No, I don't think the 59 million people who voted Bush into office were galvanized together in massive support to suppress gay rights movements, but some of those 59 megs are part of a very vocal and threatening minority of the Republican party that most Republican politicians wish would just fall off the face of the earth...
While I don't have the numbers, I certainly don't believe that a majority of them want to institutionalize or continue discrimination based on race, creed, gender, religion, OR sexual orientation...
IBM PC, CGA Card, TWO 5 1/4" floppys, 256 KB RAM, and a 14" CGA Monitor (480x320, 16 colors bitmap graphics or 80x25 16 color character graphics): $2250 (way below retail through the "Socrates" program IBM had at the time for college students (1984).
Whopping 4.77 MHz and I could even save programs to my cassette recorder...
Dude, IBM opened up the PC architecture to anyone who asked, that's why it took off: nobody reversed engineered anything, unless you're talking about the early INTEL 8086 processor clones...
Isn't it scary how a very old book gives people the courage and selfrightousness to do horrible and unspeakable acts, as well as the comfort to be bigots, murderers, discriminators, etc...?
I disagree- discrimination based on sexual orientation does exist, just as discrimination based on gender exists.
As to #1:
I don't believe that sexual orientation is "simple" to hide. It is a large part of who we are, straight or gay, and comes out in our personalities. The whole point, which you obviously missed, is that A PERSON SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HIDE their sexual orientation.
As to #2:
This has nothing to do with having sex at work.
In most work places, religious ceremonies are not appropriate, and are not performed at the workplace. Yet we DO prohibit discrimination based on religion. So what's your point?
I'm assuming that it's a 10 million dollar problem not because they didn't let Honeywell peruse the code (which is NOT the same as Open Source), they probably documented the API for Dynac on the back of a Burger King wrapper or something...
Dude, I realize it was a totally lame 2 in the morning post, but I'm not some Dumb Ass Right-Wing Republican Religious Freak, so I don't think I can pull off the pretzel thing...
So, because they didn't go with open-source software the cost (to date) of the Big Dig has skyrocketed by a whopping 7/10th of a percent???
You know, my ex wouldn't tell me how she made fried chicken, so I went to (fill in your favorite chicken place) and had fried chicken overruns of almost 600%, because she wouldn't release the open source code to the recipe.
It's kind of funny to see Transdyn pull the fast one on Honeywell that you always see developers do to small doctor's offices - refuse to hand over the source code.
Let's see, Transdyn says the code is proprietary, so when Honeywell tries to tweak it to work with the Big Dig, Transdyn sues them for theft of intellectual property.
From Desk Of Mr.Harvey Wellstone
No-12 Eglinton Ave. West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dear Ms. Betty Rubble,
I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.I am Mr.Harvey Wellstone a Regional Director with a North Canadian Security Sarl with Regional Office in Toronto.We had a foreign client (named MR LEVY SHIMONY) who deposited a huge sum of money (US$30.5million) with our Company.
Eventually,MR LEVY SHIMONY and his entire family were involved in a fatal accident at a hockey game,which unfortunately claimed their lives, upon a frozen Toronto sewage spillway, sparing none of the occupants of the vehicle in Toronto.
But,since then we have not had any body coming for the claims as the Next of Kin.
A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Company.Now, having monitored this deposit for years now, and hence nobody has showed up as the Next of Kin for the past one year plus, I have removed the file to my private vault.I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the Next of Kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account.
This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by are turn message and I will furnish you with details.Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation.
But while i'm here, I say that rebates should be friggin' illegal. Have the time you send the required stuff in (it's like a logic puzzle to submit it directly) and they tell you you didn't send the required items in, but they won't tell you what it is, then they give you 30 more days to get the shit together, but by the time you hear about it, you've already tossed all the packaging and shit.
I HATE FUCKING REBATES!!!
CompUSA depends on them, but for me, if I see an sd card for $20 after a $10 "instant" rebate, a $10 dollar "CompUSA" rebate, and a $10 "manufacturers" rebate, I say fuck it and get the sandisk one for $65
Everyone should boycott these dumb-ass rebates: it just consumers and customers floating these companies an interest free loan....
Actually, what was announced yesterday (by members of some team) was the results of a computer reconstruction of the brain, which analyzed impressions left on the inside of the skull by the pulsating brain- indicating a more powerful brain (for the size) than previously thought possible. (From today's LA Times: Data Bolster Claim of a 'Hobbit' Human Species
There is no equivalency to the Firewire/iLink/IEEE1394 negotiation between peer devices.
