Um... yeah, so the order of the listings on the Sci Fi/Fantasy page is kind of lame. Alphabetical order does that.
My advice to you is to skip past the ones you don't want to see to the ones you DO. For example, I watched "I, Robot" the other night, with a buddy.
It was a 40 minute download (YMMV) for $2.99. And yes, we spent that 40 minutes making popcorn, chatting, and such. The movie was great - my friend's video projector put it up at a whopping 60 inches, and yes, it was good quality at that level.
And no, I didn't try downloading it from ThePirateBay, but now that you mention it, here I go... Ok, I got a torrent, and yeah, it will be another 3 hours 40 minutes until it's downloaded at 64KB/s.
What is your time worth? I'd say on a Friday night, I'd rather pay $2.99 to download a movie in 40 minutes than get it for free in 4 hours. Seems like a good deal to me.
"The Religious Right has made this a political issue, when in fact it is not even an issue."
"This is demonstrably false. The Religious Right is a powerful force but the fact is that a lot of otherwise non-religious, modertate people in this country are not comfortable with the idea of gay-marriage."
The other person was referring to "gay-friendly" guilds in world of warcraft, not gay-marriage. Way to conflate the two.
Seriously, your point has nothing to do with WoW. Someone should mod you down "OFFTOPIC".
"anyone in the U.S. telecom industry who had the requisite expertise and wanted to go was generally given a slot, say past participants. Only after the start of Bush's second term did a political litmus test emerge, industry sources say."
Sounds like an unprecedented abuse of power. Somehow, I suspect Kerry would have been a bit more of a pushover about the whole thing and left things as they were before.
No, you don't. And yet you slander me and other liberals as if we're just thieves. If you knew me, you'd know that I MOST CERTAINLY DO spend my own money on social programs I care about. Locally, my money can make a big difference.
But it's not going to help in this particular case, because we have a problem that can't be solved by MY money alone. If the problem is worth solving it will take a massive government program. So that's just the fact. It's kind of like the military or the highway system. I can't fund it alone.
By the way, if global warming isn't something worth solving, so be it. I just happen to disagree with you about this one:
"This is all based on dubious science at best, and at worst, it's pure fantasy"
What do you need to see, creationist? A sign from god? How about the melting of the polar ice caps. Seriously, can you even read? 75% of scientists agree on this one. You're just wrong this time. The proof has been presented by those who are much smarter than you. So you SOD OFF!
That's cute. Seriously, is it even a question? I got so little tax cut, I'd gladly give it up IF I thought it would make a difference. But evidently, that's not good enough for you. You just want me to shut up.
Well, liberals don't have to shut up just because you want us to.
By the way, anonymous or not, you're still just a coward.
'So the question remains: how much are the "clamouring" types willing to pay? 1Million jobs? 2Million? 5M? 10M? 15% of GDP?'
Me? Well, I'd give up my Bush tax-cut. But I guess you don't mean that as an option. Aren't we going to lose those jobs anyway, when the oceans rise and eat Florida's coastline?
You act like it's either-or. "either we damage our economy OR we damage the environment". That's a false-choice.
Here's another way of looking at it. Perhaps we could find a way to create an "alternative-energy" economy? Then we could have economic growth, selling this "alternative-energy technology" to other countries, and also reduce our greenhouse gases. All it would take is massive government investment in alternative energies the way they invest in invading other countries, like Iraq.
By the way, I also like the idea of switching over to nuclear power. And no, before you ask, I don't drive a car. I walk to public transportation every day. But there's room for improvement there as well, in the form of cars that get better gas mileage, such as the various hybrids out there these days.
Of course, the alternative is to let global warming happen and watch as Florida sinks into the ocean. That wouldn't be all bad, I suppose. I mean, many in New Orleans could use a good bath.
Zell Miller is no liberal. You obviously haven't checked out his voting record.
According to http://www.voterpunch.org/members.jsp
Zell Miller was the 54th least liberal member of congress, less liberal than Lincoln Chafee, Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Ben Nighthorse Cambell, all Republicans.
