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  1. Re:10 gigs thats not huge anymore on Tom's Overly Detailed Vista Review · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that 12 gigs would include the full source for ther kernel, and virtually every type of app that's in common use. Word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, web server, print server, proxy server, file server, mail server, games, and you name what else.

    12 gigs on Vista will get you what, the OS, Wordpad and Windows Media Player/Center?

    LK

  2. Re:Too many pages on Tom's Overly Detailed Vista Review · · Score: 1

    Here here. I wouldn't read 500 pages even if it were about a hot bisexual asian chick wanting to blow me, while her girlfriend helps. That's just too much verbiage.

    LK

  3. Re:Allofmp3: Completely Legal and Licensed on AllofMP3.com May Hinder Russia Joining WTO · · Score: 1

    The Pirate Bay is also completely legal under the laws of the country in which it operates. If a nation like Sweden can be pressured to ignore their own laws and shut down a legal site because of economic threats. What do you think will happen...In Soviet Russia?

    LK

  4. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Good, get the fuck out. I'm sure that there are a few gunless places with state funded infanticide that would be happy to have you. How's China this time of year?

    Don't flatter yourself. You're no dolphin.

    BUSH 2008!

    (Jeb Bush that is)

    LK

  5. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    First off Gore wasn't "my guy", I didn't vote from him either.

    Did I say Gore?

    Small states, like Wyoming and the Dakotas will unfortunately fight tooth and nail to keep it because it gives their votes disproportionate weight compared to voters in places like California and New York.

    They don't really have to fight all of that hard. It will take 2/3 of state legislatures to amend the constitution and eliminate the EC. So, will 17 states vote it down? Let's think about it.

    Why would Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachussets, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin or Wyoming EVER give up the power that they have to placate cry babies in bigger states?

    I don't know a damn thing about your religion and I don't really care.

    Then why do you keep bringing it up?

    Maybe you are an atheist who happens to be pro life but the odds of that are low.

    Yeah, there are none of those out there.

    The changes in abortion and gun law have been insignificant in the last 6 years.

    On abortion, you're spot on. There have been no major changes in about 12 years. You couldn't be more wrong about Gun Control. The Clinton gun ban's sunset clause eliminated it 2 years ago.

    Like I said I'd love to see Roe V. Wade get overturned because it would lead to a political bloodbath for the Republicans and social conservatives because there would be a massive surge of one issue voters, mostly women, voting pro choice.

    Are you trying to say that women voters are stupid one issue voters.

    As I've said before and you've never rebutted you would put Adolph Hitler in the White House as long as he pushed your two buttons and his opponent didn't.

    I'm not going to even consider the possibility because it's a logic trap. I've been doing this for a long time. Adolf Hitler was not pro life and he was not pro gun.

    LK

  6. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Uh...not really, if the voting block on the other side of the issue is bigger than yours you aren't deciding the election.

    I've never said that we alone have the power to sway an election, others have that power as well.

    Of course when a candidate wins the electoral college and not a plurality like George W. did in 2000 that mostly is just an indicator the antiquated electoral college needs to go.

    It needs to go because your guy didn't win?

    Its a simple fact most women want to decide when they have their children and not be forced to have them because dickhead bible thumpers like yourself think its your prerogative to tell them how to live their lives and to force your religious indoctrination on the,.

    So, tell me about my religion. What knowest thou of my religious beliefs? You've ducked the question multiple times now.

    If you were exercising your civic responsibility you would be voting for candidates who will do the best job running the country, you know upholding the Constitution, on defense, foreign affairs, the economy, passing responsible legislation, etc.

    What you don't seem to get is that you don't get to choose what other people use as criteria for determining these things. The person who will do the best job running the country is the one who will support my second amendment rights and respect the right to life.

    People who don't vote are less harmful than you because at least they are deferring the decision to voters who pay attention to issues and a candidates qualifications and attempt to make a reasoned choice, often between some bad alternatives.

