It doesn't produce the same quality, or else produces the same quality but require 1.5 times higher bitrates. Although it probably is better than Flash, and would be a good replacement for that.
>>>Libertarianism makes us less free. We need government to protect the weak from the powerful
Yeah but who protects us from the new Nobles inside the government? What you describe is merely a restoration of Feudalism, where government made all the decisions and the citizens were mere serfs.
I fear my Congress more than I fear any imaginary dangers from Microsoft or Google or Ford. The latter can go "get fucked" as they hold NO power over me. The former has the power to jail me, conscript me into the Afghan war, take away my possessions, or just flat out execute me. (Yes U.S. cop raids into homes have resulted in deaths of innocent citizens... even children.)
>>>The "fine" is there for when you require the use of emergency hospital services
"Fine" is the word used in the language of the bill, and by Nancy Pelosi herself. The fine is an annual punishment, even if you never use emergency hospital services (like my grandparents, both of whom never used an ER). Plus it takes away freedom of choice. What's next? I get fined $500 a year, because I chose to buy a normal car instead of a hybrid car? The precedent has now been set. The Democrats are supposed to be the Pro-Choice party, but they don't act it. .
>>>and probably won't be able to pay
I have deep pockets. I can pay my own bills. Even when my dad needed an emergency pacemaker installed, the bill was only $8000. Or when my brother's wife had hysterectomy - $18,000 for a 3 night stay. I can afford those bills just fine, and don't need insurance to cover them.
And for those that can't afford the bills, the corporations provide hospital service for free, as required by law. It makes FAR more sense to take the money from the billion-dollar corporations' pockets, than to fine the citizens $950 each.
>>>"socialist" (or at least what you believe to be socialist, which would still be far far right wing in other countries).
I thought a right winger was someone who wanted to restore the Monarchy (or Nobility)..... i.e. a conservative who wants to live in pre-1800 europe (or modern day Saudi Arabia).
No you don't. I've heard the Current RNC Chair say, point blank, "Rush Limbaugh is mistaken and I don't know where he got his information. It's simply not true."
BTW I'm a Republican and I think Rush is an ass. (And no I'm not going to retract it.) He's usually correct but then he says ridiculous things like, "Hybrids can't go faster than 60 miles an hour." Even when I tried to call-in and correct him (my hybrid has been over 100mph), he just keeps spinning the same sentence over and over irregardless of facts. He should retire because he's going a little bit senile I think.
No they didn't. I joined the Tea Party in December 2008, shortly after George Duh Bush signed the Corporate Bailout. I never heard my colleagues call themselves anything but "Tea Party supporters" or "Tea Partiers". The first time I ever heard the term "teabagger" was in n April 2009 report about how MSNBC, et cetera were insulting the Tea Party attendees with a homosexual reference.
>>>conservatives are more open to reading opposing viewpoints from theirs than liberals
That's true. I watch a lot of FOX News but also balance it with MSNBC and PBS. I have yet to meet any liberals that would show similar open-mindedness and watch FOX.
>>>protection against tyrants, who now use economic coercion.
The government could just revoke the Corporate Licenses that it originally handed-out, and that problem would be solved. What would be left would be smaller, single-owner companies that have full liability for actions.
Also nobody forces you to buy something. Comcast has been trying for years, and I just keep saying "fuck off" and slam down the phone. They may hold a monopoly on cable television, but they can't force me to buy their product. Nor can they throw me in jail (like government can) or force me to serve in the army to die in Afghanistan (like government can).
>>>in order for people to be free, we need government intervention. Otherwise, the powerful oppress the weak.
But government IS the oppressor. How else do you explain that I will be fined $950 because I exercised a Pro-Choice decision not to have hospital insurance (I prefer to pay cash directly to the doctor). That's oppression right there.
Government's role should be to protect us from physical harm by the mentally deranged, and that's it. It should not be Dictating what products we buy, or else punish us. "No man has a right to harm another, and that is all the government should interfere." - Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party
>>>"Political correctness," "Rewarding poverty," and "Stepping on self employment." All of which are actually things conservatives do.
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Your post did not parse. I'm not aware of any conservatives that censor words liked "retarded" or "midget" from language (political correctness), encourage people to live off government handouts (reward poverty), or beat down people for being self-employed.
So predictable. I knew some liberal would say that before I even posted my message. Ye think for yourself huh? (Please note I'm just ribbing you - no offense intended.) So are those things true?
