I'm a Packer fan and agree the call was questionable, but to say it would have won the game is absurd. 2m40s left on the clock, 2 timeouts, and Brett Favre with the best group of receivers he's ever had? That's plenty of time to get in field goal range. Besides, the call wasn't questionable because it was incorrect, it was questionable because they don't call it consistently. For example, William Henderson, the Packer's fullback, will often go in motion and go up to the line without setting for a full second before the snap. It wasn't a bad call, just a questionable one.
I feel the same way. I'm a Bush-supporting Packer fan. I understand stuff like this gives TV announcers something to fill the time, but it got out of hand after showing that damn graphic and playing the patriotic music for the 6th time.
True, around the time Slammer was making its rounds, I actually got a windows interface on an ATM. It wasn't the new touchsceen kind, though, so there was no way of controlling it.
I think the bigger issue here isn't that the ATM's run Windows, but that some are connected to networks that can be accessed from the Internet. Windows CAN be stable in certain situations (this ATM looked to be running NT 3.5 at a glance)... it's when you put it on a public network that it becomes a hazzard.
Most of us have a choice whether or not we want music on at work. At home you have the ability to turn your TV or radio off. In the car you can easily turn off your stereo. You have the choice whether or not you want to listen to music in the pool.
And many of us don't listen to "mindless music"... many listen to classical, jazz, or even audio books (I'd love to get through an extra book a week during my swimming time).
I sure hope you were trolling, cause otherwise you need to think about things a little more before you write them.
I've used a handful of distributions (Suse, Mandrake, Redhat, Fedora Core 2, Slackware) over the years, but only dabbled a bit with each. I tried installing Debian woody yesterday for a project I'm working on, and got frustrated with the installation process. They should look to Mandrake or Fedora Core for an example of a streamlined installation process. I'm sure I'm just lazy when it comes to installing an OS, but I did sit through a Slackware install off before.
The Terranova link has a comment that says the discrimination was widespread and player based. That doesn't seem like it was discrimination from the organizers of the event. So although it's sad, I don't think they're in danger of losing a lawsuit.
There's been a lot of people using racial slurs on gaming servers lately. It's a shame that it's so widespread and that very few people say anything when it occurs during gameplay. I miss the days when you'd hear "nice shot" or "good luck" on a server instead of a bunch of insults.
There's not just wrong answers for the schools on the list, there's a number of large schools missing from the list. For example, University of Wisconsin - Madison is the only UW school listed, even though UW-Stout would rank far higher on the list (wireless laptop for every student, computer registration, student web sites, etc). UW-Milwaukee isn't on there either, even though it's a larger school than many listed. Silly study is wrong in so many ways.
You make good points, but there's another approach for servers to take. Purchase VMWare and one big server to do the job of many individual servers. You get far less power consumption and heat, make use of most of the processing power of the server (instead of running at 10% processor most of the time), and make it far easier to upgrade (increase RAM in 1 physical machine and you increase it in all the virtual ones).
We get good government discounts so we paid about 50% more on each 146GB 10K drive. That's negligible when the total cost of the server is over $10K and a decent fibre NAS runs > $20K.
The IBM 336 servers that just came out use the new 2.5" SCSI drives. Instead of being able to fit 2 drives, they can fit 4. It's pretty cool stuff. The drives were slightly more expensive, but it was well worth it to us.
Teaching is very likely to have an oversupply of candidates, except in math. Most school districts in this area are scrambling for math teachers. Besides, I'm still deciding if I want teaching to be my backup to programming or the other way around. I love math and teaching, so it's not really about the money either.
I've had a job programming web applications for about 3 years now. Another part of my job is providing helpdesk support, fixing computers, network administration, and web design. If any one of these areas get outsourced, I still have a job.
In addition, I'm working on getting my teaching certification in mathematics. Like any industry, it's good to have a backup plan if everything falls apart. While I haven't noticed any of my friends' jobs being outsourced, I do know that it's always a possibility and have tried preparing myself in the ways listed about in case anything should happen.
No politician? Granted, $7.2 million isn't a huge amount of money, but it was enough for Bush to bring it up during the debates. I think the fact that it would increase agriculture jobs is just as important as helping the environment.
