I disagree with the NPR crack. I do agree that in the circle of my conservative friends, cracking on NPR as liberal is a common theme. But I listen to NPR and they work very hard to be non-biased. You rarely detect it in their stories or how they conduct their interviews. Sometimes you do though like Terry Gross blunder of an interview with Mrs. Cheney.
I, however, am a Liberal. I fully recognize the MSNBC bias and admit it as much as I recognize the Fox bias. Both networks have some good shows, and some clowns. Just because I am liberal does not mean I don't see a biased show for what it is. I wonder though if conservatives can tell the same.
I used to think McCain would make a good president but not anymore. He ran a bad campaign. If you cant run a campaign and drive your people, your not looking good to be running the executive. McCain of 2000/2004 would have made a good president. McCain before he sold his soul to the Bush team.
Creative is probably one of those companies that chargers a grip for access to their API. Open sourcing the drivers means nobody will pay for any API access anymore. On linux.
It stands to reason that ethernet will always be much much faster than wireless.
My wireless is not wide open, but I consider it insecure. Its firewalled off so the only thing accessible is the internet. I do allow ssh into my local network, and I also have a music server accessible over wireless. Just until I run the CAT5 to my stereo.
I was told she was not his first choice. He had the final say, but it was his people that pushed her forward.
I agree with your take on McCain. After Bush won the 2nd term, McCain decided the only way to become president was to quit being such a maverick. Thats when he started supporting all the Bush initiatives. Thats when he lost his "base."
The real McCain would have been strong with independents. However, I am not sure he could have won the nomination without selling out to Bush.
McCain made his choice. Kicked his independent support to the curb to try and get ultra conservative supporters that never liked him.
I'm an engineer. I can use most of the equipment in the office except the soldering iron. I tried a few times and messed up a few things. Wasted some pads. Learned my lesson. Let the experts do their thing. I have mine...
They were not subcontractors. The criminals were imitating contractors and taking money in their name. When the real contractors showed up, the goods were there, but the money had been paid to someone else.
You are correct. However, what we have is not so much a credit crunch as we do a "Truth crunch." Peoples ability to use smoke and mirrors to get credit has dried up in an instant. Those without sound, impressive, and extremely plausable plans are being kicked out in the street. Those with marginal plans are probably taking the gas pipe as well.
People are not buying bullshit anymore. Not because they don't believe the bullshit; they never did. They are not buying it because they can not sell it on to someone else.
My thought exactly. At first I was thinking, good show. Our tax dollars at work. Then when I read that the FBI ran the site I was thinking, how can this not be entrappment?
I suppose the FBI will try to use the knowledge and people they gain from this sting to persue other cases. I can't see how they could prosecute the people they catch on this site that would not have existed if the FBI did not set it up.
It looks like High School Space Capades. These kids are way too young and they all look way too much the same. AND William Shatner IS Captain Kirk. There is no way you can cast anybody as Kirk but Shatner. Why even go there? If they want to appeal to new younger croud, then just call it Star Trek: ABC or something. They don't know Kirk anyway. I don't think any trekkies will be happy with that.
I bought the battle chest because IIRC, It came with warcraft. The original Warcraft didnt work well on windows95, but the version in battlechest did. So I have the DOS version and the battlenet version that works better on windows.
I am in agreement. I did not buy the last warcraft installment. I don't know why but I was not motivated. My cousin even has it and I didnt borrow it. I did not do WoW either since I am an eve-online player and hear that eve is more 'adult' that WoW I guess.
The rational for dividing SC2 into 3 editions is transparent. Blizzard is drunk on the revenue stream model of WoW. I think its hard for them to envision a product without eternal revenue behind it. The rational for Diablo not having a home network playability without battle.net is also transparent. Battle.net has ads. At least they were kind enough to toss out a token reason...
And yes, i will likely buy diablo. I am less inclined to buy SC2. If the versions of SC are each full price packages, then you can bet I wont. I'd pay probably $60 for sc2, and $20 for each addition if they are spread out over the course of a few years.
I havent bought a Blizzard game since the last Diablo. We shall see.
