But that doesn't rhyme, so the average retarded juror will forget it.
I prefer: If you can't run git, you must acquit!
Irrelevant, since he never really meant to win
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Ron Paul's schtick is the same as Pat Buchanon's, Jesse Jackson's, or Al Sharpton's. These men do not run for the Presidency with the aim of winning because they know they have no chance of winning. Rather, they enter with the goal of stocking their mailing list with supporters and filling up their off-season schedule of speaking events. Has Ron Paul written a book yet? That'll be the next move.
Seriously, Ron Paul never intended to seriously compete. Just as Pat Buchanon appeals to a narrow band of nativist blue collar Republicans who have no other alternatives and Al Sharpton appeals to a narrow band of poor blacks, so Ron Paul appeals to a small slice of libertarian strict-constructionists. That's not to judge his ideas but rather to understand his marketing. There's a fair business to be done in appealing to groups of Americans who are passionate about their particular beliefs and have no other spokesman. RP simply satisfies on demographic. He knew going in that he would never seriously compete and now that he's raised a bunch of money, added a ton of names, and raised his national profile, it's time to bow out and start recouping that investment.
So does that mean that all RP supporters were played? Yes, in a sense. On the other hand, most of the ones I've talked to really like the idea of supporting someone who represents their views. So in that sense, everyone wins - RP makes money and fame, RP supporters can stridently claim that they backed someone who represents their views, and in the end one of the three or four mainstream candidates who was inevitably going to win will take up residency at 1600 Pennsylvania in January 2009.
religion of nearly 2 billion people spanning numerous continents and governmental systems.
Numerous governmental systems? Please show me a functioning democracy in the Muslim world. Turkey is the sole, weak example, and it's precariously run by a junta. The rest are all dictatorships. Yes, I do think you can judge a culture by its fruits.
I'm an American Muslim who was born and raised here. While I choose to reserve my opinion over the images of the Prophet I do find a lot of the comments on Slashdot to be disappointing. I've been a part of this community since its very inception and have done my best to contribute my expertise to relevant topics. However, its troubling to see that whenever anything Islam-related is posted, there are endless tirades painting my faith with a broad brush of extremism and ignorance.
Within an hour of the SlashDot article, news broke than an American businesswoman in Saudi Arabia had been arrested because she'd sat at the same table as a man at a Starbuck's. She spent a night in jail, was forced to sign a false confession, and was informed by the "judge" that she was going to burn in hell.
Muslims do not need any tirades to paint their faith with a broad brush of extremism and ignorance. They're doing a fine job by themselves.
Won straw polls and raised some money in "a low fundraising quarter". Wow.
I get very frustrated with people who complain that Paul has no chance.
It's not only that Ron Paul has zero chance, it's that he has zero chance and he's a nutjob who is way outside the orbit of the average voter. Did you see his speech to his supporters following the Iowa Caucus? He lead them in a chant proclaiming how they would abolish the Federal Reserve System. Is that even on anyone's radar? I know, I know, he's so prescient and we're all simpletons. If only we saw the light!
RP is a noisy loon who gathers a few bucks from Libertarians. That's it. That's all he's got. Big deal. You might as well listen to speeches by whoever the Natural Law Party is putting up this year because they both have the same chance of influencing anything.
The reason "RP is not going anywhere" is a very valid argument is that he's running for president. If he was just going around giving policy speeches, then perhaps considering his words might be useful (of course, people have, and that's why his presidential campaign is a joke). But no, he's running as a candidate, so saying "RP has no chance and there's no point in listening to him" is very valid.
RP is the exact same schtick as Pat Buchanon or Jesse Jackson. This race for president is not about winning - it's about getting some name recognition and building a mailing list you can milk for years to come for contributions and speaking engagements. RP is not serious about becoming president and never was, just as Pat Buchanon and/or Jesse Jackson in the 1980s or Al Sharpton never were.
...Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton is (a) depressing and (b) bad for the country.
Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton is the ultimate in political lameness and national bankruptcy. It's ridiculous. I'll vote for Obama, McCain, or even Romney rather than have the same two families in power for 30 years.
Otherwise, we might as well start printing the Jenna 2032! bumper stickers...
That's only a problem on Slashdot where people seems to have a mental block against remembering that Yahoo has far more services than search.
Sure, they offer more services. It's just that no one wants them.
Once upon a time I used them for maps, but then Google was better.
Once upon a time I think I had an email account with them, but then Google was better.
I may have used them once or twice for category listings, but no one can keep up with the Internet and category-present it.
I might have placed a classified ad there a long time ago, but of course today I'd use Craigslist.
Yahoo Travel? I used to check it until I realized it had the same prices as Expedia, Orbitz, etc.
So what's left? YahooChat? I just don't see any big businesses in Yahooe except search + advertising, and their share is dwindling. Heck, they had a four year head start over Google and were rapidly overtaken. BTW, as a money-making business, Google is nothing more than search + advertising, but at least they're the market leader.
