And compared to a 5 day week he is actually *saving* 3 hours of his life by skipping the commute that 5th day.
Yep, its a long day. Don't listen to the "get a new job" people - follow the advise in latter threads about managing the day, and keep your eyes on the prize - a three day weekend, EVERY WEEK! I'd kill to go back on a 4 day/week schedule. I worked my ass off those 4 days, but I was never healthier or happier before or since.
Finally - I was waiting for a non AC to respond to. I did some research, and I stand corrected. Apparently, in addition to the joint staffing, they also report to a joint intelligence commitee, which reports directly to the President. Their status seems a lot more gray than either of our descriptions.
As for mister "when the revolution comes...", Bwahahahahaah. I think 90% of the people who spout that BS don't even know which end of a gun is which. I'll give them a hint - the pointy end goes in your mouth, and you operate the trigger with your toe. Instant results, and guaranteed to make the world a better place.
Bank of America does just this on the newer ATM's. If you take a minute to set your personal options, tou can set language, receipt or not, default fastcash amount, and some otehrs. Cuts my ATM time down a lot.
"Like most unfounded generalizations, thats not really true."
Good - let's continue with yours. "Before humankind developed agriculture and started economies man lived under "primitive communism". It worked quite well and was substantially less devastating to our planet than capitalism has proven to be. It was the social form most native american tribes practiced and worked quite well until it encountered imperialist capitalism."
Wrong. Read "Guns, Germs, and Steel." You are applying a political system formulated for 19th century industrial production to hunter gatherer societies, and it just doesn't fit. Hunters didn't own their own spears and stone tools? You know this? I think the word you are looking for is "egalitarian," not "communistic."
"and if you actually read Christ's teaching without bias he is in most instances advocating Communism and abandonment of personal property. Some community's like the Amish and Mennonite's live in communes today for this reason, its the closest economic model to the teachings of Christ."
WTF? WTFF? First off, the Mennonites and Amish certainly don't live in communes. They own their farms and property, and make damned good money at it. There's a joke in Pennsylvania: Who are the second richest people in PA? The Mennonites; they make their money chaufferring the Amish - the richest people in PA." The Amish believe fully in private property and wealth; they just believe it is sinful to show it off. As for Christ's teachings, again, you are confusing a disregard for materialism with communism. Christ was trying to tell us that we should not let worldly things get in the way of following a path to redemption. Hell of a stretch to convert that to advocating a style of communism.
Here's another good one. At the start of the post, you say "They only thing thats failed recently was Stalinism which was really the only thing resembling Communism that was tried on a large scale in the last century and it was really more Authoritarian Socialism." But then, in reference to China, you say "China does present a problem with your generalization because it was for a very long time Stalinist Communism and its Communist party is still very much intact and now very successful though I grant you its sure not pure communism anymore." Well, make up your mind - is Stalinism Communism or not. I would agree that it is not, but you seem so intent on tryuing to show there is some form of "communism" working in the world you include China under the designation. You must be joking; they may call themselve Communists, but they hardly ever act (or acted) like communists.
The disconnect comes in that, throughout most of the world, the "Government" is viewed as a separate entity from "the People." My guess is it's a holdover from past imperial rule. Perhaps it is naive, but in the US, the general view is that the government IS the people - actually believing in democracy on a slightly deeper level.
The typical American, when faced with assertions that "I do have animostity toward the american governement, but certainly not againt american citizen," just doesn't get it - we ARE the government, so that means you have animosity toward American citizens, period. Saying otherwise is nonsensical.
Likewise, Americans view the French government as inseparable from the French citizenry. France IS a democracy, isn't it? The Government is formed by and of its people, correct? So if the French government does something to upset someone, the ultimate responsibility lays with the French people, doesn't it?
