I make it a point to not go to places that want to scan my license... and when I'm in the right mood, I drink a lot... really a lot (usually without causing trouble, never been cut off, in a barfight, or eight-sixed)
I mean, *really a lot*... if you want me, I'll be down the street at the place that doesn't care who I am, giving them a bunch of money.
When you go from a 0 to a 1, it may be more like.95, likewise, a.05 would still be a 0(of course, these are just made up values.)
The charge for each bit is not precise, just in a range. You can recover data back (with more sensitive read heads than a normal hard drive has) about 7 'layers' of writes deep... It's extremely expensive. See the GNU shred utility for ways of making sure that data is really gone, I think the docs for it have some of the reasons why in them as well.
We are slowly evolving into a new form of government:
democratic fascism.
People get to vote, there are multiple parties, but fundamentally, it's a one party state - like a hydra - many heads that hate each other, but the body walks in one direction, and we're all trapped on its back.
When things get rough they throw the slaves some bread (social services) and circuses (TV). This shuts the proles up, and the ruling class stays put.
Ooooh, nicely put! I would have modded you up, but I already posted in this thread. But you're right, and it backs up the idea that there is very little difference between the two parties that currently do everything.
I mean, really, what is the difference? The Dems want to take away the second amendment first(USian point of view) first, and then the others. The Repubs want to take away the 3-10th first, and the rest.
George W. Bush is essentially appointed President by the Supreme Court after tampering with the voter rolls in Florida ( courtesy of brother Jebuzon) disqualifies many minorities who would not have voted for him and brings us to the brink of constitutional crisis
Check, but lets be careful how we use an arguement like that...
The Nazional Republicans in Congress pass the USA Patriot Act, allowing non-citizens, and in some cases, U.S. citizens (i.e., Jose Padilla) to be detained indefinitely as enemy combatants, and be tried in Military courts instead of civilian courts
Don't forget, though, the USA Patriot act passed 99-1 in the senate, meaning the National Dems voted for it too. They're in the same boat as the republicans, and when you look at it from a distance, they're not that far apart(Dems and Repubs)
Attorney General (and I use that term loosely) John Ashcroft wants even more egregious restrictions on the civil liberties of Americans with an enhancement and extension of the Patriot Act
Sickening, isn't it?
Despite the noises being made about being even handed toward Israel and the Palestinians, the regime's blatant pro-Israeli tilt is the most outward manifestation of the influence of Christian rightists in the Bush government, whose aim otherwise is to destroy individual freedom in this country in the name of "Jesus Christ": among other things, banning abortion, forcing their version of Christian prayer into public schools, and trying to outlaw the burning of the American flag as a form of
Hmm.... I see two parts to this point: 1) Doesn't Israel have a right to exist? Let's be honest, without our(US) help, it would most likely not exist. I for one am very pro-Israel, if for nothing else than that they have the right to exist and be there.(an entirely different rant though) 2) The rest of it, (banning of abortion, prayer in schools, flag-burning, etc.) I totally agree with you on.
TIA fits into the pattern. The Nazional Republican inclination to turn over social welfare and other non-military, non-"Homeland Security" programs to the private sector, as you accurately describe, also fits into the pattern of a fascistic ideology: all of the economic and political power concentrated into the hands of an elite few.
The power is already concentrated in the hands of a few. If privatization worked right, it might actually distribute the power, but of course, we'll never get well-setup privitization.
Information on the citizenry is the key to control. I think Sterling's scenario where the "KGB" apparatus would be used by various branches of the Nazional Republican Party against each other is his fond hope.
Hehe, that would be great to see.
To take a page from Reichsfuhrer Bush, VOTE FOR REGIME CHANGE IN 2004. This makes a damn good bumper sticker slogan.
Oh yea:) They do that stuff too. it'd probably be a join effort then, perhaps, like they did on the farm/campground (Rainbow Campground?) where the owner let people smoke down (In SW Michigan, a couple of years ago... between the DEA, FBI, and BATF, think they too everyone there down, although they say that the owner set the place on fire.)/me adjusts his tinfoilhat
actually, I did a little research on this, and I *believe* (which is to say, I read it somewhere) that you can distill for personal use.
I had some pretty good meads that I made(never tried distilling it, though,) I always found it as stupid juice... even if I wasn't drunk from it, I either fell asleep, or became incredibly stupid.
