They sell election services to anyone that needs an election -- be it territory, city, school board, or even credit union. They are so good at it that they are in popular demand.
Which means they make enough money at that, that this government "business" breaks even. Running the federal vote doesn't cost anything: it's been paid for by the rest-of-the-year customers.
As a Canadian, I have to disagree with Cringley. Not that I'm not laughing my ass off at the American farce.
The main problem with using the Canadian system is the absurd numbers of candidates posted to each ballot. Canadian ballots run, what, perhaps eight candidates? California, in electing its governor, had dozens of doofuses on the ballot. Our ballots wouldn't handle that situation very well; they'd be humongous.
Secondly, the Aussies have a better system than we do. Their vote-counting scheme is far better, and their election-administration system pays for itself, so it's $0.00 cost per taxpayer.
Still, where I do agree with Cringley is that the American solution to their problem is just stupid, and using even the Canadian system would be a damn sight better improvement.
Other good big-O's in BC include Lumby-to-Nakusp. There is some incredible bits in there. The Westside Road, Vernon-to-Kelowna/Westbank, is also fanfuckingtastic.
Only if those who decide to not take rational protective measures -- ie. helmet, gloves, body armour, boots -- don't cost me a fucking penny in health care costs, either through my health care tax dollars or insurance premium increases.
D'yall know that Canada's Telus has been migrating to VoIP for all its long-distance traffic since July 2002? And that it has launched business service to Ontario and Quebec as of November?
VoIP is already here... it's just that the USA lags leading telco providers by about three years!
I suppose, though, that thieves aren't all that good at being smart and fiscally sensible. A modest amount at moderate risk for a moderate lifestyle? Hell, no!
No one investing $10 million, or even $1 million, is doing so using a cash savings account.
You can get triple-A bonds paying 5-8%. They're a no-brainer, and would pay you enough to live quite nicely on a million dollar, especially if you're smart enough to move the hell out of whatever high-taxation country you live in, and out to some nice small caribbean island.
Give your million bucks to a money manager and I'm quite sure you can get a good 10-15% per year.
Sure, you're not going to live an ostentatious lifestyle... but you'll live a pretty nicely. Especially in Jamaica or Costa Rica.
...is mere greed. I mean, shit, $4 million in theft? Come on, guys, get a clue! A mere half-million would have been enough to purchase a really nice house and car, go on a great vacation, and give a big chunk to charity. A million would have you nicely comfortable for life.
Four million, though? Damn, you deserve to get caught.
We had the right to legally make copies of our friends' music BEFORE the copyright levy was introduced. We've had that right since way the heck back in the old days of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes.
What we got with the levy was the justification for ripping off as much music as we can. Gonna levy my weekly HD backup? Fuck me? No, fuck you, SOCAN.
This isn't just the ultimate xbox...
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It's that time of year: give 'em away to one of the Santa charities. Kids love laser pointers.
Please, SCO, die already!
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They shoot lame horses, don't they? I don't see why McBride and Boies shouldn't be ground up into dogmeat, then. I mean, sure, it was kind of funny at first, but this is now just pathetic and irritating. FOAD, SCO!
In my fantasies, I operate a business in which I am paid to tell people whether their life is worth living.
There are many ways to fail the test, resulting in the client's life being revoked.
Putting a huge-ass spoiler on clapped-out beater is one surefire way of failing the test.
Putting WonderBread and CheezWhiz sandwiches in your children's lunch is another failure, and will probably result in your children growing up to fail the test as well.
And purchasing anything through a Spam email is not only a failure of the test, but just cause for a painful mode of failure.
Ah, yes. It's dreams like this that make life worth living!
Hell with giving them someone else's name -- you your own name!
That way, when you get the sales call, you'll know it's coming from some effing spam-using bastard company and really be able to tear a strip off 'em.
Just make sure you escalate the call first. No point in torturing the no-nothing that's at the autodialer. Get ahold of the boss, and then the boss's boss, and so on. Make sure you take up as much of their time as possible, too.
