The owner decided to do this of his own free will, regardless of what his motive was. That's the point of freedom. You're allowed to choose. Under socialism, your choices are far more limited. As with most forms of collectivism, either things are mandatory or they're prohibited.
Under capitalism, the people with the money have LOTS of choices. The vast majority of us, not so many choices.
What could we possibly do to prevent such attacks? Treat every such event like a presidential visit? Bomb-sniffing dogs everywhere? Police swarming the area? All buildings on the route thoroughly searched? Every spectator searched?
We live in a free country; stuff like this is the price we pay. What is the alternative? A police state?
Terrorists can't destroy a country, they can only scare a country into destroying itself.
There is a myth that the Democrats and Republicans are on the ends of some primitive spectrum, and that "moderates" are somewhere in between. This is false. Check out Glenn Greenwald's piece on Obama (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/27/vote-obama-centrist-republican), one of the many commentators pointing out that Obama is a Republican in almost all ways. The "real" Republicans have to go off the edge in order to distance themselves from Obama. I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
I want decent healthcare reform, an end to foreign wars, everyone paying their fair share of taxes, a level playing field in the business world so capitalism can do what it does best. Neither the D's nor the R's support this.
There is no political party in America that represents my beliefs.
Bennett Haselton is an expert in this kind of stuff, so he's sharing his expertise. Let the weapons experts share their expertise in that area. Nothing skewed about this.
Why not help people in other countries who are trying to get free speech? Would you have told those uppity American colonialists "This land is ruled by Great Britain. If you don't like it, move."?
I've downloaded a fair amount of music from them -- they have some interesting non-mainstream artists. They ask for $8, but they'll take as little as $5. Download in many formats, lossy and lossless.
I currently have three monitors attached to my PC at work: A 20" LCD in the middle at 1600x1200, a 19" LCD on the left at 1440x900, and a 19" LCD on the right at 1280x1024. They are joined as virtual single monitor. On the middle and right monitors, I have SQL Server enterprise manager open with five database tables displayed, complete with all their data. On the left monitor I have an editor open with a View definition that references three of the tables. It is easy to verify that the View is correct with everything in front of me. Also, with all the tables open, I realized I had a redundant column in one of the tables, and a couple unused columns in another table. I wouldn't have realized that if I couldn't have them all open at the same time.
Multiple monitors is a no-brainer. Would you use a desk that only has enough room for one piece of paper on it? As they get cheaper more and people will get them. I bought these myself (my company wouldn't do it) because it makes my work day a lot more pleasant and productive.
I pay 8.50/month for 110.net, no phone support, only email support -- problematic of course if it's your only internet connection and you can't connect. But it's a good backup for DSL or Cable, and I've used them for a couple years, so they seem stable.
I worked there in 1996, on the Tuxedo middleware. I agree, that project was totally screwed up. Andersen Consulting had scores of consultants working on the database part that we were supposed to interface with - no docs, nothing. The place was a big bureacracy - no one could get anything done. The rumor going around was that Ameritech had so much money that they could afford to spend millions on one to throw away. Which is where that project was headed.
I think the Kinesis are good for people who type constantly, all day. I don't do that, and I found it hard to use when I was just leaning back to think, then going to the keyboard to type a few characters. If you're not touch typing it's harder to use, IMHO. I'm keeping it just in case I ever get back into massive coding mode, though...
I like the Acer Future. It is a nice compromise between the Kinesis and a regular keyboard. The two sections and the forward tilt are very good. I use it on a regular basis.
BTW, I highly recommend the Microsoft Intellimouse Pro, not the regular one. It's tilted just right for right handers, and it's got some good nubby texturing on the sided. I do wish it had a thumb button, though...
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The owner decided to do this of his own free will, regardless of what his motive was. That's the point of freedom. You're allowed to choose. Under socialism, your choices are far more limited. As with most forms of collectivism, either things are mandatory or they're prohibited.
