I don't think you should limit your critique to playing the Devil's advocate. If the odds really are 1 in 455 per 100 years that we'll face a natural planet-wide cataclysm then humans and mammamls have beaten those odds for every 45,500 year period that's passed since their arrival. What makes the next 100 years any different than the last? If I flip a coin 99 times and get tails every time the odds remain 50/50 that the 100th toss will be heads. This guy isn't talking science. He talking politics.
After reading a debate over the inclusion of daemontools on the ports list, and I can see why DJB has a less than stellar reputation. He is obstinate to the point of being counterproductive. That being said, his software is really interesting. He has a knack for elegant, original simplicity.
As education increased the percentage voting for Bush decreased... until you hit "post-graduate work" and degrees... while people with a Bachelor's degree had the smallest percentage of Bush voters, people with Master's or Doctorate degrees had an even higher percentage of Bush voters than the "did not finish high school" crowd! I thought that was an interesting trend... that the *most* educated voters actually favored Bush over Kerry. Does this shatter your assumption that "the dumber you are, the more likely you are to vote Bush?" (Leaving aside the obvious point that education != intelligence) Is it an anomolay? Just food for thought.
That correlation between post-graduate education and Bush support could be attributed to high income tax brackets and a class immunity to military service.
It seems to me that US just wanted to have their little war.
The administration received relatively little criticism in the media once they started beating the drums of war. This story in the Times is old news. Frontline demonstrated a year ago that Cheney knowingly lied ad nauseum about the nuclear threat (see "Truth, War, and Consequences"). If the discredit due to the administration never gathered steam back then it's only for the same reasons they never had their feet put to the fire in the first place. People were more willing to go along with another war than they were to have their leaders vetted by skepticism.
Unemployment is currently at the same level that Clinton ran on in the 1996 election, 5.4%.
Then why does business seem as shitty as it did in January of 2002? And why are we supposed to be enamoured of the conservative fiscal policy of the President if it makes no difference?
If you're not voting _for_ someone, you shouldn't vote at all.
Then why are you voting for Bush since you dislike him? Either drop the "kids" shit since you posture yourself as a 22 year old X-treame sports guy, drop the notion that a vote against is a vote wasted, or drop the belief that you aren't retarded.
As far as money is concerned, the difference between Moore and the SBV is that Moore isn't being funded by the DNC or (AFAIK) an independent PAC like moveon.org. The SBV was formed specifically to discredit Kerry's bid for the Presidency much like moveon.org is all about getting Bush out of the White House. What's more is that they seem to have some overlapping staff between thier campaign and Bush's. Moore's movie was produced just like any other movie made including that Disney documentary about America or that made for cable docudrama that features a 9/11 president saying, "Al Quaeda?" upon being told of the attacks on the WTC. Let us not pretend that your tongue in cheek concession to an open airing of F911 is an act of generosity. I mean really now. Who the fuck do you think you are?
I won't even get into the legality of such a connection, let alone airing it within 60 days before an election...
What connection are you talking about and what makes you think it's illegal to broadcast a movie near an election?
So let's air this crap, just drop any and all pretenses that it's nothing more than guerilla political advertisement and let everybody in on the game.
Stop complaining and go make your own documentary about how John Kerry never actually killed any Vietnamese or how the SBV have been prevented from airing political advertisements. You claim to be a conservative. Why don't you put your money where your mouth is and suck it up instead of shooting from the peanut gallery like a loser? No one promised you that Limbaugh would get off the pills long enough to make a movie lauding Bush's success in Iraq (I'm so glad that's out of the way) so what makes you think Moore's effort at a TV broadcast is any different?
You're right, only the USofA can overthrow the USofA...? Do you even know what you just wrote? Ironically, you are correct - the positive kind of change will come from within...but it doesn't seem like Americans are very interested in that right now.
I think the guy you're responding to agrees with you completely, but you're both going at the same thing from different angles. Can't you two see that you really love each other!!!
Look at the ABB (Anybody But Bush) crowd. Their hatred is equally emotional and irrational. A bunch I know scream about him being a former alcoholic and alleged coke user. "He's no better than anyone else." Curiously, those that scream the most are the ones who refuse to get control of their own substance abuse issues.
There's nothing "curious" about that at all. Republicans have generally made quite a stink over the lack of character associated with substance abuse. These "ABB" people with drug problems you're encountering simply see him as a hypocrite.
And isn't it curious that the party that has made abortion rights a perpetual issue is accusing Bush of having one?
Which party are you talking about? Both parties have made a wedge issue out of Roe vs Wade. Why is it "curious" that there would be interest in an aborted child in Bush's past? He's against abortion. If the rumor is true (I see zero evidence) he would be a hypocrite. In fact, that particular manifestation of hypocracy would be extremely odious. Much of the energy devoted to pro choice activism stems from acknowledging that abortions would continue if the practice were made illegal. The difference is that they would be limited to the wealthy.
