The tinfoil hat in me wonders whether these people are funding disruptive education legislators to make sure the new generation are ignorant, fearful, insecure and therefore ready to become Nivea consumers.
No need, it's already happened. The government has a much more vested interested in a mis- or poorly-education populace than any commercial undertaking could ever have.
I think what's lacking when it comes to candidates is there's no accountability. I like to see goals listed out that are achievable, realistic & measurable. But when they are elected and these goals melt away or the politician is so deluded the think they're achieving these goals, I just cringe.
What's even worse is that politicians' political policies are almost never policies or plans at all, usually they're just wishlists of what they hope to achieve: Create X million jobs, achieve X level of energy independence, etc., invest in currently unproven or infeasible technology Y to achieve Z. Listing _whats_ is easy. There's rarely any discussion on _how_ these whats will be achieved. The hows are hard, and usually painful for government, industry or the public, if not all three.
And then there's Obama saying "The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders on the ground and done in consultation with the Iraqi government." or elsewhere where he's said words to the effect "We'll remove them as conditions allow, in order to prevent chaos and civil war erupting in a vacuum." Well, DUH! That's what they're doing now. Does anyone think Bush is trying to deliberately keep them there _longer_ than necessary? Wait, there are those people that would argue that he has been in order to let the contractors milk as much out of it as possible... it certainly would explain why it took 4 years to get with the program. Nevertheless, I believe the U.S. has _always_ been committed to getting troops out as fast as possible without leaving things worse than when we went in. So Obama's statement is nothing more than a visit from Captain Obvious.
Most campaigning these days, by any candidate from either party, seems to fall into one of two categories: Christmas lists of what he or she _will_ accomplish (or often simply give away), with little or no consideration to how, or wordy attempts to state with eloquence and apparent profundity, the blindingly obvious.
Frankly, almost anyone could do either one of these things. Too bad there are those pesky details that make the difference between someone who is talking out of some orifice other than his mouth and someone who is speaking from real experience, careful research, proper consultation and detailed consideration.
And that's why you can never go wrong with Windows. cmd.exe (nee command.com) hasn't had any significant changes (and no improvements) in 15 years (or so it seems, I stopped using the standard MS shell almost 20 years ago).
I tried running Silverlight a few times and all I could get it to do is ask to be installed... even when it supposedly already was. I guess I need to use IE, which means I will never try it.
Hey, it's IBM we're talking about here. You're lucky it doesn't use REXX or something like that. I've never seen a piece of IBM software that was more user friendly than a pissed-off rattlesnake.
Nice Spock's Beard reference in the sig, by the way.
Thanks. It's an utter crime that that album (and the other 8 they've done) isn't more well-known. They have more talent and skill than every Top 40 artist from the past 20 years added together.
Are those guys any good? I've been using Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, and Spam for years, but I'm getting the impression they don't take their work very seriously. The last time I was in court my counsel called for a sidebar and he and judge were comparing notes on the garters and bras they were wearing. I ended up getting the murder charges dropped but had to plead guilty to assault with a pointed stick. It was self-defense, though, he was coming at me with a bunch of grapes!
I can't say how they'll deal with the obesity problem, but there's this new product that's hit the market that will help solve the food problem in the Third World. They say it's based mostly on soybeans and lentils, and can be produced much more efficiently than corn, rice, wheat and just about anything else. I've tried it, and it's not bad: a little bland, but it really fills you up. It must be the protein content. There are a couple versions, which have different flavors and consistency. The red and yellow kinds are OK, but I like the green kind the best.
Are you suggesting we all live on a disc? And what carries this disc? Next, you'll say something ridiculous like "the disc is balanced on the back of four elephants who in turn are carried by a giant turtle".
That's so silly I bet you couldn't even write a good fantasy story about it.
Sounds to me like the OP had already taken care of the more important things. He had a generator, which implies his food and shelter were taken care of as well. What a ridiculous comment you made.
So does Lotus Notes still look and work like something that written in the 1980's by forced labor in a Soviet gulag?
Trust me, as an alternative to Microsoft, this is not something I would choose. I've been moving away from Microsoft, and now use Linux on all my computers (although I do occasionally use a Windows 2000 VM). My kids use Windows because they play a lot of games, but I am encouraging them to use Linux when applicable. However, I'm not doing this because XP is awful. XP is pretty good, but XP is on Death Row and I have no desire to use Vista and I definitely have no desire to give Microsoft any more money.
However, given a choice between Microsoft software and IBM software, I'll take Microsoft any day of the week. Nothing says "user hostile" like an IBM application.
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When I was a kid, we didn't even have pixels, transparent or otherwise. We had to "draw" transparent dots on little pieces of paper with pen knives.
That was the 80s. Big difference, although even Rick Astley is preferable to most of what passes for popular music these days.
The tinfoil hat in me wonders whether these people are funding disruptive education legislators to make sure the new generation are ignorant, fearful, insecure and therefore ready to become Nivea consumers.
No need, it's already happened. The government has a much more vested interested in a mis- or poorly-education populace than any commercial undertaking could ever have.
This, to me, shows why the 'golden age' phenomenon is so prevalent.
I don't care what you say. Music was objectively better in the 70's... even taking disco into account.
I think what's lacking when it comes to candidates is there's no accountability. I like to see goals listed out that are achievable, realistic & measurable. But when they are elected and these goals melt away or the politician is so deluded the think they're achieving these goals, I just cringe.
