The only thing stopping wholesale cheating is the use of exit polls, and even they weren't enough in the last presidential election. If the exit polls and actual poll results differ by 30%, people will get upset. In reality, even a small deviation should raise alarm flags and cause a recount,
Why in the heck would exit polls stop wholesale cheating? You are assuming: a) people are telling the truth about whom they voted for b) either all the people are polled or a good sampling c) and the most important, the people taking the polls as well as reporting do not have a vesting interest in the results.
'C' is the biggest problem because it also goes back to (b). The news media openly wanted the Dems to win. That was the biggest problem.
Now dealing with the recounting issue, just about all of the recounts in Florida (I am assuming this is what you were referencing.) came out in favor of Bush so the majority did win.
Sorry, but you are a complete idiot. If you want to copy and distribute software, then either: a) write your own software to do so b) license the sofware in question c) find software that the original author states that it is OK to do so.
Apple (you know the company that spent time and money developing the software that you want to give away) specifically states that what you want to do is not allowed. My advice is then don't buy it from them!!!!!
Sorry to say, but I am not a billionare, and I am quite glad that the DoD is keeping democracy safe. If you don't live in the US, you more than likely still live in a country that the DoD or its predecessor saved.
Wait, because ABC News "seemed to treat him as pretty psychologically stable." you are just swinging the other way for an ever worse reason.
You complain about the wiretapping, but you are obviously unaware of history. Please investigate Johnson during the Vietnam War, Roosevelt during WWII and Lincoln during the Civil War.
First off, the DOD is a government agency so it does not fall under the same definition. If you don't understand why, I don't think I have the skills to better describe it to you.
Second, the "spying" has always been done in times of war. Don't believe me, check the facts during the WWII. You might want check out what the previous administration constituted. They were fully documented as spying on internal calls were the NSA is only tapping calls from certain regions of the world coming into the US.
Anybody can read the numbers. Your problem is that you can't understand what is behind the numbers. Did you not only read the parent post but really understand it. I think not. Please re-read.
What you hear is true. I have experienced this first-hand. Every single project failed miserable by all accords. Unmaintainable code, poor performance, multitude of show-stopping bugs, and those are just the top three!!!
There might be some success stories out there, but I haven't seen or heard about one that turned out good. Management will try to spin it, but they are just usually out-right lying to make bonus and such. Am I cynical? You bet because I have been burned copious times.
You were actually sounding like an intelligent person until the very end.
(criminal investigations of the White House, declining middle class, slowing housing market, lost war, post-holiday layoffs around the corner, etc
Guess you need some education so here goes. Point me to a singe administration in any free country especially the size of the US that hasn't had some individuals under investigation. If you then compare the number compared to previous administrations, you would really not bring this up.
Declining middle class, so people are prospering and moving up. Isn't that the goal of all people? Personally, I always want to move my lot in life forward. Sorry if you are content and have no goals. Sorry but forcing all people to the middle class has a socialism/communism ring that doesn't work. Take a note from all of history.
Slowing housing market: do you have a clue as to how long the housing market has been booming? Good things like that just can't last forever. Be real.
Lost war? WTF are you talking about. Oh thats right, you just read about that in the left-wing rags. Talk to the actual soldiers who are fighting the war. We are winning. Free elections ring a bell? New constitution? Please open your eyes.
Pending layoffs. Do you really understand the size of the US economy. Companies are always laying off. The question is are there jobs to go too. You can find the answer to that question when you look at the overall unemployment numbers. If you guess under 6% you are a winner.
You have got to be kidding right? Let me get this straight, you seem to really prefer Gnome except that it doesn't support a simple need so you use KDE instead?
Rrriiiiggghhhht.
Why does the word "nutball" come to mind. Oh well.
You obviously don't study historyh do you? We became the last super-power through hard work and determination. Three times we saved the free world from totalistic regimes (WWI, WWII and breaking the Soviet Union), and what thanks do we get? UN trashing us at every turn they can.
Sorry, but the only contries that trust us are England and Australia. They are the only countries that have stayed at our side through thick and thin.
