1) not taking pre-9/11 intelligence seriously enough
I think just reading the damn things would have been a plus. Even the best group of people, if they're constantly on vacations and in groups that never meet will not achieve anything.
2) taking post-9/11 intelligence too seriously
You mean the report that held three scenarios for the future of Iraq that ranged from the worst (a civil war) to the best (daily decapitations, like it is now)? Yet the president insists that all is rosy and spouts nonsense like "we're fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here", (as if those two are mutually exclusive).
Either way, I'd settle for just reading the fucking reports by the people who decide the fate of the world. Through all the vacations and fuckups that were never dealt with... these people don't even seem like they want this job.
If you actually click into the database part, here's this line:
This database includes up to 7,350 [civilian] deaths which resulted from coalition military action during the "major-combat" phase prior to May 1st 2003.
Bush's war killed over twice as many innocent people as had the terrorists during 9/11. If you account for the population sizes (20 vs 300 million), that would make it about 30 WTC's.
So please yourself. I don't care how smart the bombs are, a war will always have this toll. To attack a country that did nothing to us and feel all righteous and justified about it, that's just pretty sick. It just reinforces the notion that Americans think other people's lives are worthless.
Even the "terrorists" we kill now... most of them are probably Iraqis who see us as occupiers. And Abu Graib (sp?) and the lack of reconstruction and jobs and security isn't helping our image any, nor is our stubborn refusal to see that yes, we are the bad guys here. We had our chance to convince them otherwise, but we failed at that miserably. Rather, the administration did.
Subscription based software delivery via high-speed data pipes *is* the future.
Yeah, that may be correct, but why does the Phantom have a phone line jack on the back? You're gonna be downloading a DVD's worth of stuff over a modem connection?
Wow. Interesting. Ok, so here's something that makes me think the designers are stupid. Or rather: the designers were stupid if this thing really existed.
Why would you ever have line/line 10/100,DSL,Cable modem connectors, all in one device???
1) From what I understand, this device needs high bandwidth connection, since I think a part of their business model is downloading games. So that should eliminate line in part.
2) Line 10/100; that's fine.
3) Cable and DSL connectors? You kidding me? First, doesn't DSL connect with a regular phone cord? Couldn't you just use line in for that, if you really wanted it?
And why would you *ever* build a whole cable modem into a device? Whenever you get cable/DSL service, they rent you out a cable modem for like $5/month. There's a reason most people don't buy these, it's because the specifications/speeds change, and people move and go to different companies which now don't support your old cable modem.
The point being, if you're going with high speed, all you need is your 10/100 connection. Why waste money on something most users will never use???
*I* would know better, and my qualifications are some 10-20 computers put together. Jesus Christ this stinks of amateurism... these guys aren't even smart scam-artists!
I fully support this. All these execs/bankers/etc who are stealing money...
1) they are stealing from somebody, everybody
2) people usually work for their money. while some of us are lucky to to enjoy our jobs, we still *have to* work to be able to eat. we spend a good portion of our life working.
3) somebody steals our money, they've just stolen our time, which in sufficient quantities could equal working our entire lifetime.
4) when they've just stolen enough money to equal the national average salary * national average working lifespan, they've stolen a life. That's when we execute the bastards. (in 2002, that was $33,252.09 * 40years = works out to about $1.3 million) I'd propose making them work it off, but keeping people in prison costs us money vs. making us money.
I think we should have more than a few executions for this shit in the US. It's about time.
5.4% Nice number. It's the trends that matter. Look at the chart on this page: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm ?lesson =EM219
Clinton inherited almost an 8% unemployment rate. Brought it down to 4% Then Bush happened to us, and whammo, look at that trend. 4% up to 6.5%, now it's down to about 5.5%, just in the last year.
Dems = unemployment falls (also record surpluses). Reps = unemployment rises in 3/4 years they're in, with record deficits.
Really? Even if that somebody would send you or your kids into a war you don't believe in?
