All the same, it's a reporter's job to verify claims and not rely on single-source stories. And, I say this as someone who thinks Rather was railroaded on the Bush-National Guard story.
Now that every conceivable source of debt has been tapped by our citizens and the WTO riots are on the way, our overlords will now be able to efficiently silence the masses whining for workers rights, education, and infrastructure. The vast riches that the rich have accumulated can now be safely trickled down!
Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology with "desktop environment", but I'm speaking of the entire deployable, not just the binaries. Initialization, installers, notification, file locations. If everything isn't standardized or at least wrapped with standard OS API calls, that means custom work on each platform. That means an additional maintenance responsibility and potential breaking point.
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Until there's a more standardized desktop environment such that developers can target one one platform and know that they'll have broad Linux market reach, why would any company bother? Targeting one platform in a relatively tiny slice of the OS market just doesn't make much sense.
"Less-lethal" is a newer buzz term, but non-lethal is just as ubiquitous. Here's a police officer's forum including a thread where they talk about the proper terminology. But, you'll notice that non-lethal is used throughout the threads.
But, he WASN'T handcuffed and he WASN'T restrained. Watch the video closely. They had him on the ground, but he was still struggling being deliberately loud and ornery. He's on his side and his hand is on a nearby seat and NOT handcuffed. And, all the time yelling his head off.
This is a growing problem with tasers. Law enforcement starts to think that they're harmless tools, which increases the likelihood of use. But, tasers are still somewhat dangerous and even lethal in some cases.
I actually visit the site every day. Usually, when he posts global warming stories, in the same section will be a link to "record snow storms" or something he thinks will slyly discredit global warming.
I get all of my global warming news from the Drudge Report, so I know for a fact that global warming is a liberal conspiracy created by pencil-necks like Al Gore for their own financial gain. Hell, there was a record snowfall somewhere in the US just last winter!
I took a space tech studies class eons ago at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from a guy named Leik Myrabo. He was working on a terrestrial laser powered spacecraft (I think his book was named The Future of Flight. Basically, you fire a laser at a mirrored ship that reflects the beam and heats air to produce thrust. When I took the class he wanted the lasers to be mounted on satellites, then he started working with ground-based designs. I looked up his research a while back and wasn't able to find anything new (I'm guessing the research hit a wall). There's a video of a small demo model being shot up, but I'm too lazy to track it down again.
The really interesting thing about his class though was that the previous summer he was out in the desert somewhere doing research for the government. Several times he became absolutely convinced that he had seen UFOs. So, about 1/3 to 1/2 of the class was spend on UFOs and he even brought in "expert" guest speakers. A lot of the evidence looked very credible, but "seeing is believing" as they say.
But, I didn't. And, I'm not saying that the post-USSR failures of Russia are our fault (blame that on the same economic policies that have trashed every other WTO guinea pig). I'm talking about the the revamped Cold War. And, this isn't my hypothesizing. The bullet about Russians loving Putin's reaction to U.S. bases comes from a news report I heard a day or two ago.
Herein lies the problem. People have been conditioned to think that diplomacy==appeasement. This isn't a black and white world. You *must* deal with jerks. And just because someone is a jerk, doesn't mean that they're always wrong.
I never said to pay off hostage takers. I agree it's a horrible quick fix (one that France and Italy have both recently used).
You don't have to fight everyone. Diplomacy is a skill for resolving differences at a table. You just haven't seen it used in a very long time.
"you are honestly telling me that bush bears responsibility for bad relations with what are essentially what are bad people?" So, what you're saying is that when dealing with bad people, we are always in the right? We should be as bad as they are to keep up? I recommend an ethics class my friend.
The United States is not and has never been in a position to use force with every authoritarian regime we have to deal with. So, unless you want to expand the Iraq war to at least 20 other countries, get used to the idea of talking to our enemies.
