It'll mean they had better bulshitters doing crowd estimates. But, simply put, there's no way in hell Stewart and Colbert will bring out more people than Glenn Beck did. I've read and heard and seen the estimates and all that crap. There were at least 100,000 people there. I think all honest and realistic people would say somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000. I doubt Stewart and Colbert will pull more than 50,000. If only because people in the middle really do have shit to do.
In the context of the news coverage surrounding the publication of the "Afghan War Diaries" we also have The Unite States Department of Defense (you know, the Pentagon people in charge of the military and the CIA) releasing statements like the following:
“We want whatever they have returned to us and we want whatever copies they have expunged,” Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters today at a news briefing. “We demand that they do the right thing,” he said. “If doing the right thing is not good enough for them, then we will figure out what alternatives we have to compel them to do the right thing.”
It's not unreasonable to think in the light of such statements that warnings of "dirty tricks" implies the "orchestrated by the US government" bit on the end. No, Assange didn't say it but it's fair to assume it. And now he's Clintoned the whole thing so we're arguing semantics instead of paying attention to issues of substance.
" whose skills start depreciating almost as soon as they are laid off, given the dynamism of the industry"
Why? I've been laid off before. Worked for a company that went out of business too. Why do your skills have to start fading when you get laid off? To me, that's the perfect time to pick up NEW skills. You still have a computer, I presume. Even if you don't still have an internet connection at home, what self-respecting nerd can't get access to the latest tech in their field? Besides, learning Java, Python, Ruby, etc. is FREE.Setting up a bunch of virtual machines and playing around with network configs is FREE. Setting up MySQL, PostgreSQL, and even MS-SQL is FREE. Learning BGP is FREE. MIT OpenCourseWare is FREE.
If you can't get re-hired right away, there's no reason you can't stay current and even improve your skill set with all your new found FREE time.
Of course, last time I was laid off, I just started consulting while looking for a job. After three months of 40+ hr billable weeks and no end in sight I asked my wife if she minded that I stopped looking for full-time W2 employment. She doesn't mind. That was four years ago.
You were there, weren't you? You seem awfully sensitive about it. Beck supporters will overestimate the crowd size. His detractors will underestimate it. Same as every other political rally. But I have no dog in this hunt. I don't care how many people were there. Your link seems to provide as accurate a count as anybody else possibly could.
I'm not defensive about your information. It's correct for all I know or care. I was joking. I didn't realize Internet is Serious Business.
Gee golly I didn't realize I had to argue against the calculation or that my comment was derogatory.
It was first and foremost a joke. Hyperbole is one way to make fun of others. I thought the hyperbole was obvious. Because even on the low end nobody has said it was so few. It would seem one might be able to put two and two together and come to the rational conclusion that I can't be serious, ergo joking.
Why it's modded insightful is beyond me. It was also meant to highlight that no matter how many people show up to a Truthiness rally if Colbert has one there'd be all kinds of claims about crowd size and rightfully so in order to mock the whole craziness of crowd size BS anyway.
Yeah, but it's a pity Fox News' real news coverage consists mostly of: "Today, Glenn Beck questioned the legitimacy of President Obama's claims of being a Christian." and other "news" that you are 100% correct in calling factual reporting even though its primary purpose is to parrot the same political agenda and further push the chosen narrative.
Sadly, it's the same thing on other networks. ESPN: Mike & Mike show in the AM blathers about something. Later the same day, ESPN news coverage is largely about the crap said earlier in the day on Mike & Mike.
When you have a 24/7 news channel, sometimes you have to manufacture news.
The only problem is the most interesting fan fights will be argued in Klingon and whatever the fuck Chewbacca's language is called so nobody outside of the master debaters will understand a word.
All we need is to send Bugs Bunny up there to steal this RQ36 thing and that martian will run around saying things like "what happened to the kaboom?! There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom?!" and "Someone has stolen my 1999 RQ36 Explosive Space Modulator!"
I'm not in Sweden, but the shipping address is the one thing I've not found a way to get around. You can get pre-paid credit/debit cards and link them to a paypal account even so buying stuff online can still be done somewhat anonymously. But if you need something shipped to you, you kind of have to give them your address. There are dropbox sites that will accept shipments for you but you have to give them your info. No getting around that...that I've found anyway.
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It'll mean they had better bulshitters doing crowd estimates. But, simply put, there's no way in hell Stewart and Colbert will bring out more people than Glenn Beck did. I've read and heard and seen the estimates and all that crap. There were at least 100,000 people there. I think all honest and realistic people would say somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000. I doubt Stewart and Colbert will pull more than 50,000. If only because people in the middle really do have shit to do.
