What they learned from Watergate is to get the law on your side first. What do you think this law is *really* about, after all?
The government can already detain any citizen they want without stating a reason (Patriot Act). If Bush wanted to use illegal evidence, there's nothing stopping him except getting caught. So he wants it to not be illegal. That's the only purpose for this law.
(interestingly enough, none of them have actually joined the military, but that is beside the point). They like to pretend to be patriotic. Were any of them old enough to join the military in WWII? If not, they aren't pretending. There hasn't been an outside threat to our right to free speech in at least 60 years. I don't really know if Japan would have imposed limits, but I admit that it's likely.
Unless you expect the army to execute GWB, the only person to actually curtail our right in any significant way in the history of our nation.
Within any given country, it's far more legal to spy on other nations than it is to spy on your own citizens. Quite the opposite of what you suggest.
Of course, in most countries, it's perfectly legal to spy on your own citizens, but those same countries are rather unlikely to disallow themselves from spying on others.
In the US, it's illegal to spy on anyone without a warrent. Of course, it's done all the time anyway.
How do we hold the traitors accountable? Rebellion. Perhaps the only silver lining of the ongoing torture of Iraq is that a great many soldiers who follow illegal orders are out of the country.
If the telecoms don't know the requisite law, they need better lawyers on retainer. Given all the laws specific to this area, I would really hope that all the telecoms have the required legal expertise on speed-dial. There is absolutely no excuse for bypassing the FISA courts, which were setup to prevent EXACTLY this scenario -- an Executive abusing his power. There is never an excuse in this situation. If the telecoms had a real leg to stand on, they would not have needed to bribe 2/3 of the legislator to pass an unconstitutional law.
You are right. All campaign donations are bribes unless done completely anonymously. Corporations simply get to spend more on their bribes.
It's very sad that the Bible-loving Republicans freely ignore the Bible's exhortation not to accept bribes or even favors from those they may have to arbitrate between. But hypocrisy is a basic tenet of politics.
The problem I've always had with nVidia is that their drivers just don't handle SMP very well. Back when AMD released their first SMP chipset, I tried an nVidia. Nothing but lockups or crashes every time I tried a Direct3d game. ATI has always worked for me, though it can be tricky finding a Catalyst rev that works with all my games and hardware.
Unfortunately, my latest PC (core 2 quad) came with an nVidia and I can't afford to buy an equivalent Radeon atm.
You are 100% wrong. Having a right does not imply that others may not infringe upon it. It simply means that exersizing my right will not be considered as having wronged some other party.
If you gag me, have I lost my right to free speech?
No one is insisting that content be produced at all, never mind for free. What the sensible people are suggesting is that it's ridiculous to try and force people to pay for a process which has zero costs. Copying digitized information is essentially cost-free.
That is not true, anymore. Today, grades tell you that you passed some mark, set low enough that a brain-dead flea could reach them. That's the point of the GP -- grades no longer indicate special achievement.
It's the same kind of thing with wages versus bonuses. Anyone doing the job gets the wage. Only those doing the job especially well will get the bonus. (Please don't laugh! I'm talking complete theory!)
High grades used to be the bonus. Now they're becoming the wage.
In 9th grade, a classmate and I put essentially the same answer down for a test question, and he was awarded more points for it. When I brought this to the teacher's attention, his response was that I should have had a more complete answer. He gave me fewer points because I should have known better, while my friend got full credit because the answer was technically correct.
We were held to different standards, and judged accordingly.
Despite all the manufacturing jobs leaving the country, there are still millions of jobs that don't require anything more than basic math and reading, combined with on-the-job training of skills you wouldn't learn in any HS.
Those who do not learn well in a (public) school setting can still contribute to both society and the economy without turning to crime. Besides, to those who will end up in prison, the school is just another form. Why do you think they do everything they can to stay away from it?
Doing NOTHING won't stop the next catastrophic event, and NOTHING is what the post is advocating. Doing something also won't prevent it, so I would prefer if my own government would stop trying to terrorize me as a response.
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You quote the GP saying
depending on which DE I'm using. and then ask if he knows that they are DEs and not a kernel...Not only that, but you use the term "window managers", which is just ironic, as only one of the 3 is a window manager.
Why do people like you get permission to even use a computer?
