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... makes an interesting point, but I hope that most people are aware that "mainstream politics," has less to do with the average U.S. citizen than it would in Sweden.

It is my view that although the pile of democratic nations in the world has been growing, when the ability of U.S. voters to influence their government is considered, the U.S. voter is close to the bottom of that pile!

The U.S. has few majority or runoff elections for state or national office. It has no proportional representation elections using multi-member districts at the same level. In fact the federal government has outlawed such elections for U.S. House elections.

Jury nullification, probably the average U.S. citizens strongest influence on government granted by the U.S. Constitution has been gutted by the U.S. Supreme court!

Unlike Sweden, the U.S. no longer has political parties in the traditional sense. Such parties, with enforceable party platforms, have been effectively outlawed. U.S. political parties do not have public agendas, except in both rare and partial instances. ( see below )

I_Voter

Attempts at Party Platforms

The Democrat's 100 Hours Plan
http://tinyurl.com/5kmmu5

The Republican's Contract with America
http://tinyurl.com/5bkkd3

New and incomplete web site
Political Power in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/2sdtvk

... makes an interesting point, but I hope that most people are aware that "mainstream politics," has less to do with the average U.S. citizen than it would in Sweden.

It is my view that although the pile of democratic nations in the world has been growing, when the ability of U.S. voters to influence their government is considered, the U.S. voter is close to the bottom of that pile!

The U.S. has few majority or runoff elections for state or national office. It has no proportional representation elections using multi-member districts at the same level. In fact the federal government has outlawed such elections for U.S. House elections.

Jury nullification, probably the average U.S. citizens strongest influence on government granted by the U.S. Constitution has been gutted by the U.S. Supreme court!

Unlike Sweden, the U.S. no longer has political parties in the traditional sense. Such parties, with enforceable party platforms, have been effectively outlawed. U.S. political parties do not have public agendas, except in both rare and partial instances. ( see below )

I_Voter

Attempts at Party Platforms

The Democrat's 100 Hours Plan
http://tinyurl.com/5kmmu5

The Republican's Contract with America
http://tinyurl.com/5bkkd3

New and incomplete web site
Political Power in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/2sdtvk

... makes an interesting point, but I hope that most people are aware that "mainstream politics," has less to do with the average U.S. citizen than it would in Sweden.

It is my view that although the pile of democratic nations in the world has been growing, when the ability of U.S. voters to influence their government is considered, the U.S. voter is close to the bottom of that pile!

The U.S. has few majority or runoff elections for state or national office. It has no proportional representation elections using multi-member districts at the same level. In fact the federal government has outlawed such elections for U.S. House elections.

Jury nullification, probably the average U.S. citizens strongest influence on government granted by the U.S. Constitution has been gutted by the U.S. Supreme court!

Unlike Sweden, the U.S. no longer has political parties in the traditional sense. Such parties, with enforceable party platforms, have been effectively outlawed. U.S. political parties do not have public agendas, except in both rare and partial instances. ( see below )

I_Voter

Attempts at Party Platforms

The Democrat's 100 Hours Plan
http://tinyurl.com/5kmmu5

The Republican's Contract with America
http://tinyurl.com/5bkkd3

New and incomplete web site
Political Power in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/2sdtvk

Use Tinyurl. http://tinyurl.com/6pzqw5

Alternatively, you could use an anchor tag.

Proof: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qcdr7

The internet is truly warped. If you say something happened which sounds particularly likely, you are not believed. If you say something unlikely, they tell you, "photo, or it didn't happen." When you show the photo, then someone comments that "It's a photoshop, I can tell because of the pixels."

In this case...

