I WANT to pay more. I WANT to pay down the debt. It's the responsible, non-selfish, thing to do.
I have no problem with that. In fact, it's a good attitude to have. I wish more people would be as responsible.
But... Do you *really* think congress is going to pay off the debt? Or, will they just make a money-grab to expand the federal government leaving us (yet again) screwed?!
... which is an excellent argument against electing judges
You have it all wrong.
All judges get elected or put into their positions through some political process be it vocal or non-vocal. Ascension to such a job still will pass through other human beings with opinions of their own. It's an undeniable fact of life.
The correct question you should be asking is this. "How and by whom should judges be put into power?
As one Chinese military expert put it, such an asymmetric information-based attack would render US military forces "blind," "deaf," and "paralyzed" (Cliff 2007). Direct, large scale attacks against US computer and information systems, either via disabling electromagnetic weapons or hacking, would be a part of this attack strategy.
Just so you know, a single high-altitude atomic detonation would create such a powerful EMP, it would fry any and all devices that use unshielded silicon chips. It would throw the victimized country back to an era of vacuum tube technology (assuming the infrastructure is tooled for production).
While such a scenario would be a "bloodless" war, the philosophy of MAD would quickly be put to practice. Given China's accelerated economic development and a billion chinese to look after, I seriously doubt they would walk down this path. As for religious countries with an axe to grind (and a nuke) such as Iran, Israel and Pakistan...we can only speculate their desires for an EMP war. At least two of those three don't have that much to lose. No doubt they would find it nice to level the technological playing field as well.
The rest of the world has plenty of reason to dislike America.
If you've traveled around the world, you will find most people that dislike America is because they *envy* us. Every year, we have people immigrating in droves to our country to live the dream. Or, at the very least, find a better life with opportunities that would never have been available previously. For those that don't like us for the sake of "just because", it's due to the King-of-the-mountain mentality. It's the whole "take the MAN down a notch".
In any event, it's all about human psychology. Once you view the world through that lens, everything else comes into clear focus. It's as simple as that. Most people around the world could give a rat's ass about our foreign policy. In fact, those that do care primarily are found in American campuses and other intelligentsia communities whom are the fringe minority (such as yourself).
Religious fervor may be a factor, but you'll notice they attacked the United States.
They went after America for symbolic reasons. Nothing more complicated than that.
They didn't attack the Hindus in India, or the Buddhists in China, or the Christians in Canada, all of whom are equally "deviant". There's a reason they went after America and not anyone else.
Your wrong.
Islamic extremism is a global phenomenon. China, India, Africa, Middle East, Europe, France, Russia, and other parts of Asia have all been victims of this twisted ideology. Check out http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ and scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will find a global tally of events and a yearly archive.
You see, according Osama there is only one form of legal groundwork; shira law. It's spelled out in the holy Qur'an. As such, any deviation from it is construed to be hubris and thus a sin. And well according to him... repentance comes through death, or keeping your life at the expense of accepting Islam and remaining an infidel.
The western world is up against a dangerous and oppressive ideology. Our forefathers defeated the Nazis in WW2. I'm not sure we can win this one however with people such as yourself not taking this seriously.
The constitution is flawed and even the original writers were aware of that which is the reason that there exist a process to amend it.
Correct.
But that's not what Obama wants to do. He explicitly stated in a radio interview that he wants to legislate from the SCOTUS bench under the guise of "fairness". Scary!!!
Sure. You don't have a test network to at least smoke patches on or you would've said something
A fifteen user network all running off a cable modem, router/firewall, and Windows 2003 SBS. Sure, let me pitch the sale for them to purchase another SBS box (for testing purposes only) and the billable time required for each test required per monthly patch cycle...
What happens when your SBS box barfs
Rebuild it, add PCs back to the domain, and restore user data and exchange data. I've done it before and it's a lot cheaper alternative to the one above. Funny isn't? Sometimes it's cheaper to let a server crash and burn than spend money on preventive maintenance. It's all in how much the customer wants to spend.
Remember, only incompetent admins apply patches without testing them.
Cool.
