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well, then we need another kind of connector with much tighter tolerances/mroe expensive manufacturing processes

Cray (reportedly) did this with their systems. For example, they would measure individual chip speed when building their memory boards and put faster chips farther from the connector and slower chips closer. Of, course the Cray 2 cost about $17 million back in the day -- I was one of the admins on voyager at NASA LaRC in the late 1980s. '88 Cray Too Old For Nasa

"[Iran] did endure an 8-year-long war with what was then Saddam Hussein's Iraq"

That America backed by providing military intelligence and allowing Iraq to fly the Stars and Stripes on its oil tankers (thus making any attempt by Iran to blockade Iraq an act of war against America). At the same time, America blew an Iranian civilian aircraft out of the sky, lied about it not broadcasting on civilian frequencies and awarded medals to all sailors when the ship got back to port. Meanwhile, our erstwhile buddy, Saddam, was using chemical weapons that we failed to condemn as he was fighting a country whose democratic government we had toppled in 1953 and who were "inexplicably" pissed with us. So, yeah, can't trust those Iranians.

"Iran sponsors and funds numerous terror organizations and activities"

And America doesn't?

"Iran ... has stated numerous times ... that their policy is to annihilate a certain other country in the region, and do so by any means possible."

Aside from John McCain "joking" with his notorious "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" song, everybody knows the "wipe Israel off the map" quote was a mistranslation that has been covered many times (see here for a reputable source). But don't take my word for it. If you still don't believe it, ask a Farsi speaker. There is not even an idiom in Farsi for "wipe off the map".

And before you call them biased and say that "they would say that", consider the political leanings of my Farsi speaking friends (and countless other Iranians who came to the West). Clue: they all left Iran in 1979.

Here's a citation.

It's a pretty big hassle when you have to drive an hour away and stand in line for four hours to renew your drivers license. Especially when it's just because you had the nerve to vote against the governor's party.

After that, he turned the Virginia side of the D.C. Beltway into a foreign owned toll road. Then he ran a dirty smear campaign for Senate and won by convincing the general public that his opponent was trying to ban the birth control pill (a lie).

No, siree, Jim Bob! The captain who gave the order to fire on a civilian aircraft was awarded a medal!

"The president of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Capt. Will C. Rogers III, U.S. Navy, for service as set forth in the following citation:

"For exceptionally . . . outstanding service as commanding officer, USS Vincennes from April 1987 to May 1989"

Florida appears to have set the passing rate (and not the passing scores) differently (per TFA); while VA simple set different passing scores.

No, Virginia didn't. The shitty summary just made it look like they did.

Another ref, besides TFA: [Citation]

The new standards still require every student, regardless of background, to correctly answer the same number of questions to pass SOL tests.

For example, every student who takes the third-grade math exam must answer correctly 23 of 35 questions to pass, no matter their race or background. ...
The state did set new pass rates, or goals for how many students in each group pass each exam.

Using the same example of the third-grade math test: the state goal is for 45 percent of black students to answer 23 of 35 items correctly and for 82 percent of Asian students to answer 23 of 35 items correctly.

It's still stupid, ignorant, and racist as all get-out (redundancy noted), but black students won't be getting "C" grades for 45% scores.

The overall idea of setting achievable goals (we will be "doing well" if x% of our worst scoring students in year 1 reach a certain goal in year 2) is probably a good one. Tracking where your students are staring from and comparing it to where they end up is useful. Using racial information as a proxy for measurements of starting level might be simple, quick, and heck, it could even be statistically accurate, but as a policy it is pretty short sighted.

Florida appears to have set the passing rate (and not the passing scores) differently (per TFA); while VA simple set different passing scores.

No, Virginia didn't. The shitty summary just made it look like they did.

Another ref, besides TFA: [Citation]

The new standards still require every student, regardless of background, to correctly answer the same number of questions to pass SOL tests.

For example, every student who takes the third-grade math exam must answer correctly 23 of 35 questions to pass, no matter their race or background. ...
The state did set new pass rates, or goals for how many students in each group pass each exam.

Using the same example of the third-grade math test: the state goal is for 45 percent of black students to answer 23 of 35 items correctly and for 82 percent of Asian students to answer 23 of 35 items correctly.

It's still stupid, ignorant, and racist as all get-out (redundancy noted), but black students won't be getting "C" grades for 45% scores.

"Even if this case turns out to be a false alarm, allowing a nation that you repeatedly refer to as a 'near-peer competitor' to build parts of your high-tech weaponry is idiotic."

