No, I did not state that. But by being in the land of the US, you are receiving the services of the police, fire department, military defense, etc. And all this without you even setting foot on a public sidewalk, street, etc.
That's what people get when they don't vote straight Libertarian. They get money taken from them at gunpoint. A vote against a Libertarian candidate is
a vote to abolish the Constitution itself.
Uh, excuse me, but Income taxes are explicitly provided for in the Constitution...
I've never met a real Libertarian by their own definition--they always turn out to be good ol' Conservatives in Libertation clothing...
You don't need it in writing from us, you need to put it in writing yourself. Simply leave the country, never return, and swear a statement at any US embassy or consulate that you are giving up your citizenship.
If you don't do these things, you will be making use of what us real Americans are paying for.
Did you really buy pre-recorded cassettes? Anyone would who would should never be concerned about sound quality--it started as crap.
Most people made quality cassette copies from vinyl. You would get together with friends and make copies of each other's LPs. It was all very social, unlike to day, where geeks sit at home, alone in their parents' basements or attics and download tons of digital music (most of which they won't ever listen to) whilst masturbating...
It's 2.6.8. Testing has a newer, usable kernel, but the testing installer won't allow you to use stable for the install, despite it being a menu option... I could probably have gotten away with a full Debian testing system, since it is probably more stable than many other distributions' "stable" versions, but after Sarge destoyed my partition table I got a bit frustrated with Debian...
I forgot to mention, the Fujitsu S-7020 also uses SATA for the internal HD. Stock Sarge (3.1r1) installer can't even see the HD! I checked out the 3.1r2 release which came out exactly 1 month ago, but it appears the kernel version has not been updated.
I have read of success people have had with this model using Debian--they build a basic system on an old desktop, update the kernel to something more recent than the almost 2 year old 2.6.8 kernel (note that Sarge still uses a 2.4 kernel by default!) and then image the drive over to the laptop.
As you say, why do all this when you can just install Ubuntu released the same month as Debian 3.1? I'd rather do "Linux from scratch" (or Gentoo--wait that's the same thing;-)
I tried Debian on my new Fujitsu S-7020. It wouldn't install. It wouldn't recognize my Intel 802.11ABG (I opted for this over the Atheros option JUST FOR compatibility reasons), it wouldn't recognize the broadcom gigabit net, it did however insist that I use the IEEE1394 interface for a network connection (does anybody ever do this?). It trashed my partition table (I opted to keep the M$ pre-install until I got Debian working).
So I learned my lesson--Debian is stable. Stable if you can get it to work. I needed a recent kernel > 2.6.13. Only available via Debian testing. And if I'm going to go with Debian testing, where has my stability gone?
New laptops require cutting edge support from Linux. And you aren't getting this from tried-and-true distro models like Debian. While I would certainly consider Debian for any hardware over three years old, it's not for new laptops with new chips, etc. You'll new a more progressive distribution. I tried Ubuntu 5.10--the current stable release. It handled everything above properly. I was willing to sacrifice a bit of stability (in theory) for actually having a working system.
Caffeine never need be "monitored" as it is not essential to life, and there are plenty of food sources without caffeine. I.e. you don't ever need a certain minimum, and you can easily survive without any. Compare this to say, sugar and diabetics.
In terms of medical conditions where one would want to limit or prevent intake, gastritis and ulcers are very sensitive to caffeine. Believe me, I speak from experience...
Why does everybody whine about how the EPA estimates are too high? For me they are too LOW! I can drive my Volvo S40 at 80 MPH with the A/C on and still get 31.5 MPG over hundreds of miles. The EPA says I should only be getting 28 MPG highway...
So "up to" 75% savings on "up to" 50% of the electricity usage. So 3/8 or 37.5% savings, all in all... Of course this is only for the CPU... Could be noticeable in production... Maybe...
No, it means that if you choose the Blue one, your whole world of DRM-free media as you know it will be gone, whereas should you choose the Red one, everything will seem just like it always has been...
Because your own picture will only show that your own Mac has this problem. Posting a fair-use excerpt from Apple's own service manual lends credence to the claim that all Macs of this model are likely to have this problem.
If fair use exists at all any more, this is certainly a case that falls under that legal term.
No, it doesn't. Call me a prescriptivist, but 'begging the question' means one of the premises used to prove an argument assumes that the argument is true.
By your own link it conforms to modern usage! If you don't like the development of the language, I suggest you petition the English Academy, which thankfully does not exist...
I remember a pigmy from the outback approached me once, spear in hand, while I was dying from thirst, lost in the desert, and asked why I didn't just use Google Maps before I came to Australia?
