The lake of course represented the public's money supply and that was getting drained. One of the biggest problems with the current inflation system is it never goes through "the lake" it just filters out.
I've thought about a better election system. I don't know. I thought something like Australia's would be better, but that system doesn't give you the least objectionable candidate, it gives you some extreme weirdness. I used to consider going there because I thought it was better than here, but that went away a long time ago. How can a country be so extremely left and right wing at the same damned time?
"The conservative - what few there are truly believe in individual liberties and the constitution."
What you fail to realize is the old definition of liberal was someone who believed in individual liberty, before it came to mean socialist. The conservatives you've mentioned - the old Republican party that Lincoln belonged to - that embrace that last sentence of yours have abandoned the Republican party of today.
The words liberal and conservative don't properly apply to either the Republican or Democrat party anymore. Corporatist belongs to both and the liberal and conservative arguments they use are little more than a distraction tactic to keep you voting for their "two" parties. The only ways the words liberal and conservative apply to the party is which fans they're trying to attract.
How much of a statement are you making if the vote is thrown in the trash and isn't reported?
A statement only makes a difference if someone hears it. If you asked me to appoint a president to take over tomorrow I would appoint Paul. Gary Johnson and Ron Paul have enough in common I think I could be happy with Johnson. I've read two of Paul's books, there's only one or two issues I don't see eye to eye with Paul on and they're so trivial I can't even recall them at the moment.
Please - if you're serious link me to something that proves Johnson likes funneling money to Zionist. I know he believes in minimal over-seas intervention unlike Paul, but as far as I know he still wants to reel it back at least 90%.
Many of us Paul Bots have started calling ourselves that to take the edge off the name. If we own it, it can't be used to drag us down.
What part of saying vote for the Libertarian makes me a GOP propagandist?
I followed the Paul campaign on Facebook, and I follow many Libertarian and "neither party" groups, even the "Blue Republicans" which are Democrats who initially came out in support of Paul.
Paul's chances are completely gone this cycle, there's no way for him to get on the ballot in many states at this point as anything but a Republican and he's not getting on as a Republican. His ideas live on. Paul will continue to be the patron saint of the Liberty movement regardless of who wins the next election.
Paul is out of the race, he's said so, he would rather you not write him in. If you really want a Paul minded individual vote Gary Johnson. Paul hasn't said that, but he's said he likes the guy and they agree on most issues. There's some sticky family reasons that keeps Paul from actually endorsing him, but he's made statements in the past that are close enough. Writing in Ron Paul truly is a wasted vote, especially in states that won't recognize that particular write in.
Neither party really tries to spend more or less than the other.
What people fail to realize is there's very little difference between the two parties. Those issues everyone campaigns on? They're to polarize people to give them a sense of duty to vote for one party or the other. If you'll notice very little actually gets accomplished on polarizing issues, those issues exist to keep you from voting third party.
What is the real difference in the parties? It's like a sports franchise. Each party is playing for different companies.
Obviously the Republicans are playing for defense contractors and some other civil engineering types.
The Democrats are obviously playing for unions, health insurance, and pharmaceutical companies. (non-health insurance companies fall anywhere in the spectrum)
So in the NFL what happens when two teams go to the Superbowl? One team wins and the other loses. Does that mean the losing team doesn't make any money? NO! The losing team makes a huge profit, the winning team gets the glory and makes an even bigger profit.
Tax money is like a river to these people. There's a fork in the river with a dam going to each fork. Winning an election is winning the right to open up the gates to your fork a little wider so your team gets more of the profit, like winning the Super Bowl. The other team still gets some.
As tax payers we've lost focus. We've put all of our focus into deciding who to trust with the gate controls further down the line. Fact is the river is supposed to come off of a lake, the lake is nearly empty because all the waters been diverted to the river. Sure some asshole keeps setting the trees on fire in the mountains to melt snow into water (inflation) but that's destroying the land we live in. We need to close the dam where the river starts and turn our taxes into a stream, not the friggin Mississippi. As long as you're voting for the NFL we all lose.
