as much as possible. Plus I'm cheap.

I hope it cathes on and I get a lot of visitors. Enjoy!

LEGO anatomy...I wish I had mad art skillz.

I've seen this artist before. He's got some great imagination. I've also seen some other sketches with classic cartoon characters. Too cool IMO.


Lego: The Anatomy of a Lego Minifig Is as Fascinating as It Is Spooky

Trouble with politicians

McCain would buy bad homeowner mortgages...

"WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain's proposal to buy up bad home mortgages would use nearly half the $700 billion from the recent Wall Street bailout package to assist Americans directly, instead of indirectly by rescuing the nation's financial markets.

The Republican presidential candidate announced during Tuesday's debate that he would order the federal government to spend $300 billion in federal funds to buy the mortgages and allow financially troubled homeowners to keep their houses.

Democratic nominee Barack Obama last month sounded a similar theme, proposing that the government consider taking such a step.

But McCain's approach was far more categorical.

"I would order the secretary of the Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home-loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes—at the diminished values of those homes—and let people be able to make those payments and stay in their homes," he said."

One of the problems I see with this is that it's not doing any good to neighborhoods that are seeing mulit-forclosures.  I live in a small subdivision with a hundred houses or so and the people that are foreclosing are the ones who are buying new cars, satellite dishes, alcohol, cigarettes, boats, pools, fire pits, karaoke machines, flat-screen tvs and other "toys" that shouldn't be purchased instead of making a house payment.

All this will do is create more neighborhoods that are low income and increase crime which will strain local police departments even further!

And the US Federal Government wants to use TAXPAYER money to buy out these houses so that these people suffer no consequences of their actions thus allowing them to continue a life of stupidity while the rest of us who are busting our asses to make it all work out STILL have to continue to do so.

How is this FAIR in any way?!?!

And what makes you think that just because you bought their house and gave them lower payments they will actually makes payments THEN?  All you're doing is sending a message that its ok to not pay for your house at the rate you WANT to pay for it.  It's not like they are going to lose a bedroom or garage or something!  All this is going to do is create MORE government dependency that is already crippling this nation IMO.

And where is this $800 BILLION coming from anyway?  Is there some huge amount of money the feds are hanging on to?  NO!  They don't have this kind of EXTRA money just laying around.  So that means they are going to have to get it from somewhere and history shows us that when a govt needs more money they just TAKE it.

To McCain and Obama:
I want a $1 million house but once I start making payments I can't afford them so can you come bail me out so I can continue to live in a house that I deserve?

See how stupid that sounds!?

And why stop there?  I've recently posted an article which proposes that over $250,000 be given to every adult in the US so that that money can be put right back into the system and actually help get this economy back on track.

If I had $250k I would pay off my house, car and school loans.  After banking some of the $$ for emergencies I would build a fence, deck in the back yard, buy another car (because my Saturn is 8 years old with over 150k miles on it), put in hard wood floors in my downstairs, recarpet the rest of the house, bump out the kitchen, get a new couch, re-shingle the roof, repair the furnace, get the wife a new Mac laptop....do you see where this is going?  All the stuff I just mentioned are items that have to be made by someone.  So when I buy some of it it has to be replaced.  THIS KEEPS AND CREATES JOBS which is what truly drives the economy!!

When governments increase taxes I have less money to give to companies for products and services which in turn creates layoffs and cutbacks.  Why are politicians so out of touch with the basics??

Mt Dew in Green Label Art

WOW!  I was just handed 2 new bottles of Mt Dew from a collegue.  Way cool.  So I went to the Mt Dew web site and sure enought there they are.  For a limited time though. :(  I mayhave to collect the whole "series".

Crazy IPs

Our network at work crashed yesterday and we were down for about 30 minutes.  I can't find the reason for it and there is a girl here who can't get the internet to work even though her network connection is perfect.  She's the only one with this issue.

It got me to thinking that it might have been a hack-attack so I looked at the incoming log on the router.  This is very scary to any IT guy.  Well it is to me anyway.

Here is a screenshot of the Excel file I have going.  You can click on it to enlarge it so you can read it.  Most of the ports being accessed are 25 which is the email port so I know most of them are possible spam.  However there are a couple that are really odd.  I can't find any information on Ports 56113 and 50225.  

I've been using a website called http://network-tools.com/ to gather the info about each IP address.

