"They added the drape because assholes kept taking pictures of Ashcroft with the statue strategically positioned in the frame" strategically placed what? boobies? who fucking cares? wake up and smell the new millenium.
The drape isn't on the statue, they hang it up for press conferences and briefings"
They hang it up anytime the room is used - ok. got it.
Did you even bother to look into that claim or are you just repeating something you read in a Paul Krugman column? adhominum attack. Did you bother to read my post or is this something you read at a freerepublic column?
Disagreed. Unix, is the OS of Research. Of Academia - and GNU/Linux is quickly taking Marketshare from traditional Unices (and MS in Comp.Room && Desktop). When *innovation* (like TCP/IP and the Internet) arrive, it is from Academia (generally). There is not alot of Innovation in the realm of Desktop Apps, mostly refienments of earlier concepts (Excel==Lotus123)... Unix is a collection of many MANY little apps running together, and virtually nothing cant be done in Unix that can be done elsewhere because of its openness; it will continue to be the real bead of innovation.
The rise in tolerance of unbelievable points of view, moreover their impact on policy in the US, is incredibly disturbing.
From the Republican Senators (the racist/homophobe), Ashcroft's prayer meetings, Ashcroft's draping a nude statue w/ a drape (!), bush's "faith based" BS... etc etc etc.
The seperation between church and state, and the ability for people to understand that ALL these things are instances of Fundemental (Reconstructionist even) Christian goals/acts/efforts is very scary.
Even Bush believes God is on his side in Iraq - you'd think someone in his position, a leader of a secular USA, wouldnt be a delluded cultist.
From that article above:
One in three American Christians call themselves evangelicals and many evangelicals believe the second coming of Christ will occur in the Middle East after a titanic battle with the anti-Christ.
Does the president believe he is playing a part in the final events of Armageddon?
If true, it is an alarming thought.
But he would not be alone, as 59% of all Americans believe that what is written in the Bible's Book of Revelation will come to pass.
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They do this because you can get DirectTV without paying by tweaking the software. (They currently do not do this in their standalone units.) can you explain/provide link on what you mean here?
Well, another motivation for Caldera would be that by strapping GNU/Linux w/ IP, they make SCO's UNIX (previously made irrelevant by GNU/Linux being better and Free/Free) worth thinking about again (i cant imagine the drop in license sales in the last 4-5 years for sco's unix) *and* they get to suck (maybe) some royalties from the Distros.
It appears, they intend to destroy Linux by straddling it w/ ficticious IP claims in order to RESTORE value in SCO's Unix...
Pretty ugly indeed. IBM had better put this to bed or GNU/Linux might have some troubles finding rich benefactors to fund development (ibm, hp, sun etc wont all be moving to GNU/Linux / FS as they appear to be doing in medium to short term...)
I am tired of sprawl and bad land-use decisions in order to support a ridiculous car-centered culture. If you paid by the mile, you would be encouraged to drive less - hell, you might just walk(!) or ride the bus..
best damn idea ive heard in ages... i hear portland is wonderfull.. if oregon wasnt in the USA, i might consider living there.
...are you saying that we will be required to scale our consumption to our generation (growing stuff) vs. pumping a surplus out of the ground? although we can maintain the oil-economy, we are going to scale back - and *that* is where we realize a solution to our environmental-unsustainability issue?
land for which it is not currently economically viable would be called into service. Great, more land use by modern society... why dont we just ride the f123ing bus and save 99% of the oil we use RIGHT NOW?
As a result they are scared shitless of any chance for people to manufacture fuel themselves. Huh? Why would tax on Gas be different than Tax on BioDiesel? Do you expect people to MAKE their own fuel..? like everyone who makes there own beer and wine instead of buying it...?
is UK where the Customs and Excise department staged ambushes on roads in Wales last year to stop cars that do not smell of abnoxious gasoline fumes Wasnt that because people were running their personal cars on fuel, that skipped taxes in order to aid farmers? like, people cheating on their taxes basically - why wouldnt/shouldnt they do this?