The funny thing is, Americans are generally OK with not being particularly well liked. I think foreign, especially european, assertions about a duality between the Government and the People reveals a deep seated truth about Europe: secretly, Europeans dont' WANT to be held accountable for their governments' actions. It is much easier, when faced with wrongdoing and bad policies, to just pretend that it's "the Government's fault" and not look any farther. It is a facade of democracy, all the trappings, none of the responsibility.
Not logs - software. Logs are passively generated, not secret, and exist to be read. The software she was using intercepts and records communication stealthily. Different things.
"It's irresponsible to force all your customers to be testers"
"Force?" Last time I checked Google's "beta" services were 1. Voluntary 2. Free
Of course, they could be like other software companies and release what is essentially beta software as a final and then pretend that bug fixes are "upgrades."
Downloading music and video may or may not be fair use, but that's wholly irrelevant to the case at hand. Distributing said material is definitely not fair use, and that is what Loki was being sued for (well, facilitating distribution.)
I don't agree with the **AA's, and I think they are stupid, unethical, and flailing, but it is important to keep the fight on the correct terms.
If you have a good defense of what Loki was actually doing, I wanna hear it - please! But if it can't be defended, setting up a "fair use" strawhorse arguement isn't going to help.
"Yeah, he lost when 5 republican-appointed supreme court judges outnumbered 4 democrat-appointed judges. What exactly can a lawyer do about that?"
There's more to it than that. He lost the meat of the case 9-0 or 8-1 regarding overturning the FLA Supreme Court decision to recount only some counties. He lost that at a very specific point, when he stated flat out that ballots in different jurisdictions would be counted with different standards.
The 5-4 decision was on whether to terminate the recounts completely, as opposed to recounting the whole state. Was it partisan? Possibly. But your comment implies complete partisanship - the Republicans voted solely because of their party, and SO DID THE DEMOCRATS. If you truly believe all of the Republicans voted out of crass politics and all of the Democrats voted out of law, truth, and purity of heart, I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with you involving a Nigerian businessman I know.
Actually, I run Win98SE (gasp). I've pared it down to what I need, don't use IE except when forced, run hardware (WRT54G) and software (currently Kerio) firewalls (I like to know when programs are phoning home), Grisoft AVG, and Spybot S&D.
Number of viruses I've ever been exposed to: 2, both caught.
Spyware/Trojans on my machine: 0.
I'm quite secure in my computing manhood. (And my wife can attest to the rest of my manhood.)
1)We don't have "national ID cards" and there is great resistance to getting them (at least in the US) 2) The SSN was never intended to be used as a unique identifier, and organizations have begun moving away from using it as such. 3) you are proposing creating a single token to cover all of an individual's security, with no added layer - lose the token, lose everything.
There is more to it than that. I used Quicken 2000, and the omly online features I used were downloading transactions - that's it. No Checkfree, no bill pay. Quicken stlii stopped working.
The basics of it are that Intuit has the banks by the balls. As I understand it, they changed formats, forced the banks to change formats, and then precluded the banks from supporting the old formats. Then they came up with some cock & bull story about "security upgrades".
That being said, Michael's last line is still bullshit.
I heard the same anecdote in somewhat more detail. Basically, a nuclear plant can request that Delta Force test their security. If the challenge is accepted, the arrangement is that the plant will receive a phone call that security will be challenged "some time in the future."
At the plant I was at, the rumor was that Delta Force was in the plant control room with guns within 5 minutes of making the call. All their assets were in place, and once the phone call was made they were released. And the plant security was NOT necessarily shoddy; I had to go through it every day. It's just that the attackers were that good.
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And compared to a 5 day week he is actually *saving* 3 hours of his life by skipping the commute that 5th day.
Yep, its a long day. Don't listen to the "get a new job" people - follow the advise in latter threads about managing the day, and keep your eyes on the prize - a three day weekend, EVERY WEEK! I'd kill to go back on a 4 day/week schedule. I worked my ass off those 4 days, but I was never healthier or happier before or since.
