Did you even read my post? The particular meat company wants to use an unreliable test on 100% of their meat so they can put misleading labels on the packages. The courts told them, no, use the reliable test. They aren't prevented from testing 100% of their meat with the good test. No one would do that because no one will buy hamburger at $100/lbs.
A falsehood that has been perpetuated in the last few decades. The Constitution is flexible in that you can pass amendments when necessary. To call it a "living document" that can be interpreted to fit the moment is how the Constitution is being destroyed. THE CONSTITUTION MEANS WHAT IT SAYS. Do you really want the government to use the living document bullshit as an excuse to ignore your Rights? That's what's been happening the last few decades. Warrantless wiretaping - a violation of the 4th Amendment. Asset seizes - a violation of the 5th. Free speech zones - a violation of the 1st. Most government agencies - a violation of the 10th. Waterboarding - a violation of the 8th.
Toleration of this living document myth has resulted in the government ignoring the Constitution completely. Our Constitution is what makes this country. It is what sets us apart from everyone else. For 200 years it worked, though sometimes imperfectly, but still better than any place else. Now everything is falling apart because people like you have tolerated the government ignoring a part here and a part there. Our Constitution is torn, battered, and stained. It's time to fix it.
Except the particular test they want to use is not accurate and that is why the court ruled the test wasn't to be allowed. The meat company wanted to be able to label the meats in such a way as to improperly state the meat was guaranteed to be tested and free from mad cow when, in fact, that would be a falsehood. The mandated test is very accurate, but (I think), time consuming and expensive. Which is one of the reasons only 1% of the cattle needs to be tested.
The people saying this is just money protecting an industry are only partially correct. The courts are trying to protect the entire American meat industry which is having a hell of a time selling in Japan and South Korea. This company could have ruined the reputation of our meat safety.
Yet again, Slashdot leaves out an important part of the story in its continued bashing of the U.S.
I had to deal with a borked AD server. I'm not qualified to mess with one, though, so we called in an AD expert (a friend of mine) who fixed it up. I hate to admit this, but a well implemented AD server is a thing of beauty.
I nominate this as the best advice ever posted on Slashdot.
Every woman dreams of the perfect "fairy princes" wedding. Even the ones that say otherwise have that dream. If you are in any way responsible for that dream not coming true, you will pay for it for the rest of your life. It's nearly impossible to pull off that kind of wedding. Just don't be the fool who screws it up.
My baby sisters wedding was screwed up by the bakery. They completely screwed up her wedding cake order and delivered a lovely green Irish derby cake.
My wedding was in a castle in Europe (Buda Castle, Budapest). The women in my family have yet to forgive me for outdoing them.
Those are state issues. The feds might step in when railroad tracks are crossing state lines, but only to mediate any disputes. Powergrids are the same. They are state issues. It does not matter if you think federal oversight on these is a good thing. The feds simply do not have the authority to get involved. If it's that important to have the feds involved, then get a Constitutional Amendment passed (e.g. the FCC is probably a good idea and is best kept via an amendment). Violating our most sacred laws because "it's a good idea" has the effect of diluting the power of our Constitution. You ignore a lot of little things for the "good of the people", and the truly important shit gets ignored. Important shit like freedom of speech, the right to assembly, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. All of these Rights are being violated on a daily basis. And it is my opinion that it's the result of the people letting the Feds slide on other things. We have to make the Feds understand the the ENTIRE Constitution is important and they can't pick and choose to fit the moment.
I am not some "States Rights" nut who touts "the south will rise again," but I believe the second greatest loss of the Civil War (the first being the huge loss of life) was the loss of state autonomy and the consolidation of too much power in the central government.
The Federal government was supposed to be limited and small. What are their jobs? Military, mail, international diplomacy, patents and copyrights, minting, and federal courts. That's pretty much it (don't jump all over me if I missed something, you get the idea).
Ok, I'm not Canadian, but this applies to everyone when their local government is pissing away money for no good reason.
