Strange as it may seem to people living in socialist states (cough*EU*cough), the US government has to keep the US populace happy, or they tend to get pitched out on their asses (sooner or later, usually later).
And no, when it comes to our vital interests, we don't really give a flying fsck what others think. JUST LIKE ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. We just don't put on airs pretending to care what others think.
And no, our attitude was not the cause of 9/11. Like it or not (and we don't really like it) the US has been the torch carrier for liberty since WWII. We did not seek this role as policeman to the world, but somebody has to keep the barbarians in check (and islamists are the modern barbarians, they REALLY, REALLY want the clock turned back to about 1100A.D.).
Personally, I think we should let the rest of the world go fsck themselves, unless they mess with us. Then hit them so hard their great grandkids are cross-eyed (or glow).
Contrary to what the anti-gambling mafia may excrete, the vast, vast majority of people who gamble do not lose everything.
Yes, I know it's hard to grasp, but most people gamble for a little entertainment. Go to a casino, see a show, eat a good meal and play a few games.
There are a few (very few) who will gamble away every dime they have, then sell their house and throw that away too. Addictive types will honor their addictions. Why penalize the vast majority because of a few losers?
It's like soft drugs and prostitution. Most who dabble in either do it for entertainment. Other than a few addictive types, little or no harm is done to them or society. Alcohol and tobacco do more harm, and they're legal.
The harm comes from the law. Being illegal, these activities make huge profits, the criminals get involved, then the cops, judges and lawyers. Since all these types have vested interests in the illegality involved, the laws pretty much never change.
It may get me tarred and feathered here, but I run (or dual boot) Win2000 on all my boxen but the server. I'm lazy and 2000 works fair, for a M$ product.
I will probably dual-boot my nano box. It will primarily be a very tiny, portable box and act as a PVR when plugged into my network at home. When it's acting as a portable video player, I may boot Linux so I can run my own interface (or just steal and modify an existing Linux one).
If you want to get rid of that USB tuner let me know...
I'm planning a DIY nano-itx box very similar to this one. I already have a mini-itx PVR, but I'm looking to make a very tiny, very quiet box now.
Since the nano-itx boards only have a mini-PCI slot, I'm planning on using USB for any add-ons, including the TV tuner. Are there any good USB tuners available for under $100? It looks like the WinTV USB is good, but sells for about $180. There are others for as cheap as $50, but all the reviews say they suck.
I have been planning a tiny box since I first saw the specs on the nano-itx, back in September.
There is a proprietary mini-pci tuner card out, but it only works with another set top box.
There are USB TV tuners. I have seen mixed reviews of them. Seems the ATI one is best, but some people have issues with them.
I like having all the addons via USB. I can make the base box (MB, laptop HD and slim DVD) very small. If I need a tuner, plug one in. If I need another device, plug it in too. As long as it comes in USB...
What worries me isn't the Mexicans coming here for work (though they should be at least registering somewhere), it's the terrorists that can (and probably do) use the same routes.
BTW, does anybody know of a radiation detector chip or circuit that doesn't use a GM tube? I can get tiny tubes, but that 600-900volts is going to be a bitch to shield the other sensors/circuits from.
I need one that's available now, at a resonable price.
I'm working on a for-real-honest-to-dog tricorder.
It won't have the 235 discrete sensors of the 24th century model, but it will be able to register most forms or radiation: gamma, alpha, beta, RF, magnetic, EM, UV, IR. A lot of stuff you can't see with the naked eye. Handheld with a monochrome lcd. And that's just the Mark I.
I plan on having a color touch screen on the Mark II. More sensors (audio, video, meteorology). A DSP chip. Storage. GPS maybe. And I plan on building it into a STTNG tricorder replica case.
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"I think it is, myself personally"
What did he use, the Professors smelloscope?
You forget, keyboards have more germs than toilet seats...
Personally, I think anybody who gambles online is dumb ass. At least in a casino you can touch the machine that's robbing you.
The problem from the gubmits pov is that they aren't getting their cut.
Ever made a gun?
It's WAY easier to have a gun available before hand than to try to make/aquire one when the heat is on.
Smart people have an SKS or two with a few thousand rounds buried somewhere.
Just a minor point, but I think gambling in one form or another (casinos, bingo, lottery) is legal in about 42 out of 50 states.
Tennessee just got the lottery this year.
Uhh, call me a troll, but I think that defintion applies to the EU more and more each day.
If the french get their way, we all know who the "planners" will be...
I'm talking about voting.
BUT, we have a much better shot at removing an evil government than most. We have guns, most civilians in the world don't.
I don't think another civil war will ever be needed. Pols tend to be pussy lawyer types, they would cave first.
You forgot:
55,000 thermonuclear warheads.
and
The most powerful military the world has ever seen.
Strange as it may seem to people living in socialist states (cough*EU*cough), the US government has to keep the US populace happy, or they tend to get pitched out on their asses (sooner or later, usually later).
