Your point, while likely to be labeled xenophobic, is largely right. The other thing to remember about the Chinese is that they maintain an artificial exchange rate by pegging their currency to ours. They have resisted all of our overtures thus far to let their currency float up and down like most others to keep the exchange rate down and their products cheap. Their claim that they are a poor country consisting mostly of subsistence farmers is true but it's a red herring. As you rightly point out, the Corporate offshoring and false exchange rates are killing us more effectively than bullets and bombs would have.
As a Republican I'm in the odd position of hoping that Kerry wins and organized labor holds his feet to the fire in an attempt to keep some jobs that are a shade more advanced than frycook inside the United States. I think that the coming recession, fueled and deepened by the continuing outflows of jobs and capital, will be the biggest issue for the next administration. Bush is clearly unwilling to do much of anything about it, indeed, he seems almost unaware. We're so tied up in WTO and all of that other bullshit that I'm unsure anyone can do much about it but at least Kerry seems inclined to try.
Well, the initial blast wouldn't slow traffic down, that is for sure. However, when the police showed up and parked their cruisers on the side of the road, then traffic would back up forever. However, since traffic around here is always that bad, you probably wouldn't hear about it on any of the radio traffic broadcasts.....
Spybot rules. Number one tool (in conjunction with AV) that we use when people start complaining about popups and system performance. Invariably "shopping assistant" or some other crap is running. Rarely is it anything else.
I run a small consulting company and we see it every day. Just when we get users trained not to install every frigging "helpful" toolbar, cursor or wallpaper program out there they go on to a new company and in comes another user who happily installs everything that comes down the pike. Setting them up as a restricted user helps but then they bitch that they have to call us whenever they want to install anything. That argument works exactly once - until we have to spend a couple of hours trying to unfuck a machine infested with crap and we explain to the boss what caused it. BAM! no more local admin rights. Try as we might to explain this ahead of time it seems to make very little difference until that first bill arrives. Some say it's not a bad thing as it keeps people like me in business but I'd rather that my customers desktops were always functional and I spent my time on backups, security and more interesting consulting work.
I agree with your change the dial argument. However I also appreciate the larger argument that, increasingly, there isn't anywhere to change it to. That being said, I can't imagine why XM wouldn't sell their souls to get Stern on their network. He's gotta be an incredible revenue producer.
perhaps, but it was supposed to be as easy as "yum install mplayer" but I gave up after half an hour of header downloads on a T-1 connection. Take a look here for someone else's adventure.
I gave up on doing anything related to DVD in linux not too long ago. In trying to get the DVD player software and install it, I felt like I was re-living that column on here not too long ago about trying to print in linux. Use apt-get! no, use up2date!, no, use yum (what kind of fucking name is that, btw)!, no, download packages! err, which packages? Well, all 10 of these of course! Or simply update your yum.conf file with this 50 character string and then do a yum install mplayer and wait for yum to download a gazillion headers and then....aw fuck it, all I wanted to do was watch a damn DVD. It's just too easy to do in windows to even fight with linux. Stick in the windvd CD and away I went.
The biggest problem with online games is not girls who do or do not suck. There are plenty of guys that suck too. It's the 15 year old boys who can't seem to keep their mouth shut and spew an endless stream of profanity because mommy isn't around. God forbid they even suspect that a female is playing as their trash talking about what they would do to her will go into overdrive. At first it's funny as it rapidly becomes clear that they wouldn't know how to do half of what they're talking about but after awhile it just gets old. I'm sure that the women online are just sick to death of it.
In rereading (sp) my post, perhaps I should have been a bit more specific. I was referring to the second part of your post. I rarely write about a single incident, more often it is overarching themes like unreasonable search, privacy, etc.
As to wether I would argue with an officer, I can and do ask why someone wants to see my ID if I've done nothing wrong. If I were to get pulled over going 75 in a 55, I'm handing it over. If I'm minding my own biz and doing the right things, yeah, I'm going to ask but not to the point that I'm going to get into a pissing contest with a cop. I find that if you seem reasonable, most times you'll be treated in a similar fashion.
riiiggghhht. Running from cops will produce a far better result. You're probably a track star so you could outrun the "steroid freak deputies." The result will be that you're sweaty when you get your ass beat...:)
and I talk about this subject with some frequency. Judging from the feedback I get, most people just don't get it or don't care. Most believe that if you have nothing to hide, it shouldn't be a problem. I've been searching for a more elegant way to rebut this other than saying its just dead wrong but have yet to come up with it.
People equate the "papers please" line to movies about Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia but I think we are closer than most of us would admit.
btw, if you've got a good way to rebut this that doesn't include fuck or asshole, I'm all ears biatches...:)
well, at least swordfish had two redeeming qualities....:)
The whole "VR" display thing near the end of the book was annoying. One would think that if the number of attackers kept increasing exponentially (sp) that sooner or later it would have been DOS'd out of existence and nobody could get to it...
