You're exactly right--I should have clarified that the candidates as yet are not paying attention to Citizens' Debate Commission.
One reason they don't like the CDB is the CDB wants to sometimes give third party candidates a shot. If a candidate is polling at 5% or higher, or if 50% of people think the candidate should be included in debates, then the CDB would include them.
I read the Rules of Agreement between the Pubs and Dems, and very early on is an agreement to exclusivity--that neither candidate will appear in any real forum to debate another candidate. Nor may either candidate challenge the other to another debate.
And control has a lot to do with it. When they do the town meeting debate, all invited "citizens" must submit their questions to the moderator days in advance, who will hand-pick which ones to use. If the person changes the question, the moderator will immediately turn off the person's microphone. They will also turn off the person's microphone to prevent any follow-up comments or questions from the person.
The podiums will be exactly 48 inches high, exactly ten feet apart as measured from the middle of the left-right span, etc. The parties will review and approve all camera positions in advance, and no audience members may be shown during the debate except the person asking a question in the town meeting one. Also, there will be no picture-in-picture shots of the other candidate while one candidate is answering a question.
Sounds about as interesting as spending the evening in a secluded hospital room--sanitized, with nothing to engage the mind.
A very good idea, no matter which side of the fence you're on. Debates have gotten so stale, even the most stalwart arm chair politicians have a hard time swallowing them. The 2000 Bush-Gore debates were just awful because of their predictability and the absense of real political discourse.
Citizen's Debate Commission is made of people all over the spectrum who want to bring back real debates, where the candidates answer actual unscreened questions from actual human beings. Count me in.
What a ridiculous, backwards place. Between stories like this and the extremely high execution rate, it almost seems like Texans enjoy the idea of killing people.
I mean. I've been waiting FOREVER to be able to emulate an Atari ST on my Dreamcast. I've been so worried about this that my girlfriend left me and my dog rolled over and died all in the same week. Then the boss called to fire me, and I said, "But it's going to happen soon. I can just FEEL it!" but nobody believed me. They thought I was insane.
You attack Iran and hope people once again forget that North Korea exists. Of course, we might run out of scape-goats at some point, and then we'll just have to attack ourselves.
The only conservative news outlets are Fox News and AM radio. Everything else is dominated by liberals.
Rush Limbaugh has repeated that lie so many thousands of times, we've begun to believe it en masse. Well, guess what. It ain't true.
The mainstream media is owned by huge big corporations who tend to like the Republican way of doing things. Their reporting is certainly not left-biased. Look at the mess we got into with Iraq.
Bush's evidence was flimsy as hell, but the media just jumped on the bandwagon without making much noise at all. For every example of the media seeming liberal that Hannidy and Rush can come up with, you'll find three examples that show just the opposite. Of course, Hannity/Rush are smart enough not to mention these, as it would cause you to question their omniscience.
And please don't tell me you learn about liberal views from Colmes. He is a pansy.
You don't know how many times I've sat in front of a user's nice LCD monitor set to a non-optimal resolution with antialiasing OFF!
It frightens me when I go places like Best Buy and the machines are set to weird resolutions. Shouldn't you know how to make a product look good if you're trying to sell it to people?
I wish I knew. I can hear it spinning in there, but nothing--my computer or my camera can access it. I'm guessing it's one of those fluke failures that hard drives are prone to.
You see, every time the spec for something goes up a notch, Slashdot needs to post an article about it, esepcially CPU speeds, as measure in megahertz.
The interesting thing is, I was under the impression that both Creative and Apple have now protected their Microdrives so they're not readable in a camera.
For those who are thinking of doing this, beware, though. I bought a cannibalized microdrive, which worked for about weeks, then died without warning. Now I have no idea how to get the thing fixed.
The ads were a beautiful moment for McCain standing up for his conscience. He knows how it feels after having his war record attacked while running against Bush. Lately he has been on perfect behavior though, kissing up to Bush on command. It seems he is already campaigning for 2008.
If we're going to fight terrorism, let's fight terrorism. Unfortunately, most of the U.S.'s resources are tied up in Iraq. "Terrorism" has become a buzz-word to justify attacking whatever nation happens to be on the president's shit-list.
If we had concentrated on Bin Laden for more than 5 minutes, we would have had him a long time ago. Military specialists who were tracking him were transfered to Iraq.
