I personally trust what commentors say here about world events more than the mainstream news. Although obviously you have to read *all* the comments on the issue.
I would argue that a system where the Parliament can pass a bill wanting to join the EU and the president just vetoes it is not entirely democratic (while still legitimate). Checks and balances seem a bit out of whack when the elected representatives of the country decide to do something and then one guy says no and the whole thing dies.
The Constitutional Court overturning the 2010 reduction of presidential powers seems to make the issue a bit thornier. And just before all this blew up, it looks like Yanukovych was getting several laws pushed through to lock stuff down...so everything is more or less legitimate but not in the spirit of democracy, depending on how you look at it.
And I thought the "Normal" definition of brinksmanship was insane...let's not just stand on the edge of the cliff, let's actually jump off and trust that our untested parachute will work.
When we're talking more than a couple nukes at a time, you can't call *any* scenario logical. And I especially wouldn't have any faith in Putin to make a choice for the human race over Russia (for whatever crazy value of "winning" we're talking about).
Hmmm...I suppose with UEFI, POST could be different now, but I'm curious what they would do to reduce the time from 30 seconds to basically 0 even if that is the case.
POST alone takes like 30 seconds. How can you possibly be doing a cold boot if you're skipping that?
And just FYI, Windows 8.1 Pro cold boots in about 8 seconds on my laptop, coming out of hibernation takes about 5 seconds and waking from sleep is instant.
I'll believe this voodoo incantation when I actually see it. Do you have an SSD?
Making fun of HURD plumbs whole new depths of the phrase "beating a dead horse"...HURD is more like the horse that was beaten within a few inches of its life, all of its legs were nonfunctional and its skin was rotting, but it still managed to drag itself across the finish line by its teeth, a mile away and a whole year later, but all the spectators have long since left.
I guess the main question keeping me from moving to Mint right away is...does Mint MATE/Cinnamon support Emerald? I'm not really aware of other easy-to-use themers available for Linux.
From what I've heard, there is nothing whatsoever "simple" about modifying X. Something about only 4 or so people on the planet understanding how the mangled internals work...
Y'know, like those desktop sidebar widgets in Vista...oh wait, they killed those. I mean, like the new pseudo-Awesomebar hover functionality in 7 (I've forgotten what the hell marketing term they gave to it)...oh wait, they killed that, too (or at least superceded it from the sounds of things).
But I'm sure Windows 8 apps are going to stick around! It'll be different this time, we swear!
Well, for one thing the Windows "fast startup" doesn't involve **actually shutting it down** (it's a "hybrid hibernate" sort of thing that involves a hibernation file, then restoring when you "start up"). I have a harder time believing that the Linux guys have been lying to us about startup.
Wikipedia has a number of interesting articles where the pilot stopped responding, the flight crossed a fair portion of the continental U.S., and eventually ran out of fuel and crashed. The presumption is that they had a loss of cabin pressure, which if it happens slowly can render you incapable of salvaging the situation before you realize it's happening.
Or it left the radius of the radar? An early part of the flight path is over open ocean, but I'm not aware of what the range is on those things. Not to mention, would Vietnam/Laos/etc. be tracking them if they were just overflying the country without a stopover?
(From skimming the Wikipedia article on radar, the number that pops out at me for range is 60 miles. For comparison, it looks like parts of the search area are 175-300 mi across.)
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Apparently they were 10 votes short of legally removing him from office, too.
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Citation? I have a hard time believing the Geneva Conventions condone a bullet to the head for anyone.
I personally trust what commentors say here about world events more than the mainstream news. Although obviously you have to read *all* the comments on the issue.
Not that I disagree with your point per se...
tanks could be rolling through Poland and sitting at Germany's eastern border before people acknowledge the Russian threat.
Hey, it worked once before ;-)
*cough* Okay, yeah, I probably shouldn't be cracking a joke about a war where millions of people died.
legitimate, democratically-elected Ukrainian government.
I would argue that a system where the Parliament can pass a bill wanting to join the EU and the president just vetoes it is not entirely democratic (while still legitimate). Checks and balances seem a bit out of whack when the elected representatives of the country decide to do something and then one guy says no and the whole thing dies.