I live in Manassas, VA and the city gov't has some lash-up with some company (prospect st. I think) to deliver this service. Out of curiosity I filled out an interest form a month ago and haven't heard back. I know they had announced general availability on Jan 1 but nobody I talk to has actually seen it installed beyond the small pilot test they did. I'm pretty sure it won't go anywhere but figured I would keep my options open.
nice post, I'll retype a different part later on. btw, do you really believe any of that tripe you're spouting there? Our "rights" have been eroded to the point where the constitution is just a shell. The rights you'll find therein have been qualified to the point where they really don't seem to matter much. You have a right to privacy...unless you're in public, or if you look suspicious or if we stop your car for anything we want and it looks suspicious or you have written a check or have any kind of electronic trail accross the net or you use a telephone. If none of the above works, we'll declare you an enemy combatant.
Just for grins, you can buy a gun well, unless it's a certain type of gun then you can't buy it without a cavity search or you can buy it but not pick it up for 7 days or in DC you just can't buy or possess one unless of course you work for the gov't.
You can have your demonstration in the place *we* designate. Oh, that place will be far away from whatever it is that you're pissed about. Oh, and you'll need a permit first and while you're busy doing that we'll send undercover officers into your group in order to spy on you. Once you attempt to hold your rally, our officers will dick with your people until they provoke a confrontation and then your people will be abused mercilessly.
well, here in 'merica, we used to use a similar method where you poke a little hole in a piece of paper and a suprising number of people managed to fuck that up so using anything more complicated than a touch screen with a picture seems to be out of the question. In my district, we use machines that have a little lever. The machines are like 30 years old but they are being replaced because they are too "unreliable". I've asked some of the election workers about them and evidently they work just fine but the electorate appear to be to damn stupid to figure it out.
I suppose that if the new machines provide faster results it's worth it but I don't know what the hurry is all about. It's not like having to wait a couple of extra hours is going to make any difference.
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Your point, while likely to be labeled xenophobic, is largely right. The other thing to remember about the Chinese is that they maintain an artificial exchange rate by pegging their currency to ours. They have resisted all of our overtures thus far to let their currency float up and down like most others to keep the exchange rate down and their products cheap. Their claim that they are a poor country consisting mostly of subsistence farmers is true but it's a red herring. As you rightly point out, the Corporate offshoring and false exchange rates are killing us more effectively than bullets and bombs would have.
As a Republican I'm in the odd position of hoping that Kerry wins and organized labor holds his feet to the fire in an attempt to keep some jobs that are a shade more advanced than frycook inside the United States. I think that the coming recession, fueled and deepened by the continuing outflows of jobs and capital, will be the biggest issue for the next administration. Bush is clearly unwilling to do much of anything about it, indeed, he seems almost unaware. We're so tied up in WTO and all of that other bullshit that I'm unsure anyone can do much about it but at least Kerry seems inclined to try.
just fine. No lag at all. Must have a great host.
Well, the initial blast wouldn't slow traffic down, that is for sure. However, when the police showed up and parked their cruisers on the side of the road, then traffic would back up forever. However, since traffic around here is always that bad, you probably wouldn't hear about it on any of the radio traffic broadcasts.....
Spybot rules. Number one tool (in conjunction with AV) that we use when people start complaining about popups and system performance. Invariably "shopping assistant" or some other crap is running. Rarely is it anything else.
I run a small consulting company and we see it every day. Just when we get users trained not to install every frigging "helpful" toolbar, cursor or wallpaper program out there they go on to a new company and in comes another user who happily installs everything that comes down the pike. Setting them up as a restricted user helps but then they bitch that they have to call us whenever they want to install anything. That argument works exactly once - until we have to spend a couple of hours trying to unfuck a machine infested with crap and we explain to the boss what caused it. BAM! no more local admin rights. Try as we might to explain this ahead of time it seems to make very little difference until that first bill arrives. Some say it's not a bad thing as it keeps people like me in business but I'd rather that my customers desktops were always functional and I spent my time on backups, security and more interesting consulting work.
Now, if only I could buy a 747 and and get a couple hundred people to commute to work with me I'd be eco-friendly!!!
"massive lagoons of pig waste that occasionally break open and flood the neighborhood"
I hope this is a joke....
I've never heard of an arial cable. Is it more expensive than the garamond cable?
I agree with your change the dial argument. However I also appreciate the larger argument that, increasingly, there isn't anywhere to change it to. That being said, I can't imagine why XM wouldn't sell their souls to get Stern on their network. He's gotta be an incredible revenue producer.
perhaps, but it was supposed to be as easy as "yum install mplayer" but I gave up after half an hour of header downloads on a T-1 connection. Take a look here for someone else's adventure.
