Well, you see, I've never joined the Troll League in the first place.
From my journal:
I don't believe karma. I don't want to be purely a troll or a crapflooder who sees negative karma and mayhem as a goal in itself...I need negative karma to avoid getting IP banned, but that's it...I don't karma whore either.
A political exile forced to emigrate from her homeland, Dalia remains convinced that the government of her native country is a corrupt kakistocracy.
Did you know?
A reader of _Time_ magazine was once so surprised to find this rare and unusual word in the pages of that publication that he decided the occasion warranted a letter to the editor. "Where in the name of Semanticus, did your writer come up with that word 'kakistocracy,'" he wrote in a letter dated February 6, 1956. "Is it a government of parrots?" (A "kaka" is a New Zealand parrot.) Good guess, but "kakistocracy" actually originated as a combination of the Greek "kakistos" (superlative of "kakos," which means "bad") and the English suffix "-cracy," meaning "form of government."
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The Word of the Day for April 28 is:
kakistocracy \kak-uh-STAH-kruh-see\ (noun) : government by the worst people
Example sentence:
A political exile forced to emigrate from her homeland, Dalia remains convinced that the government of her native country is a corrupt kakistocracy.
Did you know?
A reader of _Time_ magazine was once so surprised to find this rare and unusual word in the pages of that publication that he decided the occasion warranted a letter to the editor. "Where in the name of Semanticus, did your writer come up with that word 'kakistocracy,'" he wrote in a letter dated February 6, 1956. "Is it a government of parrots?" (A "kaka" is a New Zealand parrot.) Good guess, but "kakistocracy" actually originated as a combination of the Greek "kakistos" (superlative of "kakos," which means "bad") and the English suffix "-cracy," meaning "form of government."
NOTE: Today's Word of the Day is taken from _Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged_. You can find this word and many other uncommon words on our new site, Merriam-Webster unabridged. Sign up now for your 14-day free trial!
http://www.Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com
75-90% of it to the state. It has already happened in some European countries
Bollocks.
I live in Europe and the income tax caps at 50-60%. To have such a figure you have to be a CEO of a damn large company and earn tens of millions of dollars per year.
The men are generally described as dark or olive-skinned, rather oriental-looking, of short stature, and frail build, and are usually
dressed in black, sometimes in ill-fitting or out-of-fashion clothes. There are generally two or three of them and they seem to travel in
large black cars. Some people who have been visited by 'men in black' have noted the numbers on the cars' license plates, but when poice have
checked these they invariably found that they are non-existant as registered license numbers. Other people have reported that the visitors have appeared and vanished with unaccountable abruptness. They have used a variety of ruses to command a hearing, masquerading as government agents, journalists, military or air force personnel, or
representatives of insurance companies, for example. Sometimes they
simply ask a lot of questions, many of them puzzlingly irrelevant, and
then go away, but sometimes they communicate quite unequivocal warnings
of dire consequences if a person does not keep quiet about his UFO
experience. More than one investigator has been effectively silenced or
intimidated by the sinister visitors. UFO cultists who believe that the
world's governments are in cahots to suppress information on the
subject, have spread the idea that the 'men in black' are CIA agents,
but this hypothesis is difficult to maintain in view of the evidence for
their world-wide appearances, the uniformity and peculiarity of their
looks, and the strangeness of their conduct
If the extraterrestrials WANTED to make themselves known then they would land in a central place, and all the feeble earthly cover-up would simply be blown
away. It is out of this sort of background that the legend of the Men in Black arose. It concerns strange little men in dark suits who drive around in big
shiny cars and harass people who claimed to have seen a UFO.
"President Bush's penchant for stark religious terminology has waned in the
international arena now that he has lost his innocence in the Middle East.
He has yet to brand the Israelis, the Palestinians or, for that matter, the
Saudis "evildoers." But on the domestic front he has joined Mr. Ashcroft in
pumping up the volume of his preening sanctimony, referring to the Almighty
so frequently that He is becoming his de facto running mate for 2004."
