You're wrong on both delegates and electors. State laws mandate fines for those who ignore their pledges. Though that's probably less of an issue than the fact that Romney's organization will have chosen delegates with great care.
Last week he repeatedly said "Sheikh" when he meant "Sikh". One of many WTF moments. I find it hard to understand why a guy who so thoroughly sucks at speechifying is even in politics, never mind the Presidential candidate of a major party.
Yeah, the far right will never vote for Obama. But if they think they're being ignored they might not vote at all.
There's also the matter of mending fences with the party leadership and other power brokers, who control money, volunteers, etc. All of them are solid far right these days. They were the ones that wouldn't let McCain have a moderate running mate.
Every civil liberties violation has a legitimate use. Think how much easier it would be for cops to solve crimes if they didn't have to bother with search warrants.
I don't think TPP was asking you to run Google for him. He was giving the editors a hard time for not answering an obvious question (WTF is it?) in their summary.
Not that Googling did you much good, since the Wayland web site is also sloppy about describing what they're doing, and you came away with the weird impression that it was about reinventing X on a different model. Not even close. Here's a much better summary from the Ubuntu site:
Wayland is a new protocol that enables 3D compositors to be used as primary display servers, instead of running the 3D compositor as an extension under the (2D) X.org display server.
Or, in layman's terms, it assumes you're using a 3D desktop from the start, instead of bolting on 3D capabilities to an 2D framework.
This was about your use of the word "unimpressive". If you don't find a dozen dead people "impressive" then there's really not point in trying to tell you anything.
You keep talking about how everybody else is brainwashed, as if only you and people who agree with you are capable of thinking rationally. From where I stand, it's you who's swallowing the comforting nonsense.
Oh, right, it's unimpressive because any properly-trained firearms expert could have done better. I'm sure that will make all the families of the dead feel a whole lot better.
"More impressive than it really is"? The rifle used in the Aurora shootings was semi-auto, and fired smaller bullets. I bet everybody who was there was sufficiently impressed.
So, the Facebook page you saw first focused on the misuse of government powers. That's the pet issue of whoever created that page. Doesn't make it what the whole antiboycott is about.
That may be your understanding of what it was about. But when Mike Huckabee called for an "Appreciation Day", he didn't even mention the government interference issue. He did talk about angry rhetoric.
The corruption of our political leadership is beside the point. Paul and Kucinich are not unelectable because they're pure and incorruptible. They're unelectable because everybody who's not a fanboy thinks they loons.
OK, I agree that that's over the line. (As does the ACLU.) But that's not at all what started the whole business. The licensing thing was just a small part of a much bigger reaction to the CEO's statements. You did hear about the boycott and the anti-boycott, right?
Of the titles mentioned here (that I've read), none depressed me that much. For example, Jem. Yeah, the people in it are stupid and destructive, but so what? That's what real life is like. You muddle through, you seize what happiness you can, you do what you can to make things, better.If that's not enough for you, you're in the wrong universe.
The SF books that depress me are from authors like Harlan Ellison who wallow in their own darkness and babble profound nonsense. And there I think it's the author that depresses me, not the story.
Somebody claimed that 1984 depressed them because they saw it happening all around them. Really? Nobody's summoned me to viewscreen for mandatory calisthenics lately, and I haven't heard from the Junior Antisex League all week. Yeah, a lot of our political wingnuts (on both the right and and left) sound like they belong to INGSOC, but that's always been true. And contrary to what Orwell feared, they're further from running the show than they've ever been.
I think a lot of this stuff depressed the hell out of me when I was a teenager because TV had trained me to believe that all stories had endings that if not happy, were at least morally satisfying. But as grownups, we need to get over ourselves. Especially Stephen Baxter, you really needs to go cold turkey on the end-of-the-world novels.
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Setting the entire U.S. on fire sounds pretty effective to me, though not in a good way!
You're wrong on both delegates and electors. State laws mandate fines for those who ignore their pledges. Though that's probably less of an issue than the fact that Romney's organization will have chosen delegates with great care.
What possible scenario has Romney not getting the nomination? He has 1500 pledged delegates, and only needs 1100.
some reports describe him as a Tea Party favorite, others as a far-right imposter.
The "imposter" link just proves that you can find a blogger to represent any idea, however absurd. The Tea Party isn't right wing? Please.
