Attach it to something that the administration really wants, like the bill that would make the tax cut permanent. Expect Berman to try this; it would be really hard for the Republicans to fail to pass a bill that made the tax cut permanent, and harder for Bush to veto it.
I have a copy of Compute!'s Mapping the IBM PC and PCjr. It's kinda stale today, but back in the day it was one of THE references for low-level information on the computer. In the age of DRM and TCPA I can only imagine what the "official" reception would be to such a book in the near future.
- The day they start having mass book burnings on inocuous things like hardware manuals is the day to dust off the ol' passport and look for greener pastures.
I did some browsing on the site. So far most indy music hasn't really jumped out at me, but I found a really great band there...they're called Greenhill, and they really sound awesome.
It isn't usually that cold yet this early into November. The high in Philadalphia yesterday (at 40N) was 52F or so (11C). The polls are open for 12 or 13 hours or so--it can't be THAT hard to find 30 minutes to make the trip to the local school/government building.
Not true. This is a common misconception about the Constitution; it doesn't outline rights, it never has. It limits the government. That's all it does. The problem is that we're always talking about "Constitutional rights". Yes, these limitations on government spring from concepts that there are unalienable rights, but that isn't how the Constitution goes about ensuring that those rights are protected. It doesn't explicitly grant rights to anyone; it says that these are things that our government may not do--EVER. It makes no distinction regarding rights of citizens vs. non-citizens, it simply places binds the government from doing specific things that would wind up infringing upon those rights.
This is extremely important to understand, especially in light of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. The Ninth basically says that, unless there is a law explicitly making something illegal, then it is legal. It strengthens the purpose of the Constitution, which is to limit the government, not to explicitly grant rights. It means that the burden is entirely placed upon the government (our legislators) to outlaw a practice. The Tenth Amendment says that powers not explicitly granted to the Federal government are in the sole purview of the various States. It is meant to keep the States soverign (and keep YOU in control, since individuals have more control over their state legislatures).
The fact that we're being called "consumers" instead of "customers" sadly illustrates the cynical attitude of many corporate types. "Shut up and buy our stuff, you nose-picking, beer-guzzling sheep!"
To paraphrase someone else, most people, according to them, "are a bunch of pathetic hamsters who only know to press the pellet bar and chitter excitedly to one another about the size of the pellet they received."
I'm a customer, Mr. Gates, and as far as I'm concerned, entropy will claim the universe before I pay one red cent for another of your products.
Main Entry: earth
Pronunciation: '&rth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda earth, Greek era
Date: before 12th century
I'm not going to attempt to go past Old High German. I want to keep my brain intact:)
Yech. I was born and raised in the U.S.A., but I swear the ignorance (or arrogance, take your pick) of some of my countrymen sickens me sometimes. Maybe that's because my parents were European immigrants and I have a larger perspective (of course, I went to a Jesuit university, and they're so broad they skate on the edge of excommunication sometimes:) )
In my high school, taking two years of a foreign language was MANDATORY (Estudié Español--and yes I had to use Character Map to add those symbols). Perhaps an easier course in "Modern Latin" would bring our less fortunate brethren up to speed:
IMHO someone's angry at the fate of Native Americans at the hands of the rest of us and wants to call attention to it. Choosing a name that's nigh unpronounceable in English only draws more attention and needles everyone else. After all, once couldn't choose a (gasp) Roman god, those Europeans are eeeevil.
(sigh)
/sarcasm off
- My ancestors were still IN Europe until 1956, so DON'T FRELLING BLAME ME.
I think the debate is going on for simply no better reason than as fuel for publications. "Publish or perish", as they say. One way to make a name for yourself is to stir things up--but it's a risk. If the vast majority disagrees with you, you're toast--unless there are enough people who are willing to keep the debate going so they can weigh in and publish on it as well. I know it sounds cynical, but I know some professors in academia, and you wouldn't believe the lengths to which they'll go to get their name on a paper--it's sickening sometimes.
Don't you hate it when someone takes something completely unrelated, like ASTRONOMY, and uses it to make a political statement? I can see it coming now, there will be politically correct software coming where a really annoying popup will espouse some political view or another. Spare me. Save it for something we can opt out of, not a planet that will be named for all time.
I don't own a modchip. I don't even own an XBox. But this really makes me mad. Next will Ford be going after Edelbrock, Bosch, Fram, or other third-party manufacturers? Of course not, because thie whole thing is LUDICROUS. Some companies are under the DELUSION that computer equipment is somehow different than every other freaking industry on the planet. It's not. You plunk down $200, whether for an XBox, a VCR, or an intake manifold, IT'S YOURS. Install it, and at worst you VOID YOUR WARRANTY. Period.
/rant on Mr. Gates! Yes, you! Why do you think I spent an extra $1600 to buy an extra laptop, for the SOLE purpose of learning how to use Linux? Can't you take a friggin hint? Wake up pal, because your company is dead to me. My dollars are going to YOUR COMPETITORS. /rant off
It's statements like that that make me grateful that my father showed me classical music at a young age. That's not to say that I don't like other music; I do like rock, some blues, and some other types of music, but...now compare all that to the pseudo-urban stuff Britney sings. Today I listened to Franz Liszt on the way to work. Could I EVER listen to something like Britney? The word "garbage" is woefully inadequate to describe my description of the stuff the RIAA is pushing. It's like intentionally soiling one's ears--I would have to lose all self-respect before I would do such a thing.
