Those of us in the lower-right quadrant are in favor of things like drug legalization and gay marriage that are almost never considered "conservative" issues. In general we're more in sync with the Democrats on social issues (with some exceptions), and not really in sync with either party on economic issues (they both supported that ridiculous "prescription drugs for the elderly" plan, for example).
Stalin's at the top left, Ashcroft's at the top right. They're both on the top, which is the "authoritarian" side. They differ on economic issues, but that's irrelevant, because the attorney general's job is not an economic one. On the relevant issues, they're similar.
No law is compelling people to sit and listen to these either, because it's in college. Nobody does get out the vote campaigns among high school students, because almost all of them are under 18.
Do you think the GOP drive to get out the vote among evangelical Christians is intended to neutrally educate people on the issues? This is how things go during campaign season.
Usually I'd agree with you, and I switch between the two major parties fairly regularly, with the occasional third-party vote. But this year, it's really a no-brainer. There's a complete jackass as president, so as long as his opponent is Josef Stalin, there's really only one reasonable choice. What exactly Kerry stands for I don't care; he can't possibly be worse.
Install 'debfoster', which looks for packages that aren't depended on by anything else, and asks you if you want to keep them. It remembers your answers, so you just re-run debfoster after removing or upgrading things to see if there's anything newly-not-depended-on.
It also doesn't cost bowling alleys more if you weigh more, because the cost of the physical materials is a negligible part of the cost of a shoe. Airline costs, by contrast, are strongly proportional to weight on the plane. They're even starting to try to cut down on the amount of water they have on board the plane to reduce weight. If your average customer is 200 lbs, that costs a lot more than if they're 150 lbs. Especially with the current fuel prices, weight of passengers is not a negligible component of total price. Not to mention that physical space on the plane is at a premium: why should a skinny person get a smaller seat if they're paying the same price?
It's not possible to make seats much smaller than they already are and still get customers. Very few people will pay money to get a seat with 20 inches of legroom. Most people already think 30 inches is too little. Therefore, that option isn't feasible. The other option is to keep 30 inches as the minimum and add seats with more legroom as an optional purchase. This already exists: there is first class on most airlines, and a number of airlines are starting to offer an "economy plus" with more legroom and sometimes wider seats (but without the first-class service and food).
Basically, we're already packing people as tightly as they're willing to go. You can't pack the skinny people more tightly to get more room for the overweight people, because the skinny people won't fly your airline if you do.
Some spot-checking of the list based on schools I'm personally familiar with indicates that there's a huge error rate. In particular, nearly every school gives webspace to its students, but many of them are marked as not doing so. Many schools with wireless networks also say "no" under that column. Did these people just make shit up?
My framerate has been dragging too but I don't see the relevance of satellites to this issue. I've got cablemodem so satellite internet latency cannot be the problem.
I'm merely broadcasting RF signals. If the TV owner doesn't wish to accept "turn off" signals from any arbitrary passerby, he ought to have a TV that only accepts authorized signals. Since he accepts all signals, I assume he intends anyone with a remote to be able to control the TV!
So long as you don't blast that music out in public where other people have to hear it. If you're wiring it up for fun, and only playing it at those volumes on large tracts of private land you own, then I'm all for it. But if you're playing it outside my goddamn apartment at 3am, I disapprove.
Many sites, including Slashdot, will email you the new stories when they come out. How does subscribing to the RSS feed work out better than subscribing to the email feed? Besides being another client?
I imagine soon we'll have standardized ways to get comments and post replies in an RSS client, then the client will add killfiles and whatnot, and then we'll have reinvented the discussion group yet again.
I already check my email regularly, because I'm on a bunch of announcement lists and mailing lists. If I wanted to read each new Slashdot story as it came in without visiting the site, I could just have them emailed to me, and they'd be filtered into a "Slashdot" box. What does RSS give me that this setup doesn't, besides another damn client?
If you have each site be one UseNet group, with each update being a post in that group, that's feed on demand too. You subscribe to the groups you want, and don't subscribe to the ones you don't want, and can easily filter/remove undesired groups.
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Those of us in the lower-right quadrant are in favor of things like drug legalization and gay marriage that are almost never considered "conservative" issues. In general we're more in sync with the Democrats on social issues (with some exceptions), and not really in sync with either party on economic issues (they both supported that ridiculous "prescription drugs for the elderly" plan, for example).
Stalin's at the top left, Ashcroft's at the top right. They're both on the top, which is the "authoritarian" side. They differ on economic issues, but that's irrelevant, because the attorney general's job is not an economic one. On the relevant issues, they're similar.
No law is compelling people to sit and listen to these either, because it's in college. Nobody does get out the vote campaigns among high school students, because almost all of them are under 18.
