Seinfeld gained the reputation of being the 'show about nothing'. Frankly, I thought that was completely wrong, unless you thought that life was about nothing.
I think that it's success was it's focus on quirky characters which every one knew, doing everyday things, a little exaggerated, but not in the true sitcom form. Going to the movies, waiting for a table in a restaurant, a silly wager between friends, getting the car repaired, buying a car, going shopping, lying to be more important, sharing keys, all of these topics became classic Seinfeld episodes. Each of the times he encountered or conflicted with interesting people who were not often outside of the norms of everyday life.
The problem with the Microsoft ads was that Bill and Jerry were playing the same character; The strait man. No Kramer, no Elaine, no George, not even a quirky secondary character. Maybe a shoe salesman who sneezes on his foot, a cocky security guard inspecting bags, or (for a different commercial) even a nerdy kid living in his parents basement who thinks that he knows how to run a company. Those are the people we know, and want to laugh at.
The NEA called. They want to fund your performance art.
PETA called they have a cease and desist order to stop the performance art.
The Republican party called, they want to run attack ads on both, hoping to distract the voters from realizing that their much lauded 'deregulation' and rampant cronyism has caused the biggest Wall Street/Main Street failures in decades.
That's a pretty big haul of pork for a district which doesn't even have a single voting representative to gather the pork. What do they mug congressmen on the way into congress?
That's not pork, it's a chart of Federal Government Spending. You might be surprise to find out that Washington, DC is chuck full of Federal Government buildings. Those buildings need services, including roads, security, and your figure likely even includes the salaries of the Congressional and Executive staff. Truth is that Alaska is practically a welfare state, and pulls out of the federal government nearly twice as much as it puts in.
...indeed many of the most vilified characters (like Ted Stevens) to get elected governor
Well, she ran Ted Steven's 527 group until 2005, and in return he endorsed her for Governor. They are still friendly, because as governor she made a request for $198 million in earmarks for next year's budget. As mayor she managed to wrangle $27 million for her town of 8,000, and about the 'bridge to nowhere', she supported as a candidate, but killed it in state office, keeping the money.
I know that the libertarian wing of the Republican party has been looking for some sign of hope, but I've got news, she's not it. Sure she managed to kill off some competitors using corruption charges, but they only let her in because they thought that she was dirty too, but couldn't/wouldn't prove it when they needed it. I'm sure that they know her better than you. Sarah took the governorship quickly, really out of nowhere, now two years later, she's trying to do the same thing at our VP slot.
Because she [won't] get a "fair shake" in an interview... Freedom is great!
Apparently when that freedom might mean that 'Sarah Barracuda' might face the tough questions people are wondering about. Hell, if she can't handle herself with the domestic media, how would she handle diplomacy? That woman is running as the backup for a 72 year old, we need to know who she is, beyond the prepared remarks read from a teleprompter.
It hardly seems like she has declined access to the media
Even the article linked says that her staff failed to respond to their written questions. Personally, I'm a news junky, and she isn't scheduled for any Sunday talk shows. No Larry King, no Bill O'Reilly, no Meet the Press, not even Fox and Friends. This could change today, but so far, nothing. What's more unusual, is that she didn't do those shows before being picked. She's been unavailable during the convention, and doesn't even speak with the local reporters at her stump speeches. Hell, even the 'strait talk express' is off limits for reporters these days. Sarah Palin is the biggest story of the election, and no one even has video of her answering anything but softball questions. It's no wonder that the media has gone into a feeding frenzy.
She has declined access to all media, and I doubt if we'll even see her speak with anything but the rabid right pundits who'll fawn over her. I'm guessing that they only tough questions she'll face on any subject will be the vp debate.
As soon as the price per GB of SSDs is at parity with the magnetic drives, I'm switching.
Actual price parity will likely only occur once the older technology become a rarity, and I suspect that for the next decade, magnetic drives will continue to be the cheapest mass storage out there. That being said, for me, I'll buy a SSD when I can get a decently rated 120 gig drive for less than $150.
