In any case, I've never seen any support (or even claim) that he actively tried to impede investigation into Al Quaeda. Citations please?
It's far from proven, but there may be enough evidence for indictment and trial. Google for "Phoenix Memo." (Actually this implicated Ashcroft more than Bush.)
I'm not kidding. What would happen if South Korea just stood down across the DMZ and said "come on over if you really want to..."? I'd suspect that North Korean troops will find out how awful capitalism really is and will have ol' Kimmie Boy in front of a firing squad within half a year. North Korean fascism won't be able to last if even 10% of their population knew what lay beyond their borders!
-b.
BTW- that's why Soviet troops returning from the front after WW II often went straight to Siberia. They simply knew too much about how good the conditions were outside the Soviet Empire (this despite the fact that Germany and Poland were war-torn mudholes).
A better way to improve keyboard hygiene in hospitals would be for everyone to have his own personal keyboard, operated by the hand that holds it and carried in a pocket, wireless of course.
Better yet, speech recognition with disposable mics.
Maybe because hospitals have more complex data entry needs than "Combo #3 with Fries"? I work for a medical systems vendor, efficiency is vital to these organizations, both for patient care and for their bottom line. There's no way in the world a radiologist would be willing to enter reports on the kind of keyboard you're talking about.
And they'd be willing to enter reports on an essentially flat surface with even *less* tactile feedback than a membrane board?
"Do you think George Bush should be impeached for breaking the FISA law?"
How about "tried for treason"? Supposedly, he blocked some investigations into al-Qaeda operations before 9/11 in order to appease his Saudi oil-buddies. *If* this is true (and we won't know without a fair trial) he deserves the usual penalty for treason.
Experts are saying there is no vast al queda presence in the United States
So the main solution to our Al-Qaeda problem is to basically strengthen our borders so that it's more difficult for Al Qaeda operatives to enter. That actually can be done without negative impact on domestic freedoms.
Don't you love the ability to choose between the two options given to you?
One more reason why people should strongly push for approval voting . It allows one to vote for a 3rd party or independent candidate without "wasting" their vote, and isn't more difficult for anyone to understand than our current system.
It is as simple as selling mariguana in the Netherlands. It is legal and moral to do it there, and in contrast it is illegal and immoral to sell it on the USA. It is legal to publish DIY methods for mariguana production while in other countries might not be the case.
Actually, marijuana is technically *illegal* in the Netherlands. The law is just not enforced anymore. In neither of those places is it immoral to sell 420 as long as you're doing so to consenting adults and selling a pure product (not adulterated with PCP for example).
"Aircraft type"? Have you ever been in an aircraft? Aircraft don't have custom instrument panels with unreplaceable instruments; they resemble an equipment rack, with things easily removed, replaced, repositioned, etc. Everything is mounted with screws from the front.
I'm quite aware of what aircraft panels look like. I put "aircraft type" in quotes because manufacturers have used this term when real aircraft panels are modular rather than overdesigned. Sorry you didn't get my sarcasm, guy.
I'm assuming that even the glass cockpits are designed to have stuff be easily replaceable, since the costs of downtime in a plane are much higher than in a car (especially if you're talking about commercial or military stuff). So you'd want to keep repair times to a minimum.
Thanks for the heads up slashdot - I've updated my forums' email ban list.
I'd suspect that most actual spammers go through the likes of hotmail and gmail since the accounts last longer than 10 minutes, so they can use a single account to attack a lot of forums.
And you won't. Unless you are a customer of the industries that will get hit by this tax.
Defing "industry", please. As long as it's only companies with more than (say) 500 employees, I'm fine with it. Smaller businesses have to fill out enough paperwork already without having to account for their possible production of carbon.
e. My brother had one of the 500/4s. You really had to be into changing gears to stay in the narrow torque band, but it was fun and quick.
