How Race Plays Out In Court
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I have observed court sessions which happened to have both white and black defendants appearing for drug-possession charges. The black defendants all came in from the county jail, under armed guard and wearing jumpsuits with leg-chains. They entered their plea, answered a few questions, and eventually shuffled out back to the jail bus. The two white defendants, both young men (with attendant lawyers), did not enter a plea, but instead filed under Section --- (the point of which is to pay a couple thousand dollars to completely avoid a criminal conviction for an "uncharacteristic" felony). The lawyers answer a few questions for the white men, and then they all leave the courtroom, presumably to go home.
Now this may simply be a matter of circumstance (black defendants had multiple charges, prior convictions, etc.), but to see it turn out similiarly on two separate occasions really made me realize how our racist and classist justice system operates. The black defedants cannot make bail, get worthless public defenders to represent them, and stand before a judge who would prefer it if they did not exist. Isn't justice supposed to at least pretend to be fair?
But if the fashion industry is any indication, many of the more expensive items are made under similarly bad conditions.
From what I have seen of the fashion production process, only three things separate expensive clothing from cheap clothing: (a) inexpensive fabric, (b) quick & easy stitching, and (c) consumer perception. Conservatively speaking, a piece of clothing is only worth 5% of the ticket price.
Third-world garment factories are all freelance. The factory that produced Gucci in 2003 can revamp to produce Target brand clothing in 2004. The same workers and the same equipment are used to make both.
That @#$@#$%% sidecar began my career in systems administration at 7. The heat it generated made that PC crash more than a Windows95 beta....but then again, I was playing Sierra games meant for a 286 (386?) on a 8088, so I could not complain all that much.
The Doom grunt sound is actually a recorded camel grunt. So yes, it is the same sound, but it actually belongs to the camel more than the game. Another common sound are the Imp sound effects, which are originally from a tiger.
As a technical geek in the fashion ("apparel") industry, I can attest to the existence of Fashion Geeks. They are the other fashion designers, a curious breed that obsesses about clothing the way a tech geek obsesses about.....tech. Not buying clothes, mind you, but the very concept of clothing, and color, and constructing a garment out of abstract lines, colors, and fabrics.
The Fasion Geek may appear expensively-dressed, decidedly bohemian, or outright eccentric. They express themselves through clothing, and a procifiency in this ability often fools larger society into thinking that they are not geeks -- even to the point where a Fashion Geek joins the BeautiPeople as a trendy designer. Demographically, Fashion Geeks are female, homosexual, or meterosexual (ugly term, regrettably apt). In this sense they are the yin to the yang of the Tech Geek.
Fashion geeks are usually found in large clusters for socioeconomic reasons. As their profession is a specialized one, only large, sophisticated, wealthy, or artsy cities can support their existence.
All in all a fascinating subspecies. It is a pleasure to work with them.
3 months....what?! If you plan on playing 18 hours a day every day, then yes, it might run out in 3 months. My situation is more realistc: one year and counting on the original battery, with no noticable loss of charge yet. The device gets play at least once a week. I have, to date, spent $20 on a backup battery (for vacationing), so I will need to go through four batteries in the next 6 months, according to your calculations.
Nice logic, nice math. You must be one of those hysterical Apple fanboys....
A GameBoy Advance comes with a rechargable Lithium Ion battery, good for 8-15 hours, with an expected life of 99 charges (or so the manual states). Rather than create a lucrative market of lock-in replacements, Nintendo opted to secure the battery to the bottom of the unit with a simple screw. Thus, additional/replacement batteries are sold as accessories, by Nintendo and third-parties, for $19.95. This battery is powering a bright backlit LCD screen, so it is not particularly weak, either.
Apple's engineering Wizards could have designed an easy-to-service battery if they had wanted to. Rather, it seems the decision was made to turn an EASY replacement into a revenue stream. Why are so many posters (not the parent in particular) trying to rationalize corporate greed? Just be honest, and call an elephant an elephant when you see one.
Actually -- the last LinuxWorld expo was sponsored by IBM, and if you were an IBM guest, you received a free "gourmet" lunch -- tuxedo'ed waiters, silverware, cloth napkins, 3 course meal. They fed hundreds of people.....I shudder to think at what it cost them.
