Man he's no good w/o the rest of Pink Floyd. But Pink Floyd isn't nearly as good w/o him. It's an odd situation. They should come togethor again they were a good team.
read that monkeybagel article. If you go to Monkeybagel.com's front page they have a picture. Look closely, who's the agressor? I see cops standing at full height firing on people who are either on their knees, or crawling panicked across the ground. WHO IS THE AGRESSOR?
Law enforcement developed profiles to help them in investigations of crimes which had already been committed. The idea was to take a bunch of people that COULD have done it, and narrow them down to ones who were more likely to have done it. They would then investigate those and when they found physical evidence they could prosecute.
Is it possible the "quite" and "nice guy" just doesn't adequately fight back when he/she is accused? Perhaps that profile is just more likely to get a conviction then it is likely to find the real perpetraitor. Think about the people who conduct most law enforcement investigations... What does it take to become a sheriff's deputy in most cities/counties? A high school diploma. Who the hell are we kidding?! Our criminal justice system is a sham.
Some of you may think I'm just flaming, but that isn't the case. I have a younger brother who as a JOKE started a fake gang called GPP(he was 16). He was with a friend one night when his friend decided to break into a car. My brother stood by and did nothing, and later that night turned himself in. The deputy he turned himself into then searched his vehicle and found a mallet. He brought the mallet back to where my brother was and questioned him on whether or not he could use it as a weapon, my brother (ignorant of jerk off cops like this) answered, "Yeah, I guess" so the officer tacked on a concealed weapons charge. My brother (being a first time offender) ended up on probation. The police harassment didn't stop here. THEY labeled him as a gang member. In effect, GPP was made into a REAL gang by the VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFFS Department. With a single entry into a computer database a JOKE was made into a REAL problem. Suddenly, not only did this gang have validity it had lots of HS freshmen who wanted to join it. Keep in mind, this is a upper class primarily white community in southern california. The police continued to harass my brother, even though he complete disavowed himself of his relationship with GPP since it had ceased to be the joke it had once been.
While still on probation the police came to his class one day and arrested him. They did this in front of everybody in the class. Apparently a kid at another HS in the city had been beat up by a gang of kids. The victim said that one of the people who did had "long blond hair". Apparently my brother is the only person in a city of 120,000 that has long blond hair. My brother spent several days in juvenile hall. He was still a minor and the police/school FAILED to notify my parents that he had been arrested. In the end, after months and many dollars in lawyers fees had been wasted the charges were dropped because of a lack of evidence.
My point in relaying this story is that law enforcement officials have the power to ruin our lives with out ever thinking twice, when often they should. Giving some things a second thought as to "how much evidence do we really have?" or "how is this arrest going to affect the life of the person I'm arresting?"
Law enforcement in Ventura County is a JOKE. I imagine that the story is the same in most places. The LAPD, and the NYPD are wrapped up in various scandals. How much does it take to get an overseeing agency to veto police actions????
My point in all this was that my BROTHER is one of those "quite" and "nice guy" people. He had a joke with a few of his friends. Through the actions of a police department a gang was created. It's stunning to me that I pay taxes to support the biggest gang of all: The badge carrying neanderthal moron that runs your local Sheriff's department.
Law enforcement developed profiles to help them in investigations of crimes which had already been committed. The idea was to take a bunch of people that COULD have done it, and narrow them down to ones who were more likely to have done it. They would then investigate those and when they found physical evidence they could prosecute.
Is it possible the "quite" and "nice guy" just doesn't adequately fight back when he/she is accused? Perhaps that profile is just more likely to get a conviction then it is likely to find the real perpetraitor. Think about the people who conduct most law enforcement investigations... What does it take to become a sheriff's deputy in most cities/counties? A high school diploma. Who the hell are we kidding?! Our criminal justice system is a sham.
