There was a time and place when I was hoping for WINE to get solid. I hated Windows XP, and I hated Windows Vista. I used CrossOver Office hoping for the day that WINE would finally work. But now I have Windows 7 x64. It has been the best operating system I have ever used. It's compatible with all the programs I use. It is stable, and when there's a crash, it's usually only the apps crashing. I use Microsoft Security Essentials, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, and Norton Internet Security 2010 to keep my computer free of spyware. But aside from a sketchy program I downloaded and ran with administrator privilege, my computer hasn't been compromised. Other than doing that, my computer has been fine. It works really well with multiple monitors and outputting stuff to my TV via HDMI. The GUI toys are nice, of course.
Long rant short, WINE is solving a problem I don't need an answer for anymore.
First of all, I doubt that the author recognized a private cause of action. More importantly, this isn't a securities fraud case because there hasn't been a material misstatement about the stock. They told the opposing party exactly what was going on. They used their own valuation but it's not like they made up fake information or deceived the counterparty about what was going on.
I didn't see anything in the article that suggests he was accused of securities fraud, which generally means an accusation from the SEC for something like insider trading. Ripping off counterparties in a settlement deal may not be great behavior (even though the plaintiffs' lawyers should have realized this a lot sooner than they did) but it is not the same as saying there was securities fraud. Again, it sounds like the article is flamebait or the author just has no idea what he's talking about.
(1) A carbon tax will lower use of fossil fuels. More independence from the Middle East. (2) Better bite the bullet now than have our grandkids suffer. (3) Costs will be spread out more evenly than a consumption tax on end products.
This is completely wrong. From the article: "The federal law at issue in the case allows the government to continue to detain prisoners who had engaged in sexually violent conduct, suffered from mental illnessand would have difficulty controlling themselves. If the government is able to prove all of this to a judge by "clear and convincing" evidence -- a heightened standard, but short of 'beyond a reasonable doubt' -- it may hold such prisoners until they are no longer dangerous or a state assumes responsibility for them."
So the prisoner does get to go in front of a judge to prove that he is not out of his mind. Also, the defendant has to have been convicted of sexually violent conduct. I guess it's possible that he could have just stuck a huge dildo up his victim's ass, and in some way didn't have sex with her, but I'm guessing most criminals sent to jail for "sexually violent conduct" did have sex of some sort with their victim.
While it's one thing if a computer doesn't work because the jaded IT professional blows off the user, but it's a wholly other thing if someone dies or suffers because their doctor ignores them. At the very least, the doctor should listen to what the patient is saying. If he doesn't know about the disorder, he can Google it. If he knows about the disease, has it pointed out to him by the patient, examines the patient, and fails to diagnose the disease, then that's malpractice. When it's a matter of life or death, you pay attention to the client just in the off case that he happens to be right.
Already tried this and failed. You obviously couldn't weld or screw a pipe onto the leak. So BP built a giant dome to cap the leak, then suck the oil out from a pipe on the roof of the dome. However, frozen gas hydrates clogged the hole.
It isn't regulation causing monopolies in the telecom industry, which is a natural monopoly because of high costs of entry and a strong network effect. Once you lay out the lines for cable, phone, and FIOS service or send up satellites for DirecTV, you're going to have a strong monopoly because very few can undertake these ventures. Imagine trying to string up new phone lines and having to dig up tunnels and highways.
Telecom is heavily regulated because it is a natural monopoly. The government forces the owners of the wires to act nicely with others.
Your point is well taken, though, to be fair, Republicans help big business by doing really stupid stuff like trying increase the allowable levels of arsenic in drinking water to help mining companies lower their costs. Democrats may take a lot of money, but they do stuff like try to regulate credit cards and really big banks.
You're not understanding the process. The Solicitor General is the office responsible for representing the US Government in the Supreme Court. Like US Attorneys, they do not have much discretion to decide what position to take on issues. The President can tell his US Attorneys to bust people for marijuana use that is legal under state law to make a political point. The President can also tell his US Attorneys to try to conjure up a voting fraud case right before elections to get votes. The US Attorney doesn't really have a lot of choice but to resign.
Do you think Kagan tells Obama what the policies of the government should be?