Just to add to your point, my cousin Stephen might argue about ph and f sounding the same.
(I really have a cousin named Steven, but he doesn't spell it with ph.)
What they learned from Watergate is to get the law on your side first. What do you think this law is *really* about, after all?
The government can already detain any citizen they want without stating a reason (Patriot Act). If Bush wanted to use illegal evidence, there's nothing stopping him except getting caught. So he wants it to not be illegal. That's the only purpose for this law.
Unless you expect the army to execute GWB, the only person to actually curtail our right in any significant way in the history of our nation.
Your id is ever so appropriate. :)
You do realized that one of the most "feared" US agencies actually contributes code to the Linux kernel, right?
Within any given country, it's far more legal to spy on other nations than it is to spy on your own citizens. Quite the opposite of what you suggest.
Of course, in most countries, it's perfectly legal to spy on your own citizens, but those same countries are rather unlikely to disallow themselves from spying on others.
In the US, it's illegal to spy on anyone without a warrent. Of course, it's done all the time anyway.
They violated the Constitution. That's treason.
If the telecoms don't know the requisite law, they need better lawyers on retainer. Given all the laws specific to this area, I would really hope that all the telecoms have the required legal expertise on speed-dial. There is absolutely no excuse for bypassing the FISA courts, which were setup to prevent EXACTLY this scenario -- an Executive abusing his power. There is never an excuse in this situation. If the telecoms had a real leg to stand on, they would not have needed to bribe 2/3 of the legislator to pass an unconstitutional law.
You are right. All campaign donations are bribes unless done completely anonymously. Corporations simply get to spend more on their bribes.
It's very sad that the Bible-loving Republicans freely ignore the Bible's exhortation not to accept bribes or even favors from those they may have to arbitrate between. But hypocrisy is a basic tenet of politics.
No. The people giving the orders should be water-boarded to death. On CNN.
The problem I've always had with nVidia is that their drivers just don't handle SMP very well. Back when AMD released their first SMP chipset, I tried an nVidia. Nothing but lockups or crashes every time I tried a Direct3d game. ATI has always worked for me, though it can be tricky finding a Catalyst rev that works with all my games and hardware.
Unfortunately, my latest PC (core 2 quad) came with an nVidia and I can't afford to buy an equivalent Radeon atm.
Probably because most people (slash-shitters excepted) don't consider MS a "taint".
Apple may make a big stink about patents, but they actually point to the patents they hold. MS just handwaves and spreads FUD.
Only an Apple hater would think Apple would purposefully expend developer time just to break an open source project that undoubtedly sold more iPods.
You are 100% wrong. Having a right does not imply that others may not infringe upon it. It simply means that exersizing my right will not be considered as having wronged some other party.
If you gag me, have I lost my right to free speech?
No one is insisting that content be produced at all, never mind for free. What the sensible people are suggesting is that it's ridiculous to try and force people to pay for a process which has zero costs. Copying digitized information is essentially cost-free.
Have we reached peak programming space already?!
Your boss case about HS "degrees"? Stop working at McDonalds.
Those in higher tax brackets still take home more than those in lower. If that was NOT the case, they wouldn't still be filthy rich, now would they?
That is not true, anymore. Today, grades tell you that you passed some mark, set low enough that a brain-dead flea could reach them. That's the point of the GP -- grades no longer indicate special achievement.
It's the same kind of thing with wages versus bonuses. Anyone doing the job gets the wage. Only those doing the job especially well will get the bonus. (Please don't laugh! I'm talking complete theory!)
High grades used to be the bonus. Now they're becoming the wage.
To elaborate:
In 9th grade, a classmate and I put essentially the same answer down for a test question, and he was awarded more points for it. When I brought this to the teacher's attention, his response was that I should have had a more complete answer. He gave me fewer points because I should have known better, while my friend got full credit because the answer was technically correct.
We were held to different standards, and judged accordingly.
Needless to say, this wasn't in a public school.
Despite all the manufacturing jobs leaving the country, there are still millions of jobs that don't require anything more than basic math and reading, combined with on-the-job training of skills you wouldn't learn in any HS.
Those who do not learn well in a (public) school setting can still contribute to both society and the economy without turning to crime. Besides, to those who will end up in prison, the school is just another form. Why do you think they do everything they can to stay away from it?