No need to imagine it... Ross Perot fits your description of a protest vote in the US. In the 1992 presidential election, he took about 20% of the popular votes.
I think the point the parent was trying to make was that you need to be willing to quit in order to get what you want. Having been in that situation myself, sometimes it is true.
How is it different? You think you care one way or the other after your dead. Your falling victim to the terror that such acts are intended to inspire. What previous posters are trying to say is that they are not going to surrender. At least that's how I see it.
Who really cares if they wear backwards baseball hats, or have no idea how to play, as long as they have money?
It may be a bit silly so look up to a poker player, but so is looking up to a baseball player. It's also a bit silly to stop liking something because it becomes popular.
I think you should read more about Arab culture. Perhaps you've heard of a city called Cordoba from say 900 years ago or more. Yes currently Arab culture may appear to be a bit backwards, but 900 years ago, the shoe was on the other foot. It was the Moors in Spain that had libraries, streets (lit by lamps), valued education when London was little more than a village. It was the Arabs that preserved the culture of the Greeks and Romans, by preserving their art and literature. It was the Arab culture of Cordoba that helped to spark the Renaissance. You may be asking yourself, what the hell does this have to do with now, well maybe nothting. I just think that before you go calling a culture "losers" maybe you should know that your "Western" culture may not exist without them.
Until last week, when Iraq pledge to work with Al Qaeda.
Minor nit, it was the Tawhid and Jihad leader Abu Mussab al Zaqawi that pledged alliegiance to Al Queda. Previously this organization was not aligned with al Qaeda.
I've actually implemented automated activation of this feature , from an order entry system, on a Lucent 5ESS switch before, IIRC the feature is called hotline. I would have to go back and read the Lucent docs to provide more detail, as it's been about a year since I worked on that. But basically what happens is that as soon as the receiver is picked up, the number to connect to is set on the switch, so it rings the other line immediately, no dialing, think the bat phone. So I could see how this would be useful for the scenario described. Not sure if this is the same as a dedicated pair, as I didn't hear it called that.
Currently I am working in Kuwait and Fahrenheit 911 was banned from the theaters here. Lots of films are for various reasons, specifically, according to the paper I read here, because of the bad light it showed the Saudi royal family. I read another article that said the movie was huge on the black market for DVDs here in Kuwait. Most of the troops and contractors that go into Iraq go through Kuwait, so it would be very easy for bootleg copies to make it to Iraq.
Tucker just kept coming back for more, it was hilarious. I mean damn man just keep your mouth shut, if Tucker thinks he can win a battle of wits with a very good comedian, he's not as smart as Stewart gave him credit for, being able to tie that bow tie and all. Like Mark Twain said, and I'm sure the exact wording is different: "Better to keep you mouth shut and let them think you an idiot, than to open it and prove them right"
I couldn't agree more with your characterization of the American media. I was watching Hardtalk extra on the BBC and Harry Shearer from NPR was on. (I don't live in the US at the moment, so I don't listen to him) he had made a similar comment. When asked if the media was liberal, he stated that he thought most journalists were, but most management were conservatives. The most interesting view that he had was that the media, more than being liberal or conservative, has a herd mentality. He used the media coverage leading up to the present war in Iraq (or lack of coverage if you like) as an example. Another interesting point he made was that up until 20 or so years ago, media coverage was more of a loss leader. Something that a network had to do in order to keep there license, otherwise the FCC might pull it.
Afghanistan today: Most of the people are feeling optimistic about their future after decades of war and oppression. First person to vote in the first ever democratic elections was a 19 year old woman.
Not to be a smartass but how do you know how the people of Afghanistan feel? You watch some news reports, or have you actually gone there and sampled a large enough segment of the population to make up your mind? I know the last suggestion is not pratical, but I've not seen any independent articles giving an Afghan point of view, so if you have some links that you would like to share I would be interested in seeing them.
Gnome 2.8 and Evo 2.0 are in Debian's experimental archive at the moment. This archive is not meant for use by new users, it's marked EXPERIMENTAL, although it surely isn't difficult, "apt-get -t experimental install evolution". That assumes you've put the appropriate entry in/etc/apt/sources.list. Packages are put into experimental, many times, before unstable for initial testing by a small group, definitely not intended for mass consumption.
open nautilus, hit ctrl-l, enter applications:///, click the open button , right click and select 'create folder', voila you've just created a new entry in your base menu. If you want to create a launcher, just select 'create launcher' from the menu.
