The problem is not who supports FISA or what FISA really means to the average American; the problem for Obama is one of perception.
If he votes against this bill, he loses far more votes in the middle of America (both the literal and political middle) than he's going to lose from the left (and the coasts) by voting FOR the bill. That doesn't excuse his vote for it, and I wish he had voted against it, but giving McCain and the right an easy attack point ("Look! He's soft on the terrerrsts!") probably isn't something he can afford at this point.
Sadly, the best we can hope for is change after he's actually elected president, because being perceived as soft on terror while he's running for president may actually cost him that position.
Cutting and pasting with real scissors and glue? Bah!
I have, however, cut and paste my signature electronically into a document and then printed it out before ultimately faxing it; looks more real. I realize this is silly - why not just print the document and sign it myself before faxing?
I think I just wouldn't get the same thrill out of cheating the required-signature-on-a-fax system.
Unless these hotels are buying direct connections to a provider outside of China (and why would they?) I dunno, maybe so that their guests who requested unfiltered access to the Internet could get it while they're in China for the Games?
I could easily see media companies getting together and being willing to pay a premium to a willing hotel so that their reporters could have unfettered access to the Internet during their stay. I could also see how China might get wind of this and decide they don't like it.
Agreed. I moved to NJ, am doing pretty much the same job that I used to do for $14/hr, and now as a freelancer make over $100K a year.
The higher cost of living, compared to my increase in income, becomes laughable at that point. Of course, YMMV, but living near NY provides someone with skills all kinds of opportunity to both make lots of money and find a job you actually enjoy doing. You can even easily find work that doesn't involve a 9-to-5 shift, at which point the horrible rush-hour traffic becomes someone else's problem as well.
I can't think of a state that I'd rather live in, and I've lived in 5 and visited about 30.
Not surprised that this decades-old joke was modded funny, but what's really interesting is that if you actually do meet someone from NJ and they're from a tiny town that you've never heard of (we have hundreds of those), asking "what exit" really is a great reference system between NJ-ians.
We have two major highways that run north-south, and I'd guess at least 80% of our population lives within 20 miles of one of them. Telling someone which exit you're near just gives them an idea of where your hometown is very quickly and fairly accurately.
Agreed. I'm rarely moved by stuff like this to actually take action to support the company doing the fighting, but I have bookmarked Blue Jeans Cable and will be shopping there (as long as their prices aren't WAY higher than their competitors) in the future when I need cables or adapters.
Might be a silly gesture but one that I'm doing anyway.
It's not primarily the ice that makes Iceland attractive; far more important is the cheap energy. And it's really cheap; they've done an incredible job in the last 60 years of harnessing the geothermal power under them and making it work for them.
I highly recommend a visit (having lived there for almost 2 years) - just one thing, go in June or July. Drive around the place and you can literally see for yourself why energy is so cheap there. Not to mention some awesome site-seeing.
Not sure why I'm feeding this troll, but to inform anyone that doesn't want to click his link, it's to an article about Hollywood shutting downing P2P sites. Apples and oranges at best, for obvious reasons, I would think.
To be fair, a majority of people in bars would rather hear already-established tunes from a jukebox than from a live band, especially if having a live band means a $10 or $20 cover.... I'm not saying it's right; it's just how it goes.
First off, I said nothing of the kind. Secondly, your straw man argument (that all people who voted for Ron Paul are libertarians) is an insult to intelligent libertarians. I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal, which I guess puts me closer to the libertarian camp than Democrat or Republican, but I recognize that America's problems are more complicated than the solutions Ron Paul is offering (mostly, "It'll fix itself")
I do know intelligent people that voted for Ron Paul (or at least claimed they would) in our primary, and I had a long and interesting discussion with them about a flat tax, and why it's not so great as it seems on the surface. Just because someone is intelligent, doesn't mean they can see through a particular brand of candidate bullshit.
It seems to me that while a majority of Slashdotters MIGHT be disaffected, most of them ARE fairly intelligent, and thus would not see Ron Paul as the best solution to America's problems. He does, after all, attempt to appeal to certain base instincts in parts of his platform - flat tax, anyone? sounds great! - that if enacted, in reality would cause even more problems, just different ones.
I dunno, seems like definition #3 is fairly wide open for interpretation. I'd put him in that category and take his profits away just to deter this type of behavior in the future.
It sounds like you're bashing reliability of DirecTV vs. the "solid" cable line - my own experience, with Cablevision in NJ, is the opposite. I got rid of cable because of frequent outages (and literally days that it took them to fix the outage in one case), and in the 4 years that I've had DirecTV, I think I've been watching all of twice when weather interfered with my viewing, and for a matter of less than an hour.
