#1 pet-peve on a date, just short of picking your nose, is picking up a cell phone.
I take my phone with me, and it goes OFF the second I am within talking distance of my date. If it goes back on again, that means I'm more concerned about a random friend asking me (for the 50th time) what sites are best for downloading mp3s, than I am in the flow of our conversation.
Is there anything more uncomfortable than to be mid-stride in conversation, and having that blasted ring interupt. So now she's giving driving directions to a friend and your picking at your food. (or your nose, as at this point it's a lost cause)
So help me, if that phone rings it better be your family priest/rabbi/immam telling you that your mother/brother/father/sister/dog is dieing.
Now that I think about it, I don't want a portable jammer with me on a date. I want to know as soon as possible that the womman is a classless waste of my time.
Here's a better idea though. Let's install electroshock devices on cell phones, that are like that video game James Bond (Sean Connery) played in "Never Say Never Again". When you start talking it's all good, but as time passes the voltage/pain goes up. If the conversation isn't worth having you hang up before you have to feel the pain of everyone else sitting near you.
Look, I agree SuperSizeMe was a great movie. It made allot of good points. But Americans are already freaking out over their weight, and Europeans are catching up FAST (or did you miss that bit of the movie, it was in the begining while y'all were putting mayonaise on your fries).
One thing I think SSM didn't put enough emphasis on was exercise. Most any diet under 3000 calories a day can be negated by being resonably fit.
The amount of callories that would come from putting even heavy cream in your coffee, is negligable. Probably no worse than your average, non-diet, salad dressing. Besides how many cups a day can a person drink, with only a few table spoons of cream per it's not that bad?
I say get 1hr or so of activity and eat what you like (within reason of course).
Your one of those self ritious people who harps on smokers aren't you?
Vegitarian too?
Why can't we all be just like you!?! Why G_D WHY!?!
I've been living my life pretty well up untill now. Thankyou oh so much for setting me straight!
Out devil caffine out!
Of course when my boss fires me for sleeping at my desk I'll have to turn to booze.
FYI: I bike 20mi a day. I eat 6 oz of animal protien per week. And have a resting heart rate under 45bpm. Coffee does just fine by me, so go take a flying leap you loon.
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Read my lips you anonymous green twit:
250mi per gallon!
Electric don't come from nowhere, it has to be generated. And since we shut down all the nuclear powerplants because of reactionist nutballs, and hammer toting physisits (who didn't listen to Teller), we generate most of that from coal and natural gass. Neither of which is great for the environment either.
(then again if we listened to Teller we'd be using A-Bombs to clear mountain ranges... they can't all be gems)
The name of the game isn't perpetual motion machines, and fancies about renewable energies that are still 50 years off (and even then wofully inadequate). It's about efficiency. And at 250mpg I'm not too worried about the environmental impact.
If your still worried about renewables and CO2 (and cowfarting etc.) there are plenty of synthetic methods of power such engines, such as biomass fules. It couldn't be too hard to swap out some of these motors for diesel biofule motors. Since most of these motors already require mixed fules, you might as well go the rest of the way an make your own fule.
This is ALMOST exactly what I'm looking for. Too bad he isn't selling yet. http://revopower.com/main.php
However these guys ARE selling. It requires perminant mod's to the bike, so you'd have to get a second one, if you didn't want to always shlep the extra weight. The Eagle in particular looks exclenent (if expensive) since it is designed to allow you to pedal along with it. I'm not sure about the other types.
The only thing that could make these designes better is if you could quickly detatch the motors when not needed. something I've not seen in any "assist" design. And with a 250mi to a gallon range (105.7 kilometers per Liter) it's not so un-green after all. You can get extended tanks, which is a good idea since they all require mixed fuels.
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I keep a towel under my desk @ work. (do you know where your towel is?) And shower EVERY day. But a good strong deoderant helps. BTW: Anti-persperant makes it worse; since if you apply it before the ride you'll just sweat elsewhere.
In all honestly, I've never had a complaint from coworkers. But a shower (& Gym) at work would be awsome beyond compare.
Now here's a discussion I never thought I'd have at slashdot.
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I have been biking to work now for almost a year. I've long since gotten in shape, and I have no problems with hills or smelling at work (just change cloths, it takes 1 minuet).