Real power is still in Paris, Berlin and London, and they're not going to let go easily...
Nor should they let go easily. The movement towards a stronger central government in the EU should be troubling to all EU citizens. I'm sure some American Libertarians could enlighten us as to the negative impacts of such a federalist system.
Why is this insightful? It's the same thing I've heard since I began using linux about 7 years ago. No applications, arcane commands, blah blah blah. Who really cares if linux is mainstream or not? I know I surely don't. It does what I need it to do. I also use windows, for gaming and voice/video chat, while I don't like to use it for work (and I don't) it has it's place.
This type of comment should never be marked as insightful, it is redundant. Look at just about every comment list on/. and you will see a comment like this. Please get over it, if your too impatient to learn, or your just don't want to learn, then just use windows or a Mac or whatever you want, it's your choice. But please refrain from these types of comments, they really don't add anything to the discussion.
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My thinking is, Average Joe just dipping a toe into 'non-conformist' ways, and sees a big new announcement.. he looks in and sees a ton of stuff he doesn't understand, and a long list of bugs fixed that makes him think 'ugh, this still has too many problems.'
If he looks in and sees mostly "Now imports Word 2006 docs with perfect formatting!.... New graphics engine leverages 3d hardware to be 80% faster!.." he is going to have a very different view.
I'm not sure I understand what your suggesting, that the bugs that are fixed should not be listed? That a minor digit release should not be advertised? or that open source projects should market their releases better?
Seperation of users does not in itself make for security.
No, but you must admit that separating normal system user privileges from administration privileges is important for security.
Unix grew into being a multiuser system, and that comes with many of the things you mention.
All the historical facts do not coroborate your claim, Unix was designed as a multi-tasking, multiuser OS from the beginning. You are correct that security was not a great concern in the beginning, if you do some searching you will find information pertaining to back doors in login, sendmail, etc.
Another thing you're missing out on is the value added to the cars since then. We're a long time past the days of carberator fueled motors with some basic analog gauges and an AM radio. You have to look at all of the technology that is integrated into the cars of now. Even the cheapest piece of dirt car now is vastly superior to the pieces of junk American manufacturers were pushing out in the 70's.
Whoa there buddy !!! American cars are better today than yesterday?! I don't know what world your living in or maybe this is just a matter of perception. In the middle to late 70s the US produced some crap cars, pacer, mustang II, gremlin, pinto, etc. but the early 70s and late 60s were the pinnacle in the american automotive industry. I grew up driving one of those 70's cars all the way through college and a bit beyond. The nice thing was I could fix it with some wrenches under a shade tree myself, now I need a computer just to troubleshoot a new car. I would probably still be drving my '78 Chevy Nova if I had not moved from the US to Europe
Free trade fosters more wealth, that's all their is to it.
You want to back that up with some real evidence instead of conjecture? Also, it would be nice if the wealth were distributed to more than the wealthy 1%, but I suspect you to believe that supply side economics works, correct me if I'm wrong.
Another cluless fuckwit! I've watched people adjust their work to avoid getting taxed at a higher rate, including my own father, who scaled back his work after going on Social Security and stopped working each year just before he reached the earnings limit after which his SS would be reduced.
Well I'm sure you will win him over to you point of view calling him names like that. Also, The example you give to back up you claim is flawed. By your own admission you father scaled back his work so as not to reduce his social security payments. That's hardly the same as scaling back your work hours to avoid being put in a higher tax bracket.
It's a real tragedy that people as ignorant and/or destructively oriented as you are allowed to vote.
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The NY Times is privately owned, no shareholders to consider.
No need to imagine it ... Ross Perot fits your description of a protest vote in the US. In the 1992 presidential election, he took about 20% of the popular votes.
I use metacity, I've not had any problem with that. I didn't need to configure anything for the window manager, other than the Xsession.
I think the point the parent was trying to make was that you need to be willing to quit in order to get what you want. Having been in that situation myself, sometimes it is true.
