Troll and Flamebait? My first one - I guess I should be proud.
Anyway - I did a rough pricing on a system for around the same amount of money.
I could get - Dragon Full-Tower Case 75.00 Enermax EG651P-VE 550 Watt Power Supply 130.00 Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8GHz 533MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache 361.00 Hi-Performance Heatsink/CPU Cooling Fan 22.00 ASUS P4T533-C Intel 850E478-pin Pentium 4 Motherboard 157.00 Standard 1.44MB Floppy Drive 5.00 1GB RDRAM PC-1066 512.00 200GB Western Digital UltraATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache 285.00 16/48x IDE DVD-ROM Drive w/Software MPEG-2 Decoder 40.00 Lite-On 48x12x48x CD-RW - IDE - Black 61.00 Hercules® 3D Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB AGP Dual Monitor 366.00 KoolMaxx Video Cooling System 22.00 Sound Blaster® Audigy 1394 - 5.1 59.00 Intel® PRO/1000 MT Gigabit Desktop Adapter 37.00
if I wanted - (and I used some of the better stuff out there) for around the same amount as this apple.
I'm sorry a funny comment got modded into hell by folks that like Macs, but seriously - for the same amount of money - pc's still are the better value.
Why not just patent images on a screnn conveying information.
that way you don't need to specify "buttons" of "frames".
I think that web pages should be treated as just a novel way to replace a library, and tell these wanna be patent millionaires to take a hike to the nearest cliff.
Information is information - doesn't matter if it's in a book, newspaper, or a bunch of pixles on a screen.
I know of a guy named Abdullah al-Muhajir who used to be called Jose Padilla before he converted to Muslim and attended Terrorist camps - but I know of no Jose Padilla being held as an enemy combatent.
Oh wait - it's easier to demonize the United States if he appears as a victim with a more normal american sounding name!
Well, here we go - time to lose my karma and be branded a troll. But this article posted here is pretty much crap.
Some folks get together begging for money to write in Steve Jobs.
BFD. WTF cares?
Would anyone care if the same was done for Bill Gates? Hillary Rosen? Vallenti?
The same thing would happen. The political insults fly back and forth as a site that's supposed to be dedicated to news for Geeks gets dragged into a political sh1tsl1nging fest that's really annoying to read.
There's so much more out there to discuss and enjoy instead of some lame ass "gimme money" site that will do nothing but split a vote anyway.
I found myself wishing I had Karma points to slap down some folks here but then realized what a waste of time it would be to read thru the scum that passes for responses in most of this thread.
I can't help thinking that this article was posted just to cause a politico discussion, and if we could rate articles I'da rated it a -5 troll.
Ah well, Rant's over. I'm going to go read wired, or science now.
The media has portrayed you as a master Hacker. Do you consider yourself a hacker? Is there a difference between social engineering and hacking? I ask becuase you indicated in an interview posted on 2600 that you were "admittedly light" in programming skills. What are your thoughts on this?
I can understand the frustration when folks talk in a movie theater during the show, or in an art gallery. At those times it should be right to express frustration and tell them to STFU (if they are or are not using a cell phone it doesn't matter).
But a grocery line? A bus? A train? What the hell is wrong with using a cell phone there?
I mean really - I never saw a parent staple their annoying brats mouth shut to stop it from yammering about how it wants that candy bar by the cash register - I don't see people duct taping their mouths on a train instead of conversing.
If a cell phone user keeps it quiet, what the hell is the problem?
The issue being the origional poster - by continuing this "well it's a tit for tat" issue (when it really isn't) it strays away from the origional comment.
I'd suggest you go and read all my comments on slashdot. You'll see that I'm not skewed either way on the political spectrum.
Besides - I'm a lemming - we aren't known for being polite or even politically correct. As for being part of the problem - look in the mirror - as an obufiscator and an apologist you're doing far more to cloud the issue than I.
Yes. It is a comment on the left that would drag an unrelated event into the "I hate GOP" arena. I decided not to leave it alone and point it out.
In the Immortal words of Will Smith - "Don't START none, won't BE none". Meaning, my comments about it never would of been made had not the origional poster not made the dig at the GOP.
Pointing it out is hardly an equivalent event. If I were to smack you over the head with a 2 by 4, you pointing out the rudeness of it would not equal, or even mitigate my action - which is what you are insinuating here.
I completely disagree with that. There are no comments here saying the exact opposite of what the person said here.