I installed it last night at home, all I noticed was that it was fast. I didn't play with it for too long but page rendering was quick, and crisp. Based on your observations they might have a hard time creating a Linux port, but the windows version seems to work well (so far).
And Android isn't a competitor of the iPhone. Please, of course it is, but having another fair (I hope), well known participant in the market will be a really good thing. Maybe they'll even start being able to bully IE into more complete standards.
At least at first Mozilla should expect to see Firefox number drop consistently over the next couple of months. As a good number of the same people who use Firefox are exactly the same people who will be trying this new browser. If it's a good product, eventually it may start poaching off of MSIE, but clearly most of Chrome's first adapters will be converts from my (our current) favorite browser.
I was one of the people who viewed (didn't edit) her page that morning, I did so, because I had heard that there was a private jet that had just landed in Dayton, OH, apparently under a great deal of secrecy, which had a fight plan from Alaska. That fact was replicated at the bottom of her wikipedia page. Otherwise the page looked like a fair, short, biography of the Governor. It even included information about her Troopergate scandal, however, it was just a short blurb. I didn't check the history page, one should always check the history page for a fast moving story.
Actually, voter turnout is on the upturn, sure 56% is still lower than I'd like to see, but it's the youth vote which has been lacking. I think that Obama has a real chance of improving that number and even the very young governor of Alaska on the McCain ticket should generate some youth buzz. I still think that McCain will lose big, but the numbers of voters will be more respectable.
Of course, this is from someone who understands math, finance, and economics. I understand your generation never got even the basics of those in your public school years or your college years.
I'll be sure to stay off your lawn, old man, if you promise to stay off of mine. My degree was in Accounting with a minor in Economics, and I work as a programmer for a bank (one of the largest who didn't get involved in the sub-prime mess). One of the most arrogant things that one can do in life, is always assume that you are more intelligent, or educated than the next guy. If it's true, it shouldn't need to be said. Human progress and the American Dream depends on one generation teaching the next, if my generation lacks any knowledge you consider 'basic', it's your failing, not ours. Education is only as good as its funding and leadership, kids don't pay or lead.
You mentioned the bubbles, and I think that history will see the three bubbles (tech stocks, real estate, and oil) of the naughts at least in part as a result of Baby Boomers chasing after wealth using the seed money from their depression era parents. The real irony is that the story of Gordon Gekko was supposed to be a cautionary tale, and has been practically inspirational to (guessing) your generation. As it showed many that real wealth could be generated practically from nothing but hype. "Greed is good", well only when manipulation isn't one of the tools people are allowed to use. However, lately manipulation has been the name of the game. The Republicans have been using negative campaigning, the oil barons have been rigging oil prices, and etc [manipulation is fairly common theme].
It would certainly explain the sheer amount of credit card debt you've run up.
Actually, until last year I was a card-carrying Libertarian (finally got fed up with the pot-smoking crazy wing of that party). Now I'm just a libertarian with a small "l".
The disastrous 'War on Drugs' is the only wedge issue the Libertarian Party has that has not been fully co-oped by the Republican Party, and as they are larger and more successful it's only natural (well at least in the U.S.) that the Libertarian Party would be much smaller. However, if the Republican Party really does fall apart this election cycle, I suspect that the Libertarian Party would gain membership exponentially. Sort of like rats leaving a sinking ship, except they're Republicans (as if there's a difference, lol). Also, I'm certain that many would hold your conservative social views like Bob Barr, but they'd still have to lighten up their stance on pot, as true libertarians believe 'my body, my rules'.
LOL if the successful bidder turns out to be Chavez.
Well, it would only buy him some time, as they are planning to eventually release publicly the entire archive. I suspect that they will get some pretty good bids for it, as the right wing media doesn't have much in the way of ethics. Besides, I'm not even sure if it is truly unethical as many whistle blowers count on publishing companies for advances on books and then the news companies report on it. As they often have close ties, at least for marketing, if not more direct corporate ties; This action just cuts out the middle man. The only question that I have is "how and why did they get it?", was the source paid, did he donate it thinking of the public good, or was it made up altogether.
