YouTube will recommend shitty videos to you if you watch shitty videos.
I suppose if you're just getting started, it will assume you're an idiot and recommend terrible content from the start; in which case, where were you around 2005-2006?
The whole "special access due to skin color/gender" bit is getting a bit old, when what's really probably needed is "special access to people from impoverished backgrounds."
What's so bad about "special access due to aptitude"?
It lets me know who I shouldn't even bother talking to (because they'll believe anything they hear/see, obviously don't do the research and aren't worth the trouble).
I bought the laptop I'm using right now, a Lifebook P2120, in late 2002.
It works great for common tasks... checking e-mail with outlook, web browsing with k-meleon, movies with windvd, torrenting with utorrent; all on top of win2k. I occasionally use it for website work (building, not hosting): apache, php and mysql work great, of course, and photoshop works fine. The big downside would be that all the linux distros I've tried (about 7 or 8 on this machine) are quirky or slow, so I've stuck with windows... which means I have to bother with typical windows annoyances and reinstalls every year or two.
For games (mtgo client), video editing (premiere) or watching downloaded movies that don't play well on the P2120, I reach over and grab my Lifebook P1620. I don't use the P1620 primarily because I prefer the ergonomics of the P2120 (to any laptop).
I'm still waiting for ANYBODY to make another laptop like the Lifebook P2120.
Really? To the rest of the world (or at least western Europe), even 'left wing' American newspapers appear hilariously conservative.
Are you saying it's all backwards? In the rest of the world is...
gun control conservative and anti-gun control liberal? socialization conservative and privitization liberal? abortion conservative and pro-life liberal?
...or are you saying that in the rest of the world, they are that much more extreme? And how would you get more extreme? If you are pro-life... you're pro-life. How do you get MORE pro-life? If you're for taking away everyone's guns... how do you get more extreme? What's more extreme than social healthcare, social security, etc... 95% tax on the rich?
Is your view not issue based?
I keep hearing this same sentiment from Europeans and I just don't get it. Can you please elaborate and provide examples.
After seeing all those polls last year showing Guiliani as the clear GOP frontrunner, I find it difficult to believe that they have stable predictive accuracy.
I do think it's entirely possible that Obama actually did fill out that questionnaire. It's entirely possible that when he was running for office in an urban and crime-ridden area, he took a more anti-gun stance. And then when he stepped out on to a larger stage, his opinion magically changed. The guy is a politician, after all.
Well posited.
That's not enough to get me to vote for McCain
Well, I live in Wyoming and thanks to the electoral college, my vote won't count. So, I plan on voting 3rd party since both McCain and Obama disgust me.
To me, even suggesting a nationwide ban on handguns is preposterous. People would be up in arms - quite literally. I sure as shit ain't going to be coming to your house demanding that you turn your guns over to me. They couldn't pay me enough to do that. I value my freedoms and my carcass too much for that.
LOL! Like I always say, if they come for my guns I'd be more than happy to give them some of my ammunition.
It might seem paradoxical to you, but I consider myself to be a liberal, and I also believe in small government and low taxes.
There are certainly varying interpretations of the word liberal. I was running with the typical popular modern American one. By some definitions, I'm a liberal. (My co-workers label me as such:D)
I think that Clinton had a great record of fiscal responsibility. He mainly accomplished that by slashing the military budget.
I hate to admit it, but you're right. Clinton did do a decent job in that area. I don't agree with some aspects of cutting the military (like leaving members open to attack in Saudi and not really doing anything afterwards about it [Khobar Towers])... but in general, I don't see the need to put near as much taxpayer money into the military as we do.
It sounds like you're a military man yourself, and if so, I thank you for your service.
Thanks for your support.
If Obama cuts the military budget and that puts you or any of your buddies out of work, I do feel bad about that
I wouldn't get too bent up about it. Said people could probably be doing something more helpful for the country.
Where in the constitution does it say that we have a right to bare concealed arms? It doesn't.
It doesn't specifically say we have a right to a lot of things. The bill of rights were put in because certain folks wanted to specifically ensure *obvious* rights. This stuff was handed down from Locke's natural rights and one of them is the right to defense yourself. You shouldn't need a document to tell you that you can defend yourself, whether it be from tyrannical governments or your fellow man.