If they haven't seen it on the Internet, they'll learn about it at school.
This is so not true!
I went to what I think was a fairly redneck, drug-abusing, fucked-up school. Yet I'm quite sure no one there had ever conceived that one could successfully live life as Peter Pan, considered splitting their urethra right down to the ballsack, or deliberately engaged in dirty needle play.
I am using illustrations. My ReST text defines image classes for both PDF and HTML output, and the XSL selects the appropriate-resolution PNG and sizes it accordingly. For PDF I use 600dpi images; for HTML 72dpi.
It has been necessary to significantly increase the memory allocations for FOP. The current command is
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They sell election services to anyone that needs an election -- be it territory, city, school board, or even credit union. They are so good at it that they are in popular demand.
Which means they make enough money at that, that this government "business" breaks even. Running the federal vote doesn't cost anything: it's been paid for by the rest-of-the-year customers.
Illegal recourse will be far, far more satisfying, I'm sure.
Go for it.
We won't tell.
As a Canadian, I have to disagree with Cringley. Not that I'm not laughing my ass off at the American farce.
The main problem with using the Canadian system is the absurd numbers of candidates posted to each ballot. Canadian ballots run, what, perhaps eight candidates? California, in electing its governor, had dozens of doofuses on the ballot. Our ballots wouldn't handle that situation very well; they'd be humongous.
Secondly, the Aussies have a better system than we do. Their vote-counting scheme is far better, and their election-administration system pays for itself, so it's $0.00 cost per taxpayer.
Still, where I do agree with Cringley is that the American solution to their problem is just stupid, and using even the Canadian system would be a damn sight better improvement.
Duffy Lake road is an orgasm of a ride.
Other good big-O's in BC include Lumby-to-Nakusp. There is some incredible bits in there. The Westside Road, Vernon-to-Kelowna/Westbank, is also fanfuckingtastic.
Let those who ride decide!
Only if those who decide to not take rational protective measures -- ie. helmet, gloves, body armour, boots -- don't cost me a fucking penny in health care costs, either through my health care tax dollars or insurance premium increases.
InContinent Bowel Movement? I think I'll keep away from your "first flight" party!
I suppose I'd better emphasize this part, because everyone seems to think VoIP is something involving home computers or special telephones:
TELUS -- ONE OF CANADA'S MAIN TELCOS -- USES VOIP FOR ALL ITS LONG DISTANCE TRAFFIC.
If you are in BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, or whereever else Telus operates, and you place a long-distance call, that call is done using VoIP.
It's live, it's working, it's got QoS guarantees up the wazoo, and it's been here for at least a year.
D'yall know that Canada's Telus has been migrating to VoIP for all its long-distance traffic since July 2002? And that it has launched business service to Ontario and Quebec as of November?
VoIP is already here... it's just that the USA lags leading telco providers by about three years!
...Isotechnika has re-designed our old-standard drugs (Cyclosporin, stuff like that) to be far, far less toxic.
I don't understand it. Sounds good, though!
Oh, come off it!
You can buy an entire Caribbean island and build a nice house on it for under a quarter-million.
Why on earth would you wish to steal a million bucks and then hang out in an expensive, polluted, crowded city?
Move to Colorado and live on 35 acres in a beautiful log home for $330k.
Move to Costa Rica for under $200K.
Move to Perth! Nice place, under $350k.
I suppose, though, that thieves aren't all that good at being smart and fiscally sensible. A modest amount at moderate risk for a moderate lifestyle? Hell, no!
I'd probably make a lousy thief.
No one investing $10 million, or even $1 million, is doing so using a cash savings account.
You can get triple-A bonds paying 5-8%. They're a no-brainer, and would pay you enough to live quite nicely on a million dollar, especially if you're smart enough to move the hell out of whatever high-taxation country you live in, and out to some nice small caribbean island.