I'm a member of the local Tea Party and have attended two protests. Have I ever "teabagged" a lover? Nope. Am I racist? Nope; my two best friends are hispanic and chinese. Is the Tea Party a color-free zone? Nope - there are lots of non-whites at these events, as proved by this video (among many): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CLPhz0DHM
Why did you tell me that? I was living in oblivious happy ignorance until you told me MS has government backdoors in my software.:-( Oh well.
Is Mac OS any better? (falls over laughing)
As for the DNA I wouldn't have any problem giving it voluntarily since they don't know who I am (just a barcode). The problem is that voluntary often evolves into compulsory. SSI was originally a voluntary retirement program* but it quickly became mandatory, and Weekly Tax withholding used to be a "convenience" for workers but by the 1950s it became mandatory too.
* * Some communities still have voluntary SS, like Amish Americans and state government workers in Arizona (I think it's AZ - have to double check).
>>>No blacks with guns were filmed and called white racists.
False. MSNBC did exactly that. They looped the footage of a black man holding a gun, so you couldn't see his face, and then called him a white man with racist attitudes. It's a perfect example of "The Illusion of Truth" to borrow a phrase from Babylon 5. VIDEO - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI .
>>>The Democrats have tried to be bipartisan, but the Republicans have stone-walled them
Have can the R party block anything when the D party hold a supermajority? C'mon. The only thing standing in the way of Democrats was the Conservative Democrats (so-called blue dogs). That was why it took so long to gather the necessary votes to pass Pelosicare. .
>>>Who are the deceptive fuckheads, really?
BOTH are. Vote libertarian, or libertarian-republican (like Ron Paul) if you want real change towards a smaller government. Don't vote for Democrats or democratic-republicans (like Arlen Specter) or RINOs (mcCain), as they will only make us Less free.
I guess that's why they all share the same talking points: "Let's call them teabaggers." "There are no people of color in the Tea Partys." "Tea partiers are racist." "What he needs is more gravitas." - And so on. I call that mimicking one another, not independent thought.
>>>Upholding the status quo means thinking the same thing: everything is peachy just the way it is and the old ways are best.
I'm a conservative, and I think things are FAR from peachy in the U.S. We've basically just traded one set of oligarchs (King George and his nobles) for another set of oligarchs (King Bush, King Obama, the Congress, and the Justices).:-|
A new and truly liberal idea is to let each Individual be sovereign & run his/her own affairs with virtually no government interference.;-) But alas that idea will never fly in someplace like Berkeley.:-(
Actually I think somebody like grandma should have service like I've got - a mere $15 a month with ~100 GB cap. Or maybe even less - Netscape Dialup is only $7. If she only reads email then that would work just fine.
I grew up with DOS (more specifically 1541 CASCII and AmigaCLI), but still prefer a GUI. I can backup all my documents to an external drive with a simple drag-and-drop. I can't imagine trying to do that with a CLI. Well I can, but it would take longer.
I keep coming up with 0.05. How did you get 0.5 MHz?
That's still slower than a videogame console. The slowest ever made was Intellivision at 0.9 MHz, although it had a 16 bit processor so it was effectively twice as fast at moving data.
>>>You may play the role of one of Google's tireless PR drones
How do you know when someone's lost the argument? When they resort to insults. It means they've run out of rational or logical points, so they are lashing out in a primitive fashion. - (I don't work for google. Never have. I don't even use their email or browser, so neither am I a biased fanboy or "PR drone")
And point 5 - Here you can browse the entire Usenet directly to find precisely what you desire, just the way it's done on a dedicated NetNews program: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=gtype%3D0
>>>you don't even try to disprove anything that I've said.
???. What? Was I typing in invisible ink?:-| I listed 4 points plus direct links to disprove what you falsely claimed. Let me repeat them, but this time using visible ink:
Slashdot Mirror
It doesn't produce the same quality, or else produces the same quality but require 1.5 times higher bitrates. Although it probably is better than Flash, and would be a good replacement for that.
>>>Libertarianism makes us less free. We need government to protect the weak from the powerful
Yeah but who protects us from the new Nobles inside the government? What you describe is merely a restoration of Feudalism, where government made all the decisions and the citizens were mere serfs.
I fear my Congress more than I fear any imaginary dangers from Microsoft or Google or Ford. The latter can go "get fucked" as they hold NO power over me. The former has the power to jail me, conscript me into the Afghan war, take away my possessions, or just flat out execute me. (Yes U.S. cop raids into homes have resulted in deaths of innocent citizens... even children.)
