yeah, too bad we don't have slavery as an issue today huh?
Don't we?
The majority of my income is taken away from me and given to other people without my consent. If I try to resist this theft, I'll be arrested at gunpoint.
Isn't that akin to slavery?
I can be arrested for actions I take in the privacy of my own home that affect no one else.
I can be arrested for attempting to exercise rights explicitly protected by the Constitution without obtaining permission from the Government first.
Aren't those conditions akin to slavery?
I do not mean to imply that we're as bad off today in the US as the slaves were; but we're certainly a lot farther down that road than at any time in history.
Farther down it, in fact, than the founding fathers were when they declared war upon England and formed a new nation.
Fortunately, today we still have the hope of fighting it without bloodshed. Unless all the sheeple continue to vote for the candidate with the best hair instead of the candidate who agrees with them on the issues.
You don't vote Green or Libertarian or Reform. You vote Nader or Browne or Buchanan.
You are 100% wrong. In the US, you vote for a party's slate of electors, and they vote for the President. In most cases, they are not bound by the popular vote in any way, and are free to cast their vote for whomever they please.
There are documented cases on record of electors not only voting for someone other than their party's nominee, but even voting for someone from another party.
The electors are chosen by the state parties, and are usually party faithful being rewarded for their service. I have been an alternate on this list, I am well aware how the process works.
In 1850, there were two major political parties; the Democrats, and the Whigs.
The Republicans were a tiny little third party, with no chance of winning.
In 1860, the first Republican president took office, and the Whig party was all but gone.
That's ten years, folks. Pretty damn short period of time.
Admittedly, things are a tiny bit different, since the Civil War split both parties. But there are an awful lot of things going on now that are splitting the Republicans and Democrats, with people from both parties abandoning them for the Libertarians, Reform, and Greens.
Would you choose only from Windows 98 and Windows NT, because nothing else "has a chance of winning anytime soon?" I suspect for most people reading this, the answer is "no".
However, before you vote for a third party as a protest vote, go do some research. Make sure you're voting for someone who agrees with you.
Make sure you're OK with the elimination of the Microsoft anti-trust action before you vote Libertarian.
Make sure you're OK with 100% taxation of all income over 10x the minimum wage before you vote Green.
Make sure you're OK with increased censorship before you vote Reform. (I'm talking their Presidential candidate only, not their party platform, although the Religious Right can be difficult to shed once they've latched on.)
That's what people were saying about the Republican party circa 1850; "they can't win, vote Whig!".
Heard from any Whig party members lately?
The Republican party won the 1860 Presidential election because people stopped falling for that and started leaving the Whigs for the Republicans.
Sort of like the influx of Libertarians defecting from the Republicans in recent years, or the similar defection (on a smaller scale) of Democrats to the Reform party.
And, of course, a few Democrats joining the Libertarians, and Republicans joining the Reform party.
Bottom line; it only takes a couple of elections to turn things around, *IF* people stop falling for this "two party system" bullshit and start voting their conscience.
Your vote won't determine the outcome of this election, but a massive groundswell of third-party voting this time could result in a change in the 2008 elections, and that's a very important thing to remember before you go condone and endorse a party who doesn't represent your beliefs in any meaningful way.
Isn't it great that the anonymous corporate donor had money laying around to contribute to things like this, instead of having it taxed away from them "because they don't need that much money"?
I'm gonna hold my nose and pull the lever for Bush, he represents the least totalitarian idealogy. Maybe we can explain the web to him.
You're forgetting one, and amazingly it's the one that's the *LEAST* totalitarian of the bunch: Harry Browne.
You probably don't know about him, because the press doesn't cover him. Curiously, they cover Nader, who's behind Browne in the polls, and who is also on the ballot in fewer states than Browne.
And if you want to explain something to the Libertarian party, you can use their PGP key.
Try that with the Republicrats or the Democretins.
Yes, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Microsoft considers it an "innovation" that they changed what letter signifies a standard option in a standard utility.
And we're supposed to believe that it's just a coincidence that they're both overhead-view tank shooters? Especially in light of Keith Laumer's Bolo series?
people not knowing about the -n switch for ping (if anyone at redhat reads this PLEASE FIX PING, what it does is unexpected and has sent many people looking for deeper problems in their netoworks)
ping -n has behaved exactly the same for 15 years on every operating system except Windows.
