Ditto all the foregoing comments re: virginmobile. 4 or so years of very happy service. Pisser that I moved out of their coverage area. Tracphone is astro-freaking-nomical, their customer service sucks and their reps are ruder than satan with a hangover.
>sending the tether falling down on the red planet... so how do they expect to avoid this risk?
Not standing under it would decrease the risk, for sure.
But it creates such a wonderful opportunity for another government data base. If you're really lucky you can get on both the NO FLY list and the NO WORK list.
We need to re-boot government instead of adding more programs trying to fix the corrupted ones. Go back to the source code (Articles of Confederation), recompile our operating system and re-install it without 200+ years of bloatware.
I'm actually kind of worried about this guys diet. I don't see many actual grocery store receipts. From the look of the meals he eats, he has a rather high fat / calorie dense / junk food diet. Maybe he should add a feedback section so we can send him lifestyle advice.
His wardrobe probably needs to be updated as well. I see no transactions at any nice mens clothing stores...
No it won't. The world's shortest hearing happened in a courtroom -- and this will never make it to court. It's a publicity ploy.
I hope you're right. I don't see how looking like a bunch of Orwellian thugs is good for them. Even if "any publicity is good publicity", this looks like a surefire loser.
Is it becoming clear to the American people yet that we need a major change in our government?
I agree with much of your assessment and I would remind you and others that these kinds of shenanigans have been around a long time. Very recently (in '02) New Jersey democrats and the NJ Supreme Court illegally replaced candidate Torricelli with Frank Lautenberg when it became clear that Torricelli couldn't win. A quick search gave me this reference: http://www.american-partisan.com/cols/2002/yoho/qt r4/1004.htm. Feel free to look for a less partisan version.
The so-called "two party system" should really be called the "Single Party Mega-System".
Imagine a world where your senator voted for what your STATE really wanted, and not for what their party line said they should
Simply don't re-elect a politician to office. One term and out and let them live with the consequences of their actions.
Remember back when we all wanted to cut down on phone charges while reading and responding to BBS email and the QWK format was developed, and it was the new hotness? I didn't think so.
Just because you're number 19767 doesn't mean you're the only old fart here. Of course I remember. SLMR was my mail reader of choice. Some of the old stuff would be great here. Now if we can get them all their own OLPC laptop, they'll be all set.
Given the timing of their lawsuit, wouldn't the Doctrine of Laches apply? They could have filed suit well in advance of an actual election day.
Laches
n. the legal doctrine that a legal right or claim will not be enforced or allowed if a long delay in asserting the right or claim has prejudiced the adverse party (hurt the opponent) as a sort of "legal ambush." Examples: a) knowing the correct property line, Oliver Owner fails to bring a lawsuit to establish title to a portion of real estate until Nat Neighbor has built a house which encroaches on the property in which Owner has title; b) Tommy Traveler learns that his father has died, but waits four years to come forward until the entire estate has been distributed on the belief that Tommy was dead; c) Susan Smart has a legitimate claim against her old firm for sexual harassment, but waits three years to come forward and file a lawsuit, after the employee who caused the problem has died, and the witnesses have all left the company and scattered around the country. The defense of laches is often raised in the list of "affirmative defenses" in answers filed by defendants, but is seldom applied by the courts. Laches is not to be confused with the "statute of limitations," which sets specific periods to file a lawsuit for types of claims (negligence, breach of contract, fraud, etc.).
>But I still find that choosing a Linux distribution takes more consideration than choosing >the Windows OS distribution
Very true, mostly due to hardware issues. But, have you ever seen a live-distro of Windows? I don't recall one. Live CDs are a painless way to test drive Linux. The biggest problem anymore is bandwidth.
>"obtain... and put it on your computer" is so silly it sounds sarcastic!
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Ditto all the foregoing comments re: virginmobile. 4 or so years of very happy service. Pisser that I moved out of their coverage area. Tracphone is astro-freaking-nomical, their customer service sucks and their reps are ruder than satan with a hangover.
>sending the tether falling down on the red planet ... so how do they expect to avoid this risk?
Not standing under it would decrease the risk, for sure.
But it creates such a wonderful opportunity for another government data base. If you're really lucky you can get on both the NO FLY list and the NO WORK list.
