" Since the U.N. is inherently a governing entity, it will invariably feel the need to regulate everything it can."
== The UN governs NOTHING. They may WANT to..but they dont.. The UN, the 'nice' way of putting it', was to be a point of gathering for all nations with the goal of avoiding conflict thru discussion. They have NO REAL POWER. These days, its nothing more than a place for tin hat dictators to gather and kick the US in shins.
The UN has done nothing but try to 'grab some power' to legitimize itself. Of course 'actions' have nothing to do with the UN. When it comes to action, they only run away or feed a few refugees. Yes, humanitarian assistance is all I can give em points for.
The internet is simply another stratagy to gain some 'power'. It will never happen. The net is 'inherently free'. The UN is 'inherently a socialist wannabe world power'. The two simply dont mix.
"Same with gyroscopic mice -- they're going the way of the Dodo, despite happy predictions."
== Check out http://www.gyration.com Their gyroscopic mice also work as conventional optical mice. I use their mouse (and wireless RF) keyboard with my media pc hooked up to the TV. It works great! I cant imagine NOT having a gyroscopic/conventional optical mouse.
The inventers of the Buggy whip are also looking for the next 'big thing'
Granted... this statement is not to belittle those that created the AT command set and Modulation/demoduation protocols, but rather to illustrate that technology marches on....
Its the same thing thats going on today as in 2000.. Only MORE...
Its called referring to history... Additionally I was simply stressing the information that was glossed over in that link by the AC poster...
Fox memo.. Oh..that news organization that has democrats going banannas?!? One would think they would simply counter, with facts, anything that is reported...
Hmmm..they must be doing something right..as in NOT LYING or skewing the news... Afterall, crazy liberals just LOVE to sue.. If what Fox has to report is soooo wrong, you'd think they'd be sue'd out of business by now... (shrug)
Spouting political dogma is a stupidity illness. Not to mention a reflection of how brainwashed and easily manipulated you are.
I'm sure you'll call me a "liberal" now that I've "insulted" you with "ad hominem" attacks. But you'd be 100% wrong.
Just end it now. You're just that much more waste of human flesh."
====
It IS a mental illiness!! I can PROVE it!!
Clinically, a mental illness can be demostrated by doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different outcome.
Liberals: Want univeral health care.. Failed in Europe..canada et al.. Failed by way of never improving health care. See Hillarycare...
Stripping away of property rights. See the Greens lobbying efforts for environmental policy that robs property owners of their rights to satisfy the sactuaries of bugs/birds etc... BTW(a classic).. The famous 'spotted owl' BS was easly dismissed when they found these owls living in department store signs thus negating their 'facts' that the owl could only survive in a protected habitat.. They didnt stop on that issue...
Welfare.. Liberals LOVE giving money to folks who choose not to work.. "Lets give em money..that'll fix it"... Ooops..now we have to give MORE money to more people those on the public dole...Lets give more..that'll fix it.."...etc..etc..etc..round and round we go... The only thing that stopped that maddness was republican invocation of welfare reform...
An all incompassing point.. The liberal's race to socialism!! Yeah! Its been tried..and tried..and tried..only to result in MILLIONS of deaths and the decline of nations.. Yet liberals simply believe we need to 'try it again' here in the US...
Or perhaps I should just change my sig to: "Liberalism generates the complete opposite of its stated intent" Pick a liberal issue..apply that theory.. and you'll understand...
PS..I love debating liberals.. Its easy when you have the facts... Plus its fun for the whole family!!
" You want just one? How about 106 people who have raised more than $200,000 for Bush in the 2004 campaign."
====
Thanks for the effort of proof... But I'm afraid it still falls short.. Upon closer examination from your link we find..
"Thanks in large part to 242 wealthy "Pioneers" who bundled together at least $100,000 worth of $1,000 checks, George W. Bush shattered presidential fundraising records in 2000"
Hence...regardless of how the funds were gathered, the fact remains that the funds comply with current reforms. This as opposed to BIG MONEY (Unions, hollyweird) for the democrats that subvert the fundemental spirt of McCain/Fiengold. (Mind you..I never supported that Act due to other limitations contained..) Bush simply smokes the dems in terms of individual low dollar contributions...
