I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy to such a high degree. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that the use of unverifiable electronic voting machines with known vulnerabilities is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. I strongly believe that this must be stopped it by all means necessary or we will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of our country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
If you listen to the commentary for Pirates of the Carribean, you can -- arguably -- hear Depp taking a hit off a bong. You know it's him because shortly after he answers a question and he has that voice like he's holding in the hit.
First off, it is not a fine. No government ever accesses a FINE. They only tax. They just call it by different names.
I don't think this is entirely accurate. Fines are levied as punishment against individuals or corporations as a result of legal proceedings. Taxes are levied against groups or individuals (supposedly) equally. Further, taxes are enacted by legislatures. Fines are typically levied by the judiciary or, in the case of most modern governments, bureaucratic agencies such as the FTC or the FCC.
Defining taxes as "governments requiring moneys be delivered to them" is in my mind overly simplistic and unfortunately confuses the situation. Specicifity in terms is almost always beneficial.
Every consumer will being paying this "fine" for Microsoft. I don't care if you use Linux, Mac, or nothing at all. Your paying. Think of it as an embedded tax.
This, too, is inaccurate. These moneys are going from Microsoft's assets into the EU's treasury. How this affects me -- an American Mac user -- you fail to say. You assert it is true, but do not say how. I have not used a Microsoft product in many years, and therefore the success or failure of their business does not affect me, except in perhaps a "Butterfly Effect" kind of way. If, as a result of this, Microsoft raises the prices of Windows or Office, I and those like me will be unaffected.
In any event, if Microsoft is indeed guilty, as they seem to be, then justice requires that punishments be levied. The EU did the right thing here. You seem to oppose government actions such as this in toto, and I believe that to be a mistake. Governments can and should levy puntative fines against corporations that do not play by the rules set up by those same governmetns. To do otherwise would make the law meaningless.
I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy to such a high degree. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that the use of unverifiable electronic voting machines with known vulnerabilities is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. I strongly believe that this must be stopped it by all means necessary or we will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of our country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
In case any one is interested, you can run Software Update (remotely, if you wish) just by running the "softwareupdate" command from your terminal window.
I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that this is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. It must be stopped it by all means necessary or you will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of your country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
In short, perhaps if we voted on weekends, perhaps more people would turn out to vote, thus cheating in elections would be less effective?
When has a Republican controlled government EVER done anything to promote democracy? Sure, there's bad guys on both sides of the aisles, but the Republicans are damn near zealous in their attempts to thwart any and all attempts at making voting an easier or fairer process.
So my quesiton is, what the hell are these new machines doing that equipment has been able to do for a decade (or more)?
Benefiting Republicans. Notice who always poo-poos suggestions that Diebold might be unfairly tallying votes, who Diebold give money to, and who consistently strives for single-party control in the country.
It doesn't matter, though. Whoever is responsible for this should be shot.
I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that this is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. Stop it by all means necessary or you will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of your country, no matter how small your individual voice might be.
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I just bought a G5 about a month ago, and I have to say it's one of the quietest boxes I've ever owned. The only time the fans were really loud was when I removed the case; they seem to be able to sense air flow, and adjust their speed accordingly. But when the case is closed and the inner plastic shielding is propertly in place, everything is hunky dory, i.e.: QUIET.
A standard of decency never hurt anyone, except for those who don't want a standard to exist for the very reason they don't have one and don't want the rest of society to have one either.
That's a really dumb thing to say. Just because I don't want the government regulating something you think is immoral doesn't mean that I am opposed to morality in toto. I happen to think that morality is incredibly important, but that when the government gets involved that nine times out of ten they do more to HURT morality than help it.
Hell, I even put up Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues on my website, and I try and keep them in mind throughout the day. Ethics and morality are not things that the government can force upon a free people, doubly so for things that a large portion - perhaps majority - of the population do not consider unethical.
I am very much for having a good moral society. I do not think that bared boobs are immoral.
Didn't you get the memo? WMD is so last year. The new hotness is reaching out to social conservatives. You know, opposing gay marriages, increasing funding for anti-porn initiatives, screaming about Janet Jackson's left boob, etc., etc.
