I strongly doubt that. Nearly all hijackings end with most of the hostages safely escaping, and the airforce knows now to shoot down any rogue plane that gets too close to major cities. Terrorists know this as well.
Really? They only know that now? They knew it before and they weren't given the orders.
See? Things are so bad that even when a politician says what I want to hear (and in a sincere way), I still can't trust him.
So, you are going to vote for the one that is obviously lying, you know has an ulterior motive, doesn't say what you want to hear, and that you don't trust?
I wish this wasn't the only time I had heard such a f*d up train of though purporting to be logic and reason. Does our country have a collective case of Stockholm Syndrome?
I don't care whether my stories are rejected or not, but the one that is still pending shouldn't be pending after three days as far as I'm concerned. It should be rejected or accepted. As far as bias, when they stop accepting advertoblogs and self-promoters, they can claim they reject things due to a great deal of bias.
Perhaps CmdrTaco is too busy approving his own stories, but I posted a story about Napster going 100% MP3 this year and it never got picked up and is still pending. The approval of postings lately seems to have gone down by about 200% from what it was this time last year.
Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:
* 2008-01-07 15:04:54 Napster to go 100% MP3 (IT,Music) (pending)
* 2007-11-28 04:50:33 Forcefield for your browser (IT,Security) (rejected)
* 2007-09-10 18:57:27 That web OS we've all been waiting for! (Features,Operating Systems) (accepted)
* 2007-03-27 01:57:20 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 (Politics,Republicans) (rejected)
Summary:
* rejected (2)
* accepted (1)
* pending (1)
How the hell does the government pour money into something, it, in of itself, has no money. The only way it can spend money is by stealing it from you and me. I for one am tired of seeing 40+% of my pay check being swallowed up every pay cycle. If you want to fund so much research, you spend your paycheck, don't spend mine.
If the modding "system" is completely arbitrary and you click a button to do the modding and you have mod points and when you click the button, the appropriate mod is applied, it doesn't seem broken to me. Whine Whine Whine, the mod system is broken because you don't mod what I want you to. Blah Blah Blah. I am so important with my fake website name that won't even load up, why won't anyone listen to me and give me mod points.
Even Linux requires patches, is it because Torvalds and his leigons of OSS bots didn't "design it right in the first place"? It could be due to bad design, or it could be due to bad implementation of said design. Good design does not automatically mean good implementation and vice versa. However, for MS I believe that it generally runs that they have bad designs implemented from horribly to slightly ok. It would seem to me that they create bad designs in order to keep anyone else from creating a good implementation. Thus creating a feedback loop where their products are always better than the competition, where by eliminating said competition and locking in users due to one, what probably seemed inconsequential, choice to use an MS product to begin with.
While Interstate Highways usually receive substantial federal funding and comply with federal standards, they are owned, built, and operated by the states in which they are located. The only exception is the federally-owned Woodrow Wilson Bridge on the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495). The federally owned parts of the interstate highway system are big pieces of crap.
Battle of Normandy? Result of a great government fuck up
After Apollo 11, there was this.
All that for a measly $135 billion. Such sweet success!
Try http://www.djtonexpress.com/. Software is only 10 bucks. Allows you to send any song to just about any phone on a good selection of carriers in the US as a full song, or snipit. Also has free plugins to do do stuff like wallpaper and such.
Pure java application. Stable. Runs on Linux, Windows, OSX, UNIX, etc. http://www.moneydance.com./ Built to replace Quicken. Integrates with your bank, payment service like paytrust and credit cards. Not as refined as Quicken and a couple of things I like better about quicken, but it's only $30.00. And if you continuously upgrade to the beta versions, you don't have to pay an upgrade fee from what I've seen. If you run Lin/Freespire it's available in CNR.
So vote for Bush/Kerry and help them find their WMD's, which, hey they they don't exist. How's the whole basis of the "War" in Iraq anything but a scare tactic?
Bush, Kerry, Cheney and Edwards, are some of the biggest Scare/War mongerers out there.
I had a dream, the other night I didn't understand, a figure walking through the mist, with a flintlock in his hand, his clothes were torn & dirty, as he stood there by my bed, he took off his three-cornered hat, & speaking low he said:
we fought a revolution to secure liberty, we wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave, in this, the land of the free & home of the brave.
The freedom was secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep, but tyrants labored endlessly, while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone - your courage lost - you've no more than a slave in this, the land of the free & the home of the brave.
You buy permits to travel & permits to own a gun, permits to start a business or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent, although you have no voice in choosing how the money's spent.
Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate, your moral values can't be taught, according to the State.
You read about the current "news" in a very biased press, you pay a tax you do not owe, to please the IRS.
Your money is no longer made of silver or of gold, you trade your wealth for paper, so life can be controlled.
You pay for crimes that make our Nation turn from G-d to shame, you've taken Satin's number, as you've traded in your name.
You've given government control to those who do harm, so they can padlock churches, & steal the family farm.
They keep our country deep in debt, put men of G-d in jail, harass your fellow countrymen while corrupted courts prevail.
Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they're sworn, your daughters visit doctors so children won't be born.
Your leaders ship artillery & guns to foreign shores & send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars.
Can you regain your freedom for which we fought & died?
Or don't you have the courage or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children to live in fear & be a slave?
Sons of the Republic, arise & take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our Republic & each G-d given right!
And pray to G-d to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!
As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came, his words were true, we are not free & we have ourselves to blame.
For even now tyrants trample our G-d given rights, we only watch & tremble - too afraid to stand & fight.
If he stood by your bedside in a dream while you're asleep, & wonder what remains of your right he fought to keep.
