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AM2R is NOT a port -- it is a fan remake, aka an indy.

Milton "DoctorM64" Guasti is a sound technician who used Game Maker to create AM2R without Nintendo's permission.

There's also "penis" but it doesn't work.

What worked for me was to very humbly ASK the doctor about my preferred medication, to not seem overly confident that I wanted that specific medication. "I was reading about ABC and sounded interesting because XYZ. Would it be worth trying ABC, do you think?"

Has its own hazards. I started building my interactions with people on the platform of always dealing honestly, which I find can almost compensate for being an asshole about it. If the doctor says no or tries to put me on amphetamines, I'm going to have a problem; I don't *want* adderall, it's going to cause side-effects I'm not willing to tolerate, and I'm not going to be able to just spin another line of bullshit to cover for "it's not working exactly the way I want" even though it isn't. Spending the whole time putting on an act like I haven't planned all this way in advance is fragile.

On the flip side, I'm already on adrafinil, and know how it compares to methylphenidate (at a distance--I stopped that 15 years ago, and never slept when I was on it) and something very close to an amphetamine (e.g. adderall). You might notice the lower-left benzine on methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta) leading to that HN on the right, as well.

I have a good, honest argument for these kinds of stimulants causing too many side-effects, carrying too much risk, and just not working as well as other things. Adrafinil becomes Modafinil in the body; it's a better proxy to judge modafinil than phenylpiracetam is to judge adderall. You make a good argument for buy-in--people respond well to being in charge of the decision--and I'm just remiss to use that tactic as a basis for a patient-physician relationship.

I am, of course, horribly unsocialized, and don't know what to expect when interacting with people in general. I haven't spoken to a doctor in 15 years--more than half my life. Maybe I'm just unfairly assuming they'll all be hostile and totally disinterested in the patient's perspective.

You aren't thinking big enough...

Most airports are protected by a super secure 6 to 8 foot chainlink fence... (sarcasm mode on) that has to cover dozens of square miles... that isn't being watched as much as the signs would lead you to believe.

You have a few options:

1. To simply blow up some airplanes and create a huge mess, drive a U-Haul truck loaded with 4,000lbs of explosives through the fence,

http://photos1.blogger.com/blo...

That fence is designed to keep out people on foot, not 30,000 pound trucks. Since you don't plan to use it again or leave, welding a steel plate on the front of the truck will prevent the engine from being damaged from the impact.

Drive the truck up to the terminal building, between two parked airplanes that are full of fuel, and blow it up.

Between the truck, the explosives, the two airplanes, the fuel, and hopefully a fuel truck or two, it will be an impressive explosion. With any luck, you'll kill a thousand people between the airplanes and the people in the terminal.

2. Have 2-4 people buy tickets on the flight to get them onto the airplane, sans weapons of course. Do the same trick, but this time with no explosives in the truck. Drive up to the plane (this requires communication and knowing the schedules well), have 4-6 guys in the back of the truck jump out and run up the airstairs:

http://www.rgbstock.com/cache1...

and onto the airplane. The trick to this is timing it so that the plane has fuel. It also will really only work for an airplane that has thrust reversers and can pull itself away from the gate.

767 Thrust reversers in action:
http://www.airliners.nl/2009/0...

You may need to leave 2-4 men behind on the ground to guard the bottom of the plane from being shot at, they can keep local security busy long enough to backup the airplane and move it forward.

Keep in mind, you're stealing it and don't care about the rules. You don't actually have to get to a runway to take off. The airplane just needs concrete, the local taxiway will do. Again, this will work best on a gate near one end of the airport to give you a long taxiway to use. Simply call tower and tell them to clear the taxiway, you're going with or without clearance and you'll just crash into an airplane in the way, so it is their choice.

Either you get in the air, or you crash two large airplanes full of fuel into each other.

If you get into the air, you've got 20 min or so before the Air Force can do a whole lot, they don't keep CAP over cities very often. Do this in a decent sized city, turn the plane towards downtown and fly it into the tallest building. You should only need 10-15 min.