International law is no good unless there are teeth behind the laws and a determination to use them if need be which most of the international free contries lack. Sorry, but you as well as most of the world need to wake up and see it for what it is. Until then, the US will continue to keep your nations out of the cluthes of regimes that only desire your destruction.
The one fact you forgot to add that makes MS's current implementation poor is that the link becomes a drive letter, and how many in total can you have with Windows?
Take a guess how many symlinks I have on my current ArchLinux system?
The only time you have the right to use it is if you either have paid for a license or your code is GPL'd. Period.
You really need to understand what a "right" is. I will give you a quick example for this situation. When you were born, were you given a contract that stated for your natural born life, you were given a perpetual license to Qt? No. This you don't have the RIGHT to use Qt.
You think those prices are bad? Try looking at EDA tools! The good tools start at around $10,000 USD and go upwards of $100,000 depending on your needs.
Since Mac OS X v10.0 was released in 2001, Apple has been filtering BSD code in and out of their kernel, userland, and libraries. This code then makes its way back to FreeBSD. Apple's pattern is to sync every major Mac OS X release with the latest major FreeBSD release. For example, Mac OS X v10.1 corresponded to FreeBSD 4.4 and Mac OS X v10.2 matched up with FreeBSD 4.7. By the time Apple released Panther, their contributions back into FreeBSD had amassed into a new FreeBSD milestone, the 5.x branch. Mac OS X v10.3 contained bits of both FreeBSD 4.9 and FreeBSD 5.1.
I really think you need to do some further investigation here. Apple only uses userland code from FreeBSD in their OS. The kernel space code is pure Apple/Mach code that can be seen in via the Darwin project. FreeBSD milestones are not dependent on Apple releasing their changes back. The relationship is not all that deep and really only one-way when it comes to BSD. KHTML is vastly different.
Technically, OpenVMS and the Non-Stop product-line are HP, but they where not developed by HP litte alone by the current HP. Very important point of clarifcation.
XML is NOT a programming language. It is a data description language ONLY!!!! Its intent should only be used to for storing data or exchanging data between systems. Period.
Not sure what apps you are using, but you might want to give WINE a shot. It runs all the Windows apps that I still need (Quicken, Work to produce resumes)
If the presidents ass-hatery has put us into record deficits... That forces congress (who i'm no great fan of) into a very bad situation.
Yes, it was the President that caused the 9/11. Yes it was the President that decided to follow his job description and attempt to protect the U.S. Yes, it was the Presidents fault that there are Muslim extremists out there that are will to not only send children to kill innocent people, but believe that they will be accepted by God.
You really need to pull your head out of your arse and see the world for what it is and not viewed by your oversimplistic wholly than though approach to the humanity!!!!
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Why in the heck would exit polls stop wholesale cheating? You are assuming:
a) people are telling the truth about whom they voted for
b) either all the people are polled or a good sampling
c) and the most important, the people taking the polls as well as reporting do not have a vesting interest in the results.
'C' is the biggest problem because it also goes back to (b). The news media openly wanted the Dems to win. That was the biggest problem.
Now dealing with the recounting issue, just about all of the recounts in Florida (I am assuming this is what you were referencing.) came out in favor of Bush so the majority did win.
As soon as I wipe my screen off from the coffee that came through my nose from laughing so hard, I will tell that was mean!!!!
The parent was talking about server chips for which the Alpha was one of the best.
Sorry, but you are a complete idiot.
If you want to copy and distribute software, then either:
a) write your own software to do so
b) license the sofware in question
c) find software that the original author states that it is OK to do so.
Apple (you know the company that spent time and money developing the software that you want to give away) specifically states that what you want to do is not allowed. My advice is then don't buy it from them!!!!!
Sorry to say, but I am not a billionare, and I am quite glad that the DoD is keeping democracy safe. If you don't live in the US, you more than likely still live in a country that the DoD or its predecessor saved.
Wait, because ABC News "seemed to treat him as pretty psychologically stable." you are just swinging the other way for an ever worse reason.
