Just refer to it as the GNU Image Manipulation Program. If anyone calls it GIMP, tell them it is an unfortunately acronym, and move on. But do expect them to switch to photoshop out of political correctness concerns.
Part of the problem you are seeing with third party candidates is that our system does not work as a three party system. Essentially, a third party just divides the votes, strengthening the chances of whomever is most dissimilar to the third party candidate, and ultimately, undoing the Democratic process. (Meaning that it leads to a situation in which the majority of the people may favor an ideology, or set of policies, but the minority view gets elected, because they all rallied behind one candidate.
I personally would love to see a system that accounts for third party candidates, but the US system isn't it.
The problem is that health insurance is trying to cover only the little things. If you get a serious illness, then the odds are that your insurance company will try to find a way to weasel out of paying for it. (I'm sure they classify it under Waste and Fraud prevention)
So, to use your analogy, it would be like if the Car Insurance Companies paid only for the little things and told you that, if your car gets totaled, you're on your own.
(I know I'm being redundant, but) To put it in plain English:
They started making loans with other people's money.
They got their profit upfront, regardless of whether the loan ever got paid off.
They started carelessly making loans everywhere they possibly could. They started coming up with wacky ARM schemes that encouraged their customers to bite off more than they could chew (and I don't hold the customers blameless), simply to get more loans and bigger loans into people's hands.
Take any data set and you'll find patterns that are statistically impossible.
Not if you understand statistics.
Also note: If you understand statistics you would _never_ use the phrase 'statistically impossible'
I think his point is that you can apply the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy to make any set of numbers _appear_ to someone who does not understand statistics to be improbable. (although I may be embellishing his words a little)
Competition. Of course, they want the bill that probably will go through, now that the Dems have given up on the public option or any kind of reform that amounts to anything more than a blank check for the companies currently in existence, but when this debate first began, the bill looked much scarier to the insurance companies.
Does it have an external hard drive? It sounds like all you need is a wifi card and a web/ftp server on your home PC's podcast directory, and you'd be in business.:)
So if the mouse is being used only for buttons, then wouldn't have made more sense to buy either a remote used for multimedia/presentations, or to use a an external USB numeric keypad? (I am assuming that whatever software you use can map the commands to different keys)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated
Apparently this is one of those times where the feds take advantage of that massive loo-pole in the fourth amendment effectively allowing them to disregard it in the case of "reasonable" searches and seizures...
It's not about denying history. The law is about not glorifying their mistakes. I live near a southern tourist town, and there are so many knife shops, that typically have one of five symbols: A wolf, an indian, a US flag, a swastika, or a confederate flag. People love to pretend like it is a love of history that makes them buy the confederate flags (as for the swastikas, those guys don't pretend to love anything).
But history does not mean loving everything your country has ever done. I'm glad they don't hang Swastikas on their buildings and hold Holocaust reenactments, (they way we do with the civil war). Maybe they have the right idea by saying "we did this, it was a mistake, and we do not want to repeat it".
I know you're talking more about censorship than anything, but doesn't it also matter that the people with swastikas are portrayed as villains? If you want a controversy, try replacing all the swastikas with Stars of David, or crosses...Then, we would have a reason to complain.
To beat the dead horse further, does Doom encourage us to empathize with demons?
... The only reason Washington is bitching is because they have a big budget shortfall....
Actually, Washington has been bitching about this for years (when they've had a surplus). Every year they bring it up MS threatens to leave and they back off. Personally, I think they should say "fine, pay us what you owe us and leave - but you'll never be permitted to sell your products in this state again." They've been extorting the state for years and it needs to stop.
Wow. Could you imagine a politician having the stones to say "you cannot buy a windows PC in my state"? Peter Jackson couldn't make that look plausible.
No. It will be called the Justice Engineering SUrveillance System, or JESUS. And it will pass almost unanymously, because nobody wants to vote against JESUS. This will also help deploy the system, because we all know that we need JESUS in our schools, our public buildings, and our street corners.
But it will not be deployed in businesses, because that's socialism, and we won't have JESUS in churches, because that would be a separation of church and state issue.
At some point, some government official will either be exposed to be pervert or some such, or will be wrongfully and horribly flagged as some sort of terrorist.
In fact, I'm willing to bet the European hacker community will take steps to ensure that such a thing happens. As soon as it does, there will be all sorts of running about to cripple the system to the point that it's inert, but oddly still very expensive.
As for the "flagged as a terrorist" thing, that's why we have exceptions. The unfortunate part is that, instead of looking at the exception and saying "Holy crap, what would have happened to this guy, if he had been a nobody", we just make an exception, and sweep the entire issue under the rug.
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Just refer to it as the GNU Image Manipulation Program. If anyone calls it GIMP, tell them it is an unfortunately acronym, and move on. But do expect them to switch to photoshop out of political correctness concerns.
And as an additional note, for every ten afterward, you would multiply by roughly a thousand. I.E.
2^10 = 1,024 b = 1kb
2^20 = 1,048,576 b = 1mb
2^30 = 1,073,741,824 b = 1gb
2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 b = 1tb
I suspect this is nothing new to you, but, there are other people who might find it helpful to know.
Part of the problem you are seeing with third party candidates is that our system does not work as a three party system. Essentially, a third party just divides the votes, strengthening the chances of whomever is most dissimilar to the third party candidate, and ultimately, undoing the Democratic process. (Meaning that it leads to a situation in which the majority of the people may favor an ideology, or set of policies, but the minority view gets elected, because they all rallied behind one candidate.
