Alas, nobody seems to listen to me when I say we should cut the War Department's (AKA Department of Defense) budget in half, and give the money to the national lab's, NASA, and health coverage for all American's.
Sure, let leave Iran and N. Korea to themselves. After all, we will need a boost in health care once a few "porta-nukes" (sold on the black market) demolishes our cities.
I for one would rather prevent that shit from happening in the first place. You will need good intel and military might for this.
You're a perfect example of "What's wrong with America".
Liberals see they're being attacked by the media. Conservatives see they're being attacked by the media. Results? The partisan media outlets such as CNN and Fox have won your attention. This is important because the perpetual bashing that goes on drives up the rating and thus further adds fuel to the fire. Obviously the political mud slinging that goes on in Washington DC is the root cause as everyone is jockeying for power.
Want to be cleansed of this rotgut? Tell the media to go fuck themselves. Do your own investigations and read personal blogs around the world for a more dynamic outlook into our global society.
When the rank and file get upset, lo and behold, there will always be a distracting social "issue" to motivate them again. (Janet Jackson's bustier popped open -- OMG! OMG! Society is breaking down! Election cycle -- Oh No! Pass a bunch of anti-Gay-Marriage amendments, it's a crisis!)
Dont EVEN bitch about the Republican party about this! Put the blame on the vast MAJORITY of the American public. They are the ones who cried out about this issue to all the news agencies and wrote to their representitives. The Rrebublican party simply listened to their supporters. Same thing goes for Gay Marriage (I personally don't have a problem with it, I'm a libertarian after all), it's the MAJORITY of Americans that oppose it. Why? I dunno. Maybe it's Fear, religion, all the above... Point is, your making the Repub party out to be the scape goat on these two issues.
As the subject line says, I'm very very worried. I mean this from a "1984" standpoint.
We've already read stories about how our past activities on the Internet (news groups, blogs...etc) can catch up with our future in a very bad way. With storage getting cheap and more abundant, I fear that giant archives of public data will be collected daily and stored for hundreds of years...all ready to be pulled for review later. Any place, at any moment, digital video of you recorded in public can be data-mined using facial feature algorithms to track your history of where you went, when, and for how long.
While such technology will certainly be available in the UK, there is nothing against US law from preventing it happening here. Homeland Security, Patriot Act...bla bla bla. It's just a matter of time when terabytes are cents on the dollar.
YES! A dedicated core in which it's resources is fully dedicated to the "windows update" thread. Finally, Vista owners everywhere can stay secure faster!
Ever caught a ball somebody threw to you? That's some hardcore calculus right there
I've missed the ball somebody threw at me a few times.
Yes, the brain is a fantastic processor/storage device. However, it's not governed by raw mathematical calculations. The brain functions through trial and error. We call this adaptation "practice". Other tasks known as instincts are hardcode into the brain from birth. So why is our brain not good at crunching numbers at the conscious level? I suspect it has something to do with our environment. Our environment is analog and not based on a fixed resolution (grid) that can be easily associated with numbers. As such, the brain is tuned to an analog world through evolution since the first life form on earth developed neurons.
Three plus years and counting, so where is this respect you speak of?
Respect come when you win the war. You cannot have peace until you have victory. That has and will always be the case.
Technically, S. Korea and the US are still at war with N. Korea . See what happens when you don't finish what you started. Well, I can say there will be peace with N. Korea, but not without another fight. Just one example, but a good one.
The general public misses the point about nukes. People think they will first be used on Cities. That's totally WRONG. Most tack nukes in our stock pile are low yeild and desided to whipe out fleets in the ocean.
Simple put, all it takes is for any country of nuclear weapon power status to take out one of our carriers. And why not? It's not like we could pull the political stunt and use them on a City. Nope, it would just end up a tie in the ocean. Both countries would lose their fleet in an instant...unless they are too close to the harbor.
The terrorists we face today are born and bread of religions convictions. It's pure indoctrination. As such, they will only listen and govern by weapons. When you speak of peace, they use this as an exploitable form of weakness. When you use weapons, and defeat them, they show respect. I know it shouldn't "be this way", but that's how the human race works. Socially, we are all governed as "master and servant" be it subtle, or extreme.
The religious terrorists only know one rule. That is, live by the sword, die by the sword. Everything else just grants them opportunity at YOUR expense
All I need is the Holodeck for all my needs. I will program in a virtual fantasy where the ships psychologist (with attractive boobies) is giving a blowjob while the virtual Doc is hitting me up with a hypospray of extasy!
Ehh, but most of the time I would just hang out in the holideck going for the record fuck-fest burnout. The longer I last (and conquest) the more points I earn. And all the millions of women would bow before me like a GOD.
After all, this is MY virtual universe. Want your own? Step into the holodeck!
WTF? Why is it when someone posts this talking point, they get modded up. If your opposed to the war in Iraq, fine, say so. It's your opinion and right I support. But please, would people stop spreading this fud!!
I love the slim PS2. It includes IR port on the front for a remote control. Cool part is, I can use Scientific Atlanta DVR remote (Time Warner Cable) and program in a universal Sony DVD code and it works. No need to by Sony's remote for the PS2.