So I'm thinking a bidding war won by Fox News. While seemingly intellectual, Chavez is a fairly scary leader, I'm sure that McCain is looking forward to using the worst of Machiavellian activities. I'm just wondering if they'll publish what I'm sure is his gloating over the manipulations of the oil market
things like fixing America's deplorable Death Maintenance Organization-run health care system
Republican created fear over socialized medicine was a staple of the 1994, 1996, and 1998 election cycles. In all 'fairness', it worked well for them, but it's the reason why there hasn't been any work on it. Frankly up until the last couple of years, it's been a real loser in the ballot box. Even 'independent voters' such as yourself hadn't seemed to warm up to the idea
or various "civil rights" pledges that they never seem to get around to...
I'm guessing that you mean affirmative action, your favorite party has been using anger over that for years, or gay marriage, which proved to be a very good wedge issue in 2002, and 2004.
except that they need a permanent brown/black uneducated underclass stupid enough to vote party line at the beck and call of people like Sharpton and Jackson
Now we get to the real meat of your problem with the democratic party, and now your utter bias is really showing. Of course the Republican party selling of tax cuts for the rich, reduction of government programs (well for the poor anyways), support for the confederate battle flag and the blatant hatred of much of the Dixiecrats (excuse me, Southern Republicans) have nothing to do with their loyalty, as it's only their 'stupidity' that has anything to do with it, eh?
..., it was CLINTON who let Greenspan and the Fed build bubbles galore that are now popping in rapid succession
Gosh, you really do hate Clinton don't you (CAPS even! more on that later). Your buddy, Phil Gramm managed to sneak in the Enron loophole which many believe is largely responsible for the oil speculation runup. When it became clear the Enron was manipulating the energy markets in 2001, the Republican Administration did nothing, until after it's collapse from it's own mismanagement. It's true that that the subprime mess is likely years in the making, perhaps even starting with some losing of the rules in the Clinton Administration, it's clear that the Cheney Administration had done nothing until it was way too late. Flip Flop party politics aside, good government isn't about being always being right, it's about doing right, even if you do change your mind, or compromise. In fact, even after Gore's and Kerry's very disappointing losses, I had hoped each time that Bush would finally get a decent nuclear power program together. Silly me, actually hoping that they'd actually work on that perennial plank.
But then again, I'm not a Rethuglicrat or a Demonican.
..., quacks like a duck, you might make that claim, and I haven't looked, but I dare you to show me one post on this site under the same username, where you made any assertion that doesn't toe the (Republican) party line; other than a blanket disingenuous statement about how you 'hate them' as bad as the Democrats. Even just one good well defended rant over a Bush Administration crime, would convince me that you have at least some of the fairness which you claim. I'd even go as far as saying that you've likely complained more about former President Clinton over the last year than you have current President Bush over the last eight years.
So, I ask you again: are you going to keep spouting off DailyKOS vitriol points, or are you going to start engaging in an honest conversation?
So pointing out the CBO report isn't what you'd call 'honest conversation'... interesting. I doubt if anything but a 'ditto head' could have an honest conversation with you. Actually, I don't even read the Daily KOS, checked it out once, eh, didn't like the threading/flow of the site.
who votes for the best person for the job rather than voting based on what party someone sticks next to
did you miss the legislation that almost passed between '92 and '94?
There was one piece of legislation you should be referring to theOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Which was fiscal responsibility at it's core, as it included both tax increases and spending decreases. It can be directly traced to the balanced budget as you can see in this 1998 CBO report 'WHAT CAUSED THE 1998 SURPLUS?--CBO'S EXPLANATION'. You might find that the effect of the Republican congresses was a gain of 11 billion in spending. Many such as yourself actually credit legislative gridlock with the budget surplus, when in reality it was this really tough bill which produced the surplus. I'll agree that the top end was a little high, but it did the trick, until Bush got in office and decided to finish his Dad's war, while putting money in his supporter's pockets.