It was a cheap shot at the GOP - and if you'll look carefully there are no cheap shots at the DNC (well maybe there will be soon since I mentioned it).
Both Parties are seriously bent, broken, and spindled - but time and time again I see nothing but slams on the GOP here.
Not saying it's right or wrong - just pointing it out.
So what cronie told him to toughen diesel standards? Specially since it'll be costing the cronies money?
And what exactly is wrong with growing meat? it'll cut down on Gaseous emissions from cows, return grazing lands to natural states, eliminate swine farm water table problems, aid in building back up the fish reserves, change over farmland from growing feed for animals and make room for more human foods that can be exported, give areas that can't raise cattle easily a new food source. The ramifications of a grown meat are staggering when it comes to helping man and the environment.
The senator doesn't apologize for aggressively pushing his agenda, much of it at odds with the White House. By MARY JACOBY
St. Petersburg Times, published February 18, 2001
WASHINGTON -- Is now the winter of John McCain's discontent?
This is no small question for the Bush administration and its allies, who are keeping a wary eye on the Arizona senator for signs he is plotting to steal the crown.
In the minds of McCain's detractors in Washington, the unsuccessful 2000 Republican presidential candidate is living out a kind of Shakespearean tragedy, not unlike some modern-day Richard III, consumed with bitterness and in pursuit of power at all costs.
It has not even been a month since President Bush was sworn into office, and McCain is already working against his party leadership on two high-profile issues: managed care reform and gun control.
"He has charted a course of action absolutely designed to put him at odds with President Bush and the Republican congressional leadership," conservative activist Paul Weyrich said. "There's no question it is going to undermine the president's agenda."
Or, as Shakespeare's treacherous Richard put it, "I am determined to prove a villain." This line about sums up how anti-McCain Republicans feel about the Arizona senator's recent actions:
McCain has joined liberal Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., in sponsoring a managed care reform bill that Bush opposes. Conservatives say the bill needs more restrictions on the rights of patients to sue health maintenance organizations for negligence.
But liberals, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, strongly back the legislation. "Say the word, President Bush, and we can make this bill law," the New York Democrat said in her maiden Senate floor speech last week.
With the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, McCain has reintroduced legislation to impose a waiting period on purchases of weapons at gun shows, crossing another ideological line in the sand for conservatives, who prefer instant background checks instead.
McCain has said he has enough votes to block a Republican filibuster on his signature issue, campaign finance reform. Republican leaders are ferociously opposed to the bill's comprehensive ban on unregulated "soft money" contributions. The GOP says the ban would put it at a disadvantage with labor union-backed Democrats at election time.
With his Democratic co-sponsor, Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, McCain is holding town hall meetings on campaign finance reform in the states of Republican senators who do not support his version.
The pressure tactic infuriated Arkansas Sen. Tim Hutchinson, who faces a difficult re-election campaign in 2002. McCain promoted potential Democratic challengers to Hutchinson by inviting them onto stage during his forum last month in Little Rock.
"People think they'll cause trouble, and they're frustrated," Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said of McCain's Democratic-backed initiatives. "But I don't know how they'll play out."
Weyrich calls McCain's agenda "a deliberate strategy to set himself up for the next (presidential) election" and "retribution for the fact he lost the Republican nomination in 2000."
Yet McCain has said he does not intend to run again for president. His advisers say it would be foolhardy to challenge the incumbent for the Republican nomination in 2004.
His next realistic shot at the White House would be 2008. But by then McCain, who has battled skin cancer, would be 72 and perhaps too old to mount another campaign.
McCain laughs off criticism. "I'm there with the Trotskyites, the communists and the media," he said, trotting out an old line from the presidential campaign to describe how other Republicans view him.
His intention, aides say, is not to undermine Bush or position himself for another presidential bid. It is simply to break partisan gridlock and get things done.
"McCain is an activist legislator," said the senator's chief of staff, Mark Salter. "This is about bipartisanship. He's going to do what he can before he's out of public life."
Yet the bad blood between the two camps is unmistakable.
There is no contact on a staff level between the Bush administration and McCain's office, although regular communication could diffuse tensions. And McCain loyalists complain they are being frozen out of the hundreds of political jobs that open up in the executive branch with a change of administration.
The behind-the-scenes tug-of-war was on display earlier this month over McCain's managed care bill. Bush opposes that bill because it allows patients to sue health maintenance organizations in state courts, where awards tend to be bigger than in federal courts.