Yes, they claim hypocracy, but don't they have a mirror in their house?
Why would they need one? An aborted child in the past of a pro choice politician doesn't contradict the policies he or she would advocate for others.
It's pleasant to see the fundamental point you're making about self-knowledge get modded up out of anonymity, but it's pretty basic stuff. For the record, there's nothing so implausible about G.W. Bush having an aborted child in his past that the notion can only be entertained by loonies. What makes you think he was born infertile?
With accelerated Cairo on the doors, the Linux desktop will be the first vector-based UI period.
Damn straight. Cairo + Glitz is a very cool idea. We might also note that Keith Packard wrote a paper suggesting a revamp of the X server/driver model that integrates 2D and 3D ops a la (Arnholt's?) Xati server. XAA disappears and the hardware side of Mesa/DRI occupies that void as the whole thing goes GL (If I understand him correctly). So we could end up with a windowing system that can operate solely off SVG while fully utilizing GPU silicon.
As for Intel releasing their own chipset/mobo for a desktop Pentium M, I think Intel believes there wouldn't be much of a market for them, so they don't produce them.
Hmmm, I don't know if I completely agree there. The Pentium-M has been integrated into blades and is listed on Intel's site as having the support of thier E7501 chipset -- since they know it can kick ass. Just yesterday I found a comparison of Dothan with current P4 and A64 cpus that was really amazing (google for "DFI" and "Dothan", then hit translate -- it's a French site). This chip can hold it's own and even out-perform in some cases the latest P4. The rub is that Dothan can do it with a TDP of 21W vs ~100W for a P4EE. That's a pretty big difference in the bogomips-per-heat-waste department. I agree that they aren't "embarassed" and will follow the money, but part of that might include limiting chipset support (thus far) to parts with AGP 4X or ATA-100 for the same reason the P3 couldn't do SMP "officially". There might be more money in keeping different product lines from cannibalizing each others markets prematurely than in selling something the tinkerers would go ape shit over today. I don't know if that's the case here for Intel, but they must know there's a lot of interest in this chip. IIRC, they've already planned on letting the Pentium-M core supercede the P4 though that may be just a rumor. If so, perhaps they want to wait for the introduction of something dramatic like dual core chips to make the retirement of the P4 more natural. Until then you've got dorks like myself googling up rumors of Shuttle releasing a SFF Pentium-M system and finding old usenet posts by people wondering about Banias and SMP.
This story is old and he's not "whining". The town used to have locally run radio until Clear Channel came to town. This is analogous to Starbuck's or Wallmart (pick your national chain) wiping out the local "Mom & Pop" business. The local authorities did have the right number. No one answered the phone because the "local" radio station was being run by remote. In any event, the guy wasn't blaming the FCC (or anyone for that matter) for a railroad derailment. He's pointing out the unintended consequences of a broadcasting monoculture.
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I don't think you should limit your critique to playing the Devil's advocate. If the odds really are 1 in 455 per 100 years that we'll face a natural planet-wide cataclysm then humans and mammamls have beaten those odds for every 45,500 year period that's passed since their arrival. What makes the next 100 years any different than the last? If I flip a coin 99 times and get tails every time the odds remain 50/50 that the 100th toss will be heads. This guy isn't talking science. He talking politics.
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After reading a debate over the inclusion of daemontools on the ports list, and I can see why DJB has a less than stellar reputation. He is obstinate to the point of being counterproductive. That being said, his software is really interesting. He has a knack for elegant, original simplicity.
NT has roots in VMS. The BSD advertising clause you're seeing comes from one piece of BSD software (I can't recall which) Microsoft incorporated.
For the record, Hydrogen isn't what made the Hindenburg a calamity waiting to happen. It's skin was "doped" with an extremely flammable sealant.
IIRC, Torvalds' father was (is still?) a Communist activist that held a minor political office for a time.
That correlation between post-graduate education and Bush support could be attributed to high income tax brackets and a class immunity to military service.
Freedesktop.org has pushed things in that direction with some success.
Try syncing right now and check out how slow the servers are:
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games-fps/doom3/files/digest-doom3-1. 1.1282
74 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00
games-fps/doom3/files/doom3
382 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00
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I just happened to catch it as it crawled by.
Moreover, the true Pragmatist will evaluate the utility of talking to cranks and end up saying nothing.
The administration received relatively little criticism in the media once they started beating the drums of war. This story in the Times is old news. Frontline demonstrated a year ago that Cheney knowingly lied ad nauseum about the nuclear threat (see "Truth, War, and Consequences"). If the discredit due to the administration never gathered steam back then it's only for the same reasons they never had their feet put to the fire in the first place. People were more willing to go along with another war than they were to have their leaders vetted by skepticism.
No one has advocated pulling out of Iraq. You're projecting a straw man that doesn't exist.