Finally - I was waiting for a non AC to respond to. I did some research, and I stand corrected. Apparently, in addition to the joint staffing, they also report to a joint intelligence commitee, which reports directly to the President. Their status seems a lot more gray than either of our descriptions.
As for mister "when the revolution comes...", Bwahahahahaah. I think 90% of the people who spout that BS don't even know which end of a gun is which. I'll give them a hint - the pointy end goes in your mouth, and you operate the trigger with your toe. Instant results, and guaranteed to make the world a better place.
Except the NSA isn't military. Nice try thogh - thanks for playing.
"Ok, that last part isn't true"
What, your children are ugly? Such honesty is refreshing.
Bank of America does just this on the newer ATM's. If you take a minute to set your personal options, tou can set language, receipt or not, default fastcash amount, and some otehrs. Cuts my ATM time down a lot.
"Like most unfounded generalizations, thats not really true."
Good - let's continue with yours.
"Before humankind developed agriculture and started economies man lived under "primitive communism". It worked quite well and was substantially less devastating to our planet than capitalism has proven to be. It was the social form most native american tribes practiced and worked quite well until it encountered imperialist capitalism."
Wrong. Read "Guns, Germs, and Steel." You are applying a political system formulated for 19th century industrial production to hunter gatherer societies, and it just doesn't fit. Hunters didn't own their own spears and stone tools? You know this? I think the word you are looking for is "egalitarian," not "communistic."
"and if you actually read Christ's teaching without bias he is in most instances advocating Communism and abandonment of personal property. Some community's like the Amish and Mennonite's live in communes today for this reason, its the closest economic model to the teachings of Christ."
WTF? WTFF? First off, the Mennonites and Amish certainly don't live in communes. They own their farms and property, and make damned good money at it. There's a joke in Pennsylvania: Who are the second richest people in PA? The Mennonites; they make their money chaufferring the Amish - the richest people in PA." The Amish believe fully in private property and wealth; they just believe it is sinful to show it off. As for Christ's teachings, again, you are confusing a disregard for materialism with communism. Christ was trying to tell us that we should not let worldly things get in the way of following a path to redemption. Hell of a stretch to convert that to advocating a style of communism.
Here's another good one. At the start of the post, you say "They only thing thats failed recently was Stalinism which was really the only thing resembling Communism that was tried on a large scale in the last century and it was really more Authoritarian Socialism." But then, in reference to China, you say "China does present a problem with your generalization because it was for a very long time Stalinist Communism and its Communist party is still very much intact and now very successful though I grant you its sure not pure communism anymore." Well, make up your mind - is Stalinism Communism or not. I would agree that it is not, but you seem so intent on tryuing to show there is some form of "communism" working in the world you include China under the designation. You must be joking; they may call themselve Communists, but they hardly ever act (or acted) like communists.
God bless you for the "WKRP" reference - still a sorely underrated show. I catch it sometimes in syndication and still laugh my ass off.
The disconnect comes in that, throughout most of the world, the "Government" is viewed as a separate entity from "the People." My guess is it's a holdover from past imperial rule. Perhaps it is naive, but in the US, the general view is that the government IS the people - actually believing in democracy on a slightly deeper level.
The typical American, when faced with assertions that "I do have animostity toward the american governement, but certainly not againt american citizen," just doesn't get it - we ARE the government, so that means you have animosity toward American citizens, period. Saying otherwise is nonsensical.
Likewise, Americans view the French government as inseparable from the French citizenry. France IS a democracy, isn't it? The Government is formed by and of its people, correct? So if the French government does something to upset someone, the ultimate responsibility lays with the French people, doesn't it?
The funny thing is, Americans are generally OK with not being particularly well liked. I think foreign, especially european, assertions about a duality between the Government and the People reveals a deep seated truth about Europe: secretly, Europeans dont' WANT to be held accountable for their governments' actions. It is much easier, when faced with wrongdoing and bad policies, to just pretend that it's "the Government's fault" and not look any farther. It is a facade of democracy, all the trappings, none of the responsibility.