I personally would love to see a system that accounts for third party candidates, but the US system isn't it.
(Jostles for microphone) I'm sorry Carl, but Beyoncé had the best music video of all time!
Heh. I just sent this link to someone with the title "Something to think about the next time you hear a song by Kanye West or Akon"...
Apparently, those little transformers voice boxes they use now are a good substitute for talent.
The problem is that health insurance is trying to cover only the little things. If you get a serious illness, then the odds are that your insurance company will try to find a way to weasel out of paying for it. (I'm sure they classify it under Waste and Fraud prevention)
So, to use your analogy, it would be like if the Car Insurance Companies paid only for the little things and told you that, if your car gets totaled, you're on your own.
(I know I'm being redundant, but)
To put it in plain English:
Take any data set and you'll find patterns that are statistically impossible.
Not if you understand statistics.
Also note: If you understand statistics you would _never_ use the phrase 'statistically impossible'
I think his point is that you can apply the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy to make any set of numbers _appear_ to someone who does not understand statistics to be improbable. (although I may be embellishing his words a little)
Competition. Of course, they want the bill that probably will go through, now that the Dems have given up on the public option or any kind of reform that amounts to anything more than a blank check for the companies currently in existence, but when this debate first began, the bill looked much scarier to the insurance companies.
Sounds cool. So, how do you transfer files?
Does it have an external hard drive? It sounds like all you need is a wifi card and a web/ftp server on your home PC's podcast directory, and you'd be in business. :)
So if the mouse is being used only for buttons, then wouldn't have made more sense to buy either a remote used for multimedia/presentations, or to use a an external USB numeric keypad? (I am assuming that whatever software you use can map the commands to different keys)
Microsoft bashing Microsoft? This smells like step one in their plan to take over Slashdot.
It's called embrace and extend.
"We Screwed Up Windows Mobile"
s/Mobile// .
There you go.
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I remember back in grade school that sort of thing was a punishment.
Of course he does, they are undead like his own son!
You must be thinking of herpes. They go away for a few days, and then miraculously return.
Would you make it windows based? Using a mouse while driving is very dangerous, you know...
Apparently this is one of those times where the feds take advantage of that massive loo-pole in the fourth amendment effectively allowing them to disregard it in the case of "reasonable" searches and seizures...
loo-pole?
And the worst part was that it was a first generation iPod.
Let's say that you lived in a time when slavery took place, you opposed slavery, and you spoke out against it....
Then, you go to a slave auction, buy as many slaves as you can afford, and then let them go...
Would that make you a hypocrite for buying slaves?
(And I am not comparing the current copyright law to slavery)
Have you ever considered that maybe God loves the unborn AIDS viruses more?
It's not about denying history. The law is about not glorifying their mistakes. I live near a southern tourist town, and there are so many knife shops, that typically have one of five symbols: A wolf, an indian, a US flag, a swastika, or a confederate flag. People love to pretend like it is a love of history that makes them buy the confederate flags (as for the swastikas, those guys don't pretend to love anything).
But history does not mean loving everything your country has ever done. I'm glad they don't hang Swastikas on their buildings and hold Holocaust reenactments, (they way we do with the civil war). Maybe they have the right idea by saying "we did this, it was a mistake, and we do not want to repeat it".
I know you're talking more about censorship than anything, but doesn't it also matter that the people with swastikas are portrayed as villains? If you want a controversy, try replacing all the swastikas with Stars of David, or crosses...Then, we would have a reason to complain.
To beat the dead horse further, does Doom encourage us to empathize with demons?
I don't know about Washington, but my state, California has plenty of hits when you google "companies leaving California"...
The same is true for most locations. Here is the number of results I got searching for "companies leaving x":
CA 2,490,000
TN 26,900,000
VA 13,500,000
NY 24,800,000
China* 26,200,000
Narnia 216,000
Granted, China is an Apples and Oranges comparison, due to it's size.
Actually, Washington has been bitching about this for years (when they've had a surplus). Every year they bring it up MS threatens to leave and they back off. Personally, I think they should say "fine, pay us what you owe us and leave - but you'll never be permitted to sell your products in this state again." They've been extorting the state for years and it needs to stop.
Wow. Could you imagine a politician having the stones to say "you cannot buy a windows PC in my state"? Peter Jackson couldn't make that look plausible.
Its like I work in New York but i claim income tax in NJ
Well, aren't the paychecks/bank statements being mailed to your NJ P.O. Box? :)
No. It will be called the Justice Engineering SUrveillance System, or JESUS. And it will pass almost unanymously, because nobody wants to vote against JESUS. This will also help deploy the system, because we all know that we need JESUS in our schools, our public buildings, and our street corners.
But it will not be deployed in businesses, because that's socialism, and we won't have JESUS in churches, because that would be a separation of church and state issue.
At some point, some government official will either be exposed to be pervert or some such, or will be wrongfully and horribly flagged as some sort of terrorist.
In fact, I'm willing to bet the European hacker community will take steps to ensure that such a thing happens. As soon as it does, there will be all sorts of running about to cripple the system to the point that it's inert, but oddly still very expensive.
As for the "flagged as a terrorist" thing, that's why we have exceptions. The unfortunate part is that, instead of looking at the exception and saying "Holy crap, what would have happened to this guy, if he had been a nobody", we just make an exception, and sweep the entire issue under the rug.