But there are days I just don't feel upto it. Seriously. Sometimes I just didn't get enough sleep, sometimes I'm sick (though rarely thanx to all that regular exercise), and sometimes I'm bruised from falling off my bike. So some times I'm just not capable of putting out that much effort.
It would be nice to have something that could pick up the slack. "Help" pedal as it were so that I can still ride my bike, even when I don't have the energy. There may be days when I don't have the energy to ride, but there is never a day that I don't want to ride.
That and for longer inter-city trips, some kind help would also be good.
But batteries don't have any where near the power density for longer intercity trips. And the system ways so much that it's more of a burden than a help on daily commutes. (since most days you won't need it)
I know I'll get flaimed for it, but what about a small petrol/gas motor? Easy to refule, there often made light weight, and have the power to make a real difference in both scenarios.
What it does meen is I now have a legal basis for beating the cr@p out of the Starbucks clerk when he doesn't understand I just want plain black coffee.
It's worse here in Israel, where the idea of coffee is synonymous with milk. Every time I go somewhere for coffee it's a 5 minuet ordeal, that I am not caffinated enough to deal with.
"Caffe, Shovar, ein Chalav, ein sukar" (Translation: Coffee, black. No milk, no Sugar)
"Espresso".
"Lo Nescafe",(Trans: no instant.)
"Ah Nescafe Latte" (Trans: Oh, you must be wrong, and want Instant coffee mixed with steamed milk)
"LO! Nescafe, im maim cham. Ze Oh." (Trans: No you freaking moron. Put instant coffee in hot water, nothing else!)
"Maim? oh Chalav?" (Trans: No one actually drinks coffee like that here. You want it with milk)
"Look I'm a f@#$ing American. My hebrew sucks, and I know you speak 3 d@#$ languages so you can understand this. All I want is caffine in water. No milk, I'm lactose intolerant. No suggar I'm a diabetic. So unless you want me farting while I'm going through sugar shock on your floor, PUT INSTANT COFFEE IN HOT WATTER AND LET ME PAY YOU FOR IT!!"
do some basic math. This UTOPIA project, the largest and most ambitios, will cost some 340million to deliver service to 140,000 consumers. That's a cost of $2,500 per customer! That's static start up cost, assuming that it all comes in on budget, on time, and you still haven't considered coninuing maintenance and upgrade!
No wonder their are no companies leaping to do this. Someone has to pay for this. You really think your going to get 1.5Mb fiber to your house for $40 a month?
Look I think it's a sleazy as it gets bribeing the gov't to keep competition out of the market. But one does have to ask the questions:
Q:Why isn't their more free market competition to start with?
A:Telecom is a nasty, expensive, buisness. And now that it's been wrapped up with the computer industry it's a moving target. If your crystal ball get's foggy for just a little bit, your out of buisness.
These services will get to consumers, when they can be practically and effectively deployed.
Right! I forgot only Republicans (Latin for "rich old white men", which is greek for "source of all evil") are dirty.
Grow up!
"I know its against an intellectual mindset to do this, but now is the time to fight, and fight dirty."
What can I say? You actually think that one party is full of smart nice people and the other is full of dumb mean people. To call that Nieve is like calling water wet.
A) In America both parties are "Right" by world standards. America is a verry rightwing country, what we call left wing is far right of where the rest of the world's right wing starts.
B) World wide, politicians suck. There are some good ones, a few that joined the system to make it better, and stayed clean the whole way. But left or right doesn't matter since democratic elections encourage the winning of "dirty" politicians. (What praytell does debating and back room dealing have to do with being a "good" leader? Effective maybe...) Democracy isn't the best system, it's just the best we've got so far.
C) "Intellectual mindset": There are lots of smart people who are Republicans, Communists, Socialists, Libretarians, Tall, Short, Fat, Skinny, and strange. In fact their are no shortage in any group (even he KKK). Intelect is a horse, "emotions" are the rider. We decide based on our emotions, and we rationalize our decisions with our intelect. Though I'm sure it's personaly gratifying to believe that one might only come to share *Your* (the generic "you") by being of high and grand intelect! (THE KING HAS NO CLOTHS!THE KING HAS NO CLOTHS!)
"If personal attacks is what it takes to get Bush out of office, I'm all for them. Republicans use dirty tricks all the time..."
