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Well, I'll assume you agree
I do not.
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Of course I understand why you're insulting ME. But you've also managed to insult everybody who's disagreed with you in your call for assassination, the president, and everybody in this country who supports their president. You've also managed to misread a hell of a lot of what people said (most of us in this thread DO NOT support nuclear force) and even committed what would be a crime in this country. You've mocked our country for having no freedom of speech (because we prevent coercive statements of intended violence against our president) while posting from a country which doesn't seem to have freedom of speech itself.
You and all of your spiritual brothers (everyone else who thinks I should be locked up for not liking Bush) were asses
Not LIKING him? Hell, I don't like him. You threatened his life, which is totally a different level. (And your weasily "It was conditional" doesn't make it ok, it makes you weasily.)
Btw, great way to dodge the issue. You asked when assasination was acceptable, I provided an answer.
I wonder if the Internet was used heavily in this action, and if it would be used
heavily by such groups in the future.
This article talks a little about bin Laden's use of technology, and this article in particular mentions the NSA's efforts towards listening to bin Laden in the past.
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Why the constantly insulting attitude?
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I'm curious: what country are you from? Where is assassination EVER considered acceptable? Twinkie-eating hillbillies like myself are curious.
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I didn't advocate that Bush uses nukes. I hope he does not.
But attempting to coerce this course of action by threatening his life is a crime in this country, and a crime we should take seriously in light of recent events.
If you want to speak against using nukes, do so. But to threaten (even "conditionally") the president's life, ESPECIALLY at this totally inappropriate time, is really, really idiotic. Even a mental midget like myself can see that.
I hope you enjoy the red tape the next time you try to come to the U.S.
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I guess we should get rid of Bush and find a new president. The sole criteria will
be if he/she inspires you, sir.
That's not what I'm saying AT ALL. Don't be so dense.
We still have no idea what
the President knew at the time.
I also want to point out that I never criticized the President's _actions_. (That was Katz). I agree with out that it's almost certain that the secret service and the president had a lot more information about the attempts on his life, and the most important thing he could do was keep himself out of imminent danger.
In fact, since my original post, I saw Bush's press conference/phone calls from yesterday. Even though he didn't come across as a polished speaker (and even Bush has stated in the past that he is not) he displayed genuine emotions, and also seemed to be in control of the situation. And in fact, we don't need a polished speaker, but we do need confidence and control. It is great that both started to emerge yesterday, and that's what I was talking about in my original posts.
Don't pretend for a minute that
you've ever admired a single thing Bush has ever done.
I cannot imagine how you could possibly pretned to think that. I'm fairly certain that Bush is going to strike back with a vengance and fury unlike anything bin Laden ever imagined. I think it's likely that Bush is going to strike back at terrorists the world over. I hope so, because then I'm going to admire the HELL out of Bush's actions.
WTF do you know about leading men? Have you ever had to *LEAD* anything? I
seriously doubt it.
I have not had to lead anything, but I have been led, and know what inspires me. Indeed, two people who were good, maybe even great, leaders were Reagan and George Sr. During the Gulf War, I never for a moment doubted the president's strength or leadership.
Think before you speak. You sound like a hateful little man still pissed about the
election.
I don't agree, I feel no hate towards Bush, just disappointment. In fact, I'm very glad to hear your opinions: please describe how Bush did a good job during his speeches yesterday. Compare and contrast with his father during the Gulf, and Colin Powell yesterday.
When Bush was on TV, all I saw was a deer in the headlights, a small scared child reading off of a teleprompter. He did not inspire confidence. He did not speak from his heart; he read what his speechwriter wrote for him. I did not feel he was up to the task of dealing with such important tasks.
On the other hand, Colin Powell kicked ass during his numerous apperances. And this really is the thing that comforts me; Bush really does have a great set of advisors and a great cabinet.
