Ummm, we know what the legal results were, but thanks for the update. What you're arguing against (poorly) are theoreticals. Why not just add "I LOVE BUSH!" to your sig, then you can quit restating your position (which is not relevant) and ignoring the question at hand.
Only if by "won" you mean set the stage for Iraq to become a mirror image of Iran, and in the meantime embolden and enrich Iran beyond their wildest dreams, then I would agree -- mission accomplished.
You DO know that Iran & Iraq are now each others' #1 trading partners, so that a large chunk of the $10 billion per month we're pouring in there is flowing right into Iranian coffers, right? Perhaps removing the only check on Iranian power in the region (and yes, I'm purposely discounting Israel) wasn't such a hot idea after all. "Won" indeed.
Your post is like saying, "What Reagan really wanted to accomplish was to make horses fly and share that technology with Russia. But then the Russians backed out." The tech didn't work then, and doesn't work now. And if it did work, it would be among the most effective offensive weapon systems ever built, on par with the nuclear arsenal it was designed to protect against.
Believe it or not, not supporting the government's constant need to spend hundreds of billion of dollars on pipe dreams doesn't make one a 'far leftist'. In fact, a quick look in the dictionary shows that it makes one 'conservative'.
Considering my motorcycle gets max mileage (~50mph) between 70 and 75, I'd be pissed to be behind you on the highway getting 40mph -- and taking 25% longer to reach my destination to boot.
Real safety standards would improve the safety of everyone.
I don't want my safety legislated, thanks. I'm perfectly happy making my daily commute on a motorcycle, but sad knowing that, were motorcycles invented today, they'd be outlawed for my own safety.
Judging by this thread (which I've contributed to), maybe they could use Linux to get their higher end 64-bit systems to actually run for more than a week without horrific slowdowns.
I would consider that a great innovation (though not necessarily a breakthrough).
hmmm - Please let me know how one can play iTunes-purchased collection on 'any player', without it being a time-consuming PITA.
Granted, she's an idiot for purchasing music from iTunes, but not only is your post simply a lie of omission, but it ignores the fact that 99% of iPod users don't know an mp3 from an aac from a flac. Therefore, switching from an iPod to another player is a PITA for 99% of iPod users.
Reading comprehension necessarily involves thinking. Try the latter, and you might improve the former.
I would add that Apple not only made a very nice player, but made the first one that made it a PITA to switch to a different music player. I had an early Rio, and now use Creative. The switch was painless.
My good friend -- who's had 6 iPods over the years -- often says, "If I could do it again, I would have started on something else." IOW, now that she's built a sizable iTunes collection, she's stuck forever with iPods.
Back in the last century some ad people at a business school did an experiment that indicated that thirty seconds of the name of the product being repeated in a loud, obnoxious voice was just as effective as an entertaining ad.
Not surprising. There's a Burger King (or something) ad I saw recently where they go to Wendy's to compare their product to Wendy's product. After the commercial, all I could think was, "Mmmmmm...Wendy's."
Also kinda like how all McCain ads, because they focus on Obama, make me think of Obama rather than McCain.
While this ad didn't make me want to go out and buy a Windows computer, neither did it make me actively want to avoid having anything to do with the company responsible for it, as the "I'm a Mac" ads did. From that point of view, I'd call this a success.
I'm still waiting for anyone to tell me anything that cat's actually "done".
Why are you waiting for someone to tell you this? There's a great new tool called "Google" where you can find out things like this for yourself.
Hell, I'm a conservative and can list half a dozen Obama accomplishments, both in Congress and in the Illinois Senate. Some are impressive. Some are bipartisan. Some I don't agree with.
Interestingly, I can't list any for GWB prior to his election.
Given that Bush had more executive experience than either of them prior to getting elected, I fail to see how the 'experience' issue is relevant.
Also, the idea that 'flip-flopping' matters may appeal to the bumper-sticker voters (which I'll grant you are a sizable majority), but given McCain's frequent changes of heart, I think we can rule it out as a contributor to the failure or success of either candidate.
Wow. Yes, in the event of an exceedingly unlikely expensive medical emergency that's not covered by the working spouse's insurance (which every responsible parent has), then both parents may in fact NEED to work.
If companies can't recoup the often hundreds of millions of dollars that it costs to create and test a new drug, then there's no incentive to develop new drugs (drug patents, BTW, generally last 15-20 years). But in order to prevent large-scale deaths and piracy that inevitably result from over-priced drugs, they are generally happy to offer discounts to developing countries (this creates other problems, like corrupt governments selling those drugs back to wealthy countries at a discount instead of using them to help their own people).
Of course, this doesn't help poor people in the countries where those drugs are made, but there are often government or private monies available to help those people.