Maryland Attorney General's report on voting system irregularities: press release at http://tinyurl.com/6ahena links to the report. Granted, it was written to address specific 2006 difficulties, but the security of the equipment was not even mentioned, nor was there a security expert on the panel.

agreed. the way the band acted about mp3s in the past means I would never touch official metallica mp3s now. even when they tried to get the Camp Chaos Metallica, napster bad parody stuff removed was lame. (and not the encoded lame). if you havent seen the flash animations dealing with the whole napster thing: http://tinyurl.com/6xes8o

Voting machines are publicly visible during an election, but before and after they are not. Also, tamper seals do not help when the machines are vulnerable through their data ports. Ed Felten and Avi Rubin demonstrated an attack using a virus propagated via memory card: http://tinyurl.com/kven7 Quoting from the abstract of their article: "For example, an attacker who gets physical access to a machine or its removable memory card for as little as one minute could install malicious code; malicious code on a machine could steal votes undetectably, modifying all records, logs, and counters to be consistent with the fraudulent vote count it creates. An attacker could also create malicious code that spreads automatically and silently from machine to machine during normal election activities â" a voting-machine virus. We have constructed working demonstrations of these attacks in our lab."

They have inherently different security requirements. As QuoteMstr mentioned, ballot anonymity is in direct conflict with the detailed logging required for financial transactions. In addition, bank employees are trusted agents (else why did you give them your money) where a voting system should be designed such that elections administrators have role separation and accountability and need not be fully trusted. I wrote about this last month: http://tinyurl.com/5l3vc8

Nov 23, 1987 - 1st documented use of the word "spam" to describe unwanted electronic correspondence.

See http://tinyurl.com/4jg5w4 (the url is a tinyurl that links to a google groups posting)

And yes, I'm the one who said that back then, and no, I didn't think I was doing anything big, it just seemed, well, obvious at the time.

Paul Czarnecki Cezanne

Machines are often left unattended in unsecure locations such as school hallways, not to mention where they are stored between elections.

There have been numerous reports that even the most minimal physical security precautions have not been taken. Even the keys (hotel minibar keys) could be duplicated from photos on Diebold's own photos http://tinyurl.com/5slbc3

With physical access, there are numerous ways to affect the voting machines. http://tinyurl.com/58jcy3

Since electronic voting machines can be compromised prior to an election, dealing with the physical security of the voting machines even on non-election days is very important.

While the answer may not be to treat the machines like ATMs, there needs to be methods in place to reduce or eliminate the ability to compromise the machines for an election.

Diebold had not even taken some of the most basic steps.

Machines are often left unattended in unsecure locations such as school hallways, not to mention where they are stored between elections.

There have been numerous reports that even the most minimal physical security precautions have not been taken. Even the keys (hotel minibar keys) could be duplicated from photos on Diebold's own photos http://tinyurl.com/5slbc3

With physical access, there are numerous ways to affect the voting machines. http://tinyurl.com/58jcy3

Since electronic voting machines can be compromised prior to an election, dealing with the physical security of the voting machines even on non-election days is very important.

While the answer may not be to treat the machines like ATMs, there needs to be methods in place to reduce or eliminate the ability to compromise the machines for an election.

Diebold had not even taken some of the most basic steps.

Beware the tyranny of the masses.

http://tinyurl.com/et5tf

when will people realize that MS is no longer the 'evil empire' it used to be? ... Why do people feel they can trust google and apple and not microsoft? They all have the same end goal...

Although they might both be businesses, they don't share the same value system or skillsets. Microsoft has institutionalized their LACK of integrity (lying, broken promises, deception, no sense of collaboration or appreciation of real genuine industry standards) and selfish control-freaky aggression into their DNA, and Microsoft has proven themselves technically incompetent and thus not earned trust.

You're probably right. I'll change my mind now that an anonymous coward has admits a company used to be an 'evil empire'... but now anonymously says it isn't. You're right, you're right, as for Microsoft we both love this company!.

> What is needed to make your case is a statistical analysis that says C.S. majors earn less and are unable to find work.

Actually no, becuase that was not my case. A BSCS may be employable, but he or she would have been better off to have chosen a different major.

BSCSs may earn more than IT workers who have no degrees, in some cases. But, often there is little, in any, difference. Employers want experience, not degrees, look at the job ads.

Unlike doctors, lawyers, engineers, CPAs, nurses, or many other professions; a BSCS is not a hard requirement for most IT jobs. The degree has very little value relative to it's cost and difficulty. Add that to the aggressive offshoring of IT professionals, and it seems to me that a students time, effort, and money, would be better spent elsewhere.

