en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/789524 Comments by jssawyer http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/Microsoft-159492435.html#IDComment384245135 Microsoft Surface is a currently available product. You can get a 40" Samsung SUR40 unit for about $8500. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:02:16 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/Microsoft-159492435.html#IDComment384245135 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Train-tanker-truck-collide-near-Paine-Field-158462485.html#IDComment378816168 Given that I fuel them on a regular basis, I can say that they fly just fine on 100LL same as any other piston engined aircraft. There is a refinery that does a special run of 145LL once a year for the Reno air races. That is the only time 145LL is available. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:05:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Train-tanker-truck-collide-near-Paine-Field-158462485.html#IDComment378816168 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/-KKK-group-aims-to-adopt-highway-for-litter-control--158462855.html#IDComment378706271 This has been done before. There were long legal battles to keep a KKK group from adopting a stretch of highway in the past. The courts ruled that there was no legal grounds for not allowing them to. The Missouri legislature responded by renaming the part of I-55 the Rosa Parks Memorial Highway. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:06:40 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/-KKK-group-aims-to-adopt-highway-for-litter-control--158462855.html#IDComment378706271 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Train-tanker-truck-collide-near-Paine-Field-158462485.html#IDComment378703417 145 is not available anymore. The best you get is 100LL. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Train-tanker-truck-collide-near-Paine-Field-158462485.html#IDComment378703417 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368746035 No, the airlines are rightfully asking people to all pay the same. If you do not have children you pay extra for some seats. If you want you child to sit in that same seat, you pay extra. People should not get freebies just because they chose to have children. Mon, 28 May 2012 07:57:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368746035 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368630647 They could also charge the same fares they used to. People did not travel with their families often because of the expense. People need to realize that the greyhound of the skies mentality that has developed with modern air travel is not a sustainable business model. If you do not want extra fees, choose one of the airlines that does not have them (Southwest) but be prepared for the drawbacks that come with them. You do not get assigned seats, you do not get guarantees that your family can all sit together, and flights are often over booked to make sure they are all full. You do not get to have all of the amenities without the additional expense. Mon, 28 May 2012 03:01:29 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368630647 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368629400 You chose to have children. They are not asking you to pay extra to have your children fly. They are asking you to pay the same as anyone else if you want specific seats. You can elect to put all of your family in middle seats away from exit rows and not pay a dime more. Why should you be allowed to avoid paying extra for an isle, window, or exit row seat just because you have a child? Mon, 28 May 2012 02:58:22 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368629400 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-of-Mukilteo-loses-data-in-computer-crash-154582645.html?clmob=y#IDComment368472394 In an enterprise solution you use a volume snapshot to create a backup volume and then stream that off to tape. If you take a look at the SAN offerings from NetApp or EMC you will see that one of the most touted features is the ability to almost instantly create copes of data for just that purpose. It does not matter that it takes 12 hours to write the data out to tape. It is not the live set of data. With tape backup you assume some amount of data loss. There are ways to keep the amount very small, but as in all things you end up finding a balance between cost and acceptable risk. Sun, 27 May 2012 20:41:10 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-of-Mukilteo-loses-data-in-computer-crash-154582645.html?clmob=y#IDComment368472394 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-of-Mukilteo-loses-data-in-computer-crash-154582645.html?clmob=y#IDComment368470740 You run backups to tape because it is very difficult to have an off site storage solution for disk media. All major companies still use tape every day and it is sent off to third party companies like Iron Mountain or Data Site for safe keeping. Sun, 27 May 2012 20:37:13 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-of-Mukilteo-loses-data-in-computer-crash-154582645.html?clmob=y#IDComment368470740 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368469425 I am sorry that the people have chosen to travel with their children. As someone who has elected not to have children it gets old seeing people with children get special treatment because they chose to procreate. There are costs associated with having kids. Additional travel expenses are just one of them. Sun, 27 May 2012 20:34:08 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Senator-asks-airlines-to-drop-seat-fee-for-kids-154809375.html#IDComment368469425 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-of-Mukilteo-loses-data-in-computer-crash-154582645.html?clmob=y#IDComment367983924 You need to factor in that