I know the Fighting Game Master personally drove me out of the arcade and to the home consoles.
Damn straight, brother! Personally, I quit playing when I became a college grad and was consistently beaten by those little punks whose balls haven't dropped yet, and have vastly more amount of time to waste practicing on these damn things.
Yeah, it's humiliating to be smacked around with one of those super-cool 50 hit combo moves, when the person doing the smacking weights 50, 60 pounds less than you.
Smart ass punks. Kids today man, I tell ya what. NO respect, man, NO respect.
Maybe I didn't communicate my point well, then. In fact, rereading my message I don't think I did. My question was: Why should this concern me *at all*, in any amount? This question is even more relevent when it is so obvious that there are issues that are so unarguably and vastly more important than this one.
So let me get this right: Some guys in BFE clone human stem cells. Ok, fine. Gotcha. Meanwhile, the head of the IAEA is warning that the "World May Be Headed for Nuclear Destruction" because of the proliferation of nukes by Pakistan and North Korea.
Someone remind me please why it is that I should give a rat's ass about cloning, whether it's Joe Blow's stem cells or Adolf Hitler's own gametes? Cuz I just fail to see the significane of this at all, really.
What the hell? I thought Apple was supposed to be known for its high-quality hardware! If you had to replace that much hardware on a notebook that isn't even that old, the question I have is: how common is this? Were you using this thing on the deck of a pirate ship or something?
Holy moly, the day that a cell phone manufacturer comes out with the ability to export/import your address book as an XML document is the day I get a new cell phone. I'm with the author of the blurb. I need a phone to call people, and to store the contact info for those I call. That's it. And it'd sure 'nuff be nice to be able to import/export that info into/out of my system.
I could give a rat turd about cameras and ring tones.
Saddam Hussein isn't a terrorist. He's a dictator and a fascist. bin Laden was associated with the Taliban, but not directly in their hierarchical structure, nor did he have any political power, except insofar as the Taliban and he shared the same political goals, and he was held in high esteem by them. The Lockerbie bombing -- which what I think you are referring to -- is a more interesting case. Lybia was in fact the sponsor of that act, and that was indeed a case of state sponsored terrorism. But my original definition still holds, I believe, for the simple reason that that definition is what is most typically meant whnever the term is used.
If you think my goal is to shield the US from criticism, it is not. I am vigorously opposed to many of the actions undertaken by the United States government, and in particular the current administration.
As for the Middle-Earth storyline, I think that The Silmarillion, not The Hobbit, should be made next.
Ok, I love you man, but thinking that you can make *a* movie out of the Silmarillion is just, well, I mean, I'm at a loss for words. The Silmarillion is over 3,000 years of history, with TONS of different stories. It's not a single, continuous work. It's a collection of different stories with different characters covering two separate ages. There is NO WAY you could take that and make it into a single movie and have it worth two shits. Each individual story would be so short as to eliminate the possilibty for meaningful plot or character development.
For the record, I loved both the Matrix trilogy (OK, Reloaded was a little thin, but only in comparison to the other 2) and the LotR trilogy. But the latter was very predictable and had the stereotypical "happy ending" that everyone was expecting, even for those of us who have never read the books or heard the story. The former, on the other hand, had an ending that nobody predicted.
I agree with you completely about the Matrix. That trilogy ended in a way that made sense, was ultimately satisfying, and meaningful in regards to the overall story. I felt that the entire Matrix trilogy was far and away better than it is generally given credit for, although I do think that LotR was better overall.
I think the main difference between the two is that the Matrix is more existential and therefore religious, while LotR is more of an archetypal heroic quest. And I do agree that the ending for Revolutions was more satisfying. There were deep sacrifices that had to be made in order for the conclusion to be reached, sacrifices that were more painful than what Tolkien was comfortable subjecting his characters (and audience) to.
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I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy to such a high degree. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that the use of unverifiable electronic voting machines with known vulnerabilities is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. I strongly believe that this must be stopped it by all means necessary or we will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of our country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
Live free or die.
