I'm sorry but a private network that is invite only just won't cut it.
Actually, it cuts it quite well. I belong to 2 separate and distinct groups, one music only, one everything, both about 20 members strong. Granted, you can't find everything (although the second group is practically 0-day), but it's rare now that I have to fire up Bearshare to get something I really want.
Did you read the linked article? The MPAA doesn't want to sniff all of Inet2 traffic, they want to do research AND check to see what people are sharing.
And which of those two do you really think they're more interested in? Which endeavour do you think's going to have the most money thrown at it?
Hell, for all you know, "next-generation video delivery projects" might be a euphemism for "sue your ass below the poverty line".
Despite the fact that you've mentioned a few times that your aspirations don't go much beyond PA, is there any chance your unique writing style may be found elsewhere in the future? Is that even a remote consideration for you?
On a related note, what kind of offers have you received from mainstream (and not-so-mainstream) publications?
Give each candidate 10 mil and say "that's all you have to spend, so spend it wisely!".
Also, what's up with cmapaigning for a whole damn year? It's frigging ridiculous. I like the UK system for this: The PM announces the date, they spend 5 weeks campaigning, and boom, all done.
Iraq wasn't some friendly nation, peacefully trading with its neighbors, minding its own business.
Absolutely correct. The Iraqui timeline for the last 13 years goes something like this:
1991: Gets its armed forces mortally crippled during the Gulf War.
1991-2003: Loses half its airspace and gets bombed on a daily basis for the next ten years. Has inspectors poking around asking where the stuff that didn't get used or destroyed during the war is. Has economic sanctions levied against it, severely raising the death rate.
2003: Baghdad gets the crap bombed out of it in a "Look how big my dick is" display of Shock and Awe. In the following weeks, tens of thousands of Iraqis, military and civilian, die.
Iraq was a kingdom (as it surely had a king in Saddam) which had invaded its neighbor, an ally to which we were bound by treaty to defend.
Whoa! You're using a treaty to back up your arguments now? Shame.
Iraq was forcefully removed from that neighbor, and agreed to particular conditions in order to cease hostilities.
What would you do? Seriously, I mean. I think when you've got a gun to your head you'll agree to just about anything.
For over a decade Iraq flouted those conditions.
Again, what would you do, if they killed all your alpha males, restricted the airspace over the borders with Canada & Mexico, dropped bombs all day long and fucked up conditions which resulted in the death of thousands of children a year? I think you'd go all Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn on their asses.
Time will tell.
Yeah, well, seeing as we have all this time and all, maybe it might be a good idea to not be so squeamish as to perhaps consider other points of view or even (god forbid), try to understand why things are the way they are, formulate and apply solutions to the root causes instead of indiscriminately blowing shit and people up?
As for help from others, open your eyes.
This seems to be important, otherwise why would W have made such a great big deal about the "Coalition of The Willing"? Apparently, international support is also substantively important to a large number of American people. After all, that's just good manners, like telling the neighbours you're having a party, so it might be a little loud, and of course they're invited.
Open your eyes. You don't live in a bubble, no matter how much you want to.
the governments of Europe do not give a flying fuck about the poor suffering and dying people of Iraq.
In what way? And are you just talking about elected officials? What about the people? And what, exactly, makes you think this?
Most of all, though, I am of the same opinion as Thomas Friedman: Because We Could.
Finally! Why did you waste all that typing when you were just dying to say you enjoy being a bully?
Y'know, that's actually worse than someone with a "better them than me" attitude.
Good point, we're really just arguing semantics here. If you want to do something, and can get away with it, be my guest. Just don't expect any help or approval from others who would like to, I dunno, try the route that doesn't entail several thousand people dying unnecessarily.
I do have one question though: What do you call waging war on a country that ain't done shit to you? And don't say pre-emptive, cuz my sides hurt too much from all the laughing I've been doing.
First of all, let me just say it's a pleasure to have an argument with someone I disagree with who keeps up the discourse. Kudos. On to brass tacks...
No-one ever said there was a connection between the two despite what Michael Moore would have you believe.
As for 9/11 being the cause of the Iraq war, I won't deny that.
