I'm not sure how that got modded insightful. Could you fathom the idea that there is only a week left until the election and the Republicans don't want to take any chances? It's well known how many zombie computers there are out there, and how anti-Bush the hacker community (especially outside the US) typically is.
How many of the people bitching about this actually went to that site before this article came out? Why do they suddenly care? Because it gives them a reason to bitch about Bush some more and pretend that he's "ignoring the rest of the world."
This wasn't a bad move really. Hackers took a shot at the RNC website when that was going on, what makes anyone think they won't try something like that again, or haven't been doing so for some time? If you're really that obsessed with seeing the site, then go see it next week. You have no influence on the election if you don't live in the US so your desire to see it is really just a desire to bitch about how you can't see it. If it came back online for those of you outside the US you'd just shrug and find something else to do, not go to the site.
The problem with much of the Slashdot crowd and much of the script kiddie hacker community is that deep down the reason they're really upset about this is because they want hackers to take over the site right before the election to try and influence the election. That's why they like Michael Moore's drivel and garbage like it. Those of you pretending to be upset have lost nothing and simply gained another reason to bitch. I'm sure the Republicans are crying over their loss of your support.
AAC and WMA are on the rise, and that makes sense given the current marketing trends with these two codecs. Does that mean mp3 is dying? Hardly. It will be around for quite sometime, despite development of superior codecs.
When you have this guy up there in the debates whining about how much the war costs, then telling people that we aren't "giving our boys" enough money for body armor, you have someone who doesn't understand how things work.
Either you are for giving more funding to the troops, or you are against it. Kerry voted against it, but then during the debates he seemed pissed that we didn't give them enough. This was before he was pissed that we spent too much (though he overstated the figure by $80 billion).
Don't get me wrong, Bush isn't perfect either. Just don't pretend that this flip flopping thing is without merit. Sometimes I think the guy would get a sex change operation if it would sway some female voters. He tactically stays on the fence on as many issues as he can so as to garner support from both sides.
How is the slippery slope argument a logical fallacy?
To be honest, I know that it's not in this instance. I just wanted to preempt all the inevitable "slippery slopes are illogical" arguments that were destined to follow. I guess I traded that for "slippery slope is logical" instead.
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...but they really are looking to maximize your limits on free speech. The government already goes too far in my opinion in many arenas of free speech. It is looking to tighten its grip on every medium and expand existing holdings to new mediums.
While the "slippery slope" argument in itself is a logical fallacy against one particular instance, on the whole it seems to be very true and concerning.
So yes, they get extra help -- because they're poor, not because they're white. Same as the others -- get help because they're poor, not because they are of color.
Except that you are overlooking the entire issue of affirmative action, what it is and why these people support it. Their mindset is that the only poor people that matter are hispanics and blacks, and similarly in doing so they also manage to insinuate that all black or hispanic people are poor. I would imagine that minorities would take offense at this, but I guess nobody wants to turn down handouts. You can't deny that many schools and companies still use race as a factor in admissions or hiring. They get away with it because they are perceived to be helping "the poor" but all they are really doing is creating another injustice based on a racist logical fallacy.
Moreover, you can't even label it as "assisting minorities" because as it turns out Asians do not meet this "poor" stereotype so they are conveniently left out. Yet another gaping hole in their claim that anybody but the white Christian male deserves this assistance.
"For Democrats, Greens are the party which champions what Democrats used to: support for working people and people of color and protection of the environment."
In my book, this is why I can't stand neither the Democrats nor the Greens. Libertarians have a much better sense of what equality really means, not overcompensation by creating two wrongs.
What they fail to realize is that the common factor in pirating Windows is a computer without Windows, not just computers preloaded with Linux. The fact that these computers are being sold with Linux is just a distraction. Many people build their own computers just so they can pirate Windows and not have to pay the higher price to include the OS. Should we then disparage the selling of separate computer components as conducive to Windows piracy?
This is a huge logical fallacy to imply that Linux has anything to do with these people's intentions. They are trying to save money and so they buy very cheap pre-built computers and pirate Windows.
Republicans now more than ever seem to be under the belief that they could throw any dissenting american in to prison and blow up anyone voicing their dissent outside the US and are on a collission course with the stark reality that while we may never die from a terrorist attack, we will surely feel the ever tightening grip of a police state.
