From what I've read so far, I don't blame her for taking some time off. She's earned it, and we (Linux users) owe her for it.
What's more, I'm pretty sure we don't have the whole story here, especially with the rumours of PIs stalking her. Who knows what other crap has gone down? There was a lot of money involved here, and it sounds like McBrides have focused on her as one of the reasons for their self-inflicted predicament. These guys aren't ethical, so maybe she's had threats or a few scares and needed to get away for her own safety. Hell, maybe something bad happened to her already, and that's why she hasn't stood up.
She'd be sensible to lay low until she absolutely legally has to appear in court. And if she doesn't show then, rather than taking that as evidence she's not real, I'd be investigating the SCOX team very thoroughly to find their direct or indirect involvment leading up to her disappearance.
How's aboot we withold Canadian bacon, maple syrup and cheap pharmacy drugs from Americans?
That's not as crazy as you'd think. With the ageing populations, you might find that would be an effective way of expressing your displeasure to the wealthier (and not so wealthy) older voters.
I know it's not a model listed on the https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/ website, but they do state many batteries were sent out as replacements too. Guess it'll be difficult to read the battery pack serial number now...
Fair enough. I didn't notice it to be honest... maybe it was only on www.google.com, while I'm using www.google.co.nz. Which makes sense if they're targeting the US, not the world.
this is the first time i've heard of something touched by google not instantly turning to gold!
Actually, this is the first time I've heard about Google Checkout AT ALL! Seriously. For a company that sells advertising, it sure does a shitty job of advertising it's own ventures. And I DO use PayPal, and have been looking for a reputable big-player to replace them.
If Novell was smart they'd leverage their MS agreemend, buy this Fluendo shop, and use their codecs in their SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) distribution.
So now, rather than measuring a few values, we must instead investigate every possible way of wrapping up the extra dimensions, until we find one which matches our own universe.
FWIW, I had bad luck with an IBM branded disk controller. I got an IBM box with an IBM ServeRAID 7e SCSI... which turns out is really Adaptec HostRAID (fake raid)... which doesn't seem to work quite right if the driver and kernel are different patch versions.... which means every kernel update needs a new driver from IBM / Adaptec, which doesn't happen because they only support the quarterly update releases, and then take a while to test fully before releasing... which means my system goes unpatched whenever Novell releases a new kernel security patch.
So before you go calling me a "trolling right winger", please check that you're not speaking entirely on opinion or hearsay. The problems facing the New Zealand Police are well documented in the media here.
You sir, deserved to modded better than that. Our government has to change... the police force is one symptom of our sick leadership, and this new bill being debated is just more one of many, many other examples.
The MP in question, Judith Tizard, is also the MP for Archives.
It's worse than that.
She is:
Minister of Consumer Affairs
Minister responsible for Archives New Zealand
Minister responsible for the National Library
Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
Associate Minister of Transport
Minister with responsibility for Auckland Issues
Associate Minister of Commerce
I can see this bill negatively effecting at least 4 of her 7 portfolios, not effecting 2, and having a mixed effect on 1. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure which is which...
But I thought the government was smarter than this, I guess not.
They've stopped representing the public, and started governing the public instead - it's a trend of Labour I've noticed for a while now, especially since getting their second term. Still, it's damn annoying that something that affects every New Zealander is happening so quietly. The mainstream media (unsurprisingly) hasn't said a word about this one.
The argument would be that 9/11 was an invasion of sorts, and that public safety requires the habeas corpus to be suspended, as no doing so would allow terrorists to attack. Of course, that kind of argument has no limits... there is *always* someone you can call a terrorist, and they can do so at *any* time. I don't think you'll get your country back as long as Bush or his fellows are in power.
This confuses me somewhat, because everyone I talk to thinks that security theatre, politicians taking a stand against... whatever, and all the other dramatics and public issues going on today is absolute bollocks. Which society is in Moral (or otherwise) Panic, and how exactly did I cease to be a part of it?
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From what I've read so far, I don't blame her for taking some time off. She's earned it, and we (Linux users) owe her for it.
What's more, I'm pretty sure we don't have the whole story here, especially with the rumours of PIs stalking her. Who knows what other crap has gone down? There was a lot of money involved here, and it sounds like McBrides have focused on her as one of the reasons for their self-inflicted predicament. These guys aren't ethical, so maybe she's had threats or a few scares and needed to get away for her own safety. Hell, maybe something bad happened to her already, and that's why she hasn't stood up.