As McCain was preparing to unveil the managed care bill he crafted with Kennedy and Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., top Bush adviser Karl Rove called a key House Republican to the White House.
Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., who had been the most high-profile House GOP backer of the so-called patient's bill of rights, later announced he was reserving judgment on the legislation he had championed so heavily in the last Congress.
According to reports, Rove also asked Norwood not to attend McCain's Feb. 6 press conference on the bill.
"We emphasized to the congressman, as well as others, that the president deserves his chance to put forward a patient bill of rights that is going to be strong and bipartisan," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said of the Norwood meeting.
Fleischer said conflicts with McCain were "not an issue." Then he chided the press corps for dwelling on the Norwood defection.
"This is part of old Washington versus new Washington," Fleischer said. "In a new Washington, which President Bush is going to try his hardest to create, you just put your head down and you work with people."
To which a White House scribe rejoined, "So you won't tell any more people not to attend press conferences in the future?"
The consensus among establishment Republicans is that Norwood made a smart move. The junior House member has shown himself to be a team player and can expect Bush to return the favor one day.
What irritates the GOP establishment is that McCain does not play the same game. He seems almost quixotically independent. He is the only Republican senator, for example, not to endorse recently defeated GOP Sen. Slade Gorton of Washington for a federal judgeship.
Yet his loose-cannon quality is also the source of his popularity, which McCain clearly hopes will translate into legislative power.
As the surprise winner of last year's New Hampshire and Michigan GOP presidential primaries, McCain claims a mandate from the independent and centrist voters who propelled his candidacy against a vastly better funded Bush.
The anti-candidate who refused to be scripted and campaigned in a bus dubbed the Straight-Talk Express is striving to remain true to expectations.
The problem, though, is that the confrontational style that made him into a political celebrity hampers his ability to cultivate the allies he needs in Congress to pass legislation.
Republican Rep. Ric Keller, who won an Orlando-area seat by only 5,000 votes, is one of 13 House Republican freshmen who are not supporting McCain's campaign finance bill, even after the Arizona senator campaigned for them last fall.
Keller has told supporters in Washington that he was angered by McCain's characterization of his position on the bill as "bulls---" to a reporter the day before the election.
Like Bush, Keller supports a concept called "paycheck protection," which would prevent labor unions from using a member's dues for partisan political purposes without getting permission. McCain left this provision out of his bill because Democrats are inalterably opposed.
Keller confirmed that McCain had made the comment to the reporter but insisted there were no hard feelings. "I'm a huge fan of him on a personal level," he said.
But, Keller added: "I don't think it's fair to say because McCain campaigned for you, you have to vote with him 100 percent of the time."
Similarly, freshman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., won an open seat by only 111 votes after McCain campaigned for him.
But Rogers told the Detroit News that he would not support McCain's campaign finance bill, in part because he believes Bush should be driving the Republican agenda.
"You can be disruptive to a point where it has a negative impact on the good things that need to be done," Rogers said. "Somebody needs to remind (McCain) that he lost."
Ever since he lost his presidential bid McCain's been the Democrats Democrat (yes, I know - He's a Republican in name only). His Stances and choices usually support what the Democrats want, and often exceeds their wildest dreams. Seeing as how the Entertainment industry is most entrenched in the DNC (Like Babs Streisand and others) look for McCain handing Everything the MPAA wants in a very short order.
Looks like the.NET developers are in full force today;)... I am in full support of this decision to force microsoft to have to include the latest version of java on their OS
Yep, looks like two wrongs make a right.
I wonder when Honda will be demanding Ford Use their catalytic converter bolt pattern since Honda needs to make sure Ford's stuff is compatible with their stuff?
Slashdot Mirror
Troll and Flamebait? My first one - I guess I should be proud.
Anyway - I did a rough pricing on a system for around the same amount of money.
I could get -
Dragon Full-Tower Case 75.00
Enermax EG651P-VE 550 Watt Power Supply 130.00
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8GHz 533MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache 361.00
Hi-Performance Heatsink/CPU Cooling Fan 22.00
ASUS P4T533-C Intel 850E478-pin Pentium 4 Motherboard 157.00
Standard 1.44MB Floppy Drive 5.00
1GB RDRAM PC-1066 512.00
200GB Western Digital UltraATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache 285.00
16/48x IDE DVD-ROM Drive w/Software MPEG-2 Decoder 40.00
Lite-On 48x12x48x CD-RW - IDE - Black 61.00
Hercules® 3D Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB AGP Dual Monitor 366.00
KoolMaxx Video Cooling System 22.00
Sound Blaster® Audigy 1394 - 5.1 59.00
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Gigabit Desktop Adapter 37.00
if I wanted - (and I used some of the better stuff out there) for around the same amount as this apple.
