You hit the nail on the head. I recently had a discussion an individual who turned out to, well, rather like Bush a heck of a lot. It went about like so:
me: so, what about this latest scand - neoncon (interrupting): la la la la I see nothing important about the destruction of DOJ impartiality la la la me: wtf? Now every aspect of every facet of every prosecution carried out by the DOJ is suspect. You don't think that matters? neocon: la la la this latest scandal isn't happening lalala I can't here you la la la la me: *starts to walk away* neocon: la la la la LA LA LA LA CLINTON DID IT LA LA LA LA LA LA WHAT'S THAT, CLINTON DID IT? LA LA LA LA LA CAN'T HEAR YOU CLINTON DID IT! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
(For those of you who don't live in America, yes. Yes. This absurd Clinton shit really is the latest prefab Republican talking point & the best they have to offer.)
<Bill Gates>Helping students just isn't enough. Look at Microsoft: we are spending millions and pay a staff of 300 to document our network server protocols alone. We are investing heavily in open source: from Novell to Open XML - from client support to industry leading, first-time-ever standardization of open document formats - we are working diligently to leverage the open paradigm. Next to this, helping students for the greater good of our society & future is obviously a bunch of do-gooder, helpy-helpy bullshit.
Google just doesn't stack up. And before you open your mouth, remember that _I_ give money (some of it yours) to AIDS victims.</Bill Gates>
I'm sorry that you think the corruption of our Democracy is one individual's pet issue. You can't understand why it's a problem, but at least believe me that this is a bigger scandal than anything that ever came out of Clinton's dick.
Cite anything about them investigating Republicans, or refusing to investigate anything obviously fabricated. Well, there's this. And, in the New York Times, this.
Ohh, and lest I be remiss, I'd like to take this opportunity to direct you to some NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED additional articles detailing this particular Republican scandal.
Clinton followed SOP, namely, replacing many prosecutors as he entered office.
Bush followed SOP, namely, replacing many prosecutors as he entered office. Later, years later, he fired prosecutors for investigating corrupt Republicans and for refusing to investigate obviously fabricated allegations against Democrats. The difference is not hard to comprehend.
Microsoft is breaking the law. Microsoft is breaking the law. Microsoft is breaking the law. Microsoft is breaking the law. Microsoft is breaking the law.
Why is this so hard for certain people to understand?
Because the Federal Office of Stratergery fires any prosecutor, no matter how well respected, striving and impartial for any infraction against the party. The party, in this case, includes Microsoft as they are huge donors to the party.
This has been another round of surprising answers to obvious questions. Thanks for reading.
If you show keenness or interest in a subject at school, you are already likely to be treated as an outsider. Stepping back into my highschool / early college shell, my reaction to this is 'of course.' Of course the cynics see the curious as a threat; of course the mass of conformists attack anyone less cynical. It's what they do. Fuck them. "They're doing me a favor now by pushing me away and they'll be washing my car in 10 years."
That shopworn, jaundiced perspective appalls my slightly more evolved social sensibilities now, but it served me well. I still listen to Type O Negative, mind my own business and watch my back, but most of my geek friends from highschool remain close today and many of those with whom I thought I'd never associate eventually came around. In the end, it was the popular, attention seeking, manipulative individuals from HS who proved maladapted to the wider world - a world that rewards assiduous attention to detail and a cool head. And, as it turns out, I don't trust a bunch of fuckups to wash my car, so my old fantasy never came to fruition.
I'm glad that you aren't in university administration. Please remain as a meter maid in the campus lot - you already cost us plenty of potential applicants as it is.
Right, and that's why OpenBSD pretends that remote exploits are warm & fuzzy happy ponies. Because of their "baked in defenses."... Errr, NO, this guy promulgating deceptive doublespeek. But perhaps he knows better - perhaps he's just a dishonest jackass and not a retarded jackass. What was your point again?
