I saw that BBC program. I also so another little clip the other day that asked what the American public thought of the "special relationship" between the US and the UK. Of all the places that the BBC decides to interview Americans, it chooses a Harvard coffeehouse. You probably couldn't get a more left-leaning slant unless you went to Amhurst or Berkley. The fact that they chose this location to get their idea of what America thinks about the UK had BBC slant written all over it. Time magazine does the exact same thing. Take this recent cover story for example...
I was in the first Gulf war and spent quite a bit of time in Kuwait as part of a medical detachment with the US Army. Believe me when I tell you that Hussein was the closest thing to Hitler the world has seen. By comparing him to Bush is an astronomically stupid and irresponsible thing. Bush does not hang people from light posts and allows his men to rape children. President Bush has done more for democracy by invading Iraq than France, Germany, Canada or Russia has ever done in their history. The day that Hussein is removed from this planet is a great day for humanity.
So far, this comment is perhaps the dumbest comment I have ever seen on Slashdot and that's saying an awful lot. The fact that you put in a "but" after writing "Saddam did a lot of evil things" is quite an eye opener. Your parents should be sterilized.
If you took the time to read the pledge, you might get the part where it says, "...allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands..."
If you still don't get it, you're pledging allegiance to the flag because it is a symbol of the Republic of the United States AND you're pledging allegiance to the actual republic itself in the same sentence.
I just read an article about a bill introduced by Sen. Brownback which would "require owners of digital media to file a John Doe lawsuit to obtain the identifying information of an Internet user, rather than simply requesting a subpoena. Currently, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act permits copyright holders to subpoena an Internet service provider for the name and address of a person they believe is violating a copyright. The one-page subpoena request can be issued by a court clerk and doesn't require a judge's signature."
"'There are no checks, no balances, and the alleged pirate has no opportunity to defend themselves,' Brownback said when introducing the bill. 'My colleagues, this issue is about privacy, not piracy. 'This will provide immediate privacy protections to Internet subscribers by forcing their accusers to appear publicly in a court of law, where those with illicit intentions will not tread, and provides the accused with due process required to properly defend themselves.'"
I recall that sting. I was a member back then and a few movies that were going both ways ended up missing. I called Netflix when my account was put on hold and they allowed me to continue renting. However, about two weeks after I started receiving discs again, one came up missing and my account was on hold again. I called Netflix to cancel and they told me about the problem in Florida (I'm in Tampa) and asked if I wanted to remain a customer. Since they wouldn't credit me for the previous discs that were missing, I just cancelled. It was great while it lasted but I can't risk buying DVDs everytime a postal worker starts lifting discs from the mail.
I bet my mom $100 that I would be able to find The Little Mermaid after it went out of print because hers was destroyed in a flood. Since I couldn't find that damn tape anywhere I paid her the $100 and gave her the DVD when it came out many years later. She took me out to dinner with her new money but that "I told you so" grin was too much for a son to have to endure...
I never understood Disney's action by taking that tape off the market for so long. It's not like there wasn't a demand and printing them was too costly. I understand that they want to create a false demand but the amount of time that elapsed is ridiculous.
That's the point. It keeps highly populated areas from gaining too much power. Your suggestion of moving to Wyoming doesn't make much sense since the people of Wyoming only get 3 votes but states like Idaho, Indiana and Minnesota will get visits. If a candidate sticks to major cities and a few large states, he's won the election. Hell, Clinton didn't visit Nebraska until the last year of his term because he didn't need it during an election.
I'd prefer an America that doesn't allow large cities and states such as NYC and CA to elect the president thereby giving those places the most power. The electoral system works just fine as it is.
How in the hell is this flamebait? Someone questions Moore's ability to stick to the truth (which occurs all the time) and it's considered bad taste? Give me a break.
President Bush has signed a secret directive ordering the government to develop, for the first time, national-level guidance for determining when and how the United States would launch cyber-attacks against enemy computer networks, according to administration officials.
