The special prosocutor in the 'Plamegate' tempest in a teapot was appointed to appease the howls of outrage pouring forth daily from.... wait for it..... the editorial page of the New York Times.
NO idiot.
The special prosecutor was appointed by the DoJ, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CIA, after the CIA did their damage assessment from having an agent (and agent's supporting front organization, Brewster & Jennings, and all affiliated agents) exposed.
If special prosecutors could be appointed by the NYT editorial page, Bill Clinton would have been executed for the murder of David Koresh.
BEFORE the election, the President can go on national TV and say he's going to get to the bottom of this matter, and the leaker will be "taken care of".
AFTER the election, (and, incidentally, after the fact) he can say that he declassified the information.
Of course, this only makes sense to someone who desperately wants it to - in order to assuage the cognative dissonance of hero-worship of a criminal.
In the 1970's, in grade school, I was taught metric measurements, in anticipation that the US was going to switch to metric, like the rest of the world.
Then Reagan got elected.
Now I live in a country that uses this byzantine system of weights and measures, and I'll be damned if I'm going to learn how many furlongs are in a hogshead.
And now you want to mess with dates?
They're going to brand you a French Spy and burn you in effigy.
Being the mutant descendant of someone who lived near the lab where this was done, or living near the long-term storage site. Either way, my descendants will have six fingers and toes. Total.
Because the DoD just issued a directive a few weeks back forbidding integrators from using Lenovo-branded machines. Because they're made in China.
Typical government.
1. Don't use Lenovo-branded machines, because they might be a trojan horse for Chinese spies. 2. You must use a technology (which is only currently available in Lenovo-branded machines). 3. Profit?
And this infection will spread throughout the entire software industry. (mark my words).
What Neal Stephenson missed, in the Diamond Age - was that; while compilers will make stuff, the stuff doesn't need to be decompiled. It will just disintigrate on its own after it's user stops paying the monthly fee.
That - of course, is not the true neo-con philosophy.
The true neo-con philosophy is to:
1. Invest in MECO futures.
2. Invade it's surface with just enough troops to create chaos, but not enough to actually accomplish any other real objective.
3. Come up with the "kill its plasma and convert it to black holeness" understory to keep the conservative yokel voting base exited, so you don't get kicked out of office halfway through. (because the neo-con philosophy is based on Straussian doctrine that "religion is the opiate of the masses - and we need to keep pumping it to control them - for their own good).
4. Wait for the escalating violence and chaos cause MECO futures traders to speculate the price up 400%.
5. Profit. (wait - was that for their own good or ours? Oh well, chalk it up to "enlightened self-interest")
You oughtta run the XP inside a virtual machine (VMWare) on your linux box.
Or atleast use an RDP client instead of VNC. VNC has some recent security issues - and imho, works less-well with the Windows paradigm, because when you disconnect, you don't necessarily log off the box, wheras with RDP, you can choose to log off, or disconnect - so if you disconnect, you need to enter your password to get back on - you don't leave a session open for anyone who walks up to the box at any time.
I feel your pain; my company does MOSTLY linux development, and yet the IT infrastructure is all Windows. We do a lot of hummingbird, and telnet, and cygwin hoop-jumping to get to our development environment. Some of us have replaced our desktop systems with Linux running WIndows in virtual machines.
The basic source of this problem is "System Architects" - who, as part of their design methodology, avoid "implementing" (ie. looking at specific details of technology) in designing the system.
(ie. "we'll build a steel buidling, because steel is good - and we'll fasten the steel beams together with nails, because our carpenters know how to use nails.")
Then when it comes time to implement - the implementor starts the project already painted into a corner by the architect, and has to jump through all kinds of hoops via ugly hacks to get it to work.
System Architects who ignore low-level implementation details, architect systems doomed to failure.
Also - in the context of Paul's rant against gay sex;
It was really against pretty much all sexuality. Including sex sanctioned by marriage. Though he talked about it being okay, for people who weren't "strong enough" like him, to resist sexual urges. For those who can't resist their sexual urges, he encouraged marriage, and forgiveness.
In that context, and in that light - gay sex within marriage should also be acceptable.