If this were a bill being pushed by a Republican, we'd be in deep shit right now.
Could it be that the Republicans are trashing this "Democrat" bill just in order to introduce a similar bill later on? That way they get to snub the Democrats and still get the industry's gratitude for introducing the bill.
"WHAT IS A NAKED PC?
Naked PCs are machines sold without operating systems preinstalled. Think of selling a house without a roof...selling your customers Naked PCs leaves them equally exposed.... Acquire software from Authorized Microsoft OEM Product Distributors--your only assured source of legal Microsoft products."
As a matter of fact, I've moved back to using Intel processors when building new computers for myself and at work.
Pentium III Tualatins are just wonderful as you can actually build a silent machine with them. The worst noisemaker in a workstation PC these days is the CPU fan. This is because a CPU like Athlon XP 2000+ (70 W!!) requires an industrial grade fan to keep it cool. Tualatins (1133 MHz) on the other hand are rated approximately at 30 W. All you need is a large heatsink and a flimsy, completely silent fan to keep the CPU at 30 degrees C even when running something like Seti. I bet the CPU would almost work with passive cooling only.
I'm really hoping that the mobile Athlon line, which has similar power ratings, will get motherboard support soon. Otherwise I will start using Intel CPUs permanently.
Where am I?
On the Slashdot
What do you want?
Information
Whose side are you on?
That would be telling
We want Information
You won't get it!
By hook or by crook we will
Who are you?
The new Number Two
Who is Number One?
You are Number Six
I am not a number
I'm a free man!
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From my journal:
I doubt it would any different, but nevertheless it would be interesting.
That is an excellent point.
I don't usually advocate buying brandname hardware but when it comes to NICs I do. Realtek in particular is a nightmare.
kakistocracy \kak-uh-STAH-kruh-see\ (noun) : government by the worst people
Example sentence:
A political exile forced to emigrate from her homeland, Dalia remains convinced that the government of her native country is a corrupt kakistocracy.
Did you know?
A reader of _Time_ magazine was once so surprised to find this rare and unusual word in the pages of that publication that he decided the occasion warranted a letter to the editor. "Where in the name of Semanticus, did your writer come up with that word 'kakistocracy,'" he wrote in a letter dated February 6, 1956. "Is it a government of parrots?" (A "kaka" is a New Zealand parrot.) Good guess, but "kakistocracy" actually originated as a combination of the Greek "kakistos" (superlative of "kakos," which means "bad") and the English suffix "-cracy," meaning "form of government."
NOTE: Today's Word of the Day is taken from _Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged_. You can find this word and many other uncommon words on our new site, Merriam-Webster unabridged. Sign up now for your 14-day free trial! http://www.Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com
The Word of the Day for April 28 is: kakistocracy \kak-uh-STAH-kruh-see\ (noun) : government by the worst people Example sentence: A political exile forced to emigrate from her homeland, Dalia remains convinced that the government of her native country is a corrupt kakistocracy. Did you know? A reader of _Time_ magazine was once so surprised to find this rare and unusual word in the pages of that publication that he decided the occasion warranted a letter to the editor. "Where in the name of Semanticus, did your writer come up with that word 'kakistocracy,'" he wrote in a letter dated February 6, 1956. "Is it a government of parrots?" (A "kaka" is a New Zealand parrot.) Good guess, but "kakistocracy" actually originated as a combination of the Greek "kakistos" (superlative of "kakos," which means "bad") and the English suffix "-cracy," meaning "form of government." NOTE: Today's Word of the Day is taken from _Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged_. You can find this word and many other uncommon words on our new site, Merriam-Webster unabridged. Sign up now for your 14-day free trial! http://www.Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com
Arguing on the Internet.
Bollocks.
I live in Europe and the income tax caps at 50-60%. To have such a figure you have to be a CEO of a damn large company and earn tens of millions of dollars per year.
Actually it reminds me of a Silicon Graphics workstation with ears and a tail.