I don't blame the left foaming at the mouth and doing everything they can to get Bush out. He fucked up so many times, he lied, and keeps lying, keeps incompetent idiots around him, and is working against the interest of the common man.
He should be imprisoned for all that shit, not reelected.
Yeah, if it comes to the debates, Kerry should be able to bury W.
Although... how do you beat a retarded person in a debate and look good doing it? I mean, it's like smacking a puppy around... Just like with Gore, Bush might get that sympathy vote: "You can't do that to him, you monster! He's a little simple, he doesn't know what's going on, why are you so mean to him?"
Really? And what makes a bad driver? You make one mistake, and your rates are going to jump through the roof! The insurance companies aren't raising rates like that to save "safe" drivers money, they're raising them because they think your driving record gives them the justification to totally rape you.
Well, in that case, wouldn't your money be worth less?
Imagine if you have $100,000 in your account. And everybody in the US made a "copy" of that. All of a sudden, that amount of money would be worthless, wouldn't it?
Not sure how that applies to file sharing, but you really *should* mind if people "copy" your money.
Maybe the DOJ should give these people a job! After all, if you can manage a data storage in the petabyte range that's not in danger of crashing when it gets copied, and they do all this in their spare time, these folks are seriously deserving of getting an IT job with the DOJ.
Brilliant! What they should do is ask Lance to help them! I mean, the way they get power is by pedalling, right, much like a bicycle. You get the world champ to help you, he has a SUSTAINED power of 600W... plenty of power, if their calculations are right.
"if anyone were to start launching nukes, or the USA stopped exporting food, or any number of things, you might be glad your neighbor has 2 handguns, a rifle, and an H2."
- if it came to nukes, a handgun or a rifle or an H2 melt equally as well in a couple of million degrees. - if it wasn't a direct hit, I'd wish nobody in 10000 mile radius had a gun because they'd be taking my water and food over the barrel of that weapon. You'd like to think your "neighbours" as all folks that'd be delighted to keep your ass out of trouble, but push comes to shove, they will take care of themselves and their families first. Over the barrel of that gun.
Sweet mother of god. Have you ever seen Penn&Teller's "Bullshit"? This kinda ranting reminds me of this guy Erich who spent the last 8 years in the forests in the survival schools to prepare for a nuclear war/some catastrophy. Live your life, and don't do so by worrying about whatifs. Unless you're stocking up for possible volcano eruptions, earthquakes, asteroid strikes, or alien invasions - in which case, happy hermiting, Erich! If anything like that happened, I'd prefer to be dead than have to deal with the anarchy afterwards.
Oh the Free Republic. I'm sure they don't have any bias at all.
Kerry voted against the $87 billion packaged bill for the military. A small portion of that was for the body armor, yes. It also turns out Kerry voted against more toilet paper and soap for the troops too. Unless body armor costs ($87,000,000,000 / 130,000 troops =~ $650,000 per piece)
He voted against this bill because it was so pork laden it was ridiculous. You think all of those $87 billion went into the troops paychecks and equipment to make them safe? Ha! Dream on.
He voted against it knowing full well the bill was going to pass. This was his only way of logging his protest.
What's really funny is the Republicans always crying how the government is spending too much of their money. Then it comes time to vote on a bill like this, they all of a sudden have amnesia. The Republican senators voted to enrich their buddies at the expense of all the taxpayers, Republican, Democratic, or undecided, or uncaring.
Hmmm... interesting. 1) "First money" - yes, we'll take everyone's money to cover the enormous deficit. We MUST get it under control. That will involve repealing some of the tax cuts, maybe even new taxes, who knows. As Bill Maher said: "Isn't tax and spend better than don't tax and spend?" We have this bogus war to pay for, among other things.... Unless you'd rather get your $500 now, and have to pay $5000 over your lifetime to cover it.
2) "Then, private healthcare." No, no, no. All the dems are saying: for those who can't afford it, have a national health care plan. If you have the extra money, you can get your penile implant any place, with any doctor you want. But we cannot watch others die from easily curable diseases just because they're poor.