How is it different? You think you care one way or the other after your dead. Your falling victim to the terror that such acts are intended to inspire. What previous posters are trying to say is that they are not going to surrender. At least that's how I see it.
I bet you worked a full-time job, walked on the football and basketball teams and played in the band at half time too.
what does it matter how long one stays in school ?
Who really cares if they wear backwards baseball hats, or have no idea how to play, as long as they have money?
It may be a bit silly so look up to a poker player, but so is looking up to a baseball player. It's also a bit silly to stop liking something because it becomes popular.
I think you should read more about Arab culture. Perhaps you've heard of a city called Cordoba from say 900 years ago or more. Yes currently Arab culture may appear to be a bit backwards, but 900 years ago, the shoe was on the other foot. It was the Moors in Spain that had libraries, streets (lit by lamps), valued education when London was little more than a village. It was the Arabs that preserved the culture of the Greeks and Romans, by preserving their art and literature. It was the Arab culture of Cordoba that helped to spark the Renaissance. You may be asking yourself, what the hell does this have to do with now, well maybe nothting. I just think that before you go calling a culture "losers" maybe you should know that your "Western" culture may not exist without them.
Until last week, when Iraq pledge to work with Al Qaeda.
Minor nit, it was the Tawhid and Jihad leader Abu Mussab al Zaqawi that pledged alliegiance to Al Queda. Previously this organization was not aligned with al Qaeda.
I've actually implemented automated activation of this feature , from an order entry system, on a Lucent 5ESS switch before, IIRC the feature is called hotline. I would have to go back and read the Lucent docs to provide more detail, as it's been about a year since I worked on that. But basically what happens is that as soon as the receiver is picked up, the number to connect to is set on the switch, so it rings the other line immediately, no dialing, think the bat phone. So I could see how this would be useful for the scenario described. Not sure if this is the same as a dedicated pair, as I didn't hear it called that.
Currently I am working in Kuwait and Fahrenheit 911 was banned from the theaters here. Lots of films are for various reasons, specifically, according to the paper I read here, because of the bad light it showed the Saudi royal family. I read another article that said the movie was huge on the black market for DVDs here in Kuwait. Most of the troops and contractors that go into Iraq go through Kuwait, so it would be very easy for bootleg copies to make it to Iraq.
Tucker just kept coming back for more, it was hilarious. I mean damn man just keep your mouth shut, if Tucker thinks he can win a battle of wits with a very good comedian, he's not as smart as Stewart gave him credit for, being able to tie that bow tie and all. Like Mark Twain said, and I'm sure the exact wording is different: "Better to keep you mouth shut and let them think you an idiot, than to open it and prove them right"
I couldn't agree more with your characterization of the American media. I was watching Hardtalk extra on the BBC and Harry Shearer from NPR was on. (I don't live in the US at the moment, so I don't listen to him) he had made a similar comment. When asked if the media was liberal, he stated that he thought most journalists were, but most management were conservatives. The most interesting view that he had was that the media, more than being liberal or conservative, has a herd mentality. He used the media coverage leading up to the present war in Iraq (or lack of coverage if you like) as an example. Another interesting point he made was that up until 20 or so years ago, media coverage was more of a loss leader. Something that a network had to do in order to keep there license, otherwise the FCC might pull it.
Afghanistan today: Most of the people are feeling optimistic about their future after decades of war and oppression. First person to vote in the first ever democratic elections was a 19 year old woman.
Not to be a smartass but how do you know how the people of Afghanistan feel? You watch some news reports, or have you actually gone there and sampled a large enough segment of the population to make up your mind? I know the last suggestion is not pratical, but I've not seen any independent articles giving an Afghan point of view, so if you have some links that you would like to share I would be interested in seeing them.
Gnome 2.8 and Evo 2.0 are in Debian's experimental archive at the moment. This archive is not meant for use by new users, it's marked EXPERIMENTAL, although it surely isn't difficult, "apt-get -t experimental install evolution". That assumes you've put the appropriate entry in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages are put into experimental, many times, before unstable for initial testing by a small group, definitely not intended for mass consumption.
open nautilus, hit ctrl-l, enter applications:///, click the open button , right click and select 'create folder', voila you've just created a new entry in your base menu. If you want to create a launcher, just select 'create launcher' from the menu.