I love it when these secret war-time orders are published in the press. Are these like the "unnamed sources" we hear from so often?
"...then blaming Canadians, is a troll in my eyes."
I don't believe he/she/it was implicating Canadians in a negative light here. I'm pretty certain the Canada reference comes from the movie The Breakfast Club where the nerd, played by Anthony Michael Hall, tells of this girl that he "laid". When he's called out by Judd Nelson to name one person that nerd-boy has laid, Brian (I believe is his name) says that no one would know her because she lives in Canada, the Niagra Falls region to be exact.
It's basically tools that allow a Windows server to access UNIX servers or vice versa. It contains a Telnet server, an NFS client and server, better support for lpr printing and so on.
We had it installed on one of our servers in order to talk to an AIX box via NFS. We got rid of it in favor of Hummingbird's product.
Ever since linux was introduced into our environment about a year and a half ago, linux has grown to be a major part of our organization. We proved to upper management that linux was a viable solution to MS products, not only in cost but in functionality for many situations. We have 6 RH servers now and more are forthcoming. It's a nice change since this makes me a linux professional instead of a hobbyist now. Granted, we have about 90 NT/2000 servers but 6 can be considered a nice start when a couple of years ago, my manager was telling me that he didn't trust open source because "if it's free, it can't be any good".
We're about to hire three more engineers and as part of the requirements to work here, a candidate must have at least a functional knowledge of linux or unix. That's a major step in the right direction for an MS shop.
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I saw that BBC program. I also so another little clip the other day that asked what the American public thought of the "special relationship" between the US and the UK. Of all the places that the BBC decides to interview Americans, it chooses a Harvard coffeehouse. You probably couldn't get a more left-leaning slant unless you went to Amhurst or Berkley. The fact that they chose this location to get their idea of what America thinks about the UK had BBC slant written all over it. Time magazine does the exact same thing. Take this recent cover story for example...
I was in the first Gulf war and spent quite a bit of time in Kuwait as part of a medical detachment with the US Army. Believe me when I tell you that Hussein was the closest thing to Hitler the world has seen. By comparing him to Bush is an astronomically stupid and irresponsible thing. Bush does not hang people from light posts and allows his men to rape children. President Bush has done more for democracy by invading Iraq than France, Germany, Canada or Russia has ever done in their history. The day that Hussein is removed from this planet is a great day for humanity.
So far, this comment is perhaps the dumbest comment I have ever seen on Slashdot and that's saying an awful lot. The fact that you put in a "but" after writing "Saddam did a lot of evil things" is quite an eye opener. Your parents should be sterilized.
>Bush gets re-elected.
Fitty dolla. Against.
I'll take that bet and give you two to one odds...four to one if Dean is the candidate.
Get the Google toolbar for IE. It beats the hell out of any pop-up blocker that I've seen and it's pretty cheap too.
You're absolutely wrong.
If you took the time to read the pledge, you might get the part where it says, "...allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands..."
If you still don't get it, you're pledging allegiance to the flag because it is a symbol of the Republic of the United States AND you're pledging allegiance to the actual republic itself in the same sentence.
hppc
I just read an article about a bill introduced by Sen. Brownback which would "require owners of digital media to file a John Doe lawsuit to obtain the identifying information of an Internet user, rather than simply requesting a subpoena. Currently, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act permits copyright holders to subpoena an Internet service provider for the name and address of a person they believe is violating a copyright. The one-page subpoena request can be issued by a court clerk and doesn't require a judge's signature."
"'There are no checks, no balances, and the alleged pirate has no opportunity to defend themselves,' Brownback said when introducing the bill. 'My colleagues, this issue is about privacy, not piracy. 'This will provide immediate privacy protections to Internet subscribers by forcing their accusers to appear publicly in a court of law, where those with illicit intentions will not tread, and provides the accused with due process required to properly defend themselves.'"