$45 billion? I would not pay $45 billion for Yahoo. I wouldn't pay 50 cents for Yahoo. Does anyone still use Yahoo? Yes, sure, some people use it for their home page, but really, for this to make sense, Yahoo would have to throw off $9 billion a year in profit (using a ballpark 20%). Yahoo doesn't make anything like that. I didn't even look and I know it's true. And of course, Yahoo has zero growth prospects.
"In a conference call Friday morning, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer indicated he won.t take no for an answer after Yahoo rebuffed takeover overtures a year ago."
Sweet! A $45 billion dead asset and lots of headaches on Microsoft's hands. For those of us who aren't Microsoft fans, this is great news.
If it really can come down "anywhere," and if the Earth has 196,940,400 square miles, and there are 27,878,400 feet per square mile, and I take up about 1.5 square feet of space at any given time, then there is apparently a 1 in 3,660,255,498,240,000 (1 in 3.7 quintillion) chance that this will land on my head.
Wait. Check that. If I'm asleep and horizontal, I probably take up more like 12 square feet. That increases the chance of having 20,000 tons of heavy metal land on me to 1 in 457,531,937,280,000. In other words, if you lie down, you are increasing the chances of being hit by a giant spy satellite by an order of magnitude. I don't know about you guys, but I'll be sleeping standing up from now on.
Small consolation, I suppose, if it lands 10 feet West of you and the shock wave turns you into a fine mist.
Not sure about digital delivery, but the fact is that consumers are not going to replace their home libraries they way they did when they went from VHS->DVD (or tape/LP->CD for that matter). End of story. Without that, a new format really doesn't mean much in terms of economic effect for companies.
When my DVD player burns out, I'll buy an HD player if it's the same price and plays my existing DVDs. After that, maybe I'd buy some HD discs. Otherwise, I'll just keep waiting. That's the attitude of 99.9% of consumers.
That tiny membrane keyboard was brutal. As I recall, it had all sorts of short-cuts...e.g., you'd press a toggle button and a key and it would spit out PRINT or GOTO so you didn't have to type the whole word, but that was a testament to its difficulty of use rather than much help.
The Radio Shack CoCo had a moving keyboard, but it was nearly as bad.
I am a patent lawyer, but I don't represent you. This post should not be relied on by anyone for any reason. This post is my personal opinion, and is not endorsed by Jackson Walker LLP, its agents, or partners.
No one would know the name of your silly little firm if you DIDN'T ADVERTISE IN YOUR SIG. If you're so concerned that you have to put this obnoxious disclaimer in your posts, then either drop the advertising or post anonymously and quit being a self-important wanker.
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I wonder how the person who wrote that title feels about Microsoft?
It says absolutely nothing about how a person feels about Microsoft, though it does say something about your familiarity with the English language.
Hint: fishing ships troll.
But that doesn't rhyme, so the average retarded juror will forget it.
I prefer: If you can't run git, you must acquit!
Ron Paul's schtick is the same as Pat Buchanon's, Jesse Jackson's, or Al Sharpton's. These men do not run for the Presidency with the aim of winning because they know they have no chance of winning. Rather, they enter with the goal of stocking their mailing list with supporters and filling up their off-season schedule of speaking events. Has Ron Paul written a book yet? That'll be the next move.
Seriously, Ron Paul never intended to seriously compete. Just as Pat Buchanon appeals to a narrow band of nativist blue collar Republicans who have no other alternatives and Al Sharpton appeals to a narrow band of poor blacks, so Ron Paul appeals to a small slice of libertarian strict-constructionists. That's not to judge his ideas but rather to understand his marketing. There's a fair business to be done in appealing to groups of Americans who are passionate about their particular beliefs and have no other spokesman. RP simply satisfies on demographic. He knew going in that he would never seriously compete and now that he's raised a bunch of money, added a ton of names, and raised his national profile, it's time to bow out and start recouping that investment.
So does that mean that all RP supporters were played? Yes, in a sense. On the other hand, most of the ones I've talked to really like the idea of supporting someone who represents their views. So in that sense, everyone wins - RP makes money and fame, RP supporters can stridently claim that they backed someone who represents their views, and in the end one of the three or four mainstream candidates who was inevitably going to win will take up residency at 1600 Pennsylvania in January 2009.
religion of nearly 2 billion people spanning numerous continents and governmental systems.
Numerous governmental systems? Please show me a functioning democracy in the Muslim world. Turkey is the sole, weak example, and it's precariously run by a junta. The rest are all dictatorships. Yes, I do think you can judge a culture by its fruits.
As opposed to, say, Christians, who would have murdered a black man for similar offenses, less than a century ago.