WTF? There's no connection but I'm right anyway? I don't care who claimed what if what I say is the truth. Besides, This is an example of the kind of crap that was coming out of the administration during the run-up to the war. You're right that nobody ever made an explicit connection, but they sure implied it as often as possible. And it worked, too, with almost half the country believing that Saddam Hussein was in some way responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Unfortunately we didn't know the intel was bad until after
You should have. After all, Condi Rice dropped the ball on the Bin laden memo. Seems like a clear indication that something was rotten in Denmark.
Saddam was sending conflicting signals.
The only conflicting signals I was hearing were between Hans Blix and the Administration. I've also never understood the whole WMD rationale. Even if Saddam had what intel said he had, shouldn't Pyonyang be a smoking crater now too? I mean, if you're going to infringe other countries' version of the 2nd amendment, why not start with the big boys and work your way down?
He had violated the terms of the cease-fire of the first Gulf War and numerous U.N. resolutions.
Jesus, not that old chestnut again. Israel's broken more resolutions than everyone else combined and they haven't had so much as a slap on the wrist.
See, shit like this, not being consistent, is what makes this President the world's laughingstock. I find it highly ironic that he's seen as a "steady" leader by his electorate.
I've never read a Tom Clancy novel, though I do admit I enjoyed the Clancy movies with Harrison Ford.
Lucky you. His early stuff was good, but then he disappeared up his own arse. Oh and Harrison Ford is not Jack Ryan. Damn you Alec Baldwin for being so greedy!
Where was I? Oh yes...
But what is so sick about what I said?
Anybody who espouses an honest-to-god "better them than me" attitude will always get my contempt. Like I said, we don't live in caves, we've evolved. Maybe your ideas should too.
It's called hitting them at home while they're on the other side of the world rather than waiting for them to come here. Completely logical and strategically sound.
Those that call things like Iraq "pre-emptive war" are not being entirely honest. It's a proactive response to terrorism. We don't wait for them to attack us, we take the fight to them. And based on the amount of insurgents/terrorists in Iraq it looks like we hit the bullseye.
Thanks, this actually mad me laugh out loud. You do realize that the terrorists are there because we're there, right? If Bush had really wanted to hit the Bullseye, he would have hit Saudi and finsihed the job in Afghanistan before moving on to Iraq. Please tell me you don't honestly believe what you just wrote, you sound like a smart guy.
I'd be interested in what you were in the minority on and were later proved right on?
I dunno...I correctly predicted, a year ago, that Bush would win re-election and by a healthy-but-short-of-a-landslide margin.
Actually, I have to admit being wrong on one thing. I am highly surprised that no WMD's were found in Iraq, if for no other reason that they had been planted there by the US. Gotta say I didn't see that one coming.
Nope, got the false pretenses right I'm afraid. The Iraq war happened as a direct result of 9/11, no matter what anybody says. It's just a shame there's no connection between the two.
And if your intel is that bad, maybe it would have made sense to spend a little more time letting the UN inspectors poke around?
Do you have any evidence of that? I haven't seen a terrorist attack in the U.S. in 3 years. Sure, there's a problem with terrorists in Iraq but I'd rather the terrorists be busy there than in our country. Plus that is to be expected when you hit the hornet's nest.
And you wonder why I use terms like 'sick fuck'. I also love the 'hornet's nest' bit. What, did you get that from a Tom Clancy novel?
You could be right but the longer you are in the minority the more statistically improbable that becomes.
Far too true, from a statisticial point of view. But, the problem is, I have been consistently proved right in the end. So, unlike the average American voter, I use past performance to make judgements.
The even bigger problem is the arrogance of some people who seem to think that if someone voted for Bush he was deceived, conned, stupid, irrational, non-educated, a sheep,
Never said that. And I'm sure there are plenty of Bush voters who know exactly what's going on, but they're just sick fucks if you ask me.
when in fact many people simply do not agree with liberals and Democrats. It's this disconnect with reality and mainstream America that cost the liberals the election.
Hey, it's cool if you're not into the welfare state and higher taxes.
But remember, you still voted for a guy who illegally invaded a sovereign country on false pretenses and couldn't even do that right.
