I know most people here would probably wipe off the stuff about Kerry and Bush both having been members of Skull and Bones as just more deranged conspiracy theories...but to me, it honestly is scary.
I think the reason why the 2000 election happened the way it did was because the Democratic candidate in that race was not one of the ruling entity's people, so they had to use whatever means necessary to make sure he didn't get into power.
"In addition, Bush (Senior) sanctioned the installing of sons as state governors, and didn't forget to import expertise (From the Middle Eastern Dictators) in election fraud from the region's presidents to Florida to be made use of in moments of difficulty." -
Osama bin Ladin
This race isn't about Bush vs Kerry. It's about Saruman "vs" Grima Wormtounge, to use another analogy which I know everyone here will be familiar with. We don't know who's playing Sauron in this scenario yet...and from what I've been reading so far, I'm guessing we *really* don't want to.
"If the people have elected those governments in the latest elections, it is because they have fallen prey to the Western media which portray things contrary to what they really are. And while the slogans raised by those regimes call for humanity, justice, and peace, the behavior of their governments is completely the opposite. It is not enough for their people to show pain when they see our children being killed in Israeli raids launched by American planes, nor does this serve the purpose. What they ought to do is change their governments which attack our countries. -
Osama, Again"
Now where did I put my tin foil hat... Seriously though, someone needs to hire this Osama guy as a commentator. If you remove the name from the things he says, I bet he'd get some pretty good ratings.
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Democrat sells campaign vehicle, signs on eBay Small, the Democrat running an uphill battle to unseat the popular Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has stuffed all the remnants of his campaign into a used RV emblazoned with the motto, "Think Big -- Vote Small" and is selling the entire package on eBay.
Noam Chomsky has affected me far more deeply than the Patriot Act. His views on this country repeatedly find me picking my jaw up off of the floor and compleetly revising everything I had previously assumed about this country.
After reading Chomsky, the Patriot Act doesn't surprise me.
At a time when some of our compatriots were dazzled by America and hoping that these visits would have an effect on our countries, all of a sudden he (Bush Sr.) was affected by those monarchies and military regimes, and became envious of their remaining decades in their positions, to embezzle the public wealth of the nation without supervision or accounting.
So he took dictatorship and suppression of freedoms to his son and they named it the Patriot Act, under the pretence of fighting terrorism.
Eh. AOL is probably just one giant piece of SpyWare anyway. What's that? You don't think they have reports on all of their user's habits? Well then, I have a bright shiny CD to send you in the mail in fancy packaging.
http://www.mckoolsmith.com/pr_071603.html To meet the growing demand for intellectual property work, the article notes that many litigation law firms hired patent specialists. In 2000, McKool Smith jumped ahead of the curve with the hiring of Gordon White, a 24-year veteran of intellectual property law who also holds a master's degree in electrical engineering. The Statesman describes Mr. White as "one of the godfathers of IP legal practice in Texas."
An EE? At a law firm? Does he read slashdot? Doesn't he know IP is evil?
A graphics display terminal performs a pan operation with respect to a view motion center to effectuate spherical panning, thereby providing perspective and non-perspective views. Three dimensional instructions stored in terminal memory are re-transformed in accordance with a panned direction. Also a zoom feature is provided so that displayed images may be magnified as desired.
Is it me, or does it sound like they patented Bullet Time?
Also, can someone tell me exactly what this means?:
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 633,156, filed July 20, 1984 and now abandoned.
In any case, if I were the judge I would throw this out. People have been panning like this for decades using mechanical cranes, circular railway tracks, and so forth. It's only natural that they would want to do this in a digital medium as well.
You're right, I did see it, and you're also right it does a better job of explaining it than either you or I did.
Given that the educational system in this country isn't likely to change much over within my lifetime, and given that it's an even newer experiment than our form of government, and given that real world experience is almost universally preferrable to a purely academic background, I think "public service for high school credits" sits with me just fine.
The only problem I could see is where this system gets abused and the government treats these kids as basically free labor, and they're doing things like paving highways instead of feeding old ladies or giving nature tours or something.
Though I think there should be alternatives to public service. Ambitious high schoolers should be able to do internships, which will help them choose a vocation, and help them choose a path through the world of higher education that's more balanced than the paths chosen by 18 year olds freshout of high school. I.e. how do you choose a major with no real world experience, and how do you choose a college without knowing your major?
I guess what I'm saying is, it could be a step in the right direction but it could (and most likely) is a path towards evil. Just please don't paint it as a military draft.
Since when are we a Democracy? All this time, I thought that we were a Republic... Albeit a democratic Republic, a Republic just the same...
Yes, we were a Republic, but now I think we're an Oligarchy
Speaking of Republics, there was an intersting book written by that name a few thousand years ago that talks about how society should get rid of anyone who disagrees too loudly with the way things are done...
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National Service != Draft (Re: Vote Libertarian)
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You shoud read the page that you link to. While Wikipedia defines National Service as "the name given to the system of military conscription employed in the UK between 1949 and 1960. The same term is still used to describe the compulsory military service that is still implemented in some countries, including Singapore and Malaysia."