Mukilteo is broke. Even if they had plans in place to deal with the issues last year, they have no money to replace equipment or probably to even buy new tapes. I am betting the poor admin being blamed has had to use the same tapes 5 or 6 times now. People do not understand that each time you reuse a tape, the data integrity drops by as much as 20%. They may have thought they had full backup only to load the tapes and find that they were unreadable. Sun, 27 May 2012 00:40:54 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/City-of-Mukilteo-loses-data-in-computer-crash-154582645.html?clmob=y#IDComment367983924 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Sneak-peak-at-the-Chihuly-Garden-and-Glass-exhibit-149932775.html#IDComment353135975 It would be much more impressive if he made the stuff himself. He has not done that in years. He throws paint at a board and tells people to make glass that sort of looks like the smears. What is even worse, the glass that people buy that has his "signature" is all made by contract shops that he has little to do with. Thu, 3 May 2012 05:48:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Sneak-peak-at-the-Chihuly-Garden-and-Glass-exhibit-149932775.html#IDComment353135975 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/The-Bands-Helm-in-final-stages-of-cancer-battle-147848935.html#IDComment341569495 Watch it loud. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:09:49 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/The-Bands-Helm-in-final-stages-of-cancer-battle-147848935.html#IDComment341569495 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Ferndale-refinery-fire-could-boost-gas-prices-in-Washington-140024273.html#IDComment299196012 Could? They have already gone up $.10 a gallon. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:01:07 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Ferndale-refinery-fire-could-boost-gas-prices-in-Washington-140024273.html#IDComment299196012 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/For-boomers-its-a-new-era-of-work-til-you-drop-139845053.html#IDComment298286935 I entered the work force in the 90s and it was a forgone conclusion that I would die at a desk someplace. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:42:45 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/For-boomers-its-a-new-era-of-work-til-you-drop-139845053.html#IDComment298286935 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Boeing-trade-campaigning-on-tap-as-Obama-arrives-in-Wash-139528493.html#IDComment295431170 How much did this cost all of us? They had most if not all of the Snohomish County Sheriff's office around the perimeter of Paine Field all day. They were blocking access roads to businesses and yelling at people who tried to get past them to the businesses. It is too bad that incumbent politicians can abuse the system like this. I do not care what side of the isle you are on, GW did it too, and Clinton before him. When an elected official uses government funds or vehicles for campaign travel, they should be required to reimburse ALL of the expenses. Making one speech should not allow them to call the entire trip anything other than the fund raising junket that it is. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:36:47 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Boeing-trade-campaigning-on-tap-as-Obama-arrives-in-Wash-139528493.html#IDComment295431170 http://edmonds.komonews.com/photo-gallery/politics/720871-pictures-president-obamas-visit-boeings-787-plant-everett#IDComment295403462 How much did this cost all of us? They had most if not all of the Snohomish County Sheriff's office around the perimeter of Paine Field all day. They were blocking access roads to businesses and yelling at people who tried to get past them to the businesses. It is too bad that encumbant politicians can abuse the system like this. I do not care what side of the isle you are on, GW did it too, and Clinton before him. When an elected official uses government funds or vehicles for campaign travel, they should be required to reimburse ALL of the expenses. Making one speech should not allow them to call the entire trip anything other than the fund raising junket that it is. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:43:32 +0000 http://edmonds.komonews.com/photo-gallery/politics/720871-pictures-president-obamas-visit-boeings-787-plant-everett#IDComment295403462 http://everett.komonews.com/news/911/689439-woman-killed-after-walking-infront-car#IDComment221452394 The deaths have been in a stretch of road about 4 miles long. It is an issue of no pedestrian overpasses, a stretch of 99 that has few lights for people to cross at, and people unwilling to walk a block or two out of their way to cross a busy highway. I routinely see people running across the highway 100 feet or less from an intersection with a light. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:03:43 +0000 http://everett.komonews.com/news/911/689439-woman-killed-after-walking-infront-car#IDComment221452394 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/132107783.html#IDComment209439914 And I am sure that the state does not ask any of its employees to work any uncompensated time and that they never need to use their phone or computers at home for work business. In the modern world you need to look at if and how the job is done, not at the time of day that it is done. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:32:57 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/132107783.html#IDComment209439914 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131894153.html#IDComment207614419 The sad thing is that the two will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:24:11 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131894153.html#IDComment207614419