 

If you know anything that could help out I would appriciate it.  Or if you have had similar experiences.

When is it time to look for a new job?

I've been with my current employer for almost 2 years.  It was great at first but the last year has really declined.  I think the CONS are outweighing the PROS right now.

When do you decide it's time to move on?

$297,500.00 bailout to US citizens! NOT banks.

This is NOT my idea but it needs to be out there IMO.

My friend Mark sends his thoughts in an email...

I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.   Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.    To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. citizens 18+.    Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up.   So divide 200 million adults 18+  into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.    My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.    Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%. Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam. But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife has $595,000.00.   What could you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?   Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved. Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads Put away money for college – it’ll be there Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs. Buy a new car – create jobs Invest in the market – capital drives growth Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves   Remember this is for every adult U.S. citizen 18+  including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.   If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1,000.00 ( “vote buy” ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.    If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U.S. citizen 18+!    As for AIG – liquidate it.   Sell off its parts. Let American General go back to being American General. Sell off the real estate. Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.    Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.    Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work.”   But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party?    How do you spell Economic Boom?    And remember, The Family plan only really costs $59.5 billion because $25.5 billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Folding@Home rank boosted to 50!

I'm in 50th place!!

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Windows 7 most popular feature so far is calculator?

I've been reading a bit today about the Windows 7 screenshots that were released today.  Doesn't look much different than Vista.  yawn.  Seems like the most popular feature to more than some is the new calculator look...with history.  The other is the "ribbon" in Paint and Notepad.

Is this really what people find most important in an OS?  How about stability, efficiency, reliability, compatibility, speed or ease of use?!  And why aren't people upset over the fact that Microsoft will probably force it's lemmings to upgrade (ie $$$$$$$$$) to the new OS 6 months after release...AGAIN!?

Can someone please hack the spammers!?!?

I get so tired of filtering spam from my inbox to the GFI anti-spam folders at work!  I see reports from companies that track malware and spammers saying that 80% of the worlds spam is coming from, like, 6 computers (so they know which computers) but why on earth don't they just hack them and shut them down?!?!  This is costing my company thousands of $ each year for anti-spam filtering software and me to spend the time each day to sort it all out.  Spammers are the devil's concubines!!

Here are a couple reports from our email server.  Byesian is the "AI" of the GFI software.  It's supposed to read each email to see if there are spam-type words in there.  Keep in mind there are under 20 employees where I work.

One day's worth.  190 actual emails.  5394 SPAM in one day!

One month's worth.  211,617 SPAM in one month!

Jericho. Possibly the greatest tv show. Ever.

I first discovered Jericho back in 2006 when it was in it's first season.  I fell in love instantly.  What a great concept!  What does a small do when a nuclear blast is seen over over Denver?  Craziness for one thing.  It also shows what can happen to any town in the event of a country thrown into instant chaos.

This show is simply great.  At first it was hard to get through the first couple of episodes because I was irritated with Jake and his old sqeezes acting.  But the story kept me in there.  After the 5th episode I was sucked into it completely.  I consider myself a lifelong fan even though the series was cancelled after the first season.

But that didn't stop the real fans.  They set out a campain to get the show back.  They flooded CBS with nuts.  Over 20 nuts to be exact.  CBS caved and ordered 7 more episodes to conclude the show and every episode was worth it.

It's very sad that major tv corporations don't understand (or seem to care about) their fanbase.  This same thing happend with my other favorite show of all time, Firefly.  Firefly was abandoned by Big TV but the fans are some of the most feirce and dedicated.  Every time I see Firefly in a poll on the internet it always ranks very well.  Here's a couple examples.

What's the most over-rated SF show? (io9.com)

What television shows should be resurrected from the graveyard during the writers strike? (io9.com)

I encourage anyone who's not seen Jericho to go to your nearest dvd rental palace and get both seasons.  Then cancel everything else for a weekend and allow yourself to be sucked into the greatest short-lived series of all time.  You won't be disappointed! 

Update:  Just found the whole series on Hulu.com

2 weeks after Chrome

I've been using Google Chrome almost exclusively since it's release. So far I still love it. There are a couple of things that I wish it could do.

So far I can't sync all my versions easily. I have it installed on my work pc, laptop and home pc. I would have to copy the settings and bookmarks from one pc to the next manually. Firefox has a nice add on called Foxmarks which allows you to create an account and store all your bookmarks on their account and auto-sync all your Firefoxes wherever they are.