Ultra-HD - also known as 4K isn't 1080, it's 2160. Hate to nit-pick, but this article is going to look incredibly stupid still lingering on the web after 4K comes out, especially since the spec already exist and if you really want to shell out you can get an Ultra-HDTV today.
I don't know why the patches weren't in BlueZ official a long time ago. Even Apple added their version in Snow Leopard. Adding them to BlueZ more or less kills the open source project that donated the code, but that's not a bad thing in this case.
I've paired PS3 controls with Linux before. The latest Ubuntu release is making it difficult, but nothing I can't overcome.
Between the sheer smoothness and beauty of XBMC, it's ability to launch NES, SNES, Sega and other emulators as well as native Linux games grabbing a couple of PS3 controls on a PC tucked away out of sight replaces what used to be a gianormous wiring mess connected to every TV.
I could totally go for that Acer if I had the cash, I carry an Aspire One and I love it, my only complaint was it was nearly impossible to get bluetooth built in. I bought a replacement mini-PCI-express card.
I ditched Windows before.NET came out - Windows2000 either didn't have a service pack or it was at service pack 1 at the time, I don't recall, but a number of factors lined up and I declared Windows a waste of hard drive space. I probably didn't use Windows for more than two months after the bad Radeon to Geforce 2 scenario.
Right now I'm planning on getting a new TV before I get anything, I'm still on a CRT, but it's a really good Mitsubishi Diamatron so I'm in no real big hurry. When I do that I may build up an XBMC unit which I could try out the AMD approach on, probably built in. Seems like a safe place to experiment.
I know ATI graphics did NOT - it's been a while since I've given them a chance.
During the Rage II days I don't know how many screens I saw with the horizontal line that wouldn't update. Then I had a Radeon that died without reason and wouldn't even do 3D in Linux at the time. I replaced it with Nvidia, which not only worked with Linux but I was still dual booting back then, Alice and UT99 both looked better with it. While working on other people's since then I've had a driver nightmare or two with ATI - where Nvidia's "Unified Driver Architecture" just worked.
When AMD bought ATI I asked the question in multiple places - Will AMD fix ATI or will ATI drag AMD down? Well, I know AMD CPU's are still great, still my first choice for a desktop. I'm still a bit disappointed I can't find an AMD powered mobile with the right balance of parts and features. After the ATI nightmares of the past I hesitate to give them another shot in the graphics world.
I came here to say this. AMD is basically tea-bagging Nvidia with this.
Sadly, before the ATI/AMD merger I was an Nvidia/AMD fan, and I still have an Nvidia card in my quad core AMD system and still don't like ATI graphics, but I'm beginning to question the logic in that.
Cattle don't get a say in the matter. If we start doing this in bulk we would be better off finding commonly slaughtered animals that can provide the structure rather than consenting humans to meet demand. Granted, even if we don't go the animal route the percentage of compatible donors just skyrocketed for those that can wait a while for an organ - such as my own cousin who is awaiting a heart.
Since the donor vessel was stripped down to nothing but a protien structure is there any reason a non-human vein couldn't be donated? Cattle are slaughtered in bulk for instance, I don't see why a protien structure from one of those couldn't be used.
Do you have any personal experience with these Molo things? The ones you linked to are nearly perfect for a project idea I have in mind, I just hesitate to trust a company that sells no-name metallic laptops under an "Apple" heading.
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I did get a little long in the analogy.
The lake of course represented the public's money supply and that was getting drained. One of the biggest problems with the current inflation system is it never goes through "the lake" it just filters out.
I've thought about a better election system. I don't know. I thought something like Australia's would be better, but that system doesn't give you the least objectionable candidate, it gives you some extreme weirdness. I used to consider going there because I thought it was better than here, but that went away a long time ago. How can a country be so extremely left and right wing at the same damned time?
"The conservative - what few there are truly believe in individual liberties and the constitution."