Also, I dispute your statement that Obama supports a total ban on handguns. All you've got to support you on that is a questionnaire that he supposedly filled out in 1996. The Obama campaign says that a staffer filled that out incorrectly.
I was not aware of that. Strange that his campaign defends this instead of him saying something.
Virtually every police organization in the country supports tough gun control laws.
Offhand, I very much doubt your assertion.
My point, once again, is that we have bigger fish to fry.
True... but I don't think that means we should ignore the little things.
I don't need luck. I can reliably hit a quarter at 50 feet with my Glock 26.
It most certainly is. How many Republicans (self-proclaimed conservatives, every one) were against the invasion of Iraq? Few, if any. I agree that it's not what conservatives say they believe in. But I don't care what they say, nearly so much as I care what they do. And what they do is support this war that has helped to bankrupt us.
You seem to be confusing conservatism with neoconservatism. Yes, most of the republicans in congress are neoconservative asshats.
My attitude is that you can't just pick and choose which phrases matter to you and which you think are not that big of a deal. Either the constitution matters, or it doesn't. You can't just draw a line through "well regulated militia" because it conflicts with your sad Dirty Harry fantasies.
I'm not ignoring "well regulated militia". It seems clear to me that it is a substantiating clause; because "well-regulated militias" are necessary, the PEOPLE's right to bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. It simply gives reason to the 2nd clause.
And to me, the collapse of the dollar dwarfs things like whether or not it's ok to have a concealed handgun.
True. The economy is more important than a lot of issues (certainly to me, anyway). That doesn't mean all the other issues are suddenly non-issues. Gay rights, for instance, is an issue that doesn't even affect me (not gay and don't even KNOW anyone gay), but I see an attack on gay rights as completely unethical; attacking any freedom in such a manner is simply revolting.
How can I ever feel a sense of this personal safety that you mentioned if I have no job, no home, and no way to feed myself?
Funny you should mention job security. It is common at my workplace for people to worry about our jobs with the possibility of Obama being elected (fringe non-active duty military unit). But, because I am a man of principle, I would hold no ill will towards Obama on this matter, because in principle, I believe our unit is something of a waste of taxpayer money to begin with.
And that's why I get so verbal on gun control: it's the principle of the matter. In principle, gun control is taking guns out of the hands of legal civilians; in principle, I find it disgusting. It is anti-freedom and anti-liberty.
And the Republican record on the economy is very clear. It's poor.
It's piss poor. I can't believe republicans have the nerve to point to Reagan as some sort of role model for their party. I suppose he is the perfect hero for the current GOP: all talk, but 180 out on actions.
I'm glad that we finally found some common ground!
Well, here's more: Glenn Beck is a dork and Bill O'Reilly is a psychopath. They're right on occasion, but are too often shamelessly wrong.
I don't think I've heard Obama mention guns or gun control once. So who is this boogie man who is trying to take your guns away?
"I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry. -Obama
"I think it's a scandal that this president did not authorize a renewal of the assault weapons ban." -Obama
Obama has:...supported a 500% increase on firearm/ammo taxation....endorsed a total ban on all handguns....voted to ban most rifle ammo used for hunting....supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.
I work very hard and don't believe that sending criminals to jail is going to help them or us in the future (paying for their stay in jail is costly and ineffective).
Well, I never said anything about sending them to jail:)
I work very hard and have never had the need to use a gun to protect what I've worked for.
Lucky you.
And I would rather not have more guns out there to go into the hands of the criminals that would like to take what I've worked for.
Do you think harsh gun laws for law abiding civilians will be of significant help?
So, you work very hard and like to have your money taken and given to those who don't? You work very hard and don't mind leniency on criminals who'd like to take what you've worked hard for? You work very hard and don't mind giving up gun rights to protect what you've worked hard for?
With an M3 Real you can use microSDHC cards. I have just over 60 games on mine and that takes up 2.89 GB. If I didn't have a 6GB card, I'd have to cut a lot and wouldn't have much room for music and movies OR I'd have to have a bunch of cards to swap around.
I'd recommend at least 6GB if you want to stick something in there and not have to bother with swapping the card (mine is a little finicky and I have to reseat it a couple times for any swap, so I don't care to do it if I don't have to).