I know this is traditionally the case, but I'm curious if it still is. I'm 25, but have voted primarily Republican since I turned 18. For reference, my mother always votes Republican (she tends to vote based on religious issues) and my father always votes Democratic (he always votes based on union issues). A large majority of my friends vote Republican as well (I'd guess 80% of them). I'm in a battleground state (Wisconsin) near a metropolitan area (Milwaukee), so I don't think it's a geographic trend in this case. I'm just curious if there have been any polls/studies about this lately.
This is perhaps the most accurate and funny political post I've seen in a long time. I'm a conservative Republican and my office partner is a liberal Democrat and we both laughed outloud at it. Good job.:)
I disagree. I know that my writing style isn't anything like my public speaking style.
However, I would guess that both Bush and Kerry's responses were written by their staff and revised/approved by the candidate, as is commonly done with most written responses during a campaign.
There's a lot of factors that go into setting up a HD system, just like setting up an over-the-air system. The SA8000 box does have some problems, especially when compared to the DirecTV HD Tivo. Additionally, the cable company might have problems. Our local cable company in Milwaukee does a decent job, but they've been ahead of the curve for HD for a couple years now. Some cable companies are just jumping into it and having some problems along the way.
Does this mean that the HD format is flawed or not ready for widespread consumer usage? No. It means that you should be aware of the problems you could run into, like any informed consumer. You should ask a salesperson at a reputable store (not Best Buy or Circuit City) about your options: OTA vs Sat vs Cable, the pros and cons of each, and how to determine which equipment you'll need.
How about polygamy? A marriage has been traditionally defined as being between one man and one woman. You want to change that to fit the times to be between two people of the same sex. What happens when polygamists want to change the definition to include them as well? Then I get my premium increased because a man believes he has the right to 6 wives, and hence has 30 kids.
Insurance benefits are not a "right", they're a priviledge. I'm all for equal rights and although I don't agree with homosexuality I don't think they should be denied a job, housing, or social services because of their sexual preference. Benefits are completely different, though.
A side note: Privatized benefits are allowed to discriminate based on statistics. Just look at car insurance for men vs women, or teens vs adults. Or health insurance for women between 18 and 35.
You may feel that you're having faith-based values pushed on you, but as a religious person I feel the opposite is true. I'll address each of your examples:
1. Anti-abortion: This one is debatable. While I understand your view that a faith-based idea is being pushed on you, as someone who opposes abortion my viewpoint is much simpler. It all comes down to the definition of when life begins. If human life is defined as beginning before the abortion, then it's murder. Otherwise it isn't. Pro-life activists will claim the former. Pro-choice activists will claim the latter. There's no easy answer without taking one of these views and thus taking a biased view. One thing that fits with all this is the fact that religious doctors cannot refuse services that conflict with their beliefs. That's not right, IMHO. It's not like the patient couldn't find another doctor who COULD perform the service.
2. Prayer in school: The debate isn't whether students should be forced to say a prayer during the school day, nor is it whether people should be allowed to say a silent prayer to themself. Both sides seem to think the debate is at either extreme. In reality, it's simply about whether a time of prayer or reflection should be allowed at school functions (like a graduation). Personally, because I'm a religious person, I'd like some time set aside where I can have a moment to reflect in a religious manner. I don't understand why atheists would object to a time of reflection either, since it would give them a chance to look back in a non-religious manner. As long as it's not called a time of prayer, but instead a time of personal reflection. I have many friends that are atheists that just don't care one way or another as long as they're not being forced to do something religious.
3. Gay marriage: This also comes down to definition, but has the side-effect of affecting my wallet so it matters to me. If a judge in MA says that gay marriage is legal, then 600-some benefits will apply to that couple nationwide. An example of those benefits is insurance for married couples. The addition of scores of individuals to an insurance carrier based solely on gay marriage will raise insurance premiums and thus affect my wallet. I have no problem with civil unions, a gay couple has a marriage ceremony, or if they refer to themselves as married. I have a problem when something that I don't agree with ends up affecting my checking account balance.
I apologize if I've offended anyone... I just wanted to give another perspective on these comments.
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You too, then... why Kerry (or other)? And not just 'cuz Bush is an idiot'.
