I recall reading about this theory back in the late 80's.
Omni magazine? No one read Omni: they just looked at the pictures, which explains why this is suddenly news again.
It was that sister publication of Omni's upon which everyone focused their journalistic attentions.
Oh, my remarks are targeted at the paraded of stilted station wagons (SUVs) cluttering the DC Beltway.
I daresay these foppish twits aren't letting the precious Escalade anywhere near sport vehicle territory.
These Murano drivers are teh best. Their new bizzare habit is letting off the break so their *cough*automatic*cough* transmission creeps them forward prior to stoplight going green. This is so that they can spend more time blocking the intersections, apparently.
I love my country and my countrymen, modulo the time we spend together on the road.
Their size is unreasonable WRT road visibility and parking.
They too frequently appear to give their drivers a sense of invulnerability, particularly the teenage twits on the cel phones. "Oh, look what dahdy gave me for my senior year!"
Bigger, heavier cars aren't helping the road maintenance situation.
Of course, the US as a whole needs to divorce itself from its auto fetish. Increased public transportation seems a no-brainer. Who out there really likes the Great Wall of Traffic?
True genius is having your lawbreaking written into the law.
And, as long as the playing field stays reasonably level, you can have another 230 years of managed corruption to show for it.
Actually, to be honest, there is no **REAL** reason to upgrade to the new Linuz kernel either
I suppose if security isn't high on your requirements list, or new drivers, then what you say is true.
Then again, you could go retro chic and just run Lotus123, WordStar, and Paradox on an old DOS 3.3 box.
d00d! You'd be teh untouchable! (In the security, Costner, and Dalit senses of the word.)
It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels. So if it doesn't happen to compile with your config (or it does compile, but then does unspeakable acts of perversion with your pet dachshund), you can rest easy knowing that it's all your own d*mn fault, and you should just fix your evil ways.
Note the marketing prowess on display.
Sex sells, even if it's just an allusion to the "lookin' for love in all the ronngg places" variety.
Stand by for the premiere of 2.6.20 on YouTube, where Linus, speech slurring from too many milkshakes, makes a poopy joke at a puppet show while a cel phone camera is accidentally pointed at him.
No, I've never read the Washington Times much.
I did cancel my WaPo subscription around Memorial Day, 2006: I find myself so thoroughly at odds with their Foreign Desk that I don't care to have that maca^Wnonsense arrive in my driveway any longer.
I will agree that their editorial page is well-balanced, and has a lot of valuable criticism from the left, as well. Richard Cohen, in particular, is a beacon of civilization.
The title of my post pointed to the source of the particular news item, and questioned its bias.
If Iraq has taught anything, the lesson is to keep a weather eye on the sources.
Come to think of it, the last Lebanon brush-up taught that lesson, as well.
Does learning set in before death, one wonders?
What you say is true: NewsBusters certainly parks itself in the right-hand ditch as a means of avoiding the one on the left.
However, did you read the letter printed on the linked page, or are you merely shooting the messenger?
When reading The Washington Post, always consider the diametric opposite position from whatever agenda the WaPo pushes.
Consider http://newsbusters.org/node/6863
According to Steven Wright, he was paid gobs of money by the US government for years to research who financed the pyramids.
After a couple of decades, he told them "It was this guy named Eddie."
Now, I ask you: is Wright an Iron Maiden fan, where Eddie would tie into the whole Egypt/mummy thing, or a Van Halen fan?
Your imagination has been rendered obsolete.
In fact, your imagination has been patented, and you will be prosecuted if caught using it again.
In place of your obsolete, patented imagination you will now swallow any pill presented by the media: resistance is feudal.
No, I think he would use positive, rather than negative words to highlight the error of the opposing viewpoint.
He blunts his impact with his word choice about as much as he advances the cause.
What is your complaint specifically, if I may ask?
From gp: I also feel that he fails to appreciate the merits of any opposing viewpoints.
In particular, labelling anyone who doesn't agree with him "unethical", or hardware that doesn't toe his line as "treacherous". Plenty of people in proprietary land think themselves highly ethical; there needs to be more development of the idea of ethics before RMS's viewpoint amounts to more than a religious assertion.
The hypothesis behind my little experiment, Bart, is that RMS might have a less fingernails-on-chalkboard tone if he'd substantial business experience.
I'm unsure, given that he has not run one, that he has such an understanding. I suppose you could say that the FSF and any company, both being human organizations, share similarities.
I'd like to see the gentleman in charge of some profit-turning outfit for a while, though; it might help him more clearly define (and publish) his ethical system, such that it doesn't quite come off so much as "revealed truth" to the casual reader.
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It was that sister publication of Omni's upon which everyone focused their journalistic attentions.