Bush leads a group of great men; unfortunately, Bush himself is not a great leader of men.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, who lives in Chicago (even little babies and dogs!) knows that the Sears Tower is still the tallest building in the world. Adding a bunch of paper-mache decoration to the top of your building and calling it "taller" is nonsense and every sensible person in the world knows it. We're 20 floors taller, for God's sake! Some day the records will show the truth.
From the article: We've been trying for a century, and we still don't fully understand black holes," said Dr. Andrew Strominger. And then he goes on to conclude that we need to make some.
If they're going to do something which at least sounds dangerous, I would really like it if they could say, "Nothing can possibly go wrong", not, "Our understanding is incomplete."
Nope, there are some more dates with problems prior to 2038, see this list for some of the more important ones. (I saw a more extensive list once during the pre-Y2K buildup, but those web sites have mostly disappeared. Anyone?)
Seriously, since I've had my ReplayTV, I've wished that it could get show listings, etc., over my home network. It was obvious when I first got it that one of the future upgrades should be an ethernet port. But my home network cabling doesn't go near the TV, as I suspect is the case for a lot of people.
On the other hand, I now have an 802.11b base station. Wi-Fi would be perfect in this situation. No need to run cable out to the TV! Hopefully, the ReplayTV people are working on that right now. (Also, Xbox could use an 802.11b option, too. Listening, Xbox designers?)
...and the Xbox, in spite of "Halo", really doesn't have anything to compare to established game line that Nintendo is going to roll out for the Gamecube. While the Xbox looks like a nice system on paper, it's not going to be the "system to get" for Xmas 2001.
On the other hand, it has the marketing might of Microsoft behind it, a host of people who understand x86 and DirectX programming for it, and a sweet architecture. Xmas 2002 might be more interesting.
I'm now hit with that 'compression filter' problem.... how to get the info out
there seems to be the question.... Ah. good. this ramble fixed it.
Man, that's lame; I'd submit it as a bug. ("My concise, to-the-point post was rejected until I added unneeded verbiage"). The cure is worse than the disease.
I am not especially interested in an upgrade right now, but I am very interested in making a backup. Can the software you linked to let me image the boot partition so I can back it up?
Yes. You can read the detailed instructions here, but basically, they discuss backing up the 300MB "magic" partition in step 10. These instructions are actually the upgrade procedure, but the actual software lets you do the backup without having to do an upgrade. If you look at this image , you can see the "Copy System Partition" button that you would use. I assume the "Restore Target Drive" is what you would use to, well, restore a fuxored drive.
These pages carry all sorts of warnings of possible problems, but for me, everything went exactly as the instructions described. (Then again, those warnings are there for a reason.)
P.S. Why did I use the W2K software, and not the Linux? Because my Linux server is too important to bring down for a day. My W2K machine, on the other hand, is always rebooting, so it was no problem to have it disassembled for a while.
About a month ago, I upgraded my ReplayTV to have 100 hours of record time. (I did the fast-n-easy swap out the old drive for a 100GB drive.) It's overkill, and there are some problems.
First of all, the interface wasn't designed to cope with that much TV. To get down to the Simpsons (alphabetized by "The") I have to page through like 12 pages of other junk. Yuck.
Second, that's a hell of a lot of TV; I don't want to let the thing fill up, because when will I possibly find the 100 hours to watch everything it records?
Third, it does encourage you to watch more TV. There are shows I used to watch only when the opportunity arose, but now, since I'm recording EVERYTHING I might ever possibly watch, I end up watching all of them.
The real problem I have now is not the amount of record time, but the fact that it only has one tuner.
P.S. Do you know how long it takes to low-level format a 5400 rpm 100GB drive? About 15 hours!
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Well, I'll assume you agree
I do not.
Of course I understand why you're insulting ME. But you've also managed to insult everybody who's disagreed with you in your call for assassination, the president, and everybody in this country who supports their president. You've also managed to misread a hell of a lot of what people said (most of us in this thread DO NOT support nuclear force) and even committed what would be a crime in this country. You've mocked our country for having no freedom of speech (because we prevent coercive statements of intended violence against our president) while posting from a country which doesn't seem to have freedom of speech itself.
