Because of his conduct through this entire affair, his chances of being elected for the next term of office are slim to none- even if he "wins" this term"
Fat chance. The republicans tied up the country for 2+ years and spent over $60 million impeaching the president. When reminded that impeaching the president was not popular in the polls, some reps replied that by 2000, no one would remember. This is the same as what will happen in 2004: no one will remember Gore's challenges. Hopefully, though, the dems will have a more popular candidate by then.
Ha, when I read the title of this article as "Work for hire" legislation I thought it meant the congress being hired to legislate. I just assumed that since the RIAA used its influence (read: money) to get the law on the books and is now going to use its influence to get it *off* the books, that the RIAA was hiring congress to pass their laws. Silly me, what kind of fantasy land would have a congress which was sold off to the highest bidder?
As I understand, cannibis doesn't stand a chance when growing in a hemp field because hemp is so greedy for nutrients/resources and is also a lot taller than cannibis, so it blocks the sunlight. Trying to hide cannibis in a hemp field would then result in lots of dead, starved cannibis.
If you want to get music out of the NES, I know there is a plugin for winamp which works nicely for nsf files, which are just the sound samples ripped from the rom. Here it is. Something like this for arcade games, now... that would be sweeeeeet (doing poor cartman impression)
I agree, the music from some of those games (TMNT and Contra stick out in my mind the most) was excellent, still is. Does anyone know of a project which would let you listen to the music from a game without actually loading the game itself? That would be excellent to have some of those tunes to listen to while you are working:)
If you have a slow connection, you'll save some time by not having to download 20k banner ads. I don't know that it hinders performance in any appreciable way. All it does is block traffic from certain domains.
Person of the Year has nothing to do with which person did the greatest thing, but which person had the greatest effect over the year.
From Time's web site... *SNIP* For each of the last 70 years, TIME has presented a Man of the Year--the single person (man, woman, or even idea) who, for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year. */SNIP*
Read the article on Hitler as man of the year here to understand we did not approve of what he was doing.
Be sure to check out Cross Circuit and download S&W Clinton Pacifier to get a taste of what kind of gun Clinton wants law-abiding citizens to be packing. You need to get Shockwave, and unfortunately it's windoze and mac only. Go find your friend with the Windows computer, or something:) You'll be glad you did
>>That guy who strapped JATO bottles to his Chevy: where'd he get them?
That happens to be an urban legend. The guy who strapped weather balloons to his lawn chair and reached several thousand feet, on the other hand, is real.
>>companies that had large market caps will no longer be able to pay you insane salaries anymore
Actually, you mean the CEOs will be unwilling to cut their salaries, some of them 800 times that of a typical worker, so they will fire you and take a bonus. Michael Eisner of Disney got a $1 Billion salary last year, half of which would be enough to give every working joe at disney a $4200 bonus at the end of the year. The middle class will get hurt, but only because the upper management struggles to maintain their high salaries.
Wait until your ISP requires you to download their proprietary Windows-2000-only web browser with filtering in order to provide a "clean, safe, well-lit environment". Maybe then you'll appreciate that people don't like having to jump through hoops to exchange information on the internet.
I know the analogy isn't exact, but it's similar to what I understand is what is going on here.
Amadou, next time you are approached by several police officers at your apartment...don't reach into your pocket and pull something out that they can't see. In fact, don't do much of anything. Answer their questions don't make any quick gestures or reach for stuff without them first telling you to. Cops are paranoid, and don't need much provocation to defend themselves against perceived "threats."
My friend was held at gunpoint by the police a few years ago, and had a piece of paper in his jacket saying that it was ok for him to be where he was. Did he quickly reach into his pocket to grab this paper? No, he loudly asked for permission to get out the paper and waited until the cops told him it was ok. He then slowly produced the document saying that he was legit. That's why he is still here today.