So the ends justify the means? By this logic, it doesn't matter why we went into Iraq, or how many people died. All that matters is that Saddam is gone (little Arab version of Pol-Pot/Hittler that he was) and now there is a *chance* to build a free Iraq.
They didn't just steel delgates info they stole personal information about citizens who support Bush.
And guess what? Your NOT fair game! I do NOT have the right to harass you. I do NOT have the right to publish your personal info and suggest to others to harass you. I do NOT have the right to endorse, encourage, or enable those who wish to harass you. Otherwise I would go to jail!
So if "They're just as fair game as [you]", then they are NOT fair game.
PS. Don't sweat the bill of rights. It's difficult to amend the constitution for a reason.
This guy hacked the ProtestWarrior website and stole the info. It wasn't just delagets it was people registered at PW. Private emails, phone numbers, names addresses. Furthermore posted that information to the world on IndyMedia with the full aproval of it's editing staff. Then suggested that people call and harrass everyone on the list.
I don't give a @#$% what your political offiliation is that is wrong. It is violation of PW servers with intent to do harm. It is violation of their covenant of privacey with their members. It is harasment of people because of their beliefs.
It's one thing to protest, it's another to make personal attacks.
By the letter of the law, my using Bittorrent to download the latest Adam Sandler flick is stealing.
But I don't have equal representation in DC either. Democratic law is the result of agreed upon rules that the entire society has determined to be equitable. Bribeing legistators & judges is hardly inside the bounds of law, and it is exactly how this man creates the laws that make my action illegal. (not talking about morrality)
"10 congac glasses"
The glass maker doesn't tell me what brand of congac I can use in the glasses either. Nor do they stipulate what in country I may drink from those glasses.
If I think that congac glasses are too fragile, I can go out and by a mettal cup (gold electro plated PLEASE!!). I am not forced to drink my congac in one style of cup, that I find inferiour, and fragile.
The only reason these 'illegal softwares' exist is because consumers have demanded it, and his industry has failed to exploit that market. Excuse me while I cry a river of tears. Linux users demanded the ability to view DVDs, they ignored then sued (btw, how much money did they loose by linux users 'illegaly' renting and viewing DVDs on DCSS software?) Internationals demanded to be able to view their DVDs in America or Europe. (only legal DVDs are region encoded) Movie collectors asked that they be able to transport the format of a movie from one media to the next, and not be forced to repurchase their entire collection every 10 years. (or be forced to maintain old media players) Movie fans asked that they NOT be gouged at the theater. Music fans wondered why CD's cost so much, when most of the music on them they don't want.
The technology to solve all of these problems have been around for years. and iTunes long since demonstrated that content deliver online works, as long as you don't price gouge. But that would force the media industry to become competitive, and *shock* *horror* change with the market! Why they would find it so much harder to gauge customers.
Why else would I prefer a grainy lo-res DVD/Cam rip to a DVD with all the features? 'cause I won't spend $30 on a freeking movie.
"It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide,"
What exactly does the free market place have to do with taxpayers? Are people who cheat on their taxes not entiteled to a competitivly priced OS?
And since when is innovation a "right"? If so when will iMacs be subsidized by the gov't?
MS,as scuzzy as they are, have the right to charge anything they want. It is their product! I personaly don't want it written down in the great history books of geekdom that Linux won by default. It's one thing to press charges over threatening companies into unreasonable, exclusive contracts (through monopoly power). It's another matter entirely to sue for "the right to competative priceing". Go to a dollar store for criminie's sake!
ok, sterio type. Please don't flame me. It's still funny. Have a laugh... even if your german. But if you are german, please don't laugh it public.. it's frightening.
Tell me again why it's a "BAD" thing that Linux has a billion and 1 distrobution varieties?
Let every country build it how they like it. Customize it to their own little idioms, and language.
Though, to be honest, I'm amazed that MS manages to keep up with the vast number of cultural details and translations that it does. And overall does fairly well.
So it's ok then if red-necks keep black voters from going to the polls so long as the gov't isn't involved?
This is people trying to keep eachother from expressing political opinion, in an active and discriminatory way. M. Moore cried censorship when Disney claimed that the movie was too hot to touch. And that was Dinsney making a buisness decision (ultimately not a good one). Moore accused Disney of backing Bush, and censoring him. However in this case it's blatant, obstruction, for no other possible reason than dislike of someone elses political opinion.
