Without context, I'm assuming that the "camp" being discussed is Guantanamo Bay base itself, which was "created" decades ago. =P
I also think that, given it's a military base, the administration would hardly bother with execution facilities more costly than a firing squad wall or a gallows. In point of fact, the first article you linked (the second link is borked) has ONE mention of "death chambers", the one you quoted. No sources, no evidence. One mention in a mostly-irrelevant Commondreams.org article does not a case make.
Might I also add that the French have tried and executed many terrorists via military tribunal? It's been legal under French law to do this for decades, although the last case of it I heard of was in the 90's (a member of Action Directe, IIRC) and the law may have changed since then.
Seriously, Dubya = Hitler comparisons are just stupid. As many as 15,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan, tops, vs. systematic annihilation of a single ethnic group over the course of six years, to the tune of about 10mil total civilian deaths.
And that's not even considering Stalin. Or any number of other crackpots.
Bush may have dictatorial aspirations, but he's yet to be a large-scale tyrant.
Oh, i don't know. "Security" in the sense of "doesn't allow non-technical users to download+run executables or suspect programs" is a highly desirable feature on computers I have to take care of, regardless of who the user is.
Granted, it took me YEARS to wean my mother off downloading every piece of shit software package on the 'net, but finally a full OS reinstall after a virus attached to a shareware prog convinced her. =P
Keep in mind, though, that even metaphysicists have to have theories that agree with observable reality, or they are *considered to be* crackpot conspiracy folks. =P
There's this thing, see, called 'employee satisfaction'. Some of us managerial types like to encourage that, cause it tends to lead (invisibly, and cost free) to a better bottom line.
Because when the economy cycles back up, and there are more jobs than workers again (always happens, charlie)...I want my people to stay where they're at. =-)
First poster said it all in terms of my gut reaction--woohoo!
On the other hand, Adm. Poindexter also was involved in the Iran-Contra affair, which was ALSO specifically forbidden by Congress. So I'd keep a close eye on things just the same, despite the legislation in place--which is an important step, don't get me wrong.
That idle process is still consuming system resources, either in active memory or paged-out memory.
In the case of modern windowing systems, that's usually in the vicinity of 100MB or so, IIRC.
It may be a smallish fraction of the memory on the machine (anywhere from 10% to 0.2%, I'd guess), but for smaller machines it's going to be significant.
It lies in the fact that instead of paying $x to J. Random Corporation, you pay $.25x to your own programming staff and release enough patches and fixes to keep the community happy (and working on relevant patches, too)
Secondly, of course, is the standard software contract terms: "Vendor is not liable" no matter where you get your stuff.
Finally, they're probably paying for a support contract (from IBM or Oracle, maybe?) which is where the REAL accountability comes in, not from the specific software vendor.
Zzzzz...I wanna see your statistics for the self-defense numbers? Including the whole paper, including methods, etc.
I ask this because most of the "studies" I've seen that came to the "more accidental killings" conclusion were flawed or biased severely towards that conclusion.
And in American English, it's increasingly acknowledged that the period can go outside the question mark when it's not strictly associated with the phrase inside the question mark.
Agree with other respondents--it's who you know. The gamer guy-to-gamer girl ratio in my close circle of friends is 1:1, because we're all married or engaged to geek girls. =) Our LAN parties tend to be 6 guys, 6 girls, for NWN, MOO2, and the FPS flavor-of-the-month.
Some of the steps you described don't work under Win2k, just for reference. Notably, MSconfig doesn't appear to work under any NT-kernel system I've used (but might be in XP home or some such)
*shrugs* I know there's at least one smoking club/hookah lounge in my town where you go in and pay a cover+tobacco cost to sit in smallish rooms with v. high quality water pipes and smoke.
You're not allowed to bring your own tobacco any more than you're allowed to bring your own liquor to a bar and sit and drink it without buying anything else.
I can envision the same thing with marijuana lounges.
As for potheads vs. drunks in clubs, I can't imagine a club where one WOULDN'T drink regardless of their smoking, be it pot or tobacco. This is also a problem that could be solved by a "buy it here if you wanna smoke it here" rule.
Yeah, but for a recreational cyclist, the affordable high-tech equipment is a godsend for turning cycling from a chore you have to train for into a fun+healthy diversion.
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Not to make light of other people's problems, but ANYONE can contact the guy at this point. =P
Okay, I seem to be the only one who thinks this is a relatively masterful adaptation of the original Mac-vs.-WinNT post.
Props for being a clever, funny troll. Now write more original stuff.
Ahh, I love the smell of vaporware in the morning.
I am skeptical for several reasons.
"This camp was created to execute people"
Without context, I'm assuming that the "camp" being discussed is Guantanamo Bay base itself, which was "created" decades ago. =P
I also think that, given it's a military base, the administration would hardly bother with execution facilities more costly than a firing squad wall or a gallows. In point of fact, the first article you linked (the second link is borked) has ONE mention of "death chambers", the one you quoted. No sources, no evidence. One mention in a mostly-irrelevant Commondreams.org article does not a case make.