What's even worse is that politicians' political policies are almost never policies or plans at all, usually they're just wishlists of what they hope to achieve: Create X million jobs, achieve X level of energy independence, etc., invest in currently unproven or infeasible technology Y to achieve Z. Listing _whats_ is easy. There's rarely any discussion on _how_ these whats will be achieved. The hows are hard, and usually painful for government, industry or the public, if not all three.
And then there's Obama saying "The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders on the ground and done in consultation with the Iraqi government." or elsewhere where he's said words to the effect "We'll remove them as conditions allow, in order to prevent chaos and civil war erupting in a vacuum." Well, DUH! That's what they're doing now. Does anyone think Bush is trying to deliberately keep them there _longer_ than necessary? Wait, there are those people that would argue that he has been in order to let the contractors milk as much out of it as possible... it certainly would explain why it took 4 years to get with the program. Nevertheless, I believe the U.S. has _always_ been committed to getting troops out as fast as possible without leaving things worse than when we went in. So Obama's statement is nothing more than a visit from Captain Obvious.
Most campaigning these days, by any candidate from either party, seems to fall into one of two categories: Christmas lists of what he or she _will_ accomplish (or often simply give away), with little or no consideration to how, or wordy attempts to state with eloquence and apparent profundity, the blindingly obvious.
Frankly, almost anyone could do either one of these things. Too bad there are those pesky details that make the difference between someone who is talking out of some orifice other than his mouth and someone who is speaking from real experience, careful research, proper consultation and detailed consideration.
That's not fair! Soylent Green should get a vote too.
Who do you think keeps re-electing Robert Byrd?
Haven't you heard? Corporations legally are people... and their votes count for a helluva lot more than yours and mine.
And that's why you can never go wrong with Windows. cmd.exe (nee command.com) hasn't had any significant changes (and no improvements) in 15 years (or so it seems, I stopped using the standard MS shell almost 20 years ago).
Lowest Common Denominator FTW.
I tried running Silverlight a few times and all I could get it to do is ask to be installed... even when it supposedly already was. I guess I need to use IE, which means I will never try it.
cause my delete key is broken.
I hear reinstalling Windows fixes that.
New fastest way to get modded down on /.: say Firefox isn't as great as people claim it is.
I bet I can do that and avoid getting modded down:
Firefox isn't as great as people claim it is. It's better.
Hey, it's IBM we're talking about here. You're lucky it doesn't use REXX or something like that. I've never seen a piece of IBM software that was more user friendly than a pissed-off rattlesnake.
Nice Spock's Beard reference in the sig, by the way.
Thanks. It's an utter crime that that album (and the other 8 they've done) isn't more well-known. They have more talent and skill than every Top 40 artist from the past 20 years added together.
Almost none of our politicians nor candidates are informed enough about science either, so what difference does it make? We're simply screwed.
Actually, the lyrics to that piece would probably make a strong password... and I should know, I used to know a good chunk of them by heart.
Are those guys any good? I've been using Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, and Spam for years, but I'm getting the impression they don't take their work very seriously. The last time I was in court my counsel called for a sidebar and he and judge were comparing notes on the garters and bras they were wearing. I ended up getting the murder charges dropped but had to plead guilty to assault with a pointed stick. It was self-defense, though, he was coming at me with a bunch of grapes!
I can't say how they'll deal with the obesity problem, but there's this new product that's hit the market that will help solve the food problem in the Third World. They say it's based mostly on soybeans and lentils, and can be produced much more efficiently than corn, rice, wheat and just about anything else. I've tried it, and it's not bad: a little bland, but it really fills you up. It must be the protein content. There are a couple versions, which have different flavors and consistency. The red and yellow kinds are OK, but I like the green kind the best.
Are you suggesting we all live on a disc? And what carries this disc? Next, you'll say something ridiculous like "the disc is balanced on the back of four elephants who in turn are carried by a giant turtle".
That's so silly I bet you couldn't even write a good fantasy story about it.
Sounds to me like the OP had already taken care of the more important things. He had a generator, which implies his food and shelter were taken care of as well. What a ridiculous comment you made.
Nope, they hired Dewey, Cheatam and Howe.
I did. However the WHOOSH was over _your_ head.
There's a professional, who's an expert in programmable metronomes, at the University of Sussex.
The rest is a cheer, "Go Congress!"
At least that's how I parsed it...
I think this whole Vista thing will be a disaster for MS far greater then Windows ME ever could be.
If it gets the bald guy with too many Y-chromosomes fired it will have been worth it.
Vista however was hailed as the 2nd coming of Christ.. well hello there Satan.. :)
Funny, I see the same thing happening in American politics...
Yes, because /. really isn't that respectable.
So does Lotus Notes still look and work like something that written in the 1980's by forced labor in a Soviet gulag?
Trust me, as an alternative to Microsoft, this is not something I would choose. I've been moving away from Microsoft, and now use Linux on all my computers (although I do occasionally use a Windows 2000 VM). My kids use Windows because they play a lot of games, but I am encouraging them to use Linux when applicable. However, I'm not doing this because XP is awful. XP is pretty good, but XP is on Death Row and I have no desire to use Vista and I definitely have no desire to give Microsoft any more money.
However, given a choice between Microsoft software and IBM software, I'll take Microsoft any day of the week. Nothing says "user hostile" like an IBM application.