Under capitalism, the people with the money have LOTS of choices. The vast majority of us, not so many choices.
We're pretty smart.
What could we possibly do to prevent such attacks? Treat every such event like a presidential visit? Bomb-sniffing dogs everywhere? Police swarming the area? All buildings on the route thoroughly searched? Every spectator searched?
We live in a free country; stuff like this is the price we pay. What is the alternative? A police state?
Terrorists can't destroy a country, they can only scare a country into destroying itself.
Don't think you can eat a lot of fish to get your Omega 3s. Most fish nowadays is contaminated with mercury.
There is a myth that the Democrats and Republicans are on the ends of some primitive spectrum, and that "moderates" are somewhere in between. This is false. Check out Glenn Greenwald's piece on Obama (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/27/vote-obama-centrist-republican), one of the many commentators pointing out that Obama is a Republican in almost all ways. The "real" Republicans have to go off the edge in order to distance themselves from Obama. I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
I want decent healthcare reform, an end to foreign wars, everyone paying their fair share of taxes, a level playing field in the business world so capitalism can do what it does best. Neither the D's nor the R's support this.
There is no political party in America that represents my beliefs.
Sorry about your father dying so suddenly.
Bennett Haselton is an expert in this kind of stuff, so he's sharing his expertise. Let the weapons experts share their expertise in that area. Nothing skewed about this.
Why not help people in other countries who are trying to get free speech? Would you have told those uppity American colonialists "This land is ruled by Great Britain. If you don't like it, move."?
I've downloaded a fair amount of music from them -- they have some interesting non-mainstream artists. They ask for $8, but they'll take as little as $5. Download in many formats, lossy and lossless.
I currently have three monitors attached to my PC at work: A 20" LCD in the middle at 1600x1200, a 19" LCD on the left at 1440x900, and a 19" LCD on the right at 1280x1024. They are joined as virtual single monitor. On the middle and right monitors, I have SQL Server enterprise manager open with five database tables displayed, complete with all their data. On the left monitor I have an editor open with a View definition that references three of the tables. It is easy to verify that the View is correct with everything in front of me. Also, with all the tables open, I realized I had a redundant column in one of the tables, and a couple unused columns in another table. I wouldn't have realized that if I couldn't have them all open at the same time.
Multiple monitors is a no-brainer. Would you use a desk that only has enough room for one piece of paper on it? As they get cheaper more and people will get them. I bought these myself (my company wouldn't do it) because it makes my work day a lot more pleasant and productive.
http://dict.die.net/leach/
3: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" [syn: strip]
Just saying.
I pay 8.50/month for 110.net, no phone support, only email support -- problematic of course if it's your only internet connection and you can't connect. But it's a good backup for DSL or Cable, and I've used them for a couple years, so they seem stable.
I just happened to search for "Combined Yang-Wu" at Google yesterday (which returned two documents) and I tried it at AllTheWeb, which didn't find it.
I worked there in 1996, on the Tuxedo middleware. I agree, that project was totally screwed up. Andersen Consulting had scores of consultants working on the database part that we were supposed to interface with - no docs, nothing. The place was a big bureacracy - no one could get anything done. The rumor going around was that Ameritech had so much money that they could afford to spend millions on one to throw away. Which is where that project was headed.
I think the Kinesis are good for people who
type constantly, all day. I don't do that, and
I found it hard to use when I was just leaning
back to think, then going to the keyboard to
type a few characters. If you're not touch
typing it's harder to use, IMHO. I'm keeping
it just in case I ever get back into massive
coding mode, though...
I like the Acer Future. It is a nice compromise
between the Kinesis and a regular keyboard. The
two sections and the forward tilt are very good.
I use it on a regular basis.
BTW, I highly recommend the Microsoft Intellimouse
Pro, not the regular one. It's tilted just right
for right handers, and it's got some good nubby
texturing on the sided. I do wish it had a
thumb button, though...
Mike Persons
mpp@phydeau.com