There was a really good speech on C-SPAN a few weeks ago about the two party system we have here in the US. It talked about how everyone loses when we are forced to vote for the 'lesser of two evils'. It talked about how the democrats needed the republicans to stay in power and vice-versa. I don't remember who wrote it, but I would really like to find an archive online of it. I think the speech was called "Two party system" by Allen or Al somebody (could be completly wrong on name and author). If anyone else saw the program, please let me know the name/author and it would be great for a link!
Did you know that if you put a frog in boiling hot water, it will leap out instantly? However, if you put it in cold water and heat it slowly, it will stay there until it dies.
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I'm disappointed that no one has mentioned that we can cut our energy demand by at least 30-50% by simply *saving* energy. On my way home from work I see lights on all over people's houses and nobody is using them. People don't carpool to work, instead they take their 12 MPG SUV. People waste an incredible amount of everything, and instead of asking "how can I use less", the question is, "where do I get more?"
We have recycling and reusable goods, but its more convient to throw it in the trash. All of this trash has to go somewhere, and nobody seems to care. There's many reasons to conserve: You save money, the environment, and feel good about it. I'm not anti-science, but I feel like 95% of the crap we manufacture today is complete crap. We live in huge houses, own 4 cars per family, several TV sets and multiple computers. We've gotten all this stuff within the past century. Before that, we didn't even have electricity. Its disappointing to see that because we can spend more, we feel that we must consume more. There's a direct correlation between the two and I would like to know why.
911 Operator: Sir, your GPS coordinates show your location at 61.997 degrees longitude, 72.305 degrees latitude. Now they show 62.211 longitude and 72.502 latitude. Not only are moving 500 miles per hour, you are over the atlantic ocean. It is impossible for me to send a dispatch unit to your location. Good luck with your pet gargoyle. *click*.
haha. The last sentance reminds me of the simpsons episode where the Homer squirts the jockeys and says "Marge, get me a trash bag." Following is a cut scene to the jockeys going "Please let us out. We'll give you gold!"
The point i'm trying to make here is that is SCO employees are just a bunch of midget jockeys. Yeah... thats right.
As a small contribution to the anti-RNC efforts, today we are releasing a list of delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention. This list includes the names, address, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of RNC delegates in addition to what hotel each one is staying at during their invasion of New York City. It is not a complete list, but does include information on over 1600 delegates gathered from a variety of sources. It is based on a list that was released on the Internet earlier this summer by an anonymous affinity group. We have verified much of this data, expanded upon it, and republished it more broadly.
Our objectives are to:
- Supply anti-RNC groups with data on the delegates to use in whatever way they see fit.
- Supply a body of information that can be easily added to.
- Encourage the republishing and redistribution of this data.
- Facilitate making local connections. Many of these delegates are involved in politics and business on a town or county level.
There is nothing threatening about this post at all. The objectives do not threaten any of the political candidates. What I find absolutely bizzar is that when the government wants its citizens' information, they think thats entirely OK. CAPPS II, TIO, MATRIX, PATRIOT II... What the hell makes that data collection justified? ITS NOT. As soon as an organization turns around and posts a list of people that want these laws, they send the SS after them. Utter hypocracy at its worst. How can I be trusted that those lists are not being used against me, or sold to Al Queda. What if I am a high-profile executive and a terrorist wants me dead? Why the fuck does your job as a politican give you more rights to privacy then me, my next door neighbor, or the guy in the next state. These people need to get a clue and understand if they don't like having lists of where they're going to be, maybe they shouldn't be making lists of where everyone else is going to be. With convient passanger profiling and mandatory ID checks on airplanes, its not hard to find out where somebody is in this country. Data collection that has nothing to do with a specific criminal investigation makes every one of us less secure, but for some reason people can't see this. They're too busy looking for terrorists. And I, for one, am fucking sick of it.
In the case of departments, how many people must have tried to call the MS Word Development department to bitch about something in Word not working right?
I know. I can't tell you how many times i've called those guys to get that damned paper clip off my screen. For whatever reason they think its a prank and hang up on me. I'll try again later this afternoon.
You could also not slam on the gas every time you want to accelerate. Often, if I am approaching a stale green light with cars waiting to go I will just let off the gas and coast to the light way before I reach it. When approaching a red light that I know will soon turn green, I try to time it just right by braking early so that I will coast right through a green light by the time I reach it.