Not to mention the non-backdoor ones.

'Bogus electronic parts from China have infiltrated critical U.S. defense systems and equipment, including Navy helicopters and a commonly used Air Force cargo aircraft, a new report says.'

http://articles.dailypress.com/2012-05-23/news/dp-nws-counterfeit-chinese-parts-20120523_1_fake-chinese-parts-counterfeit-parts-air-force-c-130j

Daniel Phillips, I can see the reason why you're concerned that your name isn't anonymous, given that your name, Dan Phillips, is associated with being a liar and a rapist.

http://articles.dailypress.com/2011-01-11/news/dp-nws-rape-suspect-fled-to-iraq_1_norfolk-resident-police-spokesman-chris-amos-fugitive-unit

This is the worst /. comment I have ever read. But thanks for posting and letting everyone know Irene didn't impress you, moreso, you couldn't even tell if there was a storm or not. You must be so tough. I bet you either have a pickup truck, or dream about owning one someday... even though it would serve no purpose other than to augment your tough gritty "That's not a knife!" disposition.

The people still without power in VA probably didn't notice any storm either.

FYI posting AC so I can berate you and mod you down. Congratulations, dipshit.

Just because you have a lot of red rock doesn't mean you have to turn into Utah.

I'm pretty sure I could go to Utah and buy a fully functional Left 4 Dead game. People keep trying to blame this on religion. It's not religion that's the problem here. It's *politicians*. Idiot politicians on the left AND the right try to control their people - think of Hugo Chavez's recent campaign against "violent videogames".

you call the police and let THEM deal with it. That's why we HAVE police to begin with.

That's not what the police are for. The are here to:
Sodomize you during a search
Tase you if you are a minor
Screw the same women while on duty
Steal computer information
Lie and perjure themselves under oath
Threaten you
Rape your children
Murder your children and abuse you

Strange. That's only a 12-hours news window. I'd hate to see the abuses heaped upon us by government employees who are here to keep us safe if it were a counted over a year...

Many fewer people die or even experience an irritation from vaccinations than would die or be horribly deformed from the things prevented by the vaccinations. You probably still drive a car, don't you? Don't you know kids could die in one of those?

It amazes me how otherwise rational people can be so fucking stupid.

The original article is pretty tame. Nowhere does "Rev. Richard Patrick is blaming violent video games and music for crimes that he say has affected 90% of his congregation in one way or another". Rather he answers the question "Have you been affected personally by the violence", in which he responds, "Not only has it affected me, but, I would say, 90 percent of the congregation has been affected in some way by violence or crime."

The closest he comes to bringing games to violence is when he answeres the question "How significant a problem do you believe violent video games and violent rap music is" with "It has a tremendous influence on young people and violence. That's basically all they see. Most of them try to emulate what they see, when in reality, the people they see don't even live in those communities. Some of the rappers they see on TV portraying crime don't live in the urban areas -- they live in the suburbs somewhere. It's all a facade."

Where I think, to a point, he's straight on. Note, he never says "games cause violence". Rather he says the same thing most parents will tell you about kids, and most computer scientists will tell you about comptuers - garbage in, garbage out. What you surround yourself with is what you become familiar with. And the sad part is, like he says, it's all a facade.

Please, RTFA before blowing it out of proportions.

It's worth clicking through to this interview which is linked in tfa. It's not as bad as they are making it out to be, in my opinion. He talks a lot about reasons for the problems and doesn't talk about video games that I could tell. The closest was this question and answer:
 
  Q: How significant a problem do you believe violent video games and violent rap music is?

A: It has a tremendous influence on young people and violence. That's basically all they see. Most of them try to emulate what they see, when in reality, the people they see don't even live in those communities. Some of the rappers they see on TV portraying crime don't live in the urban areas - they live in the suburbs somewhere. It's all a facade.
 
It sounds to me like he is responding to the rap music part of the question and never deals directly with the video game part. But ultimately that doesn't even matter. If people want to voluntarily burn their own property - more power to them. Where I live we call that freedom of speach.

They just announced that they are closing all their stores.

Here is a link to a news article on it: http://www.dailypress.com/business/dp-now-compusaclos.1212,0,7791948.story

Here is the discussion from a few days ago: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/08/076226

"WTF is up with "rebuilding iraq"? Why do we want to rebuild it for? We should just smash it up real good and then leave so that the arabs know not to fuck with us."

