14400 bps modems were the shit, and vampire-tap thicknet and token ring were the most common network types.
The rest of your history is pretty accurate, but I bought a 28.8 modem in '93 when the price dropped to $200, and thinnet was much more common than thicknet by '95, except for backbones.
...not that these factoids discredit the rest your post any.
NCLB: When this bill passed, I was the admin for a small school. It's having a huge effect on how schools are doing business. "Significant progress" (which is what NCLB requires) is defined by each state. It's making teachers actually teach to *gasp* state standards.
A survey found "nearly half of school principals and superintendents view the federal legislation as either politically motivated or aimed at undermining public schools".
"Nearly" half? What's your source on this (seriously, I'd like to know)? Of course it's politically motivated. Everything in D.C. is politically motivated. I like the way the "or" makes it sound worse. How about 'a survey found nearly half of school principals and superintendents view the federal legislation as either politically motivated or aimed at the direct murder and rape of school chilren'?
And for a supposed "funding" bill, half of it is about de-funding schools.
Since when is the federal government funding schools? The federal government funds the school lunch program (whose funds are not threatened through NCLB), through e-rate (again, not threatened through NCLB), and through block grants to states.
IMHO, the federal government shouldn't be funding any public schools. Leave it to the states, or better yet, to the local communities.
If the bill went any farther it would yank money away from any school that taught evolution.
Give me a break. (see above)
It is documented that...
Yeah, documented by the CIA in a CYA report. Any refutations that both Clinton and Kerry thought there were WMD's pre-invasion?
And it was total BULL when Bush tried to paint a link between Iraq and 9/11 or even between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
No, it's total bull that you try to put words in his mouth. Find me a URL where he (not news media, but I'll accept upper-level administration) draws a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda. He draws a link between Iraq and terrorism.
Having read your link, and more specifically the PIPA report you linked to, I'll agree with you that most bush supporters don't understand his positions. I'd also posit that we don't care who other countries want to be in charge.
...but drop the "former allies" crap. They may be "more wary" allies, but allies nonetheless.
Again IN RETROSPECT, I wish we hadn't invaded Iraq. (And though I didn't have any posts modded high enough to make it into the archives, if you could look back to pre-invasion, you'd notice I was hesitant about the invasion.)
You realize without the "blue" areas you're nothing but a handful of rural farmers that couldn't afford an army to invade cuba?
And most of us like it that way. Money != happiness. (Or, as I'm fond of saying, money can't buy everything, but poverty can't buy anything.) We pride ourselves on common sense and self reliance more than money and government interference.
As it turns out, in his campaign the first time, Bush had promised to be "a uniter, not a divider", which was what convinced me that he'd be okay to vote for.
Yeah, and to that end, he passed a bunch of liberal bills to try to please the democrats (Medicare reform, education funding), and ended up getting criticized for it not being "enough".
I confess though that I should have known better than the whole "compassionate conservitive" nonsense.
Why? Compassionate conservative (at least to me) means to help you out enough to let you do things on your own, not to do everything for you. What, specifically, did he do that makes you call it "nonsense"?
... rather I'm bothered by the way we've been ass-holes to the rest of the world and I'm bothered by the inablility of both Bush and apparently the "Americans" who voted for him to admit their mistakes.
How have we been assholes to the rest of the world? Telling France and Germany that if they weren't going to help in Iraq, they couldn't make billions on reconstruction? Sounds fair to me. As for "mistakes", I (as a fairly typical conservative IMHO) claim that we made two in Iraq:
Intelligence concerning WMDs was, in retrospect, wrong (and it should be noted that even Bill Clinton said he was amazed we haven't found any)
We underestimated the enthusiasm the Iraqis would have after Hussein was captured.
Yes, most of us think Bush should have owned-up to these when he was asked the question during the debates.
I think the northeast should just secede from the rest of the union.
Having specific topics is part of what most of the people opposed are arguing AGAINST, since it can lead to ignoring issues that neither candidate wants to talk about (Like the looming 70 trillion dollar deficit when everyone retires all of a sudden)
This republican wholeheartedly agrees with you.
PS: you are now listed as a foe, because no person of sound mind can also be a republican, and I don't like people who are not of sound mind.
Score one for open-minded debate.
...and no, I really don't care if you list me as a foe either. It seems to me that that this statement goes directly against your previous implied assertion that it is a bad thing not to want to debate something.
Could it actually be possible that our CIA intelligence is being used to guide Saudi Arabia in how it conducts its affairs?
I pretty much like GWB (not that I agree with everything he's done). I do plan to vote for him for president. But if it comes out that this is the case (which I doubt), I'll lead the charge to get Bush Sr. executed for treason.