Keep in mind that unlike 9/11, when the hijackers had box cutters, this time you'll have AK-47s, simply shoot the pilots and everyone in first class and use 4 men to hold the line between first class and coach, shoot anyone who tries to enter. Because of the narrow doorway, you likely can keep them out for 10 min (bring lots of ammo).

And no, at 2,000 feet above the ground, a hundred bullet holes in an airliner will not bring it down, you never have to bother pressurizing the airplane. Again, it only has to fly for 10 min or so.

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The above may still be too much work. Take the same U-Haul, load it with 4,000 lbs of explosives, drive it into the front doors of the Mall of America and blow it up. Bonus points for doing this at 4 or 5 malls around the country at the same time. That'll put a massive damper on consumer shopping and hurt the economy.

> A group of native Hawaiians object on the grounds that the land has historic and spiritual significance.

It doesn't. The top of Mauna Kea was used by the natives as a *rock quarry* for stone tools. There is literally tons of archeological evidence of that:

http://www.mauna-a-wakea.info/...

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Here is a graph (similar to the one you presented) showing CO2/temperature correlation over 400k years: http://www.skepticalscience.co...

1) Notice how the CO2 never goes over 300ppm.

Now here is a graph of what CO2 levels are doing today: http://photos1.blogger.com/blo...

2) Notice how the CO2 has shot way past 300ppm and is still climbing to the fucking moon.

Now please explain again why there's no difference between today and the historical "spikes"?

Goes right along with JDYFJ!

Bullshit. You really think someone who steals for a living will decide to flip burgers instead? They'll just find another crime that pays.

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The other issue with ooBase/LibreBase is that you cannot visually design insert / update / delete queries using their QBE interface. Instead you have to write out all of the SQL.

Oh, really?

((( O mankind! Say No God But Allah, Achieve Eternal Salvation ))) " Laa ilaaha illallah " (There is none worthy of worship except Allah.) ( Introduction to Islam ) http://www.blogger.com/profile/00783655376697060967 Christ Jesus, peace be upon him in the Holy Quran http://jesus-christ-2012.blogspot.com/ Allah, CREATED THE UNIVERSE FROM NOTHING http://allah-created-the-universe.blogspot.com/ THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN 20 QUESTIONS http://newaninvitationtothetruth.blogspot.com/ What's The Purpose of life ? http://www.islamtomorrow.com/purpose.htm

((( O mankind! Say No God But Allah, Achieve Eternal Salvation ))) " Laa ilaaha illallah " (There is none worthy of worship except Allah.) ( Introduction to Islam ) http://www.blogger.com/profile/00783655376697060967

"One could say that GNUstep is a very nice woman, but without proper make-up and with a shabby dress. Although the expert eye could see the star sparkle, the average person maybe would prefer a more normal female with choosen make-up and dress." -- http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13189460&postID=112497309425424497

I'm not sure how that graph was compiled, but it appears to be different than the official government data.

I dont know what the substance is with any real certainty. From personal experience, the same substance coats the walls and other surfaces of their living space as well, and they tend to have unholy disgusting and filthy houses.

(After digging around on the internet, I found a picture from somebody's blog that was dealing with it on a flipped house. Pic) It could be niccotine/tobacco related, but it actually binds permanently with metal, requiring something like brasso to remove it if you use chemicals, or lots of elbow grease and an abrasive cleansing pad otherwise. Since you cant use chemical cleansers of that sort inside a computer (unless you are an idiot)-- you have to go the physically abrasive method, and be patient. I did repair work for 4 years, and have seen this substance perhaps, 20 times, with differing levels of severity. Only about 3 times in the "OMG! WHAT IS IT!?" level of contamination. Dust is not dust in such computers. It is more like thick tar. Again, there is a correlation with old, and or seriously dirty/disgusting low income housing.

