yeah way, isn't that hilaious! Have you seen that crazy page with all of the badgers?! It's almost as good as Schfifty-Five! And I found this crazy little page with all of these greeting cards and things to send to all of your most distant relatives who haven't heard from you for like, ever. Oh yeah, and I forwarded this email that said that if I forward it to enough people i'll get $1,000 from bill gates! what a nice guy!
Especially watch newbies to the SUV world. Most people think that because they drive a 4wd SUV they can take on anything. WRONG! It's always fun to watch them especially.
It wasn't _my_ Escalade, although I wish it was! we just borrowed it from the dealer to pick up some people. Anyway, I was very impressed. The morning I had the car, it was about 65 deg (f) and very humid, no wind. not sure what would cause the dispairity in mileage, this was all highway at 60-65 mph.
1983 Porsche 944. On the highway I get about 28 mpg, less depending on how spirited the driving is.
I had the opportunity to drive a 2004 Cadillac Escalade last week, and on the highway it got 19.5 mpg, which suprised me a LOT. I expected 15mpg because of the hype associated with SUV's.
Oil prices fell to their lowest in two months on Tuesday as the handover of power in Iraq (news - web sites) raised hopes for less sabotage and steadier exports.
Good news for those of us who don't quite make the mileage grade.
...that it really would crash their system? This is from the article:
"What they're asking for is a lot, and it's not something at this particular point in time we have the technical ability to do," Justice Department spokesman Bryan Sierra said Tuesday.
McIntyre explained in a May 24 letter that the computer system - operated in the counterespionage section of the Justice Department's criminal division - "was not designed for mass export of all stored images" and said the system experiences "substantial problems."
So, is it possible that the equipment is just too old and sucky to handle a big request like that?
it's about more than just "Select * from foreignlobbyists order by date desc"
They undoubtedly have thousands and thousands of scanned images of documents, records, transcripts, etc. Inserting new data and adding things is a heck of a lot less of a load than getting all of it out.
I do think it's pretty absurd of an argument... but if they were truly trying to hide all of it, don't you think they'd come up with something more clever than, 'uhh, well... it'll crash our system'. Maybe it's rediculous enough to be true.
I've been off of windows for 3 years. I have 3 Redhat machines and just bought a PowerBook last week. The main reason for me to not swtich from Windows was that I couldn't give up all of the games. These days I have one windows machine that I use for Battlefield.
The main thing keeping me from going back to windows is that I realize that I don't need windows to do what I want. I'm happy coding java in vim and NOT having lockups. The alternative software is getting better, and for most everyone OpenOffice or AbiWord will do whatever they want. Evolution is one of the best email apps I've used, except for Mail.app now. But, it's just that I know I don't have to use windows that's keeping me away from it.
I bet there's a lot of people here who would seriously switch completely to Mac or Linux if they could give up their games, or get different games. Frozen Bubble is only really entertaining for the first few weeks. As far as doing real work like websites and java, anything BUT windows is the way to go.
Take a look at WiGLE (Wireless Geographic Logging Engine)
I'm using it just for the maps, but it has GPS and wifi capabilities (People use it for wardriving). I'm pretty suprised at how accurate the maps are, even for the middle of nowhere Nebraska.
I wonder just how many people quit watching TSS because of him? I know my brother, dad, and I all quit watching (except when it's kevin and pat) because leo's such a douche. I like the way Pat and Kevin just get to the solution and don't dumb everything down to a 2nd grade level.
do a google for wearable keyboard input research, and you'll find a bucketload of things sort of like that. I'd like to see something I can buy, or at least some direction about building my own.
If the release of your source code (potentially) affected the rest of the world, i'm sure the FBI would be happy to work with you. I'm not on microsoft's side at all, but it's true that this leak has the potential to cause a LOT of damage to systems/networks; some of them government systems.
no kidding, what especially pissed me off was the professors who couldn't write a real-world type of program if their life depended on it, let alone find their own ass with both hands and a flashlight. It's pathetic.