Nice try... (You should read your links more carefully...)
"I voted Republican last election, and I am ashamed. I am not about to switch to another party. I am simply about to leave this country. I am sick of it here. I hope to be able to leave the country before my son has to start school in the U.S."
===========
Dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
" By 'the little guy', you mean the hundreds of CEOs that call their CEO friends and executives and pledge upwards of 200,000-500,000 dollars for Bush's campaign?" =====================
No proof..no nothing from this poster..and he gets a "2" to my "1" in Score..
So.. Give me just one CEO that has contributed "200 or 500 thousand dollars" to the Bush campaign...
Bah... Just more junk that can't be backed up with facts..
" Perhaps the entertainment industry doesn't need to give as much money to the Republicans because they're already got them in thier pocket? They're still trying to buy the democrats, so they have to dump more money toward them.
Just an alternate theory." =========== Err..no..just a goofy knee jerk post...
In terms of contributions, the Republicans are smokin' the Demmocommies by a factor of 2 to 1. The republicans are getting more money from 'the little guy' in compliance with the McCain/Fiengold finance reform.. (Poor Dem's... screwed themselves.. They depend of fat-cat Hollyweird types moreso than anybody else..Oh..can you say "George Soros"??)
So..please.. Enough with the misinformed, bumpsticker rants against republicans...
Ya.. I know this will get mod'd down.. But hey.. Typical liberals always try to stifle free speech when its not THEIR free speech..(shrug)
"The Pentagon is the only institution in the US that gets more than 1 billion dollars a year. On top of that, it is also the only institution that doesn't have to open the books for auditing. They spend the money, no questions asked..."
=============
Oh and to address that silly remark...
The pentagon IS suject to autiting by the General Accounting office..
"why dont we take the money they spent on this nice government action and put it to some good use, like education.
Excellent plan. Allow me to make small adaptation: Why don't we take the money they spend on the military and put it to some good use, like education? The Pentagon is the only institution in the US that gets more than 1 billion dollars a year. On top of that, it is also the only institution that doesn't have to open the books for auditing. They spend the money, no questions asked..."
====================
Offtopic...but I'm getting sick of the 'education card'..
Education? Pfftt..at 12K per student I dont think so.. Folks whine that 'we need more money'.. Bzzt.. NOT. This country used to turn out far more educated students in the days of the "little red shoolhouse' that cost a fraction of what it costs today, yet we now turn out 'graduates' that can bearly read, have no knowledge of the country's history..yet have been fully indoctrinated in the 'diversity' brainwashing... Merit based programs for teachers? Pfft..unions shot that down..God forbid teachers have to demonstrate some kind of knowledge.. Vouchers? Pfft.. Letting PARENTS make a choice as to where/how thier kids are educatated? Again, teachers unions are against this..they'll lose power. (They say 'its for the children'..Nope..its for their own worthless butts..)
So..enough of this 'more money for education'.. Its a lie.. You want to fix education? Start with the unions and giving the PARENTS the ability choose how to education THEIR children...
"O really, I think the difference is their governement spent 80 b$ on its people, and your government spent it blowing up other people to protect halliburtons revenue."
First off, your beginning premis is all wrong..
The g'ment didnt spend 80 billion.. The 'peoples' hard work provided the funds, the g'ment just redirected it.
I disregard silly statements like yours as the g'ment produces NOTHING.. Its an economic short circuit that feeds off the livelyhood of populations.
When was the last time you bought something that was labeled "Made by the xxxxx Government" ??
Sure, it is going to cut into profits, but printer manufacturers have a very easy way of fighting back: if you use third party consumables, you void your warranty. And this is a perfectly reasonable tactic, because you can't expect a printer manufacturer to insure a product that is using components who's quality they have no way of controlling./QUOTE
=========
Not so fast Buzz...
