A bunch of partisan wackjobs circulating a fake list of 'banned books' shouldn't take away from the importance of this incident. The fact is, she tried to have books removed, and the librarian refused. http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so. According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it.
Strong libertarian views like trying to get books taken out of the library and opposing civil unions for gays? I'd say that if your libertarianism is limited to money and guns, you're not a libertarian at all. You're a conservative.
Don't use third party wireless LAN utilities such as the ones that commonly come with wireless NICs, that is probably the source of your problem. Uninstall it and use Windows to manage wireless connections, I've never had trouble doing that under XP or Vista.
You also run the risk of bringing CPS down on you even if you are in a state with a legal exception -- you think the teacher at school isn't going to call them if your kid lets slip the fact that you let him have some wine with dinner? Insanity. My parents let me drink gin & tonics in the house starting around 15, and I turned out all right. Then again, I do read Slashdot...
this stunt has made me lose respect for MADD Wait, you still had respect for MADD?
They stopped being reasonable years ago. Once they got their message across (drunk driving is Serious Business), inertia took over and they kept pushing for more and more draconian measures. Now we have DUI checkpoints, a nation-wide drinking age of 21, and constantly falling BAC limits to the point of absurdity.
There's no reason why; 'inability to drive safely' = 'lose a pile of money'. It should be 'inability to drive safely' = 'lose entitlement to drive' You do lose your license for repeated infractions, it's called the point system. Of coarse, you can usually get out of them if you can afford to pay off the local government as negotiated with the prosecutor.
I suppose it's just another example of our two-tiered justice system.
I get discriminated against by stupid, pretty female culture a LOT more than women get discriminated against by stupid male geek culture. Help, help, I'm being oppressed!
Women interested in IT face a hostile environment that discourages them from participating. While I'm of the mind that they should grow thicker skin, let's be honest, they're facing a lot more obstacles than you deal with as a pasty male geek with no fashion sense.
Sounds like someone's been thoroughly frightened by what passes for "sex education" in this country.
The odds of a condom breaking are minuscule. If you're living in the United States and you're a heterosexual man, the odds of your partner being infected with HIV are low. The rate of female-to-male HIV transmission for vaginal sex is actually relatively low as well. Put all three of those together, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that sex with a condom is a lot safer than things you probably do every day, such as driving a car.
sex leads to babies Ever heard of birth control?
contraceptives don't work 100% You have a higher chance of dying every time you get into an automobile then you do having a condom break on you AND having the girl become pregnant as a result. It happens, but it's rare.
having intimate contact with some random person is a good way to get disease It doesn't have to be random people, they can be friends or lovers that you know well. Besides, if you're worried about disease, USE CONDOMS.
one should save themselves for a life-partner so that they're ready for the responsibilities that come with sex What does that even mean? You think it's somehow better to be inexperienced (meaning, bad) in the sack before you meet the person you want to spend the rest of your life with? I'd rather be able to please my partner.
while simultaneously avoiding the issue of STDs Unless you're living in sub-Saharan Africa, I'm calling you out on this. If you're too scared to have sex WITH A CONDOM ON, you are a coward.
HAHAHAHA! Isn't that funny? Yes, I find it amusing to see you so transparently rationalize your inability to have sex as a teenager.
Religion is not a choice, parents force it on their children. Get someone young enough, and it takes a lot of insight and rational thought to shake it, more than most people have.
Even if you grow up a fat kid (I did), you can lose the weight when you get old enough to realize that being obese is not in your long term interest.
I am a father, and I'd rather see my kid go out, get drunk, get laid, and even *gasp* experiment with drugs than sit around in his room alone in the dark, jerking off and downloading pr0n all day.
Don't get me wrong, this internet filter thing is stupid, but your priorities need some adjusting.
Being fat is a choice. You choose to start the day with bacon and eggs, you choose to drink soda and other high-calorie beverages, you choose to stuff those cheeseburgers into your fat face. You choose not to get up off your ass and get some exercise.
Comparing yourselves to minorities who have actually been oppressed is sickening.
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I've used that at work, it's really nice if you need to be able to log in from any random internet-connected pc.
However, if you don't need that, I'd suggest you save your money and just use dyndns + ssh tunnel + rdp/vnc.
IIRC, compiz has its own keybindings that override Gnome's.
Install the ccsm package for a gui to configure it.
A bunch of partisan wackjobs circulating a fake list of 'banned books' shouldn't take away from the importance of this incident. The fact is, she tried to have books removed, and the librarian refused.
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so. According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it.
That's pretty damning as far as I'm concerned.
Strong libertarian views like trying to get books taken out of the library and opposing civil unions for gays? I'd say that if your libertarianism is limited to money and guns, you're not a libertarian at all. You're a conservative.
well we are talking about Debian here.
Being called emotional by a Brit just means you have a pulse :)
DoD shouldn't have to.
Their systems are national security concerns. It's their job to protect them.
Don't use third party wireless LAN utilities such as the ones that commonly come with wireless NICs, that is probably the source of your problem. Uninstall it and use Windows to manage wireless connections, I've never had trouble doing that under XP or Vista.
The Times had a good article on this subject the other day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/12hate.html?_r=1&sq=hate%20speech&st=nyt&scp=1&pagewanted=all
They stopped being reasonable years ago. Once they got their message across (drunk driving is Serious Business), inertia took over and they kept pushing for more and more draconian measures. Now we have DUI checkpoints, a nation-wide drinking age of 21, and constantly falling BAC limits to the point of absurdity.
Screw them.
I suppose it's just another example of our two-tiered justice system.
Women interested in IT face a hostile environment that discourages them from participating. While I'm of the mind that they should grow thicker skin, let's be honest, they're facing a lot more obstacles than you deal with as a pasty male geek with no fashion sense.
The lamest one was "small computer that runs Vista".
Sounds like someone's been thoroughly frightened by what passes for "sex education" in this country.
The odds of a condom breaking are minuscule. If you're living in the United States and you're a heterosexual man, the odds of your partner being infected with HIV are low. The rate of female-to-male HIV transmission for vaginal sex is actually relatively low as well. Put all three of those together, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that sex with a condom is a lot safer than things you probably do every day, such as driving a car.
Religion is not a choice, parents force it on their children. Get someone young enough, and it takes a lot of insight and rational thought to shake it, more than most people have.
Even if you grow up a fat kid (I did), you can lose the weight when you get old enough to realize that being obese is not in your long term interest.
I am a father, and I'd rather see my kid go out, get drunk, get laid, and even *gasp* experiment with drugs than sit around in his room alone in the dark, jerking off and downloading pr0n all day.
Don't get me wrong, this internet filter thing is stupid, but your priorities need some adjusting.
Being fat is a choice. You choose to start the day with bacon and eggs, you choose to drink soda and other high-calorie beverages, you choose to stuff those cheeseburgers into your fat face. You choose not to get up off your ass and get some exercise.
Comparing yourselves to minorities who have actually been oppressed is sickening.