I suspect that it is a combination of skin oils, old lacquer resins, vaporized cooking oils, and the like, and that the dog's proximity just allows the oil based dog smell to stick really good.. but i really dont know for sure. I just know it is not good for computers or electronics in general.

(Note that fecundity declines with higher IQ. [E.g. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/762/1102/1600/chartiqbirth.1.jpg ] So human IQ is not limited by "the best evolution can do" and thus by chance mutations, but rather is, like height and other quantitative attributes, where it is due to a balance of evolutionary pressures.)

Obligatory: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4772/1767/1600/PiMpoRioR.jpg

How was that childish? Honestly? If you are unable to form a moral framework for your life without the threat of a bogey man, you are mentally at the level of a child

It's childish for several reasons. First, your concept of a creator is extremely immature. As mentioned previously, you fail to understand the logic based on numerous Philosophers that have offered a presentation of a creator that goes outside of a traditional religion. According to you, the only way one can see a creator is in the Abrahamic God (your words and only example, not mine).

The main reason this becomes childish is because instead of actually doing any work to validate your opinion, you resort to fallacy by ridicule to try and prove your point, and argue with the one thing you have been brainwashed in to believing (see paragraph above).

Your statement defending your immature position is extremely incorrect. Socrates taught a theory of "The Good", which was continued by Plato. This is very similar and often translated to "The God" though the translation is not correct in that context. This became the basis for several other positions such as "The un-cause" (See Aristotle), "The un-made maker", "The un-moved mover", etc... etc.. All of those have been expanded upon by Philosophers way to many to count, but you could start with Descartes. None of those have been invalidated by reasonable arguments, so what happens in the atheist mind is invalidation by generally 3 arguments. Argument by denial (it does not matter, or denial of the argument as a whole), Argument by fallacy of Ridicule (see your whole position), or Argument by non-truth (see portions of your argument, but there are far better examples). On rare occasions, the Paradox argument is used as invalidation attempt, however a paradox does not mean something is untrue.

I'll post the logical puzzle below, but since it's lengthy I'll address your last point first.

Why has crime been on a downward spiral? Simple, it has not been on a downward spiral. This is statistical bunk that again you have been brainwashed in to believing. A simple check of the Wiki page will show you how wrong your statement is. Do you find it odd that instead of checking a very simple fact you lie? This should make you question how much you have been brainwashed. Reality is such a bitch!

If what you say is true then there should be a percentage point difference in the amount of criminals in jail and convicted annually. If you search independent sources, you will see that amount of inmates has steadily been increasing, not decreasing. This is also true for court systems which continue to struggle with increased case loads. The statistical magic generally comes when they remove things like plea bargains from the list of cases, or remove first time offenders from the list, remove long term offenders from the list, or remove gang related cases, etc... The amount of political corruption is also at an all time high, but again you need to search independent sources since the MSM will tell you nothing of the sort.

A complete version of this resides here. Leap of Faith which contains quite a bit of commentary as well as the text below.

The Great Creationist Experiment

To make our experiment, we must set up a hypothetical scenario. This is usually the point where an atheist yells "Hey, if you can't build the experiment physically and I can't see it then it must be false!". To which I have a very simple response. Please build me a working model of "The Big Bang", or it's false.

So you know, someone could easily build this experiment mathematically and in simulation software, which is how we handle complex issues when we can't build working physical models.

- The 3 Boxes

Our experiment requires 3 boxes.

Actually he describes himself as an analyst Here's PJ says about them:

Analysts? Well, they get paid and then analyze stuff. For clients. I'll remind you of the frank comments of Microsoft's employee James Plamondon in his evangelism how-to back confidential memo [PDF] back in the day that surfaced in the exhibits from the Comes v. Microsoft antitrust litgation:

Analysts: Analysts are people who are paid to take a stand, while always trying to appear to be disinterested observers (since the appearance of independence maximizes the price they can charge for selling out). Treat them as you would treat nuclear weapons – as an important part of your arsenal, which you want to keep out of the hands of the enemy. Bribe Hire them to produce "studies" that "prove" that your technology is superior to the enemy's, and that it is gaining momentum faster.

you're not buying the copy, you're buying a license to possess a copy, as the copyright industry keeps telling us

That is NOT what iTunes is saying. It says you are buying the file and that title passes to you. See iTunes terms and conditions, exhibit A to Ray Beckerman declaration, posted here

There are many I've found who use G+ as they use Twitter, IOW all public posts, like a broadcasting station/soapbox.