Our own Corporation for National and Commmunity Service "provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Members and volunteers serve with national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and local agencies to help meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas."
And is not another name for the draft. Anyway, back to the page you linked to, if you read just a little further down you would have seen this:
High School Service Requirement
As President, John Kerry will ensure that every high school student in America performs community service as a requirement for graduation. This service will be a rite of passage for our nation's youth and will help foster a lifetime of service. States would design service programs that meet their community and educational needs. However, John Kerry does not believe in unfunded mandates. No state would be obligated to implement a service requirement if the federal government does not live up to its obligation to fund the program.
Recruiting More Americans to the Military
The highest form of service is military service. America's military is having trouble recruiting and is increasingly relying on the reserves for active duty. John Kerry believes we must change that. The complicated missions we face and technologies we use depend on it. In a Kerry Administration, no university that receives federal aid will be allowed to ban the ROTC from their campus, except for religious reasons. And the ROTC scholarship program will be adequately funded so that students can attend the college of their choice. John Kerry will also make modernizing our GI benefits a top priority, because no program has been more successful increasing educational opportunities for veterans while also providing an incentive for the best and brightest to make a career out of military
You're right, millions of people are only determining the fate of the free world (or being deluded into thinking that's what they're doing), and "Public Enemy #1" is busy releasing videos for public consumption... but no real news today, so we better post the Cable Folding article.
The Matrix Online will be free and supported by in-game ads? My friend told me this and at the time I thought it was very clever and progressive, but the more I think of it, the more I remember how tightly controlled advertising tie-ins for the other movies were, and how there were no in-movie ads that I noticed. So I'm guessing it's not true and my friend just switched to a new type of crack that day.
Even with the full transcript available, CNN is desperately trying to spin what was actually said. It's factually correct, but boy did they focus on only what they wanted.
That leads me to something else. CD's left on the dash will MELT in the sun. Will they invent a MELT-proof CD that can withstand up to.. say 200 degrees f?
Actually, while the disc for the PSP will be encased (probably to prevent easy pirating), some of the disc surface will still be exposed. Sort of like old 3.5" floppies, but without the bit that slides aside.
I wonder if they'll finally take the "breakage" clause out of record contracts now that they're touting a new indestructable form factor. That became obsolete when we went from records to CD's anyway.
I played Enter The Matrix and I thought it sucked.
But that doesn't mean they can't make a compelling MMORPG. Have you seen The
Matrix franchise recently? Comic books, a half dozen non-wachowski animated
shorts.
The world itself is full of possibility.
(donning tin foil hat) It's too bad they ripped everything off of Philip
Price.
The effect he's describing is actually commonly used with model rockets, that often have streamers that deploy in mid air rather than parachutes so that they don't get carried away on the wind.
Slashdot Mirror
For those of us too lazy to keep track of which states are going what way, but tired of waiting for the major news sources to make predictions...
Interactive Electoral College Map for 2004 Presidential Election
The board starts with the stuff we expected. Clicking on the states changes them from undecided/unreported to republican/democrat.
Combine with your favorite news source for state-by-state poll information, and you can predict the outcome for yourself.
Skull & Bones exists, and Kerry is a member. He said as much on national TV. John Kerry admits to Skull and Bones Membership on 'Meet The Press' - Video
I think the reason why the 2000 election happened the way it did was because the Democratic candidate in that race was not one of the ruling entity's people, so they had to use whatever means necessary to make sure he didn't get into power. This race isn't about Bush vs Kerry. It's about Saruman "vs" Grima Wormtounge, to use another analogy which I know everyone here will be familiar with. We don't know who's playing Sauron in this scenario yet...and from what I've been reading so far, I'm guessing we *really* don't want to. Now where did I put my tin foil hat... Seriously though, someone needs to hire this Osama guy as a commentator. If you remove the name from the things he says, I bet he'd get some pretty good ratings.
Small, the Democrat running an uphill battle to unseat the popular Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has stuffed all the remnants of his campaign into a used RV emblazoned with the motto, "Think Big -- Vote Small" and is selling the entire package on eBay.
CAMPAIGN IN A VAN!! ALL YOU NEED TO RUN FOR US SENATE!!
Noam Chomsky has affected me far more deeply than the Patriot Act. His views on this country repeatedly find me picking my jaw up off of the floor and compleetly revising everything I had previously assumed about this country.
After reading Chomsky, the Patriot Act doesn't surprise me.
At a time when some of our compatriots were dazzled by America and hoping that these visits would have an effect on our countries, all of a sudden he (Bush Sr.) was affected by those monarchies and military regimes, and became envious of their remaining decades in their positions, to embezzle the public wealth of the nation without supervision or accounting.
So he took dictatorship and suppression of freedoms to his son and they named it the Patriot Act, under the pretence of fighting terrorism.
