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  1. Re:Response Conflicts with the Law? on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    You'd think they would have noted how successful Clinton was in stonewalling on requests for White House email archives. "Duh, we seem to have lost the backup tape" worked much better. At least it seems to have worked well with the people who happen to be raising a hue and cry right now.

  2. Re:Perhaps... on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    But the relevant content from August and September 1947 would probably just prove that McCarthy was right, and that there were high-placed communist moles in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. So scratch that. Also avoid the Kennedy Administration, etc. etc.

  3. Re:ow my jaw! on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    But this has been an administration with a proven track record of stonewalling, hedging, and obfuscating for political purposes ...

    You'd be hard pressed to name a recent administration for which the above isn't a valid claim.

    Of course, it's more convenient to only point fingers at those whose politics you disagree with.

  4. Re:I guess I'm the only one... on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    So you could walk into any shop, with whatever mix of Mainframes and layer upon layer of legacy systems, and neatly dump the whole database to a flexible modern format for instant retrieval?

    Man. They need guys like YOU at NASA. There's tons of historical space data that it would be great to restore.

  5. Re:Call it Hubris on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    Obviously they could just buy a warehouse full of old Pentium 1 machines and install Debian on them.

    But, the darn fools, they just won't get at it. It's a conspiracy or something!

  6. Re:Most likely irrelevant anecdote on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    Politicans of all stripes make major efforts to delay all sorts of things until after elections. It's a testy time to be a Politician, before an election. Take Senator Kerry, for example. He's missed over 80% of the roll calls this session.

    It'd suck to be from Massachussets and count on him representing you in the senate. But now I'm being redundant.

  7. Re:Disturbing... on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    "Our computer might crash" or was it "we lost the backup tapes" worked pretty well when Clinton was running things and White House email records came into question.

    Why not now, too?

  8. Re:Already suffered "major loss of data" on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 1

    Were the Clinton White House email archivists graduate-level interns from that School?

  9. Re:Well, we could... on DoJ - Making Data Public Would 'Crash System' · · Score: 2, Funny

    He could just give the memos to Laura Bush. Then they could disappear, and mysteriously reappear in the living quarters of the White House in a few years...

  10. Re:... but I'll defend to the death his right... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    Plenty of ooohs and aaahs when Moore edited something he had a recording of Bush saying to make Bush look ignorant.

    Wow. That's surprising. Makes me want to rush to the theatre to see what other refreshing new ideas Moore might have these days.

  11. Re:... but I'll defend to the death his right... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    INNOCENT CHILDREN DIED

    Oooh, it's about the children. Won't somebody pleeeeze do something about the children.

    Please quit with the all-caps.

  12. Re:We have a free market of ideas in this country. on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    Ann Coulier clearly and repeatedly lies outright in her books. In many casses her attributions are ourtight fabrications. Yet no one says a damn thing about her.

    Huh? There are people whose bodily fluids spray down their leg as they fume and rant publicly about Ann Coulter's books.

  13. Re:We have a free market of ideas in this country. on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    This movie will ultimately lead to more thoughtful, responsible, accountable government in the future.

    Like the populist propaganda that led to the big rallies in Munich?

  14. Re:Wow, what a troll... on How Microsoft Develops Its Software · · Score: 1

    The conversation started out as a comparison of various compilers. You introduced buzzwords and now you're claiming ownership of the thread topic because you're the expert on use of said buzzwords.

    Drop the jargon before continuing in this conversation.

  15. Re:'R' is for... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    Indeed. If the US Media would give more coverage and actual footage of the recent beheadings, things might really heat up. I can see a popular demand for heavy bombing campaigns coming out of that. As you said, perhaps it would provoke a reaction against those who did it.

    However, it might not be the best tactic. We're not that enthusiastic about popular calls to burn down immigrant Arabic population centers here in the US, even those of us branded 'right wing.'

  16. Re:Personally, I thought differently... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    but I did manage to see at a at a theatre that was had it on only one of thier 24 screens.

    That kind of limited distribution is good for the hype. People can run around shouting about 'sold out' showings even if only the left-fringe are in the theatre cheering.

  17. Re:ABC on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    While they're are conservatives on ABC

    The above ranks as one of the most blatant misspellings of 'there' that I've seen recently.

  18. Re:BEFORE the flamewar commences... on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    If you think it's possible to get rich off of producing documentaries than you are a schmuck, pardon my Yiddish.

    It looks like Fatboy's movie has grossed $21M this weekend.

  19. Re:Wow, what a troll... on How Microsoft Develops Its Software · · Score: 1

    The 'Rolls-Royce' comment pertained to one of my original points, which you appear to not have paid attention to. The expensive all-encompassing toolchains ('Professional Services' I think you called it) are monstrously expensive, i.e. a full development suite for Solaris.

    You don't necessarily understand everything. The explination you didn't think of was: (3) you drifted the topic away from your idea of what we were discussing.

    It's okay to engage in topic drift. But don't be hypocritical about it.

  20. Re:Wow, what a troll... on How Microsoft Develops Its Software · · Score: 1

    It sounds to me more like you have hopes Microsoft won't have the ability to reinvent themselves.

    Might be true. Time rolls on.

    The $15,000 Japanese 'pickup truck' didn't run Rolls-Royce out of business.

  21. Re:Okay, I'll bite this troll on How Microsoft Develops Its Software · · Score: 1

    The name of Slackware comes from the Subgenius Foundation. Bob, and Slack, and all that. It has little to do with the 'slacker' term which came much later and had nothing to do with 'The Subgenius Must have Slack' and all that.

    Praise Bob.

    And play a few tunes on your discordian accordian. If it can be converted back from electric, that is. Unwired squeezeboxes rule, or somewhich.

  22. Re:You Can Select ANY STATE! on Indiana Launches Statewide Productivity System · · Score: 1

    Or maybe they'll get around to verifying Indiana addresses in a few weeks.

    Hope you out-of-staters aren't storing anything important in thar...

  23. Re:Tried to create an account... on Indiana Launches Statewide Productivity System · · Score: 1

    Closer, yet, to the Formula 1 weekend.

  24. Re:I'll pass, thanks. on Indiana Launches Statewide Productivity System · · Score: 1

    I live in Indiana, and I choose not to pass my email through this new Indiana server thing.

    Ummm...

  25. Re:Okay, I'll bite this troll on How Microsoft Develops Its Software · · Score: 1

    while people like me couldn't fix my windows problem even if I infinite knowledge.


    You could fix your windows problem in a flash. Just buy a real modem. Clearly you have far, far less than infinite knowledge.