Bookmarks are kind of a mess. I don't feel that Chrome is made for a user to get tho their bookmarks easily. Firefox is great for letting me search within my bookmarks. That's VERY handy and missed.

Downloads are kinda brainless. I hope that was their plan about that. One nice this is that you can search your downloads. On the other hand I don't see a way to 'clear' your downloads in mass quantities. I do love how the downloads page is organized. Like a history.

Chrome won't work for some sites and programs. I use Spiceworks at work for my network control. It's a very nice tool but it doesn't seem to play well with Chrome. I still have to use Firefox or IE for that.

No 3rd party add ons yet. iPhone was out and hacked with in a couple days. Why are there no add ons or anything for Chrome? It's been downloaded over 2 million times so far.

That's all I can think of at the moment. Of course as soon as I post this I will think of something else. What do you think about Chrome so far?

2 weeks after Chrome

I've been using Google Chrome almost exclusively since it's release. So far I still love it. There are a couple of things that I wish it could do.

So far I can't sync all my versions easily. I have it installed on my work pc, laptop and home pc. I would have to copy the settings and bookmarks from one pc to the next manually. Firefox has a nice add on called Foxmarks which allows you to create an account and store all your bookmarks on their account and auto-sync all your Firefoxes wherever they are.

Bookmarks are kind of a mess. I don't feel that Chrome is made for a user to get tho their bookmarks easily. Firefox is great for letting me search within my bookmarks. That's VERY handy and missed.

Downloads are kinda brainless. I hope that was their plan about that. One nice this is that you can search your downloads. On the other hand I don't see a way to 'clear' your downloads in mass quantities. I do love how the downloads page is organized. Like a history.

Chrome won't work for some sites and programs. I use Spiceworks at work for my network control. It's a very nice tool but it doesn't seem to play well with Chrome. I still have to use Firefox or IE for that.

No 3rd party add ons yet. iPhone was out and hacked with in a couple days. Why are there no add ons or anything for Chrome? It's been downloaded over 2 million times so far.

No drop list for the back button. Just a peeve but like to be able to go back in a browsing history by several pages at a time. Firefox (and I think IE) let you do that through the back button drop list.

Posting this didn't work in Chrome. I kept getting an error so I had to write this post in Notepad++ then paste into Firefox. booooo. :'(

That's all I can think of at the moment. Of course as soon as I post this I will think of something else. What do you think about Chrome so far?

Headlines. WEEEEEE

Man killed trying to steal 11,000 volt copper cable...

Make sure it's unplugged before you steal it.

Human breast milk on restaurant's menu...

I have no repsonse to this.

Cops: Cocaine dealer levied gas surcharge on drug customers...

No one is exempt from taxes these days.

Texting while driving 'more dangerous than drugs or alcohol'...

I doubt it.

OBAMA TELLS SUPPORTERS: 'ARGUE AND GET IN THEIR FACE'

The new bipartisan.

Biden calls paying higher taxes a patriotic act...

Wow.  Didn't see that one coming.

Trump switched from Hillary to McCain...

Who the frick cares?  I wish he'd switch hairstyles.

Politics = predictible yawn-fest

it might just be my attitude because my depression meds seem to be failing recently and I have a bigger "whatever" attitude but McCain is talking the same ol' thing.

Watching McCain's speech on PBS with my hot wife and all he's saying is the same thing that's been said by Republicans since I can remember.  Let's recap shall we?

• I will make Govt smaller.
  
• I will create more jobs.
  
• I will balance the budget.
  
• I'm going to shake up Washington and make them listen and obey.
  
• My war record is better than your war record.
  
• I'll make your kids smarter.
  
• I'm going to cut taxes down to NOTHING.
  
• I will bring world peace by pimp slapping all the other countries and make them love me.
  
• My opponent is the devil and wants to kill your children and eat your parents.
  

And on the seventh day I'll rest from my labors.

Fast forward 4 years later.

• Tax increases.
  
• War record made no difference.
  
• Government is even bigger.
  
• Govt spending is higher than ever.
  
• Companies are stagnant because taxes were increased and money isn't there to hire more employees.
  
• Family with tragic story from speech is still having trouble and "big govt" loses touch with the average American family.
  

Jumped 6 placed

I just checked my status on my Folding@Home team and found I just jumped from 72 to 66.  w00t.