Give your million bucks to a money manager and I'm quite sure you can get a good 10-15% per year.
Sure, you're not going to live an ostentatious lifestyle... but you'll live a pretty nicely. Especially in Jamaica or Costa Rica.
...is mere greed. I mean, shit, $4 million in theft? Come on, guys, get a clue! A mere half-million would have been enough to purchase a really nice house and car, go on a great vacation, and give a big chunk to charity. A million would have you nicely comfortable for life.
Four million, though? Damn, you deserve to get caught.
I'm in Canada, and I call them ATMs, as does everyone I know. Probably the use of "ABM" is specific to a small part of Ontario.
Well, they can't offer discounts for cash... if they get caught.
We had the right to legally make copies of our friends' music BEFORE the copyright levy was introduced. We've had that right since way the heck back in the old days of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes.
What we got with the levy was the justification for ripping off as much music as we can. Gonna levy my weekly HD backup? Fuck me? No, fuck you, SOCAN.
It's the most ultimate XBox!
I mean, yah, damp snow is a little heavy. Damp Lead/Bismuth snow, on the other hand -- hoo-boy! Bust a gut out there for sure.
Pshaw. This is Slashdot. Of course the advice is free.
(Bloody pirates. No respect for copyright!)
It's that time of year: give 'em away to one of the Santa charities. Kids love laser pointers.
They shoot lame horses, don't they? I don't see why McBride and Boies shouldn't be ground up into dogmeat, then. I mean, sure, it was kind of funny at first, but this is now just pathetic and irritating. FOAD, SCO!
In my fantasies, I operate a business in which I am paid to tell people whether their life is worth living.
There are many ways to fail the test, resulting in the client's life being revoked.
Putting a huge-ass spoiler on clapped-out beater is one surefire way of failing the test.
Putting WonderBread and CheezWhiz sandwiches in your children's lunch is another failure, and will probably result in your children growing up to fail the test as well.
And purchasing anything through a Spam email is not only a failure of the test, but just cause for a painful mode of failure.
Ah, yes. It's dreams like this that make life worth living!
Hell with giving them someone else's name -- you your own name!
That way, when you get the sales call, you'll know it's coming from some effing spam-using bastard company and really be able to tear a strip off 'em.
Just make sure you escalate the call first. No point in torturing the no-nothing that's at the autodialer. Get ahold of the boss, and then the boss's boss, and so on. Make sure you take up as much of their time as possible, too.
If they haven't seen it on the Internet, they'll learn about it at school.
This is so not true!
I went to what I think was a fairly redneck, drug-abusing, fucked-up school. Yet I'm quite sure no one there had ever conceived that one could successfully live life as Peter Pan, considered splitting their urethra right down to the ballsack, or deliberately engaged in dirty needle play.
And nothing will give a 16 year old a complex about sex like that, either.
You say that as if Pony Sex, Prince's Wands, and Scat Geysers were the kind of thing you'd want your kid to be practicing!
I am using illustrations. My ReST text defines image classes for both PDF and HTML output, and the XSL selects the appropriate-resolution PNG and sizes it accordingly. For PDF I use 600dpi images; for HTML 72dpi.
It has been necessary to significantly increase the memory allocations for FOP. The current command is
(WinXP) java -Xms64m -Xmx256m -Xss64m -cp "%LOCALCLASSPATH%" org.apache.fop.apps.Fop -c "%LOCAL_FOP_HOME%conf\userconfig.xml" %1 %2 %3
(Bash) "$JAVACMD" -Xms64m -Xmx256m -Xss64m -classpath "$LOCALCLASSPATH" org.apache.fop.apps.Fop -c $FOP_HOME/conf/userconfig.xml $FOP_OPTS "$@"
I'm using the standard JIMI jar, not JAI.
Note that embedded EPS does not display on Acrobat, though it will print fine on PS printers. This is one reason I've chosen PNG.