I'm sorry a funny comment got modded into hell by folks that like Macs, but seriously - for the same amount of money - pc's still are the better value.
And that explains why our economy is in the crapper.
(Laugh, it was meant to be funny)
Breaking news:
"Macs still more expensive than PC's"
News at 11
Too late.
Microsoft beat you to it.
Why not just patent images on a screnn conveying information.
that way you don't need to specify "buttons" of "frames".
I think that web pages should be treated as just a novel way to replace a library, and tell these wanna be patent millionaires to take a hike to the nearest cliff.
Information is information - doesn't matter if it's in a book, newspaper, or a bunch of pixles on a screen.
Who is Jose Padilla?
I know of a guy named Abdullah al-Muhajir who used to be called Jose Padilla before he converted to Muslim and attended Terrorist camps - but I know of no Jose Padilla being held as an enemy combatent.
Oh wait - it's easier to demonize the United States if he appears as a victim with a more normal american sounding name!
Gotta love that good ole media spin!
Well, here we go - time to lose my karma and be branded a troll. But this article posted here is pretty much crap.
Some folks get together begging for money to write in Steve Jobs.
BFD. WTF cares?
Would anyone care if the same was done for Bill Gates? Hillary Rosen? Vallenti?
The same thing would happen. The political insults fly back and forth as a site that's supposed to be dedicated to news for Geeks gets dragged into a political sh1tsl1nging fest that's really annoying to read.
There's so much more out there to discuss and enjoy instead of some lame ass "gimme money" site that will do nothing but split a vote anyway.
I found myself wishing I had Karma points to slap down some folks here but then realized what a waste of time it would be to read thru the scum that passes for responses in most of this thread.
I can't help thinking that this article was posted just to cause a politico discussion, and if we could rate articles I'da rated it a -5 troll.
Ah well, Rant's over. I'm going to go read wired, or science now.
The media has portrayed you as a master Hacker. Do you consider yourself a hacker? Is there a difference between social engineering and hacking? I ask becuase you indicated in an interview posted on 2600 that you were "admittedly light" in programming skills. What are your thoughts on this?
Is that any more annoying than a parent yelling at their child in a similiar place? Or perhaps a child crying on the bus?
I can understand the frustration when folks talk in a movie theater during the show, or in an art gallery. At those times it should be right to express frustration and tell them to STFU (if they are or are not using a cell phone it doesn't matter).
But a grocery line? A bus? A train? What the hell is wrong with using a cell phone there?
I mean really - I never saw a parent staple their annoying brats mouth shut to stop it from yammering about how it wants that candy bar by the cash register - I don't see people duct taping their mouths on a train instead of conversing.
If a cell phone user keeps it quiet, what the hell is the problem?
New world order - as signed into law by B.J. Clinton.
(Gasp - Yes, Clinton signed DMCA into law)
The issue being the origional poster - by continuing this "well it's a tit for tat" issue (when it really isn't) it strays away from the origional comment.
And slashdot has been like normal for me.
My Hatred?
I'd suggest you go and read all my comments on slashdot. You'll see that I'm not skewed either way on the political spectrum.
Besides - I'm a lemming - we aren't known for being polite or even politically correct. As for being part of the problem - look in the mirror - as an obufiscator and an apologist you're doing far more to cloud the issue than I.
Yes. It is a comment on the left that would drag an unrelated event into the "I hate GOP" arena. I decided not to leave it alone and point it out.
In the Immortal words of Will Smith - "Don't START none, won't BE none". Meaning, my comments about it never would of been made had not the origional poster not made the dig at the GOP.
Pointing it out is hardly an equivalent event. If I were to smack you over the head with a 2 by 4, you pointing out the rudeness of it would not equal, or even mitigate my action - which is what you are insinuating here.
I completely disagree with that. There are no comments here saying the exact opposite of what the person said here.
It was a cheap shot at the GOP - and if you'll look carefully there are no cheap shots at the DNC (well maybe there will be soon since I mentioned it).
Both Parties are seriously bent, broken, and spindled - but time and time again I see nothing but slams on the GOP here.