Some of you may think I'm just flaming, but that isn't the case. I have a younger brother who as a JOKE started a fake gang called GPP(he was 16). He was with a friend one night when his friend decided to break into a car. My brother stood by and did nothing, and later that night turned himself in. The deputy he turned himself into then searched his vehicle and found a mallet. He brought the mallet back to where my brother was and questioned him on whether or not he could use it as a weapon, my brother (ignorant of jerk off cops like this) answered, "Yeah, I guess" so the officer tacked on a concealed weapons charge. My brother (being a first time offender) ended up on probation. The police harassment didn't stop here. THEY labeled him as a gang member. In effect, GPP was made into a REAL gang by the VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFFS Department. With a single entry into a computer database a JOKE was made into a REAL problem. Suddenly, not only did this gang have validity it had lots of HS freshmen who wanted to join it. Keep in mind, this is a upper class white community in southern california. The police continued to harass my brother, even though he complete disavowed himself of his relationship with GPP since it had ceased to be the joke it had once been.
While still on probation the police came to his class one day and arrested him. They did this in front of everybody in the class. Apparently a kid at another HS in the city had been beat up by a gang of kids. The victim said that one of the people who did had "long blond hair". Apparently my brother is the only person in a city of 120,000 that has long blond hair. My brother spent several days in juvenile hall. He was still a minor and the police/school FAILED to notify my parents that he had been arrested. In the end, after months and many dollars in lawyers fees had been wasted the charges were dropped because of a lack of evidence.
My point in relaying this story is that law enforcement officials have the power to ruin our lives with out ever thinking twice, when often they should. Giving some things a second thought as to "how much evidence do we really have?" or "how is this arrest going to affect the life of the person I'm arresting?"
Law enforcement in Ventura County is a JOKE. I imagine that the story is the same in most places. The LAPD, and the NYPD are wrapped up in various scandals. How much does it take to get an overseeing agency to veto police actions????
How many times have we all sat there staring at a blank word processor screen only to have fill it with pointless garbage?!
A comment above said "Why assign it at all?!". That is totally the correct attitude! Education in this country SUCKS. We take all these STOOPIT General Ed courses just so we can have the PLEASURE of taking specific courses for our career. Gee thanks... could I waste MORE Of my time?!
I'm glad to see the lameness of our education system being beaten by techno smart kids. Reading books like The Scarlet Letter is an utter waste of time. Rent the damn movie! If it's the story that's important you can get that in a 2 hour movie. EVERY "GREAT" piece of literature has been made into a movie. And with the exception of DUNE they probably do a pretty good job of getting their point across. Why the hell do students need to waste time on critical thinking about some puritans with their panties too tight!? Uhmm... HELLO imagine how incredible a programmer you'd be if you spent your entire K-12 education and then your college years focused ONLY on programming, or physics, or whatever your interested in.
Stop government waste, get rid of english teachers.
You have got to be kidding!? Don't these people ever learn?
Intel took a lot of flack for what they did in the PIII. In fact, as I recall Arizona or Nevada (which state the Intel factory is in) was actually going to ban intel from the state for that stunt.
Why would IBM do soemthing that is so damned stupid?!
Do the british spell "programs" differently? How odd...
Anyway, the free software movement (IMHO) will survive as long as there is glory in it. If a programmer can get respect for code then that's a huge motivation right there.
We all know that the free software movement only benefits the upper(-IQ) crust of internet users. Those of us who are intelligent enough to know how to download Mandrake 6.1 from the FTP site. The masses will continue to buy software which is where companies like Red Hat and Mandrake will make their money.
Every time I read one of these articles about the dismal life of Silicon Valley employees for some odd reason it makes me want to be there even more. Somehow it sounds exciting to me! The idea of being that wrapped up in my work! Wealth is a secondary motivator.
If you are not happy about the idea of taxes call your senator and register your opinion! Send an e-mail! Tell them what you think! Sometimes it does work!
This bill at this point is in the Senate Finance commite. Go here for a list of representatives on that committee. If enough calls are made the bill can be killed at the committee level.
Believe it or not our reps do listen to what we say. So make sure you make your opinion know if your reps doing something you don't like.
My mother is a perfect example of what you are talking about. As soon as she sits down in front of her brand new gateway she goes brain dead. "How do I get my e-mail?" How many times do I have to point to the little button on the keyboard that says "INTERNET" and then the one next to it that says "E-MAIL" I set BOTH of those buttons so she wouldn't have to do anything other then press them in order... yet... she can never seem to manage.