3) Then "right of self-defense" You talking about guns? Yes, I hope to god we limit those. You don't need an AR-15 to hunt.
And then funny how you jump to the mid-20th century Russia from there. Surely if you have to pay another dollar to the federal government, and have to help others not die, and you're not allowed your assault rifle with you at all times, then surely you'll end up working in a state-owned factory.
Oh, that's easy. He's a total moron. Check out his response to today's question about the [native american] tribes' sovereignty:
Audio:
Related news story:
Since it wasn't a scripted question, the prez had to use his vast intelligence to come up with this answer. I think it speaks volumes about how smart he really is. Or should I say, is speaks [a single blank sheet] about it?
I knew it! Despite of what Bush might claim, GOD ALMIGHTY does *NOT* like him!
I was going to bring up the Balkans myself. After WWII, that IMO was the last "war" the US fought for the right reasons. What will make us liked in the world is helping people like those in Bosnia, and Sudan, where the injustice is clear, and somebody with a strong military decides to act to save countless lives. Then the rest of the world will say: "Hey, they risked their own lives to save civilians... these guys are alright!"
What will make us hated is the "f*** all of you, we can demolish this country ourselves" attitude that has been so perfected by this administration. Speaking of that kind of hatred, there was a poll amongst the Hungarian highschoolers as to who was the most hated personality ever. Hitler won that one with 25%, but Bush was second closest with 24%. Osama I think was third with 16%, then Saddam in the low teens. When your president is hated more than a terrorist, or a genocidal maniac, that should tell America something.
Unfortunately, I don't know what Kerry will do. We can only hope that he will come true to his word to enact some reasonable social policies (after all, he is one rich guy, and as such has no personal gain in helping the poor), and that the Republican-controlled Congress will not do to him what they did to Clinton. However, anybody is better than what we have right now. Anybody!
Fair 'nuff. You didn't mention Linux. But tell me, do you have any hard data that XP is any less stable running the same code?
The core is the same... what will happen when an app crashes is exactly that, an app will crash. I'm always able to get back to the task manager, and terminate the job, and get my OS back. That right there is the OS stability.
Is XP buggy? From what I've seen, no. I haven't seen any OS-related errors since I got XP, and I run all sorts of legacy code (i.e. games). Is it slower on the same hardware? Probably. But that's got nothing to do with stability.
And what was that "running a single executable" business? I'm not going to claim I'm a Windows administrator, so would you mind explaining what that meant?
Don't get me wrong, there are some things I don't like even about XP. The whole login scheme is weird, the default desktop ugly and useless, but overall it's much more useful for a home user than Win2k. Maybe that's where we're not thinking about the same issue: home vs. business use?
I stand corrected. Given that I didn't grow up in the States, I haven't even heard of such a classification. In my native language, which still uses the same word for lever and.... lever, you'd say: "Pull that lever" when you referred to the physical object, but you'd say something like "by the method/principle of lever, you'd lift that object there..." Given that my child will be growing up in the States, I guess I'll learn about the rest of 'em in about 6-7 years. Wooohooo, can't wait!
P.S. Now that was a civil way to explain your point. P.P.S. Is medicine a tool too?
Hmmm... you think that 4000 scientists have any more in common than... oh wait, just their love of science?
Maybe their political agenda is to continue their research, and to have it listened to with utmost seriousness because they know WTF they're talking about?
I mean, what are the odds that 4000 people just woke up one day and said "let's fuck with a political party!"
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No, and...
1) not taking pre-9/11 intelligence seriously enough
I think just reading the damn things would have been a plus. Even the best group of people, if they're constantly on vacations and in groups that never meet will not achieve anything.
2) taking post-9/11 intelligence too seriously
You mean the report that held three scenarios for the future of Iraq that ranged from the worst (a civil war) to the best (daily decapitations, like it is now)? Yet the president insists that all is rosy and spouts nonsense like "we're fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here", (as if those two are mutually exclusive).