Worse still is that the internet is international. This invites loonies from all over the world who are not American citizens, and I'm sorry, do NOT have a say in our politics. (no matter how much we might affect them)
This is an obscene form of activism, it crosses the line.
Where 100million tinfoil hat script kiddies can see it and get ready for the big day.
The story IS obviously tech oriented (much more so than F 9/11), but is this the necesarily moral thing to do? I know Taco dislikes bush, but this is enabeling script kiddies to do damage to an electoral canidate in an ilegal way.
Besides all you would have to do to shut down the GOP website would be to link it from the front page with the phrase "Microsoft buys up SCO". What nerds survive the initial heart attack will then/. it into oblivion.
1) the Sudan, with more than 1 million people expected to die this year (plenty last) for no reason other than their beliefes and/or their skin color. UN turns it's back.
2) Congo. France sells illegal weapons to a monster like Sadam, then critisizes US intervention. Meen while they send in troops to slauter civilians and maintain the power of a dictator that guarantees the continued flow of clonflict diamonds
3) France again, shuts down all local exile groups and privately rougted funding to democratic ("mostly" non-violent) orgainizations in Iran. Very signifigant, since France has the largest muslim population in Europe. Local muslims start setting themselves on fire in protest.
4) Egypt rounds up 800 men and executes half (imprisons the other half) for the crime of homosexuality.
5) Iran, a Theocratic Democracy/Dictatorship (yeah it's complicated) openly admits to having nuclear weapons, and delivery systems. But is ignored because they tell the UN it's for energy purposes.
6) 25+ year occupatoin of Lebanon. 0 world objection. (it's the world not Syria I'm pissed at)
7) Libya elected to chair UN committe on humman rights. WTF?
8) Islamic terrorism in the philipines, seeking indipendence. Islam is about 5% of the population.
9) Chechen "rebels" are burried in pig skin as a matter of policy by the Russian gov't. Egyption religious leaders and solidarity with terrorists who are trying to over through the majority elected democratic gov't of chechniya ("rebels") decaler an excepmtion for martirs who die spreading Islam. Even if burried in pig skin, they go to heaven, get virgins (or raisins, not sure which). Who's worse, Russia or the Egyptian Imams?
10) the UN oil for food program. doesn't it bother you that the largest humanitarian organization in the world is on the take? Kofi Anan, who's making MILLIONS off of starving Iraqi's, came out against the war... you don't say?
"First of all, it's probably not physically possible, even..."
Metaphore. sheesh. Illustrating the onesidedness of most conflict.
I wasn't actually thinking of the Iraq war.
Either one.
"..I'd have a pretty damn good form of self-justification to go kill a few capitalist Americans."
Going to bed hungry at night, while a country of fat Americans are living high on the hog is justificaiton enough. The cognative disonance that one was tought to believe "his people" were meant to rule the world doesn't help quell ones hunger either.
America isn't a country of saints. But wether she was attacked for her faults or her graces is a hotly debatable issue.
I have NO doubt that blowing Iraq to itty bitty pieces made America enemies. What I am not certain is wether that action made made, in total,more friends or not. Friends being defined loosley of course.
I certainly don't now, and never did, disagree with the first Iraqi war. I think if this last engagement will be considered by history a success or not will largely depend on the stabilty and justness of the new Iraqi gov't.
BTW: The US actions & screw ups in Iraq don't even get on the top 10 list of stomach turning world polics this past year. It's only as large an issue it is, because it's the US involved. And it's oh so polite to trash the US. (I am sick and tired of europeans taking easy pot shots at US sterio types, most of which could also be said about europeans)
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#1 pet-peve on a date, just short of picking your nose, is picking up a cell phone.
I take my phone with me, and it goes OFF the second I am within talking distance of my date. If it goes back on again, that means I'm more concerned about a random friend asking me (for the 50th time) what sites are best for downloading mp3s, than I am in the flow of our conversation.
Is there anything more uncomfortable than to be mid-stride in conversation, and having that blasted ring interupt. So now she's giving driving directions to a friend and your picking at your food. (or your nose, as at this point it's a lost cause)
So help me, if that phone rings it better be your family priest/rabbi/immam telling you that your mother/brother/father/sister/dog is dieing.