She is just playing out the role of stupid computer person cause that's who she is in her own head. She thinks she's an idiot and therefore acts like one.
I so COMPLETELY agree with you. People are people. They aren't computers. If doing work is something they enjoy they'll get a lot done. If not, they'll limit the amount of work they do in a day.
Productivity is stagnant (sp?)... or so they say. Perhaps producitivity is up! And they just don't realize it. Reasonably a person will only do a certain amount of work per day that involves thinking. Not to mention, if they run out of things to do...
In many euro countries the standard work week is 30 hours. Perhaps their bosses have recognized that paying them for an additional 10 hours worth of surf time isn't going to increase productivity. I know that's what I do when I've run out of work or I just don't feel like concentrating any longer!
They say that in the IT industry there's a 40% increase. Sure there is! We have TONS of work to do all the time! We could work endless hours on creating a little darling of code! Pay attention here... the reason why we have a 40% increase is because we have 40% more work to do!!!!
This is indeed something I have thought about. I think the internet would be great at cultivating a personal freedoms party. Where they stand to the left on social issues. On economic issues they are either dead center, or just whatever individual candidates would like. We should all be free to speak what we want, sleep with who we want, code what we want, and smoke what we want!
My friend is -not- a member of the open source community. He is an elementry school teacher. (How's that for altruistic you ass.) He mereley hoped to make some money off of the stock option. -I- being a believer in Linux, and the ideas it represents, had told him that this was a great oppurtunity. That even if the stock didn't do great he would be supporting a worthy cause. He feels screwed by E-trade (not a member of the open source community I might remind you). So before you jump on -my- back for -my- greed keep in mind that -I- did NOT participate in the IPO and had very little desire to do so. I'm just a software engineering intern working for a small company in southern california. You can hide behind your AC all you want, but the name fits, and you're wearing it.
I have a friend who got notified by E-trade about needing to resubmit his Intention of Interests. He called TWO hours after the letter was sent. They told him it was too late. He had submitted a request for up to $20/share last week, but for some reason that didn't cover the $14/share it opened at (okay!?) Anyway, with in one hour of his denial he was filing a complaint with the SEC and is currently looking to find a lawyer to sue E-Trade.
All I have to say is that the timing of the last minute change in price and demand to resubmit are very suspicious. Exactly HOW many people got SCREWED by this?!
Kids do have the power to obtain rights in this country. All they need to do is provide free footwork for any candidate that would support equal rights for kids.
Imagine an army of kids handing out fliers to adults for a candidate that had many other agreeable stances, and just happens to have equal rights for kids as a small portion of his/her platform.
This country allows you to use the system to obtain the change you want. So use it, hell... abuse it!
"The movie rating system is A Good Thing, and requiring parents to actually sit with their kids in the movie if they wish them to be allowed to watch it is an Even Better Thing."
Hey, does capitilizing stuff make it an official title?
There is -no- law against kids been in a movie Rated R. PERIOD. It doesn't matter if a movie theater goes out and GIVES tickets to two year olds! There's nothing that can legally be done about it.
Unfortunately Katz ranting about movie theater tyranny isn't going to do much unless there is an official statement from a group that represents a large number of us.
Somebody needs to make a website that allows registration of individuals who wish to participate in a boycott. Then shoot off a press release to the major papers.
I think getting the movies on DVD is NOT a good idea. I think skipping the movies altogethor would send a SCREAMING message. Hit them in the pocket books... that's ALL the entertainment industry really understands.
Also... don't forget to vote! (if you can) If you can't then do political work for candidates who will give you the right to vote.
Guys, using (abusing) the system is the BEST way to get what you want.
10.95 per message!!! GEEZE... that's expensive. Of course, anybody could do this on their on by transmitting with a radio signal since radio signals ALSO leave the planet.
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Man he's no good w/o the rest of Pink Floyd. But Pink Floyd isn't nearly as good w/o him. It's an odd situation. They should come togethor again they were a good team.
read that monkeybagel article. If you go to Monkeybagel.com's front page they have a picture. Look closely, who's the agressor? I see cops standing at full height firing on people who are either on their knees, or crawling panicked across the ground. WHO IS THE AGRESSOR?