His score on a scale of 0-100 was a 20.18 - that's pretty centrist for a Republican, but hardly liberal.
Zell Miller's voting record is available at: http://www.voterpunch.org/members.jsp?member= GAIII
Oops, I mis-typed there. The ADA does not have rules about what your website must do. The ADA has been interpreted as applying to websites as well, and rules have been written that interpret the ADA in that way.
See the W3C's Web Content Accessibliy Guidelines for more information at http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
Another set of rules is called Section 508, and is specifically written by the Department of Justice as part of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
Ok, well, I can only speak for American law, but the American's with Disabilities Act specifically has rules about what (for example) a public university must do to make their websites accessible. This hasn't (AFAIK) been tested in court, but there are tools to help if you're interested. Bobby is the one I've used in the past.
Anyway, if you're interested in more information about screen readers (which yes, CAN read the slashdot lite site), check out http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
Close. This decision is not surprising as the movie is propaganda, which Moore readily admits.
This is blatantly false. Michael Moore says the movie is fact-based and not propaganda. You're spreading a lie. Where are your references?
My reference: Michael Moore says Fahrenheit 9/11 is fact, not propaganda
-Michael
Actually, I've heard that the employees were using their stock-options (as worthless as they were) as collateral on mortgages, and that the Justice Department was investigating the practice, and that that's why MSFT ultimately went public.
You said: What would be said by the OSS community if someone decided they were going to use GPL'd software outside of it's license "because they didn't agree with it," but still wanted the benefit of using it. You'd all be up in arms. I'd be up in arms.
Sorry, there are no restricitons on use of GPL'd software. It's a "license to distribute" not to use. Use licenses are different, and frankly, more disturbing.
Sorry to be confusing you with facts, but there IS a difference.
My only concern is that I don't particularly want to switch industries 10 times in my career. I know, I could switch into biotech, but that will soon be moved overseas as well.
I predict that within 10 years, the only jobs that will pay well in the United States will be service jobs. I'm looking at Mortician and Accountant.
Why? Death and taxes. Baby boomers will start to die, and they'll always need to pay their taxes.
"However these days, most unions are ridiculous beauracracies (sp, i know) that wince financial support from both employers and employees for their own gain, under the muse of taking care of both sides...."
Nice speculation, but where's the evidence to back it up?
I was a member of a new union of Teachers Assistants at UC Santa Cruz a few years back, and after we went on a 2-week strike, the school negotiated with us, and we got a real contract with medical, dental, and optical benefits (which didn't exist before this particular contract). Plus a guarantee of binding arbitration in case of issues with a particular professor. (such as sexual harrassment or overworking by the professor).
Before we had this contract, professors were requiring their TAs to grade 40-50 hours a week in some cases even though the contract was for 20 hours per week. And the students couldn't say no, since it was the accepted system and their only source of income while a student.
For these TAs, anyway, the union was an invaluable thing.
"Similarly, the massive drop in unemployment over the last six months trails Bush's tax cuts by about the same amount of time."
Bush's first tax cut went into effect long ago. Furthermore, there's been no drop in unemployment (.2%, maybe), unless you mean a seasonal drop, which happens EVERY YEAR at this time, to hire for the shopping season.
You, sir, are ill-informed. You might want to check your facts.
I ran the numbers as you suggested (you provided a link), and it turns out that in 2000, we were at a balanced rate of 4% (+ or minus.1) unemployment all year. Basically unchanged from the previous yer. It wasn't until bush was elected that the unemployment rate started to grow.
In 2001, unemployment went from 4.1% up to 5.8%. Note that much of this was BEFORE 9/11. The August rate of unemployment was 4.9%. A full point above the previous year.
In 2002, unemployment first dropped (seasonal drops happen EVERY YEAR) to 5.6%, then bloomed to: 6.0%
In 2003, we see the same trend, an early drop to 5.7%, a peak later at 6.4%, and then back down to 5.9%
I know this doesn't contribute anything to the discussion, but WebMacher is RIGHT ON here.