Kagan: I'm going to be for net neutrality, and against software patents. I think the death penalty should be illegal. Obama: Well, I disagree, but you're the Solicitor General and I'm only the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
That's ridiculous. The Office of the President (which, don't forget, has White House Counsel) tells the Solicitor General the positions to take. Then the SG goes out and argues cases the way the President's Office instructs them. You're right the the President only gives a broad overview but the SG listens to the President's Office.
If she is nominated, Kagan will have to be recused from all the cases that she handled as Solicitor General of the United States. That could be a few dozen cases. The reason is that as Solicitor General, she does not have the power to come up with her own viewpoints; she represents the President's interests. This isn't an indication of what she thinks, but she's just the person in charge of arguing the President's position.
There was another factor at play with GM, and it was stupidity. When GM was restructured and GM NEW STOCK came out, the price of GM OLD STOCK (which was now worth nothing) spiked upwards. Apparently, idiots wanted to buy GM on news that it came out of bankruptcy but bought shares in the bankruptcy vehicle.
Right after the cops arrest the pediatrician who is examining a sick child, the mother bathing her baby, and the babysitter changing her ward's diapers. Child porn isn't all images of naked children, but sexualized images of nude children.
The advances (and readily available advances) in ion engine technology could be used to drive a spacecraft that will accelerate for years out into deep space after chemical boosting ends. Advances in miniaturization and materials science mean that it can be made lighter and carry more instrumentation with better functionality and reliability than those found on Voyager. If we wanted to do it, we can make a new probe that is lighter, has more capabilities, and is sturdier so it can flier faster and stay alive longer than Voyager. Of course, not sure if we still have the desire to be explorers of the universe.
I want immigration reform to stop the flow of unlawful immigrants, if only to give people an incentive to proceed through proper channels. However, letting the police racially profile is un-American. Furthermore, though the law requires only legal immigrants to carry papers, how is a natural-born US citizen supposed to prove that he is exempt from the requirement unless he also carries his paperwork with him at all times? I don't want to make America into a socialist shithole where everyone has to carry papers with them at all times. As an American, I have the right to run around without ID without fear of the police detaining me.
That sounds like a great idea, but the idea is that journalists get singled out for "special" treatment when they go and piss off the government. Think about it. A free press stops a government from becoming overbearing. And the government knows that, so it will try to strangle free press. So the legislatures passed laws to prevent the executive branch from fucking over the journalists in an attempt to hide their evils.
Obama has agreed to have each PGS vehicle count as a nuclear warhead under the nuclear treaties regardless of the actual warhead on the system. The PGS silos will be located far away from the strategic nuclear weapons system, and will NOT be mounted onto submarines. Russians will be allowed to inspect the PGS silos to make sure that they are not tipped with nuclear weapons. If PGS is fielded, we will use it. If we had good intel on Osama or Hussein, we'd just pop him one and end the war before it starts.
Non sequitor, my friend. In a mostly Christian country like ours, it's no wonder that many crimes are committed by Christians. Look how many stonings and honor killings there are in Muslim countries for a fair comparison. Also, the problem with Islamic terrorism is that it is done in the name of the religion. Most of the Christians you point to are just wingnuts who kill for a reason divorced from Christianity whereas the Islamic terrorists kill because they want to make Mohammed happy. HUGE DIFFERENCE.
This used to be more or less true but then spammers realized that they can expand their botnet used hacked advertising servers to push zero-day vulnerabilities onto regular people browsing the New York Times online. Most of the vulnerabilities deal with Adobe PDF. Without a virus scanner that intercepted several of these hack attacks, there's no doubt that I would have had my computer compromised. I have been using only Foxit Reader as well.
I have found that my Google Account password is my most important password. Not only does it have my Gmail since 2004, it also has my Calendar, Voice, Documents, and Checkout. It's pretty freaking terrifying. Interesting question: do I need to split it up amongst different providers? Putting your eggs in one basket is a pretty stupid idea but having everything together is so freaking convenient. Ugh.
Anyway, I use Keepass. I have a 60 character password with symbols, letters, numbers, and the like. That means that I cannot use my Gmail account on public computers that do not have the Keepass software and my password database, but that forces me to keep my discipline. I literally cannot log into my email away from a computer or device that I own.