And there are many who use Google's other soapbox service, especially because unlike Google+, Blogger is open to the public.

Excellent information, this is exactly what I needed. Thanks. Keep up the good work!
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Nah, it's not just the fonts. It isn't that hard nowadays, just take a look at http://www.blogger.com/template-editor.g?blogID=4010125631613458355 for designs that look just right. Hard contrast, as opposed to common belief, is actually pretty bad when it comes to the screen. That was why computer shells had gray text on a black background until recently (among other color combinations).

In fact some people argue that the view that WordPerfect had with that blue and gray, is something that makes MS Word look like a retard's project. I don't know if they still do it today but that point to me, is perfectly valid.

So remember, right colors, right fonts (and size) plus if you use trendy layouts, that can only help you look like a champ. I have a relative who majored in Graphics Design and they taught them a lot about colors and one of the few things I learned is that, more often than not, pale shades make for more pleasant reading. Check this site for a list of colors:

http://www.designbyjoyce.com/colors2.html

Please, please please tell me this can be used with my Google Blogger account!

Actually, how about we add some carefully crafted counter-referring Google Adsense and Microsoft adCenter ads and see if we can bring the whole house of cards down!

cue comments regarding my goldfish being a better CEO than Ballmer.... no, what this means is that the other executives in their playroom don't have anyone with "I'm next" on their hat, so that (like my goldfish really) means they won't be able to decide who to choose as a replacement, and so Ballmer stays.

Of course, anyone who likes Android, Apple or well, anything that isn't Microsoft, should be overjoyed at this news. MS is a dead company, but like the proverbial dinosaur the neural impulses havn't travelled all the way from the tail to the brain yet - MS, being the dinosaur that it is, doesn't yet realise its day is over.

Mind you, one thing that comes to mind is the quality of Bob Muglia. The man that once said to the Seattle Times, with a straight face, "We're going to increase quality in Windows Vista by firing all our quality assurance people!"

Also, it appears this has been brewing for a few months. From minimsft blog:
Somewhat trustworthy source: All BobMu's org's 10s will not see another review cycle. Terminated in groups of under 500 each month to avoid Warn. Can anyone confirm?

Friday, October 22, 2010 7:54:00 PM

Chances are the next CEO will be Kevin Turner, a bean counter like none other (apparently). Just the kind of guy to 'turn round' Microsoft's fortunes by basically reducing the number of beans to count. Or, as someone said on that msft blog: KT CEO - that will be a nice touch indeed - walmarting of Microsoft-- how appropriate

I figured microsoft had more to worry about right now than FUD'ing up the linux arena with Paid-for blogging*, but meh.

Desktop Linux works for me, and has been since 1997. If you don't like it, don't use it. Be thankful you have alternatives. If it weren't for *nix, you probably wouldn't.

[*] - http://www.blogger.com/profile/5530582
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Once Google decides Wave is dragging themselves down, it will optionally disappear, just like old YouTube profiles and Blogger FTP.

I saw this poster in 1999 on a fellow's cubical wall at a place where the company I worked for was putting in a software system, in Rhode Island. The blog where the picture is hosted from provides the text below the picture. It was commissioned by The National Head Start Association. For those that it matters to, the person who put up the poster was black. It was no surprise when I saw it for the first time, as I found previously that he placed a lot of emphasis on being able to communicate effectively with those around him.