I only know one person voting for Obama (unemployed, self-serving neighbor).
Of those I know voting for McCain, none are voting for him because of racism or other such nonsense. They are basically voting for McCain simply because he is less left than Obama. I don't know anyone that actually likes McCain. Everyone I know finds him fairly repugnant, just less so than Obama.
I'm curious. Who are these idiots you know that are voting for McCain? Neighbors? Co-workers? Friends?
Actually, I'm looking to upgrade... but for the time being I'm still using my 933MHz Crusoe powered P2120 with 256M of RAM. I'm still trying to find a suitable successor...
But yeah... aside from being a little underpowered these days, it's full of awesome.
Nothing against a well founded unbiased comparison of different products. But your article already starts off stating that it is purposefully against one of the options. Why should this be any better than the Microsoft press department gibberish?
Why? Maybe because it contains facts.
Similarly, when proponents of homeopathy/psychic powers/etc put out a study/meta-analysis and skeptics come in basically with their minds already made up, do the facts that they bring up to prove their point somehow become less factual?
I liken it to genetics. We have the technological ability to make a human that lives for 200 years. But we simply don't have the knowledge about the genome to make it happen.
Just because you have the technological ability, doesn't mean you instantly gain full understanding of every application possible.
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YouTube will recommend shitty videos to you if you watch shitty videos.
I suppose if you're just getting started, it will assume you're an idiot and recommend terrible content from the start; in which case, where were you around 2005-2006?
The whole "special access due to skin color/gender" bit is getting a bit old, when what's really probably needed is "special access to people from impoverished backgrounds."
What's so bad about "special access due to aptitude"?
that would be like "attacking a lunatic asylum with a banana".
That's assuming the patients are trained in self defence against fresh fruit.
Interesting. I've never cited anything in the top 100, but even I've cited Claude Shannon.
Can't wait for an atheist president to come along and drive out people like you.
Zeitgeist is pretty awesome indeed.
It lets me know who I shouldn't even bother talking to (because they'll believe anything they hear/see, obviously don't do the research and aren't worth the trouble).
I bought the laptop I'm using right now, a Lifebook P2120, in late 2002.
It works great for common tasks... checking e-mail with outlook, web browsing with k-meleon, movies with windvd, torrenting with utorrent; all on top of win2k. I occasionally use it for website work (building, not hosting): apache, php and mysql work great, of course, and photoshop works fine. The big downside would be that all the linux distros I've tried (about 7 or 8 on this machine) are quirky or slow, so I've stuck with windows... which means I have to bother with typical windows annoyances and reinstalls every year or two.
For games (mtgo client), video editing (premiere) or watching downloaded movies that don't play well on the P2120, I reach over and grab my Lifebook P1620. I don't use the P1620 primarily because I prefer the ergonomics of the P2120 (to any laptop).
I'm still waiting for ANYBODY to make another laptop like the Lifebook P2120.
Really? To the rest of the world (or at least western Europe), even 'left wing' American newspapers appear hilariously conservative.
Are you saying it's all backwards? In the rest of the world is...
gun control conservative and anti-gun control liberal?
socialization conservative and privitization liberal?
abortion conservative and pro-life liberal?
Is your view not issue based?
I keep hearing this same sentiment from Europeans and I just don't get it. Can you please elaborate and provide examples.
How 'bout this one?
After seeing all those polls last year showing Guiliani as the clear GOP frontrunner, I find it difficult to believe that they have stable predictive accuracy.
I do think it's entirely possible that Obama actually did fill out that questionnaire. It's entirely possible that when he was running for office in an urban and crime-ridden area, he took a more anti-gun stance. And then when he stepped out on to a larger stage, his opinion magically changed. The guy is a politician, after all.
Well posited.
That's not enough to get me to vote for McCain
Well, I live in Wyoming and thanks to the electoral college, my vote won't count. So, I plan on voting 3rd party since both McCain and Obama disgust me.
To me, even suggesting a nationwide ban on handguns is preposterous. People would be up in arms - quite literally. I sure as shit ain't going to be coming to your house demanding that you turn your guns over to me. They couldn't pay me enough to do that. I value my freedoms and my carcass too much for that.
