...there's less innovation in Win98 than a rusted salad fork
NOT TRUE! Windows 98 not only came with DirectX, which lets you play all the latest games, it also made browsing the internet easier and faster with Internet Explorer 4.0.
I think the parent meant that, logically speaking, the US being a hypocrite has no bearing on the severity of the threat of a non-democracy developing WMD's.
We can gripe about U.S. foreign policy all we want, but we 'Merkins being "pig-headed" doesn't save the world when some rogue nation decides to ruin things for the rest of us.
If we allow the hipocracies of the US government to affect our perceptions of global security, we would be as guilty as those who cause *past tense* our extinction.
I didn't mean to fall under the liberty-security paradigm that the media has propogated, but it seemed relevant because the compelling forces that pull us either way in this debate are liberty versus security. When people bring out the terrorism card, I then counter that defense with the greater problems the state proposes.
Funny thing you mentioned commander-in-cheif oversight of the judicial system in military situations--the officers whom the powers that be have appointed to defend new suspects at Guantanamo bay recently gave a talk in Oxford detailing all of the Constitutional concerns which basically spell out that these tribunals aren't even equipped to give off the appearance of fairness.
The liberty-security paradigm is flawed. I envision an open government which holds no secrets and conducts all affairs in an open fashion. By not yielding to any temptation to withold secrets for security, other entities which oppose the US would be forced to change how they dealt with us.
Unfortunately, this would never happen, but still, I think the problems that a 100% open government would have would be outweighed by the enourmous gain in political efficacy and the precedent we would set for other nations to follow would really progress international relations for everyone.
The government already had NORAD set up which monitors airspace and, in the event of a plane turning off it's transponder, signals for fighter jets to escort the runaway to the nearest landing strip. Guess a bunch of people were asleep at the job...
Call me cold, but we're dealing with two very hypothetical extremes. In one corner, we have a society where so-called martyrs are running around blowing up buildings. In the other corner, we live in an Orwellian police state where even the right to wear a tinfoil hat has been abolished.
You might argue that terrorism has already begun to happen. So has the suspension of civil liberties (both directly affecting our lives equally), and to a much greater extent.
In the middle, you have a goverment that isn't quite so naive, and makes an effort to prevent terrorism before it happens, whilst maintaining civil liberties.
The question is, how Orwellian are we willing to get? At what point do we decide to draw the line and say "we know that there is a certain risk involved with everyday life, and although we could take further measures to increase our security, we do not feel those measures are justified, and we'll live with the off chance that something horrible might happen.?"
I personally think that calling people in for open questioning (meaning, the questioning is filmed and released under the FOIA) based on purchases is fine. When the feds throw you in a dark room, interrogate you, pretend you have an accuser which you are not allowed to face, and hold you until they get a confession, things have gotten too far for me.
That's why I think the Patriot Act was a bad thing. Please don't pretend that crazy neighbors concocting fertilizer bombs is as much of an issue as abolishing liberty.
The way Gentoo is set up, you never have to do that, ever.
And what if you want to upgrade gcc (assuming the new version has broken binary compatibility) or glibc? You'd have to build all the new software against the new toolchain, but you'd either break everything in the process, or build a temporary toolchain, then build a new one on top of the old one. In either case, you still have to reboot at least once.
There are some packages you just can't upgrade on the fly.
The CEO of Ford remarked in an open letter last Wednesday, "It would not be possible to travel across the country in a Hyundai in such a small amount of time unless they were infringing on our IP."
No, I understood RPM management just fine. It was still more cumbersome than Portage, and still didn't meet my needs in other ways (yes, being up to date was one of them).
rpm just isn't comparable to portage; they almost do two different things, except portage is a front-end and a back-end.
portage is great software, it just bothers me when I see {portage,apt,ports,etc} compared to rpm. Who would compare apt to dpkg?
If Bush and Ashcroft and that crowd have their way, it won't be. If abortion is outlawed, would I want to be carrying around an ID card that told any cop looking at it that I had marched in 2004 for what was now illegal?
Innacurate statement.
Bush and Ashcroft are not part of Congress. Ashcroft literally can't do anything, and a bill would have to come to a joint (bicameral) resolution before even showing up on Bush's desk.