Tell Microsoft to fix *their* broken ping, and RTFM.
It's only barely even theoretically possible to verify redundancy in a moderation, especially since the poster names were removed.
Redundant probably needs to go away. I don't recall ever marking a "redundant" moderation as unfair, except on the occasions when I've marked everything as unfair to underscore the need for metamoderation-averaging.
Redundant is damn near as good as Overrated for preserving your karma when moderating.
You're blaming a SUMMER of 1995 dive in USENET quality on an operating system that wasn't released until the end of August, and didn't bundle the dial-up networking until 1996?
The bank says that if you hand a document with your signature, your account number, the payee, and a few other minor details, they will honor it.
Actually, that used to be the case, but nowadays most banks have a clause in your agreement you signed in order to get the account stating what is acceptable, and it usually mentions pre-printed checks in some way.
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All three of Britain's major political parties appear to have bought into the homosexual agenda.
Well, I can't speak for Britain, but here in the US, 60% of homosexuals are registered Republican.
So, if you want documentation of the "homosexual agenda", you need look no further than the Republican Party's 2000 platform
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Yes or no; do you support a 100% taxation rate on income over a certain level? If so, what is that level?
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yeah, too bad we don't have slavery as an issue today huh?
Don't we?
The majority of my income is taken away from me and given to other people without my consent. If I try to resist this theft, I'll be arrested at gunpoint.
Isn't that akin to slavery?
I can be arrested for actions I take in the privacy of my own home that affect no one else.
I can be arrested for attempting to exercise rights explicitly protected by the Constitution without obtaining permission from the Government first.
Aren't those conditions akin to slavery?
I do not mean to imply that we're as bad off today in the US as the slaves were; but we're certainly a lot farther down that road than at any time in history.
Farther down it, in fact, than the founding fathers were when they declared war upon England and formed a new nation.
Fortunately, today we still have the hope of fighting it without bloodshed. Unless all the sheeple continue to vote for the candidate with the best hair instead of the candidate who agrees with them on the issues.
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You don't vote Green or Libertarian or Reform. You vote Nader or Browne or Buchanan.
You are 100% wrong. In the US, you vote for a party's slate of electors, and they vote for the President. In most cases, they are not bound by the popular vote in any way, and are free to cast their vote for whomever they please.
There are documented cases on record of electors not only voting for someone other than their party's nominee, but even voting for someone from another party.
The electors are chosen by the state parties, and are usually party faithful being rewarded for their service. I have been an alternate on this list, I am well aware how the process works.
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In 1850, there were two major political parties; the Democrats, and the Whigs.
The Republicans were a tiny little third party, with no chance of winning.
In 1860, the first Republican president took office, and the Whig party was all but gone.
That's ten years, folks. Pretty damn short period of time.
Admittedly, things are a tiny bit different, since the Civil War split both parties. But there are an awful lot of things going on now that are splitting the Republicans and Democrats, with people from both parties abandoning them for the Libertarians, Reform, and Greens.
Would you choose only from Windows 98 and Windows NT, because nothing else "has a chance of winning anytime soon?" I suspect for most people reading this, the answer is "no".
However, before you vote for a third party as a protest vote, go do some research. Make sure you're voting for someone who agrees with you.
Make sure you're OK with the elimination of the Microsoft anti-trust action before you vote Libertarian.
Make sure you're OK with 100% taxation of all income over 10x the minimum wage before you vote Green.
Make sure you're OK with increased censorship before you vote Reform. (I'm talking their Presidential candidate only, not their party platform, although the Religious Right can be difficult to shed once they've latched on.)
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And since Harry Browne can't win, vote Bush!
That's what people were saying about the Republican party circa 1850; "they can't win, vote Whig!".
Heard from any Whig party members lately?
The Republican party won the 1860 Presidential election because people stopped falling for that and started leaving the Whigs for the Republicans.
Sort of like the influx of Libertarians defecting from the Republicans in recent years, or the similar defection (on a smaller scale) of Democrats to the Reform party.
And, of course, a few Democrats joining the Libertarians, and Republicans joining the Reform party.