Good stuff, though, I need to make some more pretty soon here, especially before the summer heat really hits.
All in all, I saw the ending as pretty cool, and about the only way it could end... my only question is: How did Spike get into the school? It was broad daylight when they went there.
actually, it's illegal to possess, but if you do possess it, you still have to have the stamps for it, or it can also be tax evasion.
Specific to kansas, but there are other similar ones: http://www.ksrevenue.org/perstaxtypesdrug.h tm
so basically, you can buy these tax stamps on it, but it's still illegal to own, and I suppose you're more or less admitting to possession by doing this...
From said page:
Drugs seized without stamps or having expired stamps may result in criminal or civil penalties which may include fines, seizure of property or liens against real estate.
A dealer is not required to give his/her name or address when purchasing stamps and the Department is prohibited from sharing any information relating to the purchase of drug tax stamps with law enforcement or anyone else.
Yearbook in High school, they got a HP LaserJet 1100(I think it was Spring 1999), worked fine until the pickup roller thing started sucking multiple pages at once. After we got the fix for that it worked just fine. On deadlines that would do a few hundred sheets in the two weeks or so leading up to it. So not super high load, but it held up.
Mostly off-topic, but can I ask what the fix was for this? Is it something that has to be done by someone else? Or is it just adjusting rollers? Service-type thing?
Have one of these sitting on my desk, and apart from feeding it one sheet at a time, it is great. I'm really torn though between a JetDirect for it or a new-used LaserJet that feeds:)
Actually, last november(think that's when it was) the restrictions were relaxed a bit more, to allow you to take it to a place that serves alcohal, but not to a bar--I don't remember what the difference is in terms of the law, though, but Pizza hut is okay now.
On another note, outside of, well, outside of the I-94 coridor, Traverse City(maybe) and Detroit, Michigan seems to be quite the conservative place, to me anyway.
Bad form replying to self, but comment isn't worth standing on it's own. Sad part is that the 7.0 beta is only for Windows at the moment... doh! Still may have to try the slightly older version though... and wait awhile for the linux version.
Wow, c-64 look... That's reason enough for me to try opera... had been putting it off for awhile now... Gotta say that those screen shots, the app theme/skin looked very nice, too...
The university that I work at(CS dept.) has every now and then talked about going to dual boot machines in the lab. I just can't think of anything worse. We actually had some dual-boot machines in TA offices, did not work well for the most part, because any support we had to do on them(patches and such) all had to be done right there.
Plus, if they're machines that someone in the dept. can just reboot like that, you really can't enjoy the idea of allowing remote access at all to them.
Every now and then someone thinks this is a brilliant idea for the lab, and I have to come back and explain that there is *no reasonable way* to keep a beast like that up to date.
A little over a year ago, I dropped my bike(motorcycle) on a slightly slick freeway off-ramp. I was probably only going about 40 or 50 mph by the time I hit the ground, and slid pretty straight until at the end I kind of veered off and came to a stop on the shoulder. I was sliding mostly on my back, luckily was wearing leather jacket(not thick enough, though, trashed it out real good) and kevlar jeans. I ended up with just minor cuts and scrapes.
When I came to a stop, I wasn't sure if I had hiy my head or not, so I kind of felt around the helmet for new scratches. Not feeling any, I got up, took it off(and was okay) and then went over and pushed my bike out of the road. I was pretty lucky, 'cause about 15 minutes later after I stopped shaking I rode it home, with just minor bruises, scrapes, cuts, etc. And no turn signals on the left side of my bike, and broken headlight, broken mirror, a few others.
So were you okay once you made it to the hospital? (assuming must be at least mostly okay)
Also, if theres a concussion, the helmet will stop your brain/head from swelling temporarily(this is a good thing, until you get to the hospital)
And if you happen to take a dive and feel decent afterwards, it's probably a good idea to feel around the helmet for new scratches/dents before taking it off... shock can be an amazing thing.
I could very well be wrong, don't have the stuff to back it up, either, but I believe that the recent increases in deaths have been mainly due to people without much experience getting bikes, or people who haven't ridden since the 70's getting bikes again.
The baby boomers are getting to the point where they can toss $20k towards HD, and then they get out there, having not ridden for years, have a few pops, hit a tree, etc.