While Bush and Ashcroft lack the power to legislate in this matter, according to Roe v. Wade, it seems like the Supreme Court does. Blame them if they overturn that decision.
A bill outlawing or establishing the legality of abortions would never make it past the initial commitee.
The abortion debate is a big waste of time, in my opinion. In that light, if Bush and Ashcroft's religious convictions compell them to feel a certain way about abortion, are they wrong in speaking out against it? Is it their place to make demands in this matter? No, they just want to exhert influence.
I'd be more concerned with lobbying the state government to loosen the restrictions on abortions, or move to a state where it is allowed.
I personally believe that it is wrong to impose beliefs onto people with legislation, but if Alabama and Texas don't like abortions, they should be able to criminalize them. If California or New York feels opposite, they should be able to legislate accordingly.
I'm much more concerned with the rights of states and communities to mold their own subsets of America the way that they see fit. In that vein, I would support the overturning of Roe v. Wade as it breaches the 10th Amendment.
The reason I point this out is not just for the off-topic rant:) I feel the same way about national ID cards--beyond the federal powers. If states decide to have biometric thumbscanning ID cards, then so be it. In my opinion, anything that doesn't go against the Constitution ought to be fair game for communities and states.
(a system I'd be quick to disable... having the car take over unexpectedly would quickly cause me to froth at the mouth).
Chips already regulate speeds in cars now. Police Crown Victorias are almost completely stock, just without the 'Guv chip. Automatic trannies have been taking over for years, as well.
Not that any of this is wrong, it's just up to you to decide how much control you want to give up to your car. Me, I'm a control phreak:)
After you've a few 70-90 hour weeks and your error rate goes up, what happens next? You get the boot because your productivity isn't what it used to be at 40 hours.
And then the company hires someone else to work that much, and their productivity is either no better than yours was, or the company sees an improvement.
In the first case, the company will be screwed by demanding too much from the employee, and not being able to get returns. In the second case, well, you just weren't the best guy for the job:)
Just another dig at the working person to squeeze that many more work hours out of them without having to pay for it.
They do have to pay it. Granted, not as much, but if it is the case that productivity decreases, I doubt you'll see too many 70-90 hour work weeks.
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I'd imagine you could install the experimental cvs X-Server too, portage is huge and extremely well maintained.
My g400 works great in X using the 'mga' driver.
NOT TRUE! Windows 98 not only came with DirectX, which lets you play all the latest games, it also made browsing the internet easier and faster with Internet Explorer 4.0.
We can gripe about U.S. foreign policy all we want, but we 'Merkins being "pig-headed" doesn't save the world when some rogue nation decides to ruin things for the rest of us.
If we allow the hipocracies of the US government to affect our perceptions of global security, we would be as guilty as those who cause *past tense* our extinction.
So would your mom!
Runs behind fence and hides.
Couldn't resist.
Funny thing you mentioned commander-in-cheif oversight of the judicial system in military situations--the officers whom the powers that be have appointed to defend new suspects at Guantanamo bay recently gave a talk in Oxford detailing all of the Constitutional concerns which basically spell out that these tribunals aren't even equipped to give off the appearance of fairness.
The liberty-security paradigm is flawed. I envision an open government which holds no secrets and conducts all affairs in an open fashion. By not yielding to any temptation to withold secrets for security, other entities which oppose the US would be forced to change how they dealt with us.
Unfortunately, this would never happen, but still, I think the problems that a 100% open government would have would be outweighed by the enourmous gain in political efficacy and the precedent we would set for other nations to follow would really progress international relations for everyone.
And then I woke up.
The government already had NORAD set up which monitors airspace and, in the event of a plane turning off it's transponder, signals for fighter jets to escort the runaway to the nearest landing strip. Guess a bunch of people were asleep at the job...
Call me cold, but we're dealing with two very hypothetical extremes. In one corner, we have a society where so-called martyrs are running around blowing up buildings. In the other corner, we live in an Orwellian police state where even the right to wear a tinfoil hat has been abolished.
You might argue that terrorism has already begun to happen. So has the suspension of civil liberties (both directly affecting our lives equally), and to a much greater extent.
