Yes, and Clinton's sexual misconduct is responsible for breeding terrorism, killing Iraqi civilians, and sending American troops to die in a war for Haliburton contracts.
So you tell me - who's misconduct is worse?
Prison is for people dangerous to society. Murderers, rapists, other assorted thugs.
Lots of arguments about how prison doesn't "work" for these people either, though. If you take the arguement that prison is there to deter crime ("don't do this, or you'll get spanked"), it is very arguable that prison-as-a-punishment/deterrant works much better for 'white-collar' criminals - people who *are* afraid of it - than the murderers, rapists, and other assorted thugs. Most spammers would probably piss their pants if they knew they were going to prison - after a few high-profile 'examples'.
They are civically uninformed on a wide variety of issues, and push to make things worse in many cases.
You may think they push to make things worse; you may also think Bush's solution to stimulate economy is a good one. They may think they push to make things better, and may also think Bush's economic solution is a bad one. Either way, there are plenty of knowledgable, educated policy-makers (economists, in the above example) who debate these issues every day. To each their own I say, but to blindly charge them as being "civically uninformed" is just silly.
Thanks to moveon, an antisemite is the leading Dem candidate.
According to the recent polls, Lieberman is the leading candidate. If he is "antisemite", then Bush is a "compassionate conservative" (or whatever the latest feel-good label is).
I'll assume you mean Howard Dean, but to say moveon is responsible for his high placing in the polls is giving them far too much credit. They haven't 'endorsed' any one candidate yet, and Howard Dean has gotten where he is without any help from moveon (that I'm aware of). Howard Dean is also certainly *not* antisemitic - he has said his views are "closer to that of AIPAC's" - far too 'pro-semitic' in my opinion.
I suspect a large majority of moveon.org members (and the petition signers) vote - those who don't vote probably couldn't care less about FCC rules either.
It's great to see an actual online petition have *some part* in changing things - with all the online petitions that are passed around, congrats to moveon.org for actually making it effective! Score 1 for democracy (for the moment, at least...)!
Yeah, sure - now grandma will need someone to get her in and out of the backpack/lifting system... how much does that backpack weigh, anyhow? Her back is bad enough already...
Worst Annoyance - Security and not knowing
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My worst annoyance is not knowing if I am secure. I came from windows a year or two ago to Mandrake, and everything was fairly easy - except that nagging fear about security. Because I don't know enough about it, I've stumbled through setting up TCP wrappers and IP Tables with the help of How-To's on the internet, I've disabled services and removed packages I didn't think I needed (only to discover that, hey, now I can't do XYZ and I really sorta need to... now how do I get that service/package back?) Despite all of this, I never really feel *secure*. I've installed Tripwire and I read the reports (understanding a bit more each time), but for all I know someone has compromised me and has replaced Tripwire itself - how do I know?
Maybe I'm just too paranoid....
Roswell, NM, naturally. Ok, so if you're really looking for something educational, you're more likely to miss here. But if you're in New Mexico - perhaps for Carlsbad Caverns - and depending upon your interests - it might be amusing enough to stop.
I don't think system administrators are the target audience of this book. I don't have the time, inclination, or skill to become a system administrator - does that mean I shouldn't think about security at all, or hire a system administrator to secure my 3-computer home network? Although I don't have this book, I have a few like it - and they serve their purpose; allowing me to set up a home network and prevent script kiddies from running eggdrop off my DSL connection (which is the rude awakening I got in 1997).
I flipped through this book in B&N recently, but thought it was too violent, which usually doesn't interest me. After reading your review, and a review at SF Site where the reviewer commented
"This is not usually my kind of book -- extreme violence and tough, wise-cracking detectives don't turn my crank. But Richard Morgan kept me reading. Some of the draw was sheer momentum -- the plot is complex, with much action and many marvelous twists -- but the real strength of Altered Carbon lies in the complex and subtle characterization, which takes Kovacs far beyond hard-boiled stereotypes."
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Then educate yourself on the facts.
Yes, and Clinton's sexual misconduct is responsible for breeding terrorism, killing Iraqi civilians, and sending American troops to die in a war for Haliburton contracts.
So you tell me - who's misconduct is worse?
