Nixon was a paranoid nut. Paula Jones was living off her 'legal fund' and other mysterious donations from republican interests.
Don't believe them. The current occupant of the Oral Office isn't above using the FBI for his dirty work.
Can you say "Illegally Obtained FBI Files"? perhaps "Travelgate"? oh, and if you know, who was on Hillary's taxpayer financed Heath Care Reform Task Force? no one seems to know...
I share your suspicions of the government, but I don't understand why you don't extend your suspicions to other institutions, which control you in very direct ways, and with almost no democratic oversight.
Because I trust them to be more interested in their bottom line and keeping me as a happy, contented customer. They want my business, and want to know what I want/need desire/do and try to cater to those desires.
A government can coerece me with a law, or if necessary, the barrel of a gun. Visa doesn't have that power. Yet.:)
For all you know I have master's degree in liberal arts.
Yes, you certainly act like it. You wait for someone to spoonfeed you the canonical answer.
Now that its been explained elsewhere, do you understand better? I'm waiting for the day, and it is soon approaching, when you're required to provide papers at any time for any reason and G*d help you if you don't have them.
In any properly designed system, there would be safeguards against governmental (or private) abuse. Call me an idealist, but I trust elected officials to be somewhat paranoid for us when it comes to providing an avenue for self-protection.
Let's see...Alabama syphillis experiments...exposing retarded children to radiation...US troops to radiation...Agent Orange...Wounded Knee (either one), Ruby Ridge and Waco...all brought to you by the same Government that's here to Help.
Uh huh
James - fool me once, shame on you...do it again, shame on me...
If it's legitimate and private, who gives a darn if the guv'ment wants to monitor it, then?
I guess you won't mind if the government comes by your home from time-to-time to check to make sure that the serial numbers on your stuff doesn't appear on lists of stolen goods. Scratched out your serial numbers? you thief.
Let's face it, the 4th Amendment baring unreasonable search and seizure only protects criminals!!
Go whine about someone who hasn't done anything illegal, and whose rights are really being denied.
Oh, so being held without bond or a trial for over 4 years doesn't constitute an abuse? I guess I was dreaming when I read something about a right to "a fair and speedy trial"...thanks for alerting me to my misconception!
I nominate Tom Christiansen as a perl overly sung unhero. Please join me in recognising his uselessness to our community.
Ok, how many pages of perl documentation have you written?
James
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> He called their decision "Shockingly dumb".
What was shockingly dumb was the decision to go ahead and air the episode in Canada at the scheduled time. Anyone with three brain cells would have realized that because Canada uses NTSC-standard equipment that bootleg copies where more than just a probability.
Especially something like BtVS, a "cult favorite". Sheesh...and locally, they're using BtVS as a backdrop for enticing one into ordering cable so you can watch the WB. Paid adverts on the broadcast channels, BTW.
How do *you* spell "hypocrites"?
> Heaven forbid anyone take anybody else's > feelings into account!
You mean like the original coverage of the Columbine shootings on NBC?
I dunno...I don't necessarily think it would be such a bad thing if people came back to the office after a long weekend to find their entire Microsquid software package (apps&server) shut down.
Unlike NATO bombing Serbia, UDPs usually have the desired effect...the users of the system bitch and tell their provider that they need to get with the program and become responsible net.citizens...
Where else in the industrialized world do regular people sit around to talk about and compare their weapons? Guns shouldn't be such a normal part of life.
Ummm...where do you live that people act like this? I lived and went to high school in rural Missouri, and I spent 5 years in Texas, and in neither place they didn't behave in that manner, even if there where several firearms in most people's homes.
The problem is that there is a lack of respect for others. Taking guns away isn't going to solve that.
After looking at the story, I see that I'm extremely fortunate to have gone to a very small high school -- my class had 120 members. High school wasn't a whole lot of fun, but it was a cakewalk, comparitvely speaking...