Now THAT one gets my daughter laughing hysterically.
Not logs - software. Logs are passively generated, not secret, and exist to be read. The software she was using intercepts and records communication stealthily. Different things.
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Phillip Glass
My 8 year old daughter, a great afficionado of knock knock jokes, didn't appreciate it.
Don't you mean "in what she pretends to sing?"
"It's irresponsible to force all your customers to be testers"
"Force?" Last time I checked Google's "beta" services were
1. Voluntary
2. Free
Of course, they could be like other software companies and release what is essentially beta software as a final and then pretend that bug fixes are "upgrades."
And you are totally missing the point.
Downloading music and video may or may not be fair use, but that's wholly irrelevant to the case at hand. Distributing said material is definitely not fair use, and that is what Loki was being sued for (well, facilitating distribution.)
I don't agree with the **AA's, and I think they are stupid, unethical, and flailing, but it is important to keep the fight on the correct terms.
If you have a good defense of what Loki was actually doing, I wanna hear it - please! But if it can't be defended, setting up a "fair use" strawhorse arguement isn't going to help.
"Yeah, he lost when 5 republican-appointed supreme court judges outnumbered 4 democrat-appointed judges. What exactly can a lawyer do about that?"
There's more to it than that. He lost the meat of the case 9-0 or 8-1 regarding overturning the FLA Supreme Court decision to recount only some counties. He lost that at a very specific point, when he stated flat out that ballots in different jurisdictions would be counted with different standards.
The 5-4 decision was on whether to terminate the recounts completely, as opposed to recounting the whole state. Was it partisan? Possibly. But your comment implies complete partisanship - the Republicans voted solely because of their party, and SO DID THE DEMOCRATS. If you truly believe all of the Republicans voted out of crass politics and all of the Democrats voted out of law, truth, and purity of heart, I have a business deal I'd like to discuss with you involving a Nigerian businessman I know.
I thought that was Andre the Giant's character?
How much will you pay for pictures of her smeared "tubgirl" style?
Actually, I run Win98SE (gasp). I've pared it down to what I need, don't use IE except when forced, run hardware (WRT54G) and software (currently Kerio) firewalls (I like to know when programs are phoning home), Grisoft AVG, and Spybot S&D.
Number of viruses I've ever been exposed to: 2, both caught.
Spyware/Trojans on my machine: 0.
I'm quite secure in my computing manhood. (And my wife can attest to the rest of my manhood.)
spyware, trojans, p2p apps.
Except for the fact that:
1)We don't have "national ID cards" and there is great resistance to getting them (at least in the US)
2) The SSN was never intended to be used as a unique identifier, and organizations have begun moving away from using it as such.
3) you are proposing creating a single token to cover all of an individual's security, with no added layer - lose the token, lose everything.
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/
They specialize in this stuff - old tubes, nixie tubes, o-scopes, test equipment, and slide rules.
There is more to it than that. I used Quicken 2000, and the omly online features I used were downloading transactions - that's it. No Checkfree, no bill pay. Quicken stlii stopped working.
The basics of it are that Intuit has the banks by the balls. As I understand it, they changed formats, forced the banks to change formats, and then precluded the banks from supporting the old formats. Then they came up with some cock & bull story about "security upgrades".
That being said, Michael's last line is still bullshit.
I heard the same anecdote in somewhat more detail. Basically, a nuclear plant can request that Delta Force test their security. If the challenge is accepted, the arrangement is that the plant will receive a phone call that security will be challenged "some time in the future."
At the plant I was at, the rumor was that Delta Force was in the plant control room with guns within 5 minutes of making the call. All their assets were in place, and once the phone call was made they were released. And the plant security was NOT necessarily shoddy; I had to go through it every day. It's just that the attackers were that good.
"We're (mostly) intelligent and rational people here"
You are aware you are posting on Slashdot?
I don't think posting as AC gives you a moral high ground, either. Not that it has deterred you.