Yeah, the runner up is vastly better than the winner.
Why don't you let us vote with our Prefs? Make the top ten finishers available as preferences.
Chris
Craigslist should charge a buck for anything and donate the money. It would cut down on the spam and it would raise money for a good cause. I like Craig, but Craig is not the good cause I'm thinking of.
As much as I hate spam, I hate stupid people more. And when I see a good con man movie, *like you*, I root for the con man to fleece the mark for everything he has.
100 pounds!? Don't they understand that by using open source software their total cost of ownership will be much greater than if they used Windows. Get with program, poor people. Make Bill richer.
Perhaps this list needs some garbage collection. DEK (Donald E. Knuth) is an elder statesman of technology, but he isn't the 30th most influential person in technology. Isn't.
your campaign admitted to "Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible." Do you want to take this oppurtunity to apologize for your party actions?
Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: September 24, 2004
The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.
The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.
A liberal religious group, the Interfaith Alliance, circulated a copy of the Arkansas mailing to reporters yesterday to publicize it. "What they are doing is despicable,'' said Don Parker, a spokesman for the alliance. "They are playing on people's fears and emotions."
In an e-mail message, Christine Iverson, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, confirmed that the party had sent the mailings.
"When the Massachusetts Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage and people in other states realized they could be compelled to recognize those laws, same-sex marriage became an issue,'' Ms. Iverson said. "These same activist judges also want to remove the words 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance."
The mailing is the latest evidence of the emphasis Republicans are putting on motivating conservative Christian voters to vote this fall. But as the appeals become public, they also risk alienating moderate and swing voters.
An editorial on Sept. 22 in The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, for example, asked, "Holy Moley! Who concocts this gibberish?"
"Most Americans see morality more complexly," the editorial said. "Many think a higher morality is found in Christ's command to help the needy, prevent war and pursue other humanitarian goals. Churchgoers of this sort aren't likely to believe childish allegations that Democrats want to ban the Bible."
In statement, Senator John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, said President Bush "should condemn the practice immediately and tell everyone associated with the campaign to never use tactics like this again."
Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called the mailings an ugly contrast to Mr. Bush's public statements. Although the president has called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, he often emphasizes the need for tolerance as well.
"The president takes more or less the high road and his henchman and allies on the right have been let loose to conduct these ugly, divisive smear campaigns," Mr. Foreman said. "It is wedge politics at its worst."
In any event, the Bush campaign appears confident about its religious appeal.
The mailing seeks to appeal to conservative evangelical Protestant pastors and political leaders who say they worry that legal rights for same-sex couples could lead to hate-crimes laws that could be applied against sermons of Bible passages criticizing homosexuality.
Conservative Christian political commentators often cite the case of Ake Green, a minister in Sweden who was jailed in June for a month for a sermon denouncing gays as sinful.
Mr. Parker, of the Interfaith Alliance, said, "I think it is laughable to think that someone could be arrested for reading out loud from the Bible.''
But Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, argued, "We have the First Amendment in this country which should protect churches, but there is no question that this is where some people want to go, that reading from the Bible could be hate speech."
Still, Mr. Land questioned the assertion that Democrats might ban the whole Bible. "I wouldn't say it," he said. "I would think that is probably stretching it a bit far."
I have a 15" G4 Titanium, which of course runs OS X.
It also runs Debian, and I like both. It even runs Debian which runs OS X via MOL. MOL runs Pear which can also run Debian, but this gets into a vicious circle. Debian also runs Wine but I don't. Not that I don't like Wine; I'm rather fond of a Shiraz. But I just don't like Windows.
if Moore's film is so bad, why not make their own film,...
They did. It's called Fox News. I am proud of Michael Moore. He stands by his facts. True, there is opinion in the movie, but there is enough fact to convince anyone that Bush shouldn't be President.
First, Ditzel wanted to do a fast VLIW--the great wide hope--faster than Intel. It didn't quite work out but someone at Transmeta lucked into the low power idea. Great idea. It took awhile but with enough perserverance and capital they made it work.
But at the end of the day, they get to compete with Intel. This is sort of like winning a bunch of thumb-wrestling contests and, as first prize, getting to go a few rounds with Mike Tyson. Intel doesn't play nice, has a multiple ear appetite, *deep* pockets and can out-manufacture anyone.
I wish I could buy a Crusoe; I really think as an idea it rocks. But life has slapped enough sense into me to be skeptical. They have less than a year of money left. But someone, AMD?, will buy them.
Ditzel reminds me of the bad guys in Bond movies. Instead of killing Bond when they have a chance, they have to tie him up with a beautiful girl and leave the room. Ditzel lacks execution skills.
my mother's machine starting getting slower even though she only used it for email and surfing. The software had been upgraded and 32M wasn't enough. So I added 256M of memory for $50 et voila: happy mother. Bill isn't happy. Monkey-man isn't happy. But mom is doing just fine.
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Yeah, the runner up is vastly better than the winner. Why don't you let us vote with our Prefs? Make the top ten finishers available as preferences. Chris
Craigslist should charge a buck for anything and donate the money.
It would cut down on the spam and it would raise money for a good cause.
I like Craig, but Craig is not the good cause I'm thinking of.
if they are going to dump x86 compatibility, why not dump Itanium compatibility and just go back to Alpha?
As much as I hate spam, I hate stupid people more. And when I see a good con man movie, *like you*, I root for the con man to fleece the mark for everything he has.
Deleting spam is not destructive. It's inevitable.
I keep in touch with everyone I know through Anonymous Coward postings on Slashdot.