My point is that mistakes in foreign affairs have consequences. When Bush decided to cut off bilateral talks with North Korea, KJI bristled and started flexing his noodly armed muscles just as Putin is. I'm not saying that Putin is blameless or a nice guy (he's keeping Russia a step away from complete dictatorship). But, when the US turns its back on about 10-15 years of foreign policy and starts to maneuver in a way that another nation takes as a threat, don't be surprised when that nation starts shaking its fist.
This isn't just about a big bomb. There's been a trend occurring over the last few years; a rekindling of the Cold War. My original post was an attempt to point out some of the highlights I'm familiar with. Not saying that Putin hasn't always been an ex-KGB skull-basher, but Russia has definitely been gearing up of late.
And, what's so scary about this is that the implication is that the intent isn't deterrence, but a viable tactical weapon. Bush wanted to test a conventional explosion on a par with a tactical nuke in the desert (Nevada?), but the public outcry killed the idea last I heard.
Having a President who gleefully revels in anti-intellectualism has its consequences, fellow citizens.
Increased military aggressiveness by the US abroad has scared Russia into reactionary military posturing.
Building bases in Eastern Bloc countries has made Putin's militarism popular with its citizens and a source of nationalism.
US attempts to expand our missile shield closer are negating Russia's nuclear deterrence. The only rational response is for Russia to expand its nuclear arsenal.
Insane Iraq policies driving up oil prices have given Russia the cash flow to not have to worry about democratic and economic reforms. The economic pressure is what led to the collapse of the USSR in the first place.
After getting into a conversation with coworkers about Robotech, I Ebayed the DVDs and have started rewatching the series last week. While some of dialog is cheesy, the relationship conflicts and the political intrigue is pretty mature. It's also a pretty unique take on the "alien invaders" genre. The characters are still sympathetic and way more complex than sitcom caricatures. I just hope that they don't infect the story with the typical blockbuster tripe.
Oh please. McCain is not the guy to be citing on torture. Regardless of what happened to him in the Hanoi Hilton, he's become VERY comfortable with Bush's new definition of torture.
So, I suppose you have $10 million in illicit PDA sales to funnel into the US, and you're willing to give me $2 million to help with the transaction? And, I suppose I just have to pay the $2K retainer for the big payoff...We won't be fooled again!
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All the same, it's a reporter's job to verify claims and not rely on single-source stories. And, I say this as someone who thinks Rather was railroaded on the Bush-National Guard story.
Now that every conceivable source of debt has been tapped by our citizens and the WTO riots are on the way, our overlords will now be able to efficiently silence the masses whining for workers rights, education, and infrastructure. The vast riches that the rich have accumulated can now be safely trickled down!
Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology with "desktop environment", but I'm speaking of the entire deployable, not just the binaries. Initialization, installers, notification, file locations. If everything isn't standardized or at least wrapped with standard OS API calls, that means custom work on each platform. That means an additional maintenance responsibility and potential breaking point.
Yes, and those words are "I surrender."
Until there's a more standardized desktop environment such that developers can target one one platform and know that they'll have broad Linux market reach, why would any company bother? Targeting one platform in a relatively tiny slice of the OS market just doesn't make much sense.
"Less-lethal" is a newer buzz term, but non-lethal is just as ubiquitous. Here's a police officer's forum including a thread where they talk about the proper terminology. But, you'll notice that non-lethal is used throughout the threads.
But, he WASN'T handcuffed and he WASN'T restrained. Watch the video closely. They had him on the ground, but he was still struggling being deliberately loud and ornery. He's on his side and his hand is on a nearby seat and NOT handcuffed. And, all the time yelling his head off.
This is a growing problem with tasers. Law enforcement starts to think that they're harmless tools, which increases the likelihood of use. But, tasers are still somewhat dangerous and even lethal in some cases.
LOL, Drudge actually has a record cold temp story linked RIGHT NOW!!!!!!
I actually visit the site every day. Usually, when he posts global warming stories, in the same section will be a link to "record snow storms" or something he thinks will slyly discredit global warming.