    They are less harmful to YOU and your worldview.

    If you want to be civically responsible either stop voting or learn to vote responsibly. Checking the box next to any loser who says he is pro life and pro gun isn't being even remotely responsible.

    Yeah, that's it. I'll stop voting for politicians who advance issues that are important to me because you say it's the responsible thing to do. Go drink some more kool-aid, apparently you haven't had enough.

    LK

  7. Re:prepayment on Movies Delivered Via Television Signal · · Score: 1

    $40/month? Where the fuck do you live Grub?

    I know people who have the most basic service for $15-20/month.

    LK

  8. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    But I believe women should have the legal choice to have or not to have an abortion. Ultimately it is the woman's decision and a very difficult decision at that.

    You have the right to that opinion, I disagree with you.

    When you get a chance give The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion: When the Anti-Choice Choose a read. It is a collection of anecdotes from abortion doctors and other clinic staff in North America, Australia, and Europe.

    I read it, and it strikes me as particularly short on details. In other words, I doubt the veracity of any claims made by people who make their living by killing babies.

    LK

  9. Re:Sounds neat on 4x4 Chips, Opening AMD's Architecture · · Score: 1

    When I worked at a computer store, I had all of the display machines as well as a couple of servers cranking out blocks for me.

    LK

  10. Re:Discrimination on Site Says 'Go Away!'; Federal Court Says No · · Score: 1

    There has to be a law authorizing the type of redress that you seek or else your case will be dismissed before you get to present any evidence.

    LK

  11. Re:Discrimination on Site Says 'Go Away!'; Federal Court Says No · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Could I create a website that says no "blacks" can enter? NO! Could I be sued if I did? YES!

    Yes you could create such a website in the US and on what grounds could anyone sue you?

    Private citizend engaging in discrimination is perfectly legal. Being an asshole is not a crime.

    He should not be able to create a website saying no Direct TV personel and they have every right to counter-sue in my opinion.

    I would respectfully submit that you have no fucking clue of what you're talking about. Under what law could they counter-sue?

    LK

  12. Why not on Site Says 'Go Away!'; Federal Court Says No · · Score: 1

    Why not go after them for plain old fraud? They made use of his services under false pretenses. How could he possibly lose on that?

    IANAL, but could this also be wire fraud?

    LK

  13. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Yea but when it comes to the voting booth, which is where this thread started, your power as a voting block is directly proportional to your numbers. Since you are in fact in a distinct minority you have dramatically less influence on elections than you like to tell everyone you have.

    The only question that really matters is "Is the size of your voting block larger than the likely margin of victory?" If it is, you have the power and ability to sway the results of an election.

    I REALLY would like to see the Republicans manage to outlaw abortion on a large scale.

    Are we to infer that you plan on voting Republican this November?

    They would get slaughtered in the next election and every election after because pro choice women, many of whom have been backing Republicans on other issues, would completely mobilize against them.

    One issue voters?

    In fact pro lifers aren't really deciding the outcome of elections or at least not any more than pro choice, and chances are you have less influence because there are fewer of you.

    We've both shown statistics that prove that not to be the case. People who favor restrictions on abortion outnumber those who favor none. How many of them vote on it is a different story.

    Only thing that might swing it back in your favor is you are such mad dogs on the issue you might go out of your way to vote, and to vote solely on the issue.

    You just hit the nail on the head. We get out and vote. It's not going out of your way to engage in your civic responsibility.

    I'm still waiting for you to tell us what you know about my church and what it teaches.

    LK

  14. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Yea and then you are going to push to outlaw it state by state. Don't BS anyone, you would still completely lose it on the subject if its legal any place in the U.S.

    I will lobby to have it criminalized in my state. People in other states would be free to decide for themselves.

    When it comes to wars the number of innocent civilians killed, women, pregnant women, children and babies is always staggering. If you really cared about "innocent" life you would be opposed to war too unless they were really about self defense and in America they seldom ever are about that.