Bottom line; it only takes a couple of elections to turn things around, *IF* people stop falling for this "two party system" bullshit and start voting their conscience.
Your vote won't determine the outcome of this election, but a massive groundswell of third-party voting this time could result in a change in the 2008 elections, and that's a very important thing to remember before you go condone and endorse a party who doesn't represent your beliefs in any meaningful way.
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Isn't it great that the anonymous corporate donor had money laying around to contribute to things like this, instead of having it taxed away from them "because they don't need that much money"?
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This is the US, it's a 2-party system.
Yes, that was the argument they used to keep people from voting Republican up until Abraham Lincoln won.
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I'm gonna hold my nose and pull the lever for Bush, he represents the least totalitarian idealogy. Maybe we can explain the web to him.
You're forgetting one, and amazingly it's the one that's the *LEAST* totalitarian of the bunch: Harry Browne.
You probably don't know about him, because the press doesn't cover him. Curiously, they cover Nader, who's behind Browne in the polls, and who is also on the ballot in fewer states than Browne.
And if you want to explain something to the Libertarian party, you can use their PGP key.
Try that with the Republicrats or the Democretins.
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I think they look snazzy.
I may purchase one; especially if it's got a Transmeta processor.
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It's called innovation.
Yes, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Microsoft considers it an "innovation" that they changed what letter signifies a standard option in a standard utility.
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And we're supposed to believe that it's just a coincidence that they're both overhead-view tank shooters? Especially in light of Keith Laumer's Bolo series?
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This game even predates the Mac; I remember playing it on my Apple ][+ in the early to mid '80s.
Of course, it wasn't networkable on the ][+.
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people not knowing about the -n switch for ping (if anyone at redhat reads this PLEASE FIX PING, what it does is unexpected and has sent many people looking for deeper problems in their netoworks)
ping -n has behaved exactly the same for 15 years on every operating system except Windows.
Tell Microsoft to fix *their* broken ping, and RTFM.
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In a large project, ML may be the best tool for some portions, JAVA/C# for others, and maybe C++ for still other portions.
Although your sentiment is correct, I take exception to your use of the slash in "JAVA/C#".
This is roughly akin to saying something like "Fortran/Visual Basic".
Or maybe "Modula 2/Delphi".
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It appears that their system needs work.
I just claimed probably that same k6-2, as well as the SGI, but they both still show as available.
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And to further extend your remarks, it's a felony, with a maximum 10-year penalty, for *EACH* email they intercept.
A previous employer of mine thought this wasn't true; their lawyers, the top-rated law firm in that state, set them straight.
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Linus Torvalds uses the non-Transmeta version of this laptop, and of course he works for Transmeta.
:-)
I think the odds that this works with Linux are pretty substantial.
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It's only barely even theoretically possible to verify redundancy in a moderation, especially since the poster names were removed.
Redundant probably needs to go away. I don't recall ever marking a "redundant" moderation as unfair, except on the occasions when I've marked everything as unfair to underscore the need for metamoderation-averaging.
Redundant is damn near as good as Overrated for preserving your karma when moderating.
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Most notebook batteries are going to have a maximum number of "charge cycles" that isn't as large as you might think.
However, within that limitation, you can mostly just plug it in whenever you want, and expect to need to buy a new battery every 18 months or so.
If you're really worried about it, don't charge the battery until it gets below some arbitrary limit, such as 75%.
Memory effect and all that other crap is mostly a thing of the past.
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FedEx uses hundreds of interns, mostly in Unix-related positions.
The pickings are best in Memphis, Orlando, and Colorado Springs.
They have been known to bring the same person back for more than one internship.
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You're blaming a SUMMER of 1995 dive in USENET quality on an operating system that wasn't released until the end of August, and didn't bundle the dial-up networking until 1996?
Bit of a stretch, that.
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Not only that, but it's not even an original product; these kinds of things have existed for years.
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The bank says that if you hand a document with your signature, your account number, the payee, and a few other minor details, they will honor it.
Actually, that used to be the case, but nowadays most banks have a clause in your agreement you signed in order to get the account stating what is acceptable, and it usually mentions pre-printed checks in some way.
Your mileage may most assuredly vary, of course.
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It won't do any good to send oxygen with him, because he swears he won't inhale.
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