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Is it that hard to believe that a computer with Kazaa on it exhibited signs of viral infection? It's completely plausible that the machine was "slowing down" for no reason she could figure out and her ex took it to see if he could get it fixed.
I friended you early in this/. account of mine. I find your posts insightful, and the fact that we happen to share certain political beliefs was a bonus. But this, this is a beautiful sentiment, reminiscent of certain Buddhist texts I've read, but with so much more humanity. Thank you.
Grandparent wasn't asking for that much. She was talking about a guy with a moderate build, for chrissakes. Now, with your response, it's like you think all geeks have to be fat slobs? And, yes, affection==$$$$, that's the way to woo the ladies.
. . . their strategy was to offer muffins in the morning. Since 7/8 of the staff was Indian, that went over like cheeseburgers in a sacred temple.
wtf? What does being Indian having to do w/ liking muffins or not? Unless we're talking about some new, wacky veal muffins I've never heard about. (note: I'm of Indian descent--the "Vik" in my nick is short for "Vikram")
The Democratic party is much more inclusive than you may think. Look at Howard Dean's stance on guns, and he was one scream away from being the nominee. Or check out Mark Warner, governor of my own state of Virginia (I'm hoping he can pick up George Allen's Senate seat, and eventually make a run for the Presidency).
As for belittling those of us who DON'T own guns, do you seriously think that if a bunch of outraged liberals started a coup they'd accomplish anything besides gettings themselves killed? Well, they'd get one more thing accomplished: they'd also get EVERY talking head on the news to talk about the treasonous effects of liberalism. Oh, those liberals, we always knew they hated America--now here's the proof! Ann Coulter would suddenly be declared a genius.
(I think I vomited a little in my mouth just now thinking about that last one.)
Thanks for the informative reply. Seems a little strange to me, since a drive is every bit as much hardware as a ROM chip is, but I'll take it as another example of techie terms being loose with the language.
Great name and sig, btw--one of my favorite movies.
I'm assuming the new batteries last longer when not constantly under use. A digital camera, where the bulk of the drainage is in short spikes, might fare better with these new batteries. A radio, as a counterexample, might not be the best use for them, since the drain is steady, and radios can be expected to be left on for hours at a time.
When did we all agree to pay taxes? And exactly how, if I'm not an extremeley weatlthy individual, am I going to get a law changed? Write my congressman? I'd hate to think I'm overly cynical, but that's a naive sentiment.
The cnet article mentions the seven year IE deal, but it doesn't make it clear that AOL is being forced to use that as its only browser (although it IS pretty late and maybe I'm just too braindead to glean the information). Anybody else have a better link or just a better interpretation of my link? All I came up with was this and a cnn article (which was much less informative than cnet's).
As far as being ardently anti-death penalty, I'm sorry. There are sick fucks like Ted Bundy that have earned the right to die at the hands of the State.
I respect your position--in fact, I've held it in the past. But I'd rather have a hundred Ted Bundys rotting away in prison than one innocent man or woman executed. Executing the innocent either has happened or will happen--I had a dealing with the justice system when I was in college that showed me just how corrupt the system is. I had an eyewitness blatantly lie about my actions in court, under oath. I only won on appeal because of a brilliant lawyer who uncovered motivation for the witness's lying. The case was thrown out on appeal thanks to my attorney's sleuthing and I walked away retaining my spotless record.
Witnesses lie. Cops and prosecutors want more to find you guilty than to find the truth. This happens all the time. In my case, I was relatively lucky. I mean, I was only accussed of a misdemeanor, nothing that could cost me my life. See, that's the difference between the prison time you mention in your post and the death penalty. You can let people out of prison after the fact (see the central park jogger case) but once you've executed someone, they stay dead, evidence be damned.
You say people have earned their right to die by the State. Perhaps. But nowhere have I seen evidence of the State earning their right to kill. One day, when the incompetence and the zeal to punish the accused is replaced by intelligence and the need to find the truth, maybe then they'll have earned that right. Until that day, fuck the State, because I don't trust it with my life.
You're misunderstanding me--I don't think any company owes me squat. That being said, attempting to make the selling of goods sound like some kind of charitable work is ridiculous.
Yeah, but you can take back a jail sentence. I cite the central jogger case as an example of innocence being proven many years later. If they'd gotten the death penalty, there'd be no way back--they'd simply be dead.
Did he mean they'd die the day they ate the apple? Because they lived for many years after that. Almost all the translations I read make it sound like he's telling them they'll die almost immediately. Are the translations all goofy?
I'm ardently anti deathpenalty. Not because I don't think some people deserve it; I just think our justice system is a joke and to put a potentially innocent person's life on the line in such a system would be a travesty. That being said, has anyone who's been executed by the US govt ever been declared innocent after the fact? I know of many cases where those close to exexcution have been proven innocent, but if you have an example of what you state, I'd love to hear it.
I apologize in advance if this is a glaringly ignorant question.
It's true, American work more hours and get less vacation time than other industrialized nation--two weeks less than the Japanese.
A non-scientific analysis of how fewer work hours might not be as bad for productivity as we thought can be found here. (note: this link is only authoritative for those who view interesting thing of the day as having authority).
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Addicted to the major labels and couldn't possibly live without their music? Yourmusic.com, $6/CD. It's a music club, so they're not going to have everything, but almost everything that's popular enough they'll have a few months after the retail stores do.
Actually, the people who run Costco are extremely progressive. They treat their employees well, offer good healthcare, etc.
So I think you and the great-GP jumped the gun a little.
Is it that hard to believe that a computer with Kazaa on it exhibited signs of viral infection? It's completely plausible that the machine was "slowing down" for no reason she could figure out and her ex took it to see if he could get it fixed.