His post is much more informative and insightful than the one he is responding to!
The only thing I'd dispute is his claim that Bush implemented a tax cut. I'd call it more of a tax-shift than anything else, since it has resulted in higher state and local taxes all across the country.
Simply put, you aren't paying attention. The Dean Phenomenon is about large numbers of small donors. For example, in the latest fundraiser (which is in response to Gore's recent Dean endorsement), just under $600,000 were donated over the internet from just under 7500 people. That averages out to around 80 dollars per person.
Here's what you have agree to, to donate, by the way:
I am making this contribution (and paying this credit charge) with my own personal funds, and I am not using funds provided by any another person or from any corporation, labor union or national bank to make this contribution.
Get your facts straight. As one of the thousands, (read www.blogforamerica.com to find out about more of us), I find your suggestion ridiculous.
I agree, trying to use a poll to cast doubt (or the opposite) on an election is ridiculous.
Calling someone a liar is equally ridiculous, and that's what I was disputing. The slashdotter I replied to asked for evidence of polls showing one candidate leading, claiming that there were no such polls, so I gave him links to the polls. He then claimed that I didn't read his message, so I had to reply again.
I suspect you want to reply to an earlier message in the thread. I actually agree that polls are moderately pointless, except as a means to an end (namely identifying key areas to campaign in and the like). I agree that they DO NOT predict elections well.
Slashdot Mirror
Um... yeah, so the order of the listings on the Sci Fi/Fantasy page is kind of lame. Alphabetical order does that.
My advice to you is to skip past the ones you don't want to see to the ones you DO. For example, I watched "I, Robot" the other night, with a buddy.
It was a 40 minute download (YMMV) for $2.99. And yes, we spent that 40 minutes making popcorn, chatting, and such. The movie was great - my friend's video projector put it up at a whopping 60 inches, and yes, it was good quality at that level.
And no, I didn't try downloading it from ThePirateBay, but now that you mention it, here I go... Ok, I got a torrent, and yeah, it will be another 3 hours 40 minutes until it's downloaded at 64KB/s.
What is your time worth? I'd say on a Friday night, I'd rather pay $2.99 to download a movie in 40 minutes than get it for free in 4 hours. Seems like a good deal to me.
"The Religious Right has made this a political issue, when in fact it is not even an issue."
"This is demonstrably false. The Religious Right is a powerful force but the fact is that a lot of otherwise non-religious, modertate people in this country are not comfortable with the idea of gay-marriage."
The other person was referring to "gay-friendly" guilds in world of warcraft, not gay-marriage. Way to conflate the two.
Seriously, your point has nothing to do with WoW. Someone should mod you down "OFFTOPIC".
RTFA:
"anyone in the U.S. telecom industry who had the requisite expertise and wanted to go was generally given a slot, say past participants. Only after the start of Bush's second term did a political litmus test emerge, industry sources say."
Sounds like an unprecedented abuse of power. Somehow, I suspect Kerry would have been a bit more of a pushover about the whole thing and left things as they were before.
Guns are very effective at maiming, not just murdering!
Oh yeah, they're also good for suicide!
No, you don't. And yet you slander me and other liberals as if we're just thieves. If you knew me, you'd know that I MOST CERTAINLY DO spend my own money on social programs I care about. Locally, my money can make a big difference.
But it's not going to help in this particular case, because we have a problem that can't be solved by MY money alone. If the problem is worth solving it will take a massive government program. So that's just the fact. It's kind of like the military or the highway system. I can't fund it alone.
By the way, if global warming isn't something worth solving, so be it. I just happen to disagree with you about this one:
"This is all based on dubious science at best, and at worst, it's pure fantasy"
What do you need to see, creationist? A sign from god? How about the melting of the polar ice caps. Seriously, can you even read? 75% of scientists agree on this one. You're just wrong this time. The proof has been presented by those who are much smarter than you. So you SOD OFF!