Last week he repeatedly said "Sheikh" when he meant "Sikh". One of many WTF moments. I find it hard to understand why a guy who so thoroughly sucks at speechifying is even in politics, never mind the Presidential candidate of a major party.
Yeah, the far right will never vote for Obama. But if they think they're being ignored they might not vote at all.
There's also the matter of mending fences with the party leadership and other power brokers, who control money, volunteers, etc. All of them are solid far right these days. They were the ones that wouldn't let McCain have a moderate running mate.
You have a computer that's 6 years old? How quaint!
Every civil liberties violation has a legitimate use. Think how much easier it would be for cops to solve crimes if they didn't have to bother with search warrants.
I don't think TPP was asking you to run Google for him. He was giving the editors a hard time for not answering an obvious question (WTF is it?) in their summary.
Not that Googling did you much good, since the Wayland web site is also sloppy about describing what they're doing, and you came away with the weird impression that it was about reinventing X on a different model. Not even close. Here's a much better summary from the Ubuntu site:
Wayland is a new protocol that enables 3D compositors to be used as primary display servers, instead of running the 3D compositor as an extension under the (2D) X.org display server.
Or, in layman's terms, it assumes you're using a 3D desktop from the start, instead of bolting on 3D capabilities to an 2D framework.
He got off 70 rounds and you're unimpressed with his firepower? I give up.
This was about your use of the word "unimpressive". If you don't find a dozen dead people "impressive" then there's really not point in trying to tell you anything.
You keep talking about how everybody else is brainwashed, as if only you and people who agree with you are capable of thinking rationally. From where I stand, it's you who's swallowing the comforting nonsense.
Oh, right, it's unimpressive because any properly-trained firearms expert could have done better. I'm sure that will make all the families of the dead feel a whole lot better.
What, the rioting hordes can't buy guns? You NRA types with your Maginot fantasies kill me.
Literally.
"More impressive than it really is"? The rifle used in the Aurora shootings was semi-auto, and fired smaller bullets. I bet everybody who was there was sufficiently impressed.
As long as you're spammng, can you share a link about male enhancement?
So, the Facebook page you saw first focused on the misuse of government powers. That's the pet issue of whoever created that page. Doesn't make it what the whole antiboycott is about.
That may be your understanding of what it was about. But when Mike Huckabee called for an "Appreciation Day", he didn't even mention the government interference issue. He did talk about angry rhetoric.
https://www.facebook.com/events/266281243473841/
The corruption of our political leadership is beside the point. Paul and Kucinich are not unelectable because they're pure and incorruptible. They're unelectable because everybody who's not a fanboy thinks they loons.
The whole discussion is about party affiliation. (See the headline.) What did you think it was about?
OK, I agree that that's over the line. (As does the ACLU.) But that's not at all what started the whole business. The licensing thing was just a small part of a much bigger reaction to the CEO's statements. You did hear about the boycott and the anti-boycott, right?
What, you read a novel about a guy transcending death and you're depressed because the guy dies? I think you're missing the point!
Every time I trash MS-DOS 1.0 I get a "troll" mod. Kind of childish, really.
Of the titles mentioned here (that I've read), none depressed me that much. For example, Jem. Yeah, the people in it are stupid and destructive, but so what? That's what real life is like. You muddle through, you seize what happiness you can, you do what you can to make things, better.If that's not enough for you, you're in the wrong universe.
The SF books that depress me are from authors like Harlan Ellison who wallow in their own darkness and babble profound nonsense. And there I think it's the author that depresses me, not the story.
Somebody claimed that 1984 depressed them because they saw it happening all around them. Really? Nobody's summoned me to viewscreen for mandatory calisthenics lately, and I haven't heard from the Junior Antisex League all week. Yeah, a lot of our political wingnuts (on both the right and and left) sound like they belong to INGSOC, but that's always been true. And contrary to what Orwell feared, they're further from running the show than they've ever been.
I think a lot of this stuff depressed the hell out of me when I was a teenager because TV had trained me to believe that all stories had endings that if not happy, were at least morally satisfying. But as grownups, we need to get over ourselves. Especially Stephen Baxter, you really needs to go cold turkey on the end-of-the-world novels.
But you share some opinions under your own name. Is your party affiliation more sensitive than your opinions?