So, technically, the only way this is going to get started is if my congressman wants to discipline the president.
King John didn't take good care of his Barons. He kidnapped their families, over taxed them, took their land, etc.
So the Barons got together and came up with the Magna Carta - which is the direct forerunner of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
King George learned from this lesson. If you take good care of your Barons (Senators and rich supporters), you don't need to pay attention to the Magna Carta (Constitution/Bill of Rights).
Foreign Evil: Saddam Hussein, who, over the space of 20 years killed nearly 60,000 Iraqis.
Domestic Evil: Donald Rumsfeld, who, over the space of 36 months killed over 100,000 Iraqis. (and the rest got purple fingers, an entrenched Theocracy, and civil war).
We hit this limit in the mid 90's as well, between "shotgun" 256k modems, and the very early beginnings of DSL. Before broadband adoption.
When broadband arrived, and Napster became a very useful tool all of a sudden - there was a sharp revival in PC sales. Until the guv shut Napster down, of course. That was when, children? 1999-ish? dot-bomb?
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The special prosocutor in the 'Plamegate' tempest in a teapot was appointed to appease the howls of outrage pouring forth daily from.... wait for it..... the editorial page of the New York Times.
NO idiot.
The special prosecutor was appointed by the DoJ, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CIA, after the CIA did their damage assessment from having an agent (and agent's supporting front organization, Brewster & Jennings, and all affiliated agents) exposed.
If special prosecutors could be appointed by the NYT editorial page, Bill Clinton would have been executed for the murder of David Koresh.
Exactly.
BEFORE the election, the President can go on national TV and say he's going to get to the bottom of this matter, and the leaker will be "taken care of".
AFTER the election, (and, incidentally, after the fact) he can say that he declassified the information.
Of course, this only makes sense to someone who desperately wants it to - in order to assuage the cognative dissonance of hero-worship of a criminal.
You've gotta fucking be kidding, right?
In the 1970's, in grade school, I was taught metric measurements, in anticipation that the US was going to switch to metric, like the rest of the world.
Then Reagan got elected.
Now I live in a country that uses this byzantine system of weights and measures, and I'll be damned if I'm going to learn how many furlongs are in a hogshead.
And now you want to mess with dates?
They're going to brand you a French Spy and burn you in effigy.
My military customer demanded DD/MMM/YYYY.
The funny part is - they keep going back and forth on whether they want the time in 12 or 24 hour format, in GMT or local time zones.
Well, it's currently illegal to dump waste at sea due to the London Convention, so don't expect this solution any time soon.
As if the current Administration gives a crap about stuff like that.
Given that the last Delta IV Heavy didn't quite make it to the planned orbit. . .
And a significant fraction of that 28,000 lbs will consist of airframe, fairings, bulkheads, etc.
Actually, I can't decide which is worse. . .
Being the mutant descendant of someone who lived near the lab where this was done, or living near the long-term storage site. Either way, my descendants will have six fingers and toes. Total.
until they come for you
Was this comment supposed to be Funny?
Because the DoD just issued a directive a few weeks back forbidding integrators from using Lenovo-branded machines. Because they're made in China.
Typical government.
1. Don't use Lenovo-branded machines, because they might be a trojan horse for Chinese spies.
2. You must use a technology (which is only currently available in Lenovo-branded machines).
3. Profit?
This is exactly right.
And this infection will spread throughout the entire software industry. (mark my words).
What Neal Stephenson missed, in the Diamond Age - was that; while compilers will make stuff, the stuff doesn't need to be decompiled. It will just disintigrate on its own after it's user stops paying the monthly fee.
That - of course, is not the true neo-con philosophy.
The true neo-con philosophy is to:
1. Invest in MECO futures.
2. Invade it's surface with just enough troops to create chaos, but not enough to actually accomplish any other real objective.
3. Come up with the "kill its plasma and convert it to black holeness" understory to keep the conservative yokel voting base exited, so you don't get kicked out of office halfway through. (because the neo-con philosophy is based on Straussian doctrine that "religion is the opiate of the masses - and we need to keep pumping it to control them - for their own good).