Worst of all, its impact on making Americans safer from terrorism has been completely negative, serving only to speed up the process of breeding new terror cells. So I might be arrogant, but at least I'm not short-sighted or confused.
As long as you--and people like you--continue to engage in this arrogance and deny the reality that your political preferences are in the minority you will continue to lose elections.
Yeah, sorry about that. I realize that my desire to see people happy, healthy and protected seems like just so much hippie crap to you, but I just can't stand the 'law of the jungle' rationale that so many conservatives use as the bedrock of their principles. We don't live in caves any more, you know.
Oh, and I've been in the minority all my life and I'm quite happy, thank you. But it doesn't mean I'm not right.
I don't give a flying fuck what Bush thinks about his God. All I know is that his policies work.
It's a shame you posted as a coward, because I would really love to know which of W's policies are working.
Either that, or tell me what the weather in La-la land is like.
The problem isn't fundies voting for Bush, that's to be expected. The problem is for notionally rational and educated people such as yourself being completely and utterly hoodwinked. Enjoy the next four years, you deserve 'em.
Actually, I thought Millar did a fairly good job when he took over the series after Ellis, their styles (at least on the Authority) were pretty similar IMO. After that though, it just become another superhero book and I no longer buy it.
I can slightly confirm this. I grew speaking speaking the local lingo at school/with friends, and english at home with my english-speaking parents, and I've found learning other languages to be quite easy. So far this extends to passable Spanish (not much of a stretch) and smatterings of half a dozen other languages.
Now, I say semi-confirm, because experience has taught me I'm a fast learner, but it has been easier to 'make the connections', particularly when the language (eg Spanish) is a close relative of the ones I already speak.
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Even if the military had supplied the equipment and personel, Porn economics dictates that it would be too expensive. The Porn industry could make a few hundred thousand features for the price of one brief spell of zero gravity.
What's bullshit about my post? It's what I do. Come on over and disprove it if you can.
Thats what the complaint is all about.
And the general point I and others are making is still very valid. Maybe for you and him it's a matter of time, but for some of us, it's definitely a matter of money. We're not all super-l33t high-paid hackers here. I probably make in a month what most people here make in a week, and I have better things to spend my money on than 20 games I have yet to play, like food and the monthly vig to the bank.
Completely missing the point. This isn't about deterrence of illegal acts, it's about safeguarding information that's nobody eles's damn business in the first place. The analogy here is door-to-door salesmen. Once their foot's in the door, you're already screwed. Don't give them that chance...oops, too late.
2. It makes it slightly harder to get away with something. If you are required to use ID everywhere, tracking you back to your source quickly can give other possible sources a moment of pause before they try anything else. If we could attack the terrorist heads within hours of a major attack, we might be able to keep them from trying anything.
Christ that's funny, It makes it slightly harder to get away with something....If we could attack the terrorist heads within hours of a major attack. Maybe when lots of other, more important problems get fixed, then we can worry about that. Meanwhile, join the real world.
3. There are more important things to worry about.
Exactly. Leave me the hell alone and fix the real problems. Once you're done with those, then we'll talk about how much information about myself you're allowed to have.
The end point about privacy concerns is that all it takes is one fuck-up, or one government flunky with a grudge, and bingo, your life becomes a nightmare.
The fact that more people aren't buggin out because they now live under similar conditions to a country that was derided for those conditions scares the hell out of me. The slippery slope is nice and shallow at first, isn't it? Enjoy it while you can.
Jesus, he reports that Thunderbird didn't work for him four times, and he gets modded flamebait? Somebody got up on the wrong side of their semen-encrusted bed this morning...
All I can say is keep trying, Thunderbird truly is the bees knees as far as I'm concerned. Try updating whichever client you're using now to the latest version before doing an export/import.
Another thing that's worked for me in previous migrations (I've tried most of the big mail clients in my day) is to, for example, go from OE to Mozilla then to Thunderbird. Or whatever route works for you.
If you want proof that athiests deny the facts, read some of these posts.
Us 'atheists' (although I prefer to be termed agnostic, as it's more appropriate in my case) don't deny a damn thing.
