I agree with your points, except it not just the US press, it is worldwide.
Not only is the press lazy, they have become self-asorbed and believe themselves to be the un-elected fourth branch of government. Well, fuck them, I did not elect them and they do not speak for me!
A prime example is Dan Rather's mental contortions to explain their manuafacturing a story and/or getting duped and/or producing forged documents. Wipe the shit off your nose and the cum off your lips Dan, it's distracting...
The press is SO unobjective and so far away from the ideals of journalism. It's sad, not even George Orwell could have predicted this. It's not even newspeak, it's lame because it is so transparent, so partisan, and so shrill. I don't understand how these people can call themselves professional.
Greed is not the problem - greed is a pejorative word for self interest. Any system that does not recognize that all human (and most animal and plant) behavior is based on self-interest is doomed to failure. Capitalism and Democracy are the systems developed to date by humans that recognize this. Are they the best? No, they are the worst, except for all the others!
Read this and understand - the world will be a better place!
Of course your confused, your thinking that there is a difference between conservatives and liberals, a difference between democrats and republicans, a difference between socialism, marxism, democracy, and communism...
Read the John Galt speech again, yes it is long but it is enlightening!
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Bob Wells
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.
Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
George W. Bush, Speech on May 17, 2002
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - )
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)
So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, November 12, 1936
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom Robbins (1936 - )
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
William H. Borah
The Freespace source code was released by Volition. You can read some information and links to downloads and projects here: http://fs2source.warpcore.org/
Also, there is a project that allows the FS1 game to be played with the FS2 engine, details here: http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/fsport/
I got pissed off at trying to get my ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro drivers to work with everything so I sold it on eBay this week. I'm using my GF3 Ti200 until I replace it. Seeing this, I want to replace it ASAP!
What should I get or should I wait a few weeks? Budget is $300.
Take:
1 Newton 2100 for handwriting
1 IPOD for Music and Storage
1 Zaurus SL-C860 for display, keyboard, Linux (Or FreeBsd/OsX)
add
Ethernet, Bluetooth, and 802.11g
Full day battery(8 hrs) battery life with replacable, standard AA NiMH batteries
Support and a vendor supported dev. community
Stir Vigoriously, pour into a sub $600 package
Sell hundreds of thousands of units!!!
"if their driver teams pull a rabbit out of their hat or not."
I'd like to see them pull their head out of their ass first - I still can't run KOTOR on a 9800Pro with any stability - I have a basterd mix of Cat 4.2 and 4.7 and that is only marginally stable. This is on a game that was very highly rated and sold a bunch.
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Not only is the press lazy, they have become self-asorbed and believe themselves to be the un-elected fourth branch of government. Well, fuck them, I did not elect them and they do not speak for me!
A prime example is Dan Rather's mental contortions to explain their manuafacturing a story and/or getting duped and/or producing forged documents. Wipe the shit off your nose and the cum off your lips Dan, it's distracting...
The press is SO unobjective and so far away from the ideals of journalism. It's sad, not even George Orwell could have predicted this. It's not even newspeak, it's lame because it is so transparent, so partisan, and so shrill. I don't understand how these people can call themselves professional.
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Read this and understand - the world will be a better place!
Who is John Galt?
Leather Goddesses of Phobos in the Doom 3 Engine - be still my heart!
i.e. "Sheeple"
Read the John Galt speech again, yes it is long but it is enlightening!
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The Who
Won't Get Fooled Again
"Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss"
Who is John Galt?
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
Bob Wells
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.
Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
George W. Bush, Speech on May 17, 2002
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - )
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)
So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, November 12, 1936
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom Robbins (1936 - )
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
William H. Borah
The Freespace source code was released by Volition. You can read some information and links to downloads and projects here: http://fs2source.warpcore.org/
Also, there is a project that allows the FS1 game to be played with the FS2 engine, details here: http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/fsport/
FS2 is a great game!
I got pissed off at trying to get my ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro drivers to work with everything so I sold it on eBay this week. I'm using my GF3 Ti200 until I replace it. Seeing this, I want to replace it ASAP!
What should I get or should I wait a few weeks? Budget is $300.
From the creative web page:
Phil O'Shaughnessy
Director of Corporate Communications
poshaughnessy@creativelabs.com
Lara B. Vacante
Public Relations Manager
Lara_Vacante@creativelabs.com
Jennifer Ellard
Senior Public Relations Specialist
Jennifer_Ellard@creativelabs.com
Katie Meyer
Public Relations Coordinator
Katie_Meyer@creativelabs.com
Take: 1 Newton 2100 for handwriting 1 IPOD for Music and Storage 1 Zaurus SL-C860 for display, keyboard, Linux (Or FreeBsd/OsX) add Ethernet, Bluetooth, and 802.11g Full day battery(8 hrs) battery life with replacable, standard AA NiMH batteries Support and a vendor supported dev. community Stir Vigoriously, pour into a sub $600 package Sell hundreds of thousands of units!!!
I'd like to see them pull their head out of their ass first - I still can't run KOTOR on a 9800Pro with any stability - I have a basterd mix of Cat 4.2 and 4.7 and that is only marginally stable. This is on a game that was very highly rated and sold a bunch.
Their OpenGL drivers smell like crotch!
Thanks, Bod
Somehow I don't feel all that secure when the site went down in 3 minutes...
http://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-07.html
or Tulips on your organ?
have you ever heard the other term called "slippery slope" - our Supreme Court (getting slippery buy the minute...) used to use that that term...
Bod,
p.s.
I think I will reread the "Man Who Sold the Moon" by Robert A. Heinlein" tonight.
please
I have the Epox EP-4PCA3+ motherboard running 4 Western Digital WB800JB drives in RAID 5. I ahve been very happy with the setup. HTH, Bod
1 Newton 2000 for handwriting
1 Zaurus SL-C860 for display, keyboard, Linux
add
Ethernet, Bluetooth, and 802.11b (or g)
6 hrs battery life with replacable batteries
Support and a vendor supported dev. community
Stir Vigoriously, pour into a sub $600 package
Sell hundreds of thousands of units!!!
I don't think the extra things you mentioned should cost $300+ when the OS is near free.
or
""Look, this is an emotional moment for all of us, okay? I know that. But let's not... Let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly an important species we're dealing with and I don't think that you or I, or anybody, has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them! "
\Sim"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simpered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simpering.] [Cf. Norw. semper fine, smart, dial. Dan. semper, simper, affected, coy, prudish, OSw. semper one who affectedly refrains from eating, Sw. sipp finical, prim, LG. sipp.] 1. To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.