And here is some data to back that up:

> "According to the AeA Cyberstates yearly reports, "High Tech" employment experienced job losses of 945,000 in the 2001 recession. Since this drop in employment, the "High Tech" sector has recovered about *300,000* jobs, but during the period in question, a probable *669,681* H-1B and L-1 computer-related workers were added to the workforce."

http://tinyurl.com/3pj2c3

> "Job security for IT professionals plummeted more than 10% from January to February of this year, far surpassing the average job security declines seen nationwide in a rigorous analysis of U.S. employment patterns."

http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2008/033108ed1.html

> "Gates claims that Microsoft needs more H-1b to hire new foreign graduates. But there are many U.S. graduates with several years of experience trying to find work at Microsoft and other employers - but Gates does not open these "entry level" positions to these Americans. Why? Experienced Americans are only considered for the positions that require an arbitrary 3 to 7 years of experience in several specific skills - then the Americans are summarily rejected for not meeting all of those arbitrary qualifications."

http://tinyurl.com/358alw

> "Dell Job Cuts to Top 8,800 as U.S. Spending Slows"
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aEO1GX_CC.8U&refer=us

> "Motorola to lay off 2,600 workers"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-motorola-8k-jobcuts-motapr04,0,4870738.story

> "Chrysler Slashing Tech Jobs - The latest cutbacks affect 400 technology workers"
http://www.thecarconnection.com/blog/?p=1095

> "AMD axes 10% of its staff"
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36823/167/

> "Yahoo Profits Slip; To Cut 1,000 Jobs"
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/01/yahoo-profits-s.html

> "Google lays off about 300 at DoubleClick"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/03/BUA2VUNAO.DTL&tsp=1

> "EBay Cuts 125 Jobs in Europe, North America"
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080320/ebay_jobs.html?.v=4

> "CNET to Lay Off 120"
http://www.redherring.com/Home/24032

> "At least 160 employees at CBS Corp. . . were let go"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stations9apr09,1,7495348.story

> Applied

> What is needed to make your case is a statistical analysis that says C.S. majors earn less and are unable to find work.

Actually no, becuase that was not my case. A BSCS may be employable, but he or she would have been better off to have chosen a different major.

BSCSs may earn more than IT workers who have no degrees, in some cases. But, often there is little, in any, difference. Employers want experience, not degrees, look at the job ads.

Unlike doctors, lawyers, engineers, CPAs, nurses, or many other professions; a BSCS is not a hard requirement for most IT jobs. The degree has very little value relative to it's cost and difficulty. Add that to the aggressive offshoring of IT professionals, and it seems to me that a students time, effort, and money, would be better spent elsewhere.

And here is some data to back that up:

> "According to the AeA Cyberstates yearly reports, "High Tech" employment experienced job losses of 945,000 in the 2001 recession. Since this drop in employment, the "High Tech" sector has recovered about *300,000* jobs, but during the period in question, a probable *669,681* H-1B and L-1 computer-related workers were added to the workforce."

http://tinyurl.com/3pj2c3

> "Job security for IT professionals plummeted more than 10% from January to February of this year, far surpassing the average job security declines seen nationwide in a rigorous analysis of U.S. employment patterns."

http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2008/033108ed1.html

> "Gates claims that Microsoft needs more H-1b to hire new foreign graduates. But there are many U.S. graduates with several years of experience trying to find work at Microsoft and other employers - but Gates does not open these "entry level" positions to these Americans. Why? Experienced Americans are only considered for the positions that require an arbitrary 3 to 7 years of experience in several specific skills - then the Americans are summarily rejected for not meeting all of those arbitrary qualifications."

http://tinyurl.com/358alw

> "Dell Job Cuts to Top 8,800 as U.S. Spending Slows"
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aEO1GX_CC.8U&refer=us

> "Motorola to lay off 2,600 workers"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-motorola-8k-jobcuts-motapr04,0,4870738.story

> "Chrysler Slashing Tech Jobs - The latest cutbacks affect 400 technology workers"
http://www.thecarconnection.com/blog/?p=1095

> "AMD axes 10% of its staff"
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36823/167/