Unlike you 'fundies' (doncha just love labels?), we don't operate primarily from a book written thousands of years ago (itself without a scrap of provenance), but careful study and re-examination. We agree with you that there are certain holes and flaws in evolutionary theory (and sometimes even in the scientific process itself), and still cannot answer many important questions fully. But 'we' will always keep asking questions while 'you' will forever be anchored and limited by your beliefs.
This isn't about hope and faith. It's about truth. Whether it leads to the creator or away from him, I could not care less. What I do care about is keeping my mind open.
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Actually, it cuts it quite well. I belong to 2 separate and distinct groups, one music only, one everything, both about 20 members strong. Granted, you can't find everything (although the second group is practically 0-day), but it's rare now that I have to fire up Bearshare to get something I really want.
And which of those two do you really think they're more interested in? Which endeavour do you think's going to have the most money thrown at it?
Hell, for all you know, "next-generation video delivery projects" might be a euphemism for "sue your ass below the poverty line".
On a related note, what kind of offers have you received from mainstream (and not-so-mainstream) publications?
I can't believe I missed such an abvious point, thank you.
However, they still only need one XBOX, not three.
And no, I didn't RTFA, but it's still a silly move, which is a shame since the XBOX was pleasant surprise for MS' first foray into consoles.
Also, what's up with cmapaigning for a whole damn year? It's frigging ridiculous. I like the UK system for this: The PM announces the date, they spend 5 weeks campaigning, and boom, all done.
Absolutely correct. The Iraqui timeline for the last 13 years goes something like this:
1991: Gets its armed forces mortally crippled during the Gulf War.
1991-2003: Loses half its airspace and gets bombed on a daily basis for the next ten years. Has inspectors poking around asking where the stuff that didn't get used or destroyed during the war is. Has economic sanctions levied against it, severely raising the death rate.
2003: Baghdad gets the crap bombed out of it in a "Look how big my dick is" display of Shock and Awe. In the following weeks, tens of thousands of Iraqis, military and civilian, die.
Iraq was a kingdom (as it surely had a king in Saddam) which had invaded its neighbor, an ally to which we were bound by treaty to defend.
Whoa! You're using a treaty to back up your arguments now? Shame.
Iraq was forcefully removed from that neighbor, and agreed to particular conditions in order to cease hostilities.
What would you do? Seriously, I mean. I think when you've got a gun to your head you'll agree to just about anything.
For over a decade Iraq flouted those conditions.
Again, what would you do, if they killed all your alpha males, restricted the airspace over the borders with Canada & Mexico, dropped bombs all day long and fucked up conditions which resulted in the death of thousands of children a year? I think you'd go all Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn on their asses.
Time will tell.
Yeah, well, seeing as we have all this time and all, maybe it might be a good idea to not be so squeamish as to perhaps consider other points of view or even (god forbid), try to understand why things are the way they are, formulate and apply solutions to the root causes instead of indiscriminately blowing shit and people up?
As for help from others, open your eyes.
This seems to be important, otherwise why would W have made such a great big deal about the "Coalition of The Willing"? Apparently, international support is also substantively important to a large number of American people. After all, that's just good manners, like telling the neighbours you're having a party, so it might be a little loud, and of course they're invited.
Open your eyes. You don't live in a bubble, no matter how much you want to.
the governments of Europe do not give a flying fuck about the poor suffering and dying people of Iraq.
In what way? And are you just talking about elected officials? What about the people? And what, exactly, makes you think this?
Most of all, though, I am of the same opinion as Thomas Friedman: Because We Could.
Finally! Why did you waste all that typing when you were just dying to say you enjoy being a bully?
Y'know, that's actually worse than someone with a "better them than me" attitude.
You sick fuck.
I do have one question though: What do you call waging war on a country that ain't done shit to you? And don't say pre-emptive, cuz my sides hurt too much from all the laughing I've been doing.
No-one ever said there was a connection between the two despite what Michael Moore would have you believe.
As for 9/11 being the cause of the Iraq war, I won't deny that.