You complain about the wiretapping, but you are obviously unaware of history. Please investigate Johnson during the Vietnam War, Roosevelt during WWII and Lincoln during the Civil War.
I really hope you have your flame-suit on with this. By the way, I completely agree with you.
Boy oh boy, do I wish I had mod points to give your statement.
First off, the DOD is a government agency so it does not fall under the same definition. If you don't understand why, I don't think I have the skills to better describe it to you.
Second, the "spying" has always been done in times of war. Don't believe me, check the facts during the WWII. You might want check out what the previous administration constituted. They were fully documented as spying on internal calls were the NSA is only tapping calls from certain regions of the world coming into the US.
Anybody can read the numbers. Your problem is that you can't understand what is behind the numbers. Did you not only read the parent post but really understand it. I think not. Please re-read.
I am using and have been for the last few years using Konq without any problems.
What you hear is true. I have experienced this first-hand. Every single project failed miserable by all accords. Unmaintainable code, poor performance, multitude of show-stopping bugs, and those are just the top three!!!
There might be some success stories out there, but I haven't seen or heard about one that turned out good. Management will try to spin it, but they are just usually out-right lying to make bonus and such. Am I cynical? You bet because I have been burned copious times.
You have got to be kidding right? Let me get this straight, you seem to really prefer Gnome except that it doesn't support a simple need so you use KDE instead?
Rrriiiiggghhhht.
Why does the word "nutball" come to mind. Oh well.
You obviously don't study historyh do you?
We became the last super-power through hard work and determination. Three times we saved the free world from totalistic regimes (WWI, WWII and breaking the Soviet Union), and what thanks do we get? UN trashing us at every turn they can.
Sorry, but the only contries that trust us are England and Australia. They are the only countries that have stayed at our side through thick and thin.
International law is no good unless there are teeth behind the laws and a determination to use them if need be which most of the international free contries lack. Sorry, but you as well as most of the world need to wake up and see it for what it is. Until then, the US will continue to keep your nations out of the cluthes of regimes that only desire your destruction.
No Thanks Required!!!
Huh?
Do you understand what runlevel 1 is with Linux? You should just have the kernel loaded and a static link shell running. Period.
The one fact you forgot to add that makes MS's current implementation poor is that the link becomes a drive letter, and how many in total can you have with Windows?
Take a guess how many symlinks I have on my current ArchLinux system?
The only time you have the right to use it is if you either have paid for a license or your code is GPL'd. Period.
You really need to understand what a "right" is. I will give you a quick example for this situation. When you were born, were you given a contract that stated for your natural born life, you were given a perpetual license to Qt? No. This you don't have the RIGHT to use Qt.
You think those prices are bad? Try looking at EDA tools! The good tools start at around $10,000 USD and go upwards of $100,000 depending on your needs.
I really think you need to do some further investigation here. Apple only uses userland code from FreeBSD in their OS. The kernel space code is pure Apple/Mach code that can be seen in via the Darwin project. FreeBSD milestones are not dependent on Apple releasing their changes back. The relationship is not all that deep and really only one-way when it comes to BSD. KHTML is vastly different.
Technically, OpenVMS and the Non-Stop product-line are HP, but they where not developed by HP litte alone by the current HP. Very important point of clarifcation.
Okay, I just have to make a comment here.
XML is NOT a programming language. It is a data description language ONLY!!!! Its intent should only be used to for storing data or exchanging data between systems. Period.
Not sure what apps you are using, but you might want to give WINE a shot. It runs all the Windows apps that I still need (Quicken, Work to produce resumes)
Sorry for the poor grammer and such, but I get really "cheesed off" when people look for any problem and blame the current President for it.
Yes, it was the President that caused the 9/11. Yes it was the President that decided to follow his job description and attempt to protect the U.S. Yes, it was the Presidents fault that there are Muslim extremists out there that are will to not only send children to kill innocent people, but believe that they will be accepted by God.
You really need to pull your head out of your arse and see the world for what it is and not viewed by your oversimplistic wholly than though approach to the humanity!!!!