Two thirds of the state legislatures can convene a convention for the purpose of amending the constitution, without any input from (or recourse to) the Congress.
This is in addition to, and independent of, the Congress' ability to propose amendments.
In either case the proposed amendment must be ratified by three quarters of the state legislatures to become part of the Constitution.
52 states? Australia has six, plus a brace of territories, the US has 50 plus the District of Columbia. How the hell do you come up with 52 out of that?
I might just be trying to be "right", but doesn't that mean that any pre-quantization step that worked on blocks would create blocking if the quantization is low/"heavy"?
It's a laptop. It won't suspend undocked with nothing external (e.g. USB, PCMCIA, SD) plugged in.
And if it's going to sneaky-behind-my-back disable features, shouldn't it have a list of reasons somewhere? Like under power management? Like "Suspend is disabled because you installed a docking station."
Linux still isn't ready for prime time zero hassle common user usage.
In contrast to what?
My IT department can't explain why the suspend option disappeared on my whiz-bang XP notebook. I only wish there was some config file I could tweak to bring it back.
I'm not saying Linux is perfect, but it seems you're implying that Windows is "zero hassle", which it clearly isn't.
Linux is being adopted and the rise in compromised roots is testament to this.
Compromised roots, huh? It's cool that you've drunk the Windows Kool-aid and all, but if you are going to pretend to be neutral, you can't reveal your ignorance about one side.
I call for a war on wars. We are prosecuting far too many wars on the citizens of this country and the world. I call for the peaceful coexistence with drugs, poverty, illiteracy, spyware, cancer, AIDS, Iraq, and terror.
As an alternative, I propose that we redirect our energy into mercilessly punishing people who victimize other people, and let the rest slide.
We should have a war on terrorists, gangsters, and crooks.
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Two thirds of the state legislatures can convene a convention for the purpose of amending the constitution, without any input from (or recourse to) the Congress.
This is in addition to, and independent of, the Congress' ability to propose amendments.
In either case the proposed amendment must be ratified by three quarters of the state legislatures to become part of the Constitution.
This process is defined in Article V.
-Peter
In my experience holding on to the (metaphorical) testicles is better for the sex life.
A woman will try to make you her bitch, but no woman wants to be fucked by her bitch.
-Peter
I'm just a little brought down because, when you knocked, I thought you were the candy man.
-Peter
In spite of what you've seen in movies, Texas has fairly strict gun laws.
In agreement with what you've seen in movies, Texas is apt to exercise the death penalty.
Shooting someone in Texas, for almost any reason, is a worse idea in Texas than it is in most places.
-Peter
52 states? Australia has six, plus a brace of territories, the US has 50 plus the District of Columbia. How the hell do you come up with 52 out of that?
Are you counting Guam and Puerto Rico or what?
-Peter
Why are they called "penitentiaries"? (Given your user name I suspect that you do, or can at least figure it out.)
Are you aware of the Prison Rape Prevention Act of 2003?
I think it's a comment on our media that this received very little press.
-Peter
I might just be trying to be "right", but doesn't that mean that any pre-quantization step that worked on blocks would create blocking if the quantization is low/"heavy"?
-Peter
That's false.
They FSF want's contributers to GNU software to assign their copyrights to aid in enforcement.
A quick search shows that the word assign doesn't appear in the GPL.
On the other hand, they encourage you to use the GPL for your own software. As far as I know they have no desire of the copyrights to your code.
-Peter
I thought it was huffman then run length.
I'm learning all kinds of crap on slashdot today!
-Peter
Does the "blocking" come from the DCT? Or from low quantization?
-Peter
As it turns out, the distinction between foul and fowl is an albatross for many.
-Peter
That's only because nobody uses it. As soon as it becomes popular it will become a target!
I don't really belive that, but I'm thrilled to have the shoe on the other foot for a moment.
-Peter
It's a laptop. It won't suspend undocked with nothing external (e.g. USB, PCMCIA, SD) plugged in.
And if it's going to sneaky-behind-my-back disable features, shouldn't it have a list of reasons somewhere? Like under power management? Like "Suspend is disabled because you installed a docking station."
-Peter
It worked for the first couple of days. It still powers off fine. It's just a pain in the ass to have to reboot the thing every time I move it.
-Peter
In contrast to what?
My IT department can't explain why the suspend option disappeared on my whiz-bang XP notebook. I only wish there was some config file I could tweak to bring it back.
I'm not saying Linux is perfect, but it seems you're implying that Windows is "zero hassle", which it clearly isn't.
Compromised roots, huh? It's cool that you've drunk the Windows Kool-aid and all, but if you are going to pretend to be neutral, you can't reveal your ignorance about one side.
-Peter
Maybe I just don't understand the title structure as well as I think I do ;-)
-Peter
I don't know about the Incredibles, but I know that the Alien disc has both cuts in their entirety. (Which makes me wonder about the bitrate.)
-Peter
I call for a war on wars. We are prosecuting far too many wars on the citizens of this country and the world. I call for the peaceful coexistence with drugs, poverty, illiteracy, spyware, cancer, AIDS, Iraq, and terror.
As an alternative, I propose that we redirect our energy into mercilessly punishing people who victimize other people, and let the rest slide.
We should have a war on terrorists, gangsters, and crooks.
-Peter
Why would you want to deal with thousands of those discs for theatrical distribution? I think that sattellite is the way to go.
-Peter
Are you a Tolkien fan, or a Donnie Darko fan?
-Peter
Yeah. Them and the abolitionists. Always trying to cram their ideals down our throats and wrecking people's ways of life.
Bastards.
-Peter
Cywin. Bash. Lovely.
-Peter
I wanted to allude to George Lucas a little more directly than that.
-Peter
Is Zaphod's other head in his chest because of midichlorians, you bastard?
-Peter
Well, he'd better have those units in the Northern Rim repaired by midday, or there'll be hell to pay.