You, of course, are speaking only for yourself.:-) I run my own mail and Gmail is still very useful for me, most notably for the very effective search. I have procmail bouncing a copy of inbound mail to gmail that I can access on the road if I am not using my laptop to ssh in my own server (I am not running Squirrelmail or Imp, etc.). I also like sending all my list mail to my gmail account which for me makes it easy to read. I like the 'conversation' method of threading for lists. A year later and I am currently at 29% capacity.
Many news providers use aggregate services already. Contrary to what the grandparent says, you can find lots of branded information on sources like AOL, Yahoo and Google news. With AOL, it's supported by membership fees. With Yahoo, it's branded as a part of Yahoo's free ad supported service (AP/NYT/LA Times/etc.) news in conjunction with Yahoo's brand. And with Google, which simply directs you to the original article, some subscription based news sources let you read a single article that came from a news.google.com referer, and when you want to browse within the website afterwards, they hit you up for registration.
As a lefty, I had to learn it backwards, and it works fine for me.
True- per my other post, I switched to left for mousing. After an adjustment period, no problem at all. I never bothered to change any OS mouse preferences.
Use scissors, screwdrivers, women lefthanded and let me know how well you do!
Scissors I can imagine having trouble with, as for women, I can finger them ambidexterously.
I, too, am a rightie that switched. I used to get horrendous shoulder and neck pain after a day in front of the computer. I *had* to switch as I could barely use my right hand/arm for any task- not just computing. That was over 10 years ago, and I haven't had a problem since I started mousing with the left hand. Even things that require more refined movement like using an image editor (Photoshop/GIMP/etc.) that you would normally do with your dominant hand, my left does it all. Every once in awhile I try to see how well I can use my right hand and it's awkward.
I dont deny that, no system is free of risk if it is networked, but the premise that you'll be rebuilding a Linux box continually is absurd. I've been using Linux for 10 years now, mostly as a single to few user desktop system and not once have any of my builds been compromised, though many have tried. The only thing that has compelled me to build a new one is to upgrade the OS to a more featured one. But application exploits that attack the underlying OS are harder to implement. We all know that. If you are building a newbie box, leave the compilers out, and train your user to not use root much, or not at all if they are totally clueless.
No, an airbag only offers protection for a fraction of a second after an initial impact. If the car keeps moving uncontrollably, the airbag has already deflated and offers no more help. Anyway, if you don't have an airbag, you can still get massive injury from the seatbelt when you hit an immovable object. Better than being killed (unless you become a vegetable), but not pleasant. The airbag cushions that forward momentum.
It doesn't matter if it is an American company or not. The Constitution does not protect speech on private networks, it excludes censorship by the GOVERNMENT and you need to understand that. If I run a BBS/web board and find something I don't want to read or have posted, it is within my rights to remove it. Most of the content that people are complaining about are specifically excluded by the Orkut TOS.
Whenever I see a Morford article that isn't political, I do a quick 'find' before I start reading to see if the term "BushCo" is incorporated in the text. Most of the time he finds a way to work it in; this was a rare occasion he didn't. He's an irritating writer, not at all for his politics, but he tries to stuff about 4 or 5 adjectives in a row repeatedly. I know he uses this as literary device and to make himself sound more "gonzo" but it's really infantile in the wrong hands.
I carry aluminum foil. I don't think tin foil has been a common commodity since my grandma was a little girl.
Pedantic plagiarizing follows.
Why is aluminum foil sometimes called tin foil? In 1919, the U.S. Foil Company, parent of Reynolds Metals Company was founded in Louisville, Kentucky to produce lead and tin foil. Then in 1926, the company entered the aluminum business, rolling aluminum foil for packaging. Today, Reynolds Wrap is made from 8111 alloy aluminum, at the thickest gauge specifications available in the marketplace. ReynoldsWrap® Aluminum Foil is 98.5% aluminum. The balance is primarily iron and silicon. These are added to give the strength and puncture resistance obtained only in the alloy used in ReynoldsWrap® Aluminum Foil.
