Actually, Al Sharpton has been rallying against rap that degrades blacks and women and gays for quite some time. Unfortunately, it hasn't gone anywhere.
After finding that out, and realizing that if anyone on my block was sophisticated enough to figure out how to break WEP, they pretty much deserve access to my router, I gave up.
yeah, but i can disconnect the dongle when I'm done and I'm pretty sure the range isn't nearly as good as the wifi router i've got with nice relatively higher gain antennas.
HDCP IS DRM, and it IS evil. But let's face it, it's the Barney Fife of the DRM world.
The only thing that kind of pisses me off about HDMI is that I can't record my own gameplay sessions from HDMI. Then again, I have nothing that could store raw 1080p either so...
Well, no. Money spent won't always be for good. However, the '06 election proves that the electorate can stand up, speak out and hold people in office accountable.
But my point was that a powerful Government isn't always a bad thing. Bad things happened under Clinton. Elian Gonzales, Rendition, DMCA, NAFTA, GATT, ESRB(not a Government program, but formed out of pressure from folks like Tipper Gore and Hillary Clinton), etc. But that's not to say that there wasn't anything good done. Competent leadership in key areas like FEMA meant that Government programs meant to help people, actually helped people. Federal grants and other support meant that crime was on a drop. Was it perfect? No. Was it PROGRESS? Yes. As Stuart Smalley would say, "Progress, not perfection."
Skepticism towards a Government is a fine thing, but you're talking about all out cynicism, which is really unhealthy to the whole process. It's why we've had several decades of just god awful leadership in the House and Senate. I mean, as much as I like alot of the Republicans and Democrats, very few of them are willing to lead and be bold. Granted, I think I saw more spine and backbone from the various random acts of humanity that Harry Reid had in the last few years before he became Senate Majority leader than out of say, Bill "Diagnosis Cam" Frist or Trent Lott, but that's probably due to my own biases.
Good point, but that was just a point to say that to deny that there have been right-winger conspiracy theories is kind of wrong. But like i've posted earlier on this topic, it tends to be the SAME people. They just happen to be Republican a vast majority of the time.
Dick Cheney, Reagan, Bush Sr., Richard Armitage, G. Gordon Liddy, Donald Rumsfeld, etc.
The fire started at the compound was the result of a standoff between a paramilitary organization and the ATF and FBI. Even if the FBI was at fault for starting that fire, it was the Branch Davidians who started the stand off. The funny thing about incidents like Ruby Ridge and Waco is that people forget that these standoffs occurred during the attempt to serve due-process to the people involved.
Yes, it was under the Clinton years that we get extraordinary rendition, and I didn't like him because of that. But it's under Bush's watch that it becomes a widely used tool.
Are you implying that the number of crappy people in politics isn't infinite?:) No.
There are alot of honest, bright, and upstanding(pick two!) people out there in Congress. Tom Tancredo is such a case. His politics are incredibly nutty, but he's honest about it and is also consistent.
It was G. Gordon Liddy's pet project that eventually ended up with the Watergate scandal in the 70's.
Then in the 80's, you've got the theory that Reagan conspired to trade arms or other goods for the safety of hostages. Not to mention Grenada, Iran-Contra, Noriega, the Savings and Loan bailout scandals...
The 90's sees the start of the cover up of the Mark Foley scandal that blossomed in this decade, not to mention the incredibly wasteful witch hunt against President Clinton in both the Government and the rightwing media. David Brock wrote about it in "Blinded by the Right." James Carville also wrote a similar covering of the impeachment that resulted in "...And the Horse You Rode In On." Sure, it was written by Democrat zealot James Carville, but it's worth a read.
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Actually, Al Sharpton has been rallying against rap that degrades blacks and women and gays for quite some time. Unfortunately, it hasn't gone anywhere.
This means the 20 gig models are going to get even cheaper at retail?
I mean, they're just lying about...
does this mean it'll add, "Yah" at the end of all of my IMs?
Just press ctrl alt del until the task manager comes up and kill whatever's locked it up.
Is that why there's still a competative scene for marvel vs capcom 2 on the Dreamcast?
If you're downloading your favorite distro onto your mobile phone, then...
But you're pretty much right, that 5GB isn't much. =/
the computerized system that orders posts shows that no sir, you are somewhere closer to 2nd or third post.
/. to outsource some parts of slashcode to Diebold.
I wonder if it was wise for
Try a 64 bit key.
After finding that out, and realizing that if anyone on my block was sophisticated enough to figure out how to break WEP, they pretty much deserve access to my router, I gave up.
yeah, but i can disconnect the dongle when I'm done and I'm pretty sure the range isn't nearly as good as the wifi router i've got with nice relatively higher gain antennas.
no, my goddamn Nintendo DS doesn't do WPA.