1) Network speed/reliability. Sometimes, I'll click on a link and stare at that animation in the top-right corner for something like 30 seconds with no results. If I click stop, then refresh, often the page comes up immediately. How about some smarter algorithms for getting the data to me faster and more reliably without so much intervention? 2) Sometimes I'll be using an ASP-style web site, where clicking a control might change only one thing on the page. It would be nice if I didn't have to scroll all the way back down to where I was. How about detecting if the new page is similar enough to the old one, and if so, scrolling the window to the same position? 3) Security lockdown. Watch for suspicious behavior (dangerous scripts, multiple pop-ups, repetetive question boxes, trying to use known browser exploits) on the part of a web site. When these things happen, lock down security on that site. 4) Kid detection. Based on biometrics or usage patterns, figure out if your 7-year-old is using the computer. If so, turn on the Net Nanny software. 5) Maybe too far off-topic, but software that will watch your 7-year-old's chats for signs of the other person being an adult stalker. 6) Watch for information your 7-year-old shouldn't be telling others, such as his phone number, full name, etc. 7) Watch for the usage patterns of a clueless newby. When this happens, offer to help the user learn more about using a browser. 8) Cat detection. When the cat is walking on the keyboard, keep him from deleting all your files. 9) Biometric music selection. Watch usage patterns and biometrics and select/suggest appropriate music from the user's play list based on past choices. 10) Goatse detection. Block all goatse mirrors.
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if these guys find irregularities you know people will blow it sky high and make a huge stink.
That is a good thing. It will be a deterrant against those who wish to repeat and/or expand on some of the dirty tricks from the last election.
"Irregularites," are not normal or acceptable when they involve someone trying to prevent a legal voter or having his/her vote counted.
You're exactly right--I should have clarified that the candidates as yet are not paying attention to Citizens' Debate Commission.
One reason they don't like the CDB is the CDB wants to sometimes give third party candidates a shot. If a candidate is polling at 5% or higher, or if 50% of people think the candidate should be included in debates, then the CDB would include them.
I read the Rules of Agreement between the Pubs and Dems, and very early on is an agreement to exclusivity--that neither candidate will appear in any real forum to debate another candidate. Nor may either candidate challenge the other to another debate.
And control has a lot to do with it. When they do the town meeting debate, all invited "citizens" must submit their questions to the moderator days in advance, who will hand-pick which ones to use. If the person changes the question, the moderator will immediately turn off the person's microphone. They will also turn off the person's microphone to prevent any follow-up comments or questions from the person.
The podiums will be exactly 48 inches high, exactly ten feet apart as measured from the middle of the left-right span, etc. The parties will review and approve all camera positions in advance, and no audience members may be shown during the debate except the person asking a question in the town meeting one. Also, there will be no picture-in-picture shots of the other candidate while one candidate is answering a question.
Sounds about as interesting as spending the evening in a secluded hospital room--sanitized, with nothing to engage the mind.
A very good idea, no matter which side of the fence you're on. Debates have gotten so stale, even the most stalwart arm chair politicians have a hard time swallowing them. The 2000 Bush-Gore debates were just awful because of their predictability and the absense of real political discourse.
Citizen's Debate Commission is made of people all over the spectrum who want to bring back real debates, where the candidates answer actual unscreened questions from actual human beings. Count me in.
People that don't think like me are so... weird.
They should have a place to put those people, somewhere dark where I won't have to look at them.
And just in case, people should wear electro-shock collars, which I can activate with a directed remote.
What kind of free country is this when I can't even walk outside for fear of seeing the weird people?
I was in the same situation--I own a legal copy of Photoshop Elements, but I didn't have the code, so I got one online.
Automated revenge is a very bad idea.
What a ridiculous, backwards place. Between stories like this and the extremely high execution rate, it almost seems like Texans enjoy the idea of killing people.
Well, two can play at the terminology game.
To me, the term "CD piracy" could well refer to colluding with fellow CD companies to overcharge for an hour of ok quality digital music.
This form of CD piracy has caused customers a hell of a lot of monetary damages over the years.
I'm pretty sure they actually wanted to duplicate the homes and daughters and give the cloned copies to their friends.
I mean. I've been waiting FOREVER to be able to emulate an Atari ST on my Dreamcast. I've been so worried about this that my girlfriend left me and my dog rolled over and died all in the same week. Then the boss called to fire me, and I said, "But it's going to happen soon. I can just FEEL it!" but nobody believed me. They thought I was insane.