They don't think they're being rude because, after all, they're saving the people from themselves.
Of course there is security in obscurity.
The men are generally described as dark or olive-skinned, rather oriental-looking, of short stature, and frail build, and are usually dressed in black, sometimes in ill-fitting or out-of-fashion clothes. There are generally two or three of them and they seem to travel in large black cars. Some people who have been visited by 'men in black' have noted the numbers on the cars' license plates, but when poice have checked these they invariably found that they are non-existant as registered license numbers. Other people have reported that the visitors have appeared and vanished with unaccountable abruptness. They have used a variety of ruses to command a hearing, masquerading as government agents, journalists, military or air force personnel, or representatives of insurance companies, for example. Sometimes they simply ask a lot of questions, many of them puzzlingly irrelevant, and then go away, but sometimes they communicate quite unequivocal warnings of dire consequences if a person does not keep quiet about his UFO experience. More than one investigator has been effectively silenced or intimidated by the sinister visitors. UFO cultists who believe that the world's governments are in cahots to suppress information on the subject, have spread the idea that the 'men in black' are CIA agents, but this hypothesis is difficult to maintain in view of the evidence for their world-wide appearances, the uniformity and peculiarity of their looks, and the strangeness of their conduct
If the extraterrestrials WANTED to make themselves known then they would land in a central place, and all the feeble earthly cover-up would simply be blown away. It is out of this sort of background that the legend of the Men in Black arose. It concerns strange little men in dark suits who drive around in big shiny cars and harass people who claimed to have seen a UFO.
"President Bush's penchant for stark religious terminology has waned in the international arena now that he has lost his innocence in the Middle East. He has yet to brand the Israelis, the Palestinians or, for that matter, the Saudis "evildoers." But on the domestic front he has joined Mr. Ashcroft in pumping up the volume of his preening sanctimony, referring to the Almighty so frequently that He is becoming his de facto running mate for 2004."
Safety tests on genetically modified maize currently growing in Britain were flawed, it has emerged.
The crop, T-25 GM maize, was tested in laboratory experiments on chickens.
During the tests, twice as many chickens died when fed on T-25 GM maize, compared with those fed on conventional maize.
Could it be that the Republicans are trashing this "Democrat" bill just in order to introduce a similar bill later on? That way they get to snub the Democrats and still get the industry's gratitude for introducing the bill.
I just wanted to point out that James Rogan sounds like James Grogan.
Thank you for your attention.
I think she's cute and looks natural -- unlike some other silicone bimbos that leech rich men.
It's funny how Microsoft, which has been found guilty, can still negotiate what kind of punishment they should get.
But has anyone ever done anything useful with povray? As far as I know, all commercial render farms use proprietary software.
Maybe you should be more worried about her donating her husband to the cause...
So, your own name is NoahsMyBro? Must be a rare name.
According to the Microsoft you're are supposed to be following the Guide to Accepting Donated PCs:
and avoid dangers of the NakedPCs
Pentium III Tualatins are just wonderful as you can actually build a silent machine with them. The worst noisemaker in a workstation PC these days is the CPU fan. This is because a CPU like Athlon XP 2000+ (70 W!!) requires an industrial grade fan to keep it cool. Tualatins (1133 MHz) on the other hand are rated approximately at 30 W. All you need is a large heatsink and a flimsy, completely silent fan to keep the CPU at 30 degrees C even when running something like Seti. I bet the CPU would almost work with passive cooling only.
I'm really hoping that the mobile Athlon line, which has similar power ratings, will get motherboard support soon. Otherwise I will start using Intel CPUs permanently.
Where am I?
On the Slashdot
What do you want?
Information
Whose side are you on?
That would be telling
We want Information
You won't get it!
By hook or by crook we will
Who are you?
The new Number Two
Who is Number One?
You are Number Six
I am not a number
I'm a free man!
A sensible write-up of the hype around viruses, Linux friendly articles and spam awareness?