I see now... Minesweeper is the enemy of encryption. This just goes to show that Windows really is a security risk. (As if we needed more proof of that...) --
True, there has always been Trolling of the Presidential candidates. (In fact, if you look, you'll find that 'pundit' is actually an ancient Summerian word for 'Troll'.) In the past, however, that Trolling ability was in the hands of the few. Now, thanks to Slashdot, the many have their chances. It's New Media! It's the Post-Democracy world! It's the Hellmouth!...oops, wrong Katz reference...
Once again, Slashdot has done something truely innovative... Now, you can Troll the major presidential candidates! God Bless America, and God Bless/.! --
...and when the Citizens looked to the sky, they saw the giant vector-graphics in the sky. They knew everything would be allright, Nerd-Boy was being called to the Commisioner's Office. --
You know, major candidates don't like to answer people's questions today. They only like to run ads on television.
A Green Party activist, I'm voting for Ralph Nader.
Of course, Ralph Nader would rather hold rallies with his celebrity friends than answer questions. I don't see his replies up here, and he hasn't exactly been willing to take any questions from non-partisan sources. He continues to complain about being excluded from the debates, yet has repeatedly refused online, multi-candidate interviews such as this one, Web, White and Blue, and many others. (Even the major parties are participating in these forums.) It's time that the liberal and progressive in our society looked beyond the hype, and began to realize that Nader doesn't have our best interests at heart. --
however plush toys such as Microsoft Barney will implement non-standard protocols, allowing them to only transmit the words "innovate", "upgrade" and "assimilate".
I am trying to encourage graduate students and others who have time and talent. This is a prize to encourage progress, of the kind that was often staked in the early days of aviation.
You people don't quite realize how important this is. Why, here in the year 2074, the Cursing Toy industry is one of the great indicators of our economy. It has aided human life in ways unimaginable, and honestly, no one can really imagine what life would be like without it. --
I would love to read the headlines: "Bush wins, Nader blamed". That would make my day.
So you're basically saying that Women's Rights, Religious Freedom, and Racial Equality aren't as important to you as some particular issues of fiscal policy.
Nader is far more Evil that Gore. Just look at the way he's campaigning, trying to take votes away from Gore by assuring voters that Gore can't win. Trying to claim that he's out for the enviornment when he owns millions in Cisco systems, which is currently fighting to turn the last bit of rural land in Silicon Valley into a corporate park. Of course, if he were so anti-corporate, then people should probably begin to ask about his huge financial interest in tech stocks. If he's for worker's rights, then why did he fire people trying to form a union in his own buisness?
Anyone voting for Nader, no matter which state you reside in, should really investigate your priorities, and ask yourself these questions. Now. --
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Oops. I didn't catch the whois for Network solutions. Yes, that does fix the never-been-there problem, but still, why make children learn about it this way? --
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The only problem with that method is that you can't follow links. Also, say Slashdot points to something interesting about freedom of speech, and you've never visited the domain before. It's problematic. The best way to "beat the system" isn't to sneak around it, but to take it away. Even easily-circumvented censerware is still an obstical to freedom of speech. --
...I could see this as a particular PR coup for linux... Look at it this way: Linux: Nietzchian Super-Mutant OS!
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Congratulations on getting to the point. It's the state-division that makes the Electoral college such a barrier. Of course, they wanted it that way (read Frederalist #10) but that doesn't mean it's correct now.
I was kinda baiting you, playing devil's advocate because I saw some flaws in your argument. It's shaped up quite nicely, though, and I'm impressed. In fact, I'm actually going to aid some of the progressive forces here at UT in our attempt to start a public organization for the elimination of the electoral college. --
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The eloctoral college isn't the barrier, our method of election is. The fact that we have a direct election of our executive branch, rather than an appointed one (like a Prime Minister) means that it will always be a horse race, and only the one who comes over the line wins. What does it matter if there happen to be a group of people who confirm what the popular vote has said. I mean, exactly how many people even know how many electoral votes there are, period??? The public's psychology about third-party candidates has always been based on the popular vote, and will continue to be. --
...we consider it perfect by our own standards. I'm sure there are other forms of potential consciensness (perhaps not even "living" as we know it) that could not exits in our Universe that would consider our enviornment pretty crappy. People always seem to forget that we have a very, very narrow viewpoint, and that any and all value jedgements we make are inherently skewed because of that. --
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A candidate that gets 15% of the vote should have 15% of the final vote, which is not the case.
Eliminating the Electoral college for this reason is bullshit. Yes, third party candidates will get the measily little 5-10% that they were working towards, but they will still lose. We're in a winner-take-all Democracy here, and weather you get 10% of the popular vote, or Zero electoral votes, you still end up losing. Even if there is a win, what will one Green (or libertatian, etc.) President be able to do when the Congress is still filled with majority party members? Why isn't the Green party focusing on state positions, local representation, and the Congress, instead of trying to install a figurehead who will accompolish nothing, even if elected??? --
Okay, there's a difference between "create" and "record". We've generally created the same amount of information as before, the only difference is, 1. the programs used to store it, and 2. more people are recording their information on computers. All you need to do is recieve another chain letter to know that we are duplicating information far more than we are creating any new instances of it. The information has always been there, and will always be there, weather or not it's recorded in bytes somewhere.
