It would go a long way toward ensuring a safer, happier humanity instead of this "Well I carry a gun everywhere because it's better me than him." Are you fucking retarded? Try understanding why someone might flip out and start shooting up a post office, for instance.
Actually, you'd find it surprising how few crimes are committed by people who are carrying firearms legally. The criminals don't bother to jump through the hoops of registering, training, getting a license, etc. You'd find it even more surprising how many crimes are prevented by armed citizens.
Not to mention the supreme court has explicitly ruled that it is not the responsibility of the police to protect you.
True. I looked up the statistics for Texas concealed carry permit holders:
And seriously,... the incident cost the company between $400,000 and $1 million in salaries, consultant expenses and other costs. ??? That's got to be the craziest application of 'cop math' I've seen in a non-drug related case ever.
I guess you haven't seen the 'math' used in file sharing law suits then.
My only experience with the scanners was the Dallas International airport. I just politely told them I'd like to opt out of the scanner. The guy pointed me over to another guy and told him I was an "opt-out" in a loud voice. Several people in line looked surprised there was such a thing as "opt out" (sigh). I got a pat down without any junk-grabbing and I was on my way in about 30 seconds.
And Audi is way ahead of Volvo. The actually-on-sale-you-can-go-to-a-dealer-and-buy-it-right-now-today Audi A2 has a sealed hood. There's a plastic flap on the front which covers two spouts into which you can add oil and water, but if you want to touch the engine itself, you need to be an Audi dealer.
It's the car equivalent of the failPhone.
No, not quite.From wikipedia:
"The bonnet was widely rumoured to be sealed — Car and Driver wrote: "...feature of the A2 that may foretell the future: the sealed hood". Actually, the bonnet is easily removed, being held in place by two twist-lock catches."
Been using it for 10 years. Yes, they had issues with 4.0 and 4.1 and I stuck with 3.5 until 4.2 came out. But from 4.2 and on I'm liking it. It does everything I want it to and looks pretty too.
Some don't like that the entire workspace is composed of widgets, but I think it's a great concept. I can customize my desktop to suit my style, and just about everything is adjustable/customizable.
And if you had bothered reading his plan you would have known that he is also including the military in his cuts. Close most foreign bases, end all undeclared wars and cut overall military spending at least 15%.
I salute your effort in supporting the good senator, but it would have been better had you checked on the definition of the word "corporatism" before sending it.
From wikipedia:
Corporatism, also known as corporativism, is a system of economic, political, or social organization that views a community as a body based upon organic social solidarity and functional distinction and roles among individuals.[1][2] The term corporatism is based on the Latin word "corpus" meaning "body".[2] Formal corporatist models are based upon the contract of corporate groups, such as agricultural, business, ethnic, labor, military, patronage, scientific, or religious affiliations, into a collective body.[3]
The word you were probably looking for is Oligarchy:
he oligarchy (from Greek , oligarkhía[1]) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, corporate, or military control. The word oligarchy is from the Greek words "" (olígos), "a few"[2] and the verb "" (archo), "to rule, to govern, to command".[3] Such states are often controlled by a few prominent families who pass their influence from one generation to the next.
I wouldn't take Beck so seriously....
Your best defense against these types is to simply ignore them.
They tried that in Sweden with the neo-nazi, racist, party "Sverige Demokraterna". Media & politicians felt that by ignoring them they would fade away. After all, they had only gotten about 1% of the vote in the previous election and the cut-off to get into parliament is 4%.
What happened was they got 5.6% of the vote, got into parliament and now have a tie-breaker vote between the 2 established coalitions.
You can't use a used BCM as that is exactly what GM was trying to prevent (for anti-theft reasons). What you do is you get a brand new, never powered up BCM (they are not especially expensive). The first time it is powered up, it will accept the ignition key and unlock everything. That first key is then permanently stored in the BCM.
Again, it's supposed to work this way and it really did help drastically reduce theft of both radios and entire cars. For instance, before GM had the Passkey system the Camaro was the most stolen car year after year. Once Passkey was introduced it completely dropped off the list.
Mandatory car analogy? Try pulling out an airbag system or modding it.
(For those not already aware, an airbag unit is basically a bomb. Don’t fuck with it.)
A better car analogy would be:
You don't like the rims your new car came with so you decide to swap over to some other ones. As soon as you remove the first wheel the entire car explodes.
Just because the system has PulseAudio doesn't mean applications have to support it. You can play ALSA sound just fine on a system with PulseAudio. Even old OSS apps will have sound (ALSA supports OSS).
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It would go a long way toward ensuring a safer, happier humanity instead of this "Well I carry a gun everywhere because it's better me than him." Are you fucking retarded? Try understanding why someone might flip out and start shooting up a post office, for instance.
Actually, you'd find it surprising how few crimes are committed by people who are carrying firearms legally. The criminals don't bother to jump through the hoops of registering, training, getting a license, etc. You'd find it even more surprising how many crimes are prevented by armed citizens.
Not to mention the supreme court has explicitly ruled that it is not the responsibility of the police to protect you.
True. I looked up the statistics for Texas concealed carry permit holders:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/convrates.htm
If you have a concealed carry permit in Texas you are about 90% LESS likely to commit a violent crime.
You are aware that /. is a social network, right?