I blame the Republicans for not scaling back wasteful government programs when they had the chance...Now if you're willing to take your blinders off and have an informed conversation, we can do that.
I submit to you, that you, sir, are the one with blinders. They never take the chances they have to reduce spending, or balance the budget, or build nuclear power plants, or reduce foreign oil. For all their talk about government being the problem rather than the solution Republican's sure do love to add federal jobs and contracts (especially contracts). Even Roe v. Wade is still law even though there should be a supreme court which would overturn it in a second. The fact that every couple of years, they keep fooling people into believing the same platform they couldn't (or maybe wouldn't) deliver on, is amazing. The fact that people such as yourself continue to spout out Republican Lore as if it's the truth would be funny, if it weren't for the seriousness of the problems we face.
they fuck the little guy over by taxing the so-called "rich" heavily and we watch all that cost get passed right down the chain.
Trickle down taxation? Ok, give me one even fairly recent example of a Democratic party excessively raising taxes. Republican lore. You eat it by the spoonful. The fact is that these days the Democratic party is both the fiscally and environmentally responsible party, however, that could change as success tends to attract the frauds. Personally, I'm hoping that the Libertarian party would pick up some steam this election, as I see the Republican party as complicit in the criminal organization called the Bush Administration.
Even if a NASCAR race can be done with 1 gallon of gas...in the end, 1 gallon is gone, and all the cars are where they started.
Well, in that case, you shouldn't watch the movies or TV as often they use gasoline to power their cars as well. I'm not even a fan of NASCAR, but it's legitimate entertainment, which does have a effect on the technology we use as an important part of our infrastructure. If you want to eliminate all non critical uses of gasoline, start with your own life, then if you can stand it, move on to your family, friends, and associates. Then, if anyone is left in your life, you might be on to something, write a book. However, don't go out on a book tour, as people may waste gas by going to book store and accidentally entertaining themselves.
Well, I'd say, it's more than just likely that 463 tables is a good indicator of a bad design. However, as I don't know what they are tracking, I couldn't say. There is little chance of us actually knowing that either.
I'm guessing that what they are trying to do with this database is much more than just a place to put names, but a way to analyze, and perhaps even use it to add people based on their travel companions.Perhaps they have an entire table devoted to 'flights with children' believing that terrorists wouldn't travel with children.
Also, how many records do you want in a single table? Smaller tables are easier to search, with or without proper indexes, But no matter what there should be indexes, there once was a time when really sharp people could squeeze out a little more performance in specific cases by forgoing the index, but it's just not worth it.
Wow, so create the indexes then. What's up with you all, this is elementary stuff...a few hours creating the required indexes.
Fixing or even working on, an application and database developed without proper indexes (and foreign keys) is a real pain in the butt, and fraught with 'danger'.
You lot are carrying on as if it's Y2K
Hey, Y2k was 'just' changing a two digit year to a four digit year. By what seems like your standards there shouldn't any 'work' behind that either. Just because it's easy to say, doesn't mean that it's easy to do.
The problem is not the number of tables, but the fact that they are apparently 'poorly indexed'. Table indexes are important, both for the speed of queries, and data integrity.
Who uses caps lock apart from people who have remapped it to control?
I USE IT ALL THE TIME!
On a more serious note and to avoid the caps filter, maybe even losing the caps locks key all together wouldn't be a bad thing for a sub notebook (perhaps making a function of some sort, for those rare people who really need to use it). As a programmer, I use it fairly often, but I suspect that I spend almost as much time backspacing after leaving it on accidentally.
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Seinfeld gained the reputation of being the 'show about nothing'. Frankly, I thought that was completely wrong, unless you thought that life was about nothing.
