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What the Candidates are Running
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Linux Journal has an article about what the presidential candidates are running their web sites on. It also has some reference to the Republican vs. Democrat uptimes.
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Vote Linux, vote democrat!
Meh.
SIG:Slashdot: indymedia for nerds.
Does anyone really think the candidates know, or even care? 'Course they don't. They say "go make a web site" to some design/hosting company and that's that.
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The fact that this is reported is proof that democracy is very flawed in some of the basic assumptions. Not to single out geeks (and I admit, I looked at the article with some interest I suppose) but people just don't know how to select who to vote for. The mainstream picks their candidate based on likability and how attractive they are and whether they wear the right colored suit or seem smug. You can have a great set of policies that are very sound but wear the wrong tie and you'll lose a few million people. Candidates need to start standing on policy, not the junk that gets reported (OS, favorite food, hair color, etc.)
I hate liberals. If you are a liberal, do not reply.
If the leader of the free world knows what IIS is I'm dumbfounded.
From the article:
Is there any significance to what Web server/platform combinations 2004 presidential candidates are using?
I'm glad this was posted to 'The Lighter Side'. However, that probably won't stop people from drawing ironclad conclusions from the data.
Hint: political candidates' performance is not linked to the performance of their webservers.
"Up next: inferring a person's religion based on his choice of toothpaste."
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
-Ster
"GQ" is running an article on which designer ties each candidate is wearing, "Veneer Quarterly" has a sidebar on what color, and how many coats, of paint the candidates used on their houses, "Breakfast Meats Bi-Monthly" is leading with the in-depth feature "Bacon, Steak, or Sausage: The Candidates Decide," and the cover story of this month's "Limousine Owner's Gazette" tells us wa-a-a-y more than we need to know about the contenders' choice of Regular, Premium, or Ultra.
Gosh, with so much relevant information available to voters, it's easier than ever to make an informed decision!
I think the Green Party uses Stonehenge for all their computing needs. Either that or abaci made from trees knocked down by storms.
(Apologies to Terry Pratchett.)
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
If the leader of the free world knows the name of the President of Kazakhstan....Hold on
If the leader of the free world was able to receive a "B" average Grade in college......Wait
if the leader for the free world could correctly pronounce the word NUCLEAR....Oh, never mind
"Up next: inferring a person's religion based on his choice of toothpaste."
I don't like the implication of this statement. I'm an Atheist, but I still brush.
Carter never pronounced nuclear right either, and he was a "NUCULAR" engineer in the Navy. It must be a southern accent thing.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
One interesting thing is the Libertarian Party is the only semi-mainstream media or political entity I've seen that signs (at least some) of its press releases with PGP.
At least the Communists have a clear choice: Arm & Hammer, surely.
The Linux Journal is slashdotted?!?! A LINUX site is SLASHDOTTED?!?!? Oh, the horror. The HORROR! We're doomed, I tell you. DOOMED!
+1 Insightful, -1 Troll. What can I say, I'm an Insightful Troll.
Linux Journal: Apache on Linux
Uptime: Down faster than a drunken cheerleader on prom night
George W Bush: IIS on Windows 2000
Uptime: Still going!
HTH HAND!
Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
Howard Dean is savvy enough to have Lawrence Lessig on his 'net advisory council.
'Nuff Said.
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
He actually grew up in Maine. It's a fake Texas accent.
Slashdot: Where people pretend to be twice as smart as they really are by behaving like children.
(If you cruise over to Larry Lessig's blogJohn Edwards is guest blogging on a variety of tech topics this week.)
We use a handful of open-source tools here at Campaign HQ. Why? Cost and reliability. The same reason you guys choose this stuff.
Oh... And our entire Web Team runs on Mac OS X. Contrary to one of the comments posted earlier, Senator Edwards made it clear during Tuesday's debate that he prefers his Mac.
I hope you folks have a chance to learn more about John Edwards.
First we find out that Bob Dole uses Viagra. Now we learn that Republican party both use Microsoft Windows and IIS. So we have one Republican who has trouble getting it up and the rest have trouble keeping it up.