What would be your answer if he called out from the grave?
Is this still, the land of the free & home of the brave?
Slashdot Mirror
Iran is a net exporter of crude oil and a net importer of refined motor gasoline. The USA is a net importer of crude oil and a net exporter of refined motor gasoline. Iran has no refineries. They subsidize the cost of gasoline based of the exports of oil. Gasoline is really really cheap in Iran. Some of the data is a little old that I found.. so things could be slightly different now. sources: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_exp_dc_NUS-Z00_mbblpd_a.htm http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_imp_dc_NUS-Z00_mbblpd_a.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/03/AR2005070301042_2.html
See? Things are so bad that even when a politician says what I want to hear (and in a sincere way), I still can't trust him. So, you are going to vote for the one that is obviously lying, you know has an ulterior motive, doesn't say what you want to hear, and that you don't trust? I wish this wasn't the only time I had heard such a f*d up train of though purporting to be logic and reason. Does our country have a collective case of Stockholm Syndrome?
Yea, murderers have an opportunity for parole, just like thieves.
I don't care whether my stories are rejected or not, but the one that is still pending shouldn't be pending after three days as far as I'm concerned. It should be rejected or accepted. As far as bias, when they stop accepting advertoblogs and self-promoters, they can claim they reject things due to a great deal of bias.
Perhaps CmdrTaco is too busy approving his own stories, but I posted a story about Napster going 100% MP3 this year and it never got picked up and is still pending. The approval of postings lately seems to have gone down by about 200% from what it was this time last year. Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system: * 2008-01-07 15:04:54 Napster to go 100% MP3 (IT,Music) (pending) * 2007-11-28 04:50:33 Forcefield for your browser (IT,Security) (rejected) * 2007-09-10 18:57:27 That web OS we've all been waiting for! (Features,Operating Systems) (accepted) * 2007-03-27 01:57:20 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 (Politics,Republicans) (rejected) Summary: * rejected (2) * accepted (1) * pending (1)
How the hell does the government pour money into something, it, in of itself, has no money. The only way it can spend money is by stealing it from you and me. I for one am tired of seeing 40+% of my pay check being swallowed up every pay cycle. If you want to fund so much research, you spend your paycheck, don't spend mine.
I may be wrong, but I believe those quotes are from Lazarus Long -> Robert Heinlein.
How is it broken? It's completely arbitrary and seems to be working fine to me.
If the modding "system" is completely arbitrary and you click a button to do the modding and you have mod points and when you click the button, the appropriate mod is applied, it doesn't seem broken to me. Whine Whine Whine, the mod system is broken because you don't mod what I want you to. Blah Blah Blah. I am so important with my fake website name that won't even load up, why won't anyone listen to me and give me mod points.
Because Bill Gates is God.
Battle of Normandy? Result of a great government fuck up
After Apollo 11, there was this.
All that for a measly $135 billion.
Such sweet success!
Try http://www.djtonexpress.com/. Software is only 10 bucks. Allows you to send any song to just about any phone on a good selection of carriers in the US as a full song, or snipit. Also has free plugins to do do stuff like wallpaper and such.
Pure java application. Stable. Runs on Linux, Windows, OSX, UNIX, etc. http://www.moneydance.com./ Built to replace Quicken. Integrates with your bank, payment service like paytrust and credit cards. Not as refined as Quicken and a couple of things I like better about quicken, but it's only $30.00. And if you continuously upgrade to the beta versions, you don't have to pay an upgrade fee from what I've seen. If you run Lin/Freespire it's available in CNR.
So vote for Bush/Kerry and help them find their WMD's, which, hey they they don't exist. How's the whole basis of the "War" in Iraq anything but a scare tactic? Bush, Kerry, Cheney and Edwards, are some of the biggest Scare/War mongerers out there.
The Ghost of Valley Forge
(author unknown)
I had a dream, the other night I didn't understand, a figure walking through the mist, with a flintlock in his hand, his clothes were torn & dirty, as he stood there by my bed, he took off his three-cornered hat, & speaking low he said:
we fought a revolution to secure liberty, we wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave, in this, the land of the free & home of the brave.
The freedom was secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep, but tyrants labored endlessly, while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone - your courage lost - you've no more than a slave in this, the land of the free & the home of the brave.
You buy permits to travel & permits to own a gun, permits to start a business or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent, although you have no voice in choosing how the money's spent.
Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate, your moral values can't be taught, according to the State.
You read about the current "news" in a very biased press, you pay a tax you do not owe, to please the IRS.
Your money is no longer made of silver or of gold, you trade your wealth for paper, so life can be controlled.
You pay for crimes that make our Nation turn from G-d to shame, you've taken Satin's number, as you've traded in your name.
You've given government control to those who do harm, so they can padlock churches, & steal the family farm.
They keep our country deep in debt, put men of G-d in jail, harass your fellow countrymen while corrupted courts prevail.
Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they're sworn, your daughters visit doctors so children won't be born.
Your leaders ship artillery & guns to foreign shores & send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars.
Can you regain your freedom for which we fought & died?
Or don't you have the courage or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children to live in fear & be a slave?
Sons of the Republic, arise & take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our Republic & each G-d given right!
And pray to G-d to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!
As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came, his words were true, we are not free & we have ourselves to blame.
For even now tyrants trample our G-d given rights, we only watch & tremble - too afraid to stand & fight.
If he stood by your bedside in a dream while you're asleep, & wonder what remains of your right he fought to keep.
What would be your answer if he called out from the grave?
Is this still, the land of the free & home of the brave?