Unless and until these people are advocating violence, they should be able to say absolutely anything they want to, completely free of Government scrutiny.
Well, we're supposed to get our civil liberties back when the War on Terror is over. And the FOIA gives us access to all Governmet documents, once they've been declassified. The tooth fairy brings them!
That's ridiculous. OF COURSE your computer and/or OS is going to be obsoleted within a couple of months (if you take "obsoleted" to mean "isn't any more the latest and greatest chromiest thing evar").
If you're talking about attaching a DVI SCSI array to a computer via USB, you are nuts. Get a PCI card. It fits in the PCI slot in the back of your G3, G4, or G5 PowerMac.
Are you basing your wild-ass guess about Firewire being dropped on the packaging of the iPod without a Firewire cable? Uh huh. I'm sure you're right, because the market for portable audio players is totally driving what people use for DV production.
People who invested heavily in the old architecture can still use the old architecture. Or they can buy a card that attaches their big ass array to their new computer. This is very much not a big deal.
You want to attach one to a mini? Get real. You can't fit a Cummins turbodiesel engine in a Honda Accord. If you bought a Honda Accord thinking you'd be able to put a Cummins turbodiesel in it, somebody is paying you way too much money for your "expertise".
Right, because these kids whose parents brought them to America ten years ago are less American than you and I. Right?
These guys have proven engineering talent, and they're hanging sheetrock. Hell, if I were the professor in charge of the MIT team, I'd have handed these four kids scholarships on the spot.
Hmmmm...I wonder if engineers have to be good at satisfying non-objective criteria.
Oh yeah, they do. Right. When you're an engineer, you have to solve the whole problem. When you're in a competition like this, the scoring sheet is a much better specification of the problem than you're ever likely to get in industry.
I'd have been SHOCKED if the raw performance of the MIT robot weren't head and shoulders above the Carl Hayden machine. It cost more than ten times more, and was built by a large team of talented engineering students.
And Konfabulator also takes up 25-50% of my CPU time! Whee!
I paid for the program. As a paying customer, I wish that they'd spend a little more time streamlining their code, and a little less time whining about how Apple stole their idea.
My friends and my family care about my life, and what I write. Everybody else is, of course, entitled to their opinion. I have no obligation to pay attention to it, though.
The fact that you took time out of your life to broadcast the fact that you don't understand the appeal of broadcasting your thoughts does speak of some cognitive dissonance, though. Regardless of your opinion, apparently some people seem to like blogging and social bookmarking. What do their hobbies cost you? Do you get some value out of thinking you're the One Contrary Voice?
I find that in the workplace, people are not encouraged to admit they don't know stuff. I am confident enough in myself and my abilities that I have no issues asking for help when I need it, but I don't hold everybody to that standard.
If it's such a good service, then they'll keep offering it, after clarifying their policies.
Whether it's "good" or not is up to you. The court decided the advertising was deceptive. The deception does not need to work on you for this to be both a true statement and illegal.
I think I can pretty safely claim to have played as much, or more, Wing Commander IV as anybody on the planet.
Testing games is not nearly as much fun as playing games. Trust me. It's certainly not a bad job, but it is tedious, time consuming, and not very exciting. You know, like lots of day-jobs.
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Those were outside of the scope of an investigation into an anarchist web site, and the posters' propaganda activities.
If in fact those things were at issue, then yes, an investigation is totally warrated. If that were the case, why the secrecy?
Right, because it's impossible to do propaganda by the deed without breaking the law. Perfectly reasonable. I don't know what I was worried about.
Yes, they ABSOLUTELY SHOULD be free from scrutiny.
What possible justification can there be for investigating people who are not advocating violence?
Unless and until these people are advocating violence, they should be able to say absolutely anything they want to, completely free of Government scrutiny.
Surveillance IS oppression.
Well, we're supposed to get our civil liberties back when the War on Terror is over. And the FOIA gives us access to all Governmet documents, once they've been declassified. The tooth fairy brings them!
Unless you somehow get the "terrorist" check-box on your rap sheet, and then you don't get the Constitutional value-meal.
