Last time I checked, the Republican Party was not a branch of government and delegates to the Republican National Convention were not necessarily members of the government.
Given Indymedia's Michael Moore-esque visits to lunacy, the list was placed up there to do one thing and one thing only, intimidate those Republican delegates. These are private citizens participating in the political process, unlike the hundreds of millions of other people who sit on the asses complaining and they don't deserve to be targeted by potentially violent people (don't even give me that peaceful protest hooey).
This is sickening and deserves no defence unless you think targetting people for their political beliefs, whether left or right, is a great idea. Oh wait, I'm sure there will be people who think it is a great idea.
Because Microsoft has had no other successful hardware products right? Let's compare their successful product line to Microsoft Bob and ignore the millions using Microsoft mouse and keyboards...
> While I realize that the majority of the/. crowd is from the UNIX world
Oh please. A majority of the/. crowd are poseurs. A majority run a variant of Windows.
See! Once again MSNBC (owned part by Microsoft...errr....sorry, M$) is biased against anything but Windows! Next those biased jerks will report that Gmail kicks Hotmail's rear.
This guy seems to have made a jihad out of blasting Best Buy. Based on the stories posted there, I can't imagine why more legal action hasn't been taken against Best Buy over the years. All they seem to do is take their customers for a ride.
This was also part of the reason why Yahoo! was also so successful. They too had a clean front page, quality service and two founders who augmented their schooling and created a nifty search (well, directory) tool. Then they chased the cash and we all know what happened to Yahoo! after that.
I'm not saying that Google is going to pull a Yahoo! but if there's anything I've learned in life is that history repeats itself.
> Does that make joining most unions illegal and/or immoral?
Ummm, yes. If you know the organization you belong to us supported by a drug dealing, prostituting, murderous group of thieves, liars and scam artists, then yes, you are engaging in an immoral enterprise.
It's not "LOL at M$", it's "LOL at millions of XP users". Microsoft isn't suffering (I hear they make good bank off their OS), it's the end user who has to put up with poor security.
> The vehicle's design is not really street-safe - this will be a problem as more efficient, lighter cars share the road with Hummers.
I realize that bashing SUVs is popular today but driving into oncoming traffic, regardless of your vehicle, is a good way to get killed. Driving a full-sized sedan into another similar car will result in the same thing a lot of the time.
Besides, there's no reason to make rappers feel bad about their choice of "whip".
I loved the good Doctor as much as any other geek but do we absolutely have to have Daleks in the next series? Some of the best episodes ever -- like Pyramids of Mars -- had no Daleks.
Rather than take the series in an interesting and new direction, we're essentially getting the same series but with better F/X. Why not just have The Master and the Daleks in every episode?
Don't get me wrong, I love the Daleks but it was the occasionally very superb writing that got me, not any specific villians.
For the record I'm a Canadian and I wish we had the same system here.
I'm trying to figure this out: Why is a system which merely documents your identity to prove who you are, when you are not a citizen of this country, something bad? Does the U.S. (or any other country) owe you unfettered access? Are your rights being violated?
I'm a libertarian but after 9/11 I'm a little more circumspect about immigration policy. Come if you like, but be prepared to prove who you are before you come.
But Privacy International opted to make an exception this year by including in the U.K. awards a U.S. initiative, US-Visit. This security program requires that most foreign visitors traveling to the United States on a visa have their index fingers digitally scanned and a digital photograph taken, so that immigration officers can verify their identity before the visitors are allowed entry into the United States.
Waaaaa! Waaaaaa! Foreigners are subject to an entry requirement that proves who they are! Waaaa!
Whatever. The US and UK may be old chums but the laters' relatively friendly home to people who like to fly airplanes into buildings makes this positively necessary. Don't like it? Stay in Old Blightly and enjoy your boiled beef.
> After-tax corporate income is at its highest level since 1929. Here's a test...what bad thing happened in 1929?
Canada and the United States agreed on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls? The St. Valentines Day massacre? JC Penny becomes a national chain with stores in every state? Richard Byrd flies over the South Pole?
Well, what's the answer? I want to see which non-correlated event you link to after tax corporate income.
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Only "draw back"? How about its My First Wordprocessor interface?
Last time I checked, the Republican Party was not a branch of government and delegates to the Republican National Convention were not necessarily members of the government.