You and all of your spiritual brothers (everyone else who thinks I should be locked up for not liking Bush) were asses
Not LIKING him? Hell, I don't like him. You threatened his life, which is totally a different level. (And your weasily "It was conditional" doesn't make it ok, it makes you weasily.)
Btw, great way to dodge the issue. You asked when assasination was acceptable, I provided an answer.
Your answer spoke for itself.
I wonder if the Internet was used heavily in this action, and if it would be used heavily by such groups in the future.
This article talks a little about bin Laden's use of technology, and this article in particular mentions the NSA's efforts towards listening to bin Laden in the past.
Why the constantly insulting attitude?
I'm curious: what country are you from? Where is assassination EVER considered acceptable? Twinkie-eating hillbillies like myself are curious.
I didn't advocate that Bush uses nukes. I hope he does not.
But attempting to coerce this course of action by threatening his life is a crime in this country, and a crime we should take seriously in light of recent events.
If you want to speak against using nukes, do so. But to threaten (even "conditionally") the president's life, ESPECIALLY at this totally inappropriate time, is really, really idiotic. Even a mental midget like myself can see that.
I hope you enjoy the red tape the next time you try to come to the U.S.
Report this fuckwad to the secret service.
I guess we should get rid of Bush and find a new president. The sole criteria will be if he/she inspires you, sir.
That's not what I'm saying AT ALL. Don't be so dense.
We still have no idea what the President knew at the time.
I also want to point out that I never criticized the President's _actions_. (That was Katz). I agree with out that it's almost certain that the secret service and the president had a lot more information about the attempts on his life, and the most important thing he could do was keep himself out of imminent danger.
In fact, since my original post, I saw Bush's press conference/phone calls from yesterday. Even though he didn't come across as a polished speaker (and even Bush has stated in the past that he is not) he displayed genuine emotions, and also seemed to be in control of the situation. And in fact, we don't need a polished speaker, but we do need confidence and control. It is great that both started to emerge yesterday, and that's what I was talking about in my original posts.
Don't pretend for a minute that
you've ever admired a single thing Bush has ever done.
I cannot imagine how you could possibly pretned to think that. I'm fairly certain that Bush is going to strike back with a vengance and fury unlike anything bin Laden ever imagined. I think it's likely that Bush is going to strike back at terrorists the world over. I hope so, because then I'm going to admire the HELL out of Bush's actions.
End bin Laden, and end the Taliban.
WTF do you know about leading men? Have you ever had to *LEAD* anything? I seriously doubt it.
I have not had to lead anything, but I have been led, and know what inspires me. Indeed, two people who were good, maybe even great, leaders were Reagan and George Sr. During the Gulf War, I never for a moment doubted the president's strength or leadership.
Think before you speak. You sound like a hateful little man still pissed about the election.
I don't agree, I feel no hate towards Bush, just disappointment. In fact, I'm very glad to hear your opinions: please describe how Bush did a good job during his speeches yesterday. Compare and contrast with his father during the Gulf, and Colin Powell yesterday.
You see what your previous opinions on Bush want you to see.
I was very disappointed because I thought he might have been capable of more. What more can I say?
Decorations at the top do count towrds height of the building.
Who made this rule? Why would anyone who agree with this rule? Quite frankly, it's just plain silly.
When Bush was on TV, all I saw was a deer in the headlights, a small scared child reading off of a teleprompter. He did not inspire confidence. He did not speak from his heart; he read what his speechwriter wrote for him. I did not feel he was up to the task of dealing with such important tasks.
On the other hand, Colin Powell kicked ass during his numerous apperances. And this really is the thing that comforts me; Bush really does have a great set of advisors and a great cabinet.
Bush leads a group of great men; unfortunately, Bush himself is not a great leader of men.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, who lives in Chicago (even little babies and dogs!) knows that the Sears Tower is still the tallest building in the world. Adding a bunch of paper-mache decoration to the top of your building and calling it "taller" is nonsense and every sensible person in the world knows it. We're 20 floors taller, for God's sake! Some day the records will show the truth.