What's his take on flying cars?
but how will the SCO/IBM suit affect this?
When my ISP cuts my company off.
I would assume that wi-fi antennae make great places to hang a white flag.
Do you consider yourself the Ron Popeil of the computing world?
I recall that sting. I was a member back then and a few movies that were going both ways ended up missing. I called Netflix when my account was put on hold and they allowed me to continue renting. However, about two weeks after I started receiving discs again, one came up missing and my account was on hold again. I called Netflix to cancel and they told me about the problem in Florida (I'm in Tampa) and asked if I wanted to remain a customer. Since they wouldn't credit me for the previous discs that were missing, I just cancelled. It was great while it lasted but I can't risk buying DVDs everytime a postal worker starts lifting discs from the mail.
Does the slashdot crowd have a new size benchmark for small sizes?
Yeah...my penis.
That's a bit steep for a cd ($25 isp + $18 service) don't you think? I bet the masses using AOL will be screaming for this service...
OT I know...
I bet my mom $100 that I would be able to find The Little Mermaid after it went out of print because hers was destroyed in a flood. Since I couldn't find that damn tape anywhere I paid her the $100 and gave her the DVD when it came out many years later. She took me out to dinner with her new money but that "I told you so" grin was too much for a son to have to endure...
I never understood Disney's action by taking that tape off the market for so long. It's not like there wasn't a demand and printing them was too costly. I understand that they want to create a false demand but the amount of time that elapsed is ridiculous.
That's the point. It keeps highly populated areas from gaining too much power. Your suggestion of moving to Wyoming doesn't make much sense since the people of Wyoming only get 3 votes but states like Idaho, Indiana and Minnesota will get visits. If a candidate sticks to major cities and a few large states, he's won the election. Hell, Clinton didn't visit Nebraska until the last year of his term because he didn't need it during an election.
I'd prefer an America that doesn't allow large cities and states such as NYC and CA to elect the president thereby giving those places the most power. The electoral system works just fine as it is.
How in the hell is this flamebait? Someone questions Moore's ability to stick to the truth (which occurs all the time) and it's considered bad taste? Give me a break.
Thanks for the link Stonehand.
President Bush has signed a secret directive ordering the government to develop, for the first time, national-level guidance for determining when and how the United States would launch cyber-attacks against enemy computer networks, according to administration officials.
I love it when these secret war-time orders are published in the press. Are these like the "unnamed sources" we hear from so often?
Yeah but the original poster said something like "maybe she lives in Canada".
"...then blaming Canadians, is a troll in my eyes."
I don't believe he/she/it was implicating Canadians in a negative light here. I'm pretty certain the Canada reference comes from the movie The Breakfast Club where the nerd, played by Anthony Michael Hall, tells of this girl that he "laid". When he's called out by Judd Nelson to name one person that nerd-boy has laid, Brian (I believe is his name) says that no one would know her because she lives in Canada, the Niagra Falls region to be exact.
Then again, I could be wrong.
It's basically tools that allow a Windows server to access UNIX servers or vice versa. It contains a Telnet server, an NFS client and server, better support for lpr printing and so on.
We had it installed on one of our servers in order to talk to an AIX box via NFS. We got rid of it in favor of Hummingbird's product.
can't seem to find that Paypal link anywhere...
Ever since linux was introduced into our environment about a year and a half ago, linux has grown to be a major part of our organization. We proved to upper management that linux was a viable solution to MS products, not only in cost but in functionality for many situations. We have 6 RH servers now and more are forthcoming. It's a nice change since this makes me a linux professional instead of a hobbyist now. Granted, we have about 90 NT/2000 servers but 6 can be considered a nice start when a couple of years ago, my manager was telling me that he didn't trust open source because "if it's free, it can't be any good".
We're about to hire three more engineers and as part of the requirements to work here, a candidate must have at least a functional knowledge of linux or unix. That's a major step in the right direction for an MS shop.