Google for "Jersey City corruption" or "Albany, NY democratic machine". Patronage, graft and corruption have been a feature of US politics for 200 years.
Find me a story about people just randomly doing good for others. Nobody wants to hear a story every day on how Joe Schmoe went another day without accepting a bribe. Just because it's not reported doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Yes, some politicians are corrupt. Same in the US, same in the EU, same in Japan, etc. I would hardly call "patronage, graft, and corruption" a feature of US politics.
As for your other examples, you're still not being very specific. When was a defendant from a state case retried by the federal government on civil rights charges? As for the TSA bit, I've never had a problem with airport security. Not to mention that the search of airlines passengers is protected under the fourth amendment. Go read the Constitution. You might want to look up some case law while you're at it. Try United States v. Biswell, 406 US 311, 1972. As for the police search, try Carroll v. US, 267 US 132, 1925 and New York v. Belton, 453 US 454, 1981.
There's plenty of case law on the FCC and your fairly misinformed claim regarding the fifth amendment. I leave finding it as an exercise for the reader.
The campus network being blazing fast will only encourage file trading and MPAA/RIAA violations internally.
This is the best reason, aside from sheer naivete, that they would take the default configurations for the macs (at least for the 17" PowerBook and the G5) of a SuperDrive, which includes the DVD-R, and replace with the ComboDrive. I'm also curious about why you need a 15" screen minimum -- what about those nifty 12" powerbooks?
The lying-est politicians ever known
A constitution that has no meaning, because not a single line of it hasn't been overruled.
While I might agree with your other points, at least to an extent, I take issue with these two.
First, about our politicians being the "lying-est" ever known -- have you ever been to, say, South America? Russia? Africa? I think that when you have cases where a country has to make a rule for its first democratic elections that no person who ever took over the country using military force can't run for office, and one suc person turns around, pays off the courts so he can run, I think you have a problem.
Now, what's this about no single line of the constitution hasn't been "overruled?" This is not only wrong, but also a very ignorant statement to make. Feel free to give an example of what you mean.
The french helped you fight us off, the french bled and died fighting for your freedom. That makes any jibe by an american toward them (ala the republicans not long ago) a spew of filth.
Geez. I'm glad someone finally "gets it." I know that we're taught the whole "French saved our asses" thing in school growing up, but for some reason almost everyone I know is more than ready to make fun of 'em if they get the chance. Just makes you wonder about all the things in DC named "Lafayette." Sure, it was 200 some odd years ago, but still.
fuck you, you stinking fucks. this is where anti-americanism stems from. right here, from your stinking ignorance and disrespect.
You do have to admit though: It's kinda sad that everyone in the world knows why people hate us except us.
As a nice coincidence, my fortune at the bottom of the page right now reads:
I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it. -- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Oh, and don't forget that they have much better food.
The question remains is what happens if Frame Dragging isn't observed - will the experiment be wrong (in other words there's no point to it), or will we get faster-than-light ships for Christmas?
Let me put it this way:
Greetings from next Tuesday!
I beleive that the working name is MTIM, but is commonly referred to by the users as "Mr. TIM"
Unfortunately, due to a contracting snafu, the codebase centers largely around Microsoft Bob, dubbed by the same users as "Ms. Bob"
The premise of the software operates on the belief that there are only certain phrases that troops will need to share. For example, an Iraqi and Canadian can collaborate effortlessly on a word processing document, but "Don't shoot them, they're friendly" requires additional modules be purchased at an outrageous markup and are only available through very few resellers, and not from the company itself. Enemy forces are understanding though, and have agreed to warn troops of their activities ahead of time so that they can properly procure the needed modules.
One troop was quoted as saying "Hey, at least it's not that damned paperclip asking me if I'd like help shooting anyone."
Yeah, I'll agree with you that the iMacs are a pain in the ass to even just open, but given how easy all the other models are to open, it kinda makes up for it.