That's not the case. Someone who legally obtains a domain name may be forced to surrender it if they use it to trade on the goodwill on another or if there is no valid reason for using that domain. Like if I bought applecomputers.com and sold laptops on it, Apple will almost certainly win a UDRP proceeding against me. If he can prove that clients are being scammed and the scammers are using the site to pretend to be him (and trade on his reputation) he would have a good case.
Your political hatred for our President is hilarious though ultimately misplaced. The policy was developed in consultation with many bright people, including Buzz Aldrin. It's not as though the President came up with this idea himself. Obama has been good at listening to others then taking their advice.
The moon hasn't been a stepping stone out. You know how I know this? Because we went there and then stayed in LEO for forty years. A direct Mars shot has very little to do with a moon shot, if you bother to think about it. Going to the moon is a diversion which will require a lot of time, money, and technology that may not be directly transferable to Mars. The Moon has lower G forces, and the make up is different. Mars can be mined for return fuel and water. The moon cannot. If you want to go to Mars quickly, it is better to go to Mars directly without taking a moon detour.
Long-term survival in space can be practiced in the ISS. We can have practice shots where men or machines with sensors are sent into deep space to see if the systems work. A moon base will not help us with a Mars base because the surfaces are very different from each other.
Try to see through your seething hatred for the President and try to consider the facts. It might be surprising to you.
I lowered my ATM daily limit to $100. My ATM card is not a debit card. That sounds like insanity but for any purchase over that amount, I use a credit card to get the benefit of improved return policies, protection against bad merchants, and extended warranties. If I need to pay rent or something, I write a check so I have some record of the transaction. If I need a lot of cash such as for hookers and blow (just kidding), I go to the bank teller to make a personal withdrawal. That doesn't happen often so it's not a headache. If I need a lot of cash at a time when the bank is closed, then something is really wrong. I have yet to have that happen, and I wish it never does.
So basically, yeah, you're right. I'm a single dude so it may be a good idea to have a higher limit if you have a family. However, the $500 or $1000 daily limit some banks have is a pretty dumb idea.
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There was a time and place when I was hoping for WINE to get solid. I hated Windows XP, and I hated Windows Vista. I used CrossOver Office hoping for the day that WINE would finally work. But now I have Windows 7 x64. It has been the best operating system I have ever used. It's compatible with all the programs I use. It is stable, and when there's a crash, it's usually only the apps crashing. I use Microsoft Security Essentials, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware, and Norton Internet Security 2010 to keep my computer free of spyware. But aside from a sketchy program I downloaded and ran with administrator privilege, my computer hasn't been compromised. Other than doing that, my computer has been fine. It works really well with multiple monitors and outputting stuff to my TV via HDMI. The GUI toys are nice, of course.
Long rant short, WINE is solving a problem I don't need an answer for anymore.
(1) Pricing.
(2) Reliability/Warranty.
(3) Driver compatibility. Gets rid of most of the issues related to stability.
The fastest processor is useless for word processing, web browsing, and Outlook.
First of all, I doubt that the author recognized a private cause of action. More importantly, this isn't a securities fraud case because there hasn't been a material misstatement about the stock. They told the opposing party exactly what was going on. They used their own valuation but it's not like they made up fake information or deceived the counterparty about what was going on.
I didn't see anything in the article that suggests he was accused of securities fraud, which generally means an accusation from the SEC for something like insider trading. Ripping off counterparties in a settlement deal may not be great behavior (even though the plaintiffs' lawyers should have realized this a lot sooner than they did) but it is not the same as saying there was securities fraud. Again, it sounds like the article is flamebait or the author just has no idea what he's talking about.
(1) A carbon tax will lower use of fossil fuels. More independence from the Middle East.
(2) Better bite the bullet now than have our grandkids suffer.
(3) Costs will be spread out more evenly than a consumption tax on end products.
This is completely wrong. From the article: "The federal law at issue in the case allows the government to continue to detain prisoners who had engaged in sexually violent conduct, suffered from mental illness and would have difficulty controlling themselves. If the government is able to prove all of this to a judge by "clear and convincing" evidence -- a heightened standard, but short of 'beyond a reasonable doubt' -- it may hold such prisoners until they are no longer dangerous or a state assumes responsibility for them."