Actually, there is, its called "USB On-the-go"- see http://www.usb.org/developers/onthego/ which is what this device is an example of, allowing usb devices to negotiate connections without the use of a pc
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While I don't have the numbers, I certainly don't believe that a majority of them want to institutionalize or continue discrimination based on race, creed, gender, religion, OR sexual orientation...
Whopping 4.77 MHz and I could even save programs to my cassette recorder...
Dude, IBM opened up the PC architecture to anyone who asked, that's why it took off: nobody reversed engineered anything, unless you're talking about the early INTEL 8086 processor clones...
Isn't it scary how a very old book gives people the courage and selfrightousness to do horrible and unspeakable acts, as well as the comfort to be bigots, murderers, discriminators, etc...?
As to #1: I don't believe that sexual orientation is "simple" to hide. It is a large part of who we are, straight or gay, and comes out in our personalities. The whole point, which you obviously missed, is that A PERSON SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HIDE their sexual orientation.
As to #2: This has nothing to do with having sex at work. In most work places, religious ceremonies are not appropriate, and are not performed at the workplace. Yet we DO prohibit discrimination based on religion. So what's your point?
wtf?
it's not the country, it's an irritatingly loud, trolling, flamebating mob of right-wing religous fundamentalist extremist zealots...
When will you review it?
Well, of course, when I'm being a troll.... :-p
I'm assuming that it's a 10 million dollar problem not because they didn't let Honeywell peruse the code (which is NOT the same as Open Source), they probably documented the API for Dynac on the back of a Burger King wrapper or something...
If not necessarily free as in FSF, at least open like OSF...
Dude, I realize it was a totally lame 2 in the morning post, but I'm not some Dumb Ass Right-Wing Republican Religious Freak, so I don't think I can pull off the pretzel thing...
You know, my ex wouldn't tell me how she made fried chicken, so I went to (fill in your favorite chicken place) and had fried chicken overruns of almost 600%, because she wouldn't release the open source code to the recipe.
It's kind of funny to see Transdyn pull the fast one on Honeywell that you always see developers do to small doctor's offices - refuse to hand over the source code.
Let's see, Transdyn says the code is proprietary, so when Honeywell tries to tweak it to work with the Big Dig, Transdyn sues them for theft of intellectual property.
Is Transdyn that new SCO subsidiary??
No-12 Eglinton Ave. West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dear Ms. Betty Rubble,
I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.I am Mr.Harvey Wellstone a Regional Director with a North Canadian Security Sarl with Regional Office in Toronto.We had a foreign client (named MR LEVY SHIMONY) who deposited a huge sum of money (US$30.5million) with our Company.
Eventually,MR LEVY SHIMONY and his entire family were involved in a fatal accident at a hockey game,which unfortunately claimed their lives, upon a frozen Toronto sewage spillway, sparing none of the occupants of the vehicle in Toronto.
But,since then we have not had any body coming for the claims as the Next of Kin.
A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Company.Now, having monitored this deposit for years now, and hence nobody has showed up as the Next of Kin for the past one year plus, I have removed the file to my private vault.I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the Next of Kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account.
This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by are turn message and I will furnish you with details.Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation.
God bless you and your family.
Best Regards
Mr.Harvey Wellstone
I HATE FUCKING REBATES!!!
CompUSA depends on them, but for me, if I see an sd card for $20 after a $10 "instant" rebate, a $10 dollar "CompUSA" rebate, and a $10 "manufacturers" rebate, I say fuck it and get the sandisk one for $65
Everyone should boycott these dumb-ass rebates: it just consumers and customers floating these companies an interest free loan....
Yes, unfortunately all the hobbits died off in the first couple of millenia of the 4th age of man...
Actually, what was announced yesterday (by members of some team) was the results of a computer reconstruction of the brain, which analyzed impressions left on the inside of the skull by the pulsating brain- indicating a more powerful brain (for the size) than previously thought possible. (From today's LA Times: Data Bolster Claim of a 'Hobbit' Human Species
Kim Il Sung Li Peng
Nah, M$ will just send their "license enforcement" goons to city hall to ream as much money from LA as possible before they lose the business...
We have the best car chases, though....
Two wrongs don't equal a right, but three rights equal a left!!
Maybe we can send Jeff a hooker??
Having TWO 5 1/4" DD floppies was WAY cool... plus IBM DOS 1.1 and real manuals...
Actually, there is, its called "USB On-the-go"- see http://www.usb.org/developers/onthego/ which is what this device is an example of, allowing usb devices to negotiate connections without the use of a pc
Shirley, that's worth the energy used.
Then again, the elves took their 3 rings with them across the water, knowing that the 3 were, in the end, controlled by the one.