> "Yahoo Profits Slip; To Cut 1,000 Jobs"
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/01/yahoo-profits-s.html

> "Google lays off about 300 at DoubleClick"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/03/BUA2VUNAO.DTL&tsp=1

> "EBay Cuts 125 Jobs in Europe, North America"
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080320/ebay_jobs.html?.v=4

> "CNET to Lay Off 120"
http://www.redherring.com/Home/24032

> "At least 160 employees at CBS Corp. . . were let go"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stations9apr09,1,7495348.story

> Applied

We have two Sharp XE-A203's here at work that have SD card slots and a USB port. You download all of your cash register data on to an SD card and take it with you. The registers are pretty cheap too http://tinyurl.com/5fxlvo

I think part of the reason has to do with the proposed purchasers involvement in arms production ("That includes weapons such as cluster bombs, depleted uranium rounds, nuclear missiles and land mines.") and its intent to weaponizing space.
 
Canada has taken a lead role internationally in trying to ban the use of land mines and is also opposed to the weaponization of space.

http://tinyurl.com/599unk

"The Internet is no longer a fragile new means of communication that could easily be smothered in the cradle by overzealous enforcement of laws and regulations applicable to brick-and-mortar businesses. Rather, it has become a dominant--perhaps the preeminent--means through which commerce is conducted. And its vast reach into the lives of millions is exactly why we must be careful not to exceed the scope of the immunity provided by Congress and thus give online businesses an unfair advantage over their real-world counterparts, which must comply with laws of general applicability."

That Madrassas might become hubs of learning & information is nothing new. This is exactly what they were for centuries before the fall in the 17th century.

Example one: The ancient city of Fez http://tinyurl.com/owhz7

Example two: the great libary of timbuctu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu

Example three: The Mesquite, centre of the world for culture around the 10th century http://harveybeitchman.com/Images%20of%20Spain/slides/Cordoba%20Mesquite%20Interior%20No-0397.html

It 'might' lead to a memetic of striving to understand the mind of God via Science. That can work.
Last, it would be cool if those gold domes could be used as wifi transmitters :-)

I'm not saying I agree with this lawsuit however I think their point is that the van entered their property and took photos which they published online.

The view that the Allegheny County website can be see here -

http://tinyurl.com/4fxjxq

Seems to be taken from the road.

These images, specifically the ones on the bottom appear to be taken on their property -

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0404081google7.html

My first impression of this is the van turned around in their lot and some of those pictures ended up online.

I think this couple is looking for a payday. Google allows you to have images removed from their StreetView, I don't think this couple ever bothered to ask.

STEP 1 Sign up @ http://tinyurl.com/4vhywb STEP 2 Sign up for the FreeCreditReport.com offer STEP 3 Cancel your 7 day trial before it ends but now right away. To be on the safe side wait 3-4 days. If you donât cancel before your trial ends, then you will be billed 12 per month. (And I donât want that) STEP 4 Get 10 people to do the same. How this works? The site gets money from the offer site for every person that signs up. However, not everyone get enough referrals to get their iPhone because they give up. So 1 person here and there adds up and that is how they make their money. When it comes to advertisement, businesses shell out lots of money. Also, sometime people go past their trials because either they A. Like the service or B. Forget to cancel! Donât let B. happen to you.

Indeed. Reminds me of this nonsense:

http://tinyurl.com/3ymeov

.... keeps the worst of human nature from destroying the free market.
-----------

My Question: What is the "free market"?

I think a little historical background on the traditional U.S. view of the political economy would be helpful at this time.

The following quote is from James Madison's Federalist Paper #10 -

"A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views. The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation, and involves the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and ordinary operation of government."

Wage interests are not mentioned, because, to use the common phrase of the time,"people who earn their bread from their employer," did not have the vote. Working white males didn't fully gain the right to vote until around 1830. At the time of the U.S. Constitutional Convention, in 1787, most state governments had property requirements for voting and Madison spoke in favor of requiring one for voting in federal elections. Madison; as well as most members of the Constitutional Convention, believed that the only people who should have a legal authority, (the franchise) to influence the government, (vote for a representative) were property owners. However; members of the convention could not agree on exactly what property requirements should be required, and decided to rely on the states voting requirements to protect their political power. Madison accepted this but worried about the future.