Do you think the GOP drive to get out the vote among evangelical Christians is intended to neutrally educate people on the issues? This is how things go during campaign season.
Usually I'd agree with you, and I switch between the two major parties fairly regularly, with the occasional third-party vote. But this year, it's really a no-brainer. There's a complete jackass as president, so as long as his opponent is Josef Stalin, there's really only one reasonable choice. What exactly Kerry stands for I don't care; he can't possibly be worse.
Install 'debfoster', which looks for packages that aren't depended on by anything else, and asks you if you want to keep them. It remembers your answers, so you just re-run debfoster after removing or upgrading things to see if there's anything newly-not-depended-on.
What is this, some sort of weather-nerd porn?
God we're geeks :)
People told me that I shouldn't take the comments on Slashdot seriously because they are inaccurate, but I believe I have evidence to the contrary.
Just as with people, there's a weight limit. Once you're above the limit, you have to pay extra. I think for baggage it's 50 lbs on domestic flights.
It also doesn't cost bowling alleys more if you weigh more, because the cost of the physical materials is a negligible part of the cost of a shoe. Airline costs, by contrast, are strongly proportional to weight on the plane. They're even starting to try to cut down on the amount of water they have on board the plane to reduce weight. If your average customer is 200 lbs, that costs a lot more than if they're 150 lbs. Especially with the current fuel prices, weight of passengers is not a negligible component of total price. Not to mention that physical space on the plane is at a premium: why should a skinny person get a smaller seat if they're paying the same price?
It's not possible to make seats much smaller than they already are and still get customers. Very few people will pay money to get a seat with 20 inches of legroom. Most people already think 30 inches is too little. Therefore, that option isn't feasible. The other option is to keep 30 inches as the minimum and add seats with more legroom as an optional purchase. This already exists: there is first class on most airlines, and a number of airlines are starting to offer an "economy plus" with more legroom and sometimes wider seats (but without the first-class service and food).
Basically, we're already packing people as tightly as they're willing to go. You can't pack the skinny people more tightly to get more room for the overweight people, because the skinny people won't fly your airline if you do.
That's what I thought too when I read it---what does this have to do with Paint Shop Pro? Could someone fill me in on what exactly this PSP is?
Some spot-checking of the list based on schools I'm personally familiar with indicates that there's a huge error rate. In particular, nearly every school gives webspace to its students, but many of them are marked as not doing so. Many schools with wireless networks also say "no" under that column. Did these people just make shit up?
And sadly, a proper OOG post is no longer even possible, since the 'lameness filter' doesn't allow all-caps posts.
My framerate has been dragging too but I don't see the relevance of satellites to this issue. I've got cablemodem so satellite internet latency cannot be the problem.
There's laws against spam in some jurisdictions, and you can sue people, shutting down their SMTP servers.
I'm merely broadcasting RF signals. If the TV owner doesn't wish to accept "turn off" signals from any arbitrary passerby, he ought to have a TV that only accepts authorized signals. Since he accepts all signals, I assume he intends anyone with a remote to be able to control the TV!
So long as you don't blast that music out in public where other people have to hear it. If you're wiring it up for fun, and only playing it at those volumes on large tracts of private land you own, then I'm all for it. But if you're playing it outside my goddamn apartment at 3am, I disapprove.
A confession, perhaps?
mavaddat prefer people not post on slashdot using mavaddat name
mavaddat work very long time downloading lecture notes for ungrateful kids paying only $700!
mavaddat remind you 30" lcd monitor needing to purchase but cost much more!!!!
MAVADDAT THE PROFESSOR!!!!! MAVADDAT BREAK HEAD WITH PLAGIARIZED CD!!!!!
Clearly this software doesn't exist, and the image is a marketing mock-up.
We're still working on two mouse buttons here. Two pointing devices is right out.
(And before anyone flames me, I actually like one mouse button for a laptop, due to the hand positions.)
Many sites, including Slashdot, will email you the new stories when they come out. How does subscribing to the RSS feed work out better than subscribing to the email feed? Besides being another client?
I imagine soon we'll have standardized ways to get comments and post replies in an RSS client, then the client will add killfiles and whatnot, and then we'll have reinvented the discussion group yet again.
I already check my email regularly, because I'm on a bunch of announcement lists and mailing lists. If I wanted to read each new Slashdot story as it came in without visiting the site, I could just have them emailed to me, and they'd be filtered into a "Slashdot" box. What does RSS give me that this setup doesn't, besides another damn client?
If you have each site be one UseNet group, with each update being a post in that group, that's feed on demand too. You subscribe to the groups you want, and don't subscribe to the ones you don't want, and can easily filter/remove undesired groups.