Not circular at all. I'm surprised to see this counter-argument. Bush isn't just nominating republicans, he is nominating republicans that are making people like Orin Hatch nervous. Now that scares me.
As for your second counter-argument, let's see, moderates are bad. Hmmmm. I would guess the average person would agree with that? NO!
Name calling? Read the parent to which I first used the word "moron".
There are an infinite number of alternatives, in theory. In practice, we have to choose among many evils. You are a moron if you think democrats are more evil than republicans.
For example, Clinton provided moderates for the federal court nominee process. They were given a hell ride in the Senate. Bush, of the other hand, has nominated extreme right wingers. I call that far more evil a legacy that what Clinton did, because these judges are appointed for life. Thankfully, the dems have been able to stop the most extreme nominees from entering confirmation hearings.
You have correctly identified republican philosophy: corporations can do no wrong, government should be a small fraction of the size it is today and profit is the almighty.
OK, you right-wing nuts out there, jump on me. Go ahead. You can't refute the facts... like, Bush, et al would like to get rid of the EPA (and the republicans almost succeeded in gutting their budget a few years ago). Why? Too much government interference in corporate profits. Damn those toxic waste dumping rules!! They could make so much money if they didn't have to cart that crap off to Mexico...
Regarding dramatically smaller government, read
this.
It's written by a life-long republican, lest you nuts raise the spector of the "liberal media".
I forgot to mention that the greatest ISP ever was DNAI (Berkeley, CA), who was bought by RCN who promptly sold off their DSL biz to some crap company that drove it into the ground. Well, RCN started to drive it into the ground before they sold it.
The original DNAI was far and above the best ISP I've ever had the pleasure to do business with. The people were first rate.
And get this: you called their # and a human answered before the 3rd ring.... and that human was competent and helpful.
I like Speakeasy. I was their customer for almost a year, but had to leave for SBC because they couldn't give me good service. That's not why I fault them.
The problems?
1. Hold times for customer service. 10-15 minutes was normal for me.
2. They sometimes didn't followup on open tickets. I'd call, get a ticket opened, and wait for days for them to call. Then, call back and ask about it, and hear "Gee, this ticket has been open a long time... sorry." No shit!
In general, they give good service, though it comes at a premium.
The idea would be obvious to a thoughtful undergraduate student. Actually *doing* it, on the other hand, is an impressive feat.
Bingo! I've decided that the powers that be want to leave the patent system as is not because it fosters innovation, but because it feeds the American tendancy to want something for nothing (which is why Lotto is so popular here). What is (most) every American's dream? Strike it rich and retire, even though this means that if you are rich many other people will be poor. I'm no communist, but this strike it rich mentality is just absurd.
I would like to live in a world where doing something is rewarded, rather than being the first to think of that something.
The people of Bhutan didn't know a lot of things were possible before they started watching TV. Now that they do, some will try them. Also, seeing other humans doing them reinforces that someone thinks it's a good idea. That makes the possibility of a repeat all the more likely.
Look, humans aren't very inventive. Hollywood remakes the same damn movies over and over again because of it. Kids immitate the WWF (or whatever the hell it's called now) because of it. The people of Bhutan are no different (now).
I think of the previous state of Bhutanians as something you'd see on a Star Trek episode. The Enterprise visits a world where does not occur because they've never had the thought. Then, once they know about it, someone does it... and Kirk is held responsible.
They were counting on your braining making ASSUMPTIONS. And you did, like many others.
They thank you for your support.
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Ahem, if Linus had used a source management tool like CVS from day 1, this whole thing would be a moot issue.
We could use cvs blame, I mean cvs annontate, to show us the author of the lines of code in question and trace it back to someone, perhaps SCO themselves.
If so, are there mobos available, too? Links would be appreciated.
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However, that lame Canadian content law did cause the creation of one of the funnies comedy routines known to man: Bob and Doug McKenzie. They (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) created it because SCTV didn't have enough Canadian content. (For those that don't know, the bit was about two dumbass Canadians that drank beer and ate back bacon.) The ironic thing is, it was the funniest part of SCTV!! I guess the law worked!! (Just kidding...)
You appear to want to put your head in the sand. Fine. I'll give you some more stuff to duck:
Sprint's customer service sucks based on my comparison of calling AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. Sprint had the worst menu system and longest hold times and least trained staff. AT&T second worst. Verizon much better.