I wish real-world experience counted for SOMETHING. Any asshat can sit through wasteful, useless classes, that doesn't make them smarter or more qualified.
The answer to everything isn't throwing money into it. Budgets have to be cut and programs have to be made more efficient. It might make you sad, but that's the way things are supposed to work.
You say 99 percent of bush's white house is made up of the richest 1 percent of america? That's pretty interesting (read: bullshit), considering this article:
Washington Times Op-Ed: The Richest 1 percent
Dateline: December 18, 2002
Headline: The richest 1 percent
Byline: The Washington Times
So much for Republicans being the party of the wealthy. According to a new study by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, that moniker more appropriately belongs to the Democrats. "Republicans raised more than Democrats from individuals who contributed small and medium amounts of money during the 2002 election cycle," the report notes, "but Democrats far outpaced Republicans among deep-pocketed givers." Among donors who gave more than 200 dollars but less than 1,000 dollars , Republicans enjoyed a substantial 68 million dollars to 44 million dollars edge over Democrats. The margin was closer among those individuals who gave 1,000 dollars or more: The GOP took in 317 million dollars, compared to the Democrats' 307 million.
But among the fabulously wealthy, the Democrats cleaned house. Donors of 10,000 or more gave 140 million dollars to Democrats, while only 111 million went to Republicans. Among those individuals who gave 100,000 dollars or more, the Democrats raised 72 million dollars compared to the Republicans' 34 million. And when it comes to the millionaires' club - those kicking in 1 million dollars or more - the Democratic Party skunked the GOP, 36 million to 3 million. Needless to say, despite the near-parity in overall amounts - 384 million to the Republicans vs. 350 million to the Democrats - the number of individual donors to the GOP exceeded those to the Democratic Party by more than 40 percent.
In other words, in 2002 a select group of bigwigs dumped big money into Democratic causes, while a broad base of folks donated respectable [but not overwhelming] amounts to Republican candidates. That goes a long way toward explaining the Democrats' shallow support in the midterm elections, and should give an indication of which party's agenda has been hijacked by the big money-men.
But it also sheds light on the president's first round of tax cuts - arguably the highest-profile domestic referendum in the midterm elections. We can't help but notice that only those who are so stinking rich that money doesn't matter supported the Democrats' opposition to tax cuts. Meanwhile, the many more who form the backbone of America's economy supported the Republicans. As the White House and congressional Republicans prepare a new tax package, we hope they bear that in mind. And just to show that there are no hard feelings, we'll still support tax cuts for the limousine liberals. With all that extra change in their pockets, maybe they'll put it to more productive uses than propping up the rejected policies of the Democratic Party.
Back to me: Everyone who pays taxes got a tax cut. Those who don't pay don't get a cut, becuase it's against all logic and physical possibility. You can't cut something from nothing.
Note: I had to replace some dollar signs with the word dollars to get slashdot to accept the post. Sounds pretty weak to me, but if you want the origional text, do a google search for "The Richest 1% Washington Times"
So, all you have to do is bash the president with no argument whatsoever, and you're modded insightful.
Slashdot is just SO intent on proving my point! The funny thing, is that I don't even have to try to argue it. Take a look at the pattern of mod points on any thread. you WILL see any anti-bush, anti-war, anti-american thread being modded up.
[quote]The MATRIX project is implementing factual data analysis from existing data sources to integrate disparate data from many types of Web-enabled storage systems to identify, develop, and analyze terrorist activity and other crimes for investigative leads. This capability will facilitate integration and exchange of information within the participating states, including criminal history, driver license data, vehicle registration records, and incarceration/corrections records including digitized photographs, with significant amounts of public data record entries. Provision has been made for the inclusion of data sources from additional states, should expansion be authorized. The use of factual data analysis from existing data sources will save countless investigative hours and significantly improve the opportunity for successful conclusion of investigations.
