From the way that the post read it sounded like Biden had a bad voting record on tech issues.
From the article/survey/whatever the 'scores' made it sound like he had a bad score (37.575). But when you look at the actual issues that he voted for or against it seems that the majority of his stances are really good. Really good.
He did vote against the CANSPAM thing. that can be explained in two ways: 1) He is against a federal law trumping a state law because some state laws might be more stringent than he expects CANSPAM to be and/or 2) he is from Delaware and most credit card companies, and other nasties, are incorporated and 'run' out of Delaware (damn).
I looked at George Allen (VA) who received a 78. He voted on only 9 issues. He voted against 2 (both of which Biden voted against), for 7, and there was no data for 7 more, making the total 16,
The cNet thing doesn't look valid on any level. It seems like they count a vote for or against but do not consider the legislation (ie whether it is really pro-tech or not).
I understand your point: laptop is better than no laptop.
Agreed, but...
"All politics are local"
Thanks, Goethe.
And he was right. While the laptops are better than no laptops how much will they really cost? What infrastructure will they need (support staff, etc.) , and its cost? What else comes with the laptops (i.e. a worthless windmill, I mean dome stadium)? And finally will they deliver?
All of these duties will be spun out to over-bidding, under-delivering lackeys that are beholden to Mayor Larry Langford. This project is not to help children or students, but to enrich compatriots of Mayor Langford and provide a distraction from a boondoggle designed to even further enrich the mayor and his same entourage.
I know that politics everywhere are considered corrupt, but seriously, Birmingham must be at the top of that list, or near it at least.
I live in Birmingham, AL and think that it is a great idea to be equipping our children for life in the real world. Mayor Larry Langford's efforts, to this end, should be lauded.
On the other hand, and there is always another hand, this particular instance is a shell game. Birmingham (and sadly Alabama in general) has been the victim of poor leadership and frequent deception. In this case newly elected Mayor Larry Langford, formerly mayor of a nearby, poorer, decaying locality, rented an apartment in Birmingham (but never lived there) in order to become eligible to be elected in Birmingham as mayor. He has been pushing a dome stadium for years (10+) believing that he can attract a professional football team(never NFL, mind you) and turn Birmingham, AL into a tourist attraction.
In order to do this he wants to raise sales taxes on everything (food and necessities included). This is a regressive tax on the poor and uneducated who will not enjoy the fruits (if there are any fruits) of their taxation.
He has been trying to pass this for years and now he thinks he has it.
Birmingham cannot let him distract them with the XO laptops under the right shell when there is a dangerous, expensive, disasterous dome stadium under the other one.
Laptops=good idea Dome stadium/Birmingham as a tourist destination=WTF???
Your hassle is that you have no power due to the snow storm. The snow storm didn't stop your coal-burning power plant from producing power. The overhead power lines that were ripped down by trees caused your problem. To fix your issue all we would have to do is bury the lines. Nuclear, while not inherently bad, produces waste that must be baby-sat for a long, long time. That is the issue. The waste. Deal with the waste and it is a good idea. Burying the waste and playing the "forget about it" game is not acceptable no matter how deep it is buried. Why is wind and solar power such a bad idea?
How does this affect Apple's 'nix variant OS X (aka Darwin)?
Does SCO seek to attack Apple? Or does something in the development of Darwin preclude such an attack (ie Darwin, or at least the Apple variant, does not contain the unknown but infringing code)?
For years and years (and years and years) Denon has used refrigerants (freon and such, unfortunately...) running in a tube directly through the cooling fins of the home amps they produce.
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From the way that the post read it sounded like Biden had a bad voting record on tech issues.
From the article/survey/whatever the 'scores' made it sound like he had a bad score (37.575). But when you look at the actual issues that he voted for or against it seems that the majority of his stances are really good. Really good.
He did vote against the CANSPAM thing. that can be explained in two ways: 1) He is against a federal law trumping a state law because some state laws might be more stringent than he expects CANSPAM to be and/or 2) he is from Delaware and most credit card companies, and other nasties, are incorporated and 'run' out of Delaware (damn).
I looked at George Allen (VA) who received a 78. He voted on only 9 issues. He voted against 2 (both of which Biden voted against), for 7, and there was no data for 7 more, making the total 16,
The cNet thing doesn't look valid on any level. It seems like they count a vote for or against but do not consider the legislation (ie whether it is really pro-tech or not).
Seriously!
That's all I'm saying.
cabalist
I understand your point: laptop is better than no laptop.
Agreed, but...
"All politics are local"
Thanks, Goethe.
And he was right. While the laptops are better than no laptops how much will they really cost? What infrastructure will they need (support staff, etc.) , and its cost? What else comes with the laptops (i.e. a worthless windmill, I mean dome stadium)? And finally will they deliver?
All of these duties will be spun out to over-bidding, under-delivering lackeys that are beholden to Mayor Larry Langford. This project is not to help children or students, but to enrich compatriots of Mayor Langford and provide a distraction from a boondoggle designed to even further enrich the mayor and his same entourage.
I know that politics everywhere are considered corrupt, but seriously, Birmingham must be at the top of that list, or near it at least.
cabalist
I live in Birmingham, AL and think that it is a great idea to be equipping our children for life in the real world. Mayor Larry Langford's efforts, to this end, should be lauded.
On the other hand, and there is always another hand, this particular instance is a shell game. Birmingham (and sadly Alabama in general) has been the victim of poor leadership and frequent deception. In this case newly elected Mayor Larry Langford, formerly mayor of a nearby, poorer, decaying locality, rented an apartment in Birmingham (but never lived there) in order to become eligible to be elected in Birmingham as mayor. He has been pushing a dome stadium for years (10+) believing that he can attract a professional football team(never NFL, mind you) and turn Birmingham, AL into a tourist attraction.
In order to do this he wants to raise sales taxes on everything (food and necessities included). This is a regressive tax on the poor and uneducated who will not enjoy the fruits (if there are any fruits) of their taxation.
He has been trying to pass this for years and now he thinks he has it.
Birmingham cannot let him distract them with the XO laptops under the right shell when there is a dangerous, expensive, disasterous dome stadium under the other one.
Laptops=good idea
Dome stadium/Birmingham as a tourist destination=WTF???
cabalist
Your hassle is that you have no power due to the snow storm. The snow storm didn't stop your coal-burning power plant from producing power. The overhead power lines that were ripped down by trees caused your problem. To fix your issue all we would have to do is bury the lines. Nuclear, while not inherently bad, produces waste that must be baby-sat for a long, long time. That is the issue. The waste. Deal with the waste and it is a good idea. Burying the waste and playing the "forget about it" game is not acceptable no matter how deep it is buried. Why is wind and solar power such a bad idea?
How does this affect Apple's 'nix variant OS X (aka Darwin)?
Does SCO seek to attack Apple? Or does something in the development of Darwin preclude such an attack (ie Darwin, or at least the Apple variant, does not contain the unknown but infringing code)?
cabalist
For years and years (and years and years) Denon has used refrigerants (freon and such, unfortunately...) running in a tube directly through the cooling fins of the home amps they produce.
Why not on PCs?
cabalist