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Don't believe them. The current occupant of the Oral Office isn't above using the FBI for his dirty work.
Can you say "Illegally Obtained FBI Files"? perhaps "Travelgate"? oh, and if you know, who was on Hillary's taxpayer financed Heath Care Reform Task Force? no one seems to know...
James
Because I trust them to be more interested in their bottom line and keeping me as a happy, contented customer. They want my business, and want to know what I want/need desire/do and try to cater to those desires.
A government can coerece me with a law, or if necessary, the barrel of a gun. Visa doesn't have that power. Yet. :)
James
Yes, you certainly act like it. You wait for someone to spoonfeed you the canonical answer.
Now that its been explained elsewhere, do you understand better? I'm waiting for the day, and it is soon approaching, when you're required to provide papers at any time for any reason and G*d help you if you don't have them.
James - never lost your drivers license?
but I trust elected officials to be somewhat paranoid for us when it comes to providing an avenue for self-protection.
Let's see...Alabama syphillis experiments...exposing retarded children to radiation...US troops to radiation...Agent Orange...Wounded Knee (either one), Ruby Ridge
and Waco...all brought to you by the same Government that's here to Help.
Uh huh
James - fool me once, shame on you...do it again, shame on me...
I guess you won't mind if the government comes by your home from time-to-time to check to make sure that the serial numbers on your stuff doesn't appear on lists of stolen goods. Scratched out your serial numbers? you thief.
Let's face it, the 4th Amendment baring unreasonable search and seizure only protects criminals!!
James - add sarcasm to taste...
Well, AFAIK, Amazon is still unrepentant about
their spamming...
But I've also gotten crap from FatBrain.
James
Oh, so being held without bond or a trial for over 4 years doesn't constitute an abuse? I guess I was dreaming when I read something about a right to "a fair and speedy trial"...thanks for alerting me to my misconception!
James
Perhaps the whole board might qualify, but there are faster ways of "stealing" that information.
James
James
> He called their decision "Shockingly dumb".
What was shockingly dumb was the decision to
go ahead and air the episode in Canada at the
scheduled time. Anyone with three brain cells
would have realized that because Canada uses
NTSC-standard equipment that bootleg copies
where more than just a probability.
Especially something like BtVS, a "cult favorite".
Sheesh...and locally, they're using BtVS as a
backdrop for enticing one into ordering cable
so you can watch the WB. Paid adverts on the
broadcast channels, BTW.
How do *you* spell "hypocrites"?
> Heaven forbid anyone take anybody else's
> feelings into account!
You mean like the original coverage of the
Columbine shootings on NBC?
James
I dunno...I don't necessarily think it would be
such a bad thing if people came back to the office
after a long weekend to find their entire Microsquid
software package (apps&server) shut down.
I'm talking about a Very Large Outage.
James
A UDP sometimes is the *only* solution.
Unlike NATO bombing Serbia, UDPs usually have
the desired effect...the users of the system
bitch and tell their provider that they need
to get with the program and become responsible
net.citizens...
James
> When the human hunts they are only playing out their natural instincts.
Indeed. Flee-or-fight is a powerful thing. If you're really interested, you should checkout
some of Camille Paglia columns in Salon.
http://www.salon.com/archives/to/col _pagl.html
> Are we also to assume that free software makes no claims of accuracy?
Right-o. But then again, neither does Microsoft. Read their MULA if you don't think so...
Ummm...where do you live that people act like this? I lived and went to high school in rural Missouri, and I spent 5 years in Texas, and in neither place they didn't behave in that manner, even if there where several firearms in most people's homes.
The problem is that there is a lack of respect for others. Taking guns away isn't going to solve that.
After looking at the story, I see that I'm extremely fortunate to have gone to a very small high school -- my class had 120 members. High school wasn't a whole lot of fun, but it was a cakewalk, comparitvely speaking...
They're not running a MacOS...FreeBSD and Apache 1.3.3. Would appear to have something of a clue.