As for making your own mac from scratch, this is possible, just not mainstream. You can order all sorts of various sundry parts, including the motherboard, etc., from different places online. I know it's not quite the same, but last time I looked (about a year ago) the parts available would have allowed one to save about $400-500 on a normal mac. It could be argued that this allows a little more flexibility than ordering one preassembled, but, as you say, that's not their objective. And plus, most people who buy macs don't really look at the price. Like me. I just look at the price afterwards. It's real easy to blow $5000 at the apple store in one sitting.:p
Minimum requirements are 1.3 GHZ Pentium III/AMD equivalent or better with 256MB of RAM
Perhaps I'm missing some fundamental requirement of cluster comptuing, but why wouldn't macs work? I'm sure a 1.25 ghz G4 could hold its own with the above mentioned. It can also run linux. College campuses seem to be a hotbed of mac users, so it seems that they would want to tap this. Does clustering require that all nodes be of the same architecture?
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I always thought it was because "V" looks like the tip of a glue bottle.
:)
I like your explanation better.
Google for "Jersey City corruption" or "Albany, NY democratic machine". Patronage, graft and corruption have been a feature of US politics for 200 years.
Find me a story about people just randomly doing good for others. Nobody wants to hear a story every day on how Joe Schmoe went another day without accepting a bribe. Just because it's not reported doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Yes, some politicians are corrupt. Same in the US, same in the EU, same in Japan, etc. I would hardly call "patronage, graft, and corruption" a feature of US politics.
As for your other examples, you're still not being very specific. When was a defendant from a state case retried by the federal government on civil rights charges? As for the TSA bit, I've never had a problem with airport security. Not to mention that the search of airlines passengers is protected under the fourth amendment. Go read the Constitution. You might want to look up some case law while you're at it. Try United States v. Biswell, 406 US 311, 1972. As for the police search, try Carroll v. US, 267 US 132, 1925 and New York v. Belton, 453 US 454, 1981.
There's plenty of case law on the FCC and your fairly misinformed claim regarding the fifth amendment. I leave finding it as an exercise for the reader.
I backed up my points. You do the same.
You immediately have a problem in any democracy when someone decides that certain candidates are ineligible for political reasons.
Just what popular candidate are you talking about?
This was clearly a rule made to bar one specific individual from running - which clearly means he had a good chance of winning if he was allowed to.
That's a very specious line of reasoning. Care to back it up?
The campus network being blazing fast will only encourage file trading and MPAA/RIAA violations internally.
This is the best reason, aside from sheer naivete, that they would take the default configurations for the macs (at least for the 17" PowerBook and the G5) of a SuperDrive, which includes the DVD-R, and replace with the ComboDrive. I'm also curious about why you need a 15" screen minimum -- what about those nifty 12" powerbooks?
The lying-est politicians ever known
A constitution that has no meaning, because not a single line of it hasn't been overruled.
While I might agree with your other points, at least to an extent, I take issue with these two.
First, about our politicians being the "lying-est" ever known -- have you ever been to, say, South America? Russia? Africa? I think that when you have cases where a country has to make a rule for its first democratic elections that no person who ever took over the country using military force can't run for office, and one suc person turns around, pays off the courts so he can run, I think you have a problem.
Now, what's this about no single line of the constitution hasn't been "overruled?" This is not only wrong, but also a very ignorant statement to make. Feel free to give an example of what you mean.
Using one's own source and properly citing it is one thing. You did cite it with a footnote or endnote, right?
Geez. I'm glad someone finally "gets it." I know that we're taught the whole "French saved our asses" thing in school growing up, but for some reason almost everyone I know is more than ready to make fun of 'em if they get the chance. Just makes you wonder about all the things in DC named "Lafayette." Sure, it was 200 some odd years ago, but still.
fuck you, you stinking fucks. this is where anti-americanism stems from. right here, from your stinking ignorance and disrespect.