The following Madison quote is from James Madison's personal records of the Constitutional Convention.

"Viewing the subject on its merits alone, the freeholders, (property owners without debt), of the Country would be the safest depositories of Republican liberty. In future times a great majority of the people will not only be without landed, but any other sort of property."
From Farrand's Records, [ MADISON August 7th. In Convention ]

My Answer: The "free market" is defined by whoever has the power to do so. In the U.S., the Supreme court is probably guided by the above historical tradition.

I_Voter

Political Power in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/2sdtvk

I sort of agree. Dell should be applauded for offerring and supporting Ubuntu, and this decision has undoubtedly been a boon to both Dell sales and Ubunu adoption (and driver availability). However, I think the jury is still out on the quality of their designs. I've seen too high a percentage of anemic Dell laptops (fast processor, not enough memory standard) and desktops that break within weeks of warranty expiration. But at the same time, I must acknowledge their deals are hard to beat, esp. if the purchaser's intention is to replace hardware on a 1.5-2-year schedule. My next purchase will likely be that SC1430 8-Core for ~$750, when my cash flow is in sync with the deal schedule.

Are you stoned, or just stupid? Most of the 9-1-1 hijackers were Saudis.

http://tinyurl.com/364hu3 (goes to wikipedia)

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Actually our "founding fathers," tended to trust people more than pieces of paper. Their famous bad mouthing of democracy, at least in it's pure form, doesn't change the fact that the citizen jury, not the Supreme court, was the primary defense against government tyranny.

This is how it worked in England, and the English replacement of jury trials with admiralty courts was a prime reason for the colonies declaration of war.

My short polemical introduction to the subject:

The Constitutional Relationship between the Law and the People
http://tinyurl.com/3du9ec

I_Voter

IMO: A history of popular sovereignty in the U.S. would show an ever increasing franchise, along with a continued erosion of the power of that franchise To put it another way, the voter has far less political power today than they would have had in say 1830.

FYI, notice Tinyurl has a preview feature for some time now. It's off by default, so you have to activate it (it uses a cookie to remember your preference, no registering needed). But after that you can safely click on any Tinyurl link, and you will see a page with the full url first.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/preview.php

Of course there are other "url shorteners." But while I don't click urls I don't trust, I can now safely click any Tinyurl link.

What's in the box? :)

On Windows, Athlon XP 2400+ (2GHz), 1GB Ram, Firefox3 beta 4 vs WebKit nightly 31109 (today)
FF3b4:http://preview.tinyurl.com/2xwkm3 7001.8 ms
WebKit:http://preview.tinyurl.com/2cjjfc 8503.4 ms

On Windows, Athlon XP 2400+ (2GHz), 1GB Ram, Firefox3 beta 4 vs WebKit nightly 31109 (today)
FF3b4:http://preview.tinyurl.com/2xwkm3 7001.8 ms
WebKit:http://preview.tinyurl.com/2cjjfc 8503.4 ms

For the canonical worst-case scenario, try Michael Crichton's 2002 novel "Prey". Good time to buy - they're being remaindered. It's actually a pretty good book if you like that sort of thing.

http://tinyurl.com/2baemk

We certainly have two distinct parties despite the fact that they only oppose each other out of spite and grandstanding rather than on principles. ------

I think it would be more accurate, at least from an international perspective, to say that: Starting in the late nineteenth century the U.S. has managed to effectively outlaw political parties. We have ballot labels that individual candidates are free legally to choose at will.

Quote from 1927
Here in the last generation, a development has taken place which finds an analogy nowhere else. American parties have ceased to be voluntary associations like trade unions or the good government clubs or the churches. They have lost the right freely to determine how candidates shall be nominated and platforms framed, even who shall belong to the party and who shall lead it. The state legislatures have regulated their structure and functions in great detail.
SOURCE:
_American Parties and Elections_,
by Edward Sait, 1927 (Page 174)
Quoted from:
_The tyranny of the two-party system_,
by Lisa Jane Disch c2002

A short polemic article on the subject.
Can You Define What a Political Party is?
http://tinyurl.com/2g9kc8

I_Voter

Web site under construction
Political Power in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/2sdtvk

We certainly have two distinct parties despite the fact that they only oppose each other out of spite and grandstanding rather than on principles. ------

I think it would be more accurate, at least from an international perspective, to say that: Starting in the late nineteenth century the U.S. has managed to effectively outlaw political parties. We have ballot labels that individual candidates are free legally to choose at will.

