Kent: With our utter annihilation imminent, our federal government has snapped into action. We go live now via satellite to the floor of the United States congress.
Speaker: Then it is unanimous, we are going to approve the bill to evacuate the town of Springfield in the great state of --
Congressman: Wait a minute, I want to tack on a rider to that bill: $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.
Speaker: All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill?
Most people believe that the bible represents a guide and isn't to be taken absolutely literally.
Really? From my perspective, one of the greatest problems we have in the world today is that far too many people take religious texts literally.
Even as an agnostic, I can appreciate the value of a religious text if read as, I believe, they were intended: part history, part moral lesson -- a guide to better living and higher conscienceness, with instruction through metaphor.
The U.S. may be the world's biggest polluter, but I doubt it is on a "pollution per GDP" basis -- that seems to me a much more sensible meansure (i.e., the amount you pollute versus the amount you produce). I'd be willing to wager that, on a GDP basis, many countries are much worse than the U.S. (e.g., Russia, China).
In general, I'm not anti-MS or anti-IE. However, I switched to Mozilla for one simple reason: the promise to kill annoying pop-ups. And it works beautifully -- it kills the pop-up plague. I will never go back to IE for this very reason alone.
Moreover, I was thrilled to learn that Mozilla is a full-featured, mature browser -- no functionality lost in the switch.
Why do you think Bush proposed yesterday to grant legal status to illegal immigrants currently working in the U.S.? Hint: it wasn't out of the kindness of his heart.
Yes, it's for the same reason that executives are begging the government not to impose any restrictions on exporting jobs to low-wage countries: cheap labor. There are plenty of meanial, low-wage jobs to be filled in the U.S., and if illegal immigrants are exported or prohibited from working, business owners will have to pay more to U.S. citizens who will demand a higher wage. And many of these workers -- particularly farm laborers -- perform an invaluable service to our economy. The amount of work they do versus the amount they are paid is staggering. And no capitalist benefitting their cheap labor wants to see it vanish.
I'm surprised that the media didn't pick up this. They were treating Bush's proposal as if it were the Emancipation Proclamation of the 21th Century. What a bunch of horseshit.
I would not write off Boies nor take him lightly. He came to prominence well before the Microsoft case. Previously he was the star litigator for, arguably, the most respected and venerated law firm in the U.S.: Cravath, Swaine & Moore. For quite a while he has been considered one of the top 3, or so, litigators in the U.S. The Microsoft case simply brought him attention from the non-legal community.
When Boies left the Cravath partnership, it was somewhat of a scandal in the legal community. No one walks away from a Cravath partnership (so goes conventional wisdom) -- the average annual salary for Cravath partners is somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.0 million.
IBM has long been one of Cravath's largest and most loyal clients -- in fact, I noticed that Cravath is representing IBM in the SCO matter. I can't help but wonder if one of the main reasons Boies agreed to represent SCO is to go head-to-head with his former parters at Cravath. It wouldn't surprise me if that is his main motivating factor. Boies does not need the money or any more notches in his belt.
The fact that Boies lost a couple prominent cases speaks more to his willingness to take on tough cases with unpredictable outcomes that he finds interesting or challenging.
But do not write off Boies or dismiss him. Don't get me wrong -- I hope he loses the SCO case big time. But he is to be feared.
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pornography and gambling is one thing, instant messaging and blogging is another. one enriches your life, one destroys it
Uh, which is which?
Kent: With our utter annihilation imminent, our federal government has snapped into action. We go live now via satellite to the floor of the United States congress.
Speaker: Then it is unanimous, we are going to approve the bill to evacuate the town of Springfield in the great state of --
Congressman: Wait a minute, I want to tack on a rider to that bill: $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.
Speaker: All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill?
[everyone boos]
Speaker: Bill defeated. [bangs gavel]
Most people believe that the bible represents a guide and isn't to be taken absolutely literally.
Really? From my perspective, one of the greatest problems we have in the world today is that far too many people take religious texts literally.
Even as an agnostic, I can appreciate the value of a religious text if read as, I believe, they were intended: part history, part moral lesson -- a guide to better living and higher conscienceness, with instruction through metaphor.
The U.S. may be the world's biggest polluter, but I doubt it is on a "pollution per GDP" basis -- that seems to me a much more sensible meansure (i.e., the amount you pollute versus the amount you produce). I'd be willing to wager that, on a GDP basis, many countries are much worse than the U.S. (e.g., Russia, China).
How is this not a commune? Its like communism's evil twin!
It's not a commune in that it's not owned communually, i.e., by its workers. In that sense it's very much a capitalist enterprise.
In general, I'm not anti-MS or anti-IE. However, I switched to Mozilla for one simple reason: the promise to kill annoying pop-ups. And it works beautifully -- it kills the pop-up plague. I will never go back to IE for this very reason alone.
Moreover, I was thrilled to learn that Mozilla is a full-featured, mature browser -- no functionality lost in the switch.
Why do you think Bush proposed yesterday to grant legal status to illegal immigrants currently working in the U.S.? Hint: it wasn't out of the kindness of his heart.
Yes, it's for the same reason that executives are begging the government not to impose any restrictions on exporting jobs to low-wage countries: cheap labor. There are plenty of meanial, low-wage jobs to be filled in the U.S., and if illegal immigrants are exported or prohibited from working, business owners will have to pay more to U.S. citizens who will demand a higher wage. And many of these workers -- particularly farm laborers -- perform an invaluable service to our economy. The amount of work they do versus the amount they are paid is staggering. And no capitalist benefitting their cheap labor wants to see it vanish.
I'm surprised that the media didn't pick up this. They were treating Bush's proposal as if it were the Emancipation Proclamation of the 21th Century. What a bunch of horseshit.
When Boies left the Cravath partnership, it was somewhat of a scandal in the legal community. No one walks away from a Cravath partnership (so goes conventional wisdom) -- the average annual salary for Cravath partners is somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.0 million.
IBM has long been one of Cravath's largest and most loyal clients -- in fact, I noticed that Cravath is representing IBM in the SCO matter. I can't help but wonder if one of the main reasons Boies agreed to represent SCO is to go head-to-head with his former parters at Cravath. It wouldn't surprise me if that is his main motivating factor. Boies does not need the money or any more notches in his belt.
The fact that Boies lost a couple prominent cases speaks more to his willingness to take on tough cases with unpredictable outcomes that he finds interesting or challenging.
But do not write off Boies or dismiss him. Don't get me wrong -- I hope he loses the SCO case big time. But he is to be feared.