LOL! Like I always say, if they come for my guns I'd be more than happy to give them some of my ammunition.
It might seem paradoxical to you, but I consider myself to be a liberal, and I also believe in small government and low taxes.
There are certainly varying interpretations of the word liberal. I was running with the typical popular modern American one. By some definitions, I'm a liberal. (My co-workers label me as such :D)
I think that Clinton had a great record of fiscal responsibility. He mainly accomplished that by slashing the military budget.
I hate to admit it, but you're right. Clinton did do a decent job in that area. I don't agree with some aspects of cutting the military (like leaving members open to attack in Saudi and not really doing anything afterwards about it [Khobar Towers])... but in general, I don't see the need to put near as much taxpayer money into the military as we do.
It sounds like you're a military man yourself, and if so, I thank you for your service.
Thanks for your support.
If Obama cuts the military budget and that puts you or any of your buddies out of work, I do feel bad about that
I wouldn't get too bent up about it. Said people could probably be doing something more helpful for the country.
Where in the constitution does it say that we have a right to bare concealed arms? It doesn't.
It doesn't specifically say we have a right to a lot of things. The bill of rights were put in because certain folks wanted to specifically ensure *obvious* rights. This stuff was handed down from Locke's natural rights and one of them is the right to defense yourself. You shouldn't need a document to tell you that you can defend yourself, whether it be from tyrannical governments or your fellow man.
Also, I dispute your statement that Obama supports a total ban on handguns. All you've got to support you on that is a questionnaire that he supposedly filled out in 1996. The Obama campaign says that a staffer filled that out incorrectly.
I was not aware of that. Strange that his campaign defends this instead of him saying something.
Virtually every police organization in the country supports tough gun control laws.
Offhand, I very much doubt your assertion.
My point, once again, is that we have bigger fish to fry.
True... but I don't think that means we should ignore the little things.
Good luck in your shoot out
I don't need luck. I can reliably hit a quarter at 50 feet with my Glock 26.
It most certainly is. How many Republicans (self-proclaimed conservatives, every one) were against the invasion of Iraq? Few, if any. I agree that it's not what conservatives say they believe in. But I don't care what they say, nearly so much as I care what they do. And what they do is support this war that has helped to bankrupt us.
You seem to be confusing conservatism with neoconservatism. Yes, most of the republicans in congress are neoconservative asshats.
My attitude is that you can't just pick and choose which phrases matter to you and which you think are not that big of a deal. Either the constitution matters, or it doesn't. You can't just draw a line through "well regulated militia" because it conflicts with your sad Dirty Harry fantasies.
I'm not ignoring "well regulated militia". It seems clear to me that it is a substantiating clause; because "well-regulated militias" are necessary, the PEOPLE's right to bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. It simply gives reason to the 2nd clause.
And to me, the collapse of the dollar dwarfs things like whether or not it's ok to have a concealed handgun.
True. The economy is more important than a lot of issues (certainly to me, anyway). That doesn't mean all the other issues are suddenly non-issues. Gay rights, for instance, is an issue that doesn't even affect me (not gay and don't even KNOW anyone gay), but I see an attack on gay rights as completely unethical; attacking any freedom in such a manner is simply revolting.
How can I ever feel a sense of this personal safety that you mentioned if I have no job, no home, and no way to feed myself?
Funny you should mention job security. It is common at my workplace for people to worry about our jobs with the possibility of Obama being elected (fringe non-active duty military unit). But, because I am a man of principle, I would hold no ill will towards Obama on this matter, because in principle, I believe our unit is something of a waste of taxpayer money to begin with.
And that's why I get so verbal on gun control: it's the principle of the matter. In principle, gun control is taking guns out of the hands of legal civilians; in principle, I find it disgusting. It is anti-freedom and anti-liberty.
And the Republican record on the economy is very clear. It's poor.
It's piss poor. I can't believe republicans have the nerve to point to Reagan as some sort of role model for their party. I suppose he is the perfect hero for the current GOP: all talk, but 180 out on actions.
I'm glad that we finally found some common ground!
Well, here's more: Glenn Beck is a dork and Bill O'Reilly is a psychopath. They're right on occasion, but are too often shamelessly wrong.