I get all of my global warming news from the Drudge Report, so I know for a fact that global warming is a liberal conspiracy created by pencil-necks like Al Gore for their own financial gain. Hell, there was a record snowfall somewhere in the US just last winter!
I took a space tech studies class eons ago at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from a guy named Leik Myrabo. He was working on a terrestrial laser powered spacecraft (I think his book was named The Future of Flight. Basically, you fire a laser at a mirrored ship that reflects the beam and heats air to produce thrust. When I took the class he wanted the lasers to be mounted on satellites, then he started working with ground-based designs. I looked up his research a while back and wasn't able to find anything new (I'm guessing the research hit a wall). There's a video of a small demo model being shot up, but I'm too lazy to track it down again.
The really interesting thing about his class though was that the previous summer he was out in the desert somewhere doing research for the government. Several times he became absolutely convinced that he had seen UFOs. So, about 1/3 to 1/2 of the class was spend on UFOs and he even brought in "expert" guest speakers. A lot of the evidence looked very credible, but "seeing is believing" as they say.
But, I didn't. And, I'm not saying that the post-USSR failures of Russia are our fault (blame that on the same economic policies that have trashed every other WTO guinea pig). I'm talking about the the revamped Cold War. And, this isn't my hypothesizing. The bullet about Russians loving Putin's reaction to U.S. bases comes from a news report I heard a day or two ago.
No, they wanted to use conventional explosives to simulate a tactical nuclear explosion (for the bunker-busting nukes?).
Herein lies the problem. People have been conditioned to think that diplomacy==appeasement. This isn't a black and white world. You *must* deal with jerks. And just because someone is a jerk, doesn't mean that they're always wrong.
The United States is not and has never been in a position to use force with every authoritarian regime we have to deal with. So, unless you want to expand the Iraq war to at least 20 other countries, get used to the idea of talking to our enemies.
My point is that mistakes in foreign affairs have consequences. When Bush decided to cut off bilateral talks with North Korea, KJI bristled and started flexing his noodly armed muscles just as Putin is. I'm not saying that Putin is blameless or a nice guy (he's keeping Russia a step away from complete dictatorship). But, when the US turns its back on about 10-15 years of foreign policy and starts to maneuver in a way that another nation takes as a threat, don't be surprised when that nation starts shaking its fist.
This isn't just about a big bomb. There's been a trend occurring over the last few years; a rekindling of the Cold War. My original post was an attempt to point out some of the highlights I'm familiar with. Not saying that Putin hasn't always been an ex-KGB skull-basher, but Russia has definitely been gearing up of late.
And, what's so scary about this is that the implication is that the intent isn't deterrence, but a viable tactical weapon. Bush wanted to test a conventional explosion on a par with a tactical nuke in the desert (Nevada?), but the public outcry killed the idea last I heard.
Damn, am I the only person in the world that liked that movie?
Having a President who gleefully revels in anti-intellectualism has its consequences, fellow citizens.
But, hey who cares! Freedom's on the march!
I'm very disturbed that a university would think of this as something to brag about. So much for colleges as a haven for liberals...
After getting into a conversation with coworkers about Robotech, I Ebayed the DVDs and have started rewatching the series last week. While some of dialog is cheesy, the relationship conflicts and the political intrigue is pretty mature. It's also a pretty unique take on the "alien invaders" genre. The characters are still sympathetic and way more complex than sitcom caricatures. I just hope that they don't infect the story with the typical blockbuster tripe.
Oh please. McCain is not the guy to be citing on torture. Regardless of what happened to him in the Hanoi Hilton, he's become VERY comfortable with Bush's new definition of torture.
You cite a quote from Bush AFTER we invaded! How about posting under your login, coward?
So, I suppose you have $10 million in illicit PDA sales to funnel into the US, and you're willing to give me $2 million to help with the transaction? And, I suppose I just have to pay the $2K retainer for the big payoff...We won't be fooled again!