A lot of that comes from public schools. Public school separates children from their parents for such a long period of time that the natural family bonding is nearly eliminated.
I agree with you, but we have a chicken-and-egg problem at this point. Do we sacrifice an entire generation to try to get back to the pro-family point we were at in the 1800's? I don't think we can.
Really, in high school, who did you trust more, your friends or your family? Why do you think that is?
Me? My family. But then again, I've always been a bit odd.:-)
Why? Because they actually took time for me - which reinforces our mutual point (namely, that families can be the best teachers).
Don't tell me this would be worse than our current system. It's not possible to be worse.
NEVER say it's not possible to be worse.
I'm all for those who choose to home school their kids. My supervisor (or more accurately, his wife) does, and the education they are getting is fantastic. But you underestimate the selfishness and/or incompetence of most parents.
You're right. But, consider our modern "service" society. What if everyone "self-actualized" their free-thinking, intellectually-curious, self-motivated selves? Who'd work the cubicles? Who'd work the phone support? Who'd flip the burgers?
Supply, meet Demand.
If everyone was this way, we would import people to do those jobs when it became economically feasible to do so....and if everyone was as "self-actualized" as you claim, it wouldn't take long to get to that point because we'd have so many marketable ideas.
You're forgetting about "fair use". Sure, you couldn't play the whole interview, but you can use excerpts. And you can still quote public officials regardless of the forum (e.g., you can say "in his interview with Larry King today, President Bush said 'I've never even met Dick Cheney', a statement that is clearly a lie").
Likewise, if Dean had gotten on stage and said only "Yeeaaahh!", you might have a tougher time with it being fair use than it being only one small excerpt of his campaign speech. Again, though, public officials have a lower degree of protection than professional songwriters, or even your average Joe.
*shudders* - I just thought about Ashcroft singing and the level of protection that would/should have.
Telling us that there were WMD in Iraq, and that's why we should attack.
You're right in retrospect. The fact is that everybody "in the know" (including Bill Clinton and Joe Wilson, not exactly Bush's best buddies) thought the Iraq had WMDs, they just disagreed on timing and the necessity of going to war over it.
I also think that if people can live hundreds of years, having children at the time people are having them now is ridiculous - if your lifespan is around 1000 years, children should come at 100 or later, after you have a lot more life experience, instead of at 20.
Talk about a generation gap!
If I was telling my children "when I was your age, a hundred years ago...", I'd expect them to end my aging process with a weapon.
I'll think you'll find that "Windows XP" is a valid trademark.
I think (and IANAL either) you're right. "Windows NT" and "Windows ME" too. But "Windows 2000", "Windows 95" and "Windows 98" are less clear, because many companies name their products after the year.
So if "Windows" is determined to be generic, there's nothing from stopping anybody from releasing "Windows 2004".
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The rest of your history is pretty accurate, but I bought a 28.8 modem in '93 when the price dropped to $200, and thinnet was much more common than thicknet by '95, except for backbones.
A survey found "nearly half of school principals and superintendents view the federal legislation as either politically motivated or aimed at undermining public schools".
"Nearly" half? What's your source on this (seriously, I'd like to know)? Of course it's politically motivated. Everything in D.C. is politically motivated. I like the way the "or" makes it sound worse. How about 'a survey found nearly half of school principals and superintendents view the federal legislation as either politically motivated or aimed at the direct murder and rape of school chilren'?
And for a supposed "funding" bill, half of it is about de-funding schools.
Since when is the federal government funding schools? The federal government funds the school lunch program (whose funds are not threatened through NCLB), through e-rate (again, not threatened through NCLB), and through block grants to states.
IMHO, the federal government shouldn't be funding any public schools. Leave it to the states, or better yet, to the local communities.
If the bill went any farther it would yank money away from any school that taught evolution.
Give me a break. (see above)
It is documented that ...
Yeah, documented by the CIA in a CYA report. Any refutations that both Clinton and Kerry thought there were WMD's pre-invasion?
And it was total BULL when Bush tried to paint a link between Iraq and 9/11 or even between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
No, it's total bull that you try to put words in his mouth. Find me a URL where he (not news media, but I'll accept upper-level administration) draws a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda. He draws a link between Iraq and terrorism.
Having read your link, and more specifically the PIPA report you linked to, I'll agree with you that most bush supporters don't understand his positions. I'd also posit that we don't care who other countries want to be in charge.
Again IN RETROSPECT, I wish we hadn't invaded Iraq. (And though I didn't have any posts modded high enough to make it into the archives, if you could look back to pre-invasion, you'd notice I was hesitant about the invasion.)
