The Washington Post has had lots of coverage of XM, since it's a local company, and they report that there will be far fewer commercials than are on, say, Clear Channel. Oh, and XM has some former DJ's from WHFS. Those of us who've lived in DC for many years remember HFS, fondly, as a true alternative radio station. It used to play lots of reggae, punk, other non-mainstream formats. Looks like XM will do the same.
In the DC area we're getting tens of thousands of layoffs, but tech workers, especially those with clearances, are doing well. It's the airport/airline/hotel/restaurant workers who're getting screwed. You've got people who didn't make much to begin with being laid off and unable to find any jobs, not even minimum wage. On the other end of the scale airline pilots with $200,000/year salaries and $500,000 mortgages are getting pink slips.
In the early nineties. People with years of experience and families to feed were competing for the same entry level jobs I was looking for. I ended up putting my CS degree to use working construction. Learned a little roofing, duct work, wallboarding, and other useful tech skills.
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there would be -- in someone's mind -- justification for the murder of 6,000+ innocent civilians
There is justification in someone's mind, else it wouldn't have happened. Not saying it's a good justification, it isn't, but they felt it justified. Which proves the bankruptcy of their ideas.
Probably get modded to minus infinity for this, but here goes.
He's a typical geek. In terms of personality we often are mildly sociopathic. We often don't connect with other people at all. And, unless we have been directly effected by an event, we are detached from it. We often live in our own little worlds, revolving around the latest cool tech. What we see is the coolness, the niftyness. We don't really see the people.
that the only option is a massive Desert Storm type of invasion? What I hear military people talking about is using special ops people for small targeted operations. At most we would have a division, the 82nd probably, sieze a small easily secured area to use as, in effect, a large firebase. Or possibly use the Northern Alliance areas. Anyone who thinks we are going to try and conquer Afghanistan is an idiot.
How does that keep you from speaking out? I've had letters to the editor published without using crypto. Hell, I'm not using it right now, in this message. Lack of crypto in slash certainly isn't restraining my speech.
Do you think Canada has more protections? Mexico? Austrailia? Every technological country has as many, or more, restrictions on its citizens at the USA will have in the near future.
If you want to live at a lower technological level, then you can find places where the people have more rights, at least as far as their government is concerned.
After Pearl Harbor, Admmiral Kimmel and General Short were relieved of their commands. They were fired and disgraced. We can expect some fairly high ranking people to be fired, but proving criminal negligence would be tough.
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The Washington Post has had lots of coverage of XM, since it's a local company, and they report that there will be far fewer commercials than are on, say, Clear Channel. Oh, and XM has some former DJ's from WHFS. Those of us who've lived in DC for many years remember HFS, fondly, as a true alternative radio station. It used to play lots of reggae, punk, other non-mainstream formats. Looks like XM will do the same.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. What goes around, comes around. etc. etc. etc.
Which means you have to wait for the third release (10.2?) for it to be really useful.
In the DC area we're getting tens of thousands of layoffs, but tech workers, especially those with clearances, are doing well. It's the airport/airline/hotel/restaurant workers who're getting screwed. You've got people who didn't make much to begin with being laid off and unable to find any jobs, not even minimum wage. On the other end of the scale airline pilots with $200,000/year salaries and $500,000 mortgages are getting pink slips.
In the early nineties. People with years of experience and families to feed were competing for the same entry level jobs I was looking for. I ended up putting my CS degree to use working construction. Learned a little roofing, duct work, wallboarding, and other useful tech skills.
It's called the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
(N/T) ... like the body or the subject!)
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment
"Deus lo vult!" was a few centuries ago.
There is justification in someone's mind, else it wouldn't have happened. Not saying it's a good justification, it isn't, but they felt it justified. Which proves the bankruptcy of their ideas.
In the Army it's Sergants Major, not Sergant Majors.
He's a typical geek. In terms of personality we often are mildly sociopathic. We often don't connect with other people at all. And, unless we have been directly effected by an event, we are detached from it. We often live in our own little worlds, revolving around the latest cool tech. What we see is the coolness, the niftyness. We don't really see the people.
As someone who's been in the military, and now does programming for a defense contractor, I see how uninformed the media can be.
that the only option is a massive Desert Storm type of invasion? What I hear military people talking about is using special ops people for small targeted operations. At most we would have a division, the 82nd probably, sieze a small easily secured area to use as, in effect, a large firebase. Or possibly use the Northern Alliance areas. Anyone who thinks we are going to try and conquer Afghanistan is an idiot.
Until you get a three day rainstorm. It is getting better, but it's not there yet.
You. ;-)
The Washington Post is reporting that Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP, has gotten hate mail in the wake of the WTC attacks.
Which is why they love DMCA, UCITA, et. al. and why we despise those laws.
How does that keep you from speaking out? I've had letters to the editor published without using crypto. Hell, I'm not using it right now, in this message. Lack of crypto in slash certainly isn't restraining my speech.
Wiretaps require a warrant from a judge.
If you want to live at a lower technological level, then you can find places where the people have more rights, at least as far as their government is concerned.
1986, when I was leaving Korea.
After Pearl Harbor, Admmiral Kimmel and General Short were relieved of their commands. They were fired and disgraced. We can expect some fairly high ranking people to be fired, but proving criminal negligence would be tough.
I swear that sumbitch has been reading my mind these past few days.
Just a thought.
That's not new. Countries, tribes, and people have been doing it for thousands of years.