Not saying it's right or wrong - just pointing it out.
One was, one wasn't.
The rabid hatred of the left astounds me sometimes. Even on issues totally unrelated they try to interject a bash on the republicans.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned 2600's legal difficulties resulting from hyperlinkinbg to DECSS. Perhaps they can appeal and even counter sue now?
And who has the superior market share again? Clone market? Apple?
I'll give you a clue (it isn't fruit related).
I-I I-do I-agree I-with I-your I-points I-despite I-you I-calling I-it I-an "I-Cube"
Bush's energy cronies got him to loosen it, because their precious profits were suffering.
Really? He's got Cronies?
So what cronie told him to toughen diesel standards? Specially since it'll be costing the cronies money?
And what exactly is wrong with growing meat? it'll cut down on Gaseous emissions from cows, return grazing lands to natural states, eliminate swine farm water table problems, aid in building back up the fish reserves, change over farmland from growing feed for animals and make room for more human foods that can be exported, give areas that can't raise cattle easily a new food source.
The ramifications of a grown meat are staggering when it comes to helping man and the environment.
Sorry - Hit reply before I commented.
I am not attacking McCain - Merely observing that since this article was published He's been consistant on Standing up to the GOP.
McCain stays a pesky thorn in Bush's side
The senator doesn't apologize for aggressively pushing his agenda, much of it at odds with the White House.
By MARY JACOBY
St. Petersburg Times, published February 18, 2001
WASHINGTON -- Is now the winter of John McCain's discontent?
This is no small question for the Bush administration and its allies, who are keeping a wary eye on the Arizona senator for signs he is plotting to steal the crown.
In the minds of McCain's detractors in Washington, the unsuccessful 2000 Republican presidential candidate is living out a kind of Shakespearean tragedy, not unlike some modern-day Richard III, consumed with bitterness and in pursuit of power at all costs.
It has not even been a month since President Bush was sworn into office, and McCain is already working against his party leadership on two high-profile issues: managed care reform and gun control.
"He has charted a course of action absolutely designed to put him at odds with President Bush and the Republican congressional leadership," conservative activist Paul Weyrich said. "There's no question it is going to undermine the president's agenda."
Or, as Shakespeare's treacherous Richard put it, "I am determined to prove a villain." This line about sums up how anti-McCain Republicans feel about the Arizona senator's recent actions:
McCain has joined liberal Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., in sponsoring a managed care reform bill that Bush opposes. Conservatives say the bill needs more restrictions on the rights of patients to sue health maintenance organizations for negligence.
But liberals, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, strongly back the legislation. "Say the word, President Bush, and we can make this bill law," the New York Democrat said in her maiden Senate floor speech last week.
With the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, McCain has reintroduced legislation to impose a waiting period on purchases of weapons at gun shows, crossing another ideological line in the sand for conservatives, who prefer instant background checks instead.
McCain has said he has enough votes to block a Republican filibuster on his signature issue, campaign finance reform. Republican leaders are ferociously opposed to the bill's comprehensive ban on unregulated "soft money" contributions. The GOP says the ban would put it at a disadvantage with labor union-backed Democrats at election time.
With his Democratic co-sponsor, Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, McCain is holding town hall meetings on campaign finance reform in the states of Republican senators who do not support his version.
The pressure tactic infuriated Arkansas Sen. Tim Hutchinson, who faces a difficult re-election campaign in 2002. McCain promoted potential Democratic challengers to Hutchinson by inviting them onto stage during his forum last month in Little Rock.
"People think they'll cause trouble, and they're frustrated," Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said of McCain's Democratic-backed initiatives. "But I don't know how they'll play out."
Weyrich calls McCain's agenda "a deliberate strategy to set himself up for the next (presidential) election" and "retribution for the fact he lost the Republican nomination in 2000."
Yet McCain has said he does not intend to run again for president. His advisers say it would be foolhardy to challenge the incumbent for the Republican nomination in 2004.
His next realistic shot at the White House would be 2008. But by then McCain, who has battled skin cancer, would be 72 and perhaps too old to mount another campaign.
McCain laughs off criticism. "I'm there with the Trotskyites, the communists and the media," he said, trotting out an old line from the presidential campaign to describe how other Republicans view him.
His intention, aides say, is not to undermine Bush or position himself for another presidential bid. It is simply to break partisan gridlock and get things done.
"McCain is an activist legislator," said the senator's chief of staff, Mark Salter. "This is about bipartisanship. He's going to do what he can before he's out of public life."