    I am opposed to the Iraq war. I was opposed to the first one too. I was also opposed to US military action in Kosovo, Somalia, and Haiti. If I had been born earlier, I would have opposed Vietnam & Korea too.

    The number of instances for your scenario, where people use guns to successfully defend themselves from attack is tiny.

    Only when you skew the numbers. Privately owned firearms are used as many as 2.5 million times per year to prevent crimes in the US. This number comes about when you include times when criminals are not only killed, but threatened or shot at but not killed.

    Either you have your gun locked away so your kids can't get it in which case it will probably do you no good if you are suddenly attacked or attacked away from home, or you have a loaded gun under your pillow or your jacket in which case its far more likely to kill someone in your family than an imagined boogie man.

    There are quick open safes that one can use that would allow quick access to a firearm while protecting children.

    Me personally I think gun law in this country is fine and I really can't see why people like you froth at the mouth over it.

    We're close to ideal. I think that the 1968 law was the best balance of rights and responsibilities that we are likely to formulate.

    Maybe you could quote a poll or statistic showing that. This is the best unbiased polling I can find on the subject but it doesn't break out men and women. The only women who really matter on the subject are the 1 million plus who get an abortion every year and who are spared an unwanted child or the devastation of their education or career.

    Stats you want, stats you get.

    Unfortunately for you, every member of society gets to express their opinion on the matter.

    The key thing to draw from this vast battery of polls is pro-choice outnumbers pro-life by a wide margin like 51 to 39%

    From your cite.

    The CBS poll indicates that 68% favor greater restrictions on the practice. 51% favor legal abortion in cases of rape/incest/save the mother's life or never.

    You are in fact in an insignificant minority despite your delusions of grandeur. If people were voting based purely on abortion the Democrats would be winning hands down.

    If, If, If...If you could shoot eggs out of your rear end you would be a chicken. The fact of the matter is that abortion is one of many issues that people base their votes on. For me it's an important issue. For millions of others it is equally important. We're the margin needed to put prolife candidates over the top.

    Small, but passionate blocks of voters are the bread and butter of the American political process. It's often said that the squeaky wheels get the grease. That's the case here. Sure, most voters may not care much one way or the other but because passionate groups DO care someone will cater to them. Both parties are beholden to special interest voters, because without us they would lose. Why do you think that the Republican establishment worked so hard against McCain? Because they knew that a McCain victory in the primary election would have guaranteed a Democrat win in the general election. McCain is actually not too bad on my issues, but other Republican blocks would have abstained from voting.

    Remember when the D

  15. Re:Quad machines... on 4x4 Chips, Opening AMD's Architecture · · Score: 1

    Your idea is great. Imagine cutting the size of rendering farms to 1/10 of their current size. And the amount of horsepower made available for crypto boggles the mind.

    LK

  16. Re:Sounds neat on 4x4 Chips, Opening AMD's Architecture · · Score: 1

    As a sysadmin, this sounds neat -- but I haven't seen any computing environments that need that kind of horsepower yet. But, I can't wait to crank-up my distributed.net ranking.

    My first thought was "Man, this would PIMP my distributed.net standing!"

    You could use one core for RC5-72, one for OGR-P2, one for kernel compiles and still have a little left over for gaming.

    LK

  17. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Dude you really need to get it through your head that, rather than being the most important voters, you are the LEAST important voters.

    Bill Clinton didn't think so. He blamed us for the Republican takeover of the House and Senate in the 1994 election.

    If you people started voting with your brain instead of your issue yes you would matter which is all I've been saying but since you don't and probably never will...

    Issues are all the differentiate politicians. I don't care if a politician is an asshole to people who know him, I'll likely never meet him so all I care about is how he votes on issues that are important to me.

    Swing voters in swing states are the only voters that matter now and they don't vote on and probably don't care about abortion or guns.