According to Autotrader.com, I am supposed to get around 25 MPG with my 4-cyl 1994 Honda Accord, however I generally get about 29 to 31. This means I'm spending 20% less at the pump each month. If you spend roughly $100 a month on gas, this is a good way to save $20 ($140 a year!).
John Dvorak over at ABC News is starting to question if it's time to kill Word With Viable options like Open Office.org available for Windows as well as AbiWord and others.
In short, only laws that serve to benefit the whole of society, like speed laws and laws against murder, theft, etc should be passes and laws that serve only a small minority at the inconvinience of society at large ought to never see the light of day.
Should stores be required to provide handicap access to bathrooms, parking spaces, or other facilities? These things serve a minority of society but cost society as a whole a great deal of extra money.
Afterall the RIAA is nothing more than a mafia-like music control group. They use their money and muscle to get what they want. They buy out government officials and bully around whoever they want.
They can't buy everyone's vote you know. Most of the time politicans get away with crap they pass because people don't care about the law if it doesn't affect them. And by "doesn't affect them" I mean "doesn't affect them until they're caught". This is a problem in and of itself. Not everyone in congress is a scumbag.
I agree with you. Here in NH you do not need to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, and if your over 18, you do not need to wear a seatbelt while driving. It used to be anyone over 12, but they changed it because soccer moms complained (yes, it really was some 'moms for america' group).
Re:basic... very basic.
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I agree with you in some cases, but you have to have a lot of the stuff lying around, which I don't have. My friend that used to buy parts said it wasn't worth the time to build a low-end computer from scratch because after you add all the expesnses together, you could buy a prebuilt machine for the same price or cheaper. You also have a greater chance of hardware conflicts occuring opposed to a prebuilt, tested system. Its a good route to go if you have the time to debug conflicts, spare parts lying around, and the know-how, otherwise I would recommend spending $400 for a out-of-the-box setup.
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I dunno. I pretty much hate everyone. I'll let you know when/if I find a girl with a brain. People tell me i'll be searching for quite a while.
There was a really good speech on C-SPAN a few weeks ago about the two party system we have here in the US. It talked about how everyone loses when we are forced to vote for the 'lesser of two evils'. It talked about how the democrats needed the republicans to stay in power and vice-versa. I don't remember who wrote it, but I would really like to find an archive online of it. I think the speech was called "Two party system" by Allen or Al somebody (could be completly wrong on name and author). If anyone else saw the program, please let me know the name/author and it would be great for a link!
Did you know that if you put a frog in boiling hot water, it will leap out instantly? However, if you put it in cold water and heat it slowly, it will stay there until it dies.
Have you ever seen that Virgin mobile phone commercial where the guy has a built in taser in his phone? I'd sure like one of those...
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#1: Wealth Inequality in 21st Century Threatens Economy and Democracy
#2: Ashcroft vs. the Human Rights Law that Hold Corporations Accountable
#3: Bush Administration Censors Science
#4: High Levels of Uranium Found in Troops and Civilians
#5: The Wholesale Giveaway of Our Natural Resources
#6: The Sale of Electoral Politics
#7: Conservative Organization Drives Judicial Appointments
#8: Cheney's Energy Task Force and The Energy Policy
#9: Widow Brings RICO Case Against U.S. government for 9/11
#10: New Nuke Plants: Taxpayers Support, Industry Profits
#11: The Media Can Legally Lie
#12: The Destabilization of Haiti
#13: Schwarzenegger Met with Enron's Ken Lay Years Before the California Recall
#14: New Bill Threatens Intellectual Freedom in Area Studies
#15: U.S. Develops Lethal New Viruses
#16: Law Enforcement Agencies Spy on Innocent Citizens
#17: U.S. Government Represses Labor Unions in Iraq in Quest for Business Privatization
#18: Media and Government Ignore Dwindling Oil Supplies
#19: Global Food Cartel Fast Becoming hte World's Supermarket
#20: Extreme Weather Prompts New Warning from UN
#21: Forcing a World Market for GMOs
#22: Censoring Iraq
#23: Brazil Holds Back in FTAA Talks, But Provides Little Comfort for the Poor of South America
Sir, I've got the perfect Mercedes for you!