Data Security
Information submitted by a state may only be disseminated in accordance with restrictions and conditions placed on it by the submitting state, pursuant to the submitting state's laws and regulations. Information will be made available only to law enforcement agencies, and on a need-to-know and right-to-know basis. Data access permissions will be conditioned on the privileges of the user making the inquiry.[/quote]
I know a lot of people who install linux, then remove it after a month of frustration. It's cool that they want to try it out, but the only way to really get into it is to cut that safety line. I finally did that two years ago, and have been using Redhat ever since. I'm no Linux expert, but I've been able to figure out most everything I've tried.
What's holding you back from going all the way to linux? For me it was Dreamweaver and Games. Now I use Quanta for web stuff and play less games. I do have a banished windows drive for games, but it's not spun in months.
At the radio station I work at, we started using Live Copy for some commercials. What happens is when the commercial comes up, there's a little block of text, which you can use to make up an ad-lib commercial. We don't use it on most spots, but there are a few.
Also, During the morning show, businesses pay to have a live commercial, where someone from the advertiser, which is usually a local store, calls and talks to the announcer. A lot of the time it doesn't even sound like a commercial.
About your task force article... it's BS. They met with energy companies to figure out how to upgrade the power grid.
The administration has already produced 36,000 pages of documents on the development of the energy plan. Of course, you people automatically assume something illegal went on at these meetings. The CONSTITUTION says he doesn't have to release those documents, becuase of the separation of powers. But, becuase some liberal judge wants to try pinning something on cheney, they're going to change the laws. Nothing new there. The only things he's required to disclose is who he met with, and how the decisions were made.
What is the back door in allowing countries that were our allies to help with the rebuild? I don't understand you people. The french, germans, and canadians were 100% against us going to iraq. Now that it's the rebuild phase, they think they're just going to walk in and help? They're leeches, nothing else. Not only that, but they're just pissed becuase nobody cares what they think. They are irrevelant in the big scheme of things.
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Then How am i posting this message with this browser that doesn't exist? Wait, where am I? Who ARE you people!
yeah way, isn't that hilaious! Have you seen that crazy page with all of the badgers?! It's almost as good as Schfifty-Five! And I found this crazy little page with all of these greeting cards and things to send to all of your most distant relatives who haven't heard from you for like, ever. Oh yeah, and I forwarded this email that said that if I forward it to enough people i'll get $1,000 from bill gates! what a nice guy!
Especially watch newbies to the SUV world. Most people think that because they drive a 4wd SUV they can take on anything. WRONG! It's always fun to watch them especially.
It wasn't _my_ Escalade, although I wish it was! we just borrowed it from the dealer to pick up some people. Anyway, I was very impressed. The morning I had the car, it was about 65 deg (f) and very humid, no wind. not sure what would cause the dispairity in mileage, this was all highway at 60-65 mph.
I had the opportunity to drive a 2004 Cadillac Escalade last week, and on the highway it got 19.5 mpg, which suprised me a LOT. I expected 15mpg because of the hype associated with SUV's.
Check out This article. Good news for those of us who don't quite make the mileage grade.
it's about more than just "Select * from foreignlobbyists order by date desc"
They undoubtedly have thousands and thousands of scanned images of documents, records, transcripts, etc. Inserting new data and adding things is a heck of a lot less of a load than getting all of it out.
I do think it's pretty absurd of an argument... but if they were truly trying to hide all of it, don't you think they'd come up with something more clever than, 'uhh, well... it'll crash our system'. Maybe it's rediculous enough to be true.
I've been off of windows for 3 years. I have 3 Redhat machines and just bought a PowerBook last week. The main reason for me to not swtich from Windows was that I couldn't give up all of the games. These days I have one windows machine that I use for Battlefield.
The main thing keeping me from going back to windows is that I realize that I don't need windows to do what I want. I'm happy coding java in vim and NOT having lockups. The alternative software is getting better, and for most everyone OpenOffice or AbiWord will do whatever they want. Evolution is one of the best email apps I've used, except for Mail.app now. But, it's just that I know I don't have to use windows that's keeping me away from it.