Whats funny is that at least what is posted is not MS ethics. Those are Federal laws. They can call them ethics if they want, but not paying off foreign officials is not an ethical question. Its a legal one.
Anything to do with gaining favor from a foreign government is strictly illegal. (except for attempts to speed up what is the natural process)
Which is exactly why I don't get it. Ethernet networks are rarely unsecure. You cant just plug into the port and get instant access to all the servers, etc. So who cares if the wireless network is exposed or not. Your only giving out free internet access at best. If not, your not giving out anything because your servers are already secure...
I use WPA-PSK at home with one of my standard passwords. I don't see it as a big deal.
We could use some of that gene therapy on the 21st chromosome as well. In fact, I'd rather see work there. Though it wouldn't likely be as profitable...
Actually, Western Culture does value individuality. Look at all the foreign cosmetics sold here. People want to be special.
This program will give you magazine cover beauty. This oddly is what women have come to believe is a beautiful woman. If you want to see what a man believes is a beautiful woman, and what marketers think men believe is beauty, look at the women in beer commercials and on beer products.
May I recommend Eve-online. A solid single universe game without the cushy penalties of WOW.(not that I have played WOW)
Playing games can be very relaxing. I remember when I was sick many years ago, playing starcraft took the pain away as well as any pain killer. But it worked faster. So I always played while waiting on the medicine to kick in.
In 3.1 you had open "windows" that held within them a set of links to applicaitons. You could drag this around. It would not 'dock' to any adjacent objects though.
Thats the exact position Java has been in for years. Language Spec and JVM spec were open, but Sun's runtime was not. Anyone could make their own runtime. Yet people complained that Java was not open. So why would MS get special treatment for an open spec without an open platform?
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I disagree with the NPR crack. I do agree that in the circle of my conservative friends, cracking on NPR as liberal is a common theme. But I listen to NPR and they work very hard to be non-biased. You rarely detect it in their stories or how they conduct their interviews. Sometimes you do though like Terry Gross blunder of an interview with Mrs. Cheney.
I, however, am a Liberal. I fully recognize the MSNBC bias and admit it as much as I recognize the Fox bias. Both networks have some good shows, and some clowns. Just because I am liberal does not mean I don't see a biased show for what it is. I wonder though if conservatives can tell the same.
I used to think McCain would make a good president but not anymore. He ran a bad campaign. If you cant run a campaign and drive your people, your not looking good to be running the executive. McCain of 2000/2004 would have made a good president. McCain before he sold his soul to the Bush team.
Creative is probably one of those companies that chargers a grip for access to their API. Open sourcing the drivers means nobody will pay for any API access anymore. On linux.
It stands to reason that ethernet will always be much much faster than wireless.
My wireless is not wide open, but I consider it insecure. Its firewalled off so the only thing accessible is the internet. I do allow ssh into my local network, and I also have a music server accessible over wireless. Just until I run the CAT5 to my stereo.
Zyxel. great products.
I think the Zyxel Zywall 2+ is the best sub $500 router you can get. It only cost me about $175.
Since I started buying Zyxel, I only buy Zyxel. Feature set is without compare.
I voted Obama, but Greens for about everything else.
I was told she was not his first choice. He had the final say, but it was his people that pushed her forward.
I agree with your take on McCain. After Bush won the 2nd term, McCain decided the only way to become president was to quit being such a maverick. Thats when he started supporting all the Bush initiatives. Thats when he lost his "base."
The real McCain would have been strong with independents. However, I am not sure he could have won the nomination without selling out to Bush.
McCain made his choice. Kicked his independent support to the curb to try and get ultra conservative supporters that never liked him.
I'm an engineer. I can use most of the equipment in the office except the soldering iron. I tried a few times and messed up a few things. Wasted some pads. Learned my lesson. Let the experts do their thing. I have mine...
Defence stocks always rise under an Republican administration.
They were not subcontractors. The criminals were imitating contractors and taking money in their name. When the real contractors showed up, the goods were there, but the money had been paid to someone else.
I doubt Ford has the cash reserves for such an acquisition. And we know they won't be getting a loan. Unless its from the feds.