But I knew who was really insane.
AC writes:
you are all trolls. I refuse to respond.
I was just thinking the same thing. Although it's amazing how much we say when we're not responding to people.
What do you DO about North Korea?
You attack Iran and hope people once again forget that North Korea exists. Of course, we might run out of scape-goats at some point, and then we'll just have to attack ourselves.
Personally, I found the mushroom cloud story a little more earth-shattering, so to speak.
The only conservative news outlets are Fox News and AM radio. Everything else is dominated by liberals.
Rush Limbaugh has repeated that lie so many thousands of times, we've begun to believe it en masse. Well, guess what. It ain't true.
The mainstream media is owned by huge big corporations who tend to like the Republican way of doing things. Their reporting is certainly not left-biased. Look at the mess we got into with Iraq.
Bush's evidence was flimsy as hell, but the media just jumped on the bandwagon without making much noise at all. For every example of the media seeming liberal that Hannidy and Rush can come up with, you'll find three examples that show just the opposite. Of course, Hannity/Rush are smart enough not to mention these, as it would cause you to question their omniscience.
And please don't tell me you learn about liberal views from Colmes. He is a pansy.
You don't know how many times I've sat in front of a user's nice LCD monitor set to a non-optimal resolution with antialiasing OFF!
It frightens me when I go places like Best Buy and the machines are set to weird resolutions. Shouldn't you know how to make a product look good if you're trying to sell it to people?
AC wrote:
Why would it work for several weeks then quit?
I wish I knew. I can hear it spinning in there, but nothing--my computer or my camera can access it. I'm guessing it's one of those fluke failures that hard drives are prone to.
Just open up the cases and let tongue go to work. Dishes are a breeze now that I have a dog.
Can you translate that into Engrish, for us commoners?
Juding from my experience with one of these, the lifespan, under light use, is about 3 weeks.
You see, every time the spec for something goes up a notch, Slashdot needs to post an article about it, esepcially CPU speeds, as measure in megahertz.
The interesting thing is, I was under the impression that both Creative and Apple have now protected their Microdrives so they're not readable in a camera.
For those who are thinking of doing this, beware, though. I bought a cannibalized microdrive, which worked for about weeks, then died without warning. Now I have no idea how to get the thing fixed.
The ads were a beautiful moment for McCain standing up for his conscience. He knows how it feels after having his war record attacked while running against Bush. Lately he has been on perfect behavior though, kissing up to Bush on command. It seems he is already campaigning for 2008.
If we're going to fight terrorism, let's fight terrorism. Unfortunately, most of the U.S.'s resources are tied up in Iraq. "Terrorism" has become a buzz-word to justify attacking whatever nation happens to be on the president's shit-list.
If we had concentrated on Bin Laden for more than 5 minutes, we would have had him a long time ago. Military specialists who were tracking him were transfered to Iraq.
1) Network speed/reliability. Sometimes, I'll click on a link and stare at that animation in the top-right corner for something like 30 seconds with no results. If I click stop, then refresh, often the page comes up immediately. How about some smarter algorithms for getting the data to me faster and more reliably without so much intervention?
2) Sometimes I'll be using an ASP-style web site, where clicking a control might change only one thing on the page. It would be nice if I didn't have to scroll all the way back down to where I was. How about detecting if the new page is similar enough to the old one, and if so, scrolling the window to the same position?
3) Security lockdown. Watch for suspicious behavior (dangerous scripts, multiple pop-ups, repetetive question boxes, trying to use known browser exploits) on the part of a web site. When these things happen, lock down security on that site.
4) Kid detection. Based on biometrics or usage patterns, figure out if your 7-year-old is using the computer. If so, turn on the Net Nanny software.
5) Maybe too far off-topic, but software that will watch your 7-year-old's chats for signs of the other person being an adult stalker.
6) Watch for information your 7-year-old shouldn't be telling others, such as his phone number, full name, etc.
7) Watch for the usage patterns of a clueless newby. When this happens, offer to help the user learn more about using a browser.
8) Cat detection. When the cat is walking on the keyboard, keep him from deleting all your files.
9) Biometric music selection. Watch usage patterns and biometrics and select/suggest appropriate music from the user's play list based on past choices.
10) Goatse detection. Block all goatse mirrors.
not related to machine learning.
Dell, for one, could use some tech support people who speak English.
I type everything in ROT13. They'll never catch on to that.