Like people in the TiVo thread keep saying... why waste time building a homebrew PVR when you can just buy a TiVo?
The reasons i will never buy a TiVo:
It requires a subscription.
the 'features' are really the dictate of the MPAA/RIAA media-barron cartel... tivo is not liberated to implement the features people DO want from there tivo because they are subordinate to the aformentioned crooks.
a "pc" as a device means upgradability and options for change, an electronic device (i know its a damn pc in essance...) just means that you get it how it comes... having a general PC as a bed for MythTV or Freevo means that the software moves from general device (usually recycle-center bound machines anyway) to general device. less coupling(hw/sw) == more vibrant development.
in time, the EU council will be democratically elected.. and a EuroPresident as well. Some nations will resist, politicians will want to wield nationalism to retain power... but people will have advocates who will transform the central gov.
as for your desire to move to the US, i recommend strongly against it. their mindless, shallow and ignorant... the cities are dirty and filled with the worst poverty and crime. in 10-15 years, they will be so absolutely committed to imperialism to defend against a collapse of their consumer culture, the plutocracy will drive them to utter chaos.. im thinking another depression, a collapse in their currency and states going bankrupt... the result of this threat to their 'standard of living' will be war abroad... Canada will be all by colonialised by this time, because the AmericanMindVirus is incredibly infectious, alot of Canadians watch too much "American News." -- which is horribly Pro-USA propaganda... have you ever seen Fox News Network?
as for your.sig; I personally PREFER the legal right to copy ANY Audio CD I want.
The tarrif needs to goto artists and not RIAA sluts, and non-audio CDs shouldnt pay the royalty... but you gotta admit, its a step in the right direction (destroying copyright control by RIAA)
What kind of idiot would fight to impose anything other than a democracy on himself?!) I can assure you, those who decided to name the United States a Republic HAD read Plato's Republic --- which I suggest you do now... here is a Gutenberg txt
As alot of Libertrians are oft to cite, the USA was not founded as a Democracy but a Republic.
As for your assesment of the EU, its it by far the most promising democratic effort on the planet today. I look to it as a work in progress yes, but successfull thusfar, and likely to be the most successfull "state" in the history of the Planet in very short order. And as a more medium term goal; Will they Admit Canada (or will I have to move) and/or Russia...:) *THAT* is my hope.
Its basically the story of how Russian went from Tzars to Democracy to Dictatorship, transposed into Animals on a farm
So you see that the True Soviets were REALLY Democratic. The idea is the Democratic control is maintained over Industrial Capital - this is (conveniently) dropped when discussing "Communism", where Stalin's Fascism created the popular American Understanding of "Communism".
Ownership of Wealth enabled fiefs/serfs/fiefdoms and monarchy(oppression), so does countries/citizens(powerless) and Capitalism.
If Democracy is ever to work, where Citizens have control over the direction of their communities, Nations must be abolished (global democracy) and Decentralized but Democratic Control of Industrial Capital must be achieved. The trick is to keep your Democracy from becoming stagnant and unresponsive - from turning into Fascism (Nazi Germany/USSR) *or* Plutocracy (USA)
This post brought to you from Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" - a very good read if you haven't read it yet, and also if you have
Absolutely THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN on the USA. It should be mandatory reading for all americans.
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"They added the drape because assholes kept taking pictures of Ashcroft with the statue strategically positioned in the frame"
strategically placed what? boobies? who fucking cares? wake up and smell the new millenium.
The drape isn't on the statue, they hang it up for press conferences and briefings"
They hang it up anytime the room is used - ok. got it.
Did you even bother to look into that claim or are you just repeating something you read in a Paul Krugman column?
adhominum attack. Did you bother to read my post or is this something you read at a freerepublic column?