!@*_!@#_!@*#!(_@#!_(@#
I'm half tempted to lock down my wireless and just buy the usb dongle and use my laptop for Nintendo DS Wifi.
The Voodoo 3 lacked 32 bit rendering and came out months before nVidia brought out the GeForce card.
It was, in short, the beginning of the end for 3dfx. Why would you promote that?!
Why is StarWars #2!? Blade Runner's from the 80's... 2001, Back To The Future...
BTTF and 2001 are atleast somewhat close to what scifi was originally identified as...
What the hell are you brits thinking!?
I thought SciFi had something to do with Science in a fictional sense, not fantasy in space...
this from the Naomi Campbell department?
I learned the scientific method in an American highschool.
I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
yes it is.
Where on slashdot's banner does it say, "Accurate, Timely and Not A Dupe?"
Sheesh.
The original Xbox supports output via component btw...
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I think I love you.
HDCP isn't that bad.
HDCP IS DRM, and it IS evil. But let's face it, it's the Barney Fife of the DRM world.
The only thing that kind of pisses me off about HDMI is that I can't record my own gameplay sessions from HDMI. Then again, I have nothing that could store raw 1080p either so...
NPR is not socialist.
CNN is not socialist.
BBC is not Socialist.
Fox Noise Channel is not socialist.
MSNBC is not socialist.
Keith Olbermann is (probably) not a socialist.
The only person in the mainstream media who HAS admitted to being a socialist is Lewis Black. He's on COMEDY CENTRAL for god's sake.
Well, no. Money spent won't always be for good. However, the '06 election proves that the electorate can stand up, speak out and hold people in office accountable.
But my point was that a powerful Government isn't always a bad thing. Bad things happened under Clinton. Elian Gonzales, Rendition, DMCA, NAFTA, GATT, ESRB(not a Government program, but formed out of pressure from folks like Tipper Gore and Hillary Clinton), etc. But that's not to say that there wasn't anything good done. Competent leadership in key areas like FEMA meant that Government programs meant to help people, actually helped people. Federal grants and other support meant that crime was on a drop. Was it perfect? No. Was it PROGRESS? Yes. As Stuart Smalley would say, "Progress, not perfection."
Skepticism towards a Government is a fine thing, but you're talking about all out cynicism, which is really unhealthy to the whole process. It's why we've had several decades of just god awful leadership in the House and Senate. I mean, as much as I like alot of the Republicans and Democrats, very few of them are willing to lead and be bold. Granted, I think I saw more spine and backbone from the various random acts of humanity that Harry Reid had in the last few years before he became Senate Majority leader than out of say, Bill "Diagnosis Cam" Frist or Trent Lott, but that's probably due to my own biases.
Good point, but that was just a point to say that to deny that there have been right-winger conspiracy theories is kind of wrong. But like i've posted earlier on this topic, it tends to be the SAME people. They just happen to be Republican a vast majority of the time.
Dick Cheney, Reagan, Bush Sr., Richard Armitage, G. Gordon Liddy, Donald Rumsfeld, etc.
Janet Reno barbequed no one.
The fire started at the compound was the result of a standoff between a paramilitary organization and the ATF and FBI. Even if the FBI was at fault for starting that fire, it was the Branch Davidians who started the stand off. The funny thing about incidents like Ruby Ridge and Waco is that people forget that these standoffs occurred during the attempt to serve due-process to the people involved.
Yes, it was under the Clinton years that we get extraordinary rendition, and I didn't like him because of that. But it's under Bush's watch that it becomes a widely used tool.
There are alot of honest, bright, and upstanding(pick two!) people out there in Congress. Tom Tancredo is such a case. His politics are incredibly nutty, but he's honest about it and is also consistent.
Operation Gem Stone back in the 60's.
It was G. Gordon Liddy's pet project that eventually ended up with the Watergate scandal in the 70's.
Then in the 80's, you've got the theory that Reagan conspired to trade arms or other goods for the safety of hostages. Not to mention Grenada, Iran-Contra, Noriega, the Savings and Loan bailout scandals...
The 90's sees the start of the cover up of the Mark Foley scandal that blossomed in this decade, not to mention the incredibly wasteful witch hunt against President Clinton in both the Government and the rightwing media. David Brock wrote about it in "Blinded by the Right." James Carville also wrote a similar covering of the impeachment that resulted in "...And the Horse You Rode In On." Sure, it was written by Democrat zealot James Carville, but it's worth a read.