The best quote I've heard is that true democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner (usually attributed to Ben Franklin).
Usually continued with "And liberty is an armed sheep".
It's "1337" hacker. Just sayin'.
And seriously, ... the incident cost the company between $400,000 and $1 million in salaries, consultant expenses and other costs. ???
That's got to be the craziest application of 'cop math' I've seen in a non-drug related case ever.
I guess you haven't seen the 'math' used in file sharing law suits then.
My only experience with the scanners was the Dallas International airport. I just politely told them I'd like to opt out of the scanner. The guy pointed me over to another guy and told him I was an "opt-out" in a loud voice. Several people in line looked surprised there was such a thing as "opt out" (sigh). I got a pat down without any junk-grabbing and I was on my way in about 30 seconds.
And this being the TSA I bet the dosimeters will be purchased under a no-bid contract from some politician's buddy at the low cost of $100,000 each.
And Audi is way ahead of Volvo. The actually-on-sale-you-can-go-to-a-dealer-and-buy-it-right-now-today Audi A2 has a sealed hood. There's a plastic flap on the front which covers two spouts into which you can add oil and water, but if you want to touch the engine itself, you need to be an Audi dealer.
It's the car equivalent of the failPhone.
No, not quite.From wikipedia:
"The bonnet was widely rumoured to be sealed — Car and Driver wrote: "...feature of the A2 that may foretell the future: the sealed hood". Actually, the bonnet is easily removed, being held in place by two twist-lock catches."
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You don't seriously think managers will be monitored, do you?
Let's go have a look.
Esso/Exxon commercials from way back when.
Been using it for 10 years. Yes, they had issues with 4.0 and 4.1 and I stuck with 3.5 until 4.2 came out. But from 4.2 and on I'm liking it. It does everything I want it to and looks pretty too.
Some don't like that the entire workspace is composed of widgets, but I think it's a great concept. I can customize my desktop to suit my style, and just about everything is adjustable/customizable.
No, dummy. That's how medians work, by definition.
I imagine that they wanted to by-pass having to deal with the auto unions in the US (UAW)
I highly doubt that's the reason. Finland has much stronger unions than the UAW ever was.
And if you had bothered reading his plan you would have known that he is also including the military in his cuts. Close most foreign bases, end all undeclared wars and cut overall military spending at least 15%.
Please use the correct terminology when referring to WBC. They are fucktards, not retards.
I salute your effort in supporting the good senator, but it would have been better had you checked on the definition of the word "corporatism" before sending it.
From wikipedia:
Corporatism, also known as corporativism, is a system of economic, political, or social organization that views a community as a body based upon organic social solidarity and functional distinction and roles among individuals.[1][2] The term corporatism is based on the Latin word "corpus" meaning "body".[2] Formal corporatist models are based upon the contract of corporate groups, such as agricultural, business, ethnic, labor, military, patronage, scientific, or religious affiliations, into a collective body.[3]
The word you were probably looking for is Oligarchy:
he oligarchy (from Greek , oligarkhía[1]) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, corporate, or military control. The word oligarchy is from the Greek words "" (olígos), "a few"[2] and the verb "" (archo), "to rule, to govern, to command".[3] Such states are often controlled by a few prominent families who pass their influence from one generation to the next.
Posting to undo my unintentional "overrated" mod.
I wouldn't take Beck so seriously. ...
Your best defense against these types is to simply ignore them.
They tried that in Sweden with the neo-nazi, racist, party "Sverige Demokraterna". Media & politicians felt that by ignoring them they would fade away. After all, they had only gotten about 1% of the vote in the previous election and the cut-off to get into parliament is 4%.
What happened was they got 5.6% of the vote, got into parliament and now have a tie-breaker vote between the 2 established coalitions.
Ignoring the nuts is often not a good thing.
You can't use a used BCM as that is exactly what GM was trying to prevent (for anti-theft reasons). What you do is you get a brand new, never powered up BCM (they are not especially expensive). The first time it is powered up, it will accept the ignition key and unlock everything. That first key is then permanently stored in the BCM.
Again, it's supposed to work this way and it really did help drastically reduce theft of both radios and entire cars. For instance, before GM had the Passkey system the Camaro was the most stolen car year after year. Once Passkey was introduced it completely dropped off the list.
(1) How about for $29.99 here:
[url]http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A3822431&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=27530&lid=627063[/url]
I bought mine a while back from newegg for $35 incl shipping.
(2) Before this computer I had an Athlon64 3000 (single core) with an ATI X800 GPU. Effects worked great on that rig also.
(3) Not sure which close button you're referring to?
Then I'd say there's something wrong with your system. I have a $30 video card (NVidia Geforce 210) and the desktop effects work fantastic.
Does this mean that it is now legal to circumvent copy protection to make a backup?
Eh? It’s just another safety feature.
Mandatory car analogy? Try pulling out an airbag system or modding it.
(For those not already aware, an airbag unit is basically a bomb. Don’t fuck with it.)
A better car analogy would be:
You don't like the rims your new car came with so you decide to swap over to some other ones. As soon as you remove the first wheel the entire car explodes.
Just because the system has PulseAudio doesn't mean applications have to support it. You can play ALSA sound just fine on a system with PulseAudio. Even old OSS apps will have sound (ALSA supports OSS).