You do have to admit though: It's kinda sad that everyone in the world knows why people hate us except us.
As a nice coincidence, my fortune at the bottom of the page right now reads: Oh, and don't forget that they have much better food.
The person holding that MP3 player is almost certainly a man.
I'm not sure if it is a man holding it, but whoever it is has two left hands. Creepy!
Let's all send them email to make sure that they have our addresses...
Sweet!
As long as they don't have to send everyone an apology...
Quite frankly, the gull looks slightly... challenged. Not a good image for either open office or for a subprject aimed at schools
:)
Yes, but how about an open office subproject aimed at schools for the "challenged"...
Hey, give him a break: his editor was out of the office.
Huh? How could vi leave his office?
...John Titor, by chance?
;)
Yup, that's me.
Oh, by the way, next week isn't going to be too good for you. Think twice before eating that fish you have in the fridge.
The question remains is what happens if Frame Dragging isn't observed - will the experiment be wrong (in other words there's no point to it), or will we get faster-than-light ships for Christmas?
:)
Let me put it this way:
Greetings from next Tuesday!
Some Americans have yet to receive their forty acres and mules.
Really? Then explain why there are so many asses everywhere.
How many companies these days are willing to drop money into some technology that may not turn a profit for many years?
;)
I don't know... quakka.com sure comes to mind though.
and for simulating ocean waves, having low-end systems rely on basic sine waves while higher-end machines use more sophisticated methods.
It looks better if you just use a cosine...
I beleive that the working name is MTIM, but is commonly referred to by the users as "Mr. TIM"
:/
Unfortunately, due to a contracting snafu, the codebase centers largely around Microsoft Bob, dubbed by the same users as "Ms. Bob"
The premise of the software operates on the belief that there are only certain phrases that troops will need to share. For example, an Iraqi and Canadian can collaborate effortlessly on a word processing document, but "Don't shoot them, they're friendly" requires additional modules be purchased at an outrageous markup and are only available through very few resellers, and not from the company itself. Enemy forces are understanding though, and have agreed to warn troops of their activities ahead of time so that they can properly procure the needed modules.
One troop was quoted as saying "Hey, at least it's not that damned paperclip asking me if I'd like help shooting anyone."
Sorry -- it's the sleep dep...
Aww, And here I was still waiting for Godzilla Vs. Roseanne!
I don't get it -- if you're going to have a super monster match-up, wouldn't you choose two different monsters?
And I'll just go to hell right now...
Sheesh. I'm not a parent and I know what you're talking about :p
-mo
It's rather upsetting.
So, does this mean that we'll never get "Godzilla: The Musical?"
'Coz that would have been cool.
-err...
This finally explains why this thinkpad won't stop its incessant beeping.
Yeah, I'll agree with you that the iMacs are a pain in the ass to even just open, but given how easy all the other models are to open, it kinda makes up for it.
:p
As for making your own mac from scratch, this is possible, just not mainstream. You can order all sorts of various sundry parts, including the motherboard, etc., from different places online. I know it's not quite the same, but last time I looked (about a year ago) the parts available would have allowed one to save about $400-500 on a normal mac. It could be argued that this allows a little more flexibility than ordering one preassembled, but, as you say, that's not their objective. And plus, most people who buy macs don't really look at the price. Like me. I just look at the price afterwards. It's real easy to blow $5000 at the apple store in one sitting.
Minimum requirements are 1.3 GHZ Pentium III/AMD equivalent or better with 256MB of RAM
Perhaps I'm missing some fundamental requirement of cluster comptuing, but why wouldn't macs work? I'm sure a 1.25 ghz G4 could hold its own with the above mentioned. It can also run linux. College campuses seem to be a hotbed of mac users, so it seems that they would want to tap this. Does clustering require that all nodes be of the same architecture?
If you'd like a full listing of all the SCO IP currently on your computer, try running this little bit:
Hope that helps.