I think that it's success was it's focus on quirky characters which every one knew, doing everyday things, a little exaggerated, but not in the true sitcom form. Going to the movies, waiting for a table in a restaurant, a silly wager between friends, getting the car repaired, buying a car, going shopping, lying to be more important, sharing keys, all of these topics became classic Seinfeld episodes. Each of the times he encountered or conflicted with interesting people who were not often outside of the norms of everyday life.
The problem with the Microsoft ads was that Bill and Jerry were playing the same character; The strait man. No Kramer, no Elaine, no George, not even a quirky secondary character. Maybe a shoe salesman who sneezes on his foot, a cocky security guard inspecting bags, or (for a different commercial) even a nerdy kid living in his parents basement who thinks that he knows how to run a company. Those are the people we know, and want to laugh at.
The NEA called. They want to fund your performance art.
PETA called they have a cease and desist order to stop the performance art.
The Republican party called, they want to run attack ads on both, hoping to distract the voters from realizing that their much lauded 'deregulation' and rampant cronyism has caused the biggest Wall Street/Main Street failures in decades.
That's a pretty big haul of pork for a district which doesn't even have a single voting representative to gather the pork. What do they mug congressmen on the way into congress?
That's not pork, it's a chart of Federal Government Spending. You might be surprise to find out that Washington, DC is chuck full of Federal Government buildings. Those buildings need services, including roads, security, and your figure likely even includes the salaries of the Congressional and Executive staff. Truth is that Alaska is practically a welfare state, and pulls out of the federal government nearly twice as much as it puts in.
...indeed many of the most vilified characters (like Ted Stevens) to get elected governor
Well, she ran Ted Steven's 527 group until 2005, and in return he endorsed her for Governor. They are still friendly, because as governor she made a request for $198 million in earmarks for next year's budget. As mayor she managed to wrangle $27 million for her town of 8,000, and about the 'bridge to nowhere', she supported as a candidate, but killed it in state office, keeping the money.
I know that the libertarian wing of the Republican party has been looking for some sign of hope, but I've got news, she's not it. Sure she managed to kill off some competitors using corruption charges, but they only let her in because they thought that she was dirty too, but couldn't/wouldn't prove it when they needed it. I'm sure that they know her better than you. Sarah took the governorship quickly, really out of nowhere, now two years later, she's trying to do the same thing at our VP slot.
Because she [won't] get a "fair shake" in an interview... Freedom is great!
Apparently when that freedom might mean that 'Sarah Barracuda' might face the tough questions people are wondering about. Hell, if she can't handle herself with the domestic media, how would she handle diplomacy? That woman is running as the backup for a 72 year old, we need to know who she is, beyond the prepared remarks read from a teleprompter.
It hardly seems like she has declined access to the media
Even the article linked says that her staff failed to respond to their written questions. Personally, I'm a news junky, and she isn't scheduled for any Sunday talk shows. No Larry King, no Bill O'Reilly, no Meet the Press, not even Fox and Friends. This could change today, but so far, nothing. What's more unusual, is that she didn't do those shows before being picked. She's been unavailable during the convention, and doesn't even speak with the local reporters at her stump speeches. Hell, even the 'strait talk express' is off limits for reporters these days. Sarah Palin is the biggest story of the election, and no one even has video of her answering anything but softball questions. It's no wonder that the media has gone into a feeding frenzy.
It hasn't become the big story yet but here's a story with lots of links.
She has declined access to all media, and I doubt if we'll even see her speak with anything but the rabid right pundits who'll fawn over her. I'm guessing that they only tough questions she'll face on any subject will be the vp debate.
As soon as the price per GB of SSDs is at parity with the magnetic drives, I'm switching.
Actual price parity will likely only occur once the older technology become a rarity, and I suspect that for the next decade, magnetic drives will continue to be the cheapest mass storage out there. That being said, for me, I'll buy a SSD when I can get a decently rated 120 gig drive for less than $150.
I installed it last night at home, all I noticed was that it was fast. I didn't play with it for too long but page rendering was quick, and crisp. Based on your observations they might have a hard time creating a Linux port, but the windows version seems to work well (so far).