Now that I think about it, I don't want a portable jammer with me on a date. I want to know as soon as possible that the womman is a classless waste of my time.
Here's a better idea though. Let's install electroshock devices on cell phones, that are like that video game James Bond (Sean Connery) played in "Never Say Never Again". When you start talking it's all good, but as time passes the voltage/pain goes up. If the conversation isn't worth having you hang up before you have to feel the pain of everyone else sitting near you.
I admit it, it's all my fault.
I've got 200 SUV's & 500 farting cows in the back yard, cranking out the C02.
And it's none too soon, winter is comming and it's gonna get way too cold. Anyone want to donate some microwave boritos to help speed up the process?
Look, I agree SuperSizeMe was a great movie. It made allot of good points. But Americans are already freaking out over their weight, and Europeans are catching up FAST (or did you miss that bit of the movie, it was in the begining while y'all were putting mayonaise on your fries).
One thing I think SSM didn't put enough emphasis on was exercise. Most any diet under 3000 calories a day can be negated by being resonably fit.
The amount of callories that would come from putting even heavy cream in your coffee, is negligable. Probably no worse than your average, non-diet, salad dressing. Besides how many cups a day can a person drink, with only a few table spoons of cream per it's not that bad?
I say get 1hr or so of activity and eat what you like (within reason of course).
Your one of those self ritious people who harps on smokers aren't you?
Vegitarian too?
Why can't we all be just like you!?! Why G_D WHY!?!
I've been living my life pretty well up untill now. Thankyou oh so much for setting me straight!
Out devil caffine out!
Of course when my boss fires me for sleeping at my desk I'll have to turn to booze.
FYI: I bike 20mi a day. I eat 6 oz of animal protien per week. And have a resting heart rate under 45bpm. Coffee does just fine by me, so go take a flying leap you loon.
Read my lips you anonymous green twit:
250mi per gallon!
Electric don't come from nowhere, it has to be generated. And since we shut down all the nuclear powerplants because of reactionist nutballs, and hammer toting physisits (who didn't listen to Teller), we generate most of that from coal and natural gass. Neither of which is great for the environment either.
(then again if we listened to Teller we'd be using A-Bombs to clear mountain ranges... they can't all be gems)
The name of the game isn't perpetual motion machines, and fancies about renewable energies that are still 50 years off (and even then wofully inadequate). It's about efficiency. And at 250mpg I'm not too worried about the environmental impact.
If your still worried about renewables and CO2 (and cowfarting etc.) there are plenty of synthetic methods of power such engines, such as biomass fules. It couldn't be too hard to swap out some of these motors for diesel biofule motors. Since most of these motors already require mixed fules, you might as well go the rest of the way an make your own fule.
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This is ALMOST exactly what I'm looking for. Too bad he isn't selling yet.
http://revopower.com/main.php
However these guys ARE selling. It requires perminant mod's to the bike, so you'd have to get a second one, if you didn't want to always shlep the extra weight. The Eagle in particular looks exclenent (if expensive) since it is designed to allow you to pedal along with it. I'm not sure about the other types.
http://www.bikeengines.com/info.htm
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The only thing that could make these designes better is if you could quickly detatch the motors when not needed. something I've not seen in any "assist" design. And with a 250mi to a gallon range (105.7 kilometers per Liter) it's not so un-green after all. You can get extended tanks, which is a good idea since they all require mixed fuels.
I keep a towel under my desk @ work. (do you know where your towel is?) And shower EVERY day. But a good strong deoderant helps. BTW: Anti-persperant makes it worse; since if you apply it before the ride you'll just sweat elsewhere.
In all honestly, I've never had a complaint from coworkers. But a shower (& Gym) at work would be awsome beyond compare.
Now here's a discussion I never thought I'd have at slashdot.
I have been biking to work now for almost a year. I've long since gotten in shape, and I have no problems with hills or smelling at work (just change cloths, it takes 1 minuet).
But there are days I just don't feel upto it. Seriously. Sometimes I just didn't get enough sleep, sometimes I'm sick (though rarely thanx to all that regular exercise), and sometimes I'm bruised from falling off my bike. So some times I'm just not capable of putting out that much effort.
It would be nice to have something that could pick up the slack. "Help" pedal as it were so that I can still ride my bike, even when I don't have the energy. There may be days when I don't have the energy to ride, but there is never a day that I don't want to ride.