I gave up on doing anything related to DVD in linux not too long ago. In trying to get the DVD player software and install it, I felt like I was re-living that column on here not too long ago about trying to print in linux. Use apt-get! no, use up2date!, no, use yum (what kind of fucking name is that, btw)!, no, download packages! err, which packages? Well, all 10 of these of course! Or simply update your yum.conf file with this 50 character string and then do a yum install mplayer and wait for yum to download a gazillion headers and then....aw fuck it, all I wanted to do was watch a damn DVD. It's just too easy to do in windows to even fight with linux. Stick in the windvd CD and away I went.
are an abortion. Even with the convenience of the added capacity, I've decided not to bother with it. These guys aren't doing anyone a favor.
The biggest problem with online games is not girls who do or do not suck. There are plenty of guys that suck too. It's the 15 year old boys who can't seem to keep their mouth shut and spew an endless stream of profanity because mommy isn't around. God forbid they even suspect that a female is playing as their trash talking about what they would do to her will go into overdrive. At first it's funny as it rapidly becomes clear that they wouldn't know how to do half of what they're talking about but after awhile it just gets old. I'm sure that the women online are just sick to death of it.
In rereading (sp) my post, perhaps I should have been a bit more specific. I was referring to the second part of your post. I rarely write about a single incident, more often it is overarching themes like unreasonable search, privacy, etc.
As to wether I would argue with an officer, I can and do ask why someone wants to see my ID if I've done nothing wrong. If I were to get pulled over going 75 in a 55, I'm handing it over. If I'm minding my own biz and doing the right things, yeah, I'm going to ask but not to the point that I'm going to get into a pissing contest with a cop. I find that if you seem reasonable, most times you'll be treated in a similar fashion.
riiiggghhht. Running from cops will produce a far better result. You're probably a track star so you could outrun the "steroid freak deputies." The result will be that you're sweaty when you get your ass beat...:)
and I talk about this subject with some frequency. Judging from the feedback I get, most people just don't get it or don't care. Most believe that if you have nothing to hide, it shouldn't be a problem. I've been searching for a more elegant way to rebut this other than saying its just dead wrong but have yet to come up with it.
People equate the "papers please" line to movies about Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia but I think we are closer than most of us would admit.
btw, if you've got a good way to rebut this that doesn't include fuck or asshole, I'm all ears biatches...:)
well, at least swordfish had two redeeming qualities....:)
The whole "VR" display thing near the end of the book was annoying. One would think that if the number of attackers kept increasing exponentially (sp) that sooner or later it would have been DOS'd out of existence and nobody could get to it...
and I didn't like it much. The plot wasn't so bad but the technical aspects were kinda laughable and annoyingly repititive
You saw Zeppelin and you remember it? You lucky bastard.
I hesitate to question Homer but I thought the biggest thief was Elvis....
Any game that might require this might be "announced" later this year but will be delayed until 2006...
his point is still valid. If you're 30-3 you should probably move on to a server with better players.
I live in Manassas, VA and the city gov't has some lash-up with some company (prospect st. I think) to deliver this service. Out of curiosity I filled out an interest form a month ago and haven't heard back. I know they had announced general availability on Jan 1 but nobody I talk to has actually seen it installed beyond the small pilot test they did. I'm pretty sure it won't go anywhere but figured I would keep my options open.
nice post, I'll retype a different part later on. btw, do you really believe any of that tripe you're spouting there? Our "rights" have been eroded to the point where the constitution is just a shell. The rights you'll find therein have been qualified to the point where they really don't seem to matter much. You have a right to privacy...unless you're in public, or if you look suspicious or if we stop your car for anything we want and it looks suspicious or you have written a check or have any kind of electronic trail accross the net or you use a telephone. If none of the above works, we'll declare you an enemy combatant.
Just for grins, you can buy a gun well, unless it's a certain type of gun then you can't buy it without a cavity search or you can buy it but not pick it up for 7 days or in DC you just can't buy or possess one unless of course you work for the gov't.
You can have your demonstration in the place *we* designate. Oh, that place will be far away from whatever it is that you're pissed about. Oh, and you'll need a permit first and while you're busy doing that we'll send undercover officers into your group in order to spy on you. Once you attempt to hold your rally, our officers will dick with your people until they provoke a confrontation and then your people will be abused mercilessly.
Glad we have the constitution.
well, here in 'merica, we used to use a similar method where you poke a little hole in a piece of paper and a suprising number of people managed to fuck that up so using anything more complicated than a touch screen with a picture seems to be out of the question. In my district, we use machines that have a little lever. The machines are like 30 years old but they are being replaced because they are too "unreliable". I've asked some of the election workers about them and evidently they work just fine but the electorate appear to be to damn stupid to figure it out.
I suppose that if the new machines provide faster results it's worth it but I don't know what the hurry is all about. It's not like having to wait a couple of extra hours is going to make any difference.