As an added side benefit, when I got an HDTV, I found out DirecTV's HD is vastly superior to cable's, which I've found out since has to do with how much compression is applied to HD video by cable.
Saying the satellite guys "suck" in comparison would seem to me an overstatement at best and outright false at worst, and honestly, I haven't met anyone with satellite that complains about reliability - that FUD seems to me to originate mostly from cable companies in ads aimed at keeping their current, unsuspecting customers.
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Blaming Google and claiming it's because of broken captcha begs the question of how the spammers really operate.
No it doesn't
The problem is not who supports FISA or what FISA really means to the average American; the problem for Obama is one of perception.
If he votes against this bill, he loses far more votes in the middle of America (both the literal and political middle) than he's going to lose from the left (and the coasts) by voting FOR the bill. That doesn't excuse his vote for it, and I wish he had voted against it, but giving McCain and the right an easy attack point ("Look! He's soft on the terrerrsts!") probably isn't something he can afford at this point.
Sadly, the best we can hope for is change after he's actually elected president, because being perceived as soft on terror while he's running for president may actually cost him that position.
That may be the most original (and somehow, the most insightful) defense of wikipedia I've read yet. I love it.
I have, however, cut and paste my signature electronically into a document and then printed it out before ultimately faxing it; looks more real. I realize this is silly - why not just print the document and sign it myself before faxing?
I think I just wouldn't get the same thrill out of cheating the required-signature-on-a-fax system.
I think I prefer the ironic tone in the original, as opposed to the ham-fisted approach in your "fix".
I'll take the beers and the ads, thanks very much, rather than abandoning both.
You're not married, you're a nerd that thinks pre-emptively ragging on yourself will make you seem less gay.
I could easily see media companies getting together and being willing to pay a premium to a willing hotel so that their reporters could have unfettered access to the Internet during their stay. I could also see how China might get wind of this and decide they don't like it.
People still use "upcoming movies" and those two guys in the same sentence?
Sometimes I still get out and pump my own, though, just because it's quicker and I'm used to doing it, having lived in other states.
The higher cost of living, compared to my increase in income, becomes laughable at that point. Of course, YMMV, but living near NY provides someone with skills all kinds of opportunity to both make lots of money and find a job you actually enjoy doing. You can even easily find work that doesn't involve a 9-to-5 shift, at which point the horrible rush-hour traffic becomes someone else's problem as well.
I can't think of a state that I'd rather live in, and I've lived in 5 and visited about 30.
We have two major highways that run north-south, and I'd guess at least 80% of our population lives within 20 miles of one of them. Telling someone which exit you're near just gives them an idea of where your hometown is very quickly and fairly accurately.
Might be a silly gesture but one that I'm doing anyway.
I highly recommend a visit (having lived there for almost 2 years) - just one thing, go in June or July. Drive around the place and you can literally see for yourself why energy is so cheap there. Not to mention some awesome site-seeing.
Not sure why I'm feeding this troll, but to inform anyone that doesn't want to click his link, it's to an article about Hollywood shutting downing P2P sites. Apples and oranges at best, for obvious reasons, I would think.
You must be new he... oh wait a second. Sorry.
A lawyer once told me, "You don't litigate on principle." I'm sure he didn't come up with that, but it made enough sense to me to remember it forever.
To be fair, a majority of people in bars would rather hear already-established tunes from a jukebox than from a live band, especially if having a live band means a $10 or $20 cover.... I'm not saying it's right; it's just how it goes.
I do know intelligent people that voted for Ron Paul (or at least claimed they would) in our primary, and I had a long and interesting discussion with them about a flat tax, and why it's not so great as it seems on the surface. Just because someone is intelligent, doesn't mean they can see through a particular brand of candidate bullshit.
It seems to me that while a majority of Slashdotters MIGHT be disaffected, most of them ARE fairly intelligent, and thus would not see Ron Paul as the best solution to America's problems. He does, after all, attempt to appeal to certain base instincts in parts of his platform - flat tax, anyone? sounds great! - that if enacted, in reality would cause even more problems, just different ones.
I dunno, seems like definition #3 is fairly wide open for interpretation. I'd put him in that category and take his profits away just to deter this type of behavior in the future.
Supposedly it was Norm Crosby.
Trust me, the n't wouldn't have made it a good joke.
or because he had a NJ license plate.
As an added side benefit, when I got an HDTV, I found out DirecTV's HD is vastly superior to cable's, which I've found out since has to do with how much compression is applied to HD video by cable.
Saying the satellite guys "suck" in comparison would seem to me an overstatement at best and outright false at worst, and honestly, I haven't met anyone with satellite that complains about reliability - that FUD seems to me to originate mostly from cable companies in ads aimed at keeping their current, unsuspecting customers.