It did, however, give the impression (on a gut level?) that IBM was Very Serious about Linux.
Organized crime runs the Javtis Convention Center, mainly through the unions. Sponsors, vendors, and visitors alike are gouged. Floor space is outrageously expensive (the.Org pavillion barely afforded the 2003 space it was alloted), unionized employees are required for all functional duties (Teamsters for loading/unloading, another union for food prep, a third union for security personnel, etc.) and come with onerous restrictions. And as any Javits visitor can attest, an awful, low-quality lunch will cost you $10.
I do not blame them for moving to Boston, even though it means that I will miss LinuxWorld next year. Let NYC rot in its own greed, I say....
We need to train an army that is loyal to the country's constitution, not leaders.
Can you please send those trainers to the United States when you are done? Our paramilitary police forces could use a good Consitutional refresher; they are loyal to their own institutional power and little else.
Hey, pretty funny. Did you know that our Glorious Leader (Bush) went to Yale (Ivy League)? He also had a massive family fortune to work off of (trust-fund).
Any more absurdly hypocritical rubbish to dispense?
The longer these attacks keep up, the longer US and its allies will remain in Iraq. True - the goal is to rebuild Iraq, not wipe out insurgants. But Iraq can not be rebuilt while the infrastructure of a new government is picked apart by assasinations and sabotage.
You do realize that the US military is going to keep a permanent force in Iraq, don't you? Like Germany and Japan, Iraq is going to be our "friend" in the new American theater of interest (that is, the Middle East). Depending on the timetable of attacks, rebuilding, and shifting political currents (in Iraq and at home), we can expect another premptive strike in Bush's second term. Once Iraq contains US bases, we won't need to rely on Saudia Arabia, supercarriers, or flights over Turkey....only the subservience of the country we kindly liberated.
Your "one patch" is more like a pile of patches. Namely:
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Critical Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 (KB830786) - KB830786_WXP_MCE2_ENU_c512cb910f28d8b6051537519556 0b3.EXE
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Q324929: December 2002, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 5.5 - Q324929_E34CB7562E3FADE04E0FBA7A8DF20236ABFC6C46.E XE
810847: February 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 - Q810847_102065CAD52C737EBBF4422AEF2CAC5E100B6EFA.E XE
813489: April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 - q813489_8ebdafa9c0f5c09d0678826b4c04de5.exe
818529: June 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 - q818529_d8d150d39cc718ff858be51239ea081.exe
Q324929: December 2002, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 - Q324929_55049C7F14E3EFF258F10F95FE0A3C179833CB17.E XE
Q324929: December 2002, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 - Q324929_A90F1A87F766965A4D0FC5F1395F3E808ABE7D27.E XE
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810847: February 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 - Q810847_C3902604B28A9E2AAD419E883ACC553FD69B84F9.E XE
813489: April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 - q813489_2fd2c598d4beecc513c2798f443cf8e.exe
813489: April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 - q813489_3a4cba12c72c64d461b611365375bc9.exe
818529: June 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 - q818529_5a71949492d46d5a9ed0713ed68cc98.exe
818529: June 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 - q818529_94327511db0b86d509decf6a3becf73.exe
818529: June 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer - WindowsServer2003-KB818529-x86-ENU_0f07225ca313bf4 5fe205783dd059d0.exe
Reissued Update(s):
Security Update, February 14, 2002 (Internet Explorer 5.5) - VBS55NEN_A76B47D34E497BB2C14BA3CBED923CC042406C8B. EXE
Security Update, March 7, 2002 - Q313829_F56D00FEAAE71A0F246EA0A042B92AEEEC822F9D.e xe
814078: Security Update (Microsoft Jscript version 5.1, Windows 2000) - js51nen_8812c08817b46676876f0e06a3cda5b.exe
814078: Security Update (Microsoft Jscript version 5.6, Windows 2000, Windows XP) - JS56_DB18C6EA0F4E8522715BEEA284F6843ECE71D944.EXE
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Network Install for IT Professionals - w2ksp4_en_7f12d2da3d7c5b6a62ec4fde9a4b1e6.exe
Flaw In Windows Media Player May Allow Media Library Access (819639) - WindowsMedia9-KB819639-x86-ENU_bfd620da8e1529c3e4f fadfb93f33fa.exe
Q329390: Security Update - Q329390_WXP_3F60064794271F0053892985402FE5B6679D3F 2D.EXE
Q329115: Security Update (Windows XP) - Q329115_WXP_SP2_X86_1D09793FAF21249FEBCC160D341612 338DFD3154.EXE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB810217) - WindowsXP-KB810217-x86-ENU_696190f151ea0bcb063f0a8 9471e45b.exe
Q811114: Security Update (Windows XP or Windows XP Service Pack 1) - Q811114_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU_63cfc7cfc1fb0ad0b7df3c483b 75760.exe
Detailed item description files (Read This First and End User License Agreement for all items) - aurtf1.cab
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The GUI speedup is far from "tiny" on older machines. On a P2-233, the bookmark system in vanilla-Mozilla is cludgy and unresponsive when compared to Firebird's. Firebird does not give me the impression that the application will crash if I click too fast; Mozilla does.
