Even if the government were more open.....they demonstratively are incapable of preventing abuses of the system. Nearly every possible abuse has actually happened. Agents spying on their acquaintances? Yeap, happened. Spying on politicians in an attempt to sway policy decisions? Yeap, happened.
About the only thing that hasn't happened yet (that we know of) is a Watergate sort of thing, where the system was abused in an attempt to win an election. But that's a matter of time (if it hasn't happened yet).
Polls lie too, and you know it.
You're right that I might not have been able to interview a representative sample, but that's one reason I posted on Slashdot. If someone disagrees, and has met people who are not in my sample, that would be good info. But I don't think you have, you're just being pedantic.
Yeah, it's like last election, we went through all the other candidates as the "not Romney" candidate, but never found one. This time the party is looking for a "not Trump" candidate.
The reason Iowa is chosen as the first primary is because it is supposed to represent "middle America," and give an idea of how a candidate will fare in a general election.
Good list, but you're affected by your partisanship.....that is, you have trouble seeing bad things in the guy you like (and as for "unelectable,".....I'd say he's more electable than Clinton). If you actually want to add seriously to that list: Sanders - do-nothing whiner
He's reminds me most of Ron Paul, someone who sees problems in the world, and does a good job pointing them out, which is why he's popular. Like Ron Paul, his proposed solutions are somewhat impractical.
Why do we have lousy candidates? It's a reflection of the American people.
When Ukraine traded it's nuclear weapons for a promise that Russia respect it's territory, they made a bad deal.
They basically had no choice unless they wanted to be completely isolated by the rest of the world. The east and west were both united against them on that point.
Maybe they could have gotten a better deal if Donald Trump were negotiating for them, after all, he's the world's best negotiator, but there is no way they were keeping their nuclear weapons.
Coming out strong in favor of surveillance is a bad idea. It's true that recent polls have shown the majority of Americans favor surveillance of 'suspicious people,' but among the people I've talked to, most are indifferent, some are ok with it, and a sizeable minority vehemently oppose it (this is something that I've found on both the conservative and liberal side. Whether you think "Bush is Hitler" or "Obama is trampling the constitution," spying is something you can appreciate as bad). Of the people who absolutely favor surveillance, even those understand that abusing it can be bad.
So he's coming out with something that few people are strongly in favor of, but a sizeable minority strongly opposes. Something like that is a political loser.
Eventually. Like speech recognition, which also seemed to always be 3-5 years out until it finally went mainstream a few years ago
Speech recognition didn't go mainstream because it improved, it went mainstream because someone found a use-case for it (essentially, the UI on phones is so much more painful than a computer that it's worth trying speech-to-text, whereas on a computer it's easier to type).
I know you're joking, but if I ever have plenty of free time, I'll go here and spend some time figuring out how to boot systemd on the raw metal, making a true systemdOS. And I never joke. j/k. not.
Reflow batteries are cool, but they add expense to the system. I mean, we could just throw a bunch of lithium batteries at the thing, but again we're talking about what's practical, and that would be too expensive.
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What does it mean, that I read that, and started wondering if the Android drivers on Taiwanese phones are really that bad?
There are nearly 5000 votes at the DNC, so that will only matter if the vote is close.
Even if the government were more open.....they demonstratively are incapable of preventing abuses of the system. Nearly every possible abuse has actually happened. Agents spying on their acquaintances? Yeap, happened. Spying on politicians in an attempt to sway policy decisions? Yeap, happened.
About the only thing that hasn't happened yet (that we know of) is a Watergate sort of thing, where the system was abused in an attempt to win an election. But that's a matter of time (if it hasn't happened yet).
That's an improvement.
Polls lie too, and you know it.
You're right that I might not have been able to interview a representative sample, but that's one reason I posted on Slashdot. If someone disagrees, and has met people who are not in my sample, that would be good info. But I don't think you have, you're just being pedantic.
Yeah, it's like last election, we went through all the other candidates as the "not Romney" candidate, but never found one. This time the party is looking for a "not Trump" candidate.
What?? Don't tell me he has a fake birth certificate, too
The reason Iowa is chosen as the first primary is because it is supposed to represent "middle America," and give an idea of how a candidate will fare in a general election.
Sanders will not get the nomination
Why are you so sure? The polls in Iowa and NH show him even with Clinton (within the margin of error).
Maybe. I think at this point, the only people willing to funnel money to Rubio are those who really believe in him.
Good list, but you're affected by your partisanship.....that is, you have trouble seeing bad things in the guy you like (and as for "unelectable,".....I'd say he's more electable than Clinton). If you actually want to add seriously to that list:
Sanders - do-nothing whiner
He's reminds me most of Ron Paul, someone who sees problems in the world, and does a good job pointing them out, which is why he's popular. Like Ron Paul, his proposed solutions are somewhat impractical.
Why do we have lousy candidates? It's a reflection of the American people.
When Ukraine traded it's nuclear weapons for a promise that Russia respect it's territory, they made a bad deal.
They basically had no choice unless they wanted to be completely isolated by the rest of the world. The east and west were both united against them on that point.
Maybe they could have gotten a better deal if Donald Trump were negotiating for them, after all, he's the world's best negotiator, but there is no way they were keeping their nuclear weapons.
This is the reference he was joking about.
Why? It's cool to insult him, but better to give reasons. Insults without reasons are a waste of a post.
Coming out strong in favor of surveillance is a bad idea. It's true that recent polls have shown the majority of Americans favor surveillance of 'suspicious people,' but among the people I've talked to, most are indifferent, some are ok with it, and a sizeable minority vehemently oppose it (this is something that I've found on both the conservative and liberal side. Whether you think "Bush is Hitler" or "Obama is trampling the constitution," spying is something you can appreciate as bad). Of the people who absolutely favor surveillance, even those understand that abusing it can be bad.
So he's coming out with something that few people are strongly in favor of, but a sizeable minority strongly opposes. Something like that is a political loser.
For people who don't want to destroy a subwoofer, you can get a shaker.
but that doesn't mean I want his bundt cake recipe
Does he have a good one?
Eventually. Like speech recognition, which also seemed to always be 3-5 years out until it finally went mainstream a few years ago
Speech recognition didn't go mainstream because it improved, it went mainstream because someone found a use-case for it (essentially, the UI on phones is so much more painful than a computer that it's worth trying speech-to-text, whereas on a computer it's easier to type).
I know you're joking, but if I ever have plenty of free time, I'll go here and spend some time figuring out how to boot systemd on the raw metal, making a true systemdOS. And I never joke. j/k. not.
3D support in virtual machines is kind of nice though, I like that.
I don't even know what Open Channel SSDs are, though.
If I were mistaken, those people would be out building solar plants instead of building a website "asking me to join them"
XWindows came before MS Windows. Microsoft didn't invent "Windowing"
Nice post.
Reflow batteries are cool, but they add expense to the system. I mean, we could just throw a bunch of lithium batteries at the thing, but again we're talking about what's practical, and that would be too expensive.
It's fairly common, but you didn't mention it, so a simple circuit hooked up to christmas lights can be fun.