The argument is basically that illegal foreigners working in the united states have jobs which may have otherwise gone to unemployed americans, whome the government is supposed to represent. However, if they are working legally, then they have to be working at least at minimum wage, which means there is little or no incentive to hire them rather than an unemployed american citizen, which means that basically they're contributing to the economy. I believe maddox wrote something about this,
In the parliment in Israel, the People vote for the Prime Minister from a selection of candidates, and then vote for a party to represent them in parliment. Each party gets a preportional number of seats to the percentage of the electorate that voted for them The people who fill the seats are selected by in-party elections prior to national elections. The prime minister must then build a coalition of 50% of the parliment in order to get the budget passed (I believe that if it is not passed by a certain date, another election is held, or something) The Prime minister grants ministries to parties in return for their support. For example, the Russians want to get the Ministry of the Interior to relax the rules for immigration, and the Religious Nutjobs want the Ministry of Education to premote brainwashing in public schools.
On a more serious note, why haven't there been any discussions focusing on the past two debates? Meanwhile, there has been a lot of discussion regarding independent candidates whose chances of being elected are statistically indistinguishable from zero.
This is to avoid sounding biased. Since the republicans got SLAMMED in the debates, any mention thereof would have to make note of this fact.
I think people who pretend to be friends while disagreeing on basic philosophies of life, the universe, and everything, are lying to themselves.
This goes for Republicans and Democrats, as well as Greens and Libertarians. Just because I list you as a foe doesn't mean I'm not willing to listen to what you have to say.
Having specific topics is part of what most of the people opposed are arguing AGAINST, since it can lead to ignoring issues that neither candidate wants to talk about (Like the looming 70 trillion dollar deficit when everyone retires all of a sudden)
PS: you are now listed as a foe, because no person of sound mind can also be a republican, and I don't like people who are not of sound mind.
I don't think anyone was blaming the hardware. The hardware is probably fine. The user or the distribution are much more likely to be at fault. Occasionally I compile a kernel that breaks support for a previously working piece of hardware, but at that point I can regress to my previous kernel or recompile the kernel with correct options. I believe in 2.6.7 my SBLive didn't work when the driver wasn't a module but that was more likely my fault.
See alexa for the list of the highest hit sites. currently, the top 10: 1) Yahoo! (FreeBSD) 2) MSN (Windows/FreeBSD) 3) Google (Linux/Unknown) 4) Microsoft (Windows) 5) Passport (Windows) 6) Ebay (Windows) 7) Amazon (Linux/Unknown) 8) OfferOptimizer (Linux/Unknown) 9) Fastclick (Linux) 10) Doubleclick (Windows)
This is only a representation of web servers, However, since 80% of mail is spam (according to a previous slashdot story) and 80% of spam comes from hijjacked windows computers, it stands to reason that a good number (probably a majority) of the mail in the world originates at a windows MTA.
The IBM laptop that is called the "worlds thinnest laptop" is the X40 the X40 has a 12 inch screen, is.8x10.3x8.5" at 2.7 p It has a 7-11.5 hour battery life depending on options it's maximum CPU speed is 1.2 ghz It's not the same market as the PowerBook, not even if you include the 12" powerbook, which is 4.6 pounds, "up to" 5 hours of battery life, and all sorts of crap I don't want or need (like the optical drive that I might use on the occasion that I reinstall)
Novell had complete and utter control over file and print servers (Workgroup Services) before Microsoft decided to extend their monopoly into that space.
People are not so much afraid of changed as that they need to be sold change.
It's different because Google is the first corporation to stand for Truth And All That Is Good whilst Satan Falwell just needs to burn in hell for his crimes against humanity. A bouncy, purple, teletubby hell.
Slashdot Mirror
ergo, it is essential that the process be untrustworthy
I thought Disney was responsible for the storyline/writing/voice recording...
and pixar was soley animations
I predict the toy story 3 will have crappy art compared to the first two
The argument is basically that illegal foreigners working in the united states have jobs which may have otherwise gone to unemployed americans, whome the government is supposed to represent.