I bet there's a lot of people here who would seriously switch completely to Mac or Linux if they could give up their games, or get different games. Frozen Bubble is only really entertaining for the first few weeks. As far as doing real work like websites and java, anything BUT windows is the way to go.
Take a look at WiGLE (Wireless Geographic Logging Engine)
I'm using it just for the maps, but it has GPS and wifi capabilities (People use it for wardriving). I'm pretty suprised at how accurate the maps are, even for the middle of nowhere Nebraska.
XM and Sirius ARE good for competition, that's why ClearChannel doesn't like them.
I wonder just how many people quit watching TSS because of him? I know my brother, dad, and I all quit watching (except when it's kevin and pat) because leo's such a douche. I like the way Pat and Kevin just get to the solution and don't dumb everything down to a 2nd grade level.
Every time you use MS Office god kills a kitten. Think of the kittens.
[on the tag of a birthday present to spam]:
l address.com
To: Spam
From: Everyone
[spam opens package] thousands of spring-loaded snakes carrying advertisements for penis enlargers, viagra, and various pointless gidgets flys out.
Bottom of package reads:
To be removed from this list, email: okstopspammingmeseriously@yeahrightlikethisisarea
do a google for wearable keyboard input research, and you'll find a bucketload of things sort of like that. I'd like to see something I can buy, or at least some direction about building my own.
This looks like the closest thing:
http://www.essentialreality.com/
I want that! Without the extra keyboard/mouse my desk would look really clean too.
If the release of your source code (potentially) affected the rest of the world, i'm sure the FBI would be happy to work with you. I'm not on microsoft's side at all, but it's true that this leak has the potential to cause a LOT of damage to systems/networks; some of them government systems.
Nice sig! That's one of my favorite episodes ever
no kidding, what especially pissed me off was the professors who couldn't write a real-world type of program if their life depended on it, let alone find their own ass with both hands and a flashlight. It's pathetic.
I wish real-world experience counted for SOMETHING. Any asshat can sit through wasteful, useless classes, that doesn't make them smarter or more qualified.
The answer to everything isn't throwing money into it. Budgets have to be cut and programs have to be made more efficient. It might make you sad, but that's the way things are supposed to work.
You say 99 percent of bush's white house is made up of the richest 1 percent of america? That's pretty interesting (read: bullshit), considering this article:
Washington Times Op-Ed: The Richest 1 percent
Dateline: December 18, 2002 Headline: The richest 1 percent Byline: The Washington Times
So much for Republicans being the party of the wealthy. According to a new study by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, that moniker more appropriately belongs to the Democrats. "Republicans raised more than Democrats from individuals who contributed small and medium amounts of money during the 2002 election cycle," the report notes, "but Democrats far outpaced Republicans among deep-pocketed givers." Among donors who gave more than 200 dollars but less than 1,000 dollars , Republicans enjoyed a substantial 68 million dollars to 44 million dollars edge over Democrats. The margin was closer among those individuals who gave 1,000 dollars or more: The GOP took in 317 million dollars, compared to the Democrats' 307 million.
But among the fabulously wealthy, the Democrats cleaned house. Donors of 10,000 or more gave 140 million dollars to Democrats, while only 111 million went to Republicans. Among those individuals who gave 100,000 dollars or more, the Democrats raised 72 million dollars compared to the Republicans' 34 million. And when it comes to the millionaires' club - those kicking in 1 million dollars or more - the Democratic Party skunked the GOP, 36 million to 3 million. Needless to say, despite the near-parity in overall amounts - 384 million to the Republicans vs. 350 million to the Democrats - the number of individual donors to the GOP exceeded those to the Democratic Party by more than 40 percent.
In other words, in 2002 a select group of bigwigs dumped big money into Democratic causes, while a broad base of folks donated respectable [but not overwhelming] amounts to Republican candidates. That goes a long way toward explaining the Democrats' shallow support in the midterm elections, and should give an indication of which party's agenda has been hijacked by the big money-men.