So the prisoner does get to go in front of a judge to prove that he is not out of his mind. Also, the defendant has to have been convicted of sexually violent conduct. I guess it's possible that he could have just stuck a huge dildo up his victim's ass, and in some way didn't have sex with her, but I'm guessing most criminals sent to jail for "sexually violent conduct" did have sex of some sort with their victim.
While it's one thing if a computer doesn't work because the jaded IT professional blows off the user, but it's a wholly other thing if someone dies or suffers because their doctor ignores them. At the very least, the doctor should listen to what the patient is saying. If he doesn't know about the disorder, he can Google it. If he knows about the disease, has it pointed out to him by the patient, examines the patient, and fails to diagnose the disease, then that's malpractice. When it's a matter of life or death, you pay attention to the client just in the off case that he happens to be right.
Already tried this and failed. You obviously couldn't weld or screw a pipe onto the leak. So BP built a giant dome to cap the leak, then suck the oil out from a pipe on the roof of the dome. However, frozen gas hydrates clogged the hole.
It isn't regulation causing monopolies in the telecom industry, which is a natural monopoly because of high costs of entry and a strong network effect. Once you lay out the lines for cable, phone, and FIOS service or send up satellites for DirecTV, you're going to have a strong monopoly because very few can undertake these ventures. Imagine trying to string up new phone lines and having to dig up tunnels and highways.
Telecom is heavily regulated because it is a natural monopoly. The government forces the owners of the wires to act nicely with others.
Your point is well taken, though, to be fair, Republicans help big business by doing really stupid stuff like trying increase the allowable levels of arsenic in drinking water to help mining companies lower their costs. Democrats may take a lot of money, but they do stuff like try to regulate credit cards and really big banks.
You're not understanding the process. The Solicitor General is the office responsible for representing the US Government in the Supreme Court. Like US Attorneys, they do not have much discretion to decide what position to take on issues. The President can tell his US Attorneys to bust people for marijuana use that is legal under state law to make a political point. The President can also tell his US Attorneys to try to conjure up a voting fraud case right before elections to get votes. The US Attorney doesn't really have a lot of choice but to resign.
Do you think Kagan tells Obama what the policies of the government should be?
Kagan: I'm going to be for net neutrality, and against software patents. I think the death penalty should be illegal.
Obama: Well, I disagree, but you're the Solicitor General and I'm only the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
That's ridiculous. The Office of the President (which, don't forget, has White House Counsel) tells the Solicitor General the positions to take. Then the SG goes out and argues cases the way the President's Office instructs them. You're right the the President only gives a broad overview but the SG listens to the President's Office.
If she is nominated, Kagan will have to be recused from all the cases that she handled as Solicitor General of the United States. That could be a few dozen cases. The reason is that as Solicitor General, she does not have the power to come up with her own viewpoints; she represents the President's interests. This isn't an indication of what she thinks, but she's just the person in charge of arguing the President's position.
There was another factor at play with GM, and it was stupidity. When GM was restructured and GM NEW STOCK came out, the price of GM OLD STOCK (which was now worth nothing) spiked upwards. Apparently, idiots wanted to buy GM on news that it came out of bankruptcy but bought shares in the bankruptcy vehicle.
Right after the cops arrest the pediatrician who is examining a sick child, the mother bathing her baby, and the babysitter changing her ward's diapers. Child porn isn't all images of naked children, but sexualized images of nude children.
The advances (and readily available advances) in ion engine technology could be used to drive a spacecraft that will accelerate for years out into deep space after chemical boosting ends. Advances in miniaturization and materials science mean that it can be made lighter and carry more instrumentation with better functionality and reliability than those found on Voyager. If we wanted to do it, we can make a new probe that is lighter, has more capabilities, and is sturdier so it can flier faster and stay alive longer than Voyager. Of course, not sure if we still have the desire to be explorers of the universe.
I see that and raise you a "Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace?"
I want immigration reform to stop the flow of unlawful immigrants, if only to give people an incentive to proceed through proper channels. However, letting the police racially profile is un-American. Furthermore, though the law requires only legal immigrants to carry papers, how is a natural-born US citizen supposed to prove that he is exempt from the requirement unless he also carries his paperwork with him at all times? I don't want to make America into a socialist shithole where everyone has to carry papers with them at all times. As an American, I have the right to run around without ID without fear of the police detaining me.
