Look... Can your BANK keep track of millions of transactions per day? Yes it does, and yes the error rate is incredibly low, because its MONEY and people take MONEY seriously.
Now, control of the united states -- WAY more valuable then money, and yet we're allowing flunkies hired by corporations loyal to Republicans to do it.
So to demonstrate anything meaningful - show me the exit poll numbers side by side, and then let's see if there is any consistent and suspicious looking discrepancy not explained by the major cultural divides within Florida,
Not that you care now Im sure, but I have seen undeletable dirs on Solaris having to do with the automounter+NFS. Some weird deadlock occurs when you export an automounted directory over NFS or vice versa (I'm not quite sure, its been two years since I was a solaris admin -- or even used solaris).
Also FS damage can prevent you from deleting things sometimes.
First, no, the exit polls do not suggest that. They perfectly mirror the results.
Um, you weren't up last night were you? CNN and most of the other major networks *REVISED* their exit polling numbers to match the election around 1 or 2:00am (PST). The poll numbers all day indicated Kerry was going to win almost all of the swing states. Then he doesn't, then the poll numbers were revised... I don't get it either
Its probably the dangerous mercury levels that bush has allowed coal burning power plants to spill into waterways which are currently making fish in 19 states dangerous to eat.
Because frequently "nostalgia" is remembered through the rose colored glasses of youth?
The other day I was downloading some episodes of a TV show I love, "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" (release DVD's damnit!). In the same category was some season 1 tv rips of a show called "doug." I thought to myself, "what a waste of bandwidth, the show was ok... but who would want the entire freaking thing?!" Then I realized, "doug" came along about ~5 years after pete and pete, and for surely someone 5 years younger then myself shared the same enthusiasm for Doug as I have for Pete and Pete.
Yea, I got a spam advertising a local business today, which is the first time thats ever happened. What can I do short of throwing a can of spam through their window?
As for not having the power to help.. who took away your powers? Anyone can help if they put their mind to it.
I'd like to challenge this myth:) I give people who I deem to be "legit" bums money (which the probably spend on alcohol), I voulenteer and am assisting a poor blind guy on behalf of a church (and I'm a fu***** atheist), but you know what, even if I gave them everything I had it still wouldn't change the fact that Im up here and they're down there. Yes I can help in *little* ways, but help in the way they need? Getting their lives back on track? It's too big a job for one person:)
And for proof of that quote simply take a look at Fable. Its basically ruined Lion Head studios.
I was a huge fan of Black and White and Creature Isle (even though they were hugely flawed). So naturally I was excited about their first XBOX game.
"Fable" was supposed to be a massively complex RPG/Adventure game with a complex social system, hundreds of hours of game play, side quests... etc. The idea was to model a complex society where your interactions with people altered the way the game unfolded.
What Lion Head delievered to the 300,000 people who preordered (thankfully I knew better) was a buggy, choppy, video-abortion with 12 hours of play with none of the promised features. Peter Moenylux (sp?) the main designer -- even issued an apology for Fable.
And lexmark is by far the worst abuser of this business model. Let me tell you a story:
I went to my friends house one day and he had a *STACK* of lexmark printers new in the box. I said, "what the hell could you possibly do with 5 printers?" he replies, "I got them on sale for 19.99 each. Thats half the price of ink." He just chucked the printers in the trash after he used the ink they came with.
Second story, I was at a computer store in southern california here -- and they had lexmark printers for 9.99! No ink! Ink costs, 32$ per cartridge (you need a color and a black and white). Holy crap:)
I got sick of the ink game. I bought a HP Laserjet 4m+ (the last of the *REALLY* beefy HP printers) for 75$ used. Ive had it for an entire year and haven't used up the toner cartridge it came with.
Compared to people in these countries, Americans ARE very wealthy.
SOME americans are very welathy. I only have to drive a couple miles from my house to see desolate desperate people in my own TOWN I don't have the power to help.
Oh they are actually -- and thats the reason for a lot of the animosity towards us right now (in addition to our screwups as of late). They are grown up being told we are this wealthy and technologically advanced country (true and true) and that if we *WANTED* to we could solve the problems of their country easily (not true), and it is only because we are too selfish (half true) and too busy with our luxury to notice their suffering (not true) to beset upon them with our benevolence.
Criminials in 2nd and 3rd world countries *LOVE* the internet because it gives them *ACCESS* to first world country victims. If a russian guy can steal 100$, thats less then a days pay for me, but 6 months salary to him.
I don't have the link anymore, but MSNBC did a writeup on my mother who some russian jerkoffs tried to extort. They basically got her with a fish page, we caught on and shut down her accounts. Then they sent threats saying unless we sent money they would this and that, then when that didn't work they sent messages *BEGGING* for us to send them 150$ claiming they were poor and destitute and it was nothing to us.