If you listen to the commentary for Pirates of the Carribean, you can -- arguably -- hear Depp taking a hit off a bong. You know it's him because shortly after he answers a question and he has that voice like he's holding in the hit.
Pretty funny, actually.
First off, it is not a fine. No government ever accesses a FINE. They only tax. They just call it by different names.
I don't think this is entirely accurate. Fines are levied as punishment against individuals or corporations as a result of legal proceedings. Taxes are levied against groups or individuals (supposedly) equally. Further, taxes are enacted by legislatures. Fines are typically levied by the judiciary or, in the case of most modern governments, bureaucratic agencies such as the FTC or the FCC.
Defining taxes as "governments requiring moneys be delivered to them" is in my mind overly simplistic and unfortunately confuses the situation. Specicifity in terms is almost always beneficial.
Every consumer will being paying this "fine" for Microsoft. I don't care if you use Linux, Mac, or nothing at all. Your paying. Think of it as an embedded tax.
This, too, is inaccurate. These moneys are going from Microsoft's assets into the EU's treasury. How this affects me -- an American Mac user -- you fail to say. You assert it is true, but do not say how. I have not used a Microsoft product in many years, and therefore the success or failure of their business does not affect me, except in perhaps a "Butterfly Effect" kind of way. If, as a result of this, Microsoft raises the prices of Windows or Office, I and those like me will be unaffected.
In any event, if Microsoft is indeed guilty, as they seem to be, then justice requires that punishments be levied. The EU did the right thing here. You seem to oppose government actions such as this in toto, and I believe that to be a mistake. Governments can and should levy puntative fines against corporations that do not play by the rules set up by those same governmetns. To do otherwise would make the law meaningless.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. I strongly believe that this must be stopped it by all means necessary or we will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of our country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
Live free or die.In case any one is interested, you can run Software Update (remotely, if you wish) just by running the "softwareupdate" command from your terminal window.
Not sure, but I believe OS X's Mail.app can work with Exchange.
WHY is this flamebait? What rubric SHOULD be used to determine when civil disobedience is justifiable?
I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that this is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. It must be stopped it by all means necessary or you will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of your country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
Live free or die.
Really? What was factually incorrect in my statements? And did you even notice the last sentence I wrote?
In short, perhaps if we voted on weekends, perhaps more people would turn out to vote, thus cheating in elections would be less effective?
When has a Republican controlled government EVER done anything to promote democracy? Sure, there's bad guys on both sides of the aisles, but the Republicans are damn near zealous in their attempts to thwart any and all attempts at making voting an easier or fairer process.
So my quesiton is, what the hell are these new machines doing that equipment has been able to do for a decade (or more)?
Benefiting Republicans. Notice who always poo-poos suggestions that Diebold might be unfairly tallying votes, who Diebold give money to, and who consistently strives for single-party control in the country.
It doesn't matter, though. Whoever is responsible for this should be shot.
I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that this is just such a case.
Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.
This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. Stop it by all means necessary or you will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of your country, no matter how small your individual voice might be.
I just bought a G5 about a month ago, and I have to say it's one of the quietest boxes I've ever owned. The only time the fans were really loud was when I removed the case; they seem to be able to sense air flow, and adjust their speed accordingly. But when the case is closed and the inner plastic shielding is propertly in place, everything is hunky dory, i.e.: QUIET.
A standard of decency never hurt anyone, except for those who don't want a standard to exist for the very reason they don't have one and don't want the rest of society to have one either.
That's a really dumb thing to say. Just because I don't want the government regulating something you think is immoral doesn't mean that I am opposed to morality in toto. I happen to think that morality is incredibly important, but that when the government gets involved that nine times out of ten they do more to HURT morality than help it.
Hell, I even put up Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues on my website, and I try and keep them in mind throughout the day. Ethics and morality are not things that the government can force upon a free people, doubly so for things that a large portion - perhaps majority - of the population do not consider unethical.
I am very much for having a good moral society. I do not think that bared boobs are immoral.
Didn't you get the memo? WMD is so last year. The new hotness is reaching out to social conservatives. You know, opposing gay marriages, increasing funding for anti-porn initiatives, screaming about Janet Jackson's left boob, etc., etc.