I'm a Packer fan and agree the call was questionable, but to say it would have won the game is absurd. 2m40s left on the clock, 2 timeouts, and Brett Favre with the best group of receivers he's ever had? That's plenty of time to get in field goal range. Besides, the call wasn't questionable because it was incorrect, it was questionable because they don't call it consistently. For example, William Henderson, the Packer's fullback, will often go in motion and go up to the line without setting for a full second before the snap. It wasn't a bad call, just a questionable one.
I feel the same way. I'm a Bush-supporting Packer fan. I understand stuff like this gives TV announcers something to fill the time, but it got out of hand after showing that damn graphic and playing the patriotic music for the 6th time.
True, around the time Slammer was making its rounds, I actually got a windows interface on an ATM. It wasn't the new touchsceen kind, though, so there was no way of controlling it.
I think the bigger issue here isn't that the ATM's run Windows, but that some are connected to networks that can be accessed from the Internet. Windows CAN be stable in certain situations (this ATM looked to be running NT 3.5 at a glance)... it's when you put it on a public network that it becomes a hazzard.
Most of us have a choice whether or not we want music on at work. At home you have the ability to turn your TV or radio off. In the car you can easily turn off your stereo. You have the choice whether or not you want to listen to music in the pool.
And many of us don't listen to "mindless music"... many listen to classical, jazz, or even audio books (I'd love to get through an extra book a week during my swimming time).
I sure hope you were trolling, cause otherwise you need to think about things a little more before you write them.
I've used a handful of distributions (Suse, Mandrake, Redhat, Fedora Core 2, Slackware) over the years, but only dabbled a bit with each. I tried installing Debian woody yesterday for a project I'm working on, and got frustrated with the installation process. They should look to Mandrake or Fedora Core for an example of a streamlined installation process. I'm sure I'm just lazy when it comes to installing an OS, but I did sit through a Slackware install off before.
Hello talking goat, I'm a flying goat. Can you fly too? :D
The Terranova link has a comment that says the discrimination was widespread and player based. That doesn't seem like it was discrimination from the organizers of the event. So although it's sad, I don't think they're in danger of losing a lawsuit.
There's been a lot of people using racial slurs on gaming servers lately. It's a shame that it's so widespread and that very few people say anything when it occurs during gameplay. I miss the days when you'd hear "nice shot" or "good luck" on a server instead of a bunch of insults.
There's not just wrong answers for the schools on the list, there's a number of large schools missing from the list. For example, University of Wisconsin - Madison is the only UW school listed, even though UW-Stout would rank far higher on the list (wireless laptop for every student, computer registration, student web sites, etc). UW-Milwaukee isn't on there either, even though it's a larger school than many listed. Silly study is wrong in so many ways.
You make good points, but there's another approach for servers to take. Purchase VMWare and one big server to do the job of many individual servers. You get far less power consumption and heat, make use of most of the processing power of the server (instead of running at 10% processor most of the time), and make it far easier to upgrade (increase RAM in 1 physical machine and you increase it in all the virtual ones).
My company just paid around $500 for a 146GB version. The prices they have listed there are insanely high.
We get good government discounts so we paid about 50% more on each 146GB 10K drive. That's negligible when the total cost of the server is over $10K and a decent fibre NAS runs > $20K.
The IBM 336 servers that just came out use the new 2.5" SCSI drives. Instead of being able to fit 2 drives, they can fit 4. It's pretty cool stuff. The drives were slightly more expensive, but it was well worth it to us.
Teaching is very likely to have an oversupply of candidates, except in math. Most school districts in this area are scrambling for math teachers. Besides, I'm still deciding if I want teaching to be my backup to programming or the other way around. I love math and teaching, so it's not really about the money either.
My plan is to win the lottery in a few years, so after that you won't have to worry about me taking your job. ;)
I've had a job programming web applications for about 3 years now. Another part of my job is providing helpdesk support, fixing computers, network administration, and web design. If any one of these areas get outsourced, I still have a job.
In addition, I'm working on getting my teaching certification in mathematics. Like any industry, it's good to have a backup plan if everything falls apart. While I haven't noticed any of my friends' jobs being outsourced, I do know that it's always a possibility and have tried preparing myself in the ways listed about in case anything should happen.
No politician? Granted, $7.2 million isn't a huge amount of money, but it was enough for Bush to bring it up during the debates. I think the fact that it would increase agriculture jobs is just as important as helping the environment.