I have a 550/4 now (actually a Nighthawk which got the improved - twincam with alternator and starter tucked in and shaft drive - engine). It's actually not that peaky and worlds better than some of the 600cc 4 cyl sportbikes that are being inflicted upon the biking public. Next bike will either be a Ducati Monster 750 or a first generation Suzuki SV650 depending on what I want to afford:/
And many of those that "get it" don't get it. You can no longer reshape the government with FORCE by bearing arms. Their guns are much bigger than our guns.
Say the insurgents in Iraq. Oh wait, they've essentially fought the largest power in the world to a stalemate. And I can't blame them either - I'd be fighting troops that invaded my country without my asking too.
Besides, how many troops will defect to fight beside their families and friends, taking their weapons with them. Especially among the National Guard, which is still primarily a local/state organization.
But then they talked about what information was available, and I had to agree some of it should not be public, such as specifically the most damaging place to hit a nuclear power plant with an airplane.
If vulnerabilities are public, then the public and interest groups will work to have those vulnerabilities fixed. If they aren't public, the knowledge will be limited to the government (overworked regulatory agencies can't forsee every problem), the nuke company and its employees (who have an interest in keeping their mouths shut), and the terrorists (who will get the info one way or another). A properly designed nuke should be able to withstand a hit from a large airplane at any point without a catastrophic radioactive release. Such a hit could even occur by *accident* rather than through malicious action, so it's prudent to design for it.
Personally I think Saabs are pretty sexy. (old and new alike). I've also got a nice warm spot in my heart for the old 240.
The point I was making involved sexiness to a non-engineer/geek. Speaking of the 240, any car whose engine in basically stock form can be modified to push out 300-400hp is pretty damn neat. I'd love to own a "sleeper" 240 that looks exactly stock outside but has a "built" motor and suspension just to mess with the local ricers' minds. "You got pwn3d by a What? hahahaha"
Things started to change when the Honda 750 came out. It made piles of power and actually was pretty dependable. Not quite like riding a Norton or a BSA 500 single, though.
The Honda 750/4's are starting to become classics now. Personally, I have a soft spot for the 350/4[1], if only because it was the first "real" bike that I ever got to ride. It infected me with the motorcycling bug.
-b.
[1]- Yep, 4 rompin' stompin' snortin' cylinders of 87.5cc capacity. Kind of slow but smooth as the proverbial...
What the vast majority of the public does not understand is that speed limits in the U.S. are based on something know as the 85th percentile speed.
Maybe in Texas (80mph speed limits - yay!). Here in NJ, the speed limit is set to 65 mph by legislative fiat. Speeds are generally 75-80 - you see hardly anyone going under 65. 70/75 would be a more realistic limit for non-urban highways by that metric. Maybe also use variable limit signs and lower the limit in case of congestion or foul weather.
They break because a cubic MILLIMETRE of plastic broke off that was the catch that held the battery compartment closed. (1 MP3 player, 1 cell phone, one camera).
That's what duct tape is for. I wouldn't buy a whole new $300 camera or phone just because a the battery catch was broken. And I don't give a fuck how a taped phone looks to others - as long as it works for me, it's fine. The other thing you can do is heat a pin, embed it in the plastic and cut off the excess metal to make a new catch.
They break because the female 1/8" audio jack loses contact with the wires inside as it loosened.
Solder it (or a new one) back on? Shouldn't take more than a few minutes.
-b.
(3 MP3 players, 2 CD "discmans", 3 cassette "walkmans") of the eight jacks, six lost the right ear contact, only two the left ear. (OK, that's probably just a meaningless statistical variation.)
Ever since solder became tin based, problems have arisen.
Minor nit to pick: solder has always contained tin. It just used to be something like a 60/40 Sn/Pb alloy. Now they use other metals like silver and copper to replace the lead where lead-free solder is required.
What?? you dont want to pay $4000.00 for your laptop? well then take this piece of crap fragile Dell for $1500 and shut up.