Law enforcement developed profiles to help them in investigations of crimes which had already been committed. The idea was to take a bunch of people that COULD have done it, and narrow them down to ones who were more likely to have done it. They would then investigate those and when they found physical evidence they could prosecute.
Is it possible the "quite" and "nice guy" just doesn't adequately fight back when he/she is accused? Perhaps that profile is just
more likely to get a conviction then it is likely to find the real perpetraitor. Think about the people who conduct most law enforcement investigations... What does it take to become a sheriff's deputy in most cities/counties? A high school diploma. Who the hell are we kidding?! Our criminal justice system is a sham.
Some of you may think I'm just flaming, but that isn't the case. I have a younger brother who as a JOKE started a fake gang called GPP(he was 16). He was with a friend one night when his friend decided to break into a car. My brother stood by and did nothing, and later that night turned himself in. The deputy he turned himself into then searched his vehicle and found a mallet. He brought the mallet back to where my brother was and questioned him on whether or not he could use it as a weapon, my brother (ignorant of jerk off cops like this) answered, "Yeah, I guess" so the officer tacked on a concealed weapons charge. My brother (being a first time offender) ended up on probation. The police harassment didn't stop here.
THEY labeled him as a gang member. In effect, GPP was made into a REAL gang by the VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFFS Department. With a single entry into a computer database a JOKE was made into a REAL problem. Suddenly, not only did this gang have validity it had lots of HS freshmen who wanted to join it. Keep in mind, this is a upper class primarily white community in southern california. The police continued to harass my brother, even though he complete disavowed himself of his relationship with GPP since it had ceased to be the joke it had once been.
While still on probation the police came to his class one day and arrested him. They did this in front of everybody in the class. Apparently a kid at another HS in the city had been beat up by a gang of kids. The victim said that one of the people who did had "long blond hair". Apparently my brother is the only person in a city of 120,000 that has long blond hair. My brother spent several days in juvenile hall. He was still a minor and the police/school FAILED to notify my parents that he had been arrested. In the end, after months and many dollars in lawyers fees had been wasted the charges were dropped because of a lack of evidence.
My point in relaying this story is that law enforcement officials have the power to ruin our lives with out ever thinking twice, when often they should. Giving some things a second thought as to "how much evidence do we really have?" or "how is this arrest going to affect the life of the person I'm arresting?"
Law enforcement in Ventura County is a JOKE. I imagine that the story is the same in most places. The LAPD, and the NYPD are wrapped up in various scandals. How much does it take to get an overseeing agency to veto police actions????
My point in all this was that my BROTHER is one of those "quite" and "nice guy" people. He had a joke with a few of his friends. Through the actions of a police department a gang was created. It's stunning to me that I pay taxes to support the biggest gang of all: The badge carrying neanderthal moron that runs your local Sheriff's department.
Law enforcement developed profiles to help them in investigations of crimes which had already been committed. The idea
was to take a bunch of people that COULD have done it, and narrow them down to ones who were more likely to have
done it. They would then investigate those and when they found physical evidence they could prosecute.
Is it possible the "quite" and "nice guy" just doesn't adequately fight back when he/she is accused? Perhaps that profile is just more likely to get a conviction then it is likely to find the real perpetraitor. Think about the people who conduct most law enforcement investigations... What does it take to become a sheriff's deputy in most cities/counties? A high school diploma. Who the hell are we kidding?! Our criminal justice system is a sham.
Some of you may think I'm just flaming, but that isn't the case. I have a younger brother who as a JOKE started a fake gang called GPP(he was 16). He was with a friend one night when his friend decided to break into a car. My brother stood by and did nothing, and later that night turned himself in. The deputy he turned himself into then searched his vehicle and found a mallet. He brought the mallet back to where my brother was and questioned him on whether or not he could use it as a weapon, my brother (ignorant of jerk off cops like this) answered, "Yeah, I guess" so the officer tacked on a concealed weapons charge. My brother (being a first time offender) ended up on probation. The police harassment didn't stop here. THEY labeled him as a gang member. In effect, GPP was made into a REAL gang by the VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFFS Department. With a single entry into a computer database a JOKE was made into a REAL problem. Suddenly, not only did this gang have validity it had lots of HS freshmen who wanted to join it. Keep in mind, this is a upper class white community in southern california. The police continued to harass my brother, even though he complete disavowed himself of his relationship with GPP since it had ceased to be the joke it had once been.