Sounds like your part of an internal IT department of a big corporation. Well, I'm not. I admin several small businesses network which contain 5 to 20 users. Each company has one server which runs Windows SBS. So, testing isn't an option. Should there be a problem, I have no choice but to pull it out via the Add/Remove program list.
So, do you think I'm an incompetent admin given what I have to work with?
It doesn't matter. It happend when Bush was in office. That's all people know and care about. When it comes to politics, rational/logical thought goes out the window.
But hey, I can't wait till Obama is sworn in. America will get to jump from the frying pan and into the fire.
nVidia already has this market covered with the Cuda API. In fact, the new version of photoshop is GPGPU accelerated with nVidia cards that support Cuda.
...and I'll stop considering you a flame-stoking bigot.
So speaking the truth equates to being a flame-stoking bigot? I'm sorry that you're offended by the discussion of this controversial topic. However, your personal feelings toward someone doesn't change the fact of what *is* in this world. What ever happened to being "open minded"?
Or maybe it wont come back online till 2012. Bets anyone?
Kidding aside, I will shit myself if this thing isn't running by 2011. Given the state of the global economy, it might get funding cut for awhile. I'm just saying...
The USA is already split up into 50 states. But given the status of our federal government, it's kind of a moot point these days. The more laws that are passed and inacted at the federal level, the less independent the states become. Simply put, this is bad.
You're assuming for a moment that the Chinese people have the freedom of assembly and can easily start a corporation without being entangled in CCP affairs (legal and political strings attached). Also you assume that majority of the Chinese people that are farmers can quickly become educated in a new trade overnight.
China still has a long way to go before being a developed nation aside from their major cities. Anytime you have a nation that large, it really needs to be broken up into "States" or "Provinces" that democratically represents the local population much like in the US or EU. Trying to run a large country at the Federal level is efficient, but also very sloppy (not recommended).
Can't they focus the research on something more important than baldness?
Because baldness research and treatment is a multi-million (if not billion) dollar industry. It's sort of like asking "who would market Viagra?" that flashes the big *DUH* factor.
Face it. Anything sex related and superficial is a huge money maker. Investors would be retarded not to tap into these markets.
That's a factor of how much boost they create, lubrication, etc. The biggest problem is knock and ping and the increased stress on the bearings.
Running NOS isn't a problem if you meter it properly and is only controlled by the ECU. Also, the engine will need engineered to handle the stress much like they are done with turbo and supercharged models from factory. Once you let the driver control the NOS shots however, they often get greedy with the power and grenade the engine soon after.
90% of the people never have a NEED to take a picture with a cell phone.
I rarely use my cell phone, but I have found it to be quite usefull in the times I've needed it.
A few examples include: Pictures of someone parking so close to me, I need a can opener. Pictures of a jobsite for collaboration. Pictures taken of a co-workers car after being broken into. Pictures of a car wreck moments after it happend to show "who's at fault", etc.
I'm sure they're are may other uses. But using it as a tool to CYA has proven invaluable to me.
Flash 9 has always had hardware acceleration. But read below for the new updates for 10. I'll be damned...Linux support
Flash Player 10 includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes, including:
Creative Expression Custom Filters and Effects 3D Effects New Text Engine Text Layout Components Drawing API Enhancements Color Management Visual Performance Improvements GPU Compositing GPU Blitting Anti-Aliasing Engine (Saffron 3.1) Vector Data Type Rich Media Enhanced Sound APIs Dynamic Streaming RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol) Speex Audio Codec Other Community Requested Enhancements NSS for Linux Linux WMODE Video4Linux v2 Support unloadAndStop Limited Fullscreen Keyboard Access File Reference Dynamic Sound Generation Large Bitmap Support Context Menu GB18030 Compliance Ubuntu OS Support
Let be real ok? 99.999% of the time someone uses a keygen, it's to pirate software. Hey I've been guilty of it, sure (with Nero Burning rom). But I've also purchased a real key from their website a few months later. The point is, it's still wrong.
Do you think if I carried a crack pipe in my pocket, I could convince a COP that it's just a goodluck charm? You see my point right?