I know this is traditionally the case, but I'm curious if it still is. I'm 25, but have voted primarily Republican since I turned 18. For reference, my mother always votes Republican (she tends to vote based on religious issues) and my father always votes Democratic (he always votes based on union issues). A large majority of my friends vote Republican as well (I'd guess 80% of them). I'm in a battleground state (Wisconsin) near a metropolitan area (Milwaukee), so I don't think it's a geographic trend in this case. I'm just curious if there have been any polls/studies about this lately.
This is perhaps the most accurate and funny political post I've seen in a long time. I'm a conservative Republican and my office partner is a liberal Democrat and we both laughed outloud at it. Good job. :)
I disagree. I know that my writing style isn't anything like my public speaking style.
However, I would guess that both Bush and Kerry's responses were written by their staff and revised/approved by the candidate, as is commonly done with most written responses during a campaign.
HDTV is the only major change in TV's standards since they came out with color 50 years ago. What other standards have they spun?
There's a lot of factors that go into setting up a HD system, just like setting up an over-the-air system. The SA8000 box does have some problems, especially when compared to the DirecTV HD Tivo. Additionally, the cable company might have problems. Our local cable company in Milwaukee does a decent job, but they've been ahead of the curve for HD for a couple years now. Some cable companies are just jumping into it and having some problems along the way.
Does this mean that the HD format is flawed or not ready for widespread consumer usage? No. It means that you should be aware of the problems you could run into, like any informed consumer. You should ask a salesperson at a reputable store (not Best Buy or Circuit City) about your options: OTA vs Sat vs Cable, the pros and cons of each, and how to determine which equipment you'll need.
Is the SSO-like design African or European? ;)
How about polygamy? A marriage has been traditionally defined as being between one man and one woman. You want to change that to fit the times to be between two people of the same sex. What happens when polygamists want to change the definition to include them as well? Then I get my premium increased because a man believes he has the right to 6 wives, and hence has 30 kids.
Insurance benefits are not a "right", they're a priviledge. I'm all for equal rights and although I don't agree with homosexuality I don't think they should be denied a job, housing, or social services because of their sexual preference. Benefits are completely different, though.
A side note: Privatized benefits are allowed to discriminate based on statistics. Just look at car insurance for men vs women, or teens vs adults. Or health insurance for women between 18 and 35.
You may feel that you're having faith-based values pushed on you, but as a religious person I feel the opposite is true. I'll address each of your examples:
1. Anti-abortion: This one is debatable. While I understand your view that a faith-based idea is being pushed on you, as someone who opposes abortion my viewpoint is much simpler. It all comes down to the definition of when life begins. If human life is defined as beginning before the abortion, then it's murder. Otherwise it isn't. Pro-life activists will claim the former. Pro-choice activists will claim the latter. There's no easy answer without taking one of these views and thus taking a biased view. One thing that fits with all this is the fact that religious doctors cannot refuse services that conflict with their beliefs. That's not right, IMHO. It's not like the patient couldn't find another doctor who COULD perform the service.
2. Prayer in school: The debate isn't whether students should be forced to say a prayer during the school day, nor is it whether people should be allowed to say a silent prayer to themself. Both sides seem to think the debate is at either extreme. In reality, it's simply about whether a time of prayer or reflection should be allowed at school functions (like a graduation). Personally, because I'm a religious person, I'd like some time set aside where I can have a moment to reflect in a religious manner. I don't understand why atheists would object to a time of reflection either, since it would give them a chance to look back in a non-religious manner. As long as it's not called a time of prayer, but instead a time of personal reflection. I have many friends that are atheists that just don't care one way or another as long as they're not being forced to do something religious.
3. Gay marriage: This also comes down to definition, but has the side-effect of affecting my wallet so it matters to me. If a judge in MA says that gay marriage is legal, then 600-some benefits will apply to that couple nationwide. An example of those benefits is insurance for married couples. The addition of scores of individuals to an insurance carrier based solely on gay marriage will raise insurance premiums and thus affect my wallet. I have no problem with civil unions, a gay couple has a marriage ceremony, or if they refer to themselves as married. I have a problem when something that I don't agree with ends up affecting my checking account balance.
I apologize if I've offended anyone... I just wanted to give another perspective on these comments.