While still on probation the police came to his class one day and arrested him. They did this in front of everybody in the class. Apparently a kid at another HS in the city had been beat up by a gang of kids. The victim said that one of the people who did had "long blond hair". Apparently my brother is the only person in a city of 120,000 that has long blond hair. My brother spent several days in juvenile hall. He was still a minor and the police/school FAILED to notify my parents that he had been arrested. In the end, after months and many dollars in lawyers fees had been wasted the charges were dropped because of a lack of evidence.
My point in relaying this story is that law enforcement officials have the power to ruin our lives with out ever thinking twice, when often they should. Giving some things a second thought as to "how much evidence do we really have?" or "how is this arrest going to affect the life of the person I'm arresting?"
Law enforcement in Ventura County is a JOKE. I imagine that the story is the same in most places. The LAPD, and the NYPD are wrapped up in various scandals. How much does it take to get an overseeing agency to veto police actions????
How many times have we all sat there staring at a blank word processor screen only to have fill it with pointless garbage?!
A comment above said "Why assign it at all?!". That is totally the correct attitude! Education in this country SUCKS. We take all these STOOPIT General Ed courses just so we can have the PLEASURE of taking specific courses for our career. Gee thanks... could I waste MORE Of my time?!
I'm glad to see the lameness of our education system being beaten by techno smart kids. Reading books like The Scarlet Letter is an utter waste of time. Rent the damn movie! If it's the story that's important you can get that in a 2 hour movie. EVERY "GREAT" piece of literature has been made into a movie. And with the exception of DUNE they probably do a pretty good job of getting their point across. Why the hell do students need to waste time on critical thinking about some puritans with their panties too tight!? Uhmm... HELLO imagine how incredible a programmer you'd be if you spent your entire K-12 education and then your college years focused ONLY on programming, or physics, or whatever your interested in.
Stop government waste, get rid of english teachers.
Does anybody have any idea what Katz's goals are? He always seems to go off on these grandious views of the future tangents!
Predictions serve no purpose.
TG
You have got to be kidding!? Don't these people ever learn?
Intel took a lot of flack for what they did in the PIII. In fact, as I recall Arizona or Nevada (which state the Intel factory is in) was actually going to ban intel from the state for that stunt.
Why would IBM do soemthing that is so damned stupid?!
Do the british spell "programs" differently? How odd...
Anyway, the free software movement (IMHO) will survive as long as there is glory in it. If a programmer can get respect for code then that's a huge motivation right there.
We all know that the free software movement only benefits the upper(-IQ) crust of internet users. Those of us who are intelligent enough to know how to download Mandrake 6.1 from the FTP site. The masses will continue to buy software which is where companies like Red Hat and Mandrake will make their money.
Every time I read one of these articles about the dismal life of Silicon Valley employees for some odd reason it makes me want to be there even more. Somehow it sounds exciting to me! The idea of being that wrapped up in my work! Wealth is a secondary motivator.
Everybody, we stil live in a democracy!
If you are not happy about the idea of taxes call your senator and register your opinion! Send an e-mail! Tell them what you think! Sometimes it does work!
This bill at this point is in the Senate Finance commite. Go here for a list of representatives on that committee. If enough calls are made the bill can be killed at the committee level.
Believe it or not our reps do listen to what we say. So make sure you make your opinion know if your reps doing something you don't like.
Microsoft stories are identified with a graphic of Bill Gates looking like a Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
That's the exact quote from Wired. It's accurate unless they were saying that Bill Gates was a borg in ST:TNG. In which case, they would be wrong.