And no, when it comes to our vital interests, we don't really give a flying fsck what others think. JUST LIKE ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. We just don't put on airs pretending to care what others think.
And no, our attitude was not the cause of 9/11. Like it or not (and we don't really like it) the US has been the torch carrier for liberty since WWII. We did not seek this role as policeman to the world, but somebody has to keep the barbarians in check (and islamists are the modern barbarians, they REALLY, REALLY want the clock turned back to about 1100A.D.).
Personally, I think we should let the rest of the world go fsck themselves, unless they mess with us. Then hit them so hard their great grandkids are cross-eyed (or glow).
Contrary to what the anti-gambling mafia may excrete, the vast, vast majority of people who gamble do not lose everything.
Yes, I know it's hard to grasp, but most people gamble for a little entertainment. Go to a casino, see a show, eat a good meal and play a few games.
There are a few (very few) who will gamble away every dime they have, then sell their house and throw that away too. Addictive types will honor their addictions. Why penalize the vast majority because of a few losers?
It's like soft drugs and prostitution. Most who dabble in either do it for entertainment. Other than a few addictive types, little or no harm is done to them or society. Alcohol and tobacco do more harm, and they're legal.
The harm comes from the law. Being illegal, these activities make huge profits, the criminals get involved, then the cops, judges and lawyers. Since all these types have vested interests in the illegality involved, the laws pretty much never change.
It may get me tarred and feathered here, but I run (or dual boot) Win2000 on all my boxen but the server. I'm lazy and 2000 works fair, for a M$ product.
I will probably dual-boot my nano box. It will primarily be a very tiny, portable box and act as a PVR when plugged into my network at home. When it's acting as a portable video player, I may boot Linux so I can run my own interface (or just steal and modify an existing Linux one).
If you want to get rid of that USB tuner let me know...
I'm planning a DIY nano-itx box very similar to this one. I already have a mini-itx PVR, but I'm looking to make a very tiny, very quiet box now.
Since the nano-itx boards only have a mini-PCI slot, I'm planning on using USB for any add-ons, including the TV tuner. Are there any good USB tuners available for under $100? It looks like the WinTV USB is good, but sells for about $180. There are others for as cheap as $50, but all the reviews say they suck.
Anybody have luck with any USB tuners?
I wonder how hard it would be to toast those suckers?
I need to check the technology. Is it an actual chip? How large a charge would it take to fry it?
Have a little pager size device that you could wear on your belt. Walk down the aisle at wally-world, crippling every tag.
MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Just what is available in mini-PCI format?
I haven't found more that wireless and lan cards.
...and should have no problem playing Divx.
mmm, hardware mpeg4...
I have been planning a tiny box since I first saw the specs on the nano-itx, back in September.
There is a proprietary mini-pci tuner card out, but it only works with another set top box.
There are USB TV tuners. I have seen mixed reviews of them. Seems the ATI one is best, but some people have issues with them.
I like having all the addons via USB. I can make the base box (MB, laptop HD and slim DVD) very small. If I need a tuner, plug one in. If I need another device, plug it in too. As long as it comes in USB...
Ahh, a pc the size of a large paperback.
You all forgot:
Vanilla Sky - Tom is dead (and frozen and dreaming and...)
"Migration" implies they will be going back.
We have and illegal EMIGRATION problem.
What worries me isn't the Mexicans coming here for work (though they should be at least registering somewhere), it's the terrorists that can (and probably do) use the same routes.
BTW, does anybody know of a radiation detector chip or circuit that doesn't use a GM tube? I can get tiny tubes, but that 600-900volts is going to be a bitch to shield the other sensors/circuits from.
I need one that's available now, at a resonable price.
I'm working on a for-real-honest-to-dog tricorder.
It won't have the 235 discrete sensors of the 24th century model, but it will be able to register most forms or radiation: gamma, alpha, beta, RF, magnetic, EM, UV, IR. A lot of stuff you can't see with the naked eye. Handheld with a monochrome lcd. And that's just the Mark I.
I plan on having a color touch screen on the Mark II. More sensors (audio, video, meteorology). A DSP chip. Storage. GPS maybe. And I plan on building it into a STTNG tricorder replica case.
Hey, it keeps me off the street...
Oh, go suck your pinkie!
Kyle Poole of Crimsonfire (make of Firestorm gbaZ) just announced that the emulator will be released early next week under the GPL!
Though optimized for the Zodiac, this will allow porting to all Palm OS 5 devices.
except nintenblos has tons `o cash. And in court, cash wins.
It would have take the USPO about what, five minutes to Google up lost of prior art? Fscking idiots...
Try "Doctor Evil". Nice try, but no friggin' sharks with friggin' lasers on their heads for YOU!
You been watching ATHF again?
Meatwad LOOOOOVES his hotdog smoothies!