Otherwise the L1 cache will thrash badly.
"My guess is that it's going to be the staffer that released the document that's in hot water." Right. Probably more hot water than the soldiers.
100 pounds!? Don't they understand that by using open source software their total cost of ownership will be much greater than if they used Windows. Get with program, poor people. Make Bill richer.
is a zombie PC.
How many have downloaded IE? When I have to use a Windows machine, I'be been sorely tempted to download Firefox.
Actually, I wouldn't mind *uploading* IE.
nuf said
Perhaps this list needs some garbage collection. DEK (Donald E. Knuth) is an elder statesman of technology, but he isn't the 30th most influential person in technology. Isn't.
"I George Bush do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic ..."
Oh, and deliberately is spelled with deliberation.
sort of President Bush,
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your campaign admitted to "Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible."
Do you want to take this oppurtunity to apologize for your party actions?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/politics/camp
Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: September 24, 2004
The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.
The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians.
A liberal religious group, the Interfaith Alliance, circulated a copy of the Arkansas mailing to reporters yesterday to publicize it. "What they are doing is despicable,'' said Don Parker, a spokesman for the alliance. "They are playing on people's fears and emotions."
In an e-mail message, Christine Iverson, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, confirmed that the party had sent the mailings.
"When the Massachusetts Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage and people in other states realized they could be compelled to recognize those laws, same-sex marriage became an issue,'' Ms. Iverson said. "These same activist judges also want to remove the words 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance."
The mailing is the latest evidence of the emphasis Republicans are putting on motivating conservative Christian voters to vote this fall. But as the appeals become public, they also risk alienating moderate and swing voters.
An editorial on Sept. 22 in The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, for example, asked, "Holy Moley! Who concocts this gibberish?"
"Most Americans see morality more complexly," the editorial said. "Many think a higher morality is found in Christ's command to help the needy, prevent war and pursue other humanitarian goals. Churchgoers of this sort aren't likely to believe childish allegations that Democrats want to ban the Bible."
In statement, Senator John Edwards, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, said President Bush "should condemn the practice immediately and tell everyone associated with the campaign to never use tactics like this again."
Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, called the mailings an ugly contrast to Mr. Bush's public statements. Although the president has called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, he often emphasizes the need for tolerance as well.
"The president takes more or less the high road and his henchman and allies on the right have been let loose to conduct these ugly, divisive smear campaigns," Mr. Foreman said. "It is wedge politics at its worst."
In any event, the Bush campaign appears confident about its religious appeal.
The mailing seeks to appeal to conservative evangelical Protestant pastors and political leaders who say they worry that legal rights for same-sex couples could lead to hate-crimes laws that could be applied against sermons of Bible passages criticizing homosexuality.
Conservative Christian political commentators often cite the case of Ake Green, a minister in Sweden who was jailed in June for a month for a sermon denouncing gays as sinful.
Mr. Parker, of the Interfaith Alliance, said, "I think it is laughable to think that someone could be arrested for reading out loud from the Bible.''
But Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, argued, "We have the First Amendment in this country which should protect churches, but there is no question that this is where some people want to go, that reading from the Bible could be hate speech."
Still, Mr. Land questioned the assertion that Democrats might ban the whole Bible. "I wouldn't say it," he said. "I would think that is probably stretching it a bit far."
or part of the problem. Google's PR has come up with a nice piece of Orwellian double-speak to paper it over, but this is wrong.
I have a 15" G4 Titanium, which of course runs OS X. It also runs Debian, and I like both. It even runs Debian which runs OS X via MOL. MOL runs Pear which can also run Debian, but this gets into a vicious circle. Debian also runs Wine but I don't. Not that I don't like Wine; I'm rather fond of a Shiraz. But I just don't like Windows.
SCO is to Microsoft as the SwiftVets are to Bush.
Yes. Next question.
His first comment was: "it's a lot faster!"
Now if I could just get him to install Debian...
They did. It's called Fox News. I am proud of Michael Moore. He stands by his facts. True, there is opinion in the movie, but there is enough fact to convince anyone that Bush shouldn't be President.
First, Ditzel wanted to do a fast VLIW--the great wide hope--faster than Intel. It didn't quite work out but someone at Transmeta lucked into the low power idea. Great idea. It took awhile but with enough perserverance and capital they made it work.
But at the end of the day, they get to compete with Intel. This is sort of like winning a bunch of thumb-wrestling contests and, as first prize, getting to go a few rounds with Mike Tyson. Intel doesn't play nice, has a multiple ear appetite, *deep* pockets and can out-manufacture anyone.
I wish I could buy a Crusoe; I really think as an idea it rocks. But life has slapped enough sense into me to be skeptical. They have less than a year of money left. But someone, AMD?, will buy them.
Ditzel reminds me of the bad guys in Bond movies. Instead of killing Bond when they have a chance, they have to tie him up with a beautiful girl and leave the room. Ditzel lacks execution skills.
my mother's machine starting getting slower even though she only used it for email and surfing. The software had been upgraded and 32M wasn't enough. So I added 256M of memory for $50 et voila: happy mother. Bill isn't happy. Monkey-man isn't happy. But mom is doing just fine.
re-read Candide, Dr. Pangloss.
1. You say your name is John. Is that an honorific or is that your real name?
2. If my substantial claims, upon examination, are denied because of prior art, what appeal rights do I have?
3. Are European Patent Examiners better than American Patent Examiners?
4. When you open up a patent application, what is the first thing you look at?
5. Have you examined Cowboy Neal's claims? Are the actually novel or have you seen everything?