Where the system becomes crappy for U.S. taxpayers is that drugs are often designed using massive government subsidies and/or grant-funded research. So the government ends up being billed twice -- once for the research to help create the drug, and again in Medicare or other programs to help people afford it.
It is important to note that Bush/Cheney does not represent ANY of the best traditional qualities of the Republican party. They aren't Republicans, they're Neocons. Might as well be a party of its own.
I would disagree. While it's true that Neocons don't share traditional Republican beliefs, the Neocons have absolute control over the Republican Party. Therefore, Republicans and Neocons are now the same thing.
There are still a handful of actual conservatives clinging to the Grand Ole Party in hopes that it will reform itself, but that's only going to happen after a thorough trouncing that results in the Neocons losing their financing. As a conservative, I don't think this could happen too soon. The loss of Congress in the last election was a glimmer of hope, but America didn't get the message, because Neo-convert McCain is still polling pretty well.
I'm in a formerly solid Blue state that is now a swing state (Nevada). Most of the folks I know used to call themselves Republicans, but now are either registered Democrat or Independent. They're pulling for Obama not for his politics, but because only a crushing Republican defeat can turn the Republican Party into a conservative party.
Not sure if this was rhetorical or not, so I'll answer.
I just bought a new HP desktop with Vista 64-bit (bought through work, so there was choice -- no flames, please!)
Everything so far has been plug and play, including *my old keyboard and mouse (the new HP keyboards are terrible) *ancient Dell CRT monitor *2-year-old Samsung monitor *brand new HP monitor *all my various USB keys, zip drives, and external hard drives (7 in all, reaching back 6 years).
The only problem so far isn't Vista-specific -- this thing puts out so much heat that I can't keep it under my desk or it will shut down (and probably set me on fire).
This. These shows aren't generally ridiculing the ruling party as much as they're ridiculing the punditry, the most high profile of whom are Republican supports.
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Ummm, we know what the legal results were, but thanks for the update. What you're arguing against (poorly) are theoreticals. Why not just add "I LOVE BUSH!" to your sig, then you can quit restating your position (which is not relevant) and ignoring the question at hand.
/and yes, I'm a conservative.
Excuse me I think we have won Iraq
Only if by "won" you mean set the stage for Iraq to become a mirror image of Iran, and in the meantime embolden and enrich Iran beyond their wildest dreams, then I would agree -- mission accomplished.
You DO know that Iran & Iraq are now each others' #1 trading partners, so that a large chunk of the $10 billion per month we're pouring in there is flowing right into Iranian coffers, right? Perhaps removing the only check on Iranian power in the region (and yes, I'm purposely discounting Israel) wasn't such a hot idea after all. "Won" indeed.
we are not supporting your hacked software for you
I'm must have missed the part where anyone here asked you to.
Well, we won't be hearing from MightyYar anytime soon.
While I would consider this comment informative, it's also somewhat off-topic; TFA is about operating systems, not phone hardware.
Android != T-Mobile (well, not for much longer, anyway).
Your post is like saying, "What Reagan really wanted to accomplish was to make horses fly and share that technology with Russia. But then the Russians backed out." The tech didn't work then, and doesn't work now. And if it did work, it would be among the most effective offensive weapon systems ever built, on par with the nuclear arsenal it was designed to protect against.
Believe it or not, not supporting the government's constant need to spend hundreds of billion of dollars on pipe dreams doesn't make one a 'far leftist'. In fact, a quick look in the dictionary shows that it makes one 'conservative'.
Considering my motorcycle gets max mileage (~50mph) between 70 and 75, I'd be pissed to be behind you on the highway getting 40mph -- and taking 25% longer to reach my destination to boot.
Real safety standards would improve the safety of everyone.
I don't want my safety legislated, thanks. I'm perfectly happy making my daily commute on a motorcycle, but sad knowing that, were motorcycles invented today, they'd be outlawed for my own safety.
I think the evidence [of the existence of a creator] can be murky, but isn't entirely absent.
Then what is it? Some links/citations to the scientific evidence of a creator would be nice.
Judging by this thread (which I've contributed to), maybe they could use Linux to get their higher end 64-bit systems to actually run for more than a week without horrific slowdowns.
I would consider that a great innovation (though not necessarily a breakthrough).
hmmm - Please let me know how one can play iTunes-purchased collection on 'any player', without it being a time-consuming PITA.
Granted, she's an idiot for purchasing music from iTunes, but not only is your post simply a lie of omission, but it ignores the fact that 99% of iPod users don't know an mp3 from an aac from a flac. Therefore, switching from an iPod to another player is a PITA for 99% of iPod users.
Reading comprehension necessarily involves thinking. Try the latter, and you might improve the former.
I would add that Apple not only made a very nice player, but made the first one that made it a PITA to switch to a different music player. I had an early Rio, and now use Creative. The switch was painless.