Honestly now, the guy was just cracking a joke. Really, take my wife, please.
I think you should change your nick, bud.
You'll find an interesting chart in this article. If I'm reading it correctly this display is just beyond the resolving power of the eye at 18".
Then why does business seem as shitty as it did in January of 2002? And why are we supposed to be enamoured of the conservative fiscal policy of the President if it makes no difference?
Then why are you voting for Bush since you dislike him? Either drop the "kids" shit since you posture yourself as a 22 year old X-treame sports guy, drop the notion that a vote against is a vote wasted, or drop the belief that you aren't retarded.
I won't even get into the legality of such a connection, let alone airing it within 60 days before an election...
What connection are you talking about and what makes you think it's illegal to broadcast a movie near an election?
So let's air this crap, just drop any and all pretenses that it's nothing more than guerilla political advertisement and let everybody in on the game.
Stop complaining and go make your own documentary about how John Kerry never actually killed any Vietnamese or how the SBV have been prevented from airing political advertisements. You claim to be a conservative. Why don't you put your money where your mouth is and suck it up instead of shooting from the peanut gallery like a loser? No one promised you that Limbaugh would get off the pills long enough to make a movie lauding Bush's success in Iraq (I'm so glad that's out of the way) so what makes you think Moore's effort at a TV broadcast is any different?
Let's let google decide...
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I think the guy you're responding to agrees with you completely, but you're both going at the same thing from different angles. Can't you two see that you really love each other!!!
There's nothing "curious" about that at all. Republicans have generally made quite a stink over the lack of character associated with substance abuse. These "ABB" people with drug problems you're encountering simply see him as a hypocrite.
And isn't it curious that the party that has made abortion rights a perpetual issue is accusing Bush of having one?
Which party are you talking about? Both parties have made a wedge issue out of Roe vs Wade. Why is it "curious" that there would be interest in an aborted child in Bush's past? He's against abortion. If the rumor is true (I see zero evidence) he would be a hypocrite. In fact, that particular manifestation of hypocracy would be extremely odious. Much of the energy devoted to pro choice activism stems from acknowledging that abortions would continue if the practice were made illegal. The difference is that they would be limited to the wealthy.
Yes, they claim hypocracy, but don't they have a mirror in their house?
Why would they need one? An aborted child in the past of a pro choice politician doesn't contradict the policies he or she would advocate for others.
It's pleasant to see the fundamental point you're making about self-knowledge get modded up out of anonymity, but it's pretty basic stuff. For the record, there's nothing so implausible about G.W. Bush having an aborted child in his past that the notion can only be entertained by loonies. What makes you think he was born infertile?
Damn straight. Cairo + Glitz is a very cool idea. We might also note that Keith Packard wrote a paper suggesting a revamp of the X server/driver model that integrates 2D and 3D ops a la (Arnholt's?) Xati server. XAA disappears and the hardware side of Mesa/DRI occupies that void as the whole thing goes GL (If I understand him correctly). So we could end up with a windowing system that can operate solely off SVG while fully utilizing GPU silicon.
Hmmm, I don't know if I completely agree there. The Pentium-M has been integrated into blades and is listed on Intel's site as having the support of thier E7501 chipset -- since they know it can kick ass. Just yesterday I found a comparison of Dothan with current P4 and A64 cpus that was really amazing (google for "DFI" and "Dothan", then hit translate -- it's a French site). This chip can hold it's own and even out-perform in some cases the latest P4. The rub is that Dothan can do it with a TDP of 21W vs ~100W for a P4EE. That's a pretty big difference in the bogomips-per-heat-waste department. I agree that they aren't "embarassed" and will follow the money, but part of that might include limiting chipset support (thus far) to parts with AGP 4X or ATA-100 for the same reason the P3 couldn't do SMP "officially". There might be more money in keeping different product lines from cannibalizing each others markets prematurely than in selling something the tinkerers would go ape shit over today. I don't know if that's the case here for Intel, but they must know there's a lot of interest in this chip. IIRC, they've already planned on letting the Pentium-M core supercede the P4 though that may be just a rumor. If so, perhaps they want to wait for the introduction of something dramatic like dual core chips to make the retirement of the P4 more natural. Until then you've got dorks like myself googling up rumors of Shuttle releasing a SFF Pentium-M system and finding old usenet posts by people wondering about Banias and SMP.
I knew Dubya had a /. account.
This story is old and he's not "whining". The town used to have locally run radio until Clear Channel came to town. This is analogous to Starbuck's or Wallmart (pick your national chain) wiping out the local "Mom & Pop" business. The local authorities did have the right number. No one answered the phone because the "local" radio station was being run by remote. In any event, the guy wasn't blaming the FCC (or anyone for that matter) for a railroad derailment. He's pointing out the unintended consequences of a broadcasting monoculture.