Might I also add that the French have tried and executed many terrorists via military tribunal? It's been legal under French law to do this for decades, although the last case of it I heard of was in the 90's (a member of Action Directe, IIRC) and the law may have changed since then.
Godwin's Law. You lose.
Seriously, Dubya = Hitler comparisons are just stupid. As many as 15,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan, tops, vs. systematic annihilation of a single ethnic group over the course of six years, to the tune of about 10mil total civilian deaths.
And that's not even considering Stalin. Or any number of other crackpots.
Bush may have dictatorial aspirations, but he's yet to be a large-scale tyrant.
Oh, i don't know. "Security" in the sense of "doesn't allow non-technical users to download+run executables or suspect programs" is a highly desirable feature on computers I have to take care of, regardless of who the user is.
Granted, it took me YEARS to wean my mother off downloading every piece of shit software package on the 'net, but finally a full OS reinstall after a virus attached to a shareware prog convinced her. =P
There are several areas of the world where it is not possible to get unmetered access.
And if you're going to call someone a mororn [sic], make sure you can spell it.
Keep in mind, though, that even metaphysicists have to have theories that agree with observable reality, or they are *considered to be* crackpot conspiracy folks. =P
There's this thing, see, called 'employee satisfaction'. Some of us managerial types like to encourage that, cause it tends to lead (invisibly, and cost free) to a better bottom line.
Because when the economy cycles back up, and there are more jobs than workers again (always happens, charlie)...I want my people to stay where they're at. =-)
First poster said it all in terms of my gut reaction--woohoo!
On the other hand, Adm. Poindexter also was involved in the Iran-Contra affair, which was ALSO specifically forbidden by Congress. So I'd keep a close eye on things just the same, despite the legislation in place--which is an important step, don't get me wrong.
That idle process is still consuming system resources, either in active memory or paged-out memory.
In the case of modern windowing systems, that's usually in the vicinity of 100MB or so, IIRC.
It may be a smallish fraction of the memory on the machine (anywhere from 10% to 0.2%, I'd guess), but for smaller machines it's going to be significant.
Actually, with Win2k > advanced Server, it's pretty close to easy to set up a windows server cluster.
It lies in the fact that instead of paying $x to J. Random Corporation, you pay $.25x to your own programming staff and release enough patches and fixes to keep the community happy (and working on relevant patches, too)
Secondly, of course, is the standard software contract terms: "Vendor is not liable" no matter where you get your stuff.
Finally, they're probably paying for a support contract (from IBM or Oracle, maybe?) which is where the REAL accountability comes in, not from the specific software vendor.
First of all, Sinn Fein is a political party.
Second of all, it means "Ourselves Alone".
Zzzzz...I wanna see your statistics for the self-defense numbers? Including the whole paper, including methods, etc.
I ask this because most of the "studies" I've seen that came to the "more accidental killings" conclusion were flawed or biased severely towards that conclusion.
And in canada, the murder rate is similarly low despite pretty relaxed gun ownership laws.
In other words, in American culture/society, more gun laws = more crime. YMMV depending on culture, location, ethnic makeup, and economic makeup.
You raised a valid point about babelfish. This discussion is about Athlon overclocking and adaptors to facilitate that. =P
Well, two things.
"nitpicking"
And in American English, it's increasingly acknowledged that the period can go outside the question mark when it's not strictly associated with the phrase inside the question mark.
Agree with other respondents--it's who you know. The gamer guy-to-gamer girl ratio in my close circle of friends is 1:1, because we're all married or engaged to geek girls. =) Our LAN parties tend to be 6 guys, 6 girls, for NWN, MOO2, and the FPS flavor-of-the-month.
OTOH...
My screen, my web browser, my choice as to what I see.
Let Gator die a messy death for fraud, but no precedents that will remove my ability to block pop-ups and ads I find objectionable.
But I want discussion of the news, so I go to Slashdot.
Doofus. =P
Some of the steps you described don't work under Win2k, just for reference. Notably, MSconfig doesn't appear to work under any NT-kernel system I've used (but might be in XP home or some such)
*shrugs* I know there's at least one smoking club/hookah lounge in my town where you go in and pay a cover+tobacco cost to sit in smallish rooms with v. high quality water pipes and smoke.
You're not allowed to bring your own tobacco any more than you're allowed to bring your own liquor to a bar and sit and drink it without buying anything else.
I can envision the same thing with marijuana lounges.
As for potheads vs. drunks in clubs, I can't imagine a club where one WOULDN'T drink regardless of their smoking, be it pot or tobacco. This is also a problem that could be solved by a "buy it here if you wanna smoke it here" rule.
In the future, when you post pro-Linux posts, it might be wise to remove your insanely pro-Microsoft sig. =P
Yeah, but for a recreational cyclist, the affordable high-tech equipment is a godsend for turning cycling from a chore you have to train for into a fun+healthy diversion.