I agree to some extent. If AMD were in a position of being the only game in town for chips, they could then put in any features they wanted that served to hurt the consumer (ID wired in, or a backdoor for the government to snoop with) with no recourse. In a market like chip manufacturing, there is very little hope to break in from the ground floor without significant startup capital, unlike software where anyone can write a program (linux, anyone?). I'd like to think that AMD would behave "differently from any other monopoly" if they were the exclusive manufacturer, but that is probably wishful thinking...
Intel, on its part, seems to have brought problems on itself by pursuing questionable research (64-bit processors) and poor engineering (i820 bugs). This may not spell doom for them yet, but they are definitely going to have to catch up quickly. For now, I am going to enjoy the shots fired back and forth between the two companies and hold out on upgrading my ppro 233 for as long as possible! (At this rate, we should have 2 ghz Kryotech AMDs a year from now!)
Having just been exposed to Mr. Anonymous Coward, Esq.'s flippant antihumanist treatises, I ponder how best to express my disgust at Mr. Coward's total lack of sensitivity and reasoning. If you disagree with my claim that Mr. Coward's double standards have reached a depth of degeneracy that was virtually unknown in the past, then read no further. Rest assured, it's time for him to stop his systematic assault on religious freedom. Innocent children have been brainwashed by his grotty undertakings. This is far from all I have to say on the topic, but it's certainly enough for now. Just remember one thing: Mr. Anonymous Coward, Esq. has yet to acknowledge this.
This may seem silly, but as our vehicles become more computerized in nature, wouldn't it be likely that exploits like this could become even more harmful than changing a radio station? Some cars today can receive satellite signals from the manufacturer to unlock their car doors...what if someone found a way to spoof that? Same with the proposed system to control a car's speed using GPS from government satellites. How hard would it be to hack into it and suddenly make thousands of cars stop? I know very little about the actual technology involved in this sort of thing, so any one who actually has knowledge of this would be doing us laypeople a favor by explaining it all. What are the chances of Very Bad Things happening as a result of computerized cars?
I am not a video expert, but there do seem to be some problems with MPEG compression...I have DSS, which I believe uses mpeg compression, and there are times (especially explosions) when the flames become fairly pixelated. Nothing extreme, but it is enough for me to notice. Does anyone else know what I am talking about? I know I am not the only one out there who has heard about the problems with representing motion using MPEG compression
"...one of the topics that came up was the court case in Colorado where parents of a teen that committed suicide were trying to blame either Iron Maiden or Judus Priest (anyone here that remembers please send details) because the kid liked to listen to that group."
As I recall, it was Metallica, for their song "Fade to Black"...
Heh, I am not trying to turn this into "what animal can kill what other animal" discussion, cuz an elephant enjoys stomping priviliges (sp?) over most animals. The gist of this thread (I think) is that man is not the "best" creature when it comes to survival. Man needs his tools to live, and if we took away those tools (from a nuclear holocaust, for example), he would have very little to fall back on. What would Bond do without his exploding toothpaste and garotte-wire dental floss, not to mention his missile-firing BMW?
Certain animals like bugs have tenacity and survivability practically wired into their genetics. They are low to the ground, can eat anything, and are damn near impervious to disease. Also, for every one you stomp there is probably a nest of larvae waiting to take that unfortunate ex-bug's place.
The point of all this is, if something happened that leveled the field for the rest of the animals (no toys for us), I wouldn't wager on the survival of man. Let's hope it never comes to that.
It would probably be the cockroach. Those suckers can eat almost anything and withstand massive amounts of radiation. Long after we intelligent, sophisticated humans have depleted our resources and/or nuked ourselves out of existence, the roaches will be around.
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Because of his conduct through this entire affair, his chances of being elected for the next term of office are slim to none- even if he "wins" this term"
Fat chance. The republicans tied up the country for 2+ years and spent over $60 million impeaching the president. When reminded that impeaching the president was not popular in the polls, some reps replied that by 2000, no one would remember. This is the same as what will happen in 2004: no one will remember Gore's challenges. Hopefully, though, the dems will have a more popular candidate by then.