Of course, the squids are just, well, squids. (have they gotten dumber lately? Why? Nitrates in the food or something? *grin* )
Stuff like this really makes me want to just fall into vigilante/mob action... And he's only about two hours away from me, that doesn't help... So how about a spam-haters meet-up and then we can go 'rehabilitate' some spammers?
On another note, I've been thinking about ways of getting around/getting some satisfaction other than just forwarding it to/dev/null... I'm thinking maybe setting a procmail rule that just forwards (or better, bounces) spam to known spammers...
The other thoughts I have on dealing with it get to be quite a bit meaner... and I shouldn't post things like that... But anyone in the SW/SE Michigan area who wants to go on a road trip and pay a visit to this guy? We wouldn't actually hurt him(right away)...
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oh, don't worry, I'm sure government will want to get in on the action if this takes off :)
I make it a point to not go to places that want to scan my license... and when I'm in the right mood, I drink a lot... really a lot (usually without causing trouble, never been cut off, in a barfight, or eight-sixed)
I mean, *really a lot*...
if you want me, I'll be down the street at the place that doesn't care who I am, giving them a bunch of money.
That 1 or 0 on the disk isn't really a 1 or 0...
.95, likewise, a .05 would still be a 0(of course, these are just made up values.)
When you go from a 0 to a 1, it may be more like
The charge for each bit is not precise, just in a range. You can recover data back (with more sensitive read heads than a normal hard drive has) about 7 'layers' of writes deep... It's extremely expensive. See the GNU shred utility for ways of making sure that data is really gone, I think the docs for it have some of the reasons why in them as well.
Yes, we will need another protocol change, just one layer up. TCP will time out before it gets to Mars. (although UDP will make it)
Wow! someone on
kind of seems like a step back, eh?
Ooooh, nicely put! I would have modded you up, but I already posted in this thread. But you're right, and it backs up the idea that there is very little difference between the two parties that currently do everything.
I mean, really, what is the difference? The Dems want to take away the second amendment first(USian point of view) first, and then the others. The Repubs want to take away the 3-10th first, and the rest.
Check, but lets be careful how we use an arguement like that...
Don't forget, though, the USA Patriot act passed 99-1 in the senate, meaning the National Dems voted for it too. They're in the same boat as the republicans, and when you look at it from a distance, they're not that far apart(Dems and Repubs)
Sickening, isn't it?
Hmm.... I see two parts to this point:
1) Doesn't Israel have a right to exist? Let's be honest, without our(US) help, it would most likely not exist. I for one am very pro-Israel, if for nothing else than that they have the right to exist and be there.(an entirely different rant though)
2) The rest of it, (banning of abortion, prayer in schools, flag-burning, etc.) I totally agree with you on.
The power is already concentrated in the hands of a few. If privatization worked right, it might actually distribute the power, but of course, we'll never get well-setup privitization.
Hehe, that would be great to see.
Nicely put, I like that.
Oh yea:) They do that stuff too. it'd probably be a join effort then, perhaps, like they did on the farm/campground (Rainbow Campground?) where the owner let people smoke down (In SW Michigan, a couple of years ago... between the DEA, FBI, and BATF, think they too everyone there down, although they say that the owner set the place on fire.) /me adjusts his tinfoilhat
That's more the DEA, isn't it?
actually, I did a little research on this, and I *believe* (which is to say, I read it somewhere) that you can distill for personal use.
I had some pretty good meads that I made(never tried distilling it, though,) I always found it as stupid juice... even if I wasn't drunk from it, I either fell asleep, or became incredibly stupid.
Good stuff, though, I need to make some more pretty soon here, especially before the summer heat really hits.
Spoiler if you haven't caught it yet...
All in all, I saw the ending as pretty cool, and about the only way it could end... my only question is: How did Spike get into the school? It was broad daylight when they went there.
bah... at least I've got that monkey off my back.
Free! Free at last!
Specific to kansas, but there are other similar ones:
http://www.ksrevenue.org/perstaxtypesdrug.
so basically, you can buy these tax stamps on it, but it's still illegal to own, and I suppose you're more or less admitting to possession by doing this...
From said page:
Dear Penthouse,
I never thought that this could happen to me...