You had something going there until this last bit of dribble.
I hardly think you can blame Republicans when 98 senators and 337 Representatives voted for the bill. Those senators of course included your beloved John Kerry.
I thought it was good also. Having only a copy of the VHS fullscreen special edition version, the widescreen DVDs are a big improvement.
The biggest changes that I noticed:
Ep 4 - Jabba was redone and looks a lot better than in the original special edition. Still obviously CG, but at least it's an improvement and not something worse. Also, Han and Greedo shoot at the same time.
Ep 5 - The emperor is now the actual emperor when you see Vader talking to him through the big communicator. Before it was a fugly emperor that looked nothing like the Ep. 6 emperor. Also, they added dialogue about Luke being the son of Anakin Skywalker and yada yada.
Ep 6 - At the end, it is Hayden instead of the original Vader guy. They did it well, but that one's left up to personal preference as to whether it's Good or Bad.
So if all you have is the VHS special edition, this is worth picking up. Even if you have the originals, the improved picture and sound is nice.
and all the cost to make a connection anywhere in the world is the cost of your ISP
Unless you're one of the unlucky who has to use a DSL provider which requires you to pay for a landline to get said DSL service. Then you're stuck in a bit of a pickle. Hopefully that will change, I seem to remember hearing about laws regarding that problem.
I have several friends in bands, and none of them aspire to be rock stars (at least in public). They understand that they need to keep their day jobs.
And you honestly believe they'd turn down millions of dollars from a high-profile record label to keep their day jobs?
Few people are that tightly bound to their philosophy. Just like the poor coder of an OSS project would probably denounce MS all day, but take a job with them in a heartbeat if they came knocking on his door talking about six figures.
Kerry might have voted for the war when he was fooled by the Bush&Co that Saddam has anything to do with terrorism. And he probably changed his mind when realising that this is blatant lie.
Nope, Kerry said back in '98 that he thought Iraq needed a regime change and that ground troops would be necessary to take Saddam out of power. This was, of course, after he was opposed to the original Gulf War.
Which is why we shouldn't elect Kerry. He said that Saddam was a danger that needed to be removed and that he had (and used) weapons of mass destruction.
Or were you talking about someone else? Or maybe you were talking about the Kerry who voted for invading Iraq before he voted against it? Or when he said we should support our troops now that they're there before he voted against funding for them? Perhaps you just meant Bush who's been saying the same thing John Kerry was before the war, only he hasn't changed his mind.
Funny, Kerry didn't think so when all the veterans went on TV telling people how they didn't think he was fit for president. So it's ok as long as it's against Bush, eh?
Not that I'm a fan of either of them, but Kerry is not the hero he wants people to believe he is. He was in Vietnam for 4 months. Researching his Purple Hearts will lead you to the fact that they weren't earned for anything remotely courageous. He knew he needed 3 to get out of there and he did whatever it took to get them. The last one was a result of him catching shrapnel in the ass from his own grenade. Some people say it was actually just rice from the rice patty he blew up for no reason.
Bush is no war hero either, but at least he readily admits that his service in the Air National Guard is not worth comparing to service in Vietnam. Kerry's political machine, on the other hand, is quite obsessed with his supposed sparkling war record. The guy went on the record talking about his war atrocities back in the day.
Just so I don't get modded as a Bush-loving troll, I'll have to throw in the standard "don't blame me I'm a libertarian" disclaimer.:)
But in practice, they need probable cause and a warrant to use a wiretap. Though I'm sure you're like most Euros who think they're spying on us anyways, collecting all that damning evidence against us every day. And of course it's not worth mentioning that illegal wiretaps can't be used in courts. Oh, but that's right, we won't get a trial will we? Good old secret black ops will come into our house and drag us into Camp X-Ray and we'll never see the light of day again! Oh the agony, I wish I didn't live in such a country where they respect no freedoms!!
But they (at least if you were to question them on it) are referring to this part:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Disney Enterprises, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures Corporation TriStar Pictures, Inc. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation United Artists Pictures, Inc. United Artists Corporation Universal City Studios, LLLP Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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How many of the people bitching about this actually went to that site before this article came out? Why do they suddenly care? Because it gives them a reason to bitch about Bush some more and pretend that he's "ignoring the rest of the world."