Donald Rumsfeld? Posting on /.? Who can say now that the Bush administration doesn't try to be open and forthcoming with the American people?

/snark

Should be interesting once the robots start looking like Robin Williams or (gasp!) Haley Joel Osment.

How about the robot that looks like Dick Clark that we're going to need shortly?

by the way, doesn't the assault weapon ban being lifted mean that they now have fully automatic assault rifles?

Yes, the first time I clicked on that link I saw Bush Pedals New Program: Mountain Biking. When I clicked on it again later I did get the proper The Bourne Supremacy page.

Aren't all of Trek's frames made in China? Shouldn't The POTUSA be riding something domestic?

Is that the story you got? I got a link to Bush Pedals New Program: Mountain Biking. Likewise, the showgirls link immediately adjacent to the Bourne story goes to a story about a guy selling a restaurant.

cleary still in beta...

Is that the story you got? I got a link to Bush Pedals New Program: Mountain Biking. Likewise, the showgirls link immediately adjacent to the Bourne story goes to a story about a guy selling a restaurant.

cleary still in beta...

'Bourne' Slays Box Office Competition
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Actor Matt Damon and actress Franka Potente in scene from new film The Bourne Supremacy
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AP Movie Writer July 26, 2004, 12:13 PM EDT LOS ANGELES -- Matt Damon's 'The Bourne Supremacy,' the sequel about the amnesiac assassin he played in 'The Bourne Identity,' debuted as the...
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John Kerry, D-Massachusetts: $163.6 million
Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin: $111 million
John Rockefeller, D-West Virginia: $81.6 million
Jon Corzine, D-New Jersey: $71 million
Dianne Feinstein, D-California: $26.4 million

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so much for the 'rich republicans'

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According to a recent article on cnn.com, there are 40 millionaires in the U.S. Senate, according to their own financial statements.

Of these, the 5 richest are Democrats. Of the dozen richest, 10 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans. The richest (Democrat) senator is worth more than 6 times as much as the richest Republican senator.

Finally, since the remaining 60 senators must be worth less than $1M each, we can compute that the 3 richest senators (all Democrat) are worth more the the rest of the Senate combined!

I mean WHAT THE FUCK?

From my local rag. But I agree with later comments -- It won't be right until Bill coughs up a hairball. Bill the Cat, of course, is the most creative comic character ever. Most animals are portrayed as heroic or clever (Garfield, Heathcliff, Grimm). Bill is the dud of a pet many of us have had at some point -- a lobotomized eunich who has embarassing things in his past, and messes the carpet.

Ron Bell, a part-time English instructor on Naval bases and a Newport News history buff, campaigned hard in 1994 to have the CVN-76 aircraft carrier named after the man dubbed the "father of Naval aviation," Eugene B. Ely.

While I tip my hat to the man who fathered Naval aviation, I think it imprudent to name a ship after him at present. First, Eugene is not the most masculine of names, so the USS Teddy Roosevelt could start picking on it. Then there are the implications that the ship may wrap tape around its radar for cushioning.

Seriously, though, that eight of ten carriers in the class are named after ex-presidents, the trend should remain; the carrier name was signed by Mr. Clinton as well. Perhaps the next generation of Aircraft Carriers could be dubbed the "Ely Class"?

I kind of agree it should have been named after the 'Daredevil Flyer', but I had Chuck Yeager in mind. Plus, he's a General.

Anti War Stinky Peace Hippies

and

Pro War Gun Toting Rednecks

I'm a democrat, a liberal, and a pacifist. It still makes me proud to see a project like this finished. The scale is absolutely astounding. There's no way you could finish a ship like the USS Ronald Reagan without amazing technology, which requires amazing innovation, which is the hallmark of the human spirit. Reading about this reminded me of a television show I had seen about the 900-ton gantry crane they have at the shipyard. It can lift whole segments of an aircraft carrier into place. How cool is that?

I ask all of the 'pro-war gun toting rednecks' out there to realize that a ship like this has the power to end the world with a 30 minute flight and a single bomb drop. On the other side of the coin, I ask the 'Anti-War Stinky Peace Hippies' out there to see this as a monument of engineering, construction, and technology.

So, even as a liberal, I'm proud to be an American.

The list from "Changes Abound Aboard Carrier" includes:

* More space for women
* New island house
* Bulbous bow
* New arresting gear

One can't help but think it should have been named the USS Bill Clinton instead....