Your politically correct stance does not help people. In order to overcome prejudices it is best to focus on our similarities with others rather than on our differences. Once that is done, the differences don't matter as much. We cannot focus on anything if we cannot communicate. It doesn't help communication when one community works so hard on creating a wholly new dialect, if not language, just so that they can be more different.

In case the site is not available, or for those that don't care to click, here is the text:

"I HAS A DREAM" written over the image of the man. Below the image was the following text:

"Does this bother you? It should. We've spent over 400 years fighting for the right to have a voice. Is this how we'll use it? More importantly, is this how we'll teach our children to use it? If we expect more of them, we must not throw our hands in the air and agree with those who say our children cannot be taught. By now, you've probably heard about Ebonics (aka black [sic] English). And if you think it's become a controversy because white America doesn't want us messing with their precious language, don't. White America couldn't care less what we do to segregate ourselves.

The fact is language is power. And we can't take that power away from our children with Ebonics. Would Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and all the others who paid the price of obtaining our voice with the currency of their lives embrace this? If you haven't used your voice lately, consider this an invitation."

("SPEAK OUT AGAINST EBONICS", The National Head Start Association, 1651 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, The New York Times, October 9, 1998, A19 [National Edition])

The "Hello Kitty Car".

They are way ahead of you. Outside. And inside.

First, see subject-line above! Second, it seems that Microsofties today (due to the massive layoffs there, 15% of their nearly 90,000 strong workforce (not from mgt. either, "oddly")) seem to agree with my points (on crooked or incompetent "leadership" (shoe salesmen running a tech company, lol, hilarious), on nepotism & cronyism/cliques, & FAR more):

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7555958&postID=6168054658946624967

Some "choice quotes" to that very effect:

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I'm not sure how senior managerment (SteveB) can be allowed to remain in office when his response to the billion-dollar KIN failure is to layoff hardworking employees. Baffles the mind.

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If Ballmer could figure out a way to move software development to China and India to save money, he would.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:28:00 PM

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"I love Microsoft. Microsoft has clothed and fed my family, directly or indirectly for almost twenty years. I owe so much to this company. I come in, I give 110%, but I see no direction, I see no recognition, I see no future, I see no leadership.

"Microsoft has become its own worst enemy, the leadership team is ineffective, and there is a huge need for house cleaning from the 64 to 68 level. I wish Bill Gates would come back. I wish a lot of bad decisions were never made. I feel that there is no way to change the negative course we are on, and Microsoft is incurably on a path to be only a shell of the company it once was.

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I tend to think that most people who works at Microsoft are either idiots or a crooks. The quality of the company's products tends to confirm that theory. Anything labeled as a Microsoft product is garbage.

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"Look at the Linkedin profile of Matt Bencke This dude has degrees in Political Science, and still is a GM in a technological company"

WOW. Degree in political science, and still leading a technology product/team. Only in Microsoft can this happen.

To top incompetence with lack of integrity, he is the kind of person who would ask someone on his team to pay for a $1000+ Ferragamo coat (after Bencke left his on a plane) with the corporate card and expense it.

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You people need to wake up. While you kids are busy "playing games" your competitors are building products and services that customers want and need.

The "games" will continue until the printing presses called Windows and Office run out of ink. Then good luck finding another place where sociopathic behavior is tolerated like it is at MS.

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Wait, so the MS managers ranked their pre-existing employees as stronger and better than the new arrivals from an external acquisition? I am shocked! Shocked! If this tells us anything it MUST be that the Danger employees were the suckzorz!! Thank god we kept them busy building the Kin!

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THIS IN PARTICULAR SEEMS TO HAVE SHOWN HIS POINT FROM ACTUAL PSYCHE PROS:

Researchers Paul Babiak and Robert Hare have long studied psychopaths. Hare, the author of Without Conscience, is a world-renowned expert on psychopathy, and Babiak is an industrial-organizational psychologist. Recently the two came together to study how psychopaths operate in corporations, and the results were surprising. They found that it's exactly the modern, open, more flexible corporate world, in which high risks can equal high profits, that attracts psychopaths. They may enter as rising stars and corporate saviors, but all too soon they're abusing the trust of colleagues, manipulating supervisors, and leaving the workplace in shambles.