Compatible replacement cartridges and supplies do not void Printer Warranty, which is proven by the following US Congress Legislation.
MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act United States Code Annotated Title 15 Commerce and Trade Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 Section 2302
No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the commission if:
1) The warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and
2) The Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest.
This means that printer manufacturers cannot void the warranty on your printer because you use supplies and products manufactured by a third party manufacturer.
We cannot replace a printer or have it fixed should any problems occur from using a remanufactured or compatible cartridge. We guarantee our products from any faults and we have not had a single case of a printer being ruined by a cartridge sold by us.
"The research paper also mentions that everyday, we are using the fossil fuel equivalent of all the plants growing during a whole year just for our cars. Even if these numbers are too large, this still makes you think about how inefficient our cars are."
I dont think its the 'cars' that are inefficient...
It's the 'plants' that are inefficient... Its the *plants* that ultimately yielded only 1 gallon of fuel.
We need better plants..not cars...:D
> " As long as they are compensated and treated the same as Americans. Humans are not a commodity. H1B's generally come from desperate situations so of course they _will_ work for a lot less than Americans, but that doesn't mean that it's ethical to exploit the desperate situation in which they came from."
So whats the point of hiring em in favor or US workers?!?!? In the context of the issue, this is Pretzel logic at its finest...
I'm a student at Berklee College of Music, and a very serious musician. You do music because you enjoy it, but at the same time- by the time i'm outta here, I'll have over 60 Grand in college loans and i'll be damned if I just 'love music' and not try to pay that off, get a house, get a car, etc.
60 Grand?!?! Are you HIGH?! Sure..I like music too. And I play guitar as well. I picked up a MUSIC BOOK...Learned to play on my own..started a band..and had a good time. After that.. I got REAL..got a real JOB and got that house, car..etc. Oh..and the old music book.. It only cost 20 bux.
If you have the TALENT.. You should have to pay 60 grand to learn a few tunes...
To keep the costs down on a backup server, I spec'd it out with 4 200GB Maxtor drivers hanging off a 3ware RAID controller. After all is said and done, RAID 5 and formated. I have a 568GB Array for a fraction of the cost of a SCSI equivilent.
This server is not a 99.9999 uptime server, but it needed big storage. If a drive fries...nobody is going to complain if its down while a drive is being replaced and the array gets rebuilt. Its simple enough to pick up up another low cost IDE drive and slap it in..(By the time one does blow..of course the price point for 200GB drives will be even lower than 2day). In a real pinch,when adding or replacing a drive, I can buy a drive at the local computer shop... This as opposed to waiting on vendor to send out their 'specific' SCSI drive with their proprietary trays (HP!)
So ya.. I see IDE having a role in the enterprise. It remains to be seen if the 'enterpise' IDE drives live up to their billing.
You'll still need a floppy drive if you want to install non-standard(i.e. not included with NT) RAID controller.
If you simply boot off the CD, you can't install the additional controller driver. You MUST use the FLOPPY method of setup.
Also.
It would be a neat trick to update your BIOS without a clean boot from a floppy drive.
Why waste 700Meg of write once storage for a 6K file?
Personally, I'd rather keep my floppy. It may not get used much, but when its the last resort, it will get me 'outside' the OS(NTFSPRO) so I can manually get to the file system to do any repairs.
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" Since the U.N. is inherently a governing entity, it will invariably feel the need to regulate everything it can."
==
The UN governs NOTHING.
They may WANT to..but they dont..
The UN, the 'nice' way of putting it', was to be a point of gathering for all nations with the goal of avoiding conflict thru discussion.
They have NO REAL POWER.
These days, its nothing more than a place for tin hat dictators to gather and kick the US in shins.
The UN has done nothing but try to 'grab some power' to legitimize itself.
Of course 'actions' have nothing to do with the UN. When it comes to action, they only run away or feed a few refugees. Yes, humanitarian assistance is all I can give em points for.
The internet is simply another stratagy to gain some 'power'.
It will never happen.
The net is 'inherently free'.
The UN is 'inherently a socialist wannabe world power'.
