It's the cost of future ridiculous nuisance suits that they'll have to deal with if they don't bend Darl and company over and repeatedly violate them for all the world to see, slowly.
Are you crazy? Darl isn't fully vested yet! Canopy hasn't completed all of their pump and dump schemes! There are still astonishingly stupid Fortune 1000 companies that are trying to pay SCO!
And what about/.? What are we to do without SCO? Go back to Microsoft bashing? Too easy. Troll about Natalie Portman and hot grits? Too two weeks ago, man.
And what about Groklaw? Who will/. them if not us trying to see the latest SCO foolishness!
The SC selected a President, declaring that attempting to actually get an accurate count of the votes would cast doubts on their selection. Everyone in Florida could have stayed home because none of their votes mattered.
Rules concerning vote count disputes for elections, either state or federal, are states rights concerns. The SC had no standing to overrule the Florida Supreme Court. They had no right to disenfranchise the entire state like that.
The last time there was a disputed election like this was with Rutherford B Hayes. The votes of four states (including Florida) were in dispute. Tilden had 184 votes (one away from election), Hayes had 165 and there were 20 in dispute. The case took months to resolve, but the SC never stuck it's nose in where it wasn't needed. (In the end, Republicans bartered a deal with Democrats to pull out the Reconstruction troops, and a committee of 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats gave all 20 votes to Rutherfraud. So Republicans have stolen two elections involving disputed Florida votes.)
While he was always be remembered for his horrendous economic policies, his vile environmental policies, his astonishing ability to alientate practically every country on the planet, and the fact that he led the first net loss of jobs in 70 years, W will always first and foremost be known as the Selected President*, the only one handed the job by the SC.
There are lots of Presidents from the right I don't like. W is the only one who was selected.
so-called deadline was in conflict with the Florida laws concerning recounts. Considering this, and wishing to ensure that Floridians were not being disenfranchised, they declared for the recounts.
The SC decided to overrule the Florida Supreme Court ignoring the fact that issues like this are States issues. They overrode the sovereignty of the state of Florida. The selected a President without knowing the actual count, thus invalidating all the votes in Florida.
The * means that W will have always have an asterisk next to his name in history books, because he is the only Selected President*, chosen by the SC. I would have thought that obvious by the context. Every other President got there through Constitutional proper methods.
ordered recounts. Therefore there was no final, valid count of the Florida votes. The SC decided to ignore the rights of all Floridians by overruling the Florida Supreme Court and selecting a President.
Part of the SC "reasoning" was that if they didn't make their decision right away, if they actually allowed a valid recount, if they went to the trouble of ensuring Floridians weren't disenfranchised, the country would be left in the lurch. If they'd have ever read the Constitution, they'd have realized that that was a steaming load.
I don't understand why you ACs are so upset: your candidate is now the Selected President*.
like the SC ignored the Constitution regarding this issue.
Here, let me help you: Amendment XX, Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall
become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have
failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for
the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner
in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Like you, the SC decided to ignore the fact that the Constitution had been specifically, explicitly amended to deal with issues of succession, with a mandated path of action that never involved the SC deciding who won an election and ending legitimate recounts.
"We've selected W as the President and any attempts to follow the US Constitution (Amendment XX, Section 3) concerning disputes of this nature would cast aspersions our selection."
Respecting states rights by not overruling the decision of the Florida Supreme Court, ensuring that the voters of Florida weren't disenfranchised, those sort of things would have interfered with their selection.
I understand what you're trying to say here, but I find that image to be a bit much. MS-bred? Last I checked, Bill and Steve haven't as of yet instituted a breeding program to ensure a steady supply of new Microsofties (though that might be the plot to that new movie "Paycheck").
Everyone in the Microsoft thrall volunteered. Weiss and Banister signed their names in blood to Microsoft contracts. At some point, Dark Lord Ballmer will come with the Blue Screen of Death and collect from them. That is the way of things, at least until Frodo Torvald is able to throw the closed-source ring of power back into Mount Redmond where is was forged...wait, it's time for my medicine again, isn't it?
in business ethics while employed at Microsoft, I am incapable of believing that the owners of Ironport would ever do anything to hurt the general public simply to make an obscene profit.
Theory:[n] a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
Both the Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution have already graduated from being scientific hypotheses by surviving experimental testing. Hence both are now considered to be Theories. Your post indicates either a lack of understanding of the term or a desire (like creationists) to confuse the lay public into thinking that a theory is a wild guess.
he IS a creationist. If you'd paid attention to the parent post, you'd have read at the end:
I would not be the least bit surprised if 500 years from now the Big Bang theory and Evolution were considered myths from the past. Even now, there's substantial logical and statistical problems with the "proofs" of Evolution.
His doubts about the Big Bang theory are a result of his creationist beliefs. Are yours?