The DonorsChoose fund drive page that redditors have been giving to in droves to get Colbert's attention.
Please also donate, if you can.
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The Diaspora guys should hire Austin Heap.
I'll just leave this here.
MacGruber could do it with a stick of guBOOOM!!!!!
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I just use it to play Farmville.
It's not unreasonable to think in the light of such statements that warnings of "dirty tricks" implies the "orchestrated by the US government" bit on the end. No, Assange didn't say it but it's fair to assume it. And now he's Clintoned the whole thing so we're arguing semantics instead of paying attention to issues of substance.
Just like talking less if you're stupid and talking more if you have something to say is a good idea.
Stupid people usually have a lot to say.
Overarching conclusions from interesting but not broad studies like this give ev psych and anthropology a bad name.
So, what you're saying is: A shot to the heart, this study's lame. It gives love a bad name.
" whose skills start depreciating almost as soon as they are laid off, given the dynamism of the industry"
Why? I've been laid off before. Worked for a company that went out of business too. Why do your skills have to start fading when you get laid off? To me, that's the perfect time to pick up NEW skills. You still have a computer, I presume. Even if you don't still have an internet connection at home, what self-respecting nerd can't get access to the latest tech in their field? Besides, learning Java, Python, Ruby, etc. is FREE.Setting up a bunch of virtual machines and playing around with network configs is FREE. Setting up MySQL, PostgreSQL, and even MS-SQL is FREE. Learning BGP is FREE. MIT OpenCourseWare is FREE.
If you can't get re-hired right away, there's no reason you can't stay current and even improve your skill set with all your new found FREE time.
Of course, last time I was laid off, I just started consulting while looking for a job. After three months of 40+ hr billable weeks and no end in sight I asked my wife if she minded that I stopped looking for full-time W2 employment. She doesn't mind. That was four years ago.
You were there, weren't you? You seem awfully sensitive about it. Beck supporters will overestimate the crowd size. His detractors will underestimate it. Same as every other political rally. But I have no dog in this hunt. I don't care how many people were there. Your link seems to provide as accurate a count as anybody else possibly could.
I'm not defensive about your information. It's correct for all I know or care. I was joking. I didn't realize Internet is Serious Business.
Lighten up.
Gee golly I didn't realize I had to argue against the calculation or that my comment was derogatory.
It was first and foremost a joke. Hyperbole is one way to make fun of others. I thought the hyperbole was obvious. Because even on the low end nobody has said it was so few. It would seem one might be able to put two and two together and come to the rational conclusion that I can't be serious, ergo joking.
Why it's modded insightful is beyond me. It was also meant to highlight that no matter how many people show up to a Truthiness rally if Colbert has one there'd be all kinds of claims about crowd size and rightfully so in order to mock the whole craziness of crowd size BS anyway.
Netcraft confirms it.
Glenn Beck is not religious. He's a money machine. He knows how to make money. Right now that's by appealing to the "religious right" in America.
Yeah, but it's a pity Fox News' real news coverage consists mostly of: "Today, Glenn Beck questioned the legitimacy of President Obama's claims of being a Christian." and other "news" that you are 100% correct in calling factual reporting even though its primary purpose is to parrot the same political agenda and further push the chosen narrative.
Sadly, it's the same thing on other networks. ESPN: Mike & Mike show in the AM blathers about something. Later the same day, ESPN news coverage is largely about the crap said earlier in the day on Mike & Mike.
When you have a 24/7 news channel, sometimes you have to manufacture news.
The reason it was so clean afterward is there were only 50,000 people there.
...goes the dynamite!
About as long as it takes google to "monetize" the process so the people buying ads get their e-mails on top.
The only problem is the most interesting fan fights will be argued in Klingon and whatever the fuck Chewbacca's language is called so nobody outside of the master debaters will understand a word.
Holy shit. Microsoft must be LIVID.
Only because now people other than paid shills will review the game and let everybody know what a piece of shit it is.
All we need is to send Bugs Bunny up there to steal this RQ36 thing and that martian will run around saying things like "what happened to the kaboom?! There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom?!" and "Someone has stolen my 1999 RQ36 Explosive Space Modulator!"
And we'll all have a good laugh.
Snape kills Dumbledore.
I'm not in Sweden, but the shipping address is the one thing I've not found a way to get around. You can get pre-paid credit/debit cards and link them to a paypal account even so buying stuff online can still be done somewhat anonymously. But if you need something shipped to you, you kind of have to give them your address. There are dropbox sites that will accept shipments for you but you have to give them your info. No getting around that...that I've found anyway.