I assume that you're making reference to the "Three Strikes" law that has become so popular? I'm going to go off on a tangent that probably doesn't support the argument, but oh well. I bet the reason this law was so popular was because people heard "Three Strikes" and thought: "YES! This is like Baseball! In fact, all laws and cruel, no matter how you slice it in my book.
I wansn't really making an attack against you or inferring that you watch those kind of shows. I was mearly giving example to how the media is justifying this new "eXtreme Law N-Forcement"
How come this was modded insightful? Are people really this violent and hateful of other people. It's so annoying to hear arguments from people supporting torture and capital punishment, but then hear them talk about how much they love America (not that you did, sir, I'm refering to people in general). The constitution restrics cruel and unusual punishments; execution is both of these (and your suggestion is double so).
In response to you, "If you don't like it, go to China"
Never thought I'd get to use that phrase, but these are twisted times we live in. Civil disobedience doesn't work thanks to shows like "Cops" where it's entertainment to see people getting beaten and arrested. Police corruption and vigilantism isn't called for anymore thanks to movies like "Training Day". Execution is favored by people who are pro-life.
I was installing a splitter for my DSL connection at my house. I needed to strip a phone wire, and since it was getting rather dark outside, I didn't want to go in and get a wire stripper. I had always stripped really small gauge wires with my teeth before, so I thought, "what's the harm?"
I would like to say that I take great offense at the statements made by Mr. Stephen Evans in his recent article "Linux cyber-battle turns nasty." In that article he seems to be connecting the recent MyDoom virus to Linux users who are angry at SCO. This claim is baseless and it is sad to see it being made in the reputable news publications of the BBC.
There are certain parts of the article that I find to be outright slams against a group of people who use and develop a powerful, fully customizable, and free operating system. The first one is "the run-of-the-mill geeks who wreak damage on the unsuspecting computer user." Most of your "run-of-the-mill geeks" as Mr. Evans calls them, have never damaged an unsuspecting computer user. This fear seems to be heaviest in the business world, where anyone who isn't looking to make money must have some other "evil" ulterior motive. This stereotype needs to be debunked, as it is not true at all. Several projects are released free of charge for nothing more than someone trying to prevent others from "reinventing the wheel."
Later in the article Mr. Evans says that "Two years ago, SCO claimed that it owned more than 800,000 lines of the [Linux operating] system which had always been available for free and to anyone since its invention in 1991." Yes, SCO claimed this, but they also released their own version of the Linux operating system, Caldera Linux, for free. Caldera was released under the GPL or GNU Public License, thus making it legal for the product to be modified, redistributed, even sold, provided that the source code was sent along with it. This should make SCO's argument null and void, but this piece of information seems to be looked over by almost all mainstream news sources.
"If anyone's anger has no measure, it is the wrath of internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all (open source)." I can't disagree with that, but this so-called "wrath" is mostly shown by the writing and posting of intelligent arguments that poke large holes in the claims of people who spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (or FUD) about the open source operating systems.
"So, it seems likely that the perpetrators of the MyDoom virus and its variants are internet vandals with a specific grudge...There's no proof, of course, but it must be one of the theories at the top of any investigator's list." It has been theorized that this virus is actually a program that was written to hijack computers to be used as spam relays. The only reason for attacking the SCO website might be to hide something that deserves more attention. This virus may also have been written by someone sympathetic to SCO as a way to draw attention away from the baseless claims and to foster support against the Linux and Open Source communities.
I hope I have given another view to what looked like a black and white case of vengeance. It might seem easy to comment on lesser known groups, but please keep in mind that they are just as human as yourself, and prefer not to be accused for outrageous offenses.
A transporter is at max warp 1 or 'c'. We can assume that a transporter is sent on some kind of limited range transmission beam (this negates subspace), therefore light or radio would be the most common, and both of those can only travel at most 'c'. Also, warp speed is attained through creation of a warp field (which bends space/time to allow cutting distance) which the ship then travels through using warp engines.
I think... I just watch the show (mostly TNG and DS9) and a few movies (First Contact being my personal favorite).
I know it was most of them, I just didn't want to seem too reactionary.
It was kind of like Sangamon in Neil Stephenson's Zodiac, when he was talking about pH levels. Sometimes you have to present the problem as less severe to get people to listen.
To be fair, some of those lockdown mental institutions were cruel and unusual. The closing down of those were a good move, but not providing something else (i.e. assisted living, community houses, employment help) was just ignorant.
You have to remember, the United States has a saftey net... it's called prison, and it's only getting worse.
I have a Kingston mouse that does the exact same thing. it has two scroll wheels and it rocks my world. Although I don't use it on my windows machine, this mouse hasn't given me a single problem in the 2 years I've had it. It still has it's smooth as silk glide, where all others would have gummed up.
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But, you see, this is bush banning "INDIVIDUALS" that donated to the Kerry campaign. So, by your own logic, Bush is doing a bad thing.
As much as I want to, I didn't play GTA:San Andreas. I simply think its something I don't want to do.
Well, which one is it? Do you want to or not?
yes... and you wouldn't believe how hungry I was.
management team
If you can't stand the heat, unplug your modem.
I thought it was 20 minutes into the future... by the way, Channel 23 is AWESOME!
I hope they come out with a DVD box set of Max Headroom
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
But the upload speed will still be around 128Kb/s.
before I click on the article link...