I think you will find very few Iraqi that feel the USA "helped" them
Well, you can think whatever you want, but I think you are wrong since I have read enough interviews of Iraqis from independent news sources that say essentially that. Besides, ask the Kurdish Iraqis- and you'll note that the 'no-fly' zones essentially gave them a 'state within a state' long ago. Yep, the Shias were betrayed. It was a disgrace. No question. But there is plenty of material out there for you to find that show Iraqis were grateful for ousting Saddam.
However, 2 years on, I do believe the gist of what you are saying is correct, as a window of opportunity post-invasion has closed and the "goodwill factor" ran out for most. Yes, there is a lot of bitterness now, and understandably so. I think the post invasion occupation was mishandled badly. But this is where we disagree- I think better security measures and more would have alleviated much of it.
As far as giving them the tools, maybe, maybe not would have worked. I think Saddam learned a lot from how many Soviet dominated countries were destablized from basically an information revolution (secret importation of fax machines for one). The amount of control he had over the population through various mechanisms was a lot higher than most other totalitarian regimes.
What I said should stand up an on it's own. I think a great many Iraqis were grateful for toppling the dictatorship, but let down that the security needs were mishandled. Only now do you hear the top of the command chain (read: administration) admit they lowballed an insurgency. And there were plenty of military leaders who thought Rumsfeld's minimal force was going to backfire. Especially former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Shinseki. Also, Powell's 'overwhelming force' doctrine was shitcanned. We could sure use overwhelming force now when plenty of places are no-mans-land.
I will say that having gone in, I believe it was a mistake to send what was left of the Iraqi army packing and I thought that the minute it was announced by Bremer. It would have been better off and cheaper in the long run to pay a force $250 per man per month to drill then to take his last shreds of dignity away, which in this case, mostly meant earning a paycheck for his family and staying off his ass while industrial productivity was uncertain (i.e., unemployment is very high of course). Meanwhile those left with a uniform could have been the beginnings of the new national army, rather than conjuring one up from scratch. We'll never know how many of the domestic insurgents (as opposed to transnational agent provocateurs) were in that group that lost a job in one fell swoop. I dare say quite a few (and I am not one who would make the mistake of saying the whole insurgency is home grown).
But who am I to know for sure? I'm just some guy posting to/.
The problems in Iraq have more to do with lack of security than people wanting to express their minds freely. Had the US done a better job in implementing security post-invasion, I'd wager the problems we see now would have been greatly reduced. You can find any number of 'man in the street' articles with Iraqis basically saying 'Thanks for getting rid of the tyrant, but why do I have to deal with carjackers everyday now?' I'd guess a majority were more than ready to be free of Saddam, but they were not happy that it was traded for anarchy.
I executed a viral attachment once about 4 months ago, and then forgot about it ("Haha! That can't possibly work."). A couple hours later, my 'abuse' address had a complaint. Source IP was my SuSE workstation. Thunderbird even deep-sixed a spam that was sent by my own machine to me. D'oh!
I feel very little regret at screwing record companies, but if the musicians aren't seeing a dime you might as well download from Usenet or Fasttrack.
Exactly. I just wanted to back that up as I feel the same way. I used a well known example (Beatles) not because they need any money, because it was one most people know about, and probably know they haven't authorized downloads yet. So although a huge record company might be kvetching, you can be sure if the artist isn't making a buck, they are too.
Well, considering the Beatles/Apple Corps. Ltd. have yet to authorize any service to allow downloads of their catalog, and you can find all of it on allofmp3, I'd say there is a fair to middling chance... it's illegal.
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You, of course, are speaking only for yourself. :-) I run my own mail and Gmail is still very useful for me, most notably for the very effective search. I have procmail bouncing a copy of inbound mail to gmail that I can access on the road if I am not using my laptop to ssh in my own server (I am not running Squirrelmail or Imp, etc.). I also like sending all my list mail to my gmail account which for me makes it easy to read. I like the 'conversation' method of threading for lists. A year later and I am currently at 29% capacity.