Plenty of used ToughBooks available on EBay along with older (pre-Lenovo) Thinkpads. Cost is generally well under $1000. So even good durable technology trickles down to those who can't afford it new and aren't suckered by the "shiny, happy, new is better" mentality.
Yeah, but that would add thickness and sacrifice the "design", meaning the cool looking case.
"Design" is way overrated when it kills functionality. Take car dashboards. You have the overdesigned "aircraft type" dashes of many new cars, with no place to add gauges and where it's even very difficult to replace the radio because it's a wierd shape and all the electrics are integrated. Then you have something like a Volvo 240 or old Saab where the manufacturer has thoughtfully provided lots of plastic knockout plugs so you can add extra switches and gauges. Maybe it looks slightly less sexy, but that's the real "aircraft" design - sort of like the panel of an old Cessna which can be modified a lot with new avionics over the 40-year lifespan of the plane.
Why should the spoiled, whiny, drug-addicted, self-centered, egotistical singer get all the money for showing up (late) at the studio, singing a few songs that someone else wrote for them, then going off, getting drunk, and partying while the real work begins, making the album?
I'm not saying that it's an ideal solution. But it's still better than giving my money to a bunch of whiny, complaisent, trigger-happy, terroristic, corporations. And who's generalizing here? You're saying that all musicians don't write their own material and are basically lushes.
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It's far from proven, but there may be enough evidence for indictment and trial. Google for "Phoenix Memo." (Actually this implicated Ashcroft more than Bush.)
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BTW- that's why Soviet troops returning from the front after WW II often went straight to Siberia. They simply knew too much about how good the conditions were outside the Soviet Empire (this despite the fact that Germany and Poland were war-torn mudholes).
Better yet, speech recognition with disposable mics.
-b.
And they'd be willing to enter reports on an essentially flat surface with even *less* tactile feedback than a membrane board?
-b.
How about "tried for treason"? Supposedly, he blocked some investigations into al-Qaeda operations before 9/11 in order to appease his Saudi oil-buddies. *If* this is true (and we won't know without a fair trial) he deserves the usual penalty for treason.
-b.
So the main solution to our Al-Qaeda problem is to basically strengthen our borders so that it's more difficult for Al Qaeda operatives to enter. That actually can be done without negative impact on domestic freedoms.
-b.
One more reason why people should strongly push for approval voting . It allows one to vote for a 3rd party or independent candidate without "wasting" their vote, and isn't more difficult for anyone to understand than our current system.
-b.
As long as it's an accurate translation, OBL should be able to speak to the West. The first rule of war is "know thine enemy."
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Actually, marijuana is technically *illegal* in the Netherlands. The law is just not enforced anymore. In neither of those places is it immoral to sell 420 as long as you're doing so to consenting adults and selling a pure product (not adulterated with PCP for example).
-b.
I'm quite aware of what aircraft panels look like. I put "aircraft type" in quotes because manufacturers have used this term when real aircraft panels are modular rather than overdesigned. Sorry you didn't get my sarcasm, guy.
I'm assuming that even the glass cockpits are designed to have stuff be easily replaceable, since the costs of downtime in a plane are much higher than in a car (especially if you're talking about commercial or military stuff). So you'd want to keep repair times to a minimum.
-b.
I'd suspect that most actual spammers go through the likes of hotmail and gmail since the accounts last longer than 10 minutes, so they can use a single account to attack a lot of forums.
-b.
Defing "industry", please. As long as it's only companies with more than (say) 500 employees, I'm fine with it. Smaller businesses have to fill out enough paperwork already without having to account for their possible production of carbon.
-b.
Ban garlic! It could be used as a Weapon of Mass Terrah! While we're at it, ban crosses and stakes too.
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I have a 550/4 now (actually a Nighthawk which got the improved - twincam with alternator and starter tucked in and shaft drive - engine). It's actually not that peaky and worlds better than some of the 600cc 4 cyl sportbikes that are being inflicted upon the biking public. Next bike will either be a Ducati Monster 750 or a first generation Suzuki SV650 depending on what I want to afford :/
-b.