Yet the bad blood between the two camps is unmistakable.
There is no contact on a staff level between the Bush administration and McCain's office, although regular communication could diffuse tensions. And McCain loyalists complain they are being frozen out of the hundreds of political jobs that open up in the executive branch with a change of administration.
The behind-the-scenes tug-of-war was on display earlier this month over McCain's managed care bill. Bush opposes that bill because it allows patients to sue health maintenance organizations in state courts, where awards tend to be bigger than in federal courts.
As McCain was preparing to unveil the managed care bill he crafted with Kennedy and Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., top Bush adviser Karl Rove called a key House Republican to the White House.
Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., who had been the most high-profile House GOP backer of the so-called patient's bill of rights, later announced he was reserving judgment on the legislation he had championed so heavily in the last Congress.
According to reports, Rove also asked Norwood not to attend McCain's Feb. 6 press conference on the bill.
"We emphasized to the congressman, as well as others, that the president deserves his chance to put forward a patient bill of rights that is going to be strong and bipartisan," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said of the Norwood meeting.
Fleischer said conflicts with McCain were "not an issue." Then he chided the press corps for dwelling on the Norwood defection.
"This is part of old Washington versus new Washington," Fleischer said. "In a new Washington, which President Bush is going to try his hardest to create, you just put your head down and you work with people."
To which a White House scribe rejoined, "So you won't tell any more people not to attend press conferences in the future?"
The consensus among establishment Republicans is that Norwood made a smart move. The junior House member has shown himself to be a team player and can expect Bush to return the favor one day.
What irritates the GOP establishment is that McCain does not play the same game. He seems almost quixotically independent. He is the only Republican senator, for example, not to endorse recently defeated GOP Sen. Slade Gorton of Washington for a federal judgeship.
Yet his loose-cannon quality is also the source of his popularity, which McCain clearly hopes will translate into legislative power.
As the surprise winner of last year's New Hampshire and Michigan GOP presidential primaries, McCain claims a mandate from the independent and centrist voters who propelled his candidacy against a vastly better funded Bush.
The anti-candidate who refused to be scripted and campaigned in a bus dubbed the Straight-Talk Express is striving to remain true to expectations.
The problem, though, is that the confrontational style that made him into a political celebrity hampers his ability to cultivate the allies he needs in Congress to pass legislation.
Republican Rep. Ric Keller, who won an Orlando-area seat by only 5,000 votes, is one of 13 House Republican freshmen who are not supporting McCain's campaign finance bill, even after the Arizona senator campaigned for them last fall.
Keller has told supporters in Washington that he was angered by McCain's characterization of his position on the bill as "bulls---" to a reporter the day before the election.
Like Bush, Keller supports a concept called "paycheck protection," which would prevent labor unions from using a member's dues for partisan political purposes without getting permission. McCain left this provision out of his bill because Democrats are inalterably opposed.
Keller confirmed that McCain had made the comment to the reporter but insisted there were no hard feelings. "I'm a huge fan of him on a personal level," he said.
But, Keller added: "I don't think it's fair to say because McCain campaigned for you, you have to vote with him 100 percent of the time."
Similarly, freshman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., won an open seat by only 111 votes after McCain campaigned for him.
But Rogers told the Detroit News that he would not support McCain's campaign finance bill, in part because he believes Bush should be driving the Republican agenda.
"You can be disruptive to a point where it has a negative impact on the good things that need to be done," Rogers said. "Somebody needs to remind (McCain) that he lost."
Ever since he lost his presidential bid McCain's been the Democrats Democrat (yes, I know - He's a Republican in name only). His Stances and choices usually support what the Democrats want, and often exceeds their wildest dreams. Seeing as how the Entertainment industry is most entrenched in the DNC (Like Babs Streisand and others) look for McCain handing Everything the MPAA wants in a very short order.
This is a bad thing for opponents of the DMCA.
No problem - That was what? windows 98?
I'll be more than happy to release a patch fixing the old tech to reflect the agreement.
Or, if you need it to be on XP? I'll include that patch for the old Java engine.
Looks like the .NET developers are in full force today ;)... I am in full support of this decision to force microsoft to have to include the latest version of java on their OS
Yep, looks like two wrongs make a right.
I wonder when Honda will be demanding Ford Use their catalytic converter bolt pattern since Honda needs to make sure Ford's stuff is compatible with their stuff?