In the middle, you have a goverment that isn't quite so naive, and makes an effort to prevent terrorism before it happens, whilst maintaining civil liberties.
The question is, how Orwellian are we willing to get? At what point do we decide to draw the line and say "we know that there is a certain risk involved with everyday life, and although we could take further measures to increase our security, we do not feel those measures are justified, and we'll live with the off chance that something horrible might happen.?"
I personally think that calling people in for open questioning (meaning, the questioning is filmed and released under the FOIA) based on purchases is fine. When the feds throw you in a dark room, interrogate you, pretend you have an accuser which you are not allowed to face, and hold you until they get a confession, things have gotten too far for me.
That's why I think the Patriot Act was a bad thing. Please don't pretend that crazy neighbors concocting fertilizer bombs is as much of an issue as abolishing liberty.
At any rate, reloading the kernel while running requires a patch and is quite unstable.
And what if you want to upgrade gcc (assuming the new version has broken binary compatibility) or glibc? You'd have to build all the new software against the new toolchain, but you'd either break everything in the process, or build a temporary toolchain, then build a new one on top of the old one. In either case, you still have to reboot at least once.
There are some packages you just can't upgrade on the fly.
The CEO of Ford remarked in an open letter last Wednesday, "It would not be possible to travel across the country in a Hyundai in such a small amount of time unless they were infringing on our IP."
rpm just isn't comparable to portage; they almost do two different things, except portage is a front-end and a back-end.
portage is great software, it just bothers me when I see {portage,apt,ports,etc} compared to rpm. Who would compare apt to dpkg?
We dvorak users get regularly screwed over in the keybinding-crazy Unix world, don't we?
I use nano, since the copy and paste keys are U and K. Of course, you can almost always change keybindings, but that's a real pain.
Guybrush Threepwood? That's the silliest name I've ever heard.
--Mancomb Seepwood.
Innacurate statement.
The abortion debate is a big waste of time, in my opinion. In that light, if Bush and Ashcroft's religious convictions compell them to feel a certain way about abortion, are they wrong in speaking out against it? Is it their place to make demands in this matter? No, they just want to exhert influence.
I'd be more concerned with lobbying the state government to loosen the restrictions on abortions, or move to a state where it is allowed.
I personally believe that it is wrong to impose beliefs onto people with legislation, but if Alabama and Texas don't like abortions, they should be able to criminalize them. If California or New York feels opposite, they should be able to legislate accordingly.
I'm much more concerned with the rights of states and communities to mold their own subsets of America the way that they see fit. In that vein, I would support the overturning of Roe v. Wade as it breaches the 10th Amendment.
The reason I point this out is not just for the off-topic rant :) I feel the same way about national ID cards--beyond the federal powers. If states decide to have biometric thumbscanning ID cards, then so be it. In my opinion, anything that doesn't go against the Constitution ought to be fair game for communities and states.
Exactly why then is the ability to poke around in our lives useful?
(OT) You do know that every President since, well, Carter has employed this tactic?
In my experiences, you do need that much RAM to run Word and IE on top of XP comfortably.
I take it you've never experienced the joy of an unwarranted down-moderation before?
Doncha just wish /. mods would grow up?
Chips already regulate speeds in cars now. Police Crown Victorias are almost completely stock, just without the 'Guv chip. Automatic trannies have been taking over for years, as well.
Not that any of this is wrong, it's just up to you to decide how much control you want to give up to your car. Me, I'm a control phreak :)
And then the company hires someone else to work that much, and their productivity is either no better than yours was, or the company sees an improvement.
In the first case, the company will be screwed by demanding too much from the employee, and not being able to get returns. In the second case, well, you just weren't the best guy for the job :)
Just another dig at the working person to squeeze that many more work hours out of them without having to pay for it.
They do have to pay it. Granted, not as much, but if it is the case that productivity decreases, I doubt you'll see too many 70-90 hour work weeks.
He who collects 'leet' points by picking on others to gain self esteem probably down moderates every post he doesn't like when he gets mod points.
Funniest. Soviet Russia joke. Ever.
And the US doesn't? How so?