However, if they are working legally, then they have to be working at least at minimum wage, which means there is little or no incentive to hire them rather than an unemployed american citizen, which means that basically they're contributing to the economy. I believe maddox wrote something about this,
or into a multi-terabyte WORM (as in my case)
Maryland's 8th Congressional District includes Bethesda, which is the most educated city in this country.2 -1.html
http://www.gazette.net/200246/bethesda/news/13048
In the parliment in Israel, the People vote for the Prime Minister from a selection of candidates, and then vote for a party to represent them in parliment.
Each party gets a preportional number of seats to the percentage of the electorate that voted for them
The people who fill the seats are selected by in-party elections prior to national elections. The prime minister must then build a coalition of 50% of the parliment in order to get the budget passed (I believe that if it is not passed by a certain date, another election is held, or something)
The Prime minister grants ministries to parties in return for their support. For example, the Russians want to get the Ministry of the Interior to relax the rules for immigration, and the Religious Nutjobs want the Ministry of Education to premote brainwashing in public schools.
This is to avoid sounding biased. Since the republicans got SLAMMED in the debates, any mention thereof would have to make note of this fact.
s/own/use/g
Tyranny of the Majority is the best statement about a democracy I've EVER heard.
Or a democratic republic.
I think people who pretend to be friends while disagreeing on basic philosophies of life, the universe, and everything, are lying to themselves.
This goes for Republicans and Democrats, as well as Greens and Libertarians.
Just because I list you as a foe doesn't mean I'm not willing to listen to what you have to say.
Having specific topics is part of what most of the people opposed are arguing AGAINST, since it can lead to ignoring issues that neither candidate wants to talk about (Like the looming 70 trillion dollar deficit when everyone retires all of a sudden)
PS: you are now listed as a foe, because no person of sound mind can also be a republican, and I don't like people who are not of sound mind.
The Bad Guys
With Bush and Ashcroft.
The problem is that then people would bribe news stations to advertise for them (like fox news and CBS already do)
Can I have two tuners and one cable decoder? (otherwise, what's the point exactly)
I don't think anyone was blaming the hardware.
The hardware is probably fine. The user or the distribution are much more likely to be at fault.
Occasionally I compile a kernel that breaks support for a previously working piece of hardware, but at that point I can regress to my previous kernel or recompile the kernel with correct options.
I believe in 2.6.7 my SBLive didn't work when the driver wasn't a module but that was more likely my fault.
See alexa for the list of the highest hit sites.
currently, the top 10:
1) Yahoo! (FreeBSD)
2) MSN (Windows/FreeBSD)
3) Google (Linux/Unknown)
4) Microsoft (Windows)
5) Passport (Windows)
6) Ebay (Windows)
7) Amazon (Linux/Unknown)
8) OfferOptimizer (Linux/Unknown)
9) Fastclick (Linux)
10) Doubleclick (Windows)
This is only a representation of web servers, However, since 80% of mail is spam (according to a previous slashdot story) and 80% of spam comes from hijjacked windows computers, it stands to reason that a good number (probably a majority) of the mail in the world originates at a windows MTA.
What also may work is lowering the granularity of the timer in the kernel,
ie HERTZ=1
The IBM laptop that is called the "worlds thinnest laptop" is the X40 .8x10.3x8.5"
the X40 has a 12 inch screen, is
at 2.7 p
It has a 7-11.5 hour battery life depending on options
it's maximum CPU speed is 1.2 ghz
It's not the same market as the PowerBook, not even if you include the 12" powerbook, which is 4.6 pounds, "up to" 5 hours of battery life, and all sorts of crap I don't want or need (like the optical drive that I might use on the occasion that I reinstall)
Bigotry against religious nuts is not only legitimate, but commendable.
PS: Pointing out that a person is attractive is not chauvinism.
Novell had complete and utter control over file and print servers (Workgroup Services) before Microsoft decided to extend their monopoly into that space.
People are not so much afraid of changed as that they need to be sold change.
re: your sig
wow.
(yes it happens here)
It's different because Google is the first corporation to stand for Truth And All That Is Good whilst Satan Falwell just needs to burn in hell for his crimes against humanity.
A bouncy, purple, teletubby hell.
ETC punch cards, you mean
(Cryptonomicon)
dammit. I was right the first time.
Oh, wait. This isn't that replace motherboard with tiles of CPUs.
It's some equally uninteresting pipedream...
Yay.