Quote from 1927
Here in the last generation, a development has taken place which finds an analogy nowhere else. American parties have ceased to be voluntary associations like trade unions or the good government clubs or the churches. They have lost the right freely to determine how candidates shall be nominated and platforms framed, even who shall belong to the party and who shall lead it. The state legislatures have regulated their structure and functions in great detail.
SOURCE:
_American Parties and Elections_,
by Edward Sait, 1927 (Page 174)
Quoted from:
_The tyranny of the two-party system_,
by Lisa Jane Disch c2002

A short polemic article on the subject.
Can You Define What a Political Party is?
http://tinyurl.com/2g9kc8

I_Voter

Web site under construction
Political Power in the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/2sdtvk

One should look beyond 3G and consider if Ericsson might have some vested interest in 4G technology, e.g. Wi-Max. Perhaps 3G is a weak competitor to Wi-Fi, but Wi-Max, once the kinks get worked out will pose a serious challenge. I really don't think I am alone in not liking to mess with the different SSID/WEP/WPA/WPA2 configurations every time I want to get online in a new place. I like the convenience of my EVDO connectivity that works wherever my wireless provider has coverage (Please, don't start bitching about coverage, even the worst wireless carriers have considerably wider footprint than the dinky Wi-Fi) . Based on the "Posted from a wifi hotspot" comment, it may be fair to deduce that the poster has not experienced the consistent convenience of EVDO. Yes, admittedly EVDO is slower than a G-Wi-Fi with a good broadband behind it, but that is why I hope the Wi-Max will marry the convenience of EVDO with performance of Wi-Fi.

I cannot disagree that quite often wireless carriers have pricing structures that feel like medieval torture chambers. That is an unfortunate trend in billing practices in today's world in general. The book "Gotcha Capitalism" (Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/38353y) discusses quite a few examples of despicable practices by many businesses. That is the dark side of capitalism today, but let's not forget that at some point even inside the most evil carrier, there are technically minded people who truly believe in the technology they provide to the customers, and people who believe that customers will buy the services because of their beneficial qualities, not because they got bamboozled by the marketing department.

Well, they can still be had:
http://tinyurl.com/28398p
(link to ebay listing of a Betamax deck)

Given that the streetview cameras have been seen recently in South Texas I'ld guess that this is the big army base in San Antonio, which I drove through almost by accident my last trip up there while trying to avoid some congestion on the expressway. It's basically a public street with no barriers. It's entirely reasonable for the Streetview cameras to want to shoot it as it's a major route through town. It's no more a security risk than allowing satellite photographs to be published, or allowing people to use the base as a public thoroughfare in the first place.

http://tinyurl.com/398nft

Unless, of course, you're prohibited by law from doing an activity inside, so you're forced to do it outside.

And you're forever immortalized doing that activity after you'd told your significant other you'd quit...

Not that I'd ever do that.

Well, you can decode the flac (using any old flac decoder, but the official one works fine) to a .wav file, which you can then convert to whatever you want.

See here: http://flac.sourceforge.net/

Also, if you are OK with putting third-party firmware on your I-Pod, check out http://www.rockbox.org/ - support for over 20 codecs, and is quite nice. I have it on my sansa E200. Flac is supported VERY well.

(rockbox is not for the feint of heart, but it is POWERFUL. You can play doom on your ipod. You can configure crossfeeding, preamp, etc. see http://tinyurl.com/lfsqx

Hi c0d3r, Try WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ for any library stuff like that - here's just one location of the manual http://tinyurl.com/yqqkl9 - you might have to have the physical copy snail-mailed as an inter-library loan to you. Want to buy your own copy? Go here for most out of print stuff - http://www.bookfinder.com/ - here's your truck manual - http://tinyurl.com/3x7q2y That took 5min :) thank god for Librari(an)s eh?