Well, many people don't like change, thus they stick with Macs because that's what they've always used. Everything about Macs has changed since the olden days. OS X is of a completely different (and superior) pedigree than OS 9; likewise, Apple totally overhauled the Macintosh's hardware architecture... twice. Don't try to play off the Mac's obvious advantages as an afterthought subordinate in buyers' minds to habit - Macs attract a more refined, creative and picky userbase because, unlike windows, OS X doesn't suck ass. Simple as that.
This just in: Virtually all "virtually all" arguments are deceptive.
It has been discovered recently that virtually all "virtually all" rhetorical products known to mankind contain either gray-matter-soluble canards or other ear worms shown to build up and eventually damage the organs that process them when consumed to extreme excess...
Yes, the messenger does matter. If this is really true, give it to a mainstream organization and let them figure it out. You must be joking. Newsertainment reporting important facts essential to the average citizen's political and economic decision making? Only a fucking idiot would entrust the ass-clowns running at least the American media with that responsibility.
Hypothetical timeline of inconvenient fact dissemination: +0 days: greenpeace reports it +5 days: fox news denies it +6 days: daily show lambasts fox for denial +10 days: CNN reports that inconvenient fact may or may not probably be verifiable, "scientists say," but "detractors detract" +35 days: Science includes an article detailing the overwhelming, peer reviewed obvious correctness of evidence supporting the inconvenient fact +37 days: WSJ publishes cleverly rehashed but thouroughly debunked fox news talking points; states but does not state that inconvenient fact is a convenient scam promelgated by liberals, homosexuals and communists +38 days: my boss makes fun of me for supporting communist conspiracies & continues drinking only pure grain alcohol
But we would still know who to blame for every letter of every bill.
A lot of politicians have a very strong will for sneaking in self serving measures. I'm sorry, but I don't think that we should give in on this one. Our legal corpus should not be polluted with provisions and ammendments so odious as to necessitate furtive & anonymous implantation.
They don't conflate interface with implementation; you do!
RTFA:
"The Commission's current view is that there is no significant innovation in these protocols."
The EC is saying that THE PROTOCOLS THEMSELVES should not be patentable. I suspect that they are rebutting Microsoft's argument that the PROTOCOLS THEMSELVES constitute innovation and therefore must not be divulged.
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Ah, we have a winner.
So tell me again how Clinton did it?
You hit the nail on the head. I recently had a discussion an individual who turned out to, well, rather like Bush a heck of a lot. It went about like so:
me: so, what about this latest scand -
neoncon (interrupting): la la la la I see nothing important about the destruction of DOJ impartiality la la la
me: wtf? Now every aspect of every facet of every prosecution carried out by the DOJ is suspect. You don't think that matters?
neocon: la la la this latest scandal isn't happening lalala I can't here you la la la la
me: *starts to walk away*
neocon: la la la la
LA LA LA LA
CLINTON DID IT LA LA LA LA LA LA WHAT'S THAT, CLINTON DID IT? LA LA LA LA LA CAN'T HEAR YOU CLINTON DID IT! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
(For those of you who don't live in America, yes. Yes. This absurd Clinton shit really is the latest prefab Republican talking point & the best they have to offer.)
<Bill Gates>Helping students just isn't enough. Look at Microsoft: we are spending millions and pay a staff of 300 to document our network server protocols alone. We are investing heavily in open source: from Novell to Open XML - from client support to industry leading, first-time-ever standardization of open document formats - we are working diligently to leverage the open paradigm. Next to this, helping students for the greater good of our society & future is obviously a bunch of do-gooder, helpy-helpy bullshit.
Google just doesn't stack up. And before you open your mouth, remember that _I_ give money (some of it yours) to AIDS victims.</Bill Gates>
Ran away?
The corruption of our democracy is important and I think it's a shame that people like you don't care.
Haha, way to show some balls, man.
I'm sorry that you think the corruption of our Democracy is one individual's pet issue. You can't understand why it's a problem, but at least believe me that this is a bigger scandal than anything that ever came out of Clinton's dick.
You think that the president playing politics with the DOJ is OK?
