Big deal... so the old people don't know how to vote. Could it possibly be fair to hold a re-election in just those counties? Absolutely not... Voter turnout would be close to 100%.
Discounting those of you that think this is a "vast right wing conspiracy", the confusing ballot was written by a Democrat that thought that the big text would be easier for the elderly to read. The people in the two counties were given sample ballots clearly explaining how to vote, giving them nothing other than their own ignorance to explain for the voting. Can we hold them accountable for that? I know that we can't hold the whole nation accountable for their mistake.
Also, there's the "liar" factor. The government does not now, nor ever know who I voted for. I could SAY that I mistakenly voted for Buchanan, and that they should just take a vote away from him and give it to Gore. That wouldn't be fair, because I could have voted for Gore all along, effectively giving him TWO votes by me. The only fair way would be to hold another election (which would be unfair for the other party, since George W. Bush WON and should be our next president.)
What then can we say for the old people? Sorry... pay more attention next time. It's no use complaining now, they should have paid closer attention (or asked for assistance if they didn't understand.) Their only recourse is to sue the Democrat that made the ballot, but they cannot overturn the electoral process because of incompetance on their part.
Gee... I'm very surprised that a beta tested would complain about beta software... Keep in mind that this is not "Release Candidate 1". Anything that actually works in a beta version is a bonus, and you can't make judgements on the outcome of the final product based solely on the beta. Remember, if it were perfect, they would have released it already...
As an employee in charge of maintaining the labs at the University of Memphis, I realize how horribly unsafe keeping your data on a floppy is. The majority of our intelligent students buy at least on Zip disk and back it up to their hard drive at home at least once a week.
Side note: You know, I'm sad that the LS120 never really caught on... It's 120MB, and the drives are backwards compatible with a regular 1.44 floppy. I guess Iomega had control over so much of the market that the inferior product won (remind you of any other company?)
When will you people learn??? The supposed "65,000" bugs in Windows 2000 don't exist. An article about that error said that Microsoft asked beta testers what features they would like to see in a future version of windows. All of these requests were put into one pot (hence the 65,000 number.) SO, does that mean that the fact that I could list 500 things that I would like Linux to support in the future mean that those are 500 bugs??? I don't think so.
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Big deal... so the old people don't know how to vote. Could it possibly be fair to hold a re-election in just those counties? Absolutely not... Voter turnout would be close to 100%.
Discounting those of you that think this is a "vast right wing conspiracy", the confusing ballot was written by a Democrat that thought that the big text would be easier for the elderly to read. The people in the two counties were given sample ballots clearly explaining how to vote, giving them nothing other than their own ignorance to explain for the voting. Can we hold them accountable for that? I know that we can't hold the whole nation accountable for their mistake.
Also, there's the "liar" factor. The government does not now, nor ever know who I voted for. I could SAY that I mistakenly voted for Buchanan, and that they should just take a vote away from him and give it to Gore. That wouldn't be fair, because I could have voted for Gore all along, effectively giving him TWO votes by me. The only fair way would be to hold another election (which would be unfair for the other party, since George W. Bush WON and should be our next president.)
What then can we say for the old people? Sorry... pay more attention next time. It's no use complaining now, they should have paid closer attention (or asked for assistance if they didn't understand.) Their only recourse is to sue the Democrat that made the ballot, but they cannot overturn the electoral process because of incompetance on their part.
Gee... I'm very surprised that a beta tested would complain about beta software... Keep in mind that this is not "Release Candidate 1". Anything that actually works in a beta version is a bonus, and you can't make judgements on the outcome of the final product based solely on the beta. Remember, if it were perfect, they would have released it already...
Although I personally prefer Windows (don't ask why...), Can you imaging the money they're saving by using a FREE OS?
I was also kind of freaked out by the name of the company...
Lawson "aardWolf" Culver
Are you talking to ME or the person I replied to... No wonder you post Anonymously...
As an employee in charge of maintaining the labs at the University of Memphis, I realize how horribly unsafe keeping your data on a floppy is. The majority of our intelligent students buy at least on Zip disk and back it up to their hard drive at home at least once a week.
Side note: You know, I'm sad that the LS120 never really caught on... It's 120MB, and the drives are backwards compatible with a regular 1.44 floppy. I guess Iomega had control over so much of the market that the inferior product won (remind you of any other company?)
Yep... AKA: Hot Grits
Naked Petrified Natalie Portman
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of x
It's all Microsoft's fault...
Can anyone think of any more?
As I posted earlier, there is a mirror to the MPEG file available at Zophar's Domain:
http://www.zophar.net/Files/laserm ame NTSC.mpg
Correction on the above post... Laser Emulation is a site that keeps news for Laser Emulators, but it not the homepage for LaserMame.
You can also view the MPEG at Zophar's Domain by going here:
Video File
The actual laserMame link is:
http://www.laseremu.com/
You've got to remember... when 486's were first introduced, they were ultra-fast, not dinosaurs...
Newer, faster computers just bring about more incompetent, inneficient coders. It wasn't the 486 that made a 486 slow, it was Windows 95...
I wonder what kind of heat that thing generates.... (I guess I should try reading the article first, huh???)
BTW, you "First Post" guys are really lame... you should close your web-browser and go back to playing Barbie's Dream House...
3 legs huh... are we SURE the third on is really a leg? It IS a guy, after all... aardWolf64
When will you people learn??? The supposed "65,000" bugs in Windows 2000 don't exist. An article about that error said that Microsoft asked beta testers what features they would like to see in a future version of windows. All of these requests were put into one pot (hence the 65,000 number.) SO, does that mean that the fact that I could list 500 things that I would like Linux to support in the future mean that those are 500 bugs??? I don't think so.