Disagreed. Unix, is the OS of Research. Of Academia - and GNU/Linux is quickly taking Marketshare from traditional Unices (and MS in Comp.Room && Desktop). When *innovation* (like TCP/IP and the Internet) arrive, it is from Academia (generally). There is not alot of Innovation in the realm of Desktop Apps, mostly refienments of earlier concepts (Excel==Lotus123)... Unix is a collection of many MANY little apps running together, and virtually nothing cant be done in Unix that can be done elsewhere because of its openness; it will continue to be the real bead of innovation.
Ballmer is both wrong and stupid.
The rise in tolerance of unbelievable points of view, moreover their impact on policy in the US, is incredibly disturbing.
From the Republican Senators (the racist/homophobe), Ashcroft's prayer meetings, Ashcroft's draping a nude statue w/ a drape (!), bush's "faith based" BS... etc etc etc.
The seperation between church and state, and the ability for people to understand that ALL these things are instances of Fundemental (Reconstructionist even) Christian goals/acts/efforts is very scary.
Even Bush believes God is on his side in Iraq - you'd think someone in his position, a leader of a secular USA, wouldnt be a delluded cultist.
From that article above:
One in three American Christians call themselves evangelicals and many evangelicals believe the second coming of Christ will occur in the Middle East after a titanic battle with the anti-Christ.
Does the president believe he is playing a part in the final events of Armageddon?
If true, it is an alarming thought.
But he would not be alone, as 59% of all Americans believe that what is written in the Bible's Book of Revelation will come to pass.
They do this because you can get DirectTV without paying by tweaking the software. (They currently do not do this in their standalone units.)
can you explain/provide link on what you mean here?
AtheOS
BeOS
Amiga
atari's os
Ecomstation (fka OS2)
those are the *easy ones*... there are probably 500 more...
IBM will turn the skies over Utah black with lawyers.
That image just sent a shiver down my spine...wierd.
..but Caldera's claims are about Patents and not copyright.
Well, another motivation for Caldera would be that by strapping GNU/Linux w/ IP, they make SCO's UNIX (previously made irrelevant by GNU/Linux being better and Free/Free) worth thinking about again (i cant imagine the drop in license sales in the last 4-5 years for sco's unix) *and* they get to suck (maybe) some royalties from the Distros.
...Caldera did a pretty good job of legally extorting MS, why couldnt they do it w/ IBM?
..they like GNU/Linux because it cant NEVER be wielded to undermine them... like MS did w/ DOS, Win to OS2.
It appears, they intend to destroy Linux by straddling it w/ ficticious IP claims in order to RESTORE value in SCO's Unix...
Pretty ugly indeed. IBM had better put this to bed or GNU/Linux might have some troubles finding rich benefactors to fund development (ibm, hp, sun etc wont all be moving to GNU/Linux / FS as they appear to be doing in medium to short term...)
"Last Thanksgiving, my grandmother put ex-lax in the sweet potato pie."
That is WITHOUT hidden agenda and biases
If grama put exlax in the sweetpotatoes, your being daft if you think she didnt have a goddamned "hidden agenda", m'kay pal!
THAT is a TERRIFIC(!) idea!
I am tired of sprawl and bad land-use decisions in order to support a ridiculous car-centered culture. If you paid by the mile, you would be encouraged to drive less - hell, you might just walk(!) or ride the bus..
best damn idea ive heard in ages... i hear portland is wonderfull.. if oregon wasnt in the USA, i might consider living there.
...are you saying that we will be required to scale our consumption to our generation (growing stuff) vs. pumping a surplus out of the ground? although we can maintain the oil-economy, we are going to scale back - and *that* is where we realize a solution to our environmental-unsustainability issue?
while also making oil dirt cheap.
How does that make consumer culture sustainable? burning oil in your car is still going to choke us off the planet...
Raise Fuel Efficiency standards - cheap, simple, sustainable, responsible solution.
land for which it is not currently economically viable would be called into service.