But it also sheds light on the president's first round of tax cuts - arguably the highest-profile domestic referendum in the midterm elections. We can't help but notice that only those who are so stinking rich that money doesn't matter supported the Democrats' opposition to tax cuts. Meanwhile, the many more who form the backbone of America's economy supported the Republicans. As the White House and congressional Republicans prepare a new tax package, we hope they bear that in mind. And just to show that there are no hard feelings, we'll still support tax cuts for the limousine liberals. With all that extra change in their pockets, maybe they'll put it to more productive uses than propping up the rejected policies of the Democratic Party.
Back to me: Everyone who pays taxes got a tax cut. Those who don't pay don't get a cut, becuase it's against all logic and physical possibility. You can't cut something from nothing.
Note: I had to replace some dollar signs with the word dollars to get slashdot to accept the post. Sounds pretty weak to me, but if you want the origional text, do a google search for "The Richest 1% Washington Times"
So, all you have to do is bash the president with no argument whatsoever, and you're modded insightful.
Slashdot is just SO intent on proving my point! The funny thing, is that I don't even have to try to argue it. Take a look at the pattern of mod points on any thread. you WILL see any anti-bush, anti-war, anti-american thread being modded up.
BBC's High journalistic standards? You're joking, right?
Just in case anyone wants to actually read what it's about before going off the deep end, they have a site:
http://www.iir.com/matrix/
[quote]The MATRIX project is implementing factual data analysis from existing data sources to integrate disparate data from many types of Web-enabled storage systems to identify, develop, and analyze terrorist activity and other crimes for investigative leads. This capability will facilitate integration and exchange of information within the participating states, including criminal history, driver license data, vehicle registration records, and incarceration/corrections records including digitized photographs, with significant amounts of public data record entries. Provision has been made for the inclusion of data sources from additional states, should expansion be authorized. The use of factual data analysis from existing data sources will save countless investigative hours and significantly improve the opportunity for successful conclusion of investigations.
Data Security Information submitted by a state may only be disseminated in accordance with restrictions and conditions placed on it by the submitting state, pursuant to the submitting state's laws and regulations. Information will be made available only to law enforcement agencies, and on a need-to-know and right-to-know basis. Data access permissions will be conditioned on the privileges of the user making the inquiry.[/quote]
I know a lot of people who install linux, then remove it after a month of frustration. It's cool that they want to try it out, but the only way to really get into it is to cut that safety line. I finally did that two years ago, and have been using Redhat ever since. I'm no Linux expert, but I've been able to figure out most everything I've tried.
What's holding you back from going all the way to linux? For me it was Dreamweaver and Games. Now I use Quanta for web stuff and play less games. I do have a banished windows drive for games, but it's not spun in months.
and his uptime is beyond all we can comprehend
At the radio station I work at, we started using Live Copy for some commercials. What happens is when the commercial comes up, there's a little block of text, which you can use to make up an ad-lib commercial. We don't use it on most spots, but there are a few.
Also, During the morning show, businesses pay to have a live commercial, where someone from the advertiser, which is usually a local store, calls and talks to the announcer. A lot of the time it doesn't even sound like a commercial.
only a liberal would find that humorous.
About your task force article... it's BS. They met with energy companies to figure out how to upgrade the power grid.
The administration has already produced 36,000 pages of documents on the development of the energy plan. Of course, you people automatically assume something illegal went on at these meetings. The CONSTITUTION says he doesn't have to release those documents, becuase of the separation of powers. But, becuase some liberal judge wants to try pinning something on cheney, they're going to change the laws. Nothing new there. The only things he's required to disclose is who he met with, and how the decisions were made.
What is the back door in allowing countries that were our allies to help with the rebuild? I don't understand you people. The french, germans, and canadians were 100% against us going to iraq. Now that it's the rebuild phase, they think they're just going to walk in and help? They're leeches, nothing else. Not only that, but they're just pissed becuase nobody cares what they think. They are irrevelant in the big scheme of things.