While I can understand your anger, it still puzzles me as to where you were when other ass-heads started fingerprinting other people. This stuff didn't get invented under the Bush administration, but has been around for decades. I've been fingerprinted twice by the FBI under two prior administrations, and neither was related to rocketry.
I have no problems with people protesting bad laws and corrupt administrations. But where the fsck were you during the Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, and Ford years? This selective protesting reeks of hypocracy.
I have just finished the second DVD of the set (pilot + 6 episodes). I have not watched Firefly before this......and I am still confused over the backstory! I understand that the core is richer than the rim, and that some sort of galactic feudal manorialism is in place, but some stuff still seems odd. When do they start explaining this stuff? I get the sense that there's a complete history behind "companions", but without an explanation it's hard to reconcile prostitutes being revered members of the upper class. Is this religious or something?
The horses don't bother me though. These ARE the boondocks of space, and frontier worlds. A frontier mining world's population isn't enough to support a domestic auto industry, but anyone can raise horses on forty acres. I also like the firearms. Who says chemically propelled slugs aren't the pinnacle of personal firearm technology?
We were talking about executive orders. The PATRIOT act was congressional legislation, and NOT an executive order. Your reply completely misses the topic.
You are not supposed to sit around till somebody else does the work and give you something for nothing. You need to contribute.
Which is why Open Source will probably always be for developers by developers. Unless of course the non-developing users decide to contribute cash...
It's sort of like public television. You can sit around and watch it for free, or you can donate and help other people watch it for free. "Your generous donations will make this software free-beer for everyone!"
I'll have to take exception to your use of the word "lately" if you are referring only to the last four years. When it comes to legislation via executive order, Clinton was the master of it. The problems with executive orders is that they don't wind up on the front page of the NYT so you rarely hear about them.
Just wait until SCOTUS renders an unpopular decision. Oh wait, they already have. Half the country hates them for Roe v Wade and the other half for Bush v Gore.
Seriously though, SCOTUS has two qualities that shields them from public opinion. First, they don't make speeches in front of CNN microphones. Second, they don't run for office. In short, the lack of politicking leads to a lack of public division.
Ever since my introduction to programming twenty five years ago, I have been subjected to new languages promising universal salvation every two years. This is getting wearisome.
I have the right to free speech. Does this obligate the government to provide me with a soapbox and megaphone? Are they obligated to compel people to listen to my rantings? Of course not!
If you read the Constitution you will find that the amendments are restrictions upon the government. Thus the first amendment PROHIBITS the government from infringing free speech.
Why should the government be compelled to provide my privacy, when it is not similary compelled to provide me with free speech?
Then please tell me how to turn Spaminator/SpamBlocker back on! When I suddenly started to get deluged by spam on my mindspring account, I went to make sure it was still on. The only thing I could find was a download for a Outlook plugin. My only other alternative are to use Earthlink's TotalAccess software (unavailable outside of Windows/Mac) or use their webmail.
My assumption is that the "medium" setting is sending some spam to the webmail spam box, where it will rot silently forever. But I can find no way to turn on the "high" setting to prevent the rest of it from hitting my client inbox. If you know how, please tell me!
When the IX amendment says "retained by the people", then it is up to the people, and not the federal government, to act in their defense. In other words, it's up to YOU to protect your privacy. The federal government is prohibited by they amendment from taking it away from you, but it does not compel them to actively protect it.
A better analogy would be a bunch of scruffy hoods coming and asking you if they could "paint" your house, and then you discovering later that they meant "tagging" while you meant "pastel yellow".
The law does not say precisely. And that's the reason for this injunction. Freedom of speech and freedom to privacy are two very important pillars of modern US law, so important that the judge has decided to temporarily rollback the law until the issue can be properly addressed. Please look up "injunction" in a legal dictionary. It does NOT mean that the judge agrees or disagrees with the new law.
I do not like deficits. In fact, I hate them. But a deficit is not the same thing as "government waste". It is a funding mechanism. A pretty shoddy funding mechanism, to be sure, but nothing more than that.
One thing that stands out in my memory of the Reagan years was the Democrafts holding the Washington DC Zoo animals hostage. "Sign our massive omnibus budget or the cute Panda dies a miserable death!"
Reagan's biggest mistake in my mind was caving in to their demands. Never negotiate with terrorists, even if they're congressmen and senators...
But since US media does not report foreign news that much, I guess it's only understandable that you think that no-one complains when some other country than USA does some stupid things.