How to Spot a Snake

According to the authors, psychopaths tend to be more predatory in nature. This applies to the corporate psychopath, who will do anything from laying on the charm to threatening and bullying a coworker in order to get whatever he or she wants.

Babiak and Hare warn: "Psychopaths are skilled at social manip

The Walkman lost its relevance when CDs came out, but then they made a CD-walkman, and then a (rather good range) of mp3 walkmans, and then mpeg walkmans. I'm not sure what's next, nor are they probably - but they'll make a walkman for it when it appears.

The same applies to all the no-name manufacturers too.

XBox isn't even close to being a break-even product, not if it sells profitably for the next 10 years, its had so much cash sunk into it. Pretty much that applies to the rest of E&D and Online division losses (lovely graph) at MS.

I think Windows revenues will fall, (as people have bought a copy by now), and MS will try to drive server sales as much as possible (via Office freebies), but as Office is becoming a free commodity, I think even that cash-cow will stumble. As Google gives office tools away, MS follows suit, and naturally their revenue fails to keep up.

And the market knows it, has known it for some time. Microsoft's only real hope is to start selling into countries like China, and get them to pay top dollar for the products. I don't hold out much hope for that happening.

There's some interesting comments on the MiniMicrosoft blog.

heya,

You know, I don't think it was that bad.

Look, fine so it was a bit unpolished, but it's much more polished now. I have a feeling that it wouldn't be where it is now if they hadn't had the exposure they had, or if people hadn't gone on long rants on blogs on what they thought should change. Those comments helped get us to where we are now.

Sure, they probably could have been clearer in the communication, but I distinctly remember they saying that this was a "beta" release in many ways, and they just wanted to get broad user feedback. (And look, even people's beloved OSX - remember the point zero release of that? Pftt, it was even more laughable...yet they still hold Apple up as the panacea of polish nowadays. Double standards, some?).

Anyhow, I don't get all these silly whiners (this isn't directed at you in particular, btw), and their OH NOES, KDE 3.5 IS BETTER!!!. Nobody forced you to switch to 4.x. Either offer some constructive criticism, and file a bug report, or crawl back to your hole. It's not like you're forced to update to 4.x, for God's sake. And all this melodrama about how it killed the project, please. It's really starting to get painful to read.

It's nearly as bad as those immature little children on the Google Chrome Release blog, complaining about moving the bookmark star, or removing the "http://" from the URL bar - then threatening to leave for Firefox. E.g.:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8982037438137564684&postID=3927710196423305305&isPopup=true&pli=1
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8982037438137564684&postID=2192823456516189106&isPopup=true

Look, the Google team wrote the damn thing, if you don't like something, file a bug report or make a constructive blog post, but don't make these ridiculous and pathetically immature demands about how they "have" to change something, or you'll cry like a baby. It's just like the KDE team - they wrote it, if you don't like something, *talk* to them, they will listen, but please don't whine just for whining's sake. Grow up, kids.

Cheers,
Victor

heya,

You know, I don't think it was that bad.

Look, fine so it was a bit unpolished, but it's much more polished now. I have a feeling that it wouldn't be where it is now if they hadn't had the exposure they had, or if people hadn't gone on long rants on blogs on what they thought should change. Those comments helped get us to where we are now.

Sure, they probably could have been clearer in the communication, but I distinctly remember they saying that this was a "beta" release in many ways, and they just wanted to get broad user feedback. (And look, even people's beloved OSX - remember the point zero release of that? Pftt, it was even more laughable...yet they still hold Apple up as the panacea of polish nowadays. Double standards, some?).