That's cute. Seriously, is it even a question? I got so little tax cut, I'd gladly give it up IF I thought it would make a difference. But evidently, that's not good enough for you. You just want me to shut up.
Well, liberals don't have to shut up just because you want us to.
By the way, anonymous or not, you're still just a coward.
You're welcome.
'So the question remains: how much are the "clamouring" types willing to pay? 1Million jobs? 2Million? 5M? 10M? 15% of GDP?'
Me? Well, I'd give up my Bush tax-cut. But I guess you don't mean that as an option. Aren't we going to lose those jobs anyway, when the oceans rise and eat Florida's coastline?
You act like it's either-or. "either we damage our economy OR we damage the environment". That's a false-choice.
Here's another way of looking at it. Perhaps we could find a way to create an "alternative-energy" economy? Then we could have economic growth, selling this "alternative-energy technology" to other countries, and also reduce our greenhouse gases. All it would take is massive government investment in alternative energies the way they invest in invading other countries, like Iraq.
By the way, I also like the idea of switching over to nuclear power. And no, before you ask, I don't drive a car. I walk to public transportation every day. But there's room for improvement there as well, in the form of cars that get better gas mileage, such as the various hybrids out there these days.
Of course, the alternative is to let global warming happen and watch as Florida sinks into the ocean. That wouldn't be all bad, I suppose. I mean, many in New Orleans could use a good bath.
-Michael
Zell Miller is no liberal. You obviously haven't checked out his voting record.
= GAIII
According to http://www.voterpunch.org/members.jsp
Zell Miller was the 54th least liberal member of congress, less liberal than Lincoln Chafee, Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Ben Nighthorse Cambell, all Republicans.
His score on a scale of 0-100 was a 20.18 - that's pretty centrist for a Republican, but hardly liberal.
Zell Miller's voting record is available at:
http://www.voterpunch.org/members.jsp?member
Oops, I mis-typed there. The ADA does not have rules about what your website must do. The ADA has been interpreted as applying to websites as well, and rules have been written that interpret the ADA in that way.
See the W3C's Web Content Accessibliy Guidelines for more information at http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
Another set of rules is called Section 508, and is specifically written by the Department of Justice as part of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
See: http://www.section508.gov/
Ok, well, I can only speak for American law, but the American's with Disabilities Act specifically has rules about what (for example) a public university must do to make their websites accessible. This hasn't (AFAIK) been tested in court, but there are tools to help if you're interested. Bobby is the one I've used in the past.
p
Anyway, if you're interested in more information about screen readers (which yes, CAN read the slashdot lite site), check out http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.js
Close. This decision is not surprising as the movie is propaganda, which Moore readily admits.
This is blatantly false. Michael Moore says the movie is fact-based and not propaganda. You're spreading a lie. Where are your references?
My reference: Michael Moore says Fahrenheit 9/11 is fact, not propaganda -Michael
Yep, same here. Mine is also covered with this weird orange shiny surface that sort of looks like a hologram, too, so it was on clearance at the time.
Hell, I use my laptop bag from Eagle Creek as a lap protector, when I'm on the bus, and it does the job too.
Actually, I've heard that the employees were using their stock-options (as worthless as they were) as collateral on mortgages, and that the Justice Department was investigating the practice, and that that's why MSFT ultimately went public.
Yeah, Tim Hortons was everywhere when I visited Toronto. I loved it - the donuts and coffee were so consistent.
Of course, the coffee was consistently lousy, but that's just my opinion. And the donuts were awesome.
Which discussion were you reading? Seriously, I read the previous discussion, and it seemed to me that most people appreciated backporting.
I'm sure someone else already said this, but:
Turbotax for the web runs in Mozilla. I used it this year and last.
You said: What would be said by the OSS community if someone decided they were going to use GPL'd software outside of it's license "because they didn't agree with it," but still wanted the benefit of using it. You'd all be up in arms. I'd be up in arms.