What you fail to realize is the old definition of liberal was someone who believed in individual liberty, before it came to mean socialist. The conservatives you've mentioned - the old Republican party that Lincoln belonged to - that embrace that last sentence of yours have abandoned the Republican party of today.
The words liberal and conservative don't properly apply to either the Republican or Democrat party anymore. Corporatist belongs to both and the liberal and conservative arguments they use are little more than a distraction tactic to keep you voting for their "two" parties. The only ways the words liberal and conservative apply to the party is which fans they're trying to attract.
How much of a statement are you making if the vote is thrown in the trash and isn't reported?
A statement only makes a difference if someone hears it. If you asked me to appoint a president to take over tomorrow I would appoint Paul. Gary Johnson and Ron Paul have enough in common I think I could be happy with Johnson. I've read two of Paul's books, there's only one or two issues I don't see eye to eye with Paul on and they're so trivial I can't even recall them at the moment.
Please - if you're serious link me to something that proves Johnson likes funneling money to Zionist. I know he believes in minimal over-seas intervention unlike Paul, but as far as I know he still wants to reel it back at least 90%.
Many of us Paul Bots have started calling ourselves that to take the edge off the name. If we own it, it can't be used to drag us down.
What part of saying vote for the Libertarian makes me a GOP propagandist?
I followed the Paul campaign on Facebook, and I follow many Libertarian and "neither party" groups, even the "Blue Republicans" which are Democrats who initially came out in support of Paul.
Paul's chances are completely gone this cycle, there's no way for him to get on the ballot in many states at this point as anything but a Republican and he's not getting on as a Republican. His ideas live on. Paul will continue to be the patron saint of the Liberty movement regardless of who wins the next election.
I am a Paul Bot.
DO NOT WRITE IN RON PAUL
Paul is out of the race, he's said so, he would rather you not write him in.
If you really want a Paul minded individual vote Gary Johnson. Paul hasn't said that, but he's said he likes the guy and they agree on most issues. There's some sticky family reasons that keeps Paul from actually endorsing him, but he's made statements in the past that are close enough. Writing in Ron Paul truly is a wasted vote, especially in states that won't recognize that particular write in.
Neither party really tries to spend more or less than the other.
What people fail to realize is there's very little difference between the two parties. Those issues everyone campaigns on? They're to polarize people to give them a sense of duty to vote for one party or the other. If you'll notice very little actually gets accomplished on polarizing issues, those issues exist to keep you from voting third party.
What is the real difference in the parties? It's like a sports franchise. Each party is playing for different companies.
Obviously the Republicans are playing for defense contractors and some other civil engineering types.
The Democrats are obviously playing for unions, health insurance, and pharmaceutical companies. (non-health insurance companies fall anywhere in the spectrum)
So in the NFL what happens when two teams go to the Superbowl? One team wins and the other loses. Does that mean the losing team doesn't make any money? NO! The losing team makes a huge profit, the winning team gets the glory and makes an even bigger profit.
Tax money is like a river to these people. There's a fork in the river with a dam going to each fork. Winning an election is winning the right to open up the gates to your fork a little wider so your team gets more of the profit, like winning the Super Bowl. The other team still gets some.
As tax payers we've lost focus. We've put all of our focus into deciding who to trust with the gate controls further down the line. Fact is the river is supposed to come off of a lake, the lake is nearly empty because all the waters been diverted to the river. Sure some asshole keeps setting the trees on fire in the mountains to melt snow into water (inflation) but that's destroying the land we live in. We need to close the dam where the river starts and turn our taxes into a stream, not the friggin Mississippi. As long as you're voting for the NFL we all lose.
Ultra-HD - also known as 4K isn't 1080, it's 2160. Hate to nit-pick, but this article is going to look incredibly stupid still lingering on the web after 4K comes out, especially since the spec already exist and if you really want to shell out you can get an Ultra-HDTV today.
We have to sign the extension act to see what's in it. Only then can we stop it!
Exactly what I have for my daughter. She loves it.
FYI:
I am NASA-STD-8739.3 certified. The standard may be canceled, but still in effect until all the old contracts are up.