The two simply dont mix.
"Same with gyroscopic mice -- they're going the way of the Dodo, despite happy predictions."
==
Check out http://www.gyration.com
Their gyroscopic mice also work as conventional optical mice. I use their mouse (and wireless RF) keyboard with my media pc hooked up to the TV.
It works great! I cant imagine NOT having a gyroscopic/conventional optical mouse.
Gee.. and they have my email address...
Would they? Could they?...give their collected mail addresses to their 'partners'/'customers'?
10 Send report of spam to spamcop
20 spam cop 'parters' spam you
30 goto 10
How is that 'off topic'?
;-)
(Me things my sig pissed somebody off!)
And yes.. 'this' post IS off topic..
The inventers of the Buggy whip are also looking for the next 'big thing'
Granted... this statement is not to belittle those that created the AT command set and Modulation/demoduation protocols, but rather to illustrate that technology marches on....
Its the same thing thats going on today as in 2000.. Only MORE...
Its called referring to history...
Additionally I was simply stressing the information that was glossed over in that link by the AC poster...
Fox memo..
Oh..that news organization that has democrats going banannas?!?
One would think they would simply counter, with facts, anything that is reported...
Hmmm..they must be doing something right..as in NOT LYING or skewing the news...
Afterall, crazy liberals just LOVE to sue..
If what Fox has to report is soooo wrong, you'd think they'd be sue'd out of business by now... (shrug)
" "Liberalism is a Mental Illness"
..and tried..and tried..only to result in MILLIONS of deaths and the decline of nations.. Yet liberals simply believe we need to 'try it again' here in the US...
Spouting political dogma is a stupidity illness. Not to mention a reflection of how brainwashed and easily manipulated you are.
I'm sure you'll call me a "liberal" now that I've "insulted" you with "ad hominem" attacks. But you'd be 100% wrong.
Just end it now. You're just that much more waste of human flesh."
====
It IS a mental illiness!!
I can PROVE it!!
Clinically, a mental illness can be demostrated by doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different outcome.
Liberals:
Want univeral health care.. Failed in Europe..canada et al.. Failed by way of never improving health care.
See Hillarycare...
Stripping away of property rights.
See the Greens lobbying efforts for environmental policy that robs property owners of their rights to satisfy the sactuaries of bugs/birds etc...
BTW(a classic).. The famous 'spotted owl' BS was easly dismissed when they found these owls living in department store signs thus negating their 'facts' that the owl could only survive in a protected habitat..
They didnt stop on that issue...
Welfare..
Liberals LOVE giving money to folks who choose not to work..
"Lets give em money..that'll fix it"...
Ooops..now we have to give MORE money to more people those on the public dole...Lets give more..that'll fix it.."...etc..etc..etc..round and round we go...
The only thing that stopped that maddness was republican invocation of welfare reform...
An all incompassing point.. The liberal's race to socialism!! Yeah!
Its been tried
Or perhaps I should just change my sig to:
"Liberalism generates the complete opposite of its stated intent"
Pick a liberal issue..apply that theory.. and you'll understand...
PS..I love debating liberals.. Its easy when you have the facts... Plus its fun for the whole family!!
" You want just one? How about 106 people who have raised more than $200,000 for Bush in the 2004 campaign."
====
Thanks for the effort of proof...
But I'm afraid it still falls short..
Upon closer examination from your link we find..
"Thanks in large part to 242 wealthy "Pioneers" who bundled together at least $100,000 worth of $1,000 checks, George W. Bush shattered presidential fundraising records in 2000"
Hence...regardless of how the funds were gathered, the fact remains that the funds comply with current reforms. This as opposed to BIG MONEY (Unions, hollyweird) for the democrats that subvert the fundemental spirt of McCain/Fiengold.
(Mind you..I never supported that Act due to other limitations contained..)
Bush simply smokes the dems in terms of individual low dollar contributions...
Nice try... (You should read your links more carefully...)