It's one thing for a business to choose the more expensive option, the people making the choices must eventually answer to their stockholders. Well, as a voter, I'm a stockholder in my country. Wasting truckloads of money for no good reason means I'm going to vote your ass off the board of directors.
Most of the time, alternatives such as Openoffice.org are more than adequate for the job (and usually a better choice). Sometimes there are special needs which will allow for an exception, e.g. a large investment in Excel macros that are essential and very expensive to convert.
Local schools seem to be the worse offenders. They constantly bitch and moan about lack of funds, then piss away a pile of cash on a site license for Microsoft Office so they can teach their word processing course. Openoffice.org (and a few others) are perfect for the job. They are free and the cover everything necessary to learn word processing - which should be covering typing skills and how to lay out a well designed document - not how to use a specific product.
Haven't we learned enough already? The Feds keep getting jurisdiction and the red tape gets worse. The Feds are FORBIDDEN by the Constitution from dealing in this, and most other matters. A short list of Federal agencies that are in violation of the Constitution:
Department of Education Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (would make a great convenience store) DEA (except for drugs crossing state lines) Department of Family and Children Department of Labor
Actually, almost all of them that begin with "Department of" are a violation of the Constitution.
To clarify what I'm say. Here's what the Constitution says:
Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
That means that unless the Feds are specifically given a power in the Constitution, it doesn't have that power. Our trillions of dollars of dept are the result of the Feds sticking their noses in places it doesn't belong. Our erosion of Rights is a result of them poking around where they aren't wanted. How is this happening? You let it happen. You think that laws you like should apply equally in California and Kansas. Why? Pass your local laws and be happy. If they want to teach creationism in Kansas, so fucking what. Let them live in ignorance because it isn't any of your damn business!
Now when local governments are violating the Constitution (e.g. civil rights and voting), I want the Feds to come down hard on the local yokals. The Feds do have a legitimate purpose. Let's keep them focused on that.
You are very naive. The democrats are probably even more guilty of voting against your rights than the republicans. Democrats are socialist nanny-staters. They think they know what is best for you and don't trust you to take care of yourself.
So much for the Democratic majority putting a stop to government abuses as they promised. I'm sure the DailyKos crowd will denounce Bush for this. He deserves lots of blame, but the Democrats deserve contempt. They have the numbers to push through almost anything they want. From where I'm sitting, however, nothing has changed. The government is still violating the Constitution, my Rights no longer matter, the people in power are still enjoying their pork (pork spending has, in fact, increased with the Democratic majority).
Fuck the Democrats. Fuck the Republicans. The government needs an enema.
> What kind of sniper takes such a shot and misses?
No one is perfect. Long distance and wind variations can cause a miss.
> What kind of sniper misses, and doesn't take a second shot?
The smart sniper. There was no way a second shot would have hit. Everyone was moving around too much.
> How does one tell the affiliation of a sniper?
If they shoot at you, you can be sure it's the enemy. The sniper would have easily figured out which side the potential target was on.
> Do they sign their bullets or something?
Signing the bullet would have screwed up the ballistics. Snipers are extremely anal retentive when it comes to their rounds. They usually use hand loads and they buff the round to remove any imperfections.
iptables -A INPUT -m geoip --source-country RU -j DROP
My servers no longer exist to the Russians. Yes, I know they can use a proxy to get around that. It's still a whole lot more than the United Nations would or could do.
A few years ago there was an article in the newspaper here (San Francisco Bay area) talking about a big bust and the ARSENAL of weapons they found. Two pistols, a shotgun, and 200 rounds of ammo.
Hell, I buy ammo in 500 round boxes. Typically I buy two boxes at a time. This is just so I have enough ammo to fire off at the local range.
My stepdaughter went crazy on texting which resulted in it going over the 100 free messages. I told her I would let it slide "this time", but if she kept going over the limit she could lose her texting privileges. When she went over by several THOUSAND messages in a month, I canceled her ability to text. From the shrieks, you would have thought her life was over.
If someone's teenage son grabbed the patch, I'm sure they've gotten there hands on a whole lot of more interesting stuff. The game patch would be mild by comparison.