Given Indymedia's Michael Moore-esque visits to lunacy, the list was placed up there to do one thing and one thing only, intimidate those Republican delegates. These are private citizens participating in the political process, unlike the hundreds of millions of other people who sit on the asses complaining and they don't deserve to be targeted by potentially violent people (don't even give me that peaceful protest hooey).
This is sickening and deserves no defence unless you think targetting people for their political beliefs, whether left or right, is a great idea. Oh wait, I'm sure there will be people who think it is a great idea.
Because Microsoft has had no other successful hardware products right? Let's compare their successful product line to Microsoft Bob and ignore the millions using Microsoft mouse and keyboards...
> While I realize that the majority of the /. crowd is from the UNIX world
Oh please. A majority of the /. crowd are poseurs. A majority run a variant of Windows.
See! Once again MSNBC (owned part by Microsoft...errr....sorry, M$) is biased against anything but Windows! Next those biased jerks will report that Gmail kicks Hotmail's rear.
Eh? I have a 4000+ MP3 database that WinAmp has no problem with, and my PC is hardly bleeding edge.
Dude, was this post meant as a joke? I haven't seen this many spelling mistakes in my life. Saying that on Slashdot means something.
I can see why so many complain about BB employes if educated (or as you would spell it, edakated) people like you work there.
Actually, if you've ever shopped at Futureshop, you have put money into Best Buy's pockets. BB owns Futureshop.
This was also part of the reason why Yahoo! was also so successful. They too had a clean front page, quality service and two founders who augmented their schooling and created a nifty search (well, directory) tool. Then they chased the cash and we all know what happened to Yahoo! after that.
I'm not saying that Google is going to pull a Yahoo! but if there's anything I've learned in life is that history repeats itself.
When the hell are they going to get their PayPal option working again? No one in Russia gets my credit card...
> Does that make joining most unions illegal and/or immoral?
Ummm, yes. If you know the organization you belong to us supported by a drug dealing, prostituting, murderous group of thieves, liars and scam artists, then yes, you are engaging in an immoral enterprise.
I'd be pleased if they bothered to make to-dos which respawn actually do so after you've checked one off as completed.
It's not "LOL at M$", it's "LOL at millions of XP users". Microsoft isn't suffering (I hear they make good bank off their OS), it's the end user who has to put up with poor security.
> The vehicle's design is not really street-safe - this will be a problem as more efficient, lighter cars share the road with Hummers.
I realize that bashing SUVs is popular today but driving into oncoming traffic, regardless of your vehicle, is a good way to get killed. Driving a full-sized sedan into another similar car will result in the same thing a lot of the time.
Besides, there's no reason to make rappers feel bad about their choice of "whip".
Only the millions who bought a CD in a record store last week.
Thinking like that produced the always successful Apple-Motorola partnership.
Rather than take the series in an interesting and new direction, we're essentially getting the same series but with better F/X. Why not just have The Master and the Daleks in every episode?
Don't get me wrong, I love the Daleks but it was the occasionally very superb writing that got me, not any specific villians.
Although your Bush bashing is lame, you are my new God for reminding me of that game and providing a link to download it. Muchos gracias!
Jesus, nothing compares to the intro of Half-Life. I thought I had accidentally bought a movie considering how long it was.
For the record I'm a Canadian and I wish we had the same system here.
I'm trying to figure this out: Why is a system which merely documents your identity to prove who you are, when you are not a citizen of this country, something bad? Does the U.S. (or any other country) owe you unfettered access? Are your rights being violated?
I'm a libertarian but after 9/11 I'm a little more circumspect about immigration policy. Come if you like, but be prepared to prove who you are before you come.
Amazing since the DMCA explicitly permits reverse engineering to ensure interoperability. Try again.
Waaaaa! Waaaaaa! Foreigners are subject to an entry requirement that proves who they are! Waaaa!
Whatever. The US and UK may be old chums but the laters' relatively friendly home to people who like to fly airplanes into buildings makes this positively necessary. Don't like it? Stay in Old Blightly and enjoy your boiled beef.
> After-tax corporate income is at its highest level since 1929. Here's a test...what bad thing happened in 1929?
Canada and the United States agreed on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls? The St. Valentines Day massacre? JC Penny becomes a national chain with stores in every state? Richard Byrd flies over the South Pole?
Well, what's the answer? I want to see which non-correlated event you link to after tax corporate income.
How the fuck is this redundant if I'm the first person posting it? In fact, I was the third poster for this thread.