Anyhow, I don't get all these silly whiners (this isn't directed at you in particular, btw), and their OH NOES, KDE 3.5 IS BETTER!!!. Nobody forced you to switch to 4.x. Either offer some constructive criticism, and file a bug report, or crawl back to your hole. It's not like you're forced to update to 4.x, for God's sake. And all this melodrama about how it killed the project, please. It's really starting to get painful to read.

It's nearly as bad as those immature little children on the Google Chrome Release blog, complaining about moving the bookmark star, or removing the "http://" from the URL bar - then threatening to leave for Firefox. E.g.:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8982037438137564684&postID=3927710196423305305&isPopup=true&pli=1
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8982037438137564684&postID=2192823456516189106&isPopup=true

Look, the Google team wrote the damn thing, if you don't like something, file a bug report or make a constructive blog post, but don't make these ridiculous and pathetically immature demands about how they "have" to change something, or you'll cry like a baby. It's just like the KDE team - they wrote it, if you don't like something, *talk* to them, they will listen, but please don't whine just for whining's sake. Grow up, kids.

Cheers,
Victor

Sorry, Cannot agree. I just read a fisking of the waPo article in which a Univ of Wisconsin ConLaw prof went back to the original documents that were voted on. None of the things you are claiming are true. Here is her analysis with quotes from the source documents: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6329595&postID=8701600844417411792 At least if you are going to call them names, have the facts on your side. You don't.

On a related note, check out this guy.

South Park is fighting the good fight, and, even though I'm not a Fox News fan, I applaud Fox News for backing them up. We give too much respect to religion. Sometimes, religious practices need a good belly-laugh.

The only reason Fox News is backing up Trey and Matt is because they were poking fun at Muslims. Had it been Jesus, Fox would have ignored them, or gone the opposite route. While I agree that we, as Americans, give too much respect to religions, I wouldn't be applauding Fox News for acting exactly like the scumbags they are.

It's important to pull Islam's chain. Frequently. Some branches of Islam has a tendency to go off in total nutcase directions, especially in countries where Islam has a big role in government. Even some Moslems think so. Most of the Islamic countries are dysfunctional. Islamic educational systems are a joke; they provide brainwashing, not an education. It's not a money issue; most doctorates issued in Saudi Arabia are in "Islamic Studies".

Religions with no sense of humor are vulnerable to ridicule. South Park is fighting the good fight, and, even though I'm not a Fox News fan, I applaud Fox News for backing them up. We give too much respect to religion. Sometimes, religious practices need a good belly-laugh.

The Catholic Church used to have that kind of power. That was a long time ago. Centuries ago they lost their temporal power, and recently, they've lost their moral authority. There are calls for the Pope to resign over child abuse coverups, people calling for his arrest if he visits Britain, and a group working to deny the Vatican diplomatic recognition. (The US didn't recognize the Vatican until the Reagan administration - Reagan needed Catholic votes.) At this point, nobody is afraid of the Catholic church, except maybe little boys being molested. Islam needs to be taken down a few notches like that.

There's surprising similarity between the nuttier branches of the major Western religions. Extreme-right Christian groups, ultra-orthodox Jews, and militant Islamic mullahs have more in common than any of them do with the rest of the world. They're all into oppressing women, ODing on prayer, dumbing down education, and whining for Government subsidies. (Their leaders also seem to be old guys with beards wearing black, looking like ZZ Top). Laughing at them can only help.

Yes and yes. WP also has a version for the iPad and it looks great.

Probably sooner than we think... Blogger Viswa Sadhaka said... It is tempting to say that if there are sensors developed to mimic human sensory organs, then the human language looses its importance. That means human language is taken over by the machine sensor readings and human reason is taken over by the Artificial Intelligence :( That’s when human beings fight with machines for existence :) Coool ;) April 11, 2008 11:46 AM https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1090535361904819819&postID=92299667582408004&pli=1 Blog for a cause: http://viswasadhaka.blogspot.com/

If you check the other uploaded videos on youtube by the same guy (who's name appears to be "Ben Lindquist", the CEO of Green Phosphor, found on blogger and twitter), there is an introduction to Green Phosphor's Glasshouse. So yeah, Slashvertisement done in the style of Lost.