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BUT we still hate BB for calling the cops on customers who ordered stuff on their website.
Now, control of the united states -- WAY more valuable then money, and yet we're allowing flunkies hired by corporations loyal to Republicans to do it.
Ask and ye shall recieve.
Isn't 802.11n on its way as well?
Also FS damage can prevent you from deleting things sometimes.
Um, you weren't up last night were you? CNN and most of the other major networks *REVISED* their exit polling numbers to match the election around 1 or 2:00am (PST). The poll numbers all day indicated Kerry was going to win almost all of the swing states. Then he doesn't, then the poll numbers were revised... I don't get it either
Its probably the dangerous mercury levels that bush has allowed coal burning power plants to spill into waterways which are currently making fish in 19 states dangerous to eat.
You are right, but you really need to secure your machines. Users shouldn't have the ability to install software. Group Policy.
Never have truer words been spoken.
Groklaw is biased against bullshit. And this guy seems to be mired in it.
having reviewed the facts in this case, it has come to my attention that you are entirely correct :)
The other day I was downloading some episodes of a TV show I love, "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" (release DVD's damnit!). In the same category was some season 1 tv rips of a show called "doug." I thought to myself, "what a waste of bandwidth, the show was ok ... but who would want the entire freaking thing?!" Then I realized, "doug" came along about ~5 years after pete and pete, and for surely someone 5 years younger then myself shared the same enthusiasm for Doug as I have for Pete and Pete.
Nope, never have. It is clear someone has my name though because I get a lot of other spam that mentions where I live (and my name).
Yea, I got a spam advertising a local business today, which is the first time thats ever happened. What can I do short of throwing a can of spam through their window?
Hehehe... i just expect more from lionhead. Black & White was *gorgeous*.
I'd like to challenge this myth :) I give people who I deem to be "legit" bums money (which the probably spend on alcohol), I voulenteer and am assisting a poor blind guy on behalf of a church (and I'm a fu***** atheist), but you know what, even if I gave them everything I had it still wouldn't change the fact that Im up here and they're down there. Yes I can help in *little* ways, but help in the way they need? Getting their lives back on track? It's too big a job for one person :)
I was a huge fan of Black and White and Creature Isle (even though they were hugely flawed). So naturally I was excited about their first XBOX game.
"Fable" was supposed to be a massively complex RPG/Adventure game with a complex social system, hundreds of hours of game play, side quests... etc. The idea was to model a complex society where your interactions with people altered the way the game unfolded.
What Lion Head delievered to the 300,000 people who preordered (thankfully I knew better) was a buggy, choppy, video-abortion with 12 hours of play with none of the promised features. Peter Moenylux (sp?) the main designer -- even issued an apology for Fable.
You're the first person in almost a year of using that sig to reply and not say something negative :)
Yea, I always run out of flesh tones first >oops
I went to my friends house one day and he had a *STACK* of lexmark printers new in the box. I said, "what the hell could you possibly do with 5 printers?" he replies, "I got them on sale for 19.99 each. Thats half the price of ink." He just chucked the printers in the trash after he used the ink they came with.
Second story, I was at a computer store in southern california here -- and they had lexmark printers for 9.99! No ink! Ink costs, 32$ per cartridge (you need a color and a black and white). Holy crap :)
I got sick of the ink game. I bought a HP Laserjet 4m+ (the last of the *REALLY* beefy HP printers) for 75$ used. Ive had it for an entire year and haven't used up the toner cartridge it came with.
Compared to people in these countries, Americans ARE very wealthy. SOME americans are very welathy. I only have to drive a couple miles from my house to see desolate desperate people in my own TOWN I don't have the power to help.
Allow me to translate this: "I download a lot of porn on Bit Torrent any my ratio is terrible"
No, I dont know the average wage in russia, and no that doesn't make what I said any less true.
Oh they are actually -- and thats the reason for a lot of the animosity towards us right now (in addition to our screwups as of late). They are grown up being told we are this wealthy and technologically advanced country (true and true) and that if we *WANTED* to we could solve the problems of their country easily (not true), and it is only because we are too selfish (half true) and too busy with our luxury to notice their suffering (not true) to beset upon them with our benevolence.
I don't have the link anymore, but MSNBC did a writeup on my mother who some russian jerkoffs tried to extort. They basically got her with a fish page, we caught on and shut down her accounts. Then they sent threats saying unless we sent money they would this and that, then when that didn't work they sent messages *BEGGING* for us to send them 150$ claiming they were poor and destitute and it was nothing to us.