Great, more land use by modern society... why dont we just ride the f123ing bus and save 99% of the oil we use RIGHT NOW?
As a result they are scared shitless of any chance for people to manufacture fuel themselves. Huh? Why would tax on Gas be different than Tax on BioDiesel? Do you expect people to MAKE their own fuel..? like everyone who makes there own beer and wine instead of buying it...?
is UK where the Customs and Excise department staged ambushes on roads in Wales last year to stop cars that do not smell of abnoxious gasoline fumes
Wasnt that because people were running their personal cars on fuel, that skipped taxes in order to aid farmers? like, people cheating on their taxes basically - why wouldnt/shouldnt they do this?
The reasons i will never buy a TiVo:
It requires a subscription.
the 'features' are really the dictate of the MPAA/RIAA media-barron cartel... tivo is not liberated to implement the features people DO want from there tivo because they are subordinate to the aformentioned crooks.
a "pc" as a device means upgradability and options for change, an electronic device (i know its a damn pc in essance...) just means that you get it how it comes... having a general PC as a bed for MythTV or Freevo means that the software moves from general device (usually recycle-center bound machines anyway) to general device. less coupling(hw/sw) == more vibrant development.
building your own is much cooler.
in time, the EU council will be democratically elected.. and a EuroPresident as well. Some nations will resist, politicians will want to wield nationalism to retain power... but people will have advocates who will transform the central gov.
as for your desire to move to the US, i recommend strongly against it. their mindless, shallow and ignorant... the cities are dirty and filled with the worst poverty and crime. in 10-15 years, they will be so absolutely committed to imperialism to defend against a collapse of their consumer culture, the plutocracy will drive them to utter chaos.. im thinking another depression, a collapse in their currency and states going bankrupt... the result of this threat to their 'standard of living' will be war abroad... Canada will be all by colonialised by this time, because the AmericanMindVirus is incredibly infectious, alot of Canadians watch too much "American News." -- which is horribly Pro-USA propaganda... have you ever seen Fox News Network?
as for your .sig; I personally PREFER the legal right to copy ANY Audio CD I want.
The tarrif needs to goto artists and not RIAA sluts, and non-audio CDs shouldnt pay the royalty... but you gotta admit, its a step in the right direction (destroying copyright control by RIAA)
ahem, here is the Gutenberg Text
What kind of idiot would fight to impose anything other than a democracy on himself?!)
:) *THAT* is my hope.
I can assure you, those who decided to name the United States a Republic HAD read Plato's Republic --- which I suggest you do now... here is a Gutenberg txt
As alot of Libertrians are oft to cite, the USA was not founded as a Democracy but a Republic.
As for your assesment of the EU, its it by far the most promising democratic effort on the planet today. I look to it as a work in progress yes, but successfull thusfar, and likely to be the most successfull "state" in the history of the Planet in very short order. And as a more medium term goal; Will they Admit Canada (or will I have to move) and/or Russia...
Its basically the story of how Russian went from Tzars to Democracy to Dictatorship, transposed into Animals on a farm
So you see that the True Soviets were REALLY Democratic. The idea is the Democratic control is maintained over Industrial Capital - this is (conveniently) dropped when discussing "Communism", where Stalin's Fascism created the popular American Understanding of "Communism".
Ownership of Wealth enabled fiefs/serfs/fiefdoms and monarchy(oppression), so does countries/citizens(powerless) and Capitalism.
If Democracy is ever to work, where Citizens have control over the direction of their communities, Nations must be abolished (global democracy) and Decentralized but Democratic Control of Industrial Capital must be achieved. The trick is to keep your Democracy from becoming stagnant and unresponsive - from turning into Fascism (Nazi Germany/USSR) *or* Plutocracy (USA)
This post brought to you from Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" - a very good read if you haven't read it yet, and also if you have
Absolutely THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN on the USA. It should be mandatory reading for all americans.