Either way, I'd settle for just reading the fucking reports by the people who decide the fate of the world. Through all the vacations and fuckups that were never dealt with... these people don't even seem like they want this job.
If you actually click into the database part, here's this line:
This database includes up to 7,350 [civilian] deaths which resulted from coalition military action during the "major-combat" phase prior to May 1st 2003.
Bush's war killed over twice as many innocent people as had the terrorists during 9/11. If you account for the population sizes (20 vs 300 million), that would make it about 30 WTC's.
So please yourself. I don't care how smart the bombs are, a war will always have this toll. To attack a country that did nothing to us and feel all righteous and justified about it, that's just pretty sick. It just reinforces the notion that Americans think other people's lives are worthless.
Even the "terrorists" we kill now... most of them are probably Iraqis who see us as occupiers. And Abu Graib (sp?) and the lack of reconstruction and jobs and security isn't helping our image any, nor is our stubborn refusal to see that yes, we are the bad guys here.
We had our chance to convince them otherwise, but we failed at that miserably. Rather, the administration did.
You know, the game is to do it in 5 steps of less. Beyond that, it's just a coincidence.
Subscription based software delivery
via high-speed data pipes *is* the future.
Yeah, that may be correct, but why does the Phantom have a phone line jack on the back? You're gonna be downloading a DVD's worth of stuff over a modem connection?
Wow. Interesting. Ok, so here's something that makes me think the designers are stupid. Or rather: the designers were stupid if this thing really existed.
Why would you ever have line/line 10/100,DSL,Cable modem connectors, all in one device???
1) From what I understand, this device needs high bandwidth connection, since I think a part of their business model is downloading games. So that should eliminate line in part.
2) Line 10/100; that's fine.
3) Cable and DSL connectors? You kidding me? First, doesn't DSL connect with a regular phone cord? Couldn't you just use line in for that, if you really wanted it?
And why would you *ever* build a whole cable modem into a device? Whenever you get cable/DSL service, they rent you out a cable modem for like $5/month. There's a reason most people don't buy these, it's because the specifications/speeds change, and people move and go to different companies which now don't support your old cable modem.
The point being, if you're going with high speed, all you need is your 10/100 connection. Why waste money on something most users will never use???
*I* would know better, and my qualifications are some 10-20 computers put together.
Jesus Christ this stinks of amateurism... these guys aren't even smart scam-artists!
I fully support this. All these execs/bankers/etc who are stealing money...
1) they are stealing from somebody, everybody
2) people usually work for their money. while some of us are lucky to to enjoy our jobs, we still *have to* work to be able to eat. we spend a good portion of our life working.
3) somebody steals our money, they've just stolen our time, which in sufficient quantities could equal working our entire lifetime.
4) when they've just stolen enough money to equal the national average salary * national average working lifespan, they've stolen a life. That's when we execute the bastards.
(in 2002, that was $33,252.09 * 40years = works out to about $1.3 million)
I'd propose making them work it off, but keeping people in prison costs us money vs. making us money.
I think we should have more than a few executions for this shit in the US. It's about time.
5.4% Nice number.m ?lesson =EM219
It's the trends that matter. Look at the chart on this page:
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cf
Clinton inherited almost an 8% unemployment rate. Brought it down to 4%
Then Bush happened to us, and whammo, look at that trend. 4% up to 6.5%, now it's down to about 5.5%, just in the last year.
Dems = unemployment falls (also record surpluses). Reps = unemployment rises in 3/4 years they're in, with record deficits.
What are we to conclude from that?
"I'd rather take four years with almost anybody"
Really? Even if that somebody would send you or your kids into a war you don't believe in?
I don't blame the left foaming at the mouth and doing everything they can to get Bush out. He fucked up so many times, he lied, and keeps lying, keeps incompetent idiots around him, and is working against the interest of the common man.
He should be imprisoned for all that shit, not reelected.