Then why doesn't it happen here on Slashdot when foreign news *IS* reported on occasion? The differences between "US screwed up" and "EU screwed up" stories here are very clear if you keep an unbiased mind. If it's a "EU screwed" up story, then everyone posts about the screw up and remain objective. But if it's a "US screwed up" story, then the very few objective posts about the screw up are drowned in a sea of "US is Evil, Bush is Satan" posts. You only need to go back to the very beginning of this thread to see it in action. Apparently it's Bush's fault for this Supreme Court ruling. Was I asleep last week when Bush packed the court FDR style?
Linux becomes mainstream and the cranky hackers move on to BSD. Then BSD becomes mainstream and the cranky hackers move on to MFS. But where do they go when MFS becomes mainstream?
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Sounds strange, outlandish, fantasy... not really.
No, it really is strange, outlandish, and fantasy! Please re-enter reality...
Hasn't Kerry been getting quite alot of flak recently, when it was discovered that he *gasp* knows how to speak French.
He didn't get flak for that. He got flak for boasting that France supports his candidacy. Endorsements by foreign nations have never gone over well here.
But when you do something stupid/arrogant/wrong, people will complain.
And they should complain. My problem is that they don't complain when other nations do similarly stupid/arrogant/wrong things.
I get my DSL through Earthlink, but my domain is hosted elsewhere. So I don't ever use my Earthlink email address. The ONLY legitimate email coming to that address is my monthly billing statement. And for the last few years, that's pretty much all I got. Sometimes Earthlink itself would send me spam, but it was nothing an embarassing submission to abuse@earthlink.com couldn't handle.
But they recently stopped their server-side spam filtering (Spaminator(tm)) and replaced it with client-side plugins. Overnight I started receiving thirty spams a day to an account that I have NEVER used. Besides the general annoyance that they are shuffling off anti-spam responsibilities to the customer, their plugins are for Windows Outlook and webmail only. (They say it's for Mac as well, but that's only a euphemism for "you must use webmail"). This is unacceptable.
The story was about the growth of Linux in Iraq. But what about non-Linux operating systems? Are Net/FreeBSD banned because of their mascot, but OpenBSD not because its mascot is Puffy? Enquiring minds want to know!
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While I can understand your anger, it still puzzles me as to where you were when other ass-heads started fingerprinting other people. This stuff didn't get invented under the Bush administration, but has been around for decades. I've been fingerprinted twice by the FBI under two prior administrations, and neither was related to rocketry.
I have no problems with people protesting bad laws and corrupt administrations. But where the fsck were you during the Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, and Ford years? This selective protesting reeks of hypocracy.
I have just finished the second DVD of the set (pilot + 6 episodes). I have not watched Firefly before this... ...and I am still confused over the backstory! I understand that the core is richer than the rim, and that some sort of galactic feudal manorialism is in place, but some stuff still seems odd. When do they start explaining this stuff? I get the sense that there's a complete history behind "companions", but without an explanation it's hard to reconcile prostitutes being revered members of the upper class. Is this religious or something?
The horses don't bother me though. These ARE the boondocks of space, and frontier worlds. A frontier mining world's population isn't enough to support a domestic auto industry, but anyone can raise horses on forty acres. I also like the firearms. Who says chemically propelled slugs aren't the pinnacle of personal firearm technology?
I think the abuses of the executive branch have been growing since the 60's
So in other words, it has not been "lately", which was my point.
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We were talking about executive orders. The PATRIOT act was congressional legislation, and NOT an executive order. Your reply completely misses the topic.
You are not supposed to sit around till somebody else does the work and give you something for nothing. You need to contribute.
Which is why Open Source will probably always be for developers by developers. Unless of course the non-developing users decide to contribute cash...
It's sort of like public television. You can sit around and watch it for free, or you can donate and help other people watch it for free. "Your generous donations will make this software free-beer for everyone!"
Actually Slashdot has changed quite a bit. It used to be a hot steaming turd, but now it's a crusty shriveled turd.
I'll have to take exception to your use of the word "lately" if you are referring only to the last four years. When it comes to legislation via executive order, Clinton was the master of it. The problems with executive orders is that they don't wind up on the front page of the NYT so you rarely hear about them.
Just wait until SCOTUS renders an unpopular decision. Oh wait, they already have. Half the country hates them for Roe v Wade and the other half for Bush v Gore.
Seriously though, SCOTUS has two qualities that shields them from public opinion. First, they don't make speeches in front of CNN microphones. Second, they don't run for office. In short, the lack of politicking leads to a lack of public division.
What the heck have you been smoking, and how much does it cost per gram?
Bravo! Next time you visit I'll buy you a beer.
Ever since my introduction to programming twenty five years ago, I have been subjected to new languages promising universal salvation every two years. This is getting wearisome.