My mother is a perfect example of what you are talking about. As soon as she sits down in front of her brand new gateway she goes brain dead. "How do I get my e-mail?" How many times do I have to point to the little button on the keyboard that says "INTERNET" and then the one next to it that says "E-MAIL" I set BOTH of those buttons so she wouldn't have to do anything other then press them in order... yet... she can never seem to manage.
She is just playing out the role of stupid computer person cause that's who she is in her own head. She thinks she's an idiot and therefore acts like one.
I so COMPLETELY agree with you. People are people. They aren't computers. If doing work is something they enjoy they'll get a lot done. If not, they'll limit the amount of work they do in a day.
Productivity is stagnant (sp?)... or so they say. Perhaps producitivity is up! And they just don't realize it. Reasonably a person will only do a certain amount of work per day that involves thinking. Not to mention, if they run out of things to do...
In many euro countries the standard work week is 30 hours. Perhaps their bosses have recognized that paying them for an additional 10 hours worth of surf time isn't going to increase productivity. I know that's what I do when I've run out of work or I just don't feel like concentrating any longer!
They say that in the IT industry there's a 40% increase. Sure there is! We have TONS of work to do all the time! We could work endless hours on creating a little darling of code! Pay attention here... the reason why we have a 40% increase is because we have 40% more work to do!!!!
This is indeed something I have thought about. I think the internet would be great at cultivating a personal freedoms party. Where they stand to the left on social issues. On economic issues they are either dead center, or just whatever individual candidates would like. We should all be free to speak what we want, sleep with who we want, code what we want, and smoke what we want!
My friend is -not- a member of the open source community. He is an elementry school teacher. (How's that for altruistic you ass.) He mereley hoped to make some money off of the stock option. -I- being a believer in Linux, and the ideas it represents, had told him that this was a great oppurtunity. That even if the stock didn't do great he would be supporting a worthy cause. He feels screwed by E-trade (not a member of the open source community I might remind you). So before you jump on -my- back for -my- greed keep in mind that -I- did NOT participate in the IPO and had very little desire to do so. I'm just a software engineering intern working for a small company in southern california. You can hide behind your AC all you want, but the name fits, and you're wearing it.
I have a friend who got notified by E-trade about needing to resubmit his Intention of Interests. He called TWO hours after the letter was sent. They told him it was too late. He had submitted a request for up to $20/share last week, but for some reason that didn't cover the $14/share it opened at (okay!?)
Anyway, with in one hour of his denial he was filing a complaint with the SEC and is currently looking to find a lawyer to sue E-Trade.
All I have to say is that the timing of the last minute change in price and demand to resubmit are very suspicious. Exactly HOW many people got SCREWED by this?!
Kids do have the power to obtain rights in this country. All they need to do is provide free footwork for any candidate that would support equal rights for kids.
Imagine an army of kids handing out fliers to adults for a candidate that had many other agreeable stances, and just happens to have equal rights for kids as a small portion of his/her platform.
This country allows you to use the system to obtain the change you want. So use it, hell... abuse it!
That's right! Tickets booths BREED violence, not the movies!! haha. Perhaps we should outlaw ticket booths!
"The movie rating system is A Good Thing, and requiring parents to actually sit with their kids in the movie if they wish them to be allowed to watch it is an Even Better Thing."
Hey, does capitilizing stuff make it an official title?
ARGH!
There is -no- law against kids been in a movie Rated R. PERIOD. It doesn't matter if a movie theater goes out and GIVES tickets to two year olds! There's nothing that can legally be done about it.
Unfortunately Katz ranting about movie theater tyranny isn't going to do much unless there is an official statement from a group that represents a large number of us.
Somebody needs to make a website that allows registration of individuals who wish to participate in a boycott. Then shoot off a press release to the major papers.
I think getting the movies on DVD is NOT a good idea. I think skipping the movies altogethor would send a SCREAMING message. Hit them in the pocket books... that's ALL the entertainment industry really understands.
Also... don't forget to vote! (if you can) If you can't then do political work for candidates who will give you the right to vote.
Guys, using (abusing) the system is the BEST way to get what you want.
10.95 per message!!! GEEZE... that's expensive. Of course, anybody could do this on their on by transmitting with a radio signal since radio signals ALSO leave the planet.