WTF? There's no connection but I'm right anyway? I don't care who claimed what if what I say is the truth. Besides, This is an example of the kind of crap that was coming out of the administration during the run-up to the war. You're right that nobody ever made an explicit connection, but they sure implied it as often as possible. And it worked, too, with almost half the country believing that Saddam Hussein was in some way responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
This article sums it up nicely.
Unfortunately we didn't know the intel was bad until after
You should have. After all, Condi Rice dropped the ball on the Bin laden memo. Seems like a clear indication that something was rotten in Denmark.
Saddam was sending conflicting signals.
The only conflicting signals I was hearing were between Hans Blix and the Administration. I've also never understood the whole WMD rationale. Even if Saddam had what intel said he had, shouldn't Pyonyang be a smoking crater now too? I mean, if you're going to infringe other countries' version of the 2nd amendment, why not start with the big boys and work your way down?
He had violated the terms of the cease-fire of the first Gulf War and numerous U.N. resolutions.
Jesus, not that old chestnut again. Israel's broken more resolutions than everyone else combined and they haven't had so much as a slap on the wrist.
See, shit like this, not being consistent, is what makes this President the world's laughingstock. I find it highly ironic that he's seen as a "steady" leader by his electorate.
I've never read a Tom Clancy novel, though I do admit I enjoyed the Clancy movies with Harrison Ford.
Lucky you. His early stuff was good, but then he disappeared up his own arse. Oh and Harrison Ford is not Jack Ryan. Damn you Alec Baldwin for being so greedy!
Where was I? Oh yes...
But what is so sick about what I said?
Anybody who espouses an honest-to-god "better them than me" attitude will always get my contempt. Like I said, we don't live in caves, we've evolved. Maybe your ideas should too.
It's called hitting them at home while they're on the other side of the world rather than waiting for them to come here. Completely logical and strategically sound.
Those that call things like Iraq "pre-emptive war" are not being entirely honest. It's a proactive response to terrorism. We don't wait for them to attack us, we take the fight to them. And based on the amount of insurgents/terrorists in Iraq it looks like we hit the bullseye.
Thanks, this actually mad me laugh out loud. You do realize that the terrorists are there because we're there, right? If Bush had really wanted to hit the Bullseye, he would have hit Saudi and finsihed the job in Afghanistan before moving on to Iraq. Please tell me you don't honestly believe what you just wrote, you sound like a smart guy.
I'd be interested in what you were in the minority on and were later proved right on?
I dunno...I correctly predicted, a year ago, that Bush would win re-election and by a healthy-but-short-of-a-landslide margin.
Actually, I have to admit being wrong on one thing. I am highly surprised that no WMD's were found in Iraq, if for no other reason that they had been planted there by the US. Gotta say I didn't see that one coming.
And if your intel is that bad, maybe it would have made sense to spend a little more time letting the UN inspectors poke around?
Do you have any evidence of that? I haven't seen a terrorist attack in the U.S. in 3 years. Sure, there's a problem with terrorists in Iraq but I'd rather the terrorists be busy there than in our country. Plus that is to be expected when you hit the hornet's nest.
And you wonder why I use terms like 'sick fuck'. I also love the 'hornet's nest' bit. What, did you get that from a Tom Clancy novel?
You could be right but the longer you are in the minority the more statistically improbable that becomes.
Far too true, from a statisticial point of view. But, the problem is, I have been consistently proved right in the end. So, unlike the average American voter, I use past performance to make judgements.
Never said that. And I'm sure there are plenty of Bush voters who know exactly what's going on, but they're just sick fucks if you ask me.
when in fact many people simply do not agree with liberals and Democrats. It's this disconnect with reality and mainstream America that cost the liberals the election.
Hey, it's cool if you're not into the welfare state and higher taxes.
But remember, you still voted for a guy who illegally invaded a sovereign country on false pretenses and couldn't even do that right.
Worst of all, its impact on making Americans safer from terrorism has been completely negative, serving only to speed up the process of breeding new terror cells. So I might be arrogant, but at least I'm not short-sighted or confused.
As long as you--and people like you--continue to engage in this arrogance and deny the reality that your political preferences are in the minority you will continue to lose elections.