The could have named them "Mozilla Browser", "Mozilla Mail" and "Mozilla Calendar", and then NO ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN CONFUSED!
I have the right to free speech. Does this obligate the government to provide me with a soapbox and megaphone? Are they obligated to compel people to listen to my rantings? Of course not!
If you read the Constitution you will find that the amendments are restrictions upon the government. Thus the first amendment PROHIBITS the government from infringing free speech.
Why should the government be compelled to provide my privacy, when it is not similary compelled to provide me with free speech?
Then please tell me how to turn Spaminator/SpamBlocker back on! When I suddenly started to get deluged by spam on my mindspring account, I went to make sure it was still on. The only thing I could find was a download for a Outlook plugin. My only other alternative are to use Earthlink's TotalAccess software (unavailable outside of Windows/Mac) or use their webmail.
My assumption is that the "medium" setting is sending some spam to the webmail spam box, where it will rot silently forever. But I can find no way to turn on the "high" setting to prevent the rest of it from hitting my client inbox. If you know how, please tell me!
When the IX amendment says "retained by the people", then it is up to the people, and not the federal government, to act in their defense. In other words, it's up to YOU to protect your privacy. The federal government is prohibited by they amendment from taking it away from you, but it does not compel them to actively protect it.
A better analogy would be a bunch of scruffy hoods coming and asking you if they could "paint" your house, and then you discovering later that they meant "tagging" while you meant "pastel yellow".
The law does not say precisely. And that's the reason for this injunction. Freedom of speech and freedom to privacy are two very important pillars of modern US law, so important that the judge has decided to temporarily rollback the law until the issue can be properly addressed. Please look up "injunction" in a legal dictionary. It does NOT mean that the judge agrees or disagrees with the new law.
I do not like deficits. In fact, I hate them. But a deficit is not the same thing as "government waste". It is a funding mechanism. A pretty shoddy funding mechanism, to be sure, but nothing more than that.
One thing that stands out in my memory of the Reagan years was the Democrafts holding the Washington DC Zoo animals hostage. "Sign our massive omnibus budget or the cute Panda dies a miserable death!"
Reagan's biggest mistake in my mind was caving in to their demands. Never negotiate with terrorists, even if they're congressmen and senators...
But since US media does not report foreign news that much, I guess it's only understandable that you think that no-one complains when some other country than USA does some stupid things.
Then why doesn't it happen here on Slashdot when foreign news *IS* reported on occasion? The differences between "US screwed up" and "EU screwed up" stories here are very clear if you keep an unbiased mind. If it's a "EU screwed" up story, then everyone posts about the screw up and remain objective. But if it's a "US screwed up" story, then the very few objective posts about the screw up are drowned in a sea of "US is Evil, Bush is Satan" posts. You only need to go back to the very beginning of this thread to see it in action. Apparently it's Bush's fault for this Supreme Court ruling. Was I asleep last week when Bush packed the court FDR style?
Linux becomes mainstream and the cranky hackers move on to BSD. Then BSD becomes mainstream and the cranky hackers move on to MFS. But where do they go when MFS becomes mainstream?
Sounds strange, outlandish, fantasy... not really.
No, it really is strange, outlandish, and fantasy! Please re-enter reality...
Hasn't Kerry been getting quite alot of flak recently, when it was discovered that he *gasp* knows how to speak French.
He didn't get flak for that. He got flak for boasting that France supports his candidacy. Endorsements by foreign nations have never gone over well here.
But when you do something stupid/arrogant/wrong, people will complain.
And they should complain. My problem is that they don't complain when other nations do similarly stupid/arrogant/wrong things.
I get my DSL through Earthlink, but my domain is hosted elsewhere. So I don't ever use my Earthlink email address. The ONLY legitimate email coming to that address is my monthly billing statement. And for the last few years, that's pretty much all I got. Sometimes Earthlink itself would send me spam, but it was nothing an embarassing submission to abuse@earthlink.com couldn't handle.
But they recently stopped their server-side spam filtering (Spaminator(tm)) and replaced it with client-side plugins. Overnight I started receiving thirty spams a day to an account that I have NEVER used. Besides the general annoyance that they are shuffling off anti-spam responsibilities to the customer, their plugins are for Windows Outlook and webmail only. (They say it's for Mac as well, but that's only a euphemism for "you must use webmail"). This is unacceptable.
The story was about the growth of Linux in Iraq. But what about non-Linux operating systems? Are Net/FreeBSD banned because of their mascot, but OpenBSD not because its mascot is Puffy? Enquiring minds want to know!