What the hell is wrong with you?
You must be a 30%er.
But even though you won't listen to me, perhaps you'll listen to Bob Barr.
The Bushies are undermining trust in the DOJ. Everything the DOJ does is now highly suspect, thanks to this gang of fucking idiots.
Stop mindlessly defending these corrupt fuckups and form an opinion yourself.
Well... why don'y you just read the 9,100 articles yourself?
RTFAs, momo.
Ohh, and lest I be remiss, I'd like to take this opportunity to direct you to some NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED additional articles detailing this particular Republican scandal.
Clinton followed SOP, namely, replacing many prosecutors as he entered office.
Bush followed SOP, namely, replacing many prosecutors as he entered office. Later, years later, he fired prosecutors for investigating corrupt Republicans and for refusing to investigate obviously fabricated allegations against Democrats. The difference is not hard to comprehend.
Nice try. Play again?
I for one agree that Microsoft should take their ball and go home.
Microsoft is breaking the law.
Microsoft is breaking the law.
Microsoft is breaking the law.
Microsoft is breaking the law.
Microsoft is breaking the law.
Why is this so hard for certain people to understand?
Because the Federal Office of Stratergery fires any prosecutor, no matter how well respected, striving and impartial for any infraction against the party. The party, in this case, includes Microsoft as they are huge donors to the party.
This has been another round of surprising answers to obvious questions. Thanks for reading.
That shopworn, jaundiced perspective appalls my slightly more evolved social sensibilities now, but it served me well. I still listen to Type O Negative, mind my own business and watch my back, but most of my geek friends from highschool remain close today and many of those with whom I thought I'd never associate eventually came around. In the end, it was the popular, attention seeking, manipulative individuals from HS who proved maladapted to the wider world - a world that rewards assiduous attention to detail and a cool head. And, as it turns out, I don't trust a bunch of fuckups to wash my car, so my old fantasy never came to fruition.
I'm glad that you aren't in university administration. Please remain as a meter maid in the campus lot - you already cost us plenty of potential applicants as it is.
Right, and that's why OpenBSD pretends that remote exploits are warm & fuzzy happy ponies. Because of their "baked in defenses." ...
Errr, NO , this guy promulgating deceptive doublespeek. But perhaps he knows better - perhaps he's just a dishonest jackass and not a retarded jackass. What was your point again?
Ever so slowly...?
This just in: Virtually all "virtually all" arguments are deceptive.
It has been discovered recently that virtually all "virtually all" rhetorical products known to mankind contain either gray-matter-soluble canards or other ear worms shown to build up and eventually damage the organs that process them when consumed to extreme excess...
Markoff Cheney
Hypothetical timeline of inconvenient fact dissemination:
+0 days: greenpeace reports it
+5 days: fox news denies it
+6 days: daily show lambasts fox for denial
+10 days: CNN reports that inconvenient fact may or may not probably be verifiable, "scientists say," but "detractors detract"
+35 days: Science includes an article detailing the overwhelming, peer reviewed obvious correctness of evidence supporting the inconvenient fact
+37 days: WSJ publishes cleverly rehashed but thouroughly debunked fox news talking points; states but does not state that inconvenient fact is a convenient scam promelgated by liberals, homosexuals and communists
+38 days: my boss makes fun of me for supporting communist conspiracies & continues drinking only pure grain alcohol
Did you know that Microsoft is a key supporter of software patents worldwide? They're not just abusing the system - they helped create it.
So yes. I do blame them.
You sound confused. What's the matter?
Yes, let's just leave it at that *rolleyes*
Look, a useful theory explaining dark matter isn't going to just fall out of the sky and hit us in the head!
They don't conflate interface with implementation; you do!
RTFA:
"The Commission's current view is that there is no significant innovation in these protocols."
The EC is saying that THE PROTOCOLS THEMSELVES should not be patentable. I suspect that they are rebutting Microsoft's argument that the PROTOCOLS THEMSELVES constitute innovation and therefore must not be divulged.