My good friend -- who's had 6 iPods over the years -- often says, "If I could do it again, I would have started on something else." IOW, now that she's built a sizable iTunes collection, she's stuck forever with iPods.
Back in the last century some ad people at a business school did an experiment that indicated that thirty seconds of the name of the product being repeated in a loud, obnoxious voice was just as effective as an entertaining ad.
Not surprising. There's a Burger King (or something) ad I saw recently where they go to Wendy's to compare their product to Wendy's product. After the commercial, all I could think was, "Mmmmmm...Wendy's."
Also kinda like how all McCain ads, because they focus on Obama, make me think of Obama rather than McCain.
Wish I had mod points today.
While this ad didn't make me want to go out and buy a Windows computer, neither did it make me actively want to avoid having anything to do with the company responsible for it, as the "I'm a Mac" ads did. From that point of view, I'd call this a success.
I'm still waiting for anyone to tell me anything that cat's actually "done".
Why are you waiting for someone to tell you this? There's a great new tool called "Google" where you can find out things like this for yourself.
Hell, I'm a conservative and can list half a dozen Obama accomplishments, both in Congress and in the Illinois Senate. Some are impressive. Some are bipartisan. Some I don't agree with.
Interestingly, I can't list any for GWB prior to his election.
Given that Bush had more executive experience than either of them prior to getting elected, I fail to see how the 'experience' issue is relevant.
Also, the idea that 'flip-flopping' matters may appeal to the bumper-sticker voters (which I'll grant you are a sizable majority), but given McCain's frequent changes of heart, I think we can rule it out as a contributor to the failure or success of either candidate.
Wow. Yes, in the event of an exceedingly unlikely expensive medical emergency that's not covered by the working spouse's insurance (which every responsible parent has), then both parents may in fact NEED to work.
Is that the response you were looking for?
How is this not labeled redundant? This is exactly what baldass and bignuts already said.
Well, I've never considered sound cards to be "peripherals" but I see that some people do. GP mentioned printers, though.
...but forcing Vista users to purchase a new printer (or whatever) does make them money.
Can you point to a single instance of a company forcing users to buy a new peripheral rather than updating their drivers?
If companies can't recoup the often hundreds of millions of dollars that it costs to create and test a new drug, then there's no incentive to develop new drugs (drug patents, BTW, generally last 15-20 years). But in order to prevent large-scale deaths and piracy that inevitably result from over-priced drugs, they are generally happy to offer discounts to developing countries (this creates other problems, like corrupt governments selling those drugs back to wealthy countries at a discount instead of using them to help their own people).
Of course, this doesn't help poor people in the countries where those drugs are made, but there are often government or private monies available to help those people.
Where the system becomes crappy for U.S. taxpayers is that drugs are often designed using massive government subsidies and/or grant-funded research. So the government ends up being billed twice -- once for the research to help create the drug, and again in Medicare or other programs to help people afford it.
It is important to note that Bush/Cheney does not represent ANY of the best traditional qualities of the Republican party. They aren't Republicans, they're Neocons. Might as well be a party of its own.
I would disagree. While it's true that Neocons don't share traditional Republican beliefs, the Neocons have absolute control over the Republican Party. Therefore, Republicans and Neocons are now the same thing.
There are still a handful of actual conservatives clinging to the Grand Ole Party in hopes that it will reform itself, but that's only going to happen after a thorough trouncing that results in the Neocons losing their financing. As a conservative, I don't think this could happen too soon. The loss of Congress in the last election was a glimmer of hope, but America didn't get the message, because Neo-convert McCain is still polling pretty well.
I'm in a formerly solid Blue state that is now a swing state (Nevada). Most of the folks I know used to call themselves Republicans, but now are either registered Democrat or Independent. They're pulling for Obama not for his politics, but because only a crushing Republican defeat can turn the Republican Party into a conservative party.
Funny, the 'manchilds' I know like this (my nephew is one) invariably have teenage girlfriends that get knocked up, and the cycle continues.
In that sense, the problem really doesn't fix itself; it just compounds to the detriment of us all.
How is the driver support in Vista 64-bit?
Not sure if this was rhetorical or not, so I'll answer.
I just bought a new HP desktop with Vista 64-bit (bought through work, so there was choice -- no flames, please!)
Everything so far has been plug and play, including
*my old keyboard and mouse (the new HP keyboards are terrible)
*ancient Dell CRT monitor
*2-year-old Samsung monitor
*brand new HP monitor
*all my various USB keys, zip drives, and external hard drives (7 in all, reaching back 6 years).
The only problem so far isn't Vista-specific -- this thing puts out so much heat that I can't keep it under my desk or it will shut down (and probably set me on fire).
This. These shows aren't generally ridiculing the ruling party as much as they're ridiculing the punditry, the most high profile of whom are Republican supports.