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...the IRS will do the same in the US. After all, this new administration campaigned on raising our taxes. So don't complain.
in-flight entertainment systems on some long-haul passenger jets
Ahh, so that's what they ment by "Every seat is a window seat".
I WANT to pay more. I WANT to pay down the debt. It's the responsible, non-selfish, thing to do.
I have no problem with that. In fact, it's a good attitude to have. I wish more people would be as responsible.
But... Do you *really* think congress is going to pay off the debt? Or, will they just make a money-grab to expand the federal government leaving us (yet again) screwed?!
... which is an excellent argument against electing judges
You have it all wrong.
All judges get elected or put into their positions through some political process be it vocal or non-vocal. Ascension to such a job still will pass through other human beings with opinions of their own. It's an undeniable fact of life.
The correct question you should be asking is this. "How and by whom should judges be put into power?
As one Chinese military expert put it, such an asymmetric information-based attack would render US military forces "blind," "deaf," and "paralyzed" (Cliff 2007). Direct, large scale attacks against US computer and information systems, either via disabling electromagnetic weapons or hacking, would be a part of this attack strategy.
Just so you know, a single high-altitude atomic detonation would create such a powerful EMP, it would fry any and all devices that use unshielded silicon chips. It would throw the victimized country back to an era of vacuum tube technology (assuming the infrastructure is tooled for production).
While such a scenario would be a "bloodless" war, the philosophy of MAD would quickly be put to practice. Given China's accelerated economic development and a billion chinese to look after, I seriously doubt they would walk down this path. As for religious countries with an axe to grind (and a nuke) such as Iran, Israel and Pakistan...we can only speculate their desires for an EMP war. At least two of those three don't have that much to lose. No doubt they would find it nice to level the technological playing field as well.
The rest of the world has plenty of reason to dislike America.
If you've traveled around the world, you will find most people that dislike America is because they *envy* us. Every year, we have people immigrating in droves to our country to live the dream. Or, at the very least, find a better life with opportunities that would never have been available previously. For those that don't like us for the sake of "just because", it's due to the King-of-the-mountain mentality. It's the whole "take the MAN down a notch".
In any event, it's all about human psychology. Once you view the world through that lens, everything else comes into clear focus. It's as simple as that. Most people around the world could give a rat's ass about our foreign policy. In fact, those that do care primarily are found in American campuses and other intelligentsia communities whom are the fringe minority (such as yourself).
Religious fervor may be a factor, but you'll notice they attacked the United States.
They went after America for symbolic reasons. Nothing more complicated than that.
They didn't attack the Hindus in India, or the Buddhists in China, or the Christians in Canada, all of whom are equally "deviant". There's a reason they went after America and not anyone else.
Your wrong.
Islamic extremism is a global phenomenon. China, India, Africa, Middle East, Europe, France, Russia, and other parts of Asia have all been victims of this twisted ideology. Check out http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ and scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will find a global tally of events and a yearly archive.
they just "hate us for our freedom."
For the most part, yes.
You see, according Osama there is only one form of legal groundwork; shira law. It's spelled out in the holy Qur'an. As such, any deviation from it is construed to be hubris and thus a sin. And well according to him... repentance comes through death, or keeping your life at the expense of accepting Islam and remaining an infidel.
The western world is up against a dangerous and oppressive ideology. Our forefathers defeated the Nazis in WW2. I'm not sure we can win this one however with people such as yourself not taking this seriously.
The constitution is flawed and even the original writers were aware of that which is the reason that there exist a process to amend it.
Correct.
But that's not what Obama wants to do. He explicitly stated in a radio interview that he wants to legislate from the SCOTUS bench under the guise of "fairness". Scary!!!
Sure. You don't have a test network to at least smoke patches on or you would've said something
A fifteen user network all running off a cable modem, router/firewall, and Windows 2003 SBS. Sure, let me pitch the sale for them to purchase another SBS box (for testing purposes only) and the billable time required for each test required per monthly patch cycle...