If early on he had taken the company public and brought in professional managers, "the guy would be a billionaire today."
If the dot.com bust taught us anything, it's that taking a company public while trusting professional managers is the quickest way to get yourself a big fat tax loss.
Seriously though, it would have been so much easier if you'd just said "I'm a Creationist" right at the beginning. Then we could have laughed and pointed that much sooner.
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IBM will see this through to the end.
And what about /.? What are we to do without SCO? Go back to Microsoft bashing? Too easy. Troll about Natalie Portman and hot grits? Too two weeks ago, man.
And what about Groklaw? Who will /. them if not us trying to see the latest SCO foolishness!
Just stop it, right now!
Since when has Jobs had this particular nom-de-guerre?
Mama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest
Rules concerning vote count disputes for elections, either state or federal, are states rights concerns. The SC had no standing to overrule the Florida Supreme Court. They had no right to disenfranchise the entire state like that.
The last time there was a disputed election like this was with Rutherford B Hayes. The votes of four states (including Florida) were in dispute. Tilden had 184 votes (one away from election), Hayes had 165 and there were 20 in dispute. The case took months to resolve, but the SC never stuck it's nose in where it wasn't needed. (In the end, Republicans bartered a deal with Democrats to pull out the Reconstruction troops, and a committee of 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats gave all 20 votes to Rutherfraud. So Republicans have stolen two elections involving disputed Florida votes.)
While he was always be remembered for his horrendous economic policies, his vile environmental policies, his astonishing ability to alientate practically every country on the planet, and the fact that he led the first net loss of jobs in 70 years, W will always first and foremost be known as the Selected President*, the only one handed the job by the SC.
There are lots of Presidents from the right I don't like. W is the only one who was selected.
The SC decided to overrule the Florida Supreme Court ignoring the fact that issues like this are States issues. They overrode the sovereignty of the state of Florida. The selected a President without knowing the actual count, thus invalidating all the votes in Florida.
The * means that W will have always have an asterisk next to his name in history books, because he is the only Selected President*, chosen by the SC. I would have thought that obvious by the context. Every other President got there through Constitutional proper methods.
Part of the SC "reasoning" was that if they didn't make their decision right away, if they actually allowed a valid recount, if they went to the trouble of ensuring Floridians weren't disenfranchised, the country would be left in the lurch. If they'd have ever read the Constitution, they'd have realized that that was a steaming load.
I don't understand why you ACs are so upset: your candidate is now the Selected President*.
Here, let me help you:
Amendment XX, Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Like you, the SC decided to ignore the fact that the Constitution had been specifically, explicitly amended to deal with issues of succession, with a mandated path of action that never involved the SC deciding who won an election and ending legitimate recounts.
Respecting states rights by not overruling the decision of the Florida Supreme Court, ensuring that the voters of Florida weren't disenfranchised, those sort of things would have interfered with their selection.
Though I am interested as to why you imagine that any candidate would need 58% of the vote to win.
Everyone in the Microsoft thrall volunteered. Weiss and Banister signed their names in blood to Microsoft contracts. At some point, Dark Lord Ballmer will come with the Blue Screen of Death and collect from them. That is the way of things, at least until Frodo Torvald is able to throw the closed-source ring of power back into Mount Redmond where is was forged ...wait, it's time for my medicine again, isn't it?
in business ethics while employed at Microsoft, I am incapable of believing that the owners of Ironport would ever do anything to hurt the general public simply to make an obscene profit.
The nation can rest, confident that we were the first to break the dreaded Gigapixel barrier. God speed, Max Lyon.
Sounds sort of fun, actually.
Both the Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution have already graduated from being scientific hypotheses by surviving experimental testing. Hence both are now considered to be Theories. Your post indicates either a lack of understanding of the term or a desire (like creationists) to confuse the lay public into thinking that a theory is a wild guess.
So, are you a creationist? You never answered.
Totally different school of science. And Sassy!
Sheesh.
I would not be the least bit surprised if 500 years from now the Big Bang theory and Evolution were considered myths from the past. Even now, there's substantial logical and statistical problems with the "proofs" of Evolution.
His doubts about the Big Bang theory are a result of his creationist beliefs. Are yours?
Falsifiable: [adj] capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
Creationism is not falsifiable. It is not a scientific theory. It's a faith-based story.
If the dot.com bust taught us anything, it's that taking a company public while trusting professional managers is the quickest way to get yourself a big fat tax loss.
Sheesh.
Seriously though, it would have been so much easier if you'd just said "I'm a Creationist" right at the beginning. Then we could have laughed and pointed that much sooner.
where apes evolved from men?
Yee-hah.
This is about all of the electronic voting machines (even though Diebold is most suspect) and it's about the whole country.