There are many options for linux on the desktop, you're not stuck with Gnome or KDE.
Try looking here: http://xwinman.org/
Real power is still in Paris, Berlin and London, and they're not going to let go easily...
Nor should they let go easily. The movement towards a stronger central government in the EU should be troubling to all EU citizens. I'm sure some American Libertarians could enlighten us as to the negative impacts of such a federalist system.
Probaby a bit off-topic, but Ivan Illich has some interesting thoughts on the educational system.
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http://homepage.mac.com/tinapple/illich/1970_desc
Why is this insightful? It's the same thing I've heard since I began using linux about 7 years ago. No applications, arcane commands, blah blah blah. Who really cares if linux is mainstream or not? I know I surely don't. It does what I need it to do. I also use windows, for gaming and voice/video chat, while I don't like to use it for work (and I don't) it has it's place.
/. and you will see a comment like this. Please get over it, if your too impatient to learn, or your just don't want to learn, then just use windows or a Mac or whatever you want, it's your choice. But please refrain from these types of comments, they really don't add anything to the discussion.
This type of comment should never be marked as insightful, it is redundant. Look at just about every comment list on
My thinking is, Average Joe just dipping a toe into 'non-conformist' ways, and sees a big new announcement.. he looks in and sees a ton of stuff he doesn't understand, and a long list of bugs fixed that makes him think 'ugh, this still has too many problems.'
.... New graphics engine leverages 3d hardware to be 80% faster! .." he is going to have a very different view.
If he looks in and sees mostly "Now imports Word 2006 docs with perfect formatting!
I'm not sure I understand what your suggesting, that the bugs that are fixed should not be listed? That a minor digit release should not be advertised? or that open source projects should market their releases better?
Seperation of users does not in itself make for security.
No, but you must admit that separating normal system user privileges from administration privileges is important for security.
Unix grew into being a multiuser system, and that comes with many of the things you mention.
All the historical facts do not coroborate your claim, Unix was designed as a multi-tasking, multiuser OS from the beginning. You are correct that security was not a great concern in the beginning, if you do some searching you will find information pertaining to back doors in login, sendmail, etc.
I live in an economically depressed area in Canada that makes the US look like a Mecca- unemployment rates are about 20%, yes, 20% here.
:-)
Have you ever looked at the unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia it's about 25%
Another thing you're missing out on is the value added to the cars since then. We're a long time past the days of carberator fueled motors with some basic analog gauges and an AM radio. You have to look at all of the technology that is integrated into the cars of now. Even the cheapest piece of dirt car now is vastly superior to the pieces of junk American manufacturers were pushing out in the 70's.
Whoa there buddy !!! American cars are better today than yesterday?! I don't know what world your living in or maybe this is just a matter of perception. In the middle to late 70s the US produced some crap cars, pacer, mustang II, gremlin, pinto, etc. but the early 70s and late 60s were the pinnacle in the american automotive industry. I grew up driving one of those 70's cars all the way through college and a bit beyond. The nice thing was I could fix it with some wrenches under a shade tree myself, now I need a computer just to troubleshoot a new car. I would probably still be drving my '78 Chevy Nova if I had not moved from the US to Europe
Free trade fosters more wealth, that's all their is to it.
You want to back that up with some real evidence instead of conjecture? Also, it would be nice if the wealth were distributed to more than the wealthy 1%, but I suspect you to believe that supply side economics works, correct me if I'm wrong.
Another cluless fuckwit! I've watched people adjust their work to avoid getting taxed at a higher rate, including my own father, who scaled back his work after going on Social Security and stopped working each year just before he reached the earnings limit after which his SS would be reduced.
Well I'm sure you will win him over to you point of view calling him names like that. Also, The example you give to back up you claim is flawed. By your own admission you father scaled back his work so as not to reduce his social security payments. That's hardly the same as scaling back your work hours to avoid being put in a higher tax bracket.
It's a real tragedy that people as ignorant and/or destructively oriented as you are allowed to vote.
neocon == neofascist ?!