My advice: if you have young children, or are planning to have them, teach them at an early age of the full history of music. There is music that has been around for centuries, and will be the only ones standing centuries from now. They'll learn on their own to appreciate what's good and what's garbage.
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I voted for GWB and Gore won my state. Hindsight being 20/20, I feel somewhat gratified, though they're both just as bad. I'll be voting Libertarian from here on out. The GOP has forgotten their ideals, and they can bite me.
I'm actually glad that CA made that decision on pot. Not because I want to smoke it, but because I fervently believe that the FedGov has FAR exceeded its Constitutional authority already and there needs to be a reckoning. We DO have a Tenth Amendment, people (and a Ninth too, I might add)! They aren't there for nothing, yet we keep ignoring them.
I fail to see anywhere in the Constitution that gives the FedGov the right to make consuming a substance illegal.
Transporting across state lines? Fine.
Transporting into the country? Fine.
Conducting transactions in the sale of such substances across either state or national boundaries? Fine.
The FedGov HAS authority over these. But I think they have ZERO jurisdiction if everything takes place entirely within a state's boundaries, according to BOTH the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
Period.
Don't like it? Then leave California! Or if you're like me and live in, oh, PENNSYLVANIA, then kindly shut the hell up. It's their state. Sheesh, there are too many arrogant people in this country. Let other people decide how to live their lives as they see fit. If that's what they want, it's no one else's business.
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Attach it to something that the administration really wants, like the bill that would make the tax cut permanent. Expect Berman to try this; it would be really hard for the Republicans to fail to pass a bill that made the tax cut permanent, and harder for Bush to veto it.
*urp*
*cough*
*choke*
They stole... Principia ?!
(screams to the next room) BRING ME MY GUN!
I have a copy of Compute!'s Mapping the IBM PC and PCjr. It's kinda stale today, but back in the day it was one of THE references for low-level information on the computer. In the age of DRM and TCPA I can only imagine what the "official" reception would be to such a book in the near future.
- The day they start having mass book burnings on inocuous things like hardware manuals is the day to dust off the ol' passport and look for greener pastures.
I did some browsing on the site. So far most indy music hasn't really jumped out at me, but I found a really great band there...they're called Greenhill, and they really sound awesome.
They'd better send friends. Pennsylvania is a "shall issue" state, and my household (and most of the people on my street) are well armed :)
;)
- I know it's Saturday from all the popping sounds outside. Nothing sounds quite like home than the local gun club
To paraphrase the NRA:
You can have my money when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
It isn't usually that cold yet this early into November. The high in Philadalphia yesterday (at 40N) was 52F or so (11C). The polls are open for 12 or 13 hours or so--it can't be THAT hard to find 30 minutes to make the trip to the local school/government building.
Not true. This is a common misconception about the Constitution; it doesn't outline rights, it never has. It limits the government. That's all it does. The problem is that we're always talking about "Constitutional rights". Yes, these limitations on government spring from concepts that there are unalienable rights, but that isn't how the Constitution goes about ensuring that those rights are protected. It doesn't explicitly grant rights to anyone; it says that these are things that our government may not do--EVER. It makes no distinction regarding rights of citizens vs. non-citizens, it simply places binds the government from doing specific things that would wind up infringing upon those rights.
This is extremely important to understand, especially in light of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. The Ninth basically says that, unless there is a law explicitly making something illegal, then it is legal. It strengthens the purpose of the Constitution, which is to limit the government, not to explicitly grant rights. It means that the burden is entirely placed upon the government (our legislators) to outlaw a practice. The Tenth Amendment says that powers not explicitly granted to the Federal government are in the sole purview of the various States. It is meant to keep the States soverign (and keep YOU in control, since individuals have more control over their state legislatures).
The fact that we're being called "consumers" instead of "customers" sadly illustrates the cynical attitude of many corporate types. "Shut up and buy our stuff, you nose-picking, beer-guzzling sheep!"
To paraphrase someone else, most people, according to them, "are a bunch of pathetic hamsters who only know to press the pellet bar and chitter excitedly to one another about the size of the pellet they received."
I'm a customer, Mr. Gates, and as far as I'm concerned, entropy will claim the universe before I pay one red cent for another of your products.
secretly lobbying the government to either deny help or be verrrry slow in helping Taiwan when the PRC invades (like they won't eventually).
"You won't bend to our will? Then you can BEND TO THEIRS! Mwahahahaha!"
Prolog would start to say something, but get stuck in a rut--stuck in a rut--stuck in a rut--...
- (Pats Pascal on the back) I still use ya, bud.
I thought the lady that was his sidekick was Agent 86. Or was she Agent 99?
Blech. Too much TV in my youth...
Found this on Merriam-Webster.