Oh, my remarks are targeted at the paraded of stilted station wagons (SUVs) cluttering the DC Beltway.
I daresay these foppish twits aren't letting the precious Escalade anywhere near sport vehicle territory.
These Murano drivers are teh best. Their new bizzare habit is letting off the break so their *cough*automatic*cough* transmission creeps them forward prior to stoplight going green. This is so that they can spend more time blocking the intersections, apparently.
I love my country and my countrymen, modulo the time we spend together on the road.
- Their size is unreasonable WRT road visibility and parking.
- They too frequently appear to give their drivers a sense of invulnerability, particularly the teenage twits on the cel phones. "Oh, look what dahdy gave me for my senior year!"
- Bigger, heavier cars aren't helping the road maintenance situation.
Of course, the US as a whole needs to divorce itself from its auto fetish. Increased public transportation seems a no-brainer. Who out there really likes the Great Wall of Traffic?Give it a few weeks. Granted, it'll be a post-modern apple, where black is just a dark shade of grey.
K Street Crawler: We want this legislation vetoed, and we're not afraid to buy you.
Bill:Buy me? Buy me? No, no, no: in Gates America, Gates buys you !
It would be a different sort of Declaration of Independence, indeed.
True genius is having your lawbreaking written into the law.
And, as long as the playing field stays reasonably level, you can have another 230 years of managed corruption to show for it.
I'd rather vote for Cormac mac Art: proven executive credentials.
Then again, you could go retro chic and just run Lotus123, WordStar, and Paradox on an old DOS 3.3 box.
d00d! You'd be teh untouchable! (In the security, Costner, and Dalit senses of the word.)
Sex sells, even if it's just an allusion to the "lookin' for love in all the ronngg places" variety.
Stand by for the premiere of 2.6.20 on YouTube, where Linus, speech slurring from too many milkshakes, makes a poopy joke at a puppet show while a cel phone camera is accidentally pointed at him.
And the waffling on the recommendations of the ISG is just getting underway:c le/2006/11/29/AR2006112901317_pf.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti
No, I've never read the Washington Times much.
I did cancel my WaPo subscription around Memorial Day, 2006: I find myself so thoroughly at odds with their Foreign Desk that I don't care to have that maca^Wnonsense arrive in my driveway any longer.
I will agree that their editorial page is well-balanced, and has a lot of valuable criticism from the left, as well. Richard Cohen, in particular, is a beacon of civilization.
Excellent point: there is bias at every point in the transmission, including the reader. One hopes the noise cancels.
The title of my post pointed to the source of the particular news item, and questioned its bias.
If Iraq has taught anything, the lesson is to keep a weather eye on the sources.
Come to think of it, the last Lebanon brush-up taught that lesson, as well.
Does learning set in before death, one wonders?
What you say is true: NewsBusters certainly parks itself in the right-hand ditch as a means of avoiding the one on the left.
However, did you read the letter printed on the linked page, or are you merely shooting the messenger?
When reading The Washington Post, always consider the diametric opposite position from whatever agenda the WaPo pushes.
Consider http://newsbusters.org/node/6863
According to Steven Wright, he was paid gobs of money by the US government for years to research who financed the pyramids.
After a couple of decades, he told them "It was this guy named Eddie."
Now, I ask you: is Wright an Iron Maiden fan, where Eddie would tie into the whole Egypt/mummy thing, or a Van Halen fan?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to read this post and ponder:? id=110009312
http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/
Your imagination has been rendered obsolete.
In fact, your imagination has been patented, and you will be prosecuted if caught using it again.
In place of your obsolete, patented imagination you will now swallow any pill presented by the media: resistance is feudal.
Indeed: the elections three weeks underscore the power of "the fascism that's springing up at home".
Fear!
Possibly you're right.
Possibly we can blithely ignore overseas fascism.
Possibly it won't return.
Possibly.
No, I think he would use positive, rather than negative words to highlight the error of the opposing viewpoint.
He blunts his impact with his word choice about as much as he advances the cause.
Fortunately, there are no cynics on /., though I totally agree with your implicit analysis.
In particular, labelling anyone who doesn't agree with him "unethical", or hardware that doesn't toe his line as "treacherous". Plenty of people in proprietary land think themselves highly ethical; there needs to be more development of the idea of ethics before RMS's viewpoint amounts to more than a religious assertion.
The hypothesis behind my little experiment, Bart, is that RMS might have a less fingernails-on-chalkboard tone if he'd substantial business experience.
I'd like to see the gentleman in charge of some profit-turning outfit for a while, though; it might help him more clearly define (and publish) his ethical system, such that it doesn't quite come off so much as "revealed truth" to the casual reader.