Sorry, there are no restricitons on use of GPL'd software. It's a "license to distribute" not to use. Use licenses are different, and frankly, more disturbing.
Sorry to be confusing you with facts, but there IS a difference.
My only concern is that I don't particularly want to switch industries 10 times in my career. I know, I could switch into biotech, but that will soon be moved overseas as well.
I predict that within 10 years, the only jobs that will pay well in the United States will be service jobs. I'm looking at Mortician and Accountant.
Why? Death and taxes. Baby boomers will start to die, and they'll always need to pay their taxes.
"However these days, most unions are ridiculous beauracracies (sp, i know) that wince financial support from both employers and employees for their own gain, under the muse of taking care of both sides...."
Nice speculation, but where's the evidence to back it up?
I was a member of a new union of Teachers Assistants at UC Santa Cruz a few years back, and after we went on a 2-week strike, the school negotiated with us, and we got a real contract with medical, dental, and optical benefits (which didn't exist before this particular contract). Plus a guarantee of binding arbitration in case of issues with a particular professor. (such as sexual harrassment or overworking by the professor).
Before we had this contract, professors were requiring their TAs to grade 40-50 hours a week in some cases even though the contract was for 20 hours per week. And the students couldn't say no, since it was the accepted system and their only source of income while a student.
For these TAs, anyway, the union was an invaluable thing.
So there's my union story. What's yours?
"Similarly, the massive drop in unemployment over the last six months trails Bush's tax cuts by about the same amount of time."
Bush's first tax cut went into effect long ago. Furthermore, there's been no drop in unemployment (.2%, maybe), unless you mean a seasonal drop, which happens EVERY YEAR at this time, to hire for the shopping season.
You, sir, are ill-informed. You might want to check your facts.
.1) unemployment all year. Basically unchanged from the previous yer. It wasn't until bush was elected that the unemployment rate started to grow.
I ran the numbers as you suggested (you provided a link), and it turns out that in 2000, we were at a balanced rate of 4% (+ or minus
In 2001, unemployment went from 4.1% up to 5.8%. Note that much of this was BEFORE 9/11. The August rate of unemployment was 4.9%. A full point above the previous year.
In 2002, unemployment first dropped (seasonal drops happen EVERY YEAR) to 5.6%, then bloomed to:
6.0%
In 2003, we see the same trend, an early drop to 5.7%, a peak later at 6.4%, and then back down to 5.9%
Just the facts, sir.
-Michael
I know this doesn't contribute anything to the discussion, but WebMacher is RIGHT ON here.
His post is much more informative and insightful than the one he is responding to!
The only thing I'd dispute is his claim that Bush implemented a tax cut. I'd call it more of a tax-shift than anything else, since it has resulted in higher state and local taxes all across the country.
You, sir, are horribly misinformed.
I don't have the time to find the correct links, but if you did any research you'd see that as well.
The american people will see that too.
Simply put, you aren't paying attention. The Dean Phenomenon is about large numbers of small donors. For example, in the latest fundraiser (which is in response to Gore's recent Dean endorsement), just under $600,000 were donated over the internet from
just under 7500 people. That averages out to around 80 dollars per person.
Here's what you have agree to, to donate, by the way:
I am making this contribution (and paying this credit charge) with my own personal funds, and I am not using funds provided by any another person or from any corporation, labor union or national bank to make this contribution.
Get your facts straight. As one of the thousands, (read www.blogforamerica.com to find out about more of us), I find your suggestion ridiculous.
-Michael
I agree, trying to use a poll to cast doubt (or the opposite) on an election is ridiculous.
Calling someone a liar is equally ridiculous, and that's what I was disputing. The slashdotter I replied to asked for evidence of polls showing one candidate leading, claiming that there were no such polls, so I gave him links to the polls. He then claimed that I didn't read his message, so I had to reply again.
I suspect you want to reply to an earlier message in the thread. I actually agree that polls are moderately pointless, except as a means to an end (namely identifying key areas to campaign in and the like). I agree that they DO NOT predict elections well.