- Osama bin Ladin
http://www.electoral-vote3.com/
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http://www.electoral-vote8.com/
Eh. AOL is probably just one giant piece of SpyWare anyway. What's that? You don't think they have reports on all of their user's habits? Well then, I have a bright shiny CD to send you in the mail in fancy packaging.
http://www.mckoolsmith.com/pr_071603.html
To meet the growing demand for intellectual property work, the article notes that many litigation law firms hired patent specialists. In 2000, McKool Smith jumped ahead of the curve with the hiring of Gordon White, a 24-year veteran of intellectual property law who also holds a master's degree in electrical engineering. The Statesman describes Mr. White as "one of the godfathers of IP legal practice in Texas."
An EE? At a law firm? Does he read slashdot? Doesn't he know IP is evil?
A graphics display terminal performs a pan operation with respect to a view motion center to effectuate spherical panning, thereby providing perspective and non-perspective views. Three dimensional instructions stored in terminal memory are re-transformed in accordance with a panned direction. Also a zoom feature is provided so that displayed images may be magnified as desired.
Is it me, or does it sound like they patented Bullet Time?
Also, can someone tell me exactly what this means?:
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 633,156, filed July 20, 1984 and now abandoned.
In any case, if I were the judge I would throw this out. People have been panning like this for decades using mechanical cranes, circular railway tracks, and so forth. It's only natural that they would want to do this in a digital medium as well.
You're right, I did see it, and you're also right it does a better job of explaining it than either you or I did.
Given that the educational system in this country isn't likely to change much over within my lifetime, and given that it's an even newer experiment than our form of government, and given that real world experience is almost universally preferrable to a purely academic background, I think "public service for high school credits" sits with me just fine.
The only problem I could see is where this system gets abused and the government treats these kids as basically free labor, and they're doing things like paving highways instead of feeding old ladies or giving nature tours or something.
Though I think there should be alternatives to public service. Ambitious high schoolers should be able to do internships, which will help them choose a vocation, and help them choose a path through the world of higher education that's more balanced than the paths chosen by 18 year olds freshout of high school. I.e. how do you choose a major with no real world experience, and how do you choose a college without knowing your major?
I guess what I'm saying is, it could be a step in the right direction but it could (and most likely) is a path towards evil. Just please don't paint it as a military draft.
Since when are we a Democracy? All this time, I thought that we were a Republic... Albeit a democratic Republic, a Republic just the same...
Yes, we were a Republic, but now I think we're an Oligarchy
Speaking of Republics, there was an intersting book written by that name a few thousand years ago that talks about how society should get rid of anyone who disagrees too loudly with the way things are done...
So why didn't CNN link to the Full transcript of bin Ladin's speech? Perhaps because CNN is still desperately trying to spin a story they didn't fully report on in the first place.
Our own Corporation for National and Commmunity Service "provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Members and volunteers serve with national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and local agencies to help meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas."
And is not another name for the draft. Anyway, back to the page you linked to, if you read just a little further down you would have seen this:
You're right, millions of people are only determining the fate of the free world (or being deluded into thinking that's what they're doing), and "Public Enemy #1" is busy releasing videos for public consumption... but no real news today, so we better post the Cable Folding article.
The Matrix Online will be free and supported by in-game ads? My friend told me this and at the time I thought it was very clever and progressive, but the more I think of it, the more I remember how tightly controlled advertising tie-ins for the other movies were, and how there were no in-movie ads that I noticed. So I'm guessing it's not true and my friend just switched to a new type of crack that day.
Thankfully Al Jazeera has finally released the Full transcript of bin Ladin's speech, but it is interesting what was left out of the CNN version.
Even with the full transcript available, CNN is desperately trying to spin what was actually said. It's factually correct, but boy did they focus on only what they wanted.
Because the elections are a spectator sport just like the World Series.
It's just not the same without knowing in real time with commentary and slow motion replays.
I'm just relating a story my friend told me. I don't leave my CD's in direct sunlight. Honest.
That leads me to something else. CD's left on the dash will MELT in the sun. Will they invent a MELT-proof CD that can withstand up to.. say 200 degrees f?
Actually, while the disc for the PSP will be encased (probably to prevent easy pirating), some of the disc surface will still be exposed. Sort of like old 3.5" floppies, but without the bit that slides aside.
I have trouble believing anyone could be all that scratch resistant
Neither do my cats, which is why they keep testing me. Damned cats.
I wonder if they'll finally take the "breakage" clause out of record contracts now that they're touting a new indestructable form factor. That became obsolete when we went from records to CD's anyway.
But that doesn't mean they can't make a compelling MMORPG. Have you seen The Matrix franchise recently? Comic books, a half dozen non-wachowski animated shorts.
The world itself is full of possibility.
(donning tin foil hat) It's too bad they ripped everything off of Philip Price.
Apple has announced a PPC chip shortage and won't be able to make next year's targets.
The effect he's describing is actually commonly used with model rockets, that often have streamers that deploy in mid air rather than parachutes so that they don't get carried away on the wind.