I know the Fighting Game Master personally drove me out of the arcade and to the home consoles.
Damn straight, brother! Personally, I quit playing when I became a college grad and was consistently beaten by those little punks whose balls haven't dropped yet, and have vastly more amount of time to waste practicing on these damn things.
Yeah, it's humiliating to be smacked around with one of those super-cool 50 hit combo moves, when the person doing the smacking weights 50, 60 pounds less than you.
Smart ass punks. Kids today man, I tell ya what. NO respect, man, NO respect.
Maybe I didn't communicate my point well, then. In fact, rereading my message I don't think I did. My question was: Why should this concern me *at all*, in any amount? This question is even more relevent when it is so obvious that there are issues that are so unarguably and vastly more important than this one.
So let me get this right: Some guys in BFE clone human stem cells. Ok, fine. Gotcha. Meanwhile, the head of the IAEA is warning that the "World May Be Headed for Nuclear Destruction" because of the proliferation of nukes by Pakistan and North Korea.
Someone remind me please why it is that I should give a rat's ass about cloning, whether it's Joe Blow's stem cells or Adolf Hitler's own gametes? Cuz I just fail to see the significane of this at all, really.
What the hell? I thought Apple was supposed to be known for its high-quality hardware! If you had to replace that much hardware on a notebook that isn't even that old, the question I have is: how common is this? Were you using this thing on the deck of a pirate ship or something?
...because I'm afraid the Secret Service might interpret that as a threat against the president.
Holy moly, the day that a cell phone manufacturer comes out with the ability to export/import your address book as an XML document is the day I get a new cell phone. I'm with the author of the blurb. I need a phone to call people, and to store the contact info for those I call. That's it. And it'd sure 'nuff be nice to be able to import/export that info into/out of my system.
I could give a rat turd about cameras and ring tones.
Saddam Hussein isn't a terrorist. He's a dictator and a fascist. bin Laden was associated with the Taliban, but not directly in their hierarchical structure, nor did he have any political power, except insofar as the Taliban and he shared the same political goals, and he was held in high esteem by them. The Lockerbie bombing -- which what I think you are referring to -- is a more interesting case. Lybia was in fact the sponsor of that act, and that was indeed a case of state sponsored terrorism. But my original definition still holds, I believe, for the simple reason that that definition is what is most typically meant whnever the term is used.
If you think my goal is to shield the US from criticism, it is not. I am vigorously opposed to many of the actions undertaken by the United States government, and in particular the current administration.
Terrorist: A non-government actor seeking political change through violence directed intentionally against civilian populations.
I don't think that governments engage in terrorism, but that's just semantics. Doesn't mean I don't think they do bad things, though.
As for the Middle-Earth storyline, I think that The Silmarillion, not The Hobbit, should be made next.
Ok, I love you man, but thinking that you can make *a* movie out of the Silmarillion is just, well, I mean, I'm at a loss for words. The Silmarillion is over 3,000 years of history, with TONS of different stories. It's not a single, continuous work. It's a collection of different stories with different characters covering two separate ages. There is NO WAY you could take that and make it into a single movie and have it worth two shits. Each individual story would be so short as to eliminate the possilibty for meaningful plot or character development.
For the record, I loved both the Matrix trilogy (OK, Reloaded was a little thin, but only in comparison to the other 2) and the LotR trilogy. But the latter was very predictable and had the stereotypical "happy ending" that everyone was expecting, even for those of us who have never read the books or heard the story. The former, on the other hand, had an ending that nobody predicted.
I agree with you completely about the Matrix. That trilogy ended in a way that made sense, was ultimately satisfying, and meaningful in regards to the overall story. I felt that the entire Matrix trilogy was far and away better than it is generally given credit for, although I do think that LotR was better overall.
I think the main difference between the two is that the Matrix is more existential and therefore religious, while LotR is more of an archetypal heroic quest. And I do agree that the ending for Revolutions was more satisfying. There were deep sacrifices that had to be made in order for the conclusion to be reached, sacrifices that were more painful than what Tolkien was comfortable subjecting his characters (and audience) to.