Also, information overload is caused by our ability to ACCESS more information, not because more information is suddenly there. --
on a more serious note, i wonder if the rate at which humanity generates information (regardless of it relevance) will grow exponantially at the same rate as the media we use to hold it.
I don't think that we're really generating any more information than in the past. I think that it has more to do with the format we use to store the information. I mean, a one paragraph document in an old word processor (like Works 1 or 2) compared to that exact same paragraph in Word 2000 is a few k smaller, at the very least. --
The wealthy are being disproporionately taxed, but they are also disproporionately benifiting from the society that they are helping to fund with their taxes.
Okay, I really really want to make an OpenGL screensaver out of that little animation. I mean could you imagine that, only with 3d pipes, ploating around your screen as you return from a much-deserved coffee-break? --
Should the US Government create a watchdog agency to protect US citizens from privacy invasions from other government offices or from corporations?
Yes. The US is the only major industrialized country in the World without such an agency. More than 40 countries have them. An aggressive, independent watchdog agency is essential to protect citizens' privacy from corporate and governmental invasions.
Still, I'd rather go to my Democratic preceinct meeting, bring up this issue, have it voted on, and make it part of the Democratic platform than vote for a candidate who wants to take our trade practices back to 1930's isolationism rather than figure out ways to support the individual and worker in a global society... --
What 'rights' should these people have that they don't already have?
I don't think there need be any more rights, simply the protection of the rights that are alread there. Re-read what I said. For an example of minority religions losing rights, you should look at how Rep. Bob Barr (R-Georgia) tried to tack on a measure that would forbid Wiccan soldiers from worshipping on Military bases to a budget bill. Fortunantly, the bill failed, but unfortunantly, this issue could come up again. This isn't a special right, it's the same right that every religious soldier has, and shouldn't be denied anyone because of the popularity of their religion. --
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Just a quick note... Gore does support Gay marriage. He said so on the Larry King show. (Find the transcript online yourself...)
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I see now... Minesweeper is the enemy of encryption. This just goes to show that Windows really is a security risk. (As if we needed more proof of that...)
--
True, there has always been Trolling of the Presidential candidates. (In fact, if you look, you'll find that 'pundit' is actually an ancient Summerian word for 'Troll'.) ...oops, wrong Katz reference...
In the past, however, that Trolling ability was in the hands of the few. Now, thanks to Slashdot, the many have their chances. It's New Media! It's the Post-Democracy world! It's the Hellmouth!
--
Once again, Slashdot has done something truely innovative... /.!
Now, you can Troll the major presidential candidates!
God Bless America, and God Bless
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Yes, I know that this is a bad question, since it just encourages them, but I'm wondering...
/. ?
Where is the typo site that Frames
I've typed in several typos in my day, and I've never ended up with this site. I have heard of it at least ten times (in articles). So, I'm curious.
Where is it???
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...and when the Citizens looked to the sky, they saw the giant vector-graphics in the sky.
They knew everything would be allright, Nerd-Boy was being called to the Commisioner's Office.
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You know, major candidates don't like to answer people's questions today. They only like to run ads on television.
A Green Party activist, I'm voting for Ralph Nader.
Of course, Ralph Nader would rather hold rallies with his celebrity friends than answer questions. I don't see his replies up here, and he hasn't exactly been willing to take any questions from non-partisan sources. He continues to complain about being excluded from the debates, yet has repeatedly refused online, multi-candidate interviews such as this one, Web, White and Blue, and many others. (Even the major parties are participating in these forums.)
It's time that the liberal and progressive in our society looked beyond the hype, and began to realize that Nader doesn't have our best interests at heart.
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however plush toys such as Microsoft Barney will implement non-standard protocols, allowing them to only transmit the words "innovate", "upgrade" and "assimilate".
Don't forget - "Reboot!"
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I am trying to encourage graduate students and others who have time and talent. This is a prize to encourage progress, of the kind that was often staked in the early days of aviation.
You people don't quite realize how important this is. Why, here in the year 2074, the Cursing Toy industry is one of the great indicators of our economy. It has aided human life in ways unimaginable, and honestly, no one can really imagine what life would be like without it.
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trying to take votes away from Gore by assuring voters that Gore can't win
Oops, that should be can't lose.
See, ranting leads to a lack of proof-reading...
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I would love to read the headlines: "Bush wins, Nader blamed". That would make my day.
So you're basically saying that Women's Rights, Religious Freedom, and Racial Equality aren't as important to you as some particular issues of fiscal policy.