The Constitutional Court overturning the 2010 reduction of presidential powers seems to make the issue a bit thornier. And just before all this blew up, it looks like Yanukovych was getting several laws pushed through to lock stuff down...so everything is more or less legitimate but not in the spirit of democracy, depending on how you look at it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
So how long does it have to be "ours" before we stop squabbling about it? 100 years? 200? 500? 1000?
Good thing Europe has managed to more or less get over it. Apparently Russia hasn't.
And I thought the "Normal" definition of brinksmanship was insane...let's not just stand on the edge of the cliff, let's actually jump off and trust that our untested parachute will work.
*You* completely ignored the point he was making.
What is needed is a president who gives the impression that retaliation would be inevitable, whilst not actually retailiating if it did happen
When we're talking more than a couple nukes at a time, you can't call *any* scenario logical. And I especially wouldn't have any faith in Putin to make a choice for the human race over Russia (for whatever crazy value of "winning" we're talking about).
There's no way that Russia would pre-emptively enough warheads to destroy the planet
Not even accidentally? :)
Hmmm...I suppose with UEFI, POST could be different now, but I'm curious what they would do to reduce the time from 30 seconds to basically 0 even if that is the case.
POST alone takes like 30 seconds. How can you possibly be doing a cold boot if you're skipping that?
And just FYI, Windows 8.1 Pro cold boots in about 8 seconds on my laptop, coming out of hibernation takes about 5 seconds and waking from sleep is instant.
I'll believe this voodoo incantation when I actually see it. Do you have an SSD?
Making fun of HURD plumbs whole new depths of the phrase "beating a dead horse"...HURD is more like the horse that was beaten within a few inches of its life, all of its legs were nonfunctional and its skin was rotting, but it still managed to drag itself across the finish line by its teeth, a mile away and a whole year later, but all the spectators have long since left.
And has been stuck at 11.x.y.z for the 27 after that...
I guess the main question keeping me from moving to Mint right away is...does Mint MATE/Cinnamon support Emerald? I'm not really aware of other easy-to-use themers available for Linux.
How I wish I hadn't already commented on this article...
We could have simply modified X.
From what I've heard, there is nothing whatsoever "simple" about modifying X. Something about only 4 or so people on the planet understanding how the mangled internals work...
Yeah, that's a good point. I was thinking of an ideal situation that would presumably never happen.
Unfortunately playing Flash videos in VLC on stock Ubuntu installs still suffers from this from time to time. I should know; it happens to me.
yea i just serviced a windows 8 box that was infected.
I really hope you used a condom...
BlueSoleil and GlovePie? You're sure these are Windows programs?!
All the crazy names that give you no hint whatsoever what the program is for are supposed to be reserved for Linux! :)
Y'know, like those desktop sidebar widgets in Vista...oh wait, they killed those. I mean, like the new pseudo-Awesomebar hover functionality in 7 (I've forgotten what the hell marketing term they gave to it)...oh wait, they killed that, too (or at least superceded it from the sounds of things).
But I'm sure Windows 8 apps are going to stick around! It'll be different this time, we swear!
Well, for one thing the Windows "fast startup" doesn't involve **actually shutting it down** (it's a "hybrid hibernate" sort of thing that involves a hibernation file, then restoring when you "start up"). I have a harder time believing that the Linux guys have been lying to us about startup.
Wikipedia has a number of interesting articles where the pilot stopped responding, the flight crossed a fair portion of the continental U.S., and eventually ran out of fuel and crashed. The presumption is that they had a loss of cabin pressure, which if it happens slowly can render you incapable of salvaging the situation before you realize it's happening.
Or it left the radius of the radar? An early part of the flight path is over open ocean, but I'm not aware of what the range is on those things. Not to mention, would Vietnam/Laos/etc. be tracking them if they were just overflying the country without a stopover?
(From skimming the Wikipedia article on radar, the number that pops out at me for range is 60 miles. For comparison, it looks like parts of the search area are 175-300 mi across.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...