You are correct. However, what we have is not so much a credit crunch as we do a "Truth crunch." Peoples ability to use smoke and mirrors to get credit has dried up in an instant. Those without sound, impressive, and extremely plausable plans are being kicked out in the street. Those with marginal plans are probably taking the gas pipe as well.
People are not buying bullshit anymore. Not because they don't believe the bullshit; they never did. They are not buying it because they can not sell it on to someone else.
My thought exactly. At first I was thinking, good show. Our tax dollars at work. Then when I read that the FBI ran the site I was thinking, how can this not be entrappment?
I suppose the FBI will try to use the knowledge and people they gain from this sting to persue other cases. I can't see how they could prosecute the people they catch on this site that would not have existed if the FBI did not set it up.
It looks like High School Space Capades. These kids are way too young and they all look way too much the same. AND William Shatner IS Captain Kirk. There is no way you can cast anybody as Kirk but Shatner. Why even go there? If they want to appeal to new younger croud, then just call it Star Trek: ABC or something. They don't know Kirk anyway. I don't think any trekkies will be happy with that.
I seriously had to check if it was April 1.
I bet greyhound and Amtrack will not approve either.
I bought the battle chest because IIRC, It came with warcraft. The original Warcraft didnt work well on windows95, but the version in battlechest did. So I have the DOS version and the battlenet version that works better on windows.
I am in agreement. I did not buy the last warcraft installment. I don't know why but I was not motivated. My cousin even has it and I didnt borrow it. I did not do WoW either since I am an eve-online player and hear that eve is more 'adult' that WoW I guess.
The rational for dividing SC2 into 3 editions is transparent. Blizzard is drunk on the revenue stream model of WoW. I think its hard for them to envision a product without eternal revenue behind it. The rational for Diablo not having a home network playability without battle.net is also transparent. Battle.net has ads. At least they were kind enough to toss out a token reason...
And yes, i will likely buy diablo. I am less inclined to buy SC2. If the versions of SC are each full price packages, then you can bet I wont. I'd pay probably $60 for sc2, and $20 for each addition if they are spread out over the course of a few years.
I havent bought a Blizzard game since the last Diablo. We shall see.
Whats funny is that at least what is posted is not MS ethics. Those are Federal laws. They can call them ethics if they want, but not paying off foreign officials is not an ethical question. Its a legal one.
Anything to do with gaining favor from a foreign government is strictly illegal. (except for attempts to speed up what is the natural process)
Which is exactly why I don't get it. Ethernet networks are rarely unsecure. You cant just plug into the port and get instant access to all the servers, etc. So who cares if the wireless network is exposed or not. Your only giving out free internet access at best. If not, your not giving out anything because your servers are already secure...
I use WPA-PSK at home with one of my standard passwords. I don't see it as a big deal.
Actually, idle RPM is not relevant. Whats relevant is the amount of gas your feeding it.
The second you take your foot off the accelerator, your feeding it less gas. It does not matter how fast the car or the engine is going...
We could use some of that gene therapy on the 21st chromosome as well. In fact, I'd rather see work there. Though it wouldn't likely be as profitable...
I knew. And about "troopergate" as well. Political shows cover all of this.
Actually, Western Culture does value individuality. Look at all the foreign cosmetics sold here. People want to be special.
This program will give you magazine cover beauty. This oddly is what women have come to believe is a beautiful woman. If you want to see what a man believes is a beautiful woman, and what marketers think men believe is beauty, look at the women in beer commercials and on beer products.
May I recommend Eve-online. A solid single universe game without the cushy penalties of WOW.(not that I have played WOW)
Playing games can be very relaxing. I remember when I was sick many years ago, playing starcraft took the pain away as well as any pain killer. But it worked faster. So I always played while waiting on the medicine to kick in.
In 3.1 you had open "windows" that held within them a set of links to applicaitons. You could drag this around. It would not 'dock' to any adjacent objects though.
Thats the exact position Java has been in for years. Language Spec and JVM spec were open, but Sun's runtime was not. Anyone could make their own runtime. Yet people complained that Java was not open. So why would MS get special treatment for an open spec without an open platform?