Say the insurgents in Iraq. Oh wait, they've essentially fought the largest power in the world to a stalemate. And I can't blame them either - I'd be fighting troops that invaded my country without my asking too.
Besides, how many troops will defect to fight beside their families and friends, taking their weapons with them. Especially among the National Guard, which is still primarily a local/state organization.
-b.
If vulnerabilities are public, then the public and interest groups will work to have those vulnerabilities fixed. If they aren't public, the knowledge will be limited to the government (overworked regulatory agencies can't forsee every problem), the nuke company and its employees (who have an interest in keeping their mouths shut), and the terrorists (who will get the info one way or another). A properly designed nuke should be able to withstand a hit from a large airplane at any point without a catastrophic radioactive release. Such a hit could even occur by *accident* rather than through malicious action, so it's prudent to design for it.
-b.
The point I was making involved sexiness to a non-engineer/geek. Speaking of the 240, any car whose engine in basically stock form can be modified to push out 300-400hp is pretty damn neat. I'd love to own a "sleeper" 240 that looks exactly stock outside but has a "built" motor and suspension just to mess with the local ricers' minds. "You got pwn3d by a What? hahahaha"
-b.
The Honda 750/4's are starting to become classics now. Personally, I have a soft spot for the 350/4[1], if only because it was the first "real" bike that I ever got to ride. It infected me with the motorcycling bug.
-b.
[1]- Yep, 4 rompin' stompin' snortin' cylinders of 87.5cc capacity. Kind of slow but smooth as the proverbial...
Operative phrase: was. He stopped his business after getting his ass sued by an ISP that he essentially DDoSed.
-b.
Maybe in Texas (80mph speed limits - yay!). Here in NJ, the speed limit is set to 65 mph by legislative fiat. Speeds are generally 75-80 - you see hardly anyone going under 65. 70/75 would be a more realistic limit for non-urban highways by that metric. Maybe also use variable limit signs and lower the limit in case of congestion or foul weather.
-b.
That's what duct tape is for. I wouldn't buy a whole new $300 camera or phone just because a the battery catch was broken. And I don't give a fuck how a taped phone looks to others - as long as it works for me, it's fine. The other thing you can do is heat a pin, embed it in the plastic and cut off the excess metal to make a new catch.
They break because the female 1/8" audio jack loses contact with the wires inside as it loosened.
Solder it (or a new one) back on? Shouldn't take more than a few minutes.
-b. (3 MP3 players, 2 CD "discmans", 3 cassette "walkmans") of the eight jacks, six lost the right ear contact, only two the left ear. (OK, that's probably just a meaningless statistical variation.)
Minor nit to pick: solder has always contained tin. It just used to be something like a 60/40 Sn/Pb alloy. Now they use other metals like silver and copper to replace the lead where lead-free solder is required.
-b.
Plenty of used ToughBooks available on EBay along with older (pre-Lenovo) Thinkpads. Cost is generally well under $1000. So even good durable technology trickles down to those who can't afford it new and aren't suckered by the "shiny, happy, new is better" mentality.
-b.
"Design" is way overrated when it kills functionality. Take car dashboards. You have the overdesigned "aircraft type" dashes of many new cars, with no place to add gauges and where it's even very difficult to replace the radio because it's a wierd shape and all the electrics are integrated. Then you have something like a Volvo 240 or old Saab where the manufacturer has thoughtfully provided lots of plastic knockout plugs so you can add extra switches and gauges. Maybe it looks slightly less sexy, but that's the real "aircraft" design - sort of like the panel of an old Cessna which can be modified a lot with new avionics over the 40-year lifespan of the plane.
-b.
I'm not saying that it's an ideal solution. But it's still better than giving my money to a bunch of whiny, complaisent, trigger-happy, terroristic, corporations. And who's generalizing here? You're saying that all musicians don't write their own material and are basically lushes.
-b.