[I can't resist...]
This begs the question, just why was there an (African) pygmy out & about with a spear in the Australian outback? Was there some sort of exchange program of native peoples?
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Hey guess what? The Amendments are part of the constitution!
No, I did not state that. But by being in the land of the US, you are receiving the services of the police, fire department, military defense, etc. And all this without you even setting foot on a public sidewalk, street, etc.
I've never met a real Libertarian by their own definition--they always turn out to be good ol' Conservatives in Libertation clothing...
You don't need it in writing from us, you need to put it in writing yourself. Simply leave the country, never return, and swear a statement at any US embassy or consulate that you are giving up your citizenship.
If you don't do these things, you will be making use of what us real Americans are paying for.
Did you really buy pre-recorded cassettes? Anyone would who would should never be concerned about sound quality--it started as crap.
Most people made quality cassette copies from vinyl. You would get together with friends and make copies of each other's LPs. It was all very social, unlike to day, where geeks sit at home, alone in their parents' basements or attics and download tons of digital music (most of which they won't ever listen to) whilst masturbating...
Are you sure envy doesn't come in to play?
That is because Debian won't install on modern laptops! Well, not without grand efforts.
Seriously though, it seems that many Debianites begrudge Ubuntu for being what they don't want Debian to be: up to date.
It's 2.6.8. Testing has a newer, usable kernel, but the testing installer won't allow you to use stable for the install, despite it being a menu option... I could probably have gotten away with a full Debian testing system, since it is probably more stable than many other distributions' "stable" versions, but after Sarge destoyed my partition table I got a bit frustrated with Debian...
;-)
I forgot to mention, the Fujitsu S-7020 also uses SATA for the internal HD. Stock Sarge (3.1r1) installer can't even see the HD! I checked out the 3.1r2 release which came out exactly 1 month ago, but it appears the kernel version has not been updated.
I have read of success people have had with this model using Debian--they build a basic system on an old desktop, update the kernel to something more recent than the almost 2 year old 2.6.8 kernel (note that Sarge still uses a 2.4 kernel by default!) and then image the drive over to the laptop.
As you say, why do all this when you can just install Ubuntu released the same month as Debian 3.1? I'd rather do "Linux from scratch" (or Gentoo--wait that's the same thing
I tried Debian on my new Fujitsu S-7020. It wouldn't install. It wouldn't recognize my Intel 802.11ABG (I opted for this over the Atheros option JUST FOR compatibility reasons), it wouldn't recognize the broadcom gigabit net, it did however insist that I use the IEEE1394 interface for a network connection (does anybody ever do this?). It trashed my partition table (I opted to keep the M$ pre-install until I got Debian working).
So I learned my lesson--Debian is stable. Stable if you can get it to work. I needed a recent kernel > 2.6.13. Only available via Debian testing. And if I'm going to go with Debian testing, where has my stability gone?
New laptops require cutting edge support from Linux. And you aren't getting this from tried-and-true distro models like Debian. While I would certainly consider Debian for any hardware over three years old, it's not for new laptops with new chips, etc. You'll new a more progressive distribution. I tried Ubuntu 5.10--the current stable release. It handled everything above properly. I was willing to sacrifice a bit of stability (in theory) for actually having a working system.
"If it doesn't fit, you must encrypt." -- the late Johnny Cochran
Think of a Beowulf cluster of those!
Caffeine never need be "monitored" as it is not essential to life, and there are plenty of food sources without caffeine. I.e. you don't ever need a certain minimum, and you can easily survive without any. Compare this to say, sugar and diabetics.
In terms of medical conditions where one would want to limit or prevent intake, gastritis and ulcers are very sensitive to caffeine. Believe me, I speak from experience...
Unfortunately even "decaf" contains some caffeine.
Why does everybody whine about how the EPA estimates are too high? For me they are too LOW ! I can drive my Volvo S40 at 80 MPH with the A/C on and still get 31.5 MPG over hundreds of miles. The EPA says I should only be getting 28 MPG highway...
Indeed, even less than 0%!
So "up to" 75% savings on "up to" 50% of the electricity usage. So 3/8 or 37.5% savings, all in all... Of course this is only for the CPU... Could be noticeable in production... Maybe...
If fair use exists at all any more, this is certainly a case that falls under that legal term.
This begs the question, just why was there an (African) pygmy out & about with a spear in the Australian outback? Was there some sort of exchange program of native peoples?
I'd like to see your math(s) on this... Start with "300 million Americans"...
It's called "humor", Gavin...