We have recycling and reusable goods, but its more convient to throw it in the trash. All of this trash has to go somewhere, and nobody seems to care. There's many reasons to conserve: You save money, the environment, and feel good about it. I'm not anti-science, but I feel like 95% of the crap we manufacture today is complete crap. We live in huge houses, own 4 cars per family, several TV sets and multiple computers. We've gotten all this stuff within the past century. Before that, we didn't even have electricity. Its disappointing to see that because we can spend more, we feel that we must consume more. There's a direct correlation between the two and I would like to know why.
911 Operator: Sir, your GPS coordinates show your location at 61.997 degrees longitude, 72.305 degrees latitude. Now they show 62.211 longitude and 72.502 latitude. Not only are moving 500 miles per hour, you are over the atlantic ocean. It is impossible for me to send a dispatch unit to your location. Good luck with your pet gargoyle. *click*.
The point i'm trying to make here is that is SCO employees are just a bunch of midget jockeys. Yeah... thats right.
Our objectives are to:
- Supply anti-RNC groups with data on the delegates to use in whatever way they see fit.
- Supply a body of information that can be easily added to.
- Encourage the republishing and redistribution of this data.
- Facilitate making local connections. Many of these delegates are involved in politics and business on a town or county level.
There is nothing threatening about this post at all. The objectives do not threaten any of the political candidates. What I find absolutely bizzar is that when the government wants its citizens' information, they think thats entirely OK. CAPPS II, TIO, MATRIX, PATRIOT II... What the hell makes that data collection justified? ITS NOT. As soon as an organization turns around and posts a list of people that want these laws, they send the SS after them. Utter hypocracy at its worst. How can I be trusted that those lists are not being used against me, or sold to Al Queda. What if I am a high-profile executive and a terrorist wants me dead? Why the fuck does your job as a politican give you more rights to privacy then me, my next door neighbor, or the guy in the next state. These people need to get a clue and understand if they don't like having lists of where they're going to be, maybe they shouldn't be making lists of where everyone else is going to be. With convient passanger profiling and mandatory ID checks on airplanes, its not hard to find out where somebody is in this country. Data collection that has nothing to do with a specific criminal investigation makes every one of us less secure, but for some reason people can't see this. They're too busy looking for terrorists. And I, for one, am fucking sick of it.
I know. I can't tell you how many times i've called those guys to get that damned paper clip off my screen. For whatever reason they think its a prank and hang up on me. I'll try again later this afternoon.
Wasn't really me, but I laughed my ass off reading the story. :)
According to Autotrader.com, I am supposed to get around 25 MPG with my 4-cyl 1994 Honda Accord, however I generally get about 29 to 31. This means I'm spending 20% less at the pump each month. If you spend roughly $100 a month on gas, this is a good way to save $20 ($140 a year!).
What do politicians and diapers have in common?
They're both full of shit and need to be changed regularly.
Its called the Decan Effect.
And don't forget Notepad!
Go Brazil.
Should stores be required to provide handicap access to bathrooms, parking spaces, or other facilities? These things serve a minority of society but cost society as a whole a great deal of extra money.
us CEOs are so samrt. Now watch this drive.
They can't buy everyone's vote you know. Most of the time politicans get away with crap they pass because people don't care about the law if it doesn't affect them. And by "doesn't affect them" I mean "doesn't affect them until they're caught". This is a problem in and of itself. Not everyone in congress is a scumbag.
I agree with you. Here in NH you do not need to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, and if your over 18, you do not need to wear a seatbelt while driving. It used to be anyone over 12, but they changed it because soccer moms complained (yes, it really was some 'moms for america' group).
I agree with you in some cases, but you have to have a lot of the stuff lying around, which I don't have. My friend that used to buy parts said it wasn't worth the time to build a low-end computer from scratch because after you add all the expesnses together, you could buy a prebuilt machine for the same price or cheaper. You also have a greater chance of hardware conflicts occuring opposed to a prebuilt, tested system. Its a good route to go if you have the time to debug conflicts, spare parts lying around, and the know-how, otherwise I would recommend spending $400 for a out-of-the-box setup.
The one Al Gore invented.
Diebold voting systems?