--When Clinton lied, no one died
i haven't been getting much bonuses or raises lately. why waste money on a book?
...and then...
while sipping chai at Borders
and you're concerned about wasting money on a book?
Prison is for people dangerous to society. Murderers, rapists, other assorted thugs.
Lots of arguments about how prison doesn't "work" for these people either, though. If you take the arguement that prison is there to deter crime ("don't do this, or you'll get spanked"), it is very arguable that prison-as-a-punishment/deterrant works much better for 'white-collar' criminals - people who *are* afraid of it - than the murderers, rapists, and other assorted thugs. Most spammers would probably piss their pants if they knew they were going to prison - after a few high-profile 'examples'.
They are civically uninformed on a wide variety of issues, and push to make things worse in many cases.
You may think they push to make things worse; you may also think Bush's solution to stimulate economy is a good one. They may think they push to make things better, and may also think Bush's economic solution is a bad one. Either way, there are plenty of knowledgable, educated policy-makers (economists, in the above example) who debate these issues every day. To each their own I say, but to blindly charge them as being "civically uninformed" is just silly.
Thanks to moveon, an antisemite is the leading Dem candidate.
According to the recent polls, Lieberman is the leading candidate. If he is "antisemite", then Bush is a "compassionate conservative" (or whatever the latest feel-good label is).
I'll assume you mean Howard Dean, but to say moveon is responsible for his high placing in the polls is giving them far too much credit. They haven't 'endorsed' any one candidate yet, and Howard Dean has gotten where he is without any help from moveon (that I'm aware of). Howard Dean is also certainly *not* antisemitic - he has said his views are "closer to that of AIPAC's" - far too 'pro-semitic' in my opinion.
I suspect a large majority of moveon.org members (and the petition signers) vote - those who don't vote probably couldn't care less about FCC rules either.
It's great to see an actual online petition have *some part* in changing things - with all the online petitions that are passed around, congrats to moveon.org for actually making it effective! Score 1 for democracy (for the moment, at least...)!
Every time SCO releases something, my boss somehow gets word of it and brings it in to me triumphantly like "Good thing we didn't adopt Linux, eh?"
SCO is having their intended effect...
You ought to at least have a link to security concerns in there, especially for those who are on permanent connections...
Yeah, sure - now grandma will need someone to get her in and out of the backpack/lifting system ... how much does that backpack weigh, anyhow? Her back is bad enough already...
My worst annoyance is not knowing if I am secure. I came from windows a year or two ago to Mandrake, and everything was fairly easy - except that nagging fear about security. Because I don't know enough about it, I've stumbled through setting up TCP wrappers and IP Tables with the help of How-To's on the internet, I've disabled services and removed packages I didn't think I needed (only to discover that, hey, now I can't do XYZ and I really sorta need to ... now how do I get that service/package back?) Despite all of this, I never really feel *secure*. I've installed Tripwire and I read the reports (understanding a bit more each time), but for all I know someone has compromised me and has replaced Tripwire itself - how do I know?
Maybe I'm just too paranoid....
Roswell, NM, naturally. Ok, so if you're really looking for something educational, you're more likely to miss here. But if you're in New Mexico - perhaps for Carlsbad Caverns - and depending upon your interests - it might be amusing enough to stop.
I don't think system administrators are the target audience of this book. I don't have the time, inclination, or skill to become a system administrator - does that mean I shouldn't think about security at all, or hire a system administrator to secure my 3-computer home network? Although I don't have this book, I have a few like it - and they serve their purpose; allowing me to set up a home network and prevent script kiddies from running eggdrop off my DSL connection (which is the rude awakening I got in 1997).
I flipped through this book in B&N recently, but thought it was too violent, which usually doesn't interest me. After reading your review, and a review at SF Site where the reviewer commented
"This is not usually my kind of book -- extreme violence and tough, wise-cracking detectives don't turn my crank. But Richard Morgan kept me reading. Some of the draw was sheer momentum -- the plot is complex, with much action and many marvelous twists -- but the real strength of Altered Carbon lies in the complex and subtle characterization, which takes Kovacs far beyond hard-boiled stereotypes."
I guess I'll have to give it a try...