That and for longer inter-city trips, some kind help would also be good.
But batteries don't have any where near the power density for longer intercity trips. And the system ways so much that it's more of a burden than a help on daily commutes. (since most days you won't need it)
I know I'll get flaimed for it, but what about a small petrol/gas motor? Easy to refule, there often made light weight, and have the power to make a real difference in both scenarios.
What it does meen is I now have a legal basis for beating the cr@p out of the Starbucks clerk when he doesn't understand I just want plain black coffee.
It's worse here in Israel, where the idea of coffee is synonymous with milk. Every time I go somewhere for coffee it's a 5 minuet ordeal, that I am not caffinated enough to deal with.
"Caffe, Shovar, ein Chalav, ein sukar" (Translation: Coffee, black. No milk, no Sugar)
"Espresso".
"Lo Nescafe",(Trans: no instant.)
"Ah Nescafe Latte" (Trans: Oh, you must be wrong, and want Instant coffee mixed with steamed milk)
"LO! Nescafe, im maim cham. Ze Oh." (Trans: No you freaking moron. Put instant coffee in hot water, nothing else!)
"Maim? oh Chalav?" (Trans: No one actually drinks coffee like that here. You want it with milk)
"Look I'm a f@#$ing American. My hebrew sucks, and I know you speak 3 d@#$ languages so you can understand this. All I want is caffine in water. No milk, I'm lactose intolerant. No suggar I'm a diabetic. So unless you want me farting while I'm going through sugar shock on your floor, PUT INSTANT COFFEE IN HOT WATTER AND LET ME PAY YOU FOR IT!!"
Ah... I feel better now.
and you buy it where?
ahh.. yes in the future. The one with jet packs...
do some basic math. This UTOPIA project, the largest and most ambitios, will cost some 340million to deliver service to 140,000 consumers. That's a cost of $2,500 per customer! That's static start up cost, assuming that it all comes in on budget, on time, and you still haven't considered coninuing maintenance and upgrade!
No wonder their are no companies leaping to do this. Someone has to pay for this. You really think your going to get 1.5Mb fiber to your house for $40 a month?
Look I think it's a sleazy as it gets bribeing the gov't to keep competition out of the market. But one does have to ask the questions:
Q:Why isn't their more free market competition to start with?
A:Telecom is a nasty, expensive, buisness. And now that it's been wrapped up with the computer industry it's a moving target. If your crystal ball get's foggy for just a little bit, your out of buisness.
These services will get to consumers, when they can be practically and effectively deployed.
Right! I forgot only Republicans (Latin for "rich old white men", which is greek for "source of all evil") are dirty.
Grow up!
"I know its against an intellectual mindset to do this, but now is the time to fight, and fight dirty."
What can I say? You actually think that one party is full of smart nice people and the other is full of dumb mean people. To call that Nieve is like calling water wet.
A) In America both parties are "Right" by world standards. America is a verry rightwing country, what we call left wing is far right of where the rest of the world's right wing starts.
B) World wide, politicians suck. There are some good ones, a few that joined the system to make it better, and stayed clean the whole way. But left or right doesn't matter since democratic elections encourage the winning of "dirty" politicians. (What praytell does debating and back room dealing have to do with being a "good" leader? Effective maybe...) Democracy isn't the best system, it's just the best we've got so far.
C) "Intellectual mindset": There are lots of smart people who are Republicans, Communists, Socialists, Libretarians, Tall, Short, Fat, Skinny, and strange. In fact their are no shortage in any group (even he KKK). Intelect is a horse, "emotions" are the rider. We decide based on our emotions, and we rationalize our decisions with our intelect. Though I'm sure it's personaly gratifying to believe that one might only come to share *Your* (the generic "you") by being of high and grand intelect! (THE KING HAS NO CLOTHS!THE KING HAS NO CLOTHS!)
"If personal attacks is what it takes to get Bush out of office, I'm all for them. Republicans use dirty tricks all the time..."
So the ends justify the means? By this logic, it doesn't matter why we went into Iraq, or how many people died. All that matters is that Saddam is gone (little Arab version of Pol-Pot/Hittler that he was) and now there is a *chance* to build a free Iraq.
Wow, at least we agree on something!
RTFP!