There's no 'dangly parts' in spandex on that page... right?
Give UPN some time. They'll come up with the SCOpranos.
Right after Homeboys in Outer Space.
I assume that you're making reference to the "Three Strikes" law that has become so popular? I'm going to go off on a tangent that probably doesn't support the argument, but oh well. I bet the reason this law was so popular was because people heard "Three Strikes" and thought: "YES! This is like Baseball! In fact, all laws and cruel, no matter how you slice it in my book.
I wansn't really making an attack against you or inferring that you watch those kind of shows. I was mearly giving example to how the media is justifying this new "eXtreme Law N-Forcement"
How come this was modded insightful? Are people really this violent and hateful of other people. It's so annoying to hear arguments from people supporting torture and capital punishment, but then hear them talk about how much they love America (not that you did, sir, I'm refering to people in general). The constitution restrics cruel and unusual punishments; execution is both of these (and your suggestion is double so).
In response to you, "If you don't like it, go to China"
Never thought I'd get to use that phrase, but these are twisted times we live in. Civil disobedience doesn't work thanks to shows like "Cops" where it's entertainment to see people getting beaten and arrested. Police corruption and vigilantism isn't called for anymore thanks to movies like "Training Day". Execution is favored by people who are pro-life.
Dogs and cats live together.
Mass hysteria.
I was installing a splitter for my DSL connection at my house. I needed to strip a phone wire, and since it was getting rather dark outside, I didn't want to go in and get a wire stripper. I had always stripped really small gauge wires with my teeth before, so I thought, "what's the harm?"
Fill in the ending for yourself.
I would like to say that I take great offense at the statements made by Mr. Stephen Evans in his recent article "Linux cyber-battle turns nasty." In that article he seems to be connecting the recent MyDoom virus to Linux users who are angry at SCO. This claim is baseless and it is sad to see it being made in the reputable news publications of the BBC.
There are certain parts of the article that I find to be outright slams against a group of people who use and develop a powerful, fully customizable, and free operating system. The first one is "the run-of-the-mill geeks who wreak damage on the unsuspecting computer user." Most of your "run-of-the-mill geeks" as Mr. Evans calls them, have never damaged an unsuspecting computer user. This fear seems to be heaviest in the business world, where anyone who isn't looking to make money must have some other "evil" ulterior motive. This stereotype needs to be debunked, as it is not true at all. Several projects are released free of charge for nothing more than someone trying to prevent others from "reinventing the wheel."
Later in the article Mr. Evans says that "Two years ago, SCO claimed that it owned more than 800,000 lines of the [Linux operating] system which had always been available for free and to anyone since its invention in 1991." Yes, SCO claimed this, but they also released their own version of the Linux operating system, Caldera Linux, for free. Caldera was released under the GPL or GNU Public License, thus making it legal for the product to be modified, redistributed, even sold, provided that the source code was sent along with it. This should make SCO's argument null and void, but this piece of information seems to be looked over by almost all mainstream news sources.
"If anyone's anger has no measure, it is the wrath of internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all (open source)." I can't disagree with that, but this so-called "wrath" is mostly shown by the writing and posting of intelligent arguments that poke large holes in the claims of people who spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (or FUD) about the open source operating systems.
"So, it seems likely that the perpetrators of the MyDoom virus and its variants are internet vandals with a specific grudge...There's no proof, of course, but it must be one of the theories at the top of any investigator's list." It has been theorized that this virus is actually a program that was written to hijack computers to be used as spam relays. The only reason for attacking the SCO website might be to hide something that deserves more attention. This virus may also have been written by someone sympathetic to SCO as a way to draw attention away from the baseless claims and to foster support against the Linux and Open Source communities.
I hope I have given another view to what looked like a black and white case of vengeance. It might seem easy to comment on lesser known groups, but please keep in mind that they are just as human as yourself, and prefer not to be accused for outrageous offenses.
did you ever drive using your knees?
This was one of the best shows on MTV... EVER!
you're not funny, so stop trying.
A transporter is at max warp 1 or 'c'. We can assume that a transporter is sent on some kind of limited range transmission beam (this negates subspace), therefore light or radio would be the most common, and both of those can only travel at most 'c'. Also, warp speed is attained through creation of a warp field (which bends space/time to allow cutting distance) which the ship then travels through using warp engines.
I think... I just watch the show (mostly TNG and DS9) and a few movies (First Contact being my personal favorite).
I can verify that these numbers are from verisign, not some spam for another company.
Look under verisign's contact page, under product sales information, 2nd column 5th paragraph.
That's my fucking server...
I fuck your server! I fuck your server!
I know it was most of them, I just didn't want to seem too reactionary.
It was kind of like Sangamon in Neil Stephenson's Zodiac, when he was talking about pH levels. Sometimes you have to present the problem as less severe to get people to listen.
To be fair, some of those lockdown mental institutions were cruel and unusual. The closing down of those were a good move, but not providing something else (i.e. assisted living, community houses, employment help) was just ignorant.
You have to remember, the United States has a saftey net... it's called prison, and it's only getting worse.
I need to pass this semester. Don't ruin this for me.
I have a Kingston mouse that does the exact same thing. it has two scroll wheels and it rocks my world. Although I don't use it on my windows machine, this mouse hasn't given me a single problem in the 2 years I've had it. It still has it's smooth as silk glide, where all others would have gummed up.
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