Nader is far more Evil that Gore. Just look at the way he's campaigning, trying to take votes away from Gore by assuring voters that Gore can't win. Trying to claim that he's out for the enviornment when he owns millions in Cisco systems, which is currently fighting to turn the last bit of rural land in Silicon Valley into a corporate park. Of course, if he were so anti-corporate, then people should probably begin to ask about his huge financial interest in tech stocks. If he's for worker's rights, then why did he fire people trying to form a union in his own buisness?
Anyone voting for Nader, no matter which state you reside in, should really investigate your priorities, and ask yourself these questions. Now.
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Oops. I didn't catch the whois for Network solutions. Yes, that does fix the never-been-there problem, but still, why make children learn about it this way?
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The only problem with that method is that you can't follow links. Also, say Slashdot points to something interesting about freedom of speech, and you've never visited the domain before. It's problematic.
The best way to "beat the system" isn't to sneak around it, but to take it away. Even easily-circumvented censerware is still an obstical to freedom of speech.
--
...I could see this as a particular PR coup for linux...
Look at it this way:
Linux: Nietzchian Super-Mutant OS!
--
Congratulations on getting to the point. It's the state-division that makes the Electoral college such a barrier. Of course, they wanted it that way (read Frederalist #10) but that doesn't mean it's correct now.
I was kinda baiting you, playing devil's advocate because I saw some flaws in your argument. It's shaped up quite nicely, though, and I'm impressed. In fact, I'm actually going to aid some of the progressive forces here at UT in our attempt to start a public organization for the elimination of the electoral college.
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The eloctoral college isn't the barrier, our method of election is. The fact that we have a direct election of our executive branch, rather than an appointed one (like a Prime Minister) means that it will always be a horse race, and only the one who comes over the line wins. What does it matter if there happen to be a group of people who confirm what the popular vote has said. I mean, exactly how many people even know how many electoral votes there are, period??? The public's psychology about third-party candidates has always been based on the popular vote, and will continue to be.
--
...we consider it perfect by our own standards. I'm sure there are other forms of potential consciensness (perhaps not even "living" as we know it) that could not exits in our Universe that would consider our enviornment pretty crappy. People always seem to forget that we have a very, very narrow viewpoint, and that any and all value jedgements we make are inherently skewed because of that.
--
A candidate that gets 15% of the vote should have 15% of the final vote, which is not the case.
Eliminating the Electoral college for this reason is bullshit. Yes, third party candidates will get the measily little 5-10% that they were working towards, but they will still lose. We're in a winner-take-all Democracy here, and weather you get 10% of the popular vote, or Zero electoral votes, you still end up losing. Even if there is a win, what will one Green (or libertatian, etc.) President be able to do when the Congress is still filled with majority party members? Why isn't the Green party focusing on state positions, local representation, and the Congress, instead of trying to install a figurehead who will accompolish nothing, even if elected???
--
Okay, there's a difference between "create" and "record". We've generally created the same amount of information as before, the only difference is, 1. the programs used to store it, and 2. more people are recording their information on computers. All you need to do is recieve another chain letter to know that we are duplicating information far more than we are creating any new instances of it. The information has always been there, and will always be there, weather or not it's recorded in bytes somewhere.
Also, information overload is caused by our ability to ACCESS more information, not because more information is suddenly there.
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on a more serious note, i wonder if the rate at which humanity generates information (regardless of it relevance) will grow exponantially at the same rate as the media we use to hold it.
I don't think that we're really generating any more information than in the past. I think that it has more to do with the format we use to store the information. I mean, a one paragraph document in an old word processor (like Works 1 or 2) compared to that exact same paragraph in Word 2000 is a few k smaller, at the very least.
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The wealthy are being disproporionately taxed, but they are also disproporionately benifiting from the society that they are helping to fund with their taxes.
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Sure, here you go...0 x150.gif.
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~eangst/tackstaples_q15
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Okay, I really really want to make an OpenGL screensaver out of that little animation. I mean could you imagine that, only with 3d pipes, ploating around your screen as you return from a much-deserved coffee-break?
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Okay, this is pretty cool...
Should the US Government create a watchdog agency to protect US citizens from privacy invasions from other government offices or from corporations?
Yes. The US is the only major industrialized country in the World without such an agency. More than 40 countries have them. An aggressive, independent watchdog agency is essential to protect citizens' privacy from corporate and governmental invasions.
Still, I'd rather go to my Democratic preceinct meeting, bring up this issue, have it voted on, and make it part of the Democratic platform than vote for a candidate who wants to take our trade practices back to 1930's isolationism rather than figure out ways to support the individual and worker in a global society...
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What 'rights' should these people have that they don't already have?
I don't think there need be any more rights, simply the protection of the rights that are alread there. Re-read what I said. For an example of minority religions losing rights, you should look at how Rep. Bob Barr (R-Georgia) tried to tack on a measure that would forbid Wiccan soldiers from worshipping on Military bases to a budget bill. Fortunantly, the bill failed, but unfortunantly, this issue could come up again. This isn't a special right, it's the same right that every religious soldier has, and shouldn't be denied anyone because of the popularity of their religion.
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