They didn't just steel delgates info they stole personal information about citizens who support Bush.
And guess what? Your NOT fair game! I do NOT have the right to harass you. I do NOT have the right to publish your personal info and suggest to others to harass you. I do NOT have the right to endorse, encourage, or enable those who wish to harass you. Otherwise I would go to jail!
So if "They're just as fair game as [you]", then they are NOT fair game.
PS. Don't sweat the bill of rights. It's difficult to amend the constitution for a reason.
This guy hacked the ProtestWarrior website and stole the info. It wasn't just delagets it was people registered at PW. Private emails, phone numbers, names addresses. Furthermore posted that information to the world on IndyMedia with the full aproval of it's editing staff. Then suggested that people call and harrass everyone on the list.
I don't give a @#$% what your political offiliation is that is wrong. It is violation of PW servers with intent to do harm. It is violation of their covenant of privacey with their members. It is harasment of people because of their beliefs.
It's one thing to protest, it's another to make personal attacks.
We have secret ballot in America for a reason!
I'll see you all at the polls Nov 2nd!
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By the letter of the law, my using Bittorrent to download the latest Adam Sandler flick is stealing.
But I don't have equal representation in DC either. Democratic law is the result of agreed upon rules that the entire society has determined to be equitable. Bribeing legistators & judges is hardly inside the bounds of law, and it is exactly how this man creates the laws that make my action illegal. (not talking about morrality)
"10 congac glasses"
The glass maker doesn't tell me what brand of congac I can use in the glasses either. Nor do they stipulate what in country I may drink from those glasses.
If I think that congac glasses are too fragile, I can go out and by a mettal cup (gold electro plated PLEASE!!). I am not forced to drink my congac in one style of cup, that I find inferiour, and fragile.
The only reason these 'illegal softwares' exist is because consumers have demanded it, and his industry has failed to exploit that market. Excuse me while I cry a river of tears. Linux users demanded the ability to view DVDs, they ignored then sued (btw, how much money did they loose by linux users 'illegaly' renting and viewing DVDs on DCSS software?) Internationals demanded to be able to view their DVDs in America or Europe. (only legal DVDs are region encoded) Movie collectors asked that they be able to transport the format of a movie from one media to the next, and not be forced to repurchase their entire collection every 10 years. (or be forced to maintain old media players) Movie fans asked that they NOT be gouged at the theater. Music fans wondered why CD's cost so much, when most of the music on them they don't want.
The technology to solve all of these problems have been around for years. and iTunes long since demonstrated that content deliver online works, as long as you don't price gouge. But that would force the media industry to become competitive, and *shock* *horror* change with the market! Why they would find it so much harder to gauge customers.
Why else would I prefer a grainy lo-res DVD/Cam rip to a DVD with all the features? 'cause I won't spend $30 on a freeking movie.
Rio has a habit of producing mp3 devices that are dependent on propriatary windows software.
I was considering the rio-nitrus for a while untill I found out that it used an encrypted hard drive, and was in NO WAY compatible with Linux.
And it also remains to be seen how much it will cost to replace this battery in 1yrs time when they start wearing out.
Seriously, can anyone give me a GOOD reason why a company, like Rio, would not want other people to write extensions to thier devices?
"It's anticompetitive, it's predatory, and it denies consumers, and in this case taxpayers, the benefits of innovation that a free marketplace should provide,"
What exactly does the free market place have to do with taxpayers? Are people who cheat on their taxes not entiteled to a competitivly priced OS?
And since when is innovation a "right"? If so when will iMacs be subsidized by the gov't?
MS,as scuzzy as they are, have the right to charge anything they want. It is their product! I personaly don't want it written down in the great history books of geekdom that Linux won by default. It's one thing to press charges over threatening companies into unreasonable, exclusive contracts (through monopoly power). It's another matter entirely to sue for "the right to competative priceing". Go to a dollar store for criminie's sake!
Fetchmail + SpamAssassin?
What am I missing here?
Doesn't save B/W: you need to run in INSIDE your network.
Don't care how fast it is: It's a dedicated server.
1/25,000 failure rate with no false positives: OK, that's good. But still not amazing.
How are their servers?
ok, sterio type. Please don't flame me. It's still funny. Have a laugh... even if your german. But if you are german, please don't laugh it public.. it's frightening.