What happens when your SBS box barfs
Rebuild it, add PCs back to the domain, and restore user data and exchange data. I've done it before and it's a lot cheaper alternative to the one above. Funny isn't? Sometimes it's cheaper to let a server crash and burn than spend money on preventive maintenance. It's all in how much the customer wants to spend.
Remember, only incompetent admins apply patches without testing them.
Cool.
Sounds like your part of an internal IT department of a big corporation. Well, I'm not. I admin several small businesses network which contain 5 to 20 users. Each company has one server which runs Windows SBS. So, testing isn't an option. Should there be a problem, I have no choice but to pull it out via the Add/Remove program list.
So, do you think I'm an incompetent admin given what I have to work with?
It doesn't matter. It happend when Bush was in office. That's all people know and care about. When it comes to politics, rational/logical thought goes out the window.
But hey, I can't wait till Obama is sworn in. America will get to jump from the frying pan and into the fire.
nVidia already has this market covered with the Cuda API. In fact, the new version of photoshop is GPGPU accelerated with nVidia cards that support Cuda.
So speaking the truth equates to being a flame-stoking bigot? I'm sorry that you're offended by the discussion of this controversial topic. However, your personal feelings toward someone doesn't change the fact of what *is* in this world. What ever happened to being "open minded"?
Or maybe it wont come back online till 2012. Bets anyone?
Kidding aside, I will shit myself if this thing isn't running by 2011. Given the state of the global economy, it might get funding cut for awhile. I'm just saying...
The USA is already split up into 50 states. But given the status of our federal government, it's kind of a moot point these days. The more laws that are passed and inacted at the federal level, the less independent the states become. Simply put, this is bad.
You're assuming for a moment that the Chinese people have the freedom of assembly and can easily start a corporation without being entangled in CCP affairs (legal and political strings attached). Also you assume that majority of the Chinese people that are farmers can quickly become educated in a new trade overnight.
China still has a long way to go before being a developed nation aside from their major cities. Anytime you have a nation that large, it really needs to be broken up into "States" or "Provinces" that democratically represents the local population much like in the US or EU. Trying to run a large country at the Federal level is efficient, but also very sloppy (not recommended).
Because baldness research and treatment is a multi-million (if not billion) dollar industry. It's sort of like asking "who would market Viagra?" that flashes the big *DUH* factor.
Face it. Anything sex related and superficial is a huge money maker. Investors would be retarded not to tap into these markets.
Just like they demolish your home's windows, and your car's windshield....
Are they just as cheap to replace?
Zero-G-Spot
Energy doesn't magically come from nowhere.
Well it DID at some point, or we wouldn't be here discussing it. Care chime in on the "Big Bang" theory?
Who knows? Maybe the LHC sparks off another cosmic rebirth.
But but...you need to understand how their the "tubes" work to gain martian internet access. Right?
That's a factor of how much boost they create, lubrication, etc. The biggest problem is knock and ping and the increased stress on the bearings.
Running NOS isn't a problem if you meter it properly and is only controlled by the ECU. Also, the engine will need engineered to handle the stress much like they are done with turbo and supercharged models from factory. Once you let the driver control the NOS shots however, they often get greedy with the power and grenade the engine soon after.
90% of the people never have a NEED to take a picture with a cell phone.
I rarely use my cell phone, but I have found it to be quite usefull in the times I've needed it.
A few examples include: Pictures of someone parking so close to me, I need a can opener. Pictures of a jobsite for collaboration. Pictures taken of a co-workers car after being broken into. Pictures of a car wreck moments after it happend to show "who's at fault", etc.
I'm sure they're are may other uses. But using it as a tool to CYA has proven invaluable to me.
Flash 9 has always had hardware acceleration. But read below for the new updates for 10. I'll be damned...Linux support
Let be real ok? 99.999% of the time someone uses a keygen, it's to pirate software. Hey I've been guilty of it, sure (with Nero Burning rom). But I've also purchased a real key from their website a few months later. The point is, it's still wrong.
Do you think if I carried a crack pipe in my pocket, I could convince a COP that it's just a goodluck charm? You see my point right?