Yeah, if it comes to the debates, Kerry should be able to bury W.
Although... how do you beat a retarded person in a debate and look good doing it? I mean, it's like smacking a puppy around... Just like with Gore, Bush might get that sympathy vote: "You can't do that to him, you monster! He's a little simple, he doesn't know what's going on, why are you so mean to him?"
See, now that's the way to do it. If the state is going to mandate I have insurance, it better damn well provide me with a state-run option.
And one that works exactly like Canada's, because helping people when something bad happens should not be a for-profit industry.
If only the US and Canada would swap positions on the map (read as: Canada would get warmer), I'd be there in a second!
Really? And what makes a bad driver? You make one mistake, and your rates are going to jump through the roof!
The insurance companies aren't raising rates like that to save "safe" drivers money, they're raising them because they think your driving record gives them the justification to totally rape you.
Well, in that case, wouldn't your money be worth less?
Imagine if you have $100,000 in your account. And everybody in the US made a "copy" of that. All of a sudden, that amount of money would be worthless, wouldn't it?
Not sure how that applies to file sharing, but you really *should* mind if people "copy" your money.
Maybe the DOJ should give these people a job! After all, if you can manage a data storage in the petabyte range that's not in danger of crashing when it gets copied, and they do all this in their spare time, these folks are seriously deserving of getting an IT job with the DOJ.
Brilliant!
What they should do is ask Lance to help them!
I mean, the way they get power is by pedalling, right, much like a bicycle. You get the world champ to help you, he has a SUSTAINED power of 600W... plenty of power, if their calculations are right.
"if anyone were to start launching nukes, or the USA stopped exporting food, or any number of things, you might be glad your neighbor has 2 handguns, a rifle, and an H2."
- if it came to nukes, a handgun or a rifle or an H2 melt equally as well in a couple of million degrees.
- if it wasn't a direct hit, I'd wish nobody in 10000 mile radius had a gun because they'd be taking my water and food over the barrel of that weapon. You'd like to think your "neighbours" as all folks that'd be delighted to keep your ass out of trouble, but push comes to shove, they will take care of themselves and their families first. Over the barrel of that gun.
Sweet mother of god. Have you ever seen Penn&Teller's "Bullshit"? This kinda ranting reminds me of this guy Erich who spent the last 8 years in the forests in the survival schools to prepare for a nuclear war/some catastrophy.
Live your life, and don't do so by worrying about whatifs.
Unless you're stocking up for possible volcano eruptions, earthquakes, asteroid strikes, or alien invasions - in which case, happy hermiting, Erich!
If anything like that happened, I'd prefer to be dead than have to deal with the anarchy afterwards.
Oh the Free Republic. I'm sure they don't have any bias at all.
Kerry voted against the $87 billion packaged bill for the military. A small portion of that was for the body armor, yes. It also turns out Kerry voted against more toilet paper and soap for the troops too. Unless body armor costs ($87,000,000,000 / 130,000 troops =~ $650,000 per piece)
He voted against this bill because it was so pork laden it was ridiculous. You think all of those $87 billion went into the troops paychecks and equipment to make them safe? Ha! Dream on.
He voted against it knowing full well the bill was going to pass. This was his only way of logging his protest.
What's really funny is the Republicans always crying how the government is spending too much of their money. Then it comes time to vote on a bill like this, they all of a sudden have amnesia. The Republican senators voted to enrich their buddies at the expense of all the taxpayers, Republican, Democratic, or undecided, or uncaring.
Hmmm... interesting. ... Unless you'd rather get your $500 now, and have to pay $5000 over your lifetime to cover it.
1) "First money" - yes, we'll take everyone's money to cover the enormous deficit. We MUST get it under control. That will involve repealing some of the tax cuts, maybe even new taxes, who knows. As Bill Maher said: "Isn't tax and spend better than don't tax and spend?" We have this bogus war to pay for, among other things.