RE: the CR article. Perhaps instead of making stupid statements you should read the article. It was based on CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. That's right, it represented votes of people like you and me who USE THE DAMN SERVICE. As I said, if you want to be ignorant and attack what I said, go for it. If you want to complain about the CR article AFTER you've read it, even better.
RE: your subjective opinion vs. mine: it's just that. We don't have to argue about it. The CR article says it all, IMO.
All this low-level hardware tech is great, but how long before 2 or 3 camps form with different formats? It sure slowed down the adoption of writable DVD (I went with DVD+RW, myself). Bleh.
It's an amazing movie that never really saw a theatrical release.
I remember seeing the posters for it around town, and the release date kept being
moved back. Then, after a few months the poster disappeared. A year or so
later I rented it on DVD and was blown away.
I'm sure there's an interesting
distribution story behind this movie, other than the financial backers
of the movie making Anderson change the name from Sydney to
Hard Eight. I don't really mind the new title, but Anderson
still vents over it.
First, I knew people all over the US that had sucky Sprint service. Second, customer service is not regional, and Sprint's sucks ass. Third, Consumer Reports ranked Sprint AT THE BOTTOM of all the national carriers.
All true, however Berkeley, CA is a few miles from SF, CA, and in the middle of a VERY densely populated area. And, I was not in the hills. If they can't make their stuff work there, they suck by definition. Btw, it wasn't the phone. I had several over the years, and so did my wife.
Sprint is all hype. Every person I've ever known that has had Sprint cellular service constantly complained. I had it for a few years and finally went with Cellular One (before they were bought by AT&T). The change was dramatic (no dropped calls, no dead spots in Berkeley, CA), and I haven't even talked about customer service: Sprint is among the worst.
Consumer Reports had a big cellular service comparison recently (I'd give a link, but you need to be a subscriber to view it). Sprint was at the bottom.
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Not circular at all. I'm surprised to see this counter-argument. Bush isn't just nominating republicans, he is nominating republicans that are making people like Orin Hatch nervous. Now that scares me.
As for your second counter-argument, let's see, moderates are bad. Hmmmm. I would guess the average person would agree with that? NO!
Name calling? Read the parent to which I first used the word "moron".
huh? registration is free.
There are an infinite number of alternatives, in theory. In practice, we have to choose among many evils. You are a moron if you think democrats are more evil than republicans.
For example, Clinton provided moderates for the federal court nominee process. They were given a hell ride in the Senate. Bush, of the other hand, has nominated extreme right wingers. I call that far more evil a legacy that what Clinton did, because these judges are appointed for life. Thankfully, the dems have been able to stop the most extreme nominees from entering confirmation hearings.
OK, you right-wing nuts out there, jump on me. Go ahead. You can't refute the facts... like, Bush, et al would like to get rid of the EPA (and the republicans almost succeeded in gutting their budget a few years ago). Why? Too much government interference in corporate profits. Damn those toxic waste dumping rules!! They could make so much money if they didn't have to cart that crap off to Mexico...
Regarding dramatically smaller government, read this. It's written by a life-long republican, lest you nuts raise the spector of the "liberal media".
Personally, I dig Common Lisp.
SBC doesn't have to share their remote terminals (fiber from CO to remote terminal, which is really close to my house).
Speakeasy has to use the copper from the CO, which in my case was marginal.
Yes, their customer service sucks ass. I've already had billing issues. But, I have better speed and I don't lose sync 5-10 times a day.
I forgot to mention that the greatest ISP ever was DNAI (Berkeley, CA), who was bought by RCN who promptly sold off their DSL biz to some crap company that drove it into the ground. Well, RCN started to drive it into the ground before they sold it.
The original DNAI was far and above the best ISP I've ever had the pleasure to do business with. The people were first rate.
And get this: you called their # and a human answered before the 3rd ring.... and that human was competent and helpful.
I like Speakeasy. I was their customer for almost a year, but had to leave for SBC because they couldn't give me good service. That's not why I fault them.
The problems?
1. Hold times for customer service. 10-15 minutes was normal for me.
2. They sometimes didn't followup on open tickets. I'd call, get a ticket opened, and wait for days for them to call. Then, call back and ask about it, and hear "Gee, this ticket has been open a long time... sorry." No shit!
In general, they give good service, though it comes at a premium.
if it were not for the increased awareness of security, this would never had happened.
Bingo! I've decided that the powers that be want to leave the patent system as is not because it fosters innovation, but because it feeds the American tendancy to want something for nothing (which is why Lotto is so popular here). What is (most) every American's dream? Strike it rich and retire, even though this means that if you are rich many other people will be poor. I'm no communist, but this strike it rich mentality is just absurd.