And that's the point. 100 years ago. This isn't 1908.I'm an American Muslim who was born and raised here. While I choose to reserve my opinion over the images of the Prophet I do find a lot of the comments on Slashdot to be disappointing. I've been a part of this community since its very inception and have done my best to contribute my expertise to relevant topics. However, its troubling to see that whenever anything Islam-related is posted, there are endless tirades painting my faith with a broad brush of extremism and ignorance.
Within an hour of the SlashDot article, news broke than an American businesswoman in Saudi Arabia had been arrested because she'd sat at the same table as a man at a Starbuck's. She spent a night in jail, was forced to sign a false confession, and was informed by the "judge" that she was going to burn in hell.
Muslims do not need any tirades to paint their faith with a broad brush of extremism and ignorance. They're doing a fine job by themselves.
Won straw polls and raised some money in "a low fundraising quarter". Wow.
I get very frustrated with people who complain that Paul has no chance.It's not only that Ron Paul has zero chance, it's that he has zero chance and he's a nutjob who is way outside the orbit of the average voter. Did you see his speech to his supporters following the Iowa Caucus? He lead them in a chant proclaiming how they would abolish the Federal Reserve System. Is that even on anyone's radar? I know, I know, he's so prescient and we're all simpletons. If only we saw the light!
RP is a noisy loon who gathers a few bucks from Libertarians. That's it. That's all he's got. Big deal. You might as well listen to speeches by whoever the Natural Law Party is putting up this year because they both have the same chance of influencing anything.
The reason "RP is not going anywhere" is a very valid argument is that he's running for president. If he was just going around giving policy speeches, then perhaps considering his words might be useful (of course, people have, and that's why his presidential campaign is a joke). But no, he's running as a candidate, so saying "RP has no chance and there's no point in listening to him" is very valid.
RP is the exact same schtick as Pat Buchanon or Jesse Jackson. This race for president is not about winning - it's about getting some name recognition and building a mailing list you can milk for years to come for contributions and speaking engagements. RP is not serious about becoming president and never was, just as Pat Buchanon and/or Jesse Jackson in the 1980s or Al Sharpton never were.
Asking Ron Paul questions about what he'd do if he was President is like asking me. I have as much chance of becoming President as RP does.
...Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton is (a) depressing and (b) bad for the country.
Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton is the ultimate in political lameness and national bankruptcy. It's ridiculous. I'll vote for Obama, McCain, or even Romney rather than have the same two families in power for 30 years.
Otherwise, we might as well start printing the Jenna 2032! bumper stickers...
...that the Old Ones are finally stirring. Must be part of that Cthulhu For President 2008 campaign.
Thanks for stopping by to share this insightful commentary.
Sure, they offer more services. It's just that no one wants them.
Once upon a time I used them for maps, but then Google was better.
Once upon a time I think I had an email account with them, but then Google was better.
I may have used them once or twice for category listings, but no one can keep up with the Internet and category-present it.
I might have placed a classified ad there a long time ago, but of course today I'd use Craigslist.
Yahoo Travel? I used to check it until I realized it had the same prices as Expedia, Orbitz, etc.
So what's left? YahooChat? I just don't see any big businesses in Yahooe except search + advertising, and their share is dwindling. Heck, they had a four year head start over Google and were rapidly overtaken. BTW, as a money-making business, Google is nothing more than search + advertising, but at least they're the market leader.
Of course, soon we'll all be saying "I msn-yahoo'd for the answer..."
Er, maybe not.
"In a conference call Friday morning, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer indicated he won.t take no for an answer after Yahoo rebuffed takeover overtures a year ago."
Sweet! A $45 billion dead asset and lots of headaches on Microsoft's hands. For those of us who aren't Microsoft fans, this is great news.
Wait. Check that. If I'm asleep and horizontal, I probably take up more like 12 square feet. That increases the chance of having 20,000 tons of heavy metal land on me to 1 in 457,531,937,280,000. In other words, if you lie down, you are increasing the chances of being hit by a giant spy satellite by an order of magnitude. I don't know about you guys, but I'll be sleeping standing up from now on.
Small consolation, I suppose, if it lands 10 feet West of you and the shock wave turns you into a fine mist.
When my DVD player burns out, I'll buy an HD player if it's the same price and plays my existing DVDs. After that, maybe I'd buy some HD discs. Otherwise, I'll just keep waiting. That's the attitude of 99.9% of consumers.
Best three-world response on Slashdot ever.
I'm sorry to hear you're still using UUCP.
Most expect you to be able to spell, too.
We're talking copyright here, not trademarks.
The Radio Shack CoCo had a moving keyboard, but it was nearly as bad.
No one would know the name of your silly little firm if you DIDN'T ADVERTISE IN YOUR SIG. If you're so concerned that you have to put this obnoxious disclaimer in your posts, then either drop the advertising or post anonymously and quit being a self-important wanker.
So are you saying I shouldn't be donating expresso machines to homeless shelters?
From what I've seen, there's only one fan of this device, and his name is Jeff Bezos.
Lamest. Post. Ever.