I friended you early in this /. account of mine. I find your posts insightful, and the fact that we happen to share certain political beliefs was a bonus. But this, this is a beautiful sentiment, reminiscent of certain Buddhist texts I've read, but with so much more humanity. Thank you.
Grandparent wasn't asking for that much. She was talking about a guy with a moderate build, for chrissakes. Now, with your response, it's like you think all geeks have to be fat slobs? And, yes, affection==$$$$, that's the way to woo the ladies.
God, no wonder most of us suck with women.
. . . their strategy was to offer muffins in the morning. Since 7/8 of the staff was Indian, that went over like cheeseburgers in a sacred temple.
wtf? What does being Indian having to do w/ liking muffins or not? Unless we're talking about some new, wacky veal muffins I've never heard about.
(note: I'm of Indian descent--the "Vik" in my nick is short for "Vikram")
The Democratic party is much more inclusive than you may think. Look at Howard Dean's stance on guns, and he was one scream away from being the nominee. Or check out Mark Warner, governor of my own state of Virginia (I'm hoping he can pick up George Allen's Senate seat, and eventually make a run for the Presidency).
As for belittling those of us who DON'T own guns, do you seriously think that if a bunch of outraged liberals started a coup they'd accomplish anything besides gettings themselves killed? Well, they'd get one more thing accomplished: they'd also get EVERY talking head on the news to talk about the treasonous effects of liberalism. Oh, those liberals, we always knew they hated America--now here's the proof! Ann Coulter would suddenly be declared a genius.
(I think I vomited a little in my mouth just now thinking about that last one.)
Thanks for the informative reply. Seems a little strange to me, since a drive is every bit as much hardware as a ROM chip is, but I'll take it as another example of techie terms being loose with the language.
Great name and sig, btw--one of my favorite movies.
How is a Linux box not a hardware router?
I'm assuming the new batteries last longer when not constantly under use. A digital camera, where the bulk of the drainage is in short spikes, might fare better with these new batteries. A radio, as a counterexample, might not be the best use for them, since the drain is steady, and radios can be expected to be left on for hours at a time.
When did we all agree to pay taxes? And exactly how, if I'm not an extremeley weatlthy individual, am I going to get a law changed? Write my congressman? I'd hate to think I'm overly cynical, but that's a naive sentiment.
. . . which depraved faction of retards inhabits the majority party of the Congress and the White House.
:)
That line earned you a fan
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The cnet article mentions the seven year IE deal, but it doesn't make it clear that AOL is being forced to use that as its only browser (although it IS pretty late and maybe I'm just too braindead to glean the information). Anybody else have a better link or just a better interpretation of my link? All I came up with was this and a cnn article (which was much less informative than cnet's).
As far as being ardently anti-death penalty, I'm sorry. There are sick fucks like Ted Bundy that have earned the right to die at the hands of the State.
I respect your position--in fact, I've held it in the past. But I'd rather have a hundred Ted Bundys rotting away in prison than one innocent man or woman executed. Executing the innocent either has happened or will happen--I had a dealing with the justice system when I was in college that showed me just how corrupt the system is. I had an eyewitness blatantly lie about my actions in court, under oath. I only won on appeal because of a brilliant lawyer who uncovered motivation for the witness's lying. The case was thrown out on appeal thanks to my attorney's sleuthing and I walked away retaining my spotless record.
Witnesses lie. Cops and prosecutors want more to find you guilty than to find the truth. This happens all the time. In my case, I was relatively lucky. I mean, I was only accussed of a misdemeanor, nothing that could cost me my life. See, that's the difference between the prison time you mention in your post and the death penalty. You can let people out of prison after the fact (see the central park jogger case) but once you've executed someone, they stay dead, evidence be damned.
You say people have earned their right to die by the State. Perhaps. But nowhere have I seen evidence of the State earning their right to kill. One day, when the incompetence and the zeal to punish the accused is replaced by intelligence and the need to find the truth, maybe then they'll have earned that right. Until that day, fuck the State, because I don't trust it with my life.
You're misunderstanding me--I don't think any company owes me squat. That being said, attempting to make the selling of goods sound like some kind of charitable work is ridiculous.
Yeah, but you can take back a jail sentence. I cite the central jogger case as an example of innocence being proven many years later. If they'd gotten the death penalty, there'd be no way back--they'd simply be dead.
Did he mean they'd die the day they ate the apple? Because they lived for many years after that. Almost all the translations I read make it sound like he's telling them they'll die almost immediately. Are the translations all goofy?
I'm ardently anti deathpenalty. Not because I don't think some people deserve it; I just think our justice system is a joke and to put a potentially innocent person's life on the line in such a system would be a travesty. That being said, has anyone who's been executed by the US govt ever been declared innocent after the fact? I know of many cases where those close to exexcution have been proven innocent, but if you have an example of what you state, I'd love to hear it.
I apologize in advance if this is a glaringly ignorant question.
Don't we pay for these products and services? How exactly is making profit on sales "giving something back"?
Overrated? I clicked the link--great stuff. Mod this back up!
This is an interesting premise, AC, but I'm reluctant to accept it without some data backing it up.
It's true, American work more hours and get less vacation time than other industrialized nation--two weeks less than the Japanese.
A non-scientific analysis of how fewer work hours might not be as bad for productivity as we thought can be found here. (note: this link is only authoritative for those who view interesting thing of the day as having authority).
I thank you for your service.
Didn't you get the memo? Critics of the administration aren't allowed to critcize the administration.
Rather than protest this election, pick a better guy next time.
Is there any chance we could pick a better electorate, too?
*ducks*