2) "Then, private healthcare." No, no, no. All the dems are saying: for those who can't afford it, have a national health care plan. If you have the extra money, you can get your penile implant any place, with any doctor you want. But we cannot watch others die from easily curable diseases just because they're poor.
3) Then "right of self-defense" You talking about guns? Yes, I hope to god we limit those. You don't need an AR-15 to hunt.
And then funny how you jump to the mid-20th century Russia from there.
Surely if you have to pay another dollar to the federal government, and have to help others not die, and you're not allowed your assault rifle with you at all times, then surely you'll end up working in a state-owned factory.
Good links:
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http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/archi
http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=dis
"Is he that dumb, or that smart?"
Oh, that's easy. He's a total moron.
Check out his response to today's question about the [native american] tribes' sovereignty:
Audio:
Related news story:
Since it wasn't a scripted question, the prez had to use his vast intelligence to come up with this answer. I think it speaks volumes about how smart he really is. Or should I say, is speaks [a single blank sheet] about it?
The terrorists. Post 9-11, the answer to everything international is "terrorists."
Please report to the nearest reeducation camp immediately.
I knew it! Despite of what Bush might claim, GOD ALMIGHTY does *NOT* like him!
I was going to bring up the Balkans myself. After WWII, that IMO was the last "war" the US fought for the right reasons.
What will make us liked in the world is helping people like those in Bosnia, and Sudan, where the injustice is clear, and somebody with a strong military decides to act to save countless lives.
Then the rest of the world will say: "Hey, they risked their own lives to save civilians... these guys are alright!"
What will make us hated is the "f*** all of you, we can demolish this country ourselves" attitude that has been so perfected by this administration.
Speaking of that kind of hatred, there was a poll amongst the Hungarian highschoolers as to who was the most hated personality ever. Hitler won that one with 25%, but Bush was second closest with 24%. Osama I think was third with 16%, then Saddam in the low teens. When your president is hated more than a terrorist, or a genocidal maniac, that should tell America something.
Unfortunately, I don't know what Kerry will do. We can only hope that he will come true to his word to enact some reasonable social policies (after all, he is one rich guy, and as such has no personal gain in helping the poor), and that the Republican-controlled Congress will not do to him what they did to Clinton. However, anybody is better than what we have right now. Anybody!
Fair 'nuff. You didn't mention Linux.
But tell me, do you have any hard data that XP is any less stable running the same code?
The core is the same... what will happen when an app crashes is exactly that, an app will crash. I'm always able to get back to the task manager, and terminate the job, and get my OS back. That right there is the OS stability.
Is XP buggy? From what I've seen, no. I haven't seen any OS-related errors since I got XP, and I run all sorts of legacy code (i.e. games). Is it slower on the same hardware? Probably. But that's got nothing to do with stability.
And what was that "running a single executable" business? I'm not going to claim I'm a Windows administrator, so would you mind explaining what that meant?
Don't get me wrong, there are some things I don't like even about XP. The whole login scheme is weird, the default desktop ugly and useless, but overall it's much more useful for a home user than Win2k. Maybe that's where we're not thinking about the same issue: home vs. business use?
I stand corrected. Given that I didn't grow up in the States, I haven't even heard of such a classification. .... lever, you'd say: "Pull that lever" when you referred to the physical object, but you'd say something like "by the method/principle of lever, you'd lift that object there..."
In my native language, which still uses the same word for lever and
Given that my child will be growing up in the States, I guess I'll learn about the rest of 'em in about 6-7 years. Wooohooo, can't wait!
P.S. Now that was a civil way to explain your point.
P.P.S. Is medicine a tool too?
My friend, I think you're suffering from outrage fatigue. See here:
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http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=40
(I am too. Need to stop reading the news...)
Hmmm... you think that 4000 scientists have any more in common than ... oh wait, just their love of science?
Maybe their political agenda is to continue their research, and to have it listened to with utmost seriousness because they know WTF they're talking about?
I mean, what are the odds that 4000 people just woke up one day and said "let's fuck with a political party!"