Firefox's competitor isn't Chrome
And Android isn't a competitor of the iPhone. Please, of course it is, but having another fair (I hope), well known participant in the market will be a really good thing. Maybe they'll even start being able to bully IE into more complete standards.
At least at first Mozilla should expect to see Firefox number drop consistently over the next couple of months. As a good number of the same people who use Firefox are exactly the same people who will be trying this new browser. If it's a good product, eventually it may start poaching off of MSIE, but clearly most of Chrome's first adapters will be converts from my (our current) favorite browser.
I was one of the people who viewed (didn't edit) her page that morning, I did so, because I had heard that there was a private jet that had just landed in Dayton, OH, apparently under a great deal of secrecy, which had a fight plan from Alaska. That fact was replicated at the bottom of her wikipedia page. Otherwise the page looked like a fair, short, biography of the Governor. It even included information about her Troopergate scandal, however, it was just a short blurb. I didn't check the history page, one should always check the history page for a fast moving story.
Good luck getting anyone to vote in this country.
Actually, voter turnout is on the upturn, sure 56% is still lower than I'd like to see, but it's the youth vote which has been lacking. I think that Obama has a real chance of improving that number and even the very young governor of Alaska on the McCain ticket should generate some youth buzz. I still think that McCain will lose big, but the numbers of voters will be more respectable.
Looks like I got fios just in time
Does your phone company, ... have the right to let their operators listen in on your conversations ...
No, but my government does, or at least they think they do, hopefully for not much longer.
Of course, this is from someone who understands math, finance, and economics. I understand your generation never got even the basics of those in your public school years or your college years.
I'll be sure to stay off your lawn, old man, if you promise to stay off of mine. My degree was in Accounting with a minor in Economics, and I work as a programmer for a bank (one of the largest who didn't get involved in the sub-prime mess). One of the most arrogant things that one can do in life, is always assume that you are more intelligent, or educated than the next guy. If it's true, it shouldn't need to be said. Human progress and the American Dream depends on one generation teaching the next, if my generation lacks any knowledge you consider 'basic', it's your failing, not ours. Education is only as good as its funding and leadership, kids don't pay or lead.
You mentioned the bubbles, and I think that history will see the three bubbles (tech stocks, real estate, and oil) of the naughts at least in part as a result of Baby Boomers chasing after wealth using the seed money from their depression era parents. The real irony is that the story of Gordon Gekko was supposed to be a cautionary tale, and has been practically inspirational to (guessing) your generation. As it showed many that real wealth could be generated practically from nothing but hype. "Greed is good", well only when manipulation isn't one of the tools people are allowed to use. However, lately manipulation has been the name of the game. The Republicans have been using negative campaigning, the oil barons have been rigging oil prices, and etc [manipulation is fairly common theme].
It would certainly explain the sheer amount of credit card debt you've run up.
uh, Bankruptcies Soar for Senior Citizens
Actually, until last year I was a card-carrying Libertarian (finally got fed up with the pot-smoking crazy wing of that party). Now I'm just a libertarian with a small "l".
The disastrous 'War on Drugs' is the only wedge issue the Libertarian Party has that has not been fully co-oped by the Republican Party, and as they are larger and more successful it's only natural (well at least in the U.S.) that the Libertarian Party would be much smaller. However, if the Republican Party really does fall apart this election cycle, I suspect that the Libertarian Party would gain membership exponentially. Sort of like rats leaving a sinking ship, except they're Republicans (as if there's a difference, lol). Also, I'm certain that many would hold your conservative social views like Bob Barr, but they'd still have to lighten up their stance on pot, as true libertarians believe 'my body, my rules'.
LOL if the successful bidder turns out to be Chavez.