>>>The "fine" is there for when you require the use of emergency hospital services
"Fine" is the word used in the language of the bill, and by Nancy Pelosi herself. The fine is an annual punishment, even if you never use emergency hospital services (like my grandparents, both of whom never used an ER). Plus it takes away freedom of choice. What's next? I get fined $500 a year, because I chose to buy a normal car instead of a hybrid car? The precedent has now been set. The Democrats are supposed to be the Pro-Choice party, but they don't act it.
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>>>and probably won't be able to pay
I have deep pockets. I can pay my own bills. Even when my dad needed an emergency pacemaker installed, the bill was only $8000. Or when my brother's wife had hysterectomy - $18,000 for a 3 night stay. I can afford those bills just fine, and don't need insurance to cover them.
And for those that can't afford the bills, the corporations provide hospital service for free, as required by law. It makes FAR more sense to take the money from the billion-dollar corporations' pockets, than to fine the citizens $950 each.
>>>"socialist" (or at least what you believe to be socialist, which would still be far far right wing in other countries).
I thought a right winger was someone who wanted to restore the Monarchy (or Nobility)..... i.e. a conservative who wants to live in pre-1800 europe (or modern day Saudi Arabia).
No you don't. I've heard the Current RNC Chair say, point blank, "Rush Limbaugh is mistaken and I don't know where he got his information. It's simply not true."
BTW I'm a Republican and I think Rush is an ass. (And no I'm not going to retract it.) He's usually correct but then he says ridiculous things like, "Hybrids can't go faster than 60 miles an hour." Even when I tried to call-in and correct him (my hybrid has been over 100mph), he just keeps spinning the same sentence over and over irregardless of facts. He should retire because he's going a little bit senile I think.
No they didn't. I joined the Tea Party in December 2008, shortly after George Duh Bush signed the Corporate Bailout. I never heard my colleagues call themselves anything but "Tea Party supporters" or "Tea Partiers". The first time I ever heard the term "teabagger" was in n April 2009 report about how MSNBC, et cetera were insulting the Tea Party attendees with a homosexual reference.
>>>(Score:1, Flamebait)
Somebody lacks a sense of humor. The previous two posts were both JOKES. Duh.
>>>conservatives are more open to reading opposing viewpoints from theirs than liberals
That's true. I watch a lot of FOX News but also balance it with MSNBC and PBS. I have yet to meet any liberals that would show similar open-mindedness and watch FOX.
>>>protection against tyrants, who now use economic coercion.
The government could just revoke the Corporate Licenses that it originally handed-out, and that problem would be solved. What would be left would be smaller, single-owner companies that have full liability for actions.
Also nobody forces you to buy something. Comcast has been trying for years, and I just keep saying "fuck off" and slam down the phone. They may hold a monopoly on cable television, but they can't force me to buy their product. Nor can they throw me in jail (like government can) or force me to serve in the army to die in Afghanistan (like government can).
>>>in order for people to be free, we need government intervention. Otherwise, the powerful oppress the weak.
But government IS the oppressor. How else do you explain that I will be fined $950 because I exercised a Pro-Choice decision not to have hospital insurance (I prefer to pay cash directly to the doctor). That's oppression right there.
Government's role should be to protect us from physical harm by the mentally deranged, and that's it. It should not be Dictating what products we buy, or else punish us. "No man has a right to harm another, and that is all the government should interfere." - Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party
>>>"Political correctness," "Rewarding poverty," and "Stepping on self employment." All of which are actually things conservatives do.
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Your post did not parse. I'm not aware of any conservatives that censor words liked "retarded" or "midget" from language (political correctness), encourage people to live off government handouts (reward poverty), or beat down people for being self-employed.
>>>But those things you mention are true.
So predictable. I knew some liberal would say that before I even posted my message. Ye think for yourself huh? (Please note I'm just ribbing you - no offense intended.) So are those things true?
I'm a member of the local Tea Party and have attended two protests. Have I ever "teabagged" a lover? Nope. Am I racist? Nope; my two best friends are hispanic and chinese. Is the Tea Party a color-free zone? Nope - there are lots of non-whites at these events, as proved by this video (among many): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CLPhz0DHM
Maybe what I need is more "gravitas". ;-)
Why did you tell me that? I was living in oblivious happy ignorance until you told me MS has government backdoors in my software. :-( Oh well.