We need to re-boot government instead of adding more programs trying to fix the corrupted ones. Go back to the source code (Articles of Confederation), recompile our operating system and re-install it without 200+ years of bloatware.
I'm actually kind of worried about this guys diet. I don't see many actual grocery store receipts. From the look of the meals he eats, he has a rather high fat / calorie dense / junk food diet. Maybe he should add a feedback section so we can send him lifestyle advice.
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His wardrobe probably needs to be updated as well. I see no transactions at any nice mens clothing stores
> Other formats may be used however, as long as documents with the same content are available at the same time in ODF or PDF.
I suppose this is to limit opposition from MS and crew, but it's a bad idea. How's going to audit every document to be sure they're in sync?
Make a choice and stick with it.
>Yeah! The false positive rates will be so high the government will have no choice but to kill the programme! It'll be just like the no-fly list!
Sure. Then the feds can declare some kind of digital martial law. Only your preferred deity only knows what kind of havoc they'll create after that.
Is it becoming clear to the American people yet that we need a major change in our government?
I agree with much of your assessment and I would remind you and others that these kinds of shenanigans have been around a long time. Very recently (in '02) New Jersey democrats and the NJ Supreme Court illegally replaced candidate Torricelli with Frank Lautenberg when it became clear that Torricelli couldn't win. A quick search gave me this reference: http://www.american-partisan.com/cols/2002/yoho/qt r4/1004.htm. Feel free to look for a less partisan version.
The so-called "two party system" should really be called the "Single Party Mega-System".
Simply don't re-elect a politician to office. One term and out and let them live with the consequences of their actions.
Just because you're number 19767 doesn't mean you're the only old fart here. Of course I remember. SLMR was my mail reader of choice. Some of the old stuff would be great here. Now if we can get them all their own OLPC laptop, they'll be all set.
How about this - you file suit and lose, you pay the other parties cost to defend plus compensate them for their aggravation. Automatically.
>Why not go the whole hog and have microphones attached to cameras or embedded in street lights?
They'll be using receivers to monitor your RFID-Suppository, no need for cameras.
>I bet the owner will really feel special when their million dollar laptop bluescreens.
No sweat. They'll have their personal assistant reboot it.
Given the timing of their lawsuit, wouldn't the Doctrine of Laches apply? They could have filed suit well in advance of an actual election day.
Laches
n. the legal doctrine that a legal right or claim will not be enforced or allowed if a long delay in asserting the right or claim has prejudiced the adverse party (hurt the opponent) as a sort of "legal ambush." Examples: a) knowing the correct property line, Oliver Owner fails to bring a lawsuit to establish title to a portion of real estate until Nat Neighbor has built a house which encroaches on the property in which Owner has title; b) Tommy Traveler learns that his father has died, but waits four years to come forward until the entire estate has been distributed on the belief that Tommy was dead; c) Susan Smart has a legitimate claim against her old firm for sexual harassment, but waits three years to come forward and file a lawsuit, after the employee who caused the problem has died, and the witnesses have all left the company and scattered around the country. The defense of laches is often raised in the list of "affirmative defenses" in answers filed by defendants, but is seldom applied by the courts. Laches is not to be confused with the "statute of limitations," which sets specific periods to file a lawsuit for types of claims (negligence, breach of contract, fraud, etc.).
>But I still find that choosing a Linux distribution takes more consideration than choosing
... and put it on your computer" is so silly it sounds sarcastic!
...
>the Windows OS distribution
Very true, mostly due to hardware issues. But, have you ever seen a live-distro of Windows? I don't recall one. Live CDs are a painless way to test drive Linux. The biggest problem anymore is bandwidth.
>"obtain
Maybe a little. I was trying to be uncivilized
>.. that data mining doesn't work.
Worse - even if data mining doesn't work, it doesn't stop them from trying:
From Slashdot this very morning: Homeland Security Tests Snoop Computer System
>All versions of Vista install the same way.
All versions of Linux install the same way, too. You obtain the software and put it on your computer.
>If you're going to disagree with me, at least swear a little. Civil people are boring.
You MS-shill futhermucker. (Sorry - couldn't resist)
Seriously - opensuse, Ubuntu and probably others are no harder than XP to install, if you accept the defaults. At least in my experience.