I would like to live in a world where doing something is rewarded, rather than being the first to think of that something.
I agree they don't have to pay you overtime if you work the 12/7 for 6 weeks.
However, can they fire you if you refuse to work the hours? That seems much less obvious. Oh, and IANAL.
The people of Bhutan didn't know a lot of things were possible before they started watching TV. Now that they do, some will try them. Also, seeing other humans doing them reinforces that someone thinks it's a good idea. That makes the possibility of a repeat all the more likely.
Look, humans aren't very inventive. Hollywood remakes the same damn movies over and over again because of it. Kids immitate the WWF (or whatever the hell it's called now) because of it. The people of Bhutan are no different (now).
I think of the previous state of Bhutanians as something you'd see on a Star Trek episode. The Enterprise visits a world where does not occur because they've never had the thought. Then, once they know about it, someone does it... and Kirk is held responsible.
Dude, you were SUCKED IN BY MARKETING.
"Wireless G" is not the same thing as 802.11g.
They were counting on your braining making ASSUMPTIONS. And you did, like many others.
They thank you for your support.
Ahem, if Linus had used a source management tool like CVS from day 1, this whole thing would be a moot issue.
We could use cvs blame, I mean cvs annontate, to show us the author of the lines of code in question and trace it back to someone, perhaps SCO themselves.
If so, are there mobos available, too? Links would be appreciated.
However, that lame Canadian content law did cause the creation of one of the funnies comedy routines known to man: Bob and Doug McKenzie. They (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) created it because SCTV didn't have enough Canadian content. (For those that don't know, the bit was about two dumbass Canadians that drank beer and ate back bacon.) The ironic thing is, it was the funniest part of SCTV!! I guess the law worked!! (Just kidding...)
My calculation went like this, assuming you have 1 tivo series 2:
2 tivo series 2's ($250 for an additional one)
2 $99 payments (= $200)
2 usb wireless nics or 2 usb nics and wire (~ $120 for wireless)
for a grand total of $570 just to watch programs in recorded on one in 2 rooms. Sheesh, that's absurd!
or that's how it reads to me. A long, detailed argument why Intel should dominate our PCs of the future.
You appear to want to put your head in the sand. Fine. I'll give you some more stuff to duck:
Sprint's customer service sucks based on my comparison of calling AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. Sprint had the worst menu system and longest hold times and least trained staff. AT&T second worst. Verizon much better.
RE: the CR article. Perhaps instead of making stupid statements you should read the article. It was based on CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. That's right, it represented votes of people like you and me who USE THE DAMN SERVICE. As I said, if you want to be ignorant and attack what I said, go for it. If you want to complain about the CR article AFTER you've read it, even better.
RE: your subjective opinion vs. mine: it's just that. We don't have to argue about it. The CR article says it all, IMO.
All this low-level hardware tech is great, but how long before 2 or 3 camps form with different formats? It sure slowed down the adoption of writable DVD (I went with DVD+RW, myself). Bleh.
It's an amazing movie that never really saw a theatrical release. I remember seeing the posters for it around town, and the release date kept being moved back. Then, after a few months the poster disappeared. A year or so later I rented it on DVD and was blown away.
I'm sure there's an interesting distribution story behind this movie, other than the financial backers of the movie making Anderson change the name from Sydney to Hard Eight. I don't really mind the new title, but Anderson still vents over it.
First, I knew people all over the US that had sucky Sprint service. Second, customer service is not regional, and Sprint's sucks ass. Third, Consumer Reports ranked Sprint AT THE BOTTOM of all the national carriers.
Bottom line, they suck.
The cool thing is... and sums it up with an "if you only can afford one, get this one" is really, really dumb.
If I can only afford one, I'll get the one that fulfills my greatest need, not the one chosen in this "review".
All true, however Berkeley, CA is a few miles from SF, CA, and in the middle of a VERY densely populated area. And, I was not in the hills. If they can't make their stuff work there, they suck by definition. Btw, it wasn't the phone. I had several over the years, and so did my wife.
Sprint is all hype. Every person I've ever known that has had Sprint cellular service constantly complained. I had it for a few years and finally went with Cellular One (before they were bought by AT&T). The change was dramatic (no dropped calls, no dead spots in Berkeley, CA), and I haven't even talked about customer service: Sprint is among the worst.
Consumer Reports had a big cellular service comparison recently (I'd give a link, but you need to be a subscriber to view it). Sprint was at the bottom.