I didn't say any of that stuff
No shit? I don't remember saying you did. They're questions. See the question marks at the end? Suggestive, sure. But, hey, get a grip.
Giving money to people who don't work hard? Nope, I'm against it.
Well, that's not very left of you.
And I'm also against spending trillions of dollars on a war against a nation that posed little threat to us.
You make it sound like that's a conservative principle. It's not.
Of course, the constitution does say that I have that right in the context of a well-regulated militia, does it not?
Clause analysis aside (sorry, kind of in a hurry), I tend to look at the "shall not be infringed".
Is that more important to you than the collapse of the dollar?
No, it is one issue of many.
So do you have any specifics to talk about, or just the same old untrue talking points you got from Sean Hannity?
Sean Hannity is a tool. I hate his fucking guts.
I don't think I've heard Obama mention guns or gun control once. So who is this boogie man who is trying to take your guns away?
"I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry. -Obama
"I think it's a scandal that this president did not authorize a renewal of the assault weapons ban." -Obama
Obama has: ...supported a 500% increase on firearm/ammo taxation. ...endorsed a total ban on all handguns. ...voted to ban most rifle ammo used for hunting. ...supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.
Care to discuss any real issues
How is my personal safety not a real issue?
Join the military. Our networks push so much junk onto clients, it makes Core 2 Duos crawl.
I've seen boot/OS load times on clean installs go from ~1 minute to 10 minutes (after logging onto the domain). And I'm not exaggerating; I timed it.
I work very hard and don't believe that sending criminals to jail is going to help them or us in the future (paying for their stay in jail is costly and ineffective).
Well, I never said anything about sending them to jail :)
I work very hard and have never had the need to use a gun to protect what I've worked for.
Lucky you.
And I would rather not have more guns out there to go into the hands of the criminals that would like to take what I've worked for.
Do you think harsh gun laws for law abiding civilians will be of significant help?
So, you work very hard and like to have your money taken and given to those who don't?
You work very hard and don't mind leniency on criminals who'd like to take what you've worked hard for?
You work very hard and don't mind giving up gun rights to protect what you've worked hard for?
That doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me.
With an M3 Real you can use microSDHC cards. I have just over 60 games on mine and that takes up 2.89 GB. If I didn't have a 6GB card, I'd have to cut a lot and wouldn't have much room for music and movies OR I'd have to have a bunch of cards to swap around.
I'd recommend at least 6GB if you want to stick something in there and not have to bother with swapping the card (mine is a little finicky and I have to reseat it a couple times for any swap, so I don't care to do it if I don't have to).
I only know one person voting for Obama (unemployed, self-serving neighbor).
Of those I know voting for McCain, none are voting for him because of racism or other such nonsense. They are basically voting for McCain simply because he is less left than Obama. I don't know anyone that actually likes McCain. Everyone I know finds him fairly repugnant, just less so than Obama.
I'm curious. Who are these idiots you know that are voting for McCain? Neighbors? Co-workers? Friends?
How do you think that Noah managed to get 2 of every one of the 250000 species of beetles into his boat? Let alone the 40000 species of frog.
I'd heard that there are 350,000 species of beetle and wikipedia has the same number: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle
Could be a misrepeated number, but just thought I'd point it out.
Also, there are just over 5000 species of identified frogs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Anuran_families
Actually, I'm looking to upgrade... but for the time being I'm still using my 933MHz Crusoe powered P2120 with 256M of RAM. I'm still trying to find a suitable successor...
But yeah... aside from being a little underpowered these days, it's full of awesome.
Nothing against a well founded unbiased comparison of different products. But your article already starts off stating that it is purposefully against one of the options. Why should this be any better than the Microsoft press department gibberish?
Why? Maybe because it contains facts.
Similarly, when proponents of homeopathy/psychic powers/etc put out a study/meta-analysis and skeptics come in basically with their minds already made up, do the facts that they bring up to prove their point somehow become less factual?
I've been saying that for years now...
I liken it to genetics. We have the technological ability to make a human that lives for 200 years. But we simply don't have the knowledge about the genome to make it happen.
Just because you have the technological ability, doesn't mean you instantly gain full understanding of every application possible.