I don't know why the patches weren't in BlueZ official a long time ago. Even Apple added their version in Snow Leopard. Adding them to BlueZ more or less kills the open source project that donated the code, but that's not a bad thing in this case.
I've paired PS3 controls with Linux before. The latest Ubuntu release is making it difficult, but nothing I can't overcome.
Between the sheer smoothness and beauty of XBMC, it's ability to launch NES, SNES, Sega and other emulators as well as native Linux games grabbing a couple of PS3 controls on a PC tucked away out of sight replaces what used to be a gianormous wiring mess connected to every TV.
Why don't we just call it the Granny Smith Data Center?
Or the GSDC for short.
they had to use a carburetor.
That's a way to make use of "new" technology.
I could totally go for that Acer if I had the cash, I carry an Aspire One and I love it, my only complaint was it was nearly impossible to get bluetooth built in. I bought a replacement mini-PCI-express card.
I ditched Windows before .NET came out - Windows2000 either didn't have a service pack or it was at service pack 1 at the time, I don't recall, but a number of factors lined up and I declared Windows a waste of hard drive space. I probably didn't use Windows for more than two months after the bad Radeon to Geforce 2 scenario.
Right now I'm planning on getting a new TV before I get anything, I'm still on a CRT, but it's a really good Mitsubishi Diamatron so I'm in no real big hurry. When I do that I may build up an XBMC unit which I could try out the AMD approach on, probably built in. Seems like a safe place to experiment.
I've actually gotten them bad out of the box, but I've never had one fail after I've started using it.
Back when the Rage II was around I was using 3Dfx and Matrox on my desktops.
I don't know.
I know ATI graphics did NOT - it's been a while since I've given them a chance.
During the Rage II days I don't know how many screens I saw with the horizontal line that wouldn't update.
Then I had a Radeon that died without reason and wouldn't even do 3D in Linux at the time. I replaced it with Nvidia, which not only worked with Linux but I was still dual booting back then, Alice and UT99 both looked better with it.
While working on other people's since then I've had a driver nightmare or two with ATI - where Nvidia's "Unified Driver Architecture" just worked.
When AMD bought ATI I asked the question in multiple places - Will AMD fix ATI or will ATI drag AMD down? Well, I know AMD CPU's are still great, still my first choice for a desktop. I'm still a bit disappointed I can't find an AMD powered mobile with the right balance of parts and features. After the ATI nightmares of the past I hesitate to give them another shot in the graphics world.
I came here to say this. AMD is basically tea-bagging Nvidia with this.
Sadly, before the ATI/AMD merger I was an Nvidia/AMD fan, and I still have an Nvidia card in my quad core AMD system and still don't like ATI graphics, but I'm beginning to question the logic in that.
I'm so confused.
Maybe it's back? I didn't see it on the form last renewal.
I used to consent on my drivers license, the people at the DMV were so used to hitting "No" they hit "No" on mine even though I answered "Yes".
It is no longer an option on the Texas drivers license.
Agreed, but not all of them consent to donate.
Cattle don't get a say in the matter. If we start doing this in bulk we would be better off finding commonly slaughtered animals that can provide the structure rather than consenting humans to meet demand. Granted, even if we don't go the animal route the percentage of compatible donors just skyrocketed for those that can wait a while for an organ - such as my own cousin who is awaiting a heart.
Since the donor vessel was stripped down to nothing but a protien structure is there any reason a non-human vein couldn't be donated? Cattle are slaughtered in bulk for instance, I don't see why a protien structure from one of those couldn't be used.
With that link you have absolutely all the reputable information I have.
I decided to look, I found this:
Hybridizations
Hybrids between common chimps and bonobos in captivity have occurred
But I can't find a lot more than that. I was looking for pictures.
Do you have any personal experience with these Molo things? The ones you linked to are nearly perfect for a project idea I have in mind, I just hesitate to trust a company that sells no-name metallic laptops under an "Apple" heading.