:)
Main Entry: earth
Pronunciation: '&rth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda earth, Greek era
Date: before 12th century
I'm not going to attempt to go past Old High German. I want to keep my brain intact
Yech. I was born and raised in the U.S.A., but I swear the ignorance (or arrogance, take your pick) of some of my countrymen sickens me sometimes. Maybe that's because my parents were European immigrants and I have a larger perspective (of course, I went to a Jesuit university, and they're so broad they skate on the edge of excommunication sometimes :) )
In my high school, taking two years of a foreign language was MANDATORY (Estudié Español--and yes I had to use Character Map to add those symbols). Perhaps an easier course in "Modern Latin" would bring our less fortunate brethren up to speed:
http://www.langmaker.com/lm.htm
(and yes, Latin does help your English as well)
Before Kennedy was killed, Ben Franklin was on the 50-cent piece.
/sarcasm on, in case anyone is wondering
/sarcasm off
IMHO someone's angry at the fate of Native Americans at the hands of the rest of us and wants to call attention to it. Choosing a name that's nigh unpronounceable in English only draws more attention and needles everyone else. After all, once couldn't choose a (gasp) Roman god, those Europeans are eeeevil.
(sigh)
- My ancestors were still IN Europe until 1956, so DON'T FRELLING BLAME ME.
I think the debate is going on for simply no better reason than as fuel for publications. "Publish or perish", as they say. One way to make a name for yourself is to stir things up--but it's a risk. If the vast majority disagrees with you, you're toast--unless there are enough people who are willing to keep the debate going so they can weigh in and publish on it as well. I know it sounds cynical, but I know some professors in academia, and you wouldn't believe the lengths to which they'll go to get their name on a paper--it's sickening sometimes.
Yeah, I know, troll -1.
Don't you hate it when someone takes something completely unrelated, like ASTRONOMY, and uses it to make a political statement? I can see it coming now, there will be politically correct software coming where a really annoying popup will espouse some political view or another. Spare me. Save it for something we can opt out of, not a planet that will be named for all time.
Time to start a "Name it Persephone" website?
Yes, I'm a geek. Sue me.
I don't own a modchip. I don't even own an XBox. But this really makes me mad. Next will Ford be going after Edelbrock, Bosch, Fram, or other third-party manufacturers? Of course not, because thie whole thing is LUDICROUS. Some companies are under the DELUSION that computer equipment is somehow different than every other freaking industry on the planet. It's not. You plunk down $200, whether for an XBox, a VCR, or an intake manifold, IT'S YOURS. Install it, and at worst you VOID YOUR WARRANTY. Period.
/rant on
/rant off
Mr. Gates! Yes, you! Why do you think I spent an extra $1600 to buy an extra laptop, for the SOLE purpose of learning how to use Linux? Can't you take a friggin hint? Wake up pal, because your company is dead to me. My dollars are going to YOUR COMPETITORS.
Yeah, I know, Troll -a million or something.
:)
I once commented to a friend that there should be a sign at the end of the Ben Franklin Bridge:
YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR
WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY
Our state motto in PA wasn't "America Starts Here" for nothing folks.
The flag is fine the way it is
Oh, wait. I already did that. Never mind.
I'll go back to reading my book now.
It's statements like that that make me grateful that my father showed me classical music at a young age. That's not to say that I don't like other music; I do like rock, some blues, and some other types of music, but...now compare all that to the pseudo-urban stuff Britney sings. Today I listened to Franz Liszt on the way to work. Could I EVER listen to something like Britney? The word "garbage" is woefully inadequate to describe my description of the stuff the RIAA is pushing. It's like intentionally soiling one's ears--I would have to lose all self-respect before I would do such a thing.
My advice: if you have young children, or are planning to have them, teach them at an early age of the full history of music. There is music that has been around for centuries, and will be the only ones standing centuries from now. They'll learn on their own to appreciate what's good and what's garbage.
Please end this madness. Vote Libertarian.
http://www.lp.org
I voted for GWB and Gore won my state. Hindsight being 20/20, I feel somewhat gratified, though they're both just as bad. I'll be voting Libertarian from here on out. The GOP has forgotten their ideals, and they can bite me.
I'm actually glad that CA made that decision on pot. Not because I want to smoke it, but because I fervently believe that the FedGov has FAR exceeded its Constitutional authority already and there needs to be a reckoning. We DO have a Tenth Amendment, people (and a Ninth too, I might add)! They aren't there for nothing, yet we keep ignoring them.
I fail to see anywhere in the Constitution that gives the FedGov the right to make consuming a substance illegal.
Transporting across state lines? Fine.
Transporting into the country? Fine.
Conducting transactions in the sale of such substances across either state or national boundaries? Fine.
The FedGov HAS authority over these. But I think they have ZERO jurisdiction if everything takes place entirely within a state's boundaries, according to BOTH the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
Period.
Don't like it? Then leave California! Or if you're like me and live in, oh, PENNSYLVANIA, then kindly shut the hell up. It's their state. Sheesh, there are too many arrogant people in this country. Let other people decide how to live their lives as they see fit. If that's what they want, it's no one else's business.