"I voted Republican last election, and I am ashamed. I am not about to switch to another party. I am simply about to leave this country. I am sick of it here. I hope to be able to leave the country before my son has to start school in the U.S."
===========
Dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
" By 'the little guy', you mean the hundreds of CEOs that call their CEO friends and executives and pledge upwards of 200,000-500,000 dollars for Bush's campaign?"
=====================
No proof..no nothing from this poster..and he gets a "2" to my "1" in Score..
So..
Give me just one CEO that has contributed "200 or 500 thousand dollars" to the Bush campaign...
Bah...
Just more junk that can't be backed up with facts..
Liberalism is a Mental Illness
" Perhaps the entertainment industry doesn't need to give as much money to the Republicans because they're already got them in thier pocket? They're still trying to buy the democrats, so they have to dump more money toward them.
Just an alternate theory."
===========
Err..no..just a goofy knee jerk post...
In terms of contributions, the Republicans are smokin' the Demmocommies by a factor of 2 to 1.
The republicans are getting more money from 'the little guy' in compliance with the McCain/Fiengold finance reform..
(Poor Dem's... screwed themselves.. They depend of fat-cat Hollyweird types moreso than anybody else..Oh..can you say "George Soros"??)
So..please..
Enough with the misinformed, bumpsticker rants against republicans...
Ya.. I know this will get mod'd down..
But hey.. Typical liberals always try to stifle free speech when its not THEIR free speech..(shrug)
Liberalism is a Mental Illness....
My capture board of choice..
I'm currently on my 3rd AIW ATI card. Good bang for the buck and darn good perfomance.
I've used other boards like Osprey but ATI's gear always seems to do it better, and tends to have better bundled software and 3rd party support.
Up until recently, The Mach chipset in older AIW's was 'ok' for gaming. But I wasnt much into gaming. I preferred em for capturing.
But now.. They have a great cap card AND gaming card!
I'd say ATI today, is what Voodoo was a few years ago..
" Let's not forget that this guy lost an election to someone who had died before we nominate him for any humanitarian awards."
:D
===========
That just proves that liberals continue to vote for braindead candidates..
"The Pentagon is the only institution in the US that gets more than 1 billion dollars a year. On top of that, it is also the only institution that doesn't have to open the books for auditing. They spend the money, no questions asked..." ============= Oh and to address that silly remark... The pentagon IS suject to autiting by the General Accounting office..
"why dont we take the money they spent on this nice government action and put it to some good use, like education.
Excellent plan. Allow me to make small adaptation:
Why don't we take the money they spend on the military and put it to some good use, like education?
The Pentagon is the only institution in the US that gets more than 1 billion dollars a year. On top of that, it is also the only institution that doesn't have to open the books for auditing. They spend the money, no questions asked..."
====================
Offtopic...but I'm getting sick of the 'education card'..
Education?
Pfftt..at 12K per student I dont think so..
Folks whine that 'we need more money'..
Bzzt.. NOT.
This country used to turn out far more educated students in the days of the "little red shoolhouse' that cost a fraction of what it costs today, yet we now turn out 'graduates' that can bearly read, have no knowledge of the country's history..yet have been fully indoctrinated in the 'diversity' brainwashing...
Merit based programs for teachers? Pfft..unions shot that down..God forbid teachers have to demonstrate some kind of knowledge..
Vouchers? Pfft.. Letting PARENTS make a choice as to where/how thier kids are educatated? Again, teachers unions are against this..they'll lose power. (They say 'its for the children'..Nope..its for their own worthless butts..)
So..enough of this 'more money for education'..
Its a lie..
You want to fix education? Start with the unions and giving the PARENTS the ability choose how to education THEIR children...
Where did you get YOUR numbers?
Defense as a pecentage of GDP:
Korean Conflict 14.2%
Vietnam Conflict 9.5%
Carter Era 4.7%
Reagan Buildup 6.3%
FYI 03 Defense Budget 3.5%
Please do your homework before spouting of such numbers...
Thank you..Please drive thru...