You bought a game. No one forced you to buy it. You hear about a patch that opens up some secret stuff. It would have been pretty hard to not have heard something about the type of content when hunting down the patch. You go ahead and apply the patch so you can see the content. No one forced you to apply the patch. In fact, you had to go out of your way to do so. You are offended. So fucking what! If I pay money and walk into a clearly marked XXX movie theater, should I be able to sue them because I was offended by raunchy sex scenes?
They are already producing enough crude oil to keep the US's refining capacity maxed out.
They run at maximum capacity because they shut down refineries when they aren't needed. You don't let a refinery sit idling. That's damn expensive. You shut it down. They do have a whole lot of refineries they could bring online if the capacity was needed. Probably not enough, though, if we started drilling like crazy. In which case the "not in my backyard" problem will kick in.
I disagree on your assessment that more drilling won't lower the price. I believe it will. If we got out of the international market because we could supply our own, it would lower the demand, which would lower the price. Basic economics.
That's exactly the same reason why they aren't drilling in other areas of the Gulf. Yes, their lease allows them to drill in a wide area. No, they aren't allowed to build any new platforms. To drill in a different spot, they have to move an existing platform. So they do the smart thing for a business, suck out all the oil they can in the existing location because moving those bad boys is damn expensive (and may not return as much oil in the new location).
If your UI has gone beyond the most basic of interfaces, you need to hire someone who has a background in "human factors". Expecting a bunch of programmers to design a good user interface is a very bad idea. Just look at all the crappy interfaces in the open source world.
Hoping for a program to automate this is as likely as getting your own pet unicorn.
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It's a different test, that's way.
Did you even read my post? The particular meat company wants to use an unreliable test on 100% of their meat so they can put misleading labels on the packages. The courts told them, no, use the reliable test. They aren't prevented from testing 100% of their meat with the good test. No one would do that because no one will buy hamburger at $100/lbs.
A falsehood that has been perpetuated in the last few decades. The Constitution is flexible in that you can pass amendments when necessary. To call it a "living document" that can be interpreted to fit the moment is how the Constitution is being destroyed. THE CONSTITUTION MEANS WHAT IT SAYS. Do you really want the government to use the living document bullshit as an excuse to ignore your Rights? That's what's been happening the last few decades. Warrantless wiretaping - a violation of the 4th Amendment. Asset seizes - a violation of the 5th. Free speech zones - a violation of the 1st. Most government agencies - a violation of the 10th. Waterboarding - a violation of the 8th.
Toleration of this living document myth has resulted in the government ignoring the Constitution completely. Our Constitution is what makes this country. It is what sets us apart from everyone else. For 200 years it worked, though sometimes imperfectly, but still better than any place else. Now everything is falling apart because people like you have tolerated the government ignoring a part here and a part there. Our Constitution is torn, battered, and stained. It's time to fix it.
Except the particular test they want to use is not accurate and that is why the court ruled the test wasn't to be allowed. The meat company wanted to be able to label the meats in such a way as to improperly state the meat was guaranteed to be tested and free from mad cow when, in fact, that would be a falsehood. The mandated test is very accurate, but (I think), time consuming and expensive. Which is one of the reasons only 1% of the cattle needs to be tested.
The people saying this is just money protecting an industry are only partially correct. The courts are trying to protect the entire American meat industry which is having a hell of a time selling in Japan and South Korea. This company could have ruined the reputation of our meat safety.
Yet again, Slashdot leaves out an important part of the story in its continued bashing of the U.S.
I had to deal with a borked AD server. I'm not qualified to mess with one, though, so we called in an AD expert (a friend of mine) who fixed it up. I hate to admit this, but a well implemented AD server is a thing of beauty.
I nominate this as the best advice ever posted on Slashdot.
Every woman dreams of the perfect "fairy princes" wedding. Even the ones that say otherwise have that dream. If you are in any way responsible for that dream not coming true, you will pay for it for the rest of your life. It's nearly impossible to pull off that kind of wedding. Just don't be the fool who screws it up.