Well, it would only buy him some time, as they are planning to eventually release publicly the entire archive. I suspect that they will get some pretty good bids for it, as the right wing media doesn't have much in the way of ethics. Besides, I'm not even sure if it is truly unethical as many whistle blowers count on publishing companies for advances on books and then the news companies report on it. As they often have close ties, at least for marketing, if not more direct corporate ties; This action just cuts out the middle man. The only question that I have is "how and why did they get it?", was the source paid, did he donate it thinking of the public good, or was it made up altogether.
So I'm thinking a bidding war won by Fox News. While seemingly intellectual, Chavez is a fairly scary leader, I'm sure that McCain is looking forward to using the worst of Machiavellian activities. I'm just wondering if they'll publish what I'm sure is his gloating over the manipulations of the oil market
things like fixing America's deplorable Death Maintenance Organization-run health care system
Republican created fear over socialized medicine was a staple of the 1994, 1996, and 1998 election cycles. In all 'fairness', it worked well for them, but it's the reason why there hasn't been any work on it. Frankly up until the last couple of years, it's been a real loser in the ballot box. Even 'independent voters' such as yourself hadn't seemed to warm up to the idea
or various "civil rights" pledges that they never seem to get around to...
I'm guessing that you mean affirmative action, your favorite party has been using anger over that for years, or gay marriage, which proved to be a very good wedge issue in 2002, and 2004.
except that they need a permanent brown/black uneducated underclass stupid enough to vote party line at the beck and call of people like Sharpton and Jackson
Now we get to the real meat of your problem with the democratic party, and now your utter bias is really showing. Of course the Republican party selling of tax cuts for the rich, reduction of government programs (well for the poor anyways), support for the confederate battle flag and the blatant hatred of much of the Dixiecrats (excuse me, Southern Republicans) have nothing to do with their loyalty, as it's only their 'stupidity' that has anything to do with it, eh?
..., it was CLINTON who let Greenspan and the Fed build bubbles galore that are now popping in rapid succession
Gosh, you really do hate Clinton don't you (CAPS even! more on that later). Your buddy, Phil Gramm managed to sneak in the Enron loophole which many believe is largely responsible for the oil speculation runup. When it became clear the Enron was manipulating the energy markets in 2001, the Republican Administration did nothing, until after it's collapse from it's own mismanagement. It's true that that the subprime mess is likely years in the making, perhaps even starting with some losing of the rules in the Clinton Administration, it's clear that the Cheney Administration had done nothing until it was way too late. Flip Flop party politics aside, good government isn't about being always being right, it's about doing right, even if you do change your mind, or compromise. In fact, even after Gore's and Kerry's very disappointing losses, I had hoped each time that Bush would finally get a decent nuclear power program together. Silly me, actually hoping that they'd actually work on that perennial plank.
But then again, I'm not a Rethuglicrat or a Demonican.
..., quacks like a duck, you might make that claim, and I haven't looked, but I dare you to show me one post on this site under the same username, where you made any assertion that doesn't toe the (Republican) party line; other than a blanket disingenuous statement about how you 'hate them' as bad as the Democrats. Even just one good well defended rant over a Bush Administration crime, would convince me that you have at least some of the fairness which you claim. I'd even go as far as saying that you've likely complained more about former President Clinton over the last year than you have current President Bush over the last eight years.
So, I ask you again: are you going to keep spouting off DailyKOS vitriol points, or are you going to start engaging in an honest conversation?
So pointing out the CBO report isn't what you'd call 'honest conversation'... interesting. I doubt if anything but a 'ditto head' could have an honest conversation with you. Actually, I don't even read the Daily KOS, checked it out once, eh, didn't like the threading/flow of the site.
who votes for the best person for the job rather than voting based on what party someone sticks next to
did you miss the legislation that almost passed between '92 and '94?