This wasn't a bad move really. Hackers took a shot at the RNC website when that was going on, what makes anyone think they won't try something like that again, or haven't been doing so for some time? If you're really that obsessed with seeing the site, then go see it next week. You have no influence on the election if you don't live in the US so your desire to see it is really just a desire to bitch about how you can't see it. If it came back online for those of you outside the US you'd just shrug and find something else to do, not go to the site.
The problem with much of the Slashdot crowd and much of the script kiddie hacker community is that deep down the reason they're really upset about this is because they want hackers to take over the site right before the election to try and influence the election. That's why they like Michael Moore's drivel and garbage like it. Those of you pretending to be upset have lost nothing and simply gained another reason to bitch. I'm sure the Republicans are crying over their loss of your support.
AAC and WMA are on the rise, and that makes sense given the current marketing trends with these two codecs. Does that mean mp3 is dying? Hardly. It will be around for quite sometime, despite development of superior codecs.
When you have this guy up there in the debates whining about how much the war costs, then telling people that we aren't "giving our boys" enough money for body armor, you have someone who doesn't understand how things work.
Either you are for giving more funding to the troops, or you are against it. Kerry voted against it, but then during the debates he seemed pissed that we didn't give them enough. This was before he was pissed that we spent too much (though he overstated the figure by $80 billion).
Don't get me wrong, Bush isn't perfect either. Just don't pretend that this flip flopping thing is without merit. Sometimes I think the guy would get a sex change operation if it would sway some female voters. He tactically stays on the fence on as many issues as he can so as to garner support from both sides.
To be honest, I know that it's not in this instance. I just wanted to preempt all the inevitable "slippery slopes are illogical" arguments that were destined to follow. I guess I traded that for "slippery slope is logical" instead.
While the "slippery slope" argument in itself is a logical fallacy against one particular instance, on the whole it seems to be very true and concerning.
That's not going to encourage companies to send work overseas!
won't have any time for the GF soon...
GF, eh? I suppose you have a copy of Duke Nukem Forever as well?
Surely it would be the manufacturer that's infringing, right?
Which also brings up the question of whether an LCD manufactured outside the US falls under the protection of this patent. Any thoughts on that?
So yes, they get extra help -- because they're poor, not because they're white. Same as the others -- get help because they're poor, not because they are of color.
Except that you are overlooking the entire issue of affirmative action, what it is and why these people support it. Their mindset is that the only poor people that matter are hispanics and blacks, and similarly in doing so they also manage to insinuate that all black or hispanic people are poor. I would imagine that minorities would take offense at this, but I guess nobody wants to turn down handouts. You can't deny that many schools and companies still use race as a factor in admissions or hiring. They get away with it because they are perceived to be helping "the poor" but all they are really doing is creating another injustice based on a racist logical fallacy.
Moreover, you can't even label it as "assisting minorities" because as it turns out Asians do not meet this "poor" stereotype so they are conveniently left out. Yet another gaping hole in their claim that anybody but the white Christian male deserves this assistance.
Equal should mean equal in the eyes of the law.
"For Democrats, Greens are the party which champions what Democrats used to: support for working people and people of color and protection of the environment."
In my book, this is why I can't stand neither the Democrats nor the Greens. Libertarians have a much better sense of what equality really means, not overcompensation by creating two wrongs.
What they fail to realize is that the common factor in pirating Windows is a computer without Windows, not just computers preloaded with Linux. The fact that these computers are being sold with Linux is just a distraction. Many people build their own computers just so they can pirate Windows and not have to pay the higher price to include the OS. Should we then disparage the selling of separate computer components as conducive to Windows piracy?
This is a huge logical fallacy to imply that Linux has anything to do with these people's intentions. They are trying to save money and so they buy very cheap pre-built computers and pirate Windows.
Republicans now more than ever seem to be under the belief that they could throw any dissenting american in to prison and blow up anyone voicing their dissent outside the US and are on a collission course with the stark reality that while we may never die from a terrorist attack, we will surely feel the ever tightening grip of a police state.
You had something going there until this last bit of dribble.
