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Comment on ExtJS Git Submodule by Abraham Elias

Abraham Elias — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:35:50 +0000

No issue with distribution, thanks for spreading the word. You might want to post a summary on the forums too. extjs.com/forum

Comment on 2008 Taxes… Filed! by MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:31:28 +0000

Yeah – I did the last-minute scrape a few months ago (for 2008-ending tax year) following problems with the tax office. It will not happen for 2009!

Comment on Responding to Sen. Gregg by Robert

Robert — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:14:36 +0000

Too bad no one has the guts to leave a comment about this most astute review. I hope more people read it and realize how far the republican agenda has their head stuck up their…oops…I ‘ve said too much. They just preach the same politics of fear and I am tired of it.

Comment on Bobby Jindal and Why I’m Not Worried about 2012 by probonogeek

probonogeek — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:43:21 +0000

Wow… a comment on one of my political posts. I’m besides myself that someone would take the time to respond. For that on its own, you have my thanks.

Now, to the merits of your argument. My objective was not to comment on Jindal’s appearance (although, many professionals have described him as a “Boy Wonder”). I was commenting on his style. For certain, appearance is part of one’s style, but it melds with other important aspects, like tone, cadence, word choice, etc. So many different elements go into ability to communicate and connect. I don’t claim to have those skills… but I do claim that Obama has them. He has them in a way that Sen. Kerry did not, nor Vice President Gore before him.

Political Scientists talk about the “have a beer” factor in determining Presidential elections. Simply stated, American’s vote for the guy/gal they would most like to share a beer with. Personally, I think it’s an oversimplified metric… but it gets to what I’m talking about; that ability to connect to all walks of life.

I once felt as you do… that we should elect President’s solely on the basis of substance. But as I’ve matured since those heady days when I voted for Ralph Nader, I’ve come to realize that the qualities of leadership are more than the set described by substance. I’m still trying to figure out what the right balance is, and perhaps history will prove out that Obama was more style than substance, I think it’s entirely too early to tell.

What I can say, right now, is if Jindal plans to be a threat to the Democrats in 2012, he’s going to need to develop that skill of communicating and connecting a great deal more than was on display the night of his rebuttal.

Comment on Bobby Jindal and Why I’m Not Worried about 2012 by Dagmar Szman

Dagmar Szman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:23:23 +0000

I’m trying to relate to your opinion but I can’t manage to get my head that far up my ass. Disagreeing with $140 million being spent on monitoring volcanos is “making fun?” And then you continue in your hate filled commentary by mocking Jindal’s appearance?? You are simply making the arguement stronger that Obama wasn’t elected to office because of substance but style. Good job; I hope you’re proud. (It is safe to deride Christians, “caucasian,” fat people and republicans in our society; unfortunatly, you take the safe route.)

The statement that Jindal made about the people being stronger than our government and telling of his personal Hurricane Katrina story is only one example. Look up real facts (that would be the truth or actual existence of something; not your opinion.) and you will find that, too, was foolish of you to stomp on.

I will agree that Obama is a well spoken man. You seem well spoken (-er, typed) yourself. And I do applaud the fact that you are willing to use this skill to voice your opinion about politics where so many coward away. However, this opinion came off as simply an attack. If you want people to hear you point (and rep. us liberals in a good light), please, do not resort to the republicans current tactic of “like us because the other guys have Bush.” I enjoyed the read, God Bless and good night =)

Comment on Presidential Appointments by ethan

ethan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:06:28 +0000

i’m not sure i get everything that’s going on here, but my gut says that even if this is a “power grab,” it’s a much better, more palatable power grab than Bush being granted emergency executive power for more than a year.

Comment on A Bad Day for American Health Care Reform? by Pro Bono Geek » Presidential Appointments

Pro Bono Geek » Presidential Appointments — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:29:02 +0000

[...] the individual appointments made in these early days of the Obama Administration — with notable exception — because the appointments have all been more or expected and get tons of ink already. But a [...]

Comment on The Press on Government Institutions by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:11:03 +0000

Also, Politico generally sucks.

Comment on Javascript Foundation by probonogeek

probonogeek — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:07:09 +0000

@Animal
Ah, that’s good to know. I hadn’t really thought of that before, but it makes sense that Array is a kind of object.

I’ve never really tried to use for…in on an object with methods before, but I suppose you would have to deal with attached methods. Guess that’s yet another reason to have typeof handy.

Thanks for the comment Animal… you will probably see some of your own suggestions and comments from the forums discussed here in coming posts on ExtJS.

Comment on Javascript Foundation by Animal

Animal — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:54 +0000

Just a small small point.

An Array is a specialized object.

{} is an object. It may have items indexed by strings (But you MAY use integers)

[] is an Array. It may have items indexed by integers. (But being an OO language it is also an object). You can “poke” named properties into it.

This is important if you ever use for…in to traverse the properties of an object.

If you based that object on an Array, you’ll get Array’s methods popping up!