4. Wait for the escalating violence and chaos cause MECO futures traders to speculate the price up 400%.
5. Profit.
(wait - was that for their own good or ours? Oh well, chalk it up to "enlightened self-interest")
And now, the salafists are free to run amok, and kill barbers and torch their shops because the koran forbids hair cutting.
Yeah.
Iraq is so much better off now.
And how about adding tactile feedback to Finder? I want larger files to feel heavier, I want music files to feel sticky...
And I want my porn pics to feel soft, warm, and smooth. . .
You oughtta run the XP inside a virtual machine (VMWare) on your linux box.
Or atleast use an RDP client instead of VNC. VNC has some recent security issues - and imho, works less-well with the Windows paradigm, because when you disconnect, you don't necessarily log off the box, wheras with RDP, you can choose to log off, or disconnect - so if you disconnect, you need to enter your password to get back on - you don't leave a session open for anyone who walks up to the box at any time.
I feel your pain; my company does MOSTLY linux development, and yet the IT infrastructure is all Windows. We do a lot of hummingbird, and telnet, and cygwin hoop-jumping to get to our development environment. Some of us have replaced our desktop systems with Linux running WIndows in virtual machines.
The basic source of this problem is "System Architects" - who, as part of their design methodology, avoid "implementing" (ie. looking at specific details of technology) in designing the system.
(ie. "we'll build a steel buidling, because steel is good - and we'll fasten the steel beams together with nails, because our carpenters know how to use nails.")
Then when it comes time to implement - the implementor starts the project already painted into a corner by the architect, and has to jump through all kinds of hoops via ugly hacks to get it to work.
System Architects who ignore low-level implementation details, architect systems doomed to failure.
aw. You young-uns.
I recharged my hot wheels cars by putting them at the top of an inclined track.
No shit.
How the hell am I supposed to put an 8' copper pipe into a 8" plastic bag?
Somebody wasn't thinking - and/or, somebody scammed somebody into buying these machines, so they could get their bonus and skedaddle.
Dammit, "I don't like this" is not a sufficient reason for violating classification.
Why not? That was sufficient for Karl Rove and I Lewis Libby.
Also - in the context of Paul's rant against gay sex;
It was really against pretty much all sexuality. Including sex sanctioned by marriage. Though he talked about it being okay, for people who weren't "strong enough" like him, to resist sexual urges. For those who can't resist their sexual urges, he encouraged marriage, and forgiveness.
In that context, and in that light - gay sex within marriage should also be acceptable.
Do I think people who get abortions or are gay are going to hell? No
Do I think that people who think that people who get abortions or are gay are going to hell are going to hell?
Yes.
God is not malleable, the bible is not malleable, Christ's teachings are not malleable, they are there to read and to live by.
Bullshit.
If they're written in any human language, they're malleable. Period.
So, technically, the only way this is going to get started is if my congressman wants to discipline the president.
King John didn't take good care of his Barons. He kidnapped their families, over taxed them, took their land, etc.
So the Barons got together and came up with the Magna Carta - which is the direct forerunner of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
King George learned from this lesson. If you take good care of your Barons (Senators and rich supporters), you don't need to pay attention to the Magna Carta (Constitution/Bill of Rights).
Foreign Evil:
Saddam Hussein, who, over the space of 20 years killed nearly 60,000 Iraqis.
Domestic Evil:
Donald Rumsfeld, who, over the space of 36 months killed over 100,000 Iraqis.
(and the rest got purple fingers, an entrenched Theocracy, and civil war).
hmmmm. . . decisions decisions.
A system that I designed for a government customer met a fate like this.
One contractor using the system was charged with administering it.
And we were expected to protect other contractors data on the system from the administrators.
It took a while to convince them - many taxpayer dollars were wasted in meetings, let me tell you.
I was kind of afraid that one of these smartasses was going to recommend WPF. I'm glad MS yanked it.
We hit this limit in the mid 90's as well, between "shotgun" 256k modems, and the very early beginnings of DSL. Before broadband adoption.
When broadband arrived, and Napster became a very useful tool all of a sudden - there was a sharp revival in PC sales. Until the guv shut Napster down, of course. That was when, children? 1999-ish? dot-bomb?