My baby sisters wedding was screwed up by the bakery. They completely screwed up her wedding cake order and delivered a lovely green Irish derby cake.
My wedding was in a castle in Europe (Buda Castle, Budapest). The women in my family have yet to forgive me for outdoing them.
Those are state issues. The feds might step in when railroad tracks are crossing state lines, but only to mediate any disputes. Powergrids are the same. They are state issues. It does not matter if you think federal oversight on these is a good thing. The feds simply do not have the authority to get involved. If it's that important to have the feds involved, then get a Constitutional Amendment passed (e.g. the FCC is probably a good idea and is best kept via an amendment). Violating our most sacred laws because "it's a good idea" has the effect of diluting the power of our Constitution. You ignore a lot of little things for the "good of the people", and the truly important shit gets ignored. Important shit like freedom of speech, the right to assembly, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. All of these Rights are being violated on a daily basis. And it is my opinion that it's the result of the people letting the Feds slide on other things. We have to make the Feds understand the the ENTIRE Constitution is important and they can't pick and choose to fit the moment.
I am not some "States Rights" nut who touts "the south will rise again," but I believe the second greatest loss of the Civil War (the first being the huge loss of life) was the loss of state autonomy and the consolidation of too much power in the central government.
The Federal government was supposed to be limited and small. What are their jobs? Military, mail, international diplomacy, patents and copyrights, minting, and federal courts. That's pretty much it (don't jump all over me if I missed something, you get the idea).
Where in California are you? In my town most of the school systems are running Windows. At least they were a couple of years ago.
Ok, I'm not Canadian, but this applies to everyone when their local government is pissing away money for no good reason.
It's one thing for a business to choose the more expensive option, the people making the choices must eventually answer to their stockholders. Well, as a voter, I'm a stockholder in my country. Wasting truckloads of money for no good reason means I'm going to vote your ass off the board of directors.
Most of the time, alternatives such as Openoffice.org are more than adequate for the job (and usually a better choice). Sometimes there are special needs which will allow for an exception, e.g. a large investment in Excel macros that are essential and very expensive to convert.
Local schools seem to be the worse offenders. They constantly bitch and moan about lack of funds, then piss away a pile of cash on a site license for Microsoft Office so they can teach their word processing course. Openoffice.org (and a few others) are perfect for the job. They are free and the cover everything necessary to learn word processing - which should be covering typing skills and how to lay out a well designed document - not how to use a specific product.
Haven't we learned enough already? The Feds keep getting jurisdiction and the red tape gets worse. The Feds are FORBIDDEN by the Constitution from dealing in this, and most other matters. A short list of Federal agencies that are in violation of the Constitution:
Department of Education
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (would make a great convenience store)
DEA (except for drugs crossing state lines)
Department of Family and Children
Department of Labor
Actually, almost all of them that begin with "Department of" are a violation of the Constitution.
To clarify what I'm say. Here's what the Constitution says:
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
That means that unless the Feds are specifically given a power in the Constitution, it doesn't have that power. Our trillions of dollars of dept are the result of the Feds sticking their noses in places it doesn't belong. Our erosion of Rights is a result of them poking around where they aren't wanted. How is this happening? You let it happen. You think that laws you like should apply equally in California and Kansas. Why? Pass your local laws and be happy. If they want to teach creationism in Kansas, so fucking what. Let them live in ignorance because it isn't any of your damn business!
Now when local governments are violating the Constitution (e.g. civil rights and voting), I want the Feds to come down hard on the local yokals. The Feds do have a legitimate purpose. Let's keep them focused on that.
You are very naive. The democrats are probably even more guilty of voting against your rights than the republicans. Democrats are socialist nanny-staters. They think they know what is best for you and don't trust you to take care of yourself.
No, I am not a republican.