There was one piece of legislation you should be referring to theOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Which was fiscal responsibility at it's core, as it included both tax increases and spending decreases. It can be directly traced to the balanced budget as you can see in this 1998 CBO report 'WHAT CAUSED THE 1998 SURPLUS?--CBO'S EXPLANATION'. You might find that the effect of the Republican congresses was a gain of 11 billion in spending. Many such as yourself actually credit legislative gridlock with the budget surplus, when in reality it was this really tough bill which produced the surplus. I'll agree that the top end was a little high, but it did the trick, until Bush got in office and decided to finish his Dad's war, while putting money in his supporter's pockets.
I blame the Republicans for not scaling back wasteful government programs when they had the chance...Now if you're willing to take your blinders off and have an informed conversation, we can do that.
I submit to you, that you, sir, are the one with blinders. They never take the chances they have to reduce spending, or balance the budget, or build nuclear power plants, or reduce foreign oil. For all their talk about government being the problem rather than the solution Republican's sure do love to add federal jobs and contracts (especially contracts). Even Roe v. Wade is still law even though there should be a supreme court which would overturn it in a second. The fact that every couple of years, they keep fooling people into believing the same platform they couldn't (or maybe wouldn't) deliver on, is amazing. The fact that people such as yourself continue to spout out Republican Lore as if it's the truth would be funny, if it weren't for the seriousness of the problems we face.
they fuck the little guy over by taxing the so-called "rich" heavily and we watch all that cost get passed right down the chain.
Trickle down taxation? Ok, give me one even fairly recent example of a Democratic party excessively raising taxes. Republican lore. You eat it by the spoonful. The fact is that these days the Democratic party is both the fiscally and environmentally responsible party, however, that could change as success tends to attract the frauds. Personally, I'm hoping that the Libertarian party would pick up some steam this election, as I see the Republican party as complicit in the criminal organization called the Bush Administration.
Even if a NASCAR race can be done with 1 gallon of gas...in the end, 1 gallon is gone, and all the cars are where they started.
Well, in that case, you shouldn't watch the movies or TV as often they use gasoline to power their cars as well. I'm not even a fan of NASCAR, but it's legitimate entertainment, which does have a effect on the technology we use as an important part of our infrastructure. If you want to eliminate all non critical uses of gasoline, start with your own life, then if you can stand it, move on to your family, friends, and associates. Then, if anyone is left in your life, you might be on to something, write a book. However, don't go out on a book tour, as people may waste gas by going to book store and accidentally entertaining themselves.
Sorry, but in no-way are 463 tables good.
Well, I'd say, it's more than just likely that 463 tables is a good indicator of a bad design. However, as I don't know what they are tracking, I couldn't say. There is little chance of us actually knowing that either.
I'm guessing that what they are trying to do with this database is much more than just a place to put names, but a way to analyze, and perhaps even use it to add people based on their travel companions.Perhaps they have an entire table devoted to 'flights with children' believing that terrorists wouldn't travel with children.
Also, how many records do you want in a single table? Smaller tables are easier to search, with or without proper indexes, But no matter what there should be indexes, there once was a time when really sharp people could squeeze out a little more performance in specific cases by forgoing the index, but it's just not worth it.
Wow, so create the indexes then. What's up with you all, this is elementary stuff...a few hours creating the required indexes.
Fixing or even working on, an application and database developed without proper indexes (and foreign keys) is a real pain in the butt, and fraught with 'danger'.
You lot are carrying on as if it's Y2K
Hey, Y2k was 'just' changing a two digit year to a four digit year. By what seems like your standards there shouldn't any 'work' behind that either. Just because it's easy to say, doesn't mean that it's easy to do.
The problem is not the number of tables, but the fact that they are apparently 'poorly indexed'. Table indexes are important, both for the speed of queries, and data integrity.
That's what happens when your interview questions are a political loyalty test.
Who uses caps lock apart from people who have remapped it to control?
I USE IT ALL THE TIME!
On a more serious note and to avoid the caps filter, maybe even losing the caps locks key all together wouldn't be a bad thing for a sub notebook (perhaps making a function of some sort, for those rare people who really need to use it). As a programmer, I use it fairly often, but I suspect that I spend almost as much time backspacing after leaving it on accidentally.