That sounds like a great idea, but the idea is that journalists get singled out for "special" treatment when they go and piss off the government. Think about it. A free press stops a government from becoming overbearing. And the government knows that, so it will try to strangle free press. So the legislatures passed laws to prevent the executive branch from fucking over the journalists in an attempt to hide their evils.
Obama has agreed to have each PGS vehicle count as a nuclear warhead under the nuclear treaties regardless of the actual warhead on the system. The PGS silos will be located far away from the strategic nuclear weapons system, and will NOT be mounted onto submarines. Russians will be allowed to inspect the PGS silos to make sure that they are not tipped with nuclear weapons. If PGS is fielded, we will use it. If we had good intel on Osama or Hussein, we'd just pop him one and end the war before it starts.
Non sequitor, my friend. In a mostly Christian country like ours, it's no wonder that many crimes are committed by Christians. Look how many stonings and honor killings there are in Muslim countries for a fair comparison. Also, the problem with Islamic terrorism is that it is done in the name of the religion. Most of the Christians you point to are just wingnuts who kill for a reason divorced from Christianity whereas the Islamic terrorists kill because they want to make Mohammed happy. HUGE DIFFERENCE.
This used to be more or less true but then spammers realized that they can expand their botnet used hacked advertising servers to push zero-day vulnerabilities onto regular people browsing the New York Times online. Most of the vulnerabilities deal with Adobe PDF. Without a virus scanner that intercepted several of these hack attacks, there's no doubt that I would have had my computer compromised. I have been using only Foxit Reader as well.
I have found that my Google Account password is my most important password. Not only does it have my Gmail since 2004, it also has my Calendar, Voice, Documents, and Checkout. It's pretty freaking terrifying. Interesting question: do I need to split it up amongst different providers? Putting your eggs in one basket is a pretty stupid idea but having everything together is so freaking convenient. Ugh.
Anyway, I use Keepass. I have a 60 character password with symbols, letters, numbers, and the like. That means that I cannot use my Gmail account on public computers that do not have the Keepass software and my password database, but that forces me to keep my discipline. I literally cannot log into my email away from a computer or device that I own.
That's not the case. Someone who legally obtains a domain name may be forced to surrender it if they use it to trade on the goodwill on another or if there is no valid reason for using that domain. Like if I bought applecomputers.com and sold laptops on it, Apple will almost certainly win a UDRP proceeding against me. If he can prove that clients are being scammed and the scammers are using the site to pretend to be him (and trade on his reputation) he would have a good case.
Your political hatred for our President is hilarious though ultimately misplaced. The policy was developed in consultation with many bright people, including Buzz Aldrin. It's not as though the President came up with this idea himself. Obama has been good at listening to others then taking their advice.
The moon hasn't been a stepping stone out. You know how I know this? Because we went there and then stayed in LEO for forty years. A direct Mars shot has very little to do with a moon shot, if you bother to think about it. Going to the moon is a diversion which will require a lot of time, money, and technology that may not be directly transferable to Mars. The Moon has lower G forces, and the make up is different. Mars can be mined for return fuel and water. The moon cannot. If you want to go to Mars quickly, it is better to go to Mars directly without taking a moon detour.
Long-term survival in space can be practiced in the ISS. We can have practice shots where men or machines with sensors are sent into deep space to see if the systems work. A moon base will not help us with a Mars base because the surfaces are very different from each other.
Try to see through your seething hatred for the President and try to consider the facts. It might be surprising to you.
I lowered my ATM daily limit to $100. My ATM card is not a debit card. That sounds like insanity but for any purchase over that amount, I use a credit card to get the benefit of improved return policies, protection against bad merchants, and extended warranties. If I need to pay rent or something, I write a check so I have some record of the transaction. If I need a lot of cash such as for hookers and blow (just kidding), I go to the bank teller to make a personal withdrawal. That doesn't happen often so it's not a headache. If I need a lot of cash at a time when the bank is closed, then something is really wrong. I have yet to have that happen, and I wish it never does.
So basically, yeah, you're right. I'm a single dude so it may be a good idea to have a higher limit if you have a family. However, the $500 or $1000 daily limit some banks have is a pretty dumb idea.