Many news providers use aggregate services already. Contrary to what the grandparent says, you can find lots of branded information on sources like AOL, Yahoo and Google news. With AOL, it's supported by membership fees. With Yahoo, it's branded as a part of Yahoo's free ad supported service (AP/NYT/LA Times/etc.) news in conjunction with Yahoo's brand. And with Google, which simply directs you to the original article, some subscription based news sources let you read a single article that came from a news.google.com referer, and when you want to browse within the website afterwards, they hit you up for registration.
Will the next batch of rovers be equipped with windsocks, to measure the direction of the wind?
Pathfinder had windsocks.
As a lefty, I had to learn it backwards, and it works fine for me.
True- per my other post, I switched to left for mousing. After an adjustment period, no problem at all. I never bothered to change any OS mouse preferences.
Use scissors, screwdrivers, women lefthanded and let me know how well you do!
Scissors I can imagine having trouble with, as for women, I can finger them ambidexterously.
I, too, am a rightie that switched. I used to get horrendous shoulder and neck pain after a day in front of the computer. I *had* to switch as I could barely use my right hand/arm for any task- not just computing. That was over 10 years ago, and I haven't had a problem since I started mousing with the left hand. Even things that require more refined movement like using an image editor (Photoshop/GIMP/etc.) that you would normally do with your dominant hand, my left does it all. Every once in awhile I try to see how well I can use my right hand and it's awkward.
I dont deny that, no system is free of risk if it is networked, but the premise that you'll be rebuilding a Linux box continually is absurd. I've been using Linux for 10 years now, mostly as a single to few user desktop system and not once have any of my builds been compromised, though many have tried. The only thing that has compelled me to build a new one is to upgrade the OS to a more featured one. But application exploits that attack the underlying OS are harder to implement. We all know that. If you are building a newbie box, leave the compilers out, and train your user to not use root much, or not at all if they are totally clueless.
No, an airbag only offers protection for a fraction of a second after an initial impact. If the car keeps moving uncontrollably, the airbag has already deflated and offers no more help. Anyway, if you don't have an airbag, you can still get massive injury from the seatbelt when you hit an immovable object. Better than being killed (unless you become a vegetable), but not pleasant. The airbag cushions that forward momentum.
You mean hosing her system from a normal user account which has no rights to.. hose that system?
Hmm.. I just RTFA.
Say- didn't you tell me that this was totally legal in Russia?
It doesn't matter if it is an American company or not. The Constitution does not protect speech on private networks, it excludes censorship by the GOVERNMENT and you need to understand that. If I run a BBS/web board and find something I don't want to read or have posted, it is within my rights to remove it. Most of the content that people are complaining about are specifically excluded by the Orkut TOS.
I almost forgot-
Morford wrote an article about selling his AAPL stock in October.
Whoops!
Whenever I see a Morford article that isn't political, I do a quick 'find' before I start reading to see if the term "BushCo" is incorporated in the text. Most of the time he finds a way to work it in; this was a rare occasion he didn't. He's an irritating writer, not at all for his politics, but he tries to stuff about 4 or 5 adjectives in a row repeatedly. I know he uses this as literary device and to make himself sound more "gonzo" but it's really infantile in the wrong hands.
I see styles in both browsers so not sure what you are missing.
However, in Safari the results page is completely without margins which is annoying.
Not anymore.
I carry aluminum foil. I don't think tin foil has been a common commodity since my grandma was a little girl.
Pedantic plagiarizing follows.
Why is aluminum foil sometimes called tin foil?
In 1919, the U.S. Foil Company, parent of Reynolds Metals Company was founded in Louisville, Kentucky to produce lead and tin foil. Then in 1926, the company entered the aluminum business, rolling aluminum foil for packaging. Today, Reynolds Wrap is made from 8111 alloy aluminum, at the thickest gauge specifications available in the marketplace. ReynoldsWrap® Aluminum Foil is 98.5% aluminum. The balance is primarily iron and silicon. These are added to give the strength and puncture resistance obtained only in the alloy used in ReynoldsWrap® Aluminum Foil.