Tell me again why it's a "BAD" thing that Linux has a billion and 1 distrobution varieties?
Let every country build it how they like it. Customize it to their own little idioms, and language.
Though, to be honest, I'm amazed that MS manages to keep up with the vast number of cultural details and translations that it does. And overall does fairly well.
So it's ok then if red-necks keep black voters from going to the polls so long as the gov't isn't involved?
This is people trying to keep eachother from expressing political opinion, in an active and discriminatory way. M. Moore cried censorship when Disney claimed that the movie was too hot to touch. And that was Dinsney making a buisness decision (ultimately not a good one). Moore accused Disney of backing Bush, and censoring him. However in this case it's blatant, obstruction, for no other possible reason than dislike of someone elses political opinion.
Worse still is that the internet is international. This invites loonies from all over the world who are not American citizens, and I'm sorry, do NOT have a say in our politics. (no matter how much we might affect them)
This is an obscene form of activism, it crosses the line.
Where 100million tinfoil hat script kiddies can see it and get ready for the big day.
The story IS obviously tech oriented (much more so than F 9/11), but is this the necesarily moral thing to do? I know Taco dislikes bush, but this is enabeling script kiddies to do damage to an electoral canidate in an ilegal way.
Besides all you would have to do to shut down the GOP website would be to link it from the front page with the phrase "Microsoft buys up SCO". What nerds survive the initial heart attack will then
1) the Sudan, with more than 1 million people expected to die this year (plenty last) for no reason other than their beliefes and/or their skin color. UN turns it's back.
2) Congo. France sells illegal weapons to a monster like Sadam, then critisizes US intervention. Meen while they send in troops to slauter civilians and maintain the power of a dictator that guarantees the continued flow of clonflict diamonds
3) France again, shuts down all local exile groups and privately rougted funding to democratic ("mostly" non-violent) orgainizations in Iran. Very signifigant, since France has the largest muslim population in Europe. Local muslims start setting themselves on fire in protest.
4) Egypt rounds up 800 men and executes half (imprisons the other half) for the crime of homosexuality.
5) Iran, a Theocratic Democracy/Dictatorship (yeah it's complicated) openly admits to having nuclear weapons, and delivery systems. But is ignored because they tell the UN it's for energy purposes.
6) 25+ year occupatoin of Lebanon. 0 world objection. (it's the world not Syria I'm pissed at)
7) Libya elected to chair UN committe on humman rights. WTF?
8) Islamic terrorism in the philipines, seeking indipendence. Islam is about 5% of the population.
9) Chechen "rebels" are burried in pig skin as a matter of policy by the Russian gov't. Egyption religious leaders and solidarity with terrorists who are trying to over through the majority elected democratic gov't of chechniya ("rebels") decaler an excepmtion for martirs who die spreading Islam. Even if burried in pig skin, they go to heaven, get virgins (or raisins, not sure which). Who's worse, Russia or the Egyptian Imams?
10) the UN oil for food program. doesn't it bother you that the largest humanitarian organization in the world is on the take? Kofi Anan, who's making MILLIONS off of starving Iraqi's, came out against the war... you don't say?
hows that?
"First of all, it's probably not physically possible, even..."
,more friends or not. Friends being defined loosley of course.
Metaphore. sheesh. Illustrating the onesidedness of most conflict.
I wasn't actually thinking of the Iraq war.
Either one.
"..I'd have a pretty damn good form of self-justification to go kill a few capitalist Americans."
Going to bed hungry at night, while a country of fat Americans are living high on the hog is justificaiton enough. The cognative disonance that one was tought to believe "his people" were meant to rule the world doesn't help quell ones hunger either.
America isn't a country of saints. But wether she was attacked for her faults or her graces is a hotly debatable issue.
I have NO doubt that blowing Iraq to itty bitty pieces made America enemies. What I am not certain is wether that action made made, in total
I certainly don't now, and never did, disagree with the first Iraqi war. I think if this last engagement will be considered by history a success or not will largely depend on the stabilty and justness of the new Iraqi gov't.
BTW: The US actions & screw ups in Iraq don't even get on the top 10 list of stomach turning world polics this past year. It's only as large an issue it is, because it's the US involved. And it's oh so polite to trash the US. (I am sick and tired of europeans taking easy pot shots at US sterio types, most of which could also be said about europeans)