From the article: We've been trying for a century, and we still don't fully understand black holes," said Dr. Andrew Strominger. And then he goes on to conclude that we need to make some.
If they're going to do something which at least sounds dangerous, I would really like it if they could say, "Nothing can possibly go wrong", not, "Our understanding is incomplete."
There's a really extensive one at http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/critdate.htm
That's the one I remembered; thanks!
Nope, there are some more dates with problems prior to 2038, see this list for some of the more important ones. (I saw a more extensive list once during the pre-Y2K buildup, but those web sites have mostly disappeared. Anyone?)
Seriously, since I've had my ReplayTV, I've wished that it could get show listings, etc., over my home network. It was obvious when I first got it that one of the future upgrades should be an ethernet port. But my home network cabling doesn't go near the TV, as I suspect is the case for a lot of people.
On the other hand, I now have an 802.11b base station. Wi-Fi would be perfect in this situation. No need to run cable out to the TV! Hopefully, the ReplayTV people are working on that right now. (Also, Xbox could use an 802.11b option, too. Listening, Xbox designers?)
sez they've talked with Sony for a year
U R IRCing 2 much when U think "sez" is OK. Drivz me nutz.
(Bonus points if you recognize the source of my subject line.)
I just got my TiBook, and the airport range is less than spectacular anyway... sigh.
Have you tried other base stations or alternate base station antennas? (Just curious)
my K6 @ 266mhz with 64mb of RAM.
So you're the cheap non-upgrading bastard that's to blame for the slowdown in the tech industry...
:)
...and the Xbox, in spite of "Halo", really doesn't have anything to compare to established game line that Nintendo is going to roll out for the Gamecube. While the Xbox looks like a nice system on paper, it's not going to be the "system to get" for Xmas 2001.
On the other hand, it has the marketing might of Microsoft behind it, a host of people who understand x86 and DirectX programming for it, and a sweet architecture. Xmas 2002 might be more interesting.
I'm now hit with that 'compression filter' problem.... how to get the info out there seems to be the question.... Ah. good. this ramble fixed it.
Man, that's lame; I'd submit it as a bug. ("My concise, to-the-point post was rejected until I added unneeded verbiage"). The cure is worse than the disease.
I am not especially interested in an upgrade right now, but I am very interested in making a backup. Can the software you linked to let me image the boot partition so I can back it up?
Yes. You can read the detailed instructions here, but basically, they discuss backing up the 300MB "magic" partition in step 10. These instructions are actually the upgrade procedure, but the actual software lets you do the backup without having to do an upgrade. If you look at this image , you can see the "Copy System Partition" button that you would use. I assume the "Restore Target Drive" is what you would use to, well, restore a fuxored drive.
These pages carry all sorts of warnings of possible problems, but for me, everything went exactly as the instructions described. (Then again, those warnings are there for a reason.)
P.S. Why did I use the W2K software, and not the Linux? Because my Linux server is too important to bring down for a day. My W2K machine, on the other hand, is always rebooting, so it was no problem to have it disassembled for a while.
About a month ago, I upgraded my ReplayTV to have 100 hours of record time. (I did the fast-n-easy swap out the old drive for a 100GB drive.) It's overkill, and there are some problems.
First of all, the interface wasn't designed to cope with that much TV. To get down to the Simpsons (alphabetized by "The") I have to page through like 12 pages of other junk. Yuck.
Second, that's a hell of a lot of TV; I don't want to let the thing fill up, because when will I possibly find the 100 hours to watch everything it records?
Third, it does encourage you to watch more TV. There are shows I used to watch only when the opportunity arose, but now, since I'm recording EVERYTHING I might ever possibly watch, I end up watching all of them.
The real problem I have now is not the amount of record time, but the fact that it only has one tuner.
P.S. Do you know how long it takes to low-level format a 5400 rpm 100GB drive? About 15 hours!