Is Mac OS any better? (falls over laughing)
As for the DNA I wouldn't have any problem giving it voluntarily since they don't know who I am (just a barcode). The problem is that voluntary often evolves into compulsory. SSI was originally a voluntary retirement program* but it quickly became mandatory, and Weekly Tax withholding used to be a "convenience" for workers but by the 1950s it became mandatory too.
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* Some communities still have voluntary SS, like Amish Americans and state government workers in Arizona (I think it's AZ - have to double check).
>>>No blacks with guns were filmed and called white racists.
False. MSNBC did exactly that. They looped the footage of a black man holding a gun, so you couldn't see his face, and then called him a white man with racist attitudes. It's a perfect example of "The Illusion of Truth" to borrow a phrase from Babylon 5. VIDEO - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKQJ4-N7LI
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>>>The Democrats have tried to be bipartisan, but the Republicans have stone-walled them
Have can the R party block anything when the D party hold a supermajority? C'mon. The only thing standing in the way of Democrats was the Conservative Democrats (so-called blue dogs). That was why it took so long to gather the necessary votes to pass Pelosicare.
.
>>>Who are the deceptive fuckheads, really?
BOTH are. Vote libertarian, or libertarian-republican (like Ron Paul) if you want real change towards a smaller government. Don't vote for Democrats or democratic-republicans (like Arlen Specter) or RINOs (mcCain), as they will only make us Less free.
>>>Liberals tend to think for themselves
I guess that's why they all share the same talking points: "Let's call them teabaggers." "There are no people of color in the Tea Partys." "Tea partiers are racist." "What he needs is more gravitas." - And so on. I call that mimicking one another, not independent thought.
>>>Upholding the status quo means thinking the same thing: everything is peachy just the way it is and the old ways are best.
I'm a conservative, and I think things are FAR from peachy in the U.S. We've basically just traded one set of oligarchs (King George and his nobles) for another set of oligarchs (King Bush, King Obama, the Congress, and the Justices). :-|
A new and truly liberal idea is to let each Individual be sovereign & run his/her own affairs with virtually no government interference. ;-) But alas that idea will never fly in someplace like Berkeley. :-(
Aye..... that would certainly help. Or maybe get some sorority girls to volunteer at the clinic.
What about Cable or Satellite Internet? Those would provide a solution.
Actually I think somebody like grandma should have service like I've got - a mere $15 a month with ~100 GB cap. Or maybe even less - Netscape Dialup is only $7. If she only reads email then that would work just fine.
I grew up with DOS (more specifically 1541 CASCII and AmigaCLI), but still prefer a GUI. I can backup all my documents to an external drive with a simple drag-and-drop. I can't imagine trying to do that with a CLI. Well I can, but it would take longer.
Bah. I always switch to the classic mode anyway. It updates the screen faster, is more responsive, and seeing as how I grew up with this (see links), I already think it's pretty enough - http://toastytech.com/guis/c64g.html http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/full/amigaos10.png
Question:
Why does this flaw affect NT 6.1 and 6.2, but not 6.0 (vista)??? And why's the driver called "Canonical"?
I keep coming up with 0.05. How did you get 0.5 MHz?
That's still slower than a videogame console. The slowest ever made was Intellivision at 0.9 MHz, although it had a 16 bit processor so it was effectively twice as fast at moving data.
>>>You may play the role of one of Google's tireless PR drones
How do you know when someone's lost the argument? When they resort to insults. It means they've run out of rational or logical points, so they are lashing out in a primitive fashion. - (I don't work for google. Never have. I don't even use their email or browser, so neither am I a biased fanboy or "PR drone")
P.S.
And point 5 - Here you can browse the entire Usenet directly to find precisely what you desire, just the way it's done on a dedicated NetNews program: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=gtype%3D0
>>>you don't even try to disprove anything that I've said.
???. What? Was I typing in invisible ink? :-| I listed 4 points plus direct links to disprove what you falsely claimed. Let me repeat them, but this time using visible ink:
- DejaNews and Googlegroups - still the same interface
- I can still find ancient posts from the 80s
- Goto the front page and type something like "politics" - http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?lnk=nhpsfg&q=politics&qt_s=Search+for+a+group
- And comp.lang.c++ - http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?lnk=nhpsfg&q=comp.lang.c%2B%2B&qt_s=Search+for+a+group
I think I've proved you wrong.