I think you will find very few Iraqi that feel the USA "helped" them
Well, you can think whatever you want, but I think you are wrong since I have read enough interviews of Iraqis from independent news sources that say essentially that. Besides, ask the Kurdish Iraqis- and you'll note that the 'no-fly' zones essentially gave them a 'state within a state' long ago. Yep, the Shias were betrayed. It was a disgrace. No question. But there is plenty of material out there for you to find that show Iraqis were grateful for ousting Saddam.
However, 2 years on, I do believe the gist of what you are saying is correct, as a window of opportunity post-invasion has closed and the "goodwill factor" ran out for most. Yes, there is a lot of bitterness now, and understandably so. I think the post invasion occupation was mishandled badly. But this is where we disagree- I think better security measures and more would have alleviated much of it.
As far as giving them the tools, maybe, maybe not would have worked. I think Saddam learned a lot from how many Soviet dominated countries were destablized from basically an information revolution (secret importation of fax machines for one). The amount of control he had over the population through various mechanisms was a lot higher than most other totalitarian regimes.
What I said should stand up an on it's own. I think a great many Iraqis were grateful for toppling the dictatorship, but let down that the security needs were mishandled. Only now do you hear the top of the command chain (read: administration) admit they lowballed an insurgency. And there were plenty of military leaders who thought Rumsfeld's minimal force was going to backfire. Especially former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Shinseki. Also, Powell's 'overwhelming force' doctrine was shitcanned. We could sure use overwhelming force now when plenty of places are no-mans-land.
/.
I will say that having gone in, I believe it was a mistake to send what was left of the Iraqi army packing and I thought that the minute it was announced by Bremer. It would have been better off and cheaper in the long run to pay a force $250 per man per month to drill then to take his last shreds of dignity away, which in this case, mostly meant earning a paycheck for his family and staying off his ass while industrial productivity was uncertain (i.e., unemployment is very high of course). Meanwhile those left with a uniform could have been the beginnings of the new national army, rather than conjuring one up from scratch. We'll never know how many of the domestic insurgents (as opposed to transnational agent provocateurs) were in that group that lost a job in one fell swoop. I dare say quite a few (and I am not one who would make the mistake of saying the whole insurgency is home grown).
But who am I to know for sure? I'm just some guy posting to
"We are developing Goolags around the world and in fact have already "disappeared" foreign nationals"
Hmm... and about 5 minutes from me is Google Labs.. and a great many foreign and domestic engineers have "disappeared" there...
Coincidence? I think not!
Witness our current shining success in Iraq.
The problems in Iraq have more to do with lack of security than people wanting to express their minds freely. Had the US done a better job in implementing security post-invasion, I'd wager the problems we see now would have been greatly reduced. You can find any number of 'man in the street' articles with Iraqis basically saying 'Thanks for getting rid of the tyrant, but why do I have to deal with carjackers everyday now?' I'd guess a majority were more than ready to be free of Saddam, but they were not happy that it was traded for anarchy.
Not 'kinda' here.
Propogated.
I executed a viral attachment once about 4 months ago, and then forgot about it ("Haha! That can't possibly work."). A couple hours later, my 'abuse' address had a complaint. Source IP was my SuSE workstation. Thunderbird even deep-sixed a spam that was sent by my own machine to me. D'oh!
I said..
they are too.
Umm... I meant "aren't either".
Just to correct myself.
Anon said...
I feel very little regret at screwing record companies, but if the musicians aren't seeing a dime you might as well download from Usenet or Fasttrack.
Exactly. I just wanted to back that up as I feel the same way. I used a well known example (Beatles) not because they need any money, because it was one most people know about, and probably know they haven't authorized downloads yet. So although a huge record company might be kvetching, you can be sure if the artist isn't making a buck, they are too.
A lot of people claim it is legal.
Well, considering the Beatles/Apple Corps. Ltd. have yet to authorize any service to allow downloads of their catalog, and you can find all of it on allofmp3, I'd say there is a fair to middling chance... it's illegal.
Holy crap! The Radar echos from Titan's surface sounds like an outtake from Kraftwerk's Radioactivity album.
Or maybe even talk to each other!