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Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video
bucketoftruth writes "If you browse to the Democratic Convention website and attempt to check out any of their upcoming streams, you bump into the following limitation: 'We're sorry, but the Democratic Convention video web site isn't compatible with your operating system and/or browser. Please try again on a computer with the following Compatible operating systems: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or a Mac with Tiger (OS 10.4) or Leopard (OS 10.5). Compatible browsers: Internet Explorer (version 6 or later), Firefox (version 2), or, if you are on a Mac, Safari (version 3.1) also works.'"
Wow, baseless idle tin-foil hat speculation gets +5 insightful. Stay classy mods.
I'm no fan of Ted Stevens—far from it—but I just don't understand the longevity of this riff on the "tubes" thing. My guess is someone had given him the talking points using the accepted industry term "pipes", and he got it mixed up during his speech and it came out as "tubes". How was what he was saying incorrect? His point was that there is limited bandwidth and some applications end up hogging it all. Why do people still think this is funny, years later? Tubes, pipes—for your average codger, what's the difference?
I agree that Jon Stewart's treatment was amusing the first two or three times. After five or six, it came across as a cheap shot. At this point, it's a crutch, if he's still doing it. (I wouldn't know—I stopped watching The Daily Show after they crossed the Writers' Guild picket lines.)
"Perhaps this is just my 70's showing, but I still fail to see any real tangible harm being done. "
That all depends on your definition of tangible. Am I saying pron should be banned? no that would be censorship. I think the damage done by porn is akin to kids being desensitized to violence, not a matter for government regulation but certainly it is harmful...
"We slipped up and let the sexual revolution happen. Now nobody's feeling guilty so we can't manipulate them anymore. Perhaps we can undo it slowly with a bunch of psycobable."
Do you really think adolescence are better off since the sexual revolution? higher rates of pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases beg to differ. There were some good things to come out of the sexual revolution but those were about Gender equality and not sex..
"Even your supposed study shows nothing more than that girls will do stupid shit to get guys attention. (Duh)"
Umm 'stupid shit for attention', like having sex because of social pressure? why is it if a guy exerts emotional and social manipulation its a form of rape or at the very least a scummy behavior but those things in our society which do the exact same thing to a girl are 'harmless'
"As long as nobody gets diseased or pregnant or commits a criminal offense, why is it my business at all how someone else felt about their sex partner at the time? And why earth would *you* care if I care? It most assuredly isn't *your* business."
I would hope for your kids sake that to them sex is not just about having an orgasm, that is very shallow unrewarding sex and leaves young adults (both sexes) wide open for serious emotional damage. But you're right how you raise your kids is not my business nor was I trying to imply that it is. When I say 'I hope that X' its the same as saying 'I hope you see the doctor, eat right and exercise' Its not about me putting pressure or trying to will you to be me, is me wishing you the best sorry if it came off as pushy.
BTW believe it or not there are other bad things to come out of unwise sex than disease, pregnancy, and crime. People can be seriously emotionally damaged when the person they thought 'loved them' or 'would love them if' are kicked to the side. Teaching young boys that sex is just about getting off and has no consequences besides this helps to cause such things to happen.
"I'll agree that if someone were to look to pron material for relationship advice, the results would be pretty disasterous (not to mention the immense competition there'd be for the position of Pizza Delivery Boy). However, I'm pretty sure my kids aren't that dumb."
really you think kids are smart now when a scant few words ago you were saying "girls will do stupid shit to get guys attention. (Duh)"... Whats changed in these few words (or are they smart one moment and dumb the next at your behest)? Kids *are* dumb, they might be smart enough to realize that the Pizza guy does not get the hot chick who is lonely but they are dumb enough to begin to think hot, emotionally empty, vagina transport mechanism is what Girls should be.
"Ahh! Arrogance and stupidity in the same package, how efficient of you!" --Londo Molari