So much for the Democratic majority putting a stop to government abuses as they promised. I'm sure the DailyKos crowd will denounce Bush for this. He deserves lots of blame, but the Democrats deserve contempt. They have the numbers to push through almost anything they want. From where I'm sitting, however, nothing has changed. The government is still violating the Constitution, my Rights no longer matter, the people in power are still enjoying their pork (pork spending has, in fact, increased with the Democratic majority).
Fuck the Democrats. Fuck the Republicans. The government needs an enema.
> What kind of sniper takes such a shot and misses?
No one is perfect. Long distance and wind variations can cause a miss.
> What kind of sniper misses, and doesn't take a second shot?
The smart sniper. There was no way a second shot would have hit. Everyone was moving around too much.
> How does one tell the affiliation of a sniper?
If they shoot at you, you can be sure it's the enemy. The sniper would have easily figured out which side the potential target was on.
> Do they sign their bullets or something?
Signing the bullet would have screwed up the ballistics. Snipers are extremely anal retentive when it comes to their rounds. They usually use hand loads and they buff the round to remove any imperfections.
FYI, a close friend was a sniper for SpecOps.
I just added this to my firewall rules:
iptables -A INPUT -m geoip --source-country RU -j DROP
My servers no longer exist to the Russians. Yes, I know they can use a proxy to get around that. It's still a whole lot more than the United Nations would or could do.
A few years ago there was an article in the newspaper here (San Francisco Bay area) talking about a big bust and the ARSENAL of weapons they found. Two pistols, a shotgun, and 200 rounds of ammo.
Hell, I buy ammo in 500 round boxes. Typically I buy two boxes at a time. This is just so I have enough ammo to fire off at the local range.
I haven't received a single one. This is why I run my own mail server. I don't trust other people to do a good job.
Without looking at the logs, my guess is the Zen list from Spamhaus.org is doing the good work here.
My stepdaughter went crazy on texting which resulted in it going over the 100 free messages. I told her I would let it slide "this time", but if she kept going over the limit she could lose her texting privileges. When she went over by several THOUSAND messages in a month, I canceled her ability to text. From the shrieks, you would have thought her life was over.
If someone's teenage son grabbed the patch, I'm sure they've gotten there hands on a whole lot of more interesting stuff. The game patch would be mild by comparison.
The DOE hasn't gotten much of anything right in the last few decades, so I think I'll take their price predictions with a huge grain of salt.
I prefer using high explosives. It does a shitty job, but it's a whole lot more fun.
You bought a game. No one forced you to buy it. You hear about a patch that opens up some secret stuff. It would have been pretty hard to not have heard something about the type of content when hunting down the patch. You go ahead and apply the patch so you can see the content. No one forced you to apply the patch. In fact, you had to go out of your way to do so. You are offended. So fucking what! If I pay money and walk into a clearly marked XXX movie theater, should I be able to sue them because I was offended by raunchy sex scenes?
These are people just looking for a free ride.
They run at maximum capacity because they shut down refineries when they aren't needed. You don't let a refinery sit idling. That's damn expensive. You shut it down. They do have a whole lot of refineries they could bring online if the capacity was needed. Probably not enough, though, if we started drilling like crazy. In which case the "not in my backyard" problem will kick in.
I disagree on your assessment that more drilling won't lower the price. I believe it will. If we got out of the international market because we could supply our own, it would lower the demand, which would lower the price. Basic economics.
That's exactly the same reason why they aren't drilling in other areas of the Gulf. Yes, their lease allows them to drill in a wide area. No, they aren't allowed to build any new platforms. To drill in a different spot, they have to move an existing platform. So they do the smart thing for a business, suck out all the oil they can in the existing location because moving those bad boys is damn expensive (and may not return as much oil in the new location).
That was their excuse ten years ago. It would take ten years to see any benefit, so why bother?
Microsoft in the past made the mistake of trusting the user to manager their computer security. How's that working out?
If your UI has gone beyond the most basic of interfaces, you need to hire someone who has a background in "human factors". Expecting a bunch of programmers to design a good user interface is a very bad idea. Just look at all the crappy interfaces in the open source world.
Hoping for a program to automate this is as likely as getting your own pet unicorn.