Welcome to the future of advertising. /sigh.

http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/02/05/in-cell-charting/ https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7603152763857688635&postID=4147846911463078558&pli=1 Note especially comments by Bob Phillips and jon Peltier, in addition to the post by Fabrice on starting in 2005.

Plus, I'm not sure why you emphasize open source implementations that predate it. Did you really mean to imply that if I had a closed source implementation that predated it, it would not be prior art ?

https://www.blogger.com/start

Uhh, they do have it in their EULA:

http://www.blogger.com/terms.g

"You agree that Google may access or disclose your personal information, including the content of your communications, if Google is required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order), or as otherwise provided in these Terms of Service and the general Google Privacy Policy."

And even if this wasn't in the EULA, it wouldn't matter. They are still required by law to submit whatever information is requested through a legal discovery process. You can't successfully sue somebody for following the law.

You agree that Google may access or disclose your personal information, including the content of your communications, if Google is required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order) or as otherwise provided in these Terms of Service and the general Google Privacy Policy.

From the Blogger.com terms of service. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.

Unless the legal process was in some way invalid? There's always a crack into which you can fit a few lawyers.

Not strictly the definition of invalid but allowing a person who is not pursuing the case to access the information seems rather close to being an invalid process - why didn't the court demand the release of the information and require the plaintiff to keep it secret or risk contempt of court (which can be cause for imprisonment) pending the result of any trial? The plaintiff has screwed over the court here, not exactly unsurprising, but definitely shouldn't be allowed to happen.

Does this mean that the plaintiff has tacitly endorsed the use of the term "skank" to describe Ms. Cohen?

On a point of law, can they raise the same suit again? How about if Ms. Port gets t-shirts printed ...?

You agree that Google may access or disclose your personal information, including the content of your communications, if Google is required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order) or as otherwise provided in these Terms of Service and the general Google Privacy Policy.

From the Blogger.com terms of service. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.

Tell that to John Elfreth Watkins, Jr.

And here we have a very strange internet rule 34 confirmation.

I also look forward to sinking oil tankers and garbage swirls.

I agree with Xiph. While a car may be needed to move furniture sometimes, there is no reason why a city would want to promote cars over bikes - just because cars take up so much room.

Check out this picture, same number of people. Fill a car full of people and 1 bike per person will still take up less space. What type of city/town would you want to live in?

Forgive the man, he has never been the same since he was invited over by the Bushes.. oh the torturing he endured.. *shaking head*
I was tortured by the Bushes

Jammie Thomas is an Ojibwa woman living in a state where 89.3% of the population is Caucasian. Yes, there is racism in Minnesota -- not overt, cross-burning, KKK-style racism; but a kind of smug, condescending relegation of non-white people to second-class citizenship; people to be tolerated with feigned PC magnanimity, while hinting that life would be better if they would just all go away, "back to where they came from."

Against this backdrop of white Minnesota popular culture, it only stands to reason that Jammie Thomas could not have gotten a fair trial from an all-white jury. For justice to be served, the jury should have included at least a few Native Americans, if only to remind the other jurors that Ms. Thomas was not some abstract cultural archtype that they could direct their fears and frustrations at, but that she was a real human being like they were.

Were there any Native Americans on the jury? In a comment on NewYorkCountryLawyer's blog, I politely asked what the gender and racial composition of the jury were. He rejected this question, characterizing it as "offensive." "People's lives are at stake in these cases," he offered in self-justification.

Oh really? Let's set aside, for the moment, that the notion of a trial by a jury of her peers is somehow offensive. How does suppressing information about whether there were Native Americans on the jury actually HELP Jammie Thomas? I think suppressing this information actually hurt her, and continues to hurt her.

Racism hurts people in the justice system. Not acknowledging it hurts people even more.