    Yet they still voted for the guy who holds my ideals on those two issues.

    The only abortion swing that will be interesting to see is if the Republicans actually succeed in banning abortion.

    It should be decided by the states. On the national level, our goal is the overturn of Roe Vs. Wade.

    Then all the women, especially of child bearing age, who started voting Republican on other issues, like security paranoia, are going to flee back to the Democrats because they will remember how much it sucks to be a women in a country that outlaws abortion so their lives get destroyed by unwanted pregnancies, or they die getting dangerous backalley abortions.

    Women are more pro life than men. Having felt a child grow inside of her and watching as it is brought into the world tends to influence a lot of women's opinions on the matter.

    If someone dies from an illegal abortion it's no more of a tragedy than if someone is killed by a security guard when robbing a bank. If something is illegal, you shouldn't be doing it.

    If you really ever do use a gun for its intended purpose you are in fact the BIGGEST FLAMING HYPOCRITE in existence.

    I wouldn't have thought the opposition to be so inane, but apparently they are. I'll explain it to you. Most of us who are pro life are pro innocent life. If someone is threatening my safety or the safety of my loved ones, it is morally and ethically justified if I defend innocent life by whatever means are necessary. I'd rather not have to ever use force of any type, but if it's necessary I will.

    The truth is like I've said already, you are against abortion and contraception because your church wants you to make babies...

    So tell us, what is my church?

    Have you missed the posts where I have stated that I believe that contraception should be universally available and funded by the government?

    Just stop and think man, either life is sacred, or you want to pack a gun and snuff it out with impunity.

    Respecting the sanctity of life does in no way require that one be a pacifist.

    LK

  18. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    However, on top of being less expensive to house an inmate for life than to go through the process required for the death penalty, we have the additional benefit of knowing that at the very least we're not killing innocent people. Given your pro-life stance, I'd think you'd be in favor of that as well.

    The cost of the whole affair is a non issues for me. I think that perhaps we should look at a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty like Illinois until we can make improvements in the criminal justice system. I only want the guilty to be imprisoned or executed.

    LK

  19. Re:Who to vote for in 2008... on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    I dont like Hilary either and I am a democrat.

    I loved her husband.


    Oddly enough, I don't like Hillary and I hate her husband.

    LK

  20. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Just curious, not trolling... do you support full sex education in public schools? Or is abstinence all that should be taught?

    I think that we should be looking at sex education that tells children the full truth and that encourages abstinence.

    It's unrealistic to expect every teenager to abstain from having sex and it's our obligation to teach them about contraception and disease prevention.

    Or the other way of asking... which is the more issue to you; abortion or Bill of Rights?

    Abortion policy can change with one election. Gun control laws are harder to get rid of.

    If I had no other choice, I'd go with the pro second amendment candidate and then work to get an alternative candidate elected next time 'round.

    LK

  21. Re:More trouble for the buyer on Online Revenge · · Score: 1

    In the 1950's Liberace sued a british newspaper for outing him. The information was true. He was gay, but he won his suit.

    LK

  22. The site in question on Online Revenge · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I haven't read through all of the comments as of right now but the website that is mentioned in TFA appears to be http://www.amirtofangsazan.blogspot.com/

    LK

  23. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    You want the whole freaking world to think like you do on these two topics, and you think if you just keep repeating it we will, well chances are no one is changing their opinion on these inflammatory issues.

    Think whatever you want; but when you're scratching your head and wondering about why you can't get your people elected, I'll be there to remind you.

    LK

  24. Re:Who to vote for in 2008... on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    It's hardly an exaggeration at all. Many people would literally rather vote for Hitler than Clinton.

    Other than Neo-Nazis, I'm not sure that this is correct.

    It would take a Hiter-like figure on the other ticket to get me to vote for Ms. Clinton.

    LK

  25. Re:The real shame on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    Godwin proved correct yet again.

    LK