First off, your beginning premis is all wrong.. The g'ment didnt spend 80 billion.. The 'peoples' hard work provided the funds, the g'ment just redirected it. I disregard silly statements like yours as the g'ment produces NOTHING.. Its an economic short circuit that feeds off the livelyhood of populations. When was the last time you bought something that was labeled "Made by the xxxxx Government" ??
QUOTE
/QUOTE
Sure, it is going to cut into profits, but printer manufacturers have a very easy way of fighting back: if you use third party consumables, you void your warranty. And this is a perfectly reasonable tactic, because you can't expect a printer manufacturer to insure a product that is using components who's quality they have no way of controlling.
=========
Not so fast Buzz...
Compatible replacement cartridges and supplies do not void Printer Warranty, which is proven by the following US Congress Legislation.
MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act United States Code Annotated Title 15 Commerce and Trade Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 Section 2302
No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the commission if:
1) The warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and
2) The Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest.
This means that printer manufacturers cannot void the warranty on your printer because you use supplies and products manufactured by a third party manufacturer.
We cannot replace a printer or have it fixed should any problems occur from using a remanufactured or compatible cartridge. We guarantee our products from any faults and we have not had a single case of a printer being ruined by a cartridge sold by us.
"The research paper also mentions that everyday, we are using the fossil fuel equivalent of all the plants growing during a whole year just for our cars. Even if these numbers are too large, this still makes you think about how inefficient our cars are." I dont think its the 'cars' that are inefficient... It's the 'plants' that are inefficient... Its the *plants* that ultimately yielded only 1 gallon of fuel. We need better plants..not cars... :D
> " As long as they are compensated and treated the same as Americans. Humans are not a commodity. H1B's generally come from desperate situations so of course they _will_ work for a lot less than Americans, but that doesn't mean that it's ethical to exploit the desperate situation in which they came from."
So whats the point of hiring em in favor or US workers?!?!?
In the context of the issue, this is Pretzel logic at its finest...
Lemme guess...
"Send money, food, toilet paper"...
Your son.. University of Iowa.
I'm a student at Berklee College of Music, and a very serious musician. You do music because you enjoy it, but at the same time- by the time i'm outta here, I'll have over 60 Grand in college loans and i'll be damned if I just 'love music' and not try to pay that off, get a house, get a car, etc.
60 Grand?!?!
Are you HIGH?!
Sure..I like music too. And I play guitar as well.
I picked up a MUSIC BOOK...Learned to play on my own..started a band..and had a good time.
After that.. I got REAL..got a real JOB and got that house, car..etc.
Oh..and the old music book.. It only cost 20 bux.
If you have the TALENT.. You should have to pay 60 grand to learn a few tunes...
I for one am giving ATA a shot.
To keep the costs down on a backup server, I spec'd it out with 4 200GB Maxtor drivers hanging off a 3ware RAID controller.
After all is said and done, RAID 5 and formated. I have a 568GB Array for a fraction of the cost of a SCSI equivilent.
This server is not a 99.9999 uptime server, but it needed big storage. If a drive fries...nobody is going to complain if its down while a drive is being replaced and the array gets rebuilt.
Its simple enough to pick up up another low cost IDE drive and slap it in..(By the time one does blow..of course the price point for 200GB drives will be even lower than 2day).
In a real pinch,when adding or replacing a drive, I can buy a drive at the local computer shop... This as opposed to waiting on vendor to send out their 'specific' SCSI drive with their proprietary trays (HP!)
So ya.. I see IDE having a role in the enterprise.
It remains to be seen if the 'enterpise' IDE drives live up to their billing.
You'll still need a floppy drive if you want to install non-standard(i.e. not included with NT) RAID controller. If you simply boot off the CD, you can't install the additional controller driver. You MUST use the FLOPPY method of setup. Also. It would be a neat trick to update your BIOS without a clean boot from a floppy drive. Why waste 700Meg of write once storage for a 6K file? Personally, I'd rather keep my floppy. It may not get used much, but when its the last resort, it will get me 'outside' the OS(NTFSPRO) so I can manually get to the file system to do any repairs.