Of course, I much prefer living in a country where the cops tell both sides to cool it off, but maybe that's just me.
Na, boxing is perfectly fine and a good way to resolve matters personally in a sporting enviroment. Now if we are talking about street fighting, then I agree with you.
Ya, it's BS and totally untrue. I've got two Hitachi drives in RAID-0 using the built in Promiss controller on my MB. I've never had a single problem.
Data in RAID-0 is twice as likely to get corrupted however if you have bad memory or memory timing. This happens a LOT. Only way to ensure data is getting read from and written too correctly is to make sure the bits aren't flipping in RAM. Run Memtest 86 Plus to verify. Also, people like to mount two hard drives next to each other without proper cooling. A drive that overheats will cause all sorts of controller problems and even stress on the barrings (spindle and actuactor arm).
Good question, but I think you know the answer that that. Give yourself credit; you're smarter than that;)
In all honesty, I would say yes! Remember, the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) main job is to save money and ensure better profit margins. As such, inventory consolidation will no doubt be at the top of their list. It may start out small with little parts...say a power supply brand/model here, CDROM drives there... But eventually, Alienware will be nothing more than a brand. An empty shell of a name. Eventually, Alienware will be nothing more than a line of Dell PCs. So rather then buying a Dell XPS, you get to choose an alternate. How about a Dell Alienware?
I suppose it's all how you define "thin client"... You see, at work we do most of our work through applications running in Internet Explorer on the Intranet. Given that IE is the only parent application I use, I would say XP makes for a thin client.
Best part is, because the application resides on the server, no software needs to be installed other than the standard anti-virus defs and OS patches.
I call BS. Not saying you're lieing, but rather Windows is giving you false information.
Try this. Try installing any program that writes to the registry (most if not all windows program does). After you've done this, try resizing windows in various shapes and configurations (this too is stored in registry). Give it about a minute at the most....now yank the power from the PC.
Turn the PC back on. You might notice the window framing is the same for the folder in which you resized. Also, you will not have to reinstall the application.
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Alas, nobody seems to listen to me when I say we should cut the War Department's (AKA Department of Defense) budget in half, and give the money to the national lab's, NASA, and health coverage for all American's.
Sure, let leave Iran and N. Korea to themselves. After all, we will need a boost in health care once a few "porta-nukes" (sold on the black market) demolishes our cities.
I for one would rather prevent that shit from happening in the first place. You will need good intel and military might for this.
You're a perfect example of "What's wrong with America".
Liberals see they're being attacked by the media. Conservatives see they're being attacked by the media. Results? The partisan media outlets such as CNN and Fox have won your attention. This is important because the perpetual bashing that goes on drives up the rating and thus further adds fuel to the fire. Obviously the political mud slinging that goes on in Washington DC is the root cause as everyone is jockeying for power.
Want to be cleansed of this rotgut? Tell the media to go fuck themselves. Do your own investigations and read personal blogs around the world for a more dynamic outlook into our global society.
The AU government will get spammed with products on how to crack down on spam.
Oh oh! But but but... Bill Clinton just said America envys the UK Government!!!! *snort*
When the rank and file get upset, lo and behold, there will always be a distracting social "issue" to motivate them again. (Janet Jackson's bustier popped open -- OMG! OMG! Society is breaking down! Election cycle -- Oh No! Pass a bunch of anti-Gay-Marriage amendments, it's a crisis!)
Dont EVEN bitch about the Republican party about this! Put the blame on the vast MAJORITY of the American public. They are the ones who cried out about this issue to all the news agencies and wrote to their representitives. The Rrebublican party simply listened to their supporters. Same thing goes for Gay Marriage (I personally don't have a problem with it, I'm a libertarian after all), it's the MAJORITY of Americans that oppose it. Why? I dunno. Maybe it's Fear, religion, all the above... Point is, your making the Repub party out to be the scape goat on these two issues.
As the subject line says, I'm very very worried. I mean this from a "1984" standpoint.
We've already read stories about how our past activities on the Internet (news groups, blogs...etc) can catch up with our future in a very bad way. With storage getting cheap and more abundant, I fear that giant archives of public data will be collected daily and stored for hundreds of years...all ready to be pulled for review later. Any place, at any moment, digital video of you recorded in public can be data-mined using facial feature algorithms to track your history of where you went, when, and for how long.
While such technology will certainly be available in the UK, there is nothing against US law from preventing it happening here. Homeland Security, Patriot Act...bla bla bla. It's just a matter of time when terabytes are cents on the dollar.
YES! A dedicated core in which it's resources is fully dedicated to the "windows update" thread. Finally, Vista owners everywhere can stay secure faster!
Remember the pinko commies of the 60's erra? Now contrast Linux as a socialist movement (the whole one for all, all for one)
My fingers are burning. Without a doubt my comment will be modded as flamebait. INCOMMING!!! Fire in the hole!
Ever caught a ball somebody threw to you? That's some hardcore calculus right there
I've missed the ball somebody threw at me a few times.