Yeah, sorry about that. I realize that my desire to see people happy, healthy and protected seems like just so much hippie crap to you, but I just can't stand the 'law of the jungle' rationale that so many conservatives use as the bedrock of their principles. We don't live in caves any more, you know.
Oh, and I've been in the minority all my life and I'm quite happy, thank you. But it doesn't mean I'm not right.
It's a shame you posted as a coward, because I would really love to know which of W's policies are working.
Either that, or tell me what the weather in La-la land is like.
The problem isn't fundies voting for Bush, that's to be expected. The problem is for notionally rational and educated people such as yourself being completely and utterly hoodwinked. Enjoy the next four years, you deserve 'em.
Actually, I thought Millar did a fairly good job when he took over the series after Ellis, their styles (at least on the Authority) were pretty similar IMO. After that though, it just become another superhero book and I no longer buy it.
Good. It's their fault we're in this mess in the first place.
Now, I say semi-confirm, because experience has taught me I'm a fast learner, but it has been easier to 'make the connections', particularly when the language (eg Spanish) is a close relative of the ones I already speak.
Even if the military had supplied the equipment and personel, Porn economics dictates that it would be too expensive. The Porn industry could make a few hundred thousand features for the price of one brief spell of zero gravity.
Well, a semi-savvy IE user could have javascript turned off...but yeah, this strikes me as no big deal either, just another slam at IE.
Thats what the complaint is all about.
And the general point I and others are making is still very valid. Maybe for you and him it's a matter of time, but for some of us, it's definitely a matter of money. We're not all super-l33t high-paid hackers here. I probably make in a month what most people here make in a week, and I have better things to spend my money on than 20 games I have yet to play, like food and the monthly vig to the bank.
Step 1. New games come out.
Step 2. Wait 6 months for reviews and game to come down in price.
Step 3. Cherry-pick only the best, buying 3 or more games for the price of 1
Step 4. Profit!
Completely missing the point. This isn't about deterrence of illegal acts, it's about safeguarding information that's nobody eles's damn business in the first place. The analogy here is door-to-door salesmen. Once their foot's in the door, you're already screwed. Don't give them that chance...oops, too late.
2. It makes it slightly harder to get away with something. If you are required to use ID everywhere, tracking you back to your source quickly can give other possible sources a moment of pause before they try anything else. If we could attack the terrorist heads within hours of a major attack, we might be able to keep them from trying anything.
Christ that's funny, It makes it slightly harder to get away with something....If we could attack the terrorist heads within hours of a major attack. Maybe when lots of other, more important problems get fixed, then we can worry about that. Meanwhile, join the real world.
3. There are more important things to worry about.
Exactly. Leave me the hell alone and fix the real problems. Once you're done with those, then we'll talk about how much information about myself you're allowed to have.
The end point about privacy concerns is that all it takes is one fuck-up, or one government flunky with a grudge, and bingo, your life becomes a nightmare.
The fact that more people aren't buggin out because they now live under similar conditions to a country that was derided for those conditions scares the hell out of me. The slippery slope is nice and shallow at first, isn't it? Enjoy it while you can.
Still much better than regular glass that doesn't produce any power.
All I can say is keep trying, Thunderbird truly is the bees knees as far as I'm concerned. Try updating whichever client you're using now to the latest version before doing an export/import.
Another thing that's worked for me in previous migrations (I've tried most of the big mail clients in my day) is to, for example, go from OE to Mozilla then to Thunderbird. Or whatever route works for you.
Piffle. Took me all of 30 seconds on cable, no mirrors used.
So who's the watchdog then? Cuz somebody needs to wake him up!
Us 'atheists' (although I prefer to be termed agnostic, as it's more appropriate in my case) don't deny a damn thing.
Unlike you 'fundies' (doncha just love labels?), we don't operate primarily from a book written thousands of years ago (itself without a scrap of provenance), but careful study and re-examination. We agree with you that there are certain holes and flaws in evolutionary theory (and sometimes even in the scientific process itself), and still cannot answer many important questions fully. But 'we' will always keep asking questions while 'you' will forever be anchored and limited by your beliefs.
This isn't about hope and faith. It's about truth. Whether it leads to the creator or away from him, I could not care less. What I do care about is keeping my mind open.