In terms of page load times, however, I notice little difference between the two.
I understand where you're coming from, but I'm firmly in the "I just want my expensive hardware to work properly" camp.
Do all of us Linux users a favor, then. Please switch to Windows. Or better yet, Mac OSX. Linux should not change itself to support the needs of the consumer-gamer crowd; if you want your expensive hardware to 'just work' why are you running on a tinkerer's operating system?
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Just look at Ebay....
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Stealth Inflation
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How many times have you seen items that weigh a few ounces require $10 - $15 dollars for shipping and handling? I've even seen situations where the postage on the package is not even half of what was charged.
If two-bit entrepenuers have figured out that this is a sneaky and effective profitmaker, I am sure it is not lost on the bigger, hungerier corporations....
I know tons of places that still refuse to move up from 2000 to XP.
And I know tons of places that just upgraded to 2000. A huge corporate network of Pentium IIs and Pentium IIIs is not going to XP (for obvious reasons) until every single computer is upgraded. And how eager will management be to buy new Windows licenses after replacing millions in hardware......?
Then where the hell did the millions of non-conformists come from in the 60s for example? Surely those rebellious kids got their edumacation during the highly conformist late 40s and early 50s right?
Didn't you know? Lysergic Acid (LSD) is a highly effective deprogramming tool. The youthful experimenting of the sixties cleared all that conformist shit right out of their heads....
The apparel (aka - fashion) industry works this way. Designers buy the products of other designers, and try to design a cheaper knockoff that will sell for approximately the same price.
Why would other industries be different? Even antibusiness ones?
Its blind and stupid for a company to force all of its employees to submit to one form of work or the other. What they would do, if the decisions weren't made by idiots, is that they would have the social people work in groups to augment their productivity, and let the loners do their projects by themselves to keep them productive too.
It would be a much simpler matter to redesign the workspace to allow for both kinds of work to go on simultaneously -- that is, split the total square footage between group-oriented workspaces, and more isolated cubicles or offices for individiual work. The current thinking of workspace as terriority, or as a place to "put" someone where they can be found easily by others, must change before this can occur. Forunately, wireless tech like Blackberries, WiFi laptops, and PDAs are going to start trickling down out of the executive ranks in 2004 (IT budget cycle is coming round...), so a few of the more daring (or small) companies might start experimenting in that direction.
When a bomb or missile is disabled, it will not explode. Detonators on modern, US weaponry are not pressure-triggers, but rather electronic igniters. You wouldn't want a 10 million dollar missile exploding because it clipped a bird, would you?
For SCO's own take on recent events, check out this interview with Darl McBride and Chris Sontag. Nothing substantial, of course, but their breezy explanations for everything should at least bring a smile to one's face.
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Now this may simply be a matter of circumstance (black defendants had multiple charges, prior convictions, etc.), but to see it turn out similiarly on two separate occasions really made me realize how our racist and classist justice system operates. The black defedants cannot make bail, get worthless public defenders to represent them, and stand before a judge who would prefer it if they did not exist. Isn't justice supposed to at least pretend to be fair?