So, you should be able to speak your mind, as long as your ideas aren't "extreme"?
I couldn't disagree with you more.
That's ridiculous. OF COURSE your computer and/or OS is going to be obsoleted within a couple of months (if you take "obsoleted" to mean "isn't any more the latest and greatest chromiest thing evar").
If you're talking about attaching a DVI SCSI array to a computer via USB, you are nuts. Get a PCI card. It fits in the PCI slot in the back of your G3, G4, or G5 PowerMac.
Are you basing your wild-ass guess about Firewire being dropped on the packaging of the iPod without a Firewire cable? Uh huh. I'm sure you're right, because the market for portable audio players is totally driving what people use for DV production.
People who invested heavily in the old architecture can still use the old architecture. Or they can buy a card that attaches their big ass array to their new computer. This is very much not a big deal.
You want to attach one to a mini? Get real. You can't fit a Cummins turbodiesel engine in a Honda Accord. If you bought a Honda Accord thinking you'd be able to put a Cummins turbodiesel in it, somebody is paying you way too much money for your "expertise".
Right, because these kids whose parents brought them to America ten years ago are less American than you and I. Right?
These guys have proven engineering talent, and they're hanging sheetrock. Hell, if I were the professor in charge of the MIT team, I'd have handed these four kids scholarships on the spot.
Hmmmm...I wonder if engineers have to be good at satisfying non-objective criteria.
Oh yeah, they do. Right. When you're an engineer, you have to solve the whole problem. When you're in a competition like this, the scoring sheet is a much better specification of the problem than you're ever likely to get in industry.
I'd have been SHOCKED if the raw performance of the MIT robot weren't head and shoulders above the Carl Hayden machine. It cost more than ten times more, and was built by a large team of talented engineering students.
Uh, what makes you assume that?
Most of what's on a game CD is data. Most of what's on a Tiger CD is code.
They release "point" upgrades every year or so. That means, your scenario will be true one out of 25 times.
And, I think if somebody laid out $20k for DV hard drives, they can spring a couple bucks for a SCSI card.
But, I wouldn't want any facts to get in the way of your unfounded preconceptions...
Ocelot.
And Konfabulator also takes up 25-50% of my CPU time! Whee!
I paid for the program. As a paying customer, I wish that they'd spend a little more time streamlining their code, and a little less time whining about how Apple stole their idea.
My friends and my family care about my life, and what I write. Everybody else is, of course, entitled to their opinion. I have no obligation to pay attention to it, though.
The fact that you took time out of your life to broadcast the fact that you don't understand the appeal of broadcasting your thoughts does speak of some cognitive dissonance, though. Regardless of your opinion, apparently some people seem to like blogging and social bookmarking. What do their hobbies cost you? Do you get some value out of thinking you're the One Contrary Voice?
I find that in the workplace, people are not encouraged to admit they don't know stuff. I am confident enough in myself and my abilities that I have no issues asking for help when I need it, but I don't hold everybody to that standard.
I think that there are some passive weights on the rotor that do...something, but I don't think that big, massy gyroscopes make a lot of sense.
Try Austin. Beautiful city, pretty laid back attitudes. Much like Portland (where I reside now), only less rain.
And more babes. I'm sure the guys are cute too, but that's not my thang...
Stupid facts.
"Taxes are not designed as a direct pay vs. return system"
Hence the problem.
What? Whoa, look at THAT! It's a backhanded comment about how stupid Americans are! That's FREAKIN' FUNNY!
Oh wait.
If it's such a good service, then they'll keep offering it, after clarifying their policies.
Whether it's "good" or not is up to you. The court decided the advertising was deceptive. The deception does not need to work on you for this to be both a true statement and illegal.
I think I can pretty safely claim to have played as much, or more, Wing Commander IV as anybody on the planet.
Testing games is not nearly as much fun as playing games. Trust me. It's certainly not a bad job, but it is tedious, time consuming, and not very exciting. You know, like lots of day-jobs.
Would you please point out to me where the Constitution says that the Republican and Democratic parties are chartered to run elections?
Good idea. Oh yeah, and I was wrong. They're only four bucks.