Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by Maurice Clark

BBC News article on US reaching 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, comparing it to other countries.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52771783

Once you get past all the partisan finger pointing the data is informative.....but all the "Trump said" "Trump did" is distracting. Trump mostly repeats what he is told by his advisors at any given point....Yet its all about shooting the messenger LOL

For my purposes I prefer the raw data such as on the worldometer site over the noise from the finger pointers and making up my own mind about where we stand.....

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Jim, if the CO governor ordered that everyone wear a mask outside, would you do so?

I know I would NOT.....I would however do so if I were attending a large outdoor gathering where proximity were an issue. Common sense goes a long way with me but an arbitrary order to do so regardless of conditions? NOPE.

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

Supplementary question for everyone.

If the Governor pointed out that all the science shows that transmission is significantly reduced when everyone is wearing a mask for both stopping you from getting infected  and for stopping you from infecting another person (note that you can be asymptomatic for up to 8 days...) , that it is, therefore, an excellent idea* to wear a mask when you are near other people would you wear a mask? Say at Costco or walking down Main Street where there are others....

*As opposed to an order?

Dave

Given the current information I do wear one when I am indoors where others outside of family are likely to be close (for instance the grocery store) and I would as already stated do so outdoors were I in a gathering where proximity was an issue. I dont need an order to use common sense. However I was never in the military and the primary reason I was not is I dont take orders well.....in fact I openly oppose being ordered to do pretty much ANYTHING......just not in my nature.

Yes, the error 16 and 17 refers back to the alt and az motor communications with the HC not being present.

You need to look into clearing and updating the firmware..... I think there is a process for forcing a firmware reinstall to the HC but I don't know the procedure. According to what I know errors 16 & 17 refer to the motors and the error is due to the absence of the firmware for the control of those motors. I'm assuming that somehow the on board programmable memory chip "eeprom" was erased. Perhaps by the cable you used causing a short ie surge because it was wired wrong.....

This is just educated guessing based on having read quite a bit on the 16/17 error.....I dont know enough to tell you how to go about fixing it but this should help put you on the right track..... There is a Celestron forum on Cloudy Nights that has a lot of information on the issue as well as some very knowledgeable folks who have been down the same road....

Read and weep James LOL

Today in the Oval Office, President Trump signed an Executive Order to fight online censorship by technology corporations, including social media platforms.

In the next few hours/days, you may hear a lot about this Executive Order. Left wing media will claim it addresses a fake problem because tech bias doesn’t exist. Democrats in Congress will say the President is exceeding his authority. Some in the Beltway establishment will say the order doesn’t do that much in the first place.

All of these are lies. Here are a few of the key actions in President Trump’s order:

Makes it U.S. policy that platforms who selectively edit, censor, or are not acting in “good faith” with regards to content will not receive the liability protection included in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

Directs the Commerce Department to petition the FCC to make clarifying rules on Section 230 in line with U.S. policy

Helps stop millions of taxpayer dollars from being wasted by federal agencies on advertising with biased social media platforms

Ensures the Justice Department will review more than 16,000 complaints about politically motivated censorship that were collected by the White House in advance of a Social Media Summit held last year

Mobilizes State Attorneys General—who have massive subpoena and consumer protection authorities—to ensure social media platforms are not engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices

Acts as federal law and lists the many ways in which tech platforms act with bias against viewpoints they disagree with

Massive corporations that treat millions of American citizens unfairly shouldn’t expect special privileges and protections under the law. With President Trump’s Executive Order today, our country is one step closer to having an honest, fair public debate.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Which right wing website(s) did you pull this from?

 Whitehouse.gov (seriously) word for word.....copy and paste.

Listen and weep Rod....

Here is trump talking about it https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1266104188112601089

But of course if you still dont believe it..... Here you can read the entire EO word for word.....

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/?utm_source=ods&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1600d

Any further questions? SNORT!

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Trump did this because he got fact checked by social media and he, of course, wouldn't have any of it. His executive order will likely be challenged in the courts and be thrown out in due time...

Possibly.....though you and I are not lawyers. The fact remains that the vast majority of what he has been challenged on has ultimately held up.....

It is readily apparent the Trump folks anticipated both Rod and James by prefacing the press release with:

In the next few hours/days, you may hear a lot about this Executive Order. Left wing media will claim it addresses a fake problem because tech bias doesn’t exist. Democrats in Congress will say the President is exceeding his authority. Some in the Beltway establishment will say the order doesn’t do that much in the first place.

All of these are lies. Here are a few of the key actions in President Trump’s order:

They read your little minds guys LOL

Originally Posted by Richard Buck

Hello,

I am new to this site and there does not appear to be a way to start a new classified ad under my account, what am I missing in this case?

Thank you for any help,

Rick

Assuming you are using a computer/laptop/notepad open the classifieds page, look at the options on the left side of the page. One of them says "Place a new ad" or something to that effect. One other thing is if you dont have your screen set to a high enough resolution the left and right columns may be hidden and require clicking on an arrow to expand them out and see the options

.....cant say on a smart phone as I dont use mine for surfing.....

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Legal experts greeted the order with heavy skepticism, saying, absent a new law passed by Congress, it would not be legally binding."
"It flies in the face of 25 years of judicial precedent, that has been federal precedent in almost every circuit court," said Kate Klonick, a professor at St. John's University School of Law in New York. "It's not the role of the president to interpret federal law."
"The order was "a very, very clear piece of political theater," Klonick told NPR, adding that the action is "unlikely to have any kind of weight or authority."
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/28/863932758/stung-by-twitter-trump-signs-executive-order-to-weaken-social-media-companies

LOL....a new york professor. Got it......Just the fact that she thinks the President doesnt have a team of Constitutional lawyer/advisors is mind boggling in itself LOL