Mostly off-topic, but can I ask what the fix was for this? Is it something that has to be done by someone else? Or is it just adjusting rollers? Service-type thing?
Have one of these sitting on my desk, and apart from feeding it one sheet at a time, it is great. I'm really torn though between a JetDirect for it or a new-used LaserJet that feeds:)
Thanks
Actually, last november(think that's when it was) the restrictions were relaxed a bit more, to allow you to take it to a place that serves alcohal, but not to a bar--I don't remember what the difference is in terms of the law, though, but Pizza hut is okay now.
On another note, outside of, well, outside of the I-94 coridor, Traverse City(maybe) and Detroit, Michigan seems to be quite the conservative place, to me anyway.
It's absolutely sick, but what about:
quote from my old house:
"Why do you have napalm on your driveway!?!?"
me: "Well, we weren't gonna keep it in the house!"
Bad form replying to self, but comment isn't worth standing on it's own. Sad part is that the 7.0 beta is only for Windows at the moment... doh! Still may have to try the slightly older version though... and wait awhile for the linux version.
Wow, c-64 look... That's reason enough for me to try opera... had been putting it off for awhile now...
Gotta say that those screen shots, the app theme/skin looked very nice, too...
Have to try it now, no two ways about it.
The university that I work at(CS dept.) has every now and then talked about going to dual boot machines in the lab. I just can't think of anything worse. We actually had some dual-boot machines in TA offices, did not work well for the most part, because any support we had to do on them(patches and such) all had to be done right there.
Plus, if they're machines that someone in the dept. can just reboot like that, you really can't enjoy the idea of allowing remote access at all to them.
Every now and then someone thinks this is a brilliant idea for the lab, and I have to come back and explain that there is *no reasonable way* to keep a beast like that up to date.
Okay, done ranting
A little over a year ago, I dropped my bike(motorcycle) on a slightly slick freeway off-ramp. I was probably only going about 40 or 50 mph by the time I hit the ground, and slid pretty straight until at the end I kind of veered off and came to a stop on the shoulder. I was sliding mostly on my back, luckily was wearing leather jacket(not thick enough, though, trashed it out real good) and kevlar jeans. I ended up with just minor cuts and scrapes.
When I came to a stop, I wasn't sure if I had hiy my head or not, so I kind of felt around the helmet for new scratches. Not feeling any, I got up, took it off(and was okay) and then went over and pushed my bike out of the road. I was pretty lucky, 'cause about 15 minutes later after I stopped shaking I rode it home, with just minor bruises, scrapes, cuts, etc. And no turn signals on the left side of my bike, and broken headlight, broken mirror, a few others.
So were you okay once you made it to the hospital? (assuming must be at least mostly okay)
Also, if theres a concussion, the helmet will stop your brain/head from swelling temporarily(this is a good thing, until you get to the hospital)
And if you happen to take a dive and feel decent afterwards, it's probably a good idea to feel around the helmet for new scratches/dents before taking it off... shock can be an amazing thing.
I could very well be wrong, don't have the stuff to back it up, either, but I believe that the recent increases in deaths have been mainly due to people without much experience getting bikes, or people who haven't ridden since the 70's getting bikes again.
The baby boomers are getting to the point where they can toss $20k towards HD, and then they get out there, having not ridden for years, have a few pops, hit a tree, etc.
Of course, the squids are just, well, squids. (have they gotten dumber lately? Why? Nitrates in the food or something? *grin* )
It might be kind of fun to setup a pool of some kind on these, maybe if there weren't *quite* as long running, though.
Stuff like this really makes me want to just fall into vigilante/mob action... And he's only about two hours away from me, that doesn't help... So how about a spam-haters meet-up and then we can go 'rehabilitate' some spammers?
/dev/null... I'm thinking maybe setting a procmail rule that just forwards (or better, bounces) spam to known spammers...
e nc e> Once Spammers start 'disappearing' the ammount of spam we see will go way down... </humor>
On another note, I've been thinking about ways of getting around/getting some satisfaction other than just forwarding it to
The other thoughts I have on dealing with it get to be quite a bit meaner... and I shouldn't post things like that... But anyone in the SW/SE Michigan area who wants to go on a road trip and pay a visit to this guy? We wouldn't actually hurt him(right away)...
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