Ha, when I read the title of this article as "Work for hire" legislation I thought it meant the congress being hired to legislate. I just assumed that since the RIAA used its influence (read: money) to get the law on the books and is now going to use its influence to get it *off* the books, that the RIAA was hiring congress to pass their laws. Silly me, what kind of fantasy land would have a congress which was sold off to the highest bidder?
As I understand, cannibis doesn't stand a chance when growing in a hemp field because hemp is so greedy for nutrients/resources and is also a lot taller than cannibis, so it blocks the sunlight. Trying to hide cannibis in a hemp field would then result in lots of dead, starved cannibis.
If you want to get music out of the NES, I know there is a plugin for winamp which works nicely for nsf files, which are just the sound samples ripped from the rom. Here it is. Something like this for arcade games, now... that would be sweeeeeet (doing poor cartman impression)
I agree, the music from some of those games (TMNT and Contra stick out in my mind the most) was excellent, still is. Does anyone know of a project which would let you listen to the music from a game without actually loading the game itself? That would be excellent to have some of those tunes to listen to while you are working :)
If you have a slow connection, you'll save some time by not having to download 20k banner ads. I don't know that it hinders performance in any appreciable way. All it does is block traffic from certain domains.
Person of the Year has nothing to do with which person did the greatest thing, but which person had the greatest effect over the year.
From Time's web site...
*SNIP*
For each of the last 70 years, TIME has presented a Man of the Year--the single person (man, woman, or even idea) who, for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year.
*/SNIP*
Read the article on Hitler as man of the year here to understand we did not approve of what he was doing.
Sounds more like Herbert Kornfeld if you ask me...
This one is even better than junkbuster.
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You want to try Guidescope. I think it is better than junkbuster.
Be sure to check out Cross Circuit and download S&W Clinton Pacifier to get a taste of what kind of gun Clinton wants law-abiding citizens to be packing. You need to get Shockwave, and unfortunately it's windoze and mac only. Go find your friend with the Windows computer, or something :) You'll be glad you did
baseball bats kill more people in the US than guns
If anyone can substantiate this claim with hard numbers and sources I am sure a lot of people would be quite interested to see that.
Even if that number is true, baseball bats didn't kill numerous kids at Columbine
>>That guy who strapped JATO bottles to his Chevy: where'd he get them?
That happens to be an urban legend. The guy who strapped weather balloons to his lawn chair and reached several thousand feet, on the other hand, is real.
>>companies that had large market caps will no longer be able to pay you insane salaries anymore
Actually, you mean the CEOs will be unwilling to cut their salaries, some of them 800 times that of a typical worker, so they will fire you and take a bonus. Michael Eisner of Disney got a $1 Billion salary last year, half of which would be enough to give every working joe at disney a $4200 bonus at the end of the year. The middle class will get hurt, but only because the upper management struggles to maintain their high salaries.
Wait until your ISP requires you to download their proprietary Windows-2000-only web browser with filtering in order to provide a "clean, safe, well-lit environment". Maybe then you'll appreciate that people don't like having to jump through hoops to exchange information on the internet.
I know the analogy isn't exact, but it's similar to what I understand is what is going on here.
Amadou, next time you are approached by several police officers at your apartment...don't reach into your pocket and pull something out that they can't see. In fact, don't do much of anything. Answer their questions don't make any quick gestures or reach for stuff without them first telling you to. Cops are paranoid, and don't need much provocation to defend themselves against perceived "threats."
My friend was held at gunpoint by the police a few years ago, and had a piece of paper in his jacket saying that it was ok for him to be where he was. Did he quickly reach into his pocket to grab this paper? No, he loudly asked for permission to get out the paper and waited until the cops told him it was ok. He then slowly produced the document saying that he was legit. That's why he is still here today.