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From what I have seen of the fashion production process, only three things separate expensive clothing from cheap clothing: (a) inexpensive fabric, (b) quick & easy stitching, and (c) consumer perception. Conservatively speaking, a piece of clothing is only worth 5% of the ticket price.
Third-world garment factories are all freelance. The factory that produced Gucci in 2003 can revamp to produce Target brand clothing in 2004. The same workers and the same equipment are used to make both.
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The Fasion Geek may appear expensively-dressed, decidedly bohemian, or outright eccentric. They express themselves through clothing, and a procifiency in this ability often fools larger society into thinking that they are not geeks -- even to the point where a Fashion Geek joins the BeautiPeople as a trendy designer. Demographically, Fashion Geeks are female, homosexual, or meterosexual (ugly term, regrettably apt). In this sense they are the yin to the yang of the Tech Geek.
Fashion geeks are usually found in large clusters for socioeconomic reasons. As their profession is a specialized one, only large, sophisticated, wealthy, or artsy cities can support their existence.
All in all a fascinating subspecies. It is a pleasure to work with them.
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Nice logic, nice math. You must be one of those hysterical Apple fanboys....
Apple's engineering Wizards could have designed an easy-to-service battery if they had wanted to. Rather, it seems the decision was made to turn an EASY replacement into a revenue stream. Why are so many posters (not the parent in particular) trying to rationalize corporate greed? Just be honest, and call an elephant an elephant when you see one.
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It did, however, give the impression (on a gut level?) that IBM was Very Serious about Linux.
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I do not blame them for moving to Boston, even though it means that I will miss LinuxWorld next year. Let NYC rot in its own greed, I say....
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Can you please send those trainers to the United States when you are done? Our paramilitary police forces could use a good Consitutional refresher; they are loyal to their own institutional power and little else.
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Any more absurdly hypocritical rubbish to dispense?
You do realize that the US military is going to keep a permanent force in Iraq, don't you? Like Germany and Japan, Iraq is going to be our "friend" in the new American theater of interest (that is, the Middle East). Depending on the timetable of attacks, rebuilding, and shifting political currents (in Iraq and at home), we can expect another premptive strike in Bush's second term. Once Iraq contains US bases, we won't need to rely on Saudia Arabia, supercarriers, or flights over Turkey....only the subservience of the country we kindly liberated.
Automatic Sync Started- Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:59:56 AM Successful Updates Added: Critical Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 (KB830786) - KB830786_WXP_MCE2_ENU_c512cb910f28d8b605153751955
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So you are quite wrong.
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In terms of page load times, however, I notice little difference between the two.
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Do all of us Linux users a favor, then. Please switch to Windows. Or better yet, Mac OSX. Linux should not change itself to support the needs of the consumer-gamer crowd; if you want your expensive hardware to 'just work' why are you running on a tinkerer's operating system?
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If two-bit entrepenuers have figured out that this is a sneaky and effective profitmaker, I am sure it is not lost on the bigger, hungerier corporations....
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And I know tons of places that just upgraded to 2000. A huge corporate network of Pentium IIs and Pentium IIIs is not going to XP (for obvious reasons) until every single computer is upgraded. And how eager will management be to buy new Windows licenses after replacing millions in hardware......?
Didn't you know? Lysergic Acid (LSD) is a highly effective deprogramming tool. The youthful experimenting of the sixties cleared all that conformist shit right out of their heads....
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If I remember, I will post my results it here....
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Why would other industries be different? Even antibusiness ones?
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It would be a much simpler matter to redesign the workspace to allow for both kinds of work to go on simultaneously -- that is, split the total square footage between group-oriented workspaces, and more isolated cubicles or offices for individiual work. The current thinking of workspace as terriority, or as a place to "put" someone where they can be found easily by others, must change before this can occur. Forunately, wireless tech like Blackberries, WiFi laptops, and PDAs are going to start trickling down out of the executive ranks in 2004 (IT budget cycle is coming round...), so a few of the more daring (or small) companies might start experimenting in that direction.
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