Hi c0d3r, Try WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ for any library stuff like that - here's just one location of the manual http://tinyurl.com/yqqkl9 - you might have to have the physical copy snail-mailed as an inter-library loan to you. Want to buy your own copy? Go here for most out of print stuff - http://www.bookfinder.com/ - here's your truck manual - http://tinyurl.com/3x7q2y That took 5min :) thank god for Librari(an)s eh?

Are we supposed to ignore the scientists because an editorial columnist is shocked that ice that melted in the summer, refroze in the winter? The rest of the column is similar willful ignorance - "it's cold in the winter, so global warming is a scam!"

Local weather events do not disprove, nor prove, a global trend.

CO2s heat-absorbing effects, i.e. its spectrum absorption, have been known, and repeatedly experimentally validated, for over 100 years. It isn't some flaky correlation, like increased ice cream sales "causing" shark attacks.

Svante Arrhenius, 1896b, "On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground", London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science (fifth series), April 1896. vol 41, pages 237-275.

http://tinyurl.com/3afl5b (google book search)
http://hps.elte.hu/zagoni/Arrh1.htm

This is my favorite Google Maps screwup. In map mode it looks fine. Then switch to satelite and you will see it is a parking lot, a gated loading dock and truck storage, then a private driveway to a family farm. If you can make it through all that without being shot - you can hook back up with a real road.

http://tinyurl.com/2n6bm7

ShareazaV4, is totally fake. It violates the open-source license, GPL (Version 2) in many ways. Also, it isn't free nor open source. It requires a subscription and installs a suspicious toolbar. You can read what happened from this reference list: http://tinyurl.com/2cx7ff

Please, update your Shareaza version to Shareaza 2.3.1.0, and change the site from Shareaza.com to the new official site at Sourceforge: http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/ .

The short version of why this is happening from the article:

A company trying to pass itself off as vendors of the open-source file-sharing software Shareaza, has set the legal dogs on the real Shareaza forum. Discordia Ltd, who earlier turned Bearshare and iMesh into pay services, demanded action after a member of the real Shareaza forum suggested a DOS attack on the site.

This is due to this suggestion by real shareaza forum user :

Make it so the real shareaza program queries their site [shareaza.com] every couple of seconds. As an individual user this won't take much personal bandwidth. But all shareaza users worldwide put together should be enough to kill their server and they won't really be able to do much since it will be coming from so many different IPs.

The letter by the shyster hired by the thief/impersonator of the shareaza domain and project:

This law firm represents Discordia, Ltd., the operator of the website Shareaza.com and owner of the rights in the Shareaza branded software distributed from that domain. Please be advised, that your forum contains a string of posts under the title: "suggestion to kill Shareaza.com." Under the string, the poster, RedSquirrel offers directions for users of Shareaza software to implement a DoS that would have the effect of destroying or seriously impairing our client's application and network. The poster OldDeath also offers a manner to illegally attack our client's business.

Despite whatever complaints your forum's users may have with our client's proper and legal business activities, the type of activity promoted on your forum is illegal. Therefore, we request that you immediately remove this string of posts and any future strings of this nature. My client respects your users' rights to express their points of view. However, the line is crossed when users begin to promote the destruction of a legitimate business (evidently based on out some misguided belief that artists and others who create music should not be fairly compensated for their efforts) via illegal or other predatory means.

If the above cited illegal activity on your site does not immediately cease and desist, our client will take all necessary action to vigorously and relentlessly protect its rights. To be clear, if this action is not immediately taken and, as result, our client's business is harmed, we will not only pursue, locate and hold fully responsible each and every one of those who have implemented this, or any similar DoS, but also those responsible for maintaining your site and the forums.

Please confirm that the requested action is being taken immediately.

Jeffrey A. Kimmel

Meister Seelig & Fein, LLP
140 E. 45th St., 19th Fl.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 655-3578

I suppose the law is in their hands in terms of a DDoS attack, so it would be more correct to sue the impersonator/thief for t

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