You realize without the "blue" areas you're nothing but a handful of rural farmers that couldn't afford an army to invade cuba?
And most of us like it that way. Money != happiness. (Or, as I'm fond of saying, money can't buy everything, but poverty can't buy anything.) We pride ourselves on common sense and self reliance more than money and government interference.
As it turns out, in his campaign the first time, Bush had promised to be "a uniter, not a divider", which was what convinced me that he'd be okay to vote for.
Yeah, and to that end, he passed a bunch of liberal bills to try to please the democrats (Medicare reform, education funding), and ended up getting criticized for it not being "enough".
I confess though that I should have known better than the whole "compassionate conservitive" nonsense.
Why? Compassionate conservative (at least to me) means to help you out enough to let you do things on your own, not to do everything for you. What, specifically, did he do that makes you call it "nonsense"?
How have we been assholes to the rest of the world? Telling France and Germany that if they weren't going to help in Iraq, they couldn't make billions on reconstruction? Sounds fair to me. As for "mistakes", I (as a fairly typical conservative IMHO) claim that we made two in Iraq:
- Intelligence concerning WMDs was, in retrospect, wrong (and it should be noted that even Bill Clinton said he was amazed we haven't found any)
- We underestimated the enthusiasm the Iraqis would have after Hussein was captured.
Yes, most of us think Bush should have owned-up to these when he was asked the question during the debates.I think the northeast should just secede from the rest of the union.
Have at it. I won't stand in your way.
Oh, and take the "left coast" with you.
This seems like a strange way to keep others from messing with your seismograph. Why not just lock it up?
This republican wholeheartedly agrees with you.
PS: you are now listed as a foe, because no person of sound mind can also be a republican, and I don't like people who are not of sound mind.
Score one for open-minded debate.
Nice try, though.
Hmmm... It would be really hard to restrict a removable Faraday cage, however.
I pretty much like GWB (not that I agree with everything he's done). I do plan to vote for him for president. But if it comes out that this is the case (which I doubt), I'll lead the charge to get Bush Sr. executed for treason.
I agree with you, but we have a chicken-and-egg problem at this point. Do we sacrifice an entire generation to try to get back to the pro-family point we were at in the 1800's? I don't think we can.
Really, in high school, who did you trust more, your friends or your family? Why do you think that is?
Me? My family. But then again, I've always been a bit odd. :-)
Why? Because they actually took time for me - which reinforces our mutual point (namely, that families can be the best teachers).
NEVER say it's not possible to be worse.
I'm all for those who choose to home school their kids. My supervisor (or more accurately, his wife) does, and the education they are getting is fantastic. But you underestimate the selfishness and/or incompetence of most parents.
Supply, meet Demand.
If everyone was this way, we would import people to do those jobs when it became economically feasible to do so. ...and if everyone was as "self-actualized" as you claim, it wouldn't take long to get to that point because we'd have so many marketable ideas.
My point exactly.
You'd think the DNS root servers, Akamai, and the like would be filtering them, too.
Likewise, if Dean had gotten on stage and said only "Yeeaaahh!", you might have a tougher time with it being fair use than it being only one small excerpt of his campaign speech. Again, though, public officials have a lower degree of protection than professional songwriters, or even your average Joe.
*shudders* - I just thought about Ashcroft singing and the level of protection that would/should have.
... how long will it be before there is a version that will work on the 20 most common license numbers (or whatever it was MS finally decided on)?
You're right in retrospect. The fact is that everybody "in the know" (including Bill Clinton and Joe Wilson, not exactly Bush's best buddies) thought the Iraq had WMDs, they just disagreed on timing and the necessity of going to war over it.
That used to be one of mine, too ...until I got one of my own. I really like being able to take pictures without squinting up to the viewfinder.
Your definition is a backronym, as can be seen from the first link found when googling for '"user system resources" usr'
Ummm... ssh is for encryption, not compression. It should not have an effect on bandwidth (assuming they're compressing before encrypting).
I think you'd find that you could "completely relearn it" rather quickly. That knowledge is not so much "gone" as it is "hiding".
Talk about a generation gap!
If I was telling my children "when I was your age, a hundred years ago ...", I'd expect them to end my aging process with a weapon.
I always thought it was "Write once, debug everywhere".
You obviously misunderstand the purpose of a hammock.
I think (and IANAL either) you're right. "Windows NT" and "Windows ME" too. But "Windows 2000", "Windows 95" and "Windows 98" are less clear, because many companies name their products after the year.
So if "Windows" is determined to be generic, there's nothing from stopping anybody from releasing "Windows 2004".
So the winner is....*drumroll*
...and Dell!
...and Lexmark!
...and Epson!
...and Canon!
...
HP!