I agree to some extent. If AMD were in a position of being the only game in town for chips, they could then put in any features they wanted that served to hurt the consumer (ID wired in, or a backdoor for the government to snoop with) with no recourse. In a market like chip manufacturing, there is very little hope to break in from the ground floor without significant startup capital, unlike software where anyone can write a program (linux, anyone?). I'd like to think that AMD would behave "differently from any other monopoly" if they were the exclusive manufacturer, but that is probably wishful thinking...
Intel, on its part, seems to have brought problems on itself by pursuing questionable research (64-bit processors) and poor engineering (i820 bugs). This may not spell doom for them yet, but they are definitely going to have to catch up quickly. For now, I am going to enjoy the shots fired back and forth between the two companies and hold out on upgrading my ppro 233 for as long as possible! (At this rate, we should have 2 ghz Kryotech AMDs a year from now!)
Surprised no one seems to have mentioned it yet...
Jikes from IBM is a darned fast one. It also has more meaningful error messages than the javac program.
Most likely came from http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/ individual/pakin/complaint. And to the original poster:
Having just been exposed to Mr. Anonymous Coward, Esq.'s flippant antihumanist treatises, I ponder how best to express my disgust at Mr. Coward's total lack of sensitivity and reasoning. If you disagree with my claim that Mr. Coward's double standards have reached a depth of degeneracy that was virtually unknown in the past, then read no further. Rest assured, it's time for him to stop his systematic assault on religious freedom. Innocent children have been brainwashed by his grotty undertakings. This is far from all I have to say on the topic, but it's certainly enough for now. Just remember one thing: Mr. Anonymous Coward, Esq. has yet to acknowledge this.
This may seem silly, but as our vehicles become more computerized in nature, wouldn't it be likely that exploits like this could become even more harmful than changing a radio station? Some cars today can receive satellite signals from the manufacturer to unlock their car doors...what if someone found a way to spoof that? Same with the proposed system to control a car's speed using GPS from government satellites. How hard would it be to hack into it and suddenly make thousands of cars stop? I know very little about the actual technology involved in this sort of thing, so any one who actually has knowledge of this would be doing us laypeople a favor by explaining it all. What are the chances of Very Bad Things happening as a result of computerized cars?
I am not a video expert, but there do seem to be some problems with MPEG compression...I have DSS, which I believe uses mpeg compression, and there are times (especially explosions) when the flames become fairly pixelated. Nothing extreme, but it is enough for me to notice. Does anyone else know what I am talking about? I know I am not the only one out there who has heard about the problems with representing motion using MPEG compression
"...one of the topics that came up was the court case in Colorado where parents of a teen that committed suicide were trying to blame either Iron Maiden or Judus Priest (anyone here that remembers please send details) because the kid liked to listen to that group."
As I recall, it was Metallica, for their song "Fade to Black"...
Heh, I am not trying to turn this into "what animal can kill what other animal" discussion, cuz an elephant enjoys stomping priviliges (sp?) over most animals. The gist of this thread (I think) is that man is not the "best" creature when it comes to survival. Man needs his tools to live, and if we took away those tools (from a nuclear holocaust, for example), he would have very little to fall back on. What would Bond do without his exploding toothpaste and garotte-wire dental floss, not to mention his missile-firing BMW?
Certain animals like bugs have tenacity and survivability practically wired into their genetics. They are low to the ground, can eat anything, and are damn near impervious to disease. Also, for every one you stomp there is probably a nest of larvae waiting to take that unfortunate ex-bug's place.
The point of all this is, if something happened that leveled the field for the rest of the animals (no toys for us), I wouldn't wager on the survival of man. Let's hope it never comes to that.
It would probably be the cockroach. Those suckers can eat almost anything and withstand massive amounts of radiation. Long after we intelligent, sophisticated humans have depleted our resources and/or nuked ourselves out of existence, the roaches will be around.