She'd be sensible to lay low until she absolutely legally has to appear in court. And if she doesn't show then, rather than taking that as evidence she's not real, I'd be investigating the SCOX team very thoroughly to find their direct or indirect involvment leading up to her disappearance.
How's aboot we withold Canadian bacon, maple syrup and cheap pharmacy drugs from Americans?
That's not as crazy as you'd think. With the ageing populations, you might find that would be an effective way of expressing your displeasure to the wealthier (and not so wealthy) older voters.
Maybe it would be easier to develop an OpenGL display to replace the DirectX one than port the whole damn thing to Java / Java3D.
I know it's not a model listed on the https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/ website, but they do state many batteries were sent out as replacements too. Guess it'll be difficult to read the battery pack serial number now...
http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/publications.html
Sounds like a good way to store "one time play" holographs (or even one time holographic passwords).
Can you put the company in prison? Or just the guy who signed the statement?
Competition is good for everyone!
Except the losers.
On the backs of the mutated sea bass?
No, one of the turtles will give them a ride.
Hopefully it'll put an end to the Macarena.
They're actually face-down on the pillow and muslix64 is breaking out the K-Y.
A real pirate wouldn't use K-Y.
Oh, and gift of mercy? Blindness isn't a terminal cancer.
The moms and kiddies want a fuzzball kitten to play with, not a quiet older cat who can't see.
Blindness isn't terminal, but being in the shelter for too long is.
Neighbour has a blind, deaf cat he saved from a Vet. He likes being outside, but he's damn hard to find when he wanders off...
"Here kitty, kitty..."
Fair enough. I didn't notice it to be honest... maybe it was only on www.google.com, while I'm using www.google.co.nz. Which makes sense if they're targeting the US, not the world.
If there were an alternative that got anything like the audience eBay gets, I suspect a lot of users sick of their BS would switch over very quickly.
Chicken, meet Egg.
this is the first time i've heard of something touched by google not instantly turning to gold!
Actually, this is the first time I've heard about Google Checkout AT ALL! Seriously. For a company that sells advertising, it sure does a shitty job of advertising it's own ventures. And I DO use PayPal, and have been looking for a reputable big-player to replace them.
If Novell was smart they'd leverage their MS agreemend, buy this Fluendo shop, and use their codecs in their SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) distribution.
So now, rather than measuring a few values, we must instead investigate every possible way of wrapping up the extra dimensions, until we find one which matches our own universe.
StringTheory@Home, anyone?
FWIW, I had bad luck with an IBM branded disk controller. I got an IBM box with an IBM ServeRAID 7e SCSI... which turns out is really Adaptec HostRAID (fake raid)... which doesn't seem to work quite right if the driver and kernel are different patch versions.... which means every kernel update needs a new driver from IBM / Adaptec, which doesn't happen because they only support the quarterly update releases, and then take a while to test fully before releasing... which means my system goes unpatched whenever Novell releases a new kernel security patch.
Sigh.
Kiddies, if it's not *really* open, don't use it.
So before you go calling me a "trolling right winger", please check that you're not speaking entirely on opinion or hearsay. The problems facing the New Zealand Police are well documented in the media here.
You sir, deserved to modded better than that. Our government has to change... the police force is one symptom of our sick leadership, and this new bill being debated is just more one of many, many other examples.
It's worse than that.
She is:
I can see this bill negatively effecting at least 4 of her 7 portfolios, not effecting 2, and having a mixed effect on 1. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure which is which...
But I thought the government was smarter than this, I guess not.
They've stopped representing the public, and started governing the public instead - it's a trend of Labour I've noticed for a while now, especially since getting their second term. Still, it's damn annoying that something that affects every New Zealander is happening so quietly. The mainstream media (unsurprisingly) hasn't said a word about this one.
I'll get my pen and paper out in the morning...
Then replace "nigger" with "baby".
Baby jokes never get old...
Aisle seat please.
The argument would be that 9/11 was an invasion of sorts, and that public safety requires the habeas corpus to be suspended, as no doing so would allow terrorists to attack. Of course, that kind of argument has no limits... there is *always* someone you can call a terrorist, and they can do so at *any* time. I don't think you'll get your country back as long as Bush or his fellows are in power.
Maybe read Author Miller's "The Crucible" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucible [wikipedia.org] ) to get a good idea of the sort of Moral Panic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic [wikipedia.org] ) our society is in today.
This confuses me somewhat, because everyone I talk to thinks that security theatre, politicians taking a stand against... whatever, and all the other dramatics and public issues going on today is absolute bollocks. Which society is in Moral (or otherwise) Panic, and how exactly did I cease to be a part of it?