I hardly think you can blame Republicans when 98 senators and 337 Representatives voted for the bill. Those senators of course included your beloved John Kerry.
The biggest changes that I noticed:
- Ep 4 - Jabba was redone and looks a lot better than in the original special edition. Still obviously CG, but at least it's an improvement and not something worse. Also, Han and Greedo shoot at the same time.
- Ep 5 - The emperor is now the actual emperor when you see Vader talking to him through the big communicator. Before it was a fugly emperor that looked nothing like the Ep. 6 emperor. Also, they added dialogue about Luke being the son of Anakin Skywalker and yada yada.
- Ep 6 - At the end, it is Hayden instead of the original Vader guy. They did it well, but that one's left up to personal preference as to whether it's Good or Bad.
So if all you have is the VHS special edition, this is worth picking up. Even if you have the originals, the improved picture and sound is nice.But, at the same time, why should we pay our tax dollars to have the military spy on US citicens, when they could be looking for terrorists?
You weren't under the impression that those hijackers magically appeared here from Afghanistan right before their flights, were you?
He eats babies, simple as that.
and all the cost to make a connection anywhere in the world is the cost of your ISP
Unless you're one of the unlucky who has to use a DSL provider which requires you to pay for a landline to get said DSL service. Then you're stuck in a bit of a pickle. Hopefully that will change, I seem to remember hearing about laws regarding that problem.
I have several friends in bands, and none of them aspire to be rock stars (at least in public). They understand that they need to keep their day jobs.
And you honestly believe they'd turn down millions of dollars from a high-profile record label to keep their day jobs?
Few people are that tightly bound to their philosophy. Just like the poor coder of an OSS project would probably denounce MS all day, but take a job with them in a heartbeat if they came knocking on his door talking about six figures.
it finally has some new features that kde has had for several revisions, so that makes it worth checking out i guess.
Kerry might have voted for the war when he was fooled by the Bush&Co that Saddam has anything to do with terrorism. And he probably changed his mind when realising that this is blatant lie.
Nope, Kerry said back in '98 that he thought Iraq needed a regime change and that ground troops would be necessary to take Saddam out of power. This was, of course, after he was opposed to the original Gulf War.
Which is why we shouldn't elect Kerry. He said that Saddam was a danger that needed to be removed and that he had (and used) weapons of mass destruction.
Or were you talking about someone else? Or maybe you were talking about the Kerry who voted for invading Iraq before he voted against it? Or when he said we should support our troops now that they're there before he voted against funding for them? Perhaps you just meant Bush who's been saying the same thing John Kerry was before the war, only he hasn't changed his mind.
Funny, Kerry didn't think so when all the veterans went on TV telling people how they didn't think he was fit for president. So it's ok as long as it's against Bush, eh?
Not that I'm a fan of either of them, but Kerry is not the hero he wants people to believe he is. He was in Vietnam for 4 months. Researching his Purple Hearts will lead you to the fact that they weren't earned for anything remotely courageous. He knew he needed 3 to get out of there and he did whatever it took to get them. The last one was a result of him catching shrapnel in the ass from his own grenade. Some people say it was actually just rice from the rice patty he blew up for no reason.
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Bush is no war hero either, but at least he readily admits that his service in the Air National Guard is not worth comparing to service in Vietnam. Kerry's political machine, on the other hand, is quite obsessed with his supposed sparkling war record. The guy went on the record talking about his war atrocities back in the day.
Just so I don't get modded as a Bush-loving troll, I'll have to throw in the standard "don't blame me I'm a libertarian" disclaimer.
But in practice, they need probable cause and a warrant to use a wiretap. Though I'm sure you're like most Euros who think they're spying on us anyways, collecting all that damning evidence against us every day. And of course it's not worth mentioning that illegal wiretaps can't be used in courts. Oh, but that's right, we won't get a trial will we? Good old secret black ops will come into our house and drag us into Camp X-Ray and we'll never see the light of day again! Oh the agony, I wish I didn't live in such a country where they respect no freedoms!!
But they (at least if you were to question them on it) are referring to this part:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
TriStar Pictures, Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
United Artists Pictures, Inc.
United Artists Corporation
Universal City Studios, LLLP
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.