Yes, the brain is a fantastic processor/storage device. However, it's not governed by raw mathematical calculations. The brain functions through trial and error. We call this adaptation "practice". Other tasks known as instincts are hardcode into the brain from birth. So why is our brain not good at crunching numbers at the conscious level? I suspect it has something to do with our environment. Our environment is analog and not based on a fixed resolution (grid) that can be easily associated with numbers. As such, the brain is tuned to an analog world through evolution since the first life form on earth developed neurons.
Three plus years and counting, so where is this respect you speak of?
Respect come when you win the war. You cannot have peace until you have victory. That has and will always be the case.
Technically, S. Korea and the US are still at war with N. Korea . See what happens when you don't finish what you started. Well, I can say there will be peace with N. Korea, but not without another fight. Just one example, but a good one.
CNN "Pipeline"
Damn dude, you need to get out more.
Have you read this bit of news? I get this vision of a poodle bearing it's teeth. Not a pretty sight!
The French are mostly passifists. But when you fuck when them, they snap!
The general public misses the point about nukes. People think they will first be used on Cities. That's totally WRONG. Most tack nukes in our stock pile are low yeild and desided to whipe out fleets in the ocean.
Simple put, all it takes is for any country of nuclear weapon power status to take out one of our carriers. And why not? It's not like we could pull the political stunt and use them on a City. Nope, it would just end up a tie in the ocean. Both countries would lose their fleet in an instant...unless they are too close to the harbor.
The terrorists we face today are born and bread of religions convictions. It's pure indoctrination. As such, they will only listen and govern by weapons. When you speak of peace, they use this as an exploitable form of weakness. When you use weapons, and defeat them, they show respect. I know it shouldn't "be this way", but that's how the human race works. Socially, we are all governed as "master and servant" be it subtle, or extreme.
The religious terrorists only know one rule. That is, live by the sword, die by the sword. Everything else just grants them opportunity at YOUR expense
All I need is the Holodeck for all my needs. I will program in a virtual fantasy where the ships psychologist (with attractive boobies) is giving a blowjob while the virtual Doc is hitting me up with a hypospray of extasy!
Ehh, but most of the time I would just hang out in the holideck going for the record fuck-fest burnout. The longer I last (and conquest) the more points I earn. And all the millions of women would bow before me like a GOD.
After all, this is MY virtual universe. Want your own? Step into the holodeck!
"100.000 of civillian death..."
WTF? Why is it when someone posts this talking point, they get modded up. If your opposed to the war in Iraq, fine, say so. It's your opinion and right I support. But please, would people stop spreading this fud!!
I love the slim PS2. It includes IR port on the front for a remote control. Cool part is, I can use Scientific Atlanta DVR remote (Time Warner Cable) and program in a universal Sony DVD code and it works. No need to by Sony's remote for the PS2.
Yes me lord. *voice of peon in WarCraft*
No, but he does throw chairs very well! Sounds like WWF wrestling would better suited for him.
Of course, I much prefer living in a country where the cops tell both sides to cool it off, but maybe that's just me.
Na, boxing is perfectly fine and a good way to resolve matters personally in a sporting enviroment. Now if we are talking about street fighting, then I agree with you.
They've been taking notes from John C. Dvorak most likely.
Anyone know anything about this?
Ya, it's BS and totally untrue. I've got two Hitachi drives in RAID-0 using the built in Promiss controller on my MB. I've never had a single problem.
Data in RAID-0 is twice as likely to get corrupted however if you have bad memory or memory timing. This happens a LOT. Only way to ensure data is getting read from and written too correctly is to make sure the bits aren't flipping in RAM. Run Memtest 86 Plus to verify. Also, people like to mount two hard drives next to each other without proper cooling. A drive that overheats will cause all sorts of controller problems and even stress on the barrings (spindle and actuactor arm).
Good question, but I think you know the answer that that. Give yourself credit; you're smarter than that ;)
In all honesty, I would say yes! Remember, the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) main job is to save money and ensure better profit margins. As such, inventory consolidation will no doubt be at the top of their list. It may start out small with little parts...say a power supply brand/model here, CDROM drives there... But eventually, Alienware will be nothing more than a brand. An empty shell of a name. Eventually, Alienware will be nothing more than a line of Dell PCs. So rather then buying a Dell XPS, you get to choose an alternate. How about a Dell Alienware?
Want fries with that?
A desktop running XP is NOT a thin client.
I suppose it's all how you define "thin client"...
You see, at work we do most of our work through applications running in Internet Explorer on the Intranet. Given that IE is the only parent application I use, I would say XP makes for a thin client.
Best part is, because the application resides on the server, no software needs to be installed other than the standard anti-virus defs and OS patches.
I call BS. Not saying you're lieing, but rather Windows is giving you false information.
Try this. Try installing any program that writes to the registry (most if not all windows program does). After you've done this, try resizing windows in various shapes and configurations (this too is stored in registry). Give it about a minute at the most....now yank the power from the PC.
Turn the PC back on. You might notice the window framing is the same for the folder in which you resized. Also, you will not have to reinstall the application.