I'll write a more detailed experience on my blog soon, but this election took the cake as the worst.
When I voted (in Florida) this morning, the electronic voting machine wouldn't allow me to press three of the (party of my choice) names. To test whether or not the problem was user error or hardware related, I pressed the name of the opposing party and that click was accepted. The big problem was, it wouldn't let me click back to the other.
When I asked someone for a paper ballot because the machine was rigg... er, broken, I was told there WAS NO paper voting. Electronic only.
I even asked the hired help if I can get a paper receipt of my votes to verify the correct votes were tallied. I was told NO.
At the end of my voting session, the screen showed me a review of all the votes in case I needed to change something. The problem was, the [BACK] button was broken and it would not allow me to change any of the three incorrect votes it tallied.
It's obvious to me that (IMHO) either the voting system is broken, or horrifically rigged.
Scream at me all you want, mod me down, but this really happened. I'm going to write up a long, multi-page thing about it later when I get home and post it on my blog. Then I'm going to call the local NBC, ABC and CBS television affiliates to tell them about it. Then the two local newspapers gets an email from me. I'm not going to keep quiet about it. Everyone need to know about this.
The New York bar has proposed new rules which would define blogging as advertising.
Yeah, I'm tired of searching out Lawyer's blogs to see who has the most annoying 1-800-ASK-____ phone number because late night TV doesn't show me enough of them.
You can't buy RHEL without some sort of service agreement already attached to the purchase price.
Are people willing to pay twice for contradictory services? And what if Oracle's and Red Hat's upgrades differ? Will that void Red Hat's service contract?
This question is a double edged sword. On one side, you have the physcial size limitation of the screen, but you always have the option to change the resolution to something higher...
On the other side, you take a large 30in monitor with its massive '2500 X whatever' resolution and things may appear to be too small for most. They may lower the resolution to something readable, similar to the highest resolutions of a 19in LCD.
Personally, I think 30in on the desktop is a bit excessive, but then again, I play WoW on my 42in plasma at 1920x1080.
Satellite TV goes out every time it rains? That's one the cable companies LOVE to use. I was a DirecTV subscriber for 6 years and the signal went out TWICE here in stormy, rainy Florida.
The cable companies are grasping for straws because satellite is a wonderful service, cheaper, higher quality signal and a knowlegdable, friendly staff.
The apartment complex I live in dosen't allow us to have satellite dishes. Even though the FCC told them we're allowed to have them...
"Tom Yager over at InfoWorld imploring AMD to stop at 8 cores while everybody gets the architecture right."
I emplore Tom Yager to STFU and step out of the Intel/AMD competition. If Tom gets his way, neither chip vendor will see the newly paved CPU autobahn as an actual challenge. Each vendor has their own competing architecture and that's what makes things fun. If we were back in the older days of the dozens of i486 arch clones, things would not be so interesting. Anyone could stamp out one of those chips.
I think competition is a good thing. If AMD releases an 8-way, then Intel should release a 16-way. Let them compete. Consumers win with the low price wars they bring.
I purchased a Geforce 6800 GT OC from BFG Tech when they were first released in February of 2005 for $400. Yeah, I splurged for the fastest thing out there at the time, but it was worth it.
In early September 2006, the two fans on the GPU cracked and seized. The card automatically shut down to protect itself from overheating.
I called BFG Tech and told them what happened. They told me that the fans only had a one year warranty on them and the card was six months or so out of warranty. But the CS rep on the phone was friendly and said they'd replace it anyway.
I sent in the card and exactly 7 days later I got a brand new card free from them.
These guys at BFG Tech are the best friends a gamer could have. They've made me a customer for life, plus they've saved me a ton of money so I don't have to buy a new card.
All my new cards I buy in the future will be from BFG.
I was always a big Amazon shopper because they are one of the biggest Linux success stories. I support that.
When I read their TOS for Unbox, being told I could only be a customer of theirs for this service if I was a Windows XP user, I sent them a nice little message explaining how they alienated a large percentage of their clientelle over this.
I cancelled my account with them immediately and told them why.
It's about time to see a ruling against these assheads.
Films are created to tell a story in a specific way. Now, if that includes elements that may be offensive to others, oh well. You can't please everyone!
If you don't like blue language, sex or violence, don't see the movie. That's what the rating system is set up to educate you about. I know one person who walked out of the theatre on a PG-rated film because an actress said the word 'hell'. Hey, to each his own.
If anyone modified my films to please their families and kids, there would be HELL to pay.
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I'll write a more detailed experience on my blog soon, but this election took the cake as the worst. When I voted (in Florida) this morning, the electronic voting machine wouldn't allow me to press three of the (party of my choice) names. To test whether or not the problem was user error or hardware related, I pressed the name of the opposing party and that click was accepted. The big problem was, it wouldn't let me click back to the other. When I asked someone for a paper ballot because the machine was rigg... er, broken, I was told there WAS NO paper voting. Electronic only. I even asked the hired help if I can get a paper receipt of my votes to verify the correct votes were tallied. I was told NO. At the end of my voting session, the screen showed me a review of all the votes in case I needed to change something. The problem was, the [BACK] button was broken and it would not allow me to change any of the three incorrect votes it tallied. It's obvious to me that (IMHO) either the voting system is broken, or horrifically rigged. Scream at me all you want, mod me down, but this really happened. I'm going to write up a long, multi-page thing about it later when I get home and post it on my blog. Then I'm going to call the local NBC, ABC and CBS television affiliates to tell them about it. Then the two local newspapers gets an email from me. I'm not going to keep quiet about it. Everyone need to know about this.
In case of a catastrophic failure of my system and backup, I still want a legally-puchased physical CD in my hand to give me the warm fuzzies.
Yeah, I'm tired of searching out Lawyer's blogs to see who has the most annoying 1-800-ASK-____ phone number because late night TV doesn't show me enough of them.
Are people willing to pay twice for contradictory services? And what if Oracle's and Red Hat's upgrades differ? Will that void Red Hat's service contract?
The Firefox team couldn't eat it because of all the ActiveX ingredients... [ducks]
Budget? So far, $0.
There's at least 10 people involved from at least three countries (USA, Canada, UK, maybe more).
The scouts can drop by my microcinema studio and see how I release all my movies for FREE under a Creative Commons licence.
Will they still get their badge?
...and the cellular service providers whisper "DMCA" and post a 'fix' for this in 3... 2... 1...
I think we now know the secret identity of George Carlin on Slashdot. Mod message to +5 Common Sense
This is why I always said that all software for a FOSS operating system should be just that... OPEN.
This question is a double edged sword. On one side, you have the physcial size limitation of the screen, but you always have the option to change the resolution to something higher...
On the other side, you take a large 30in monitor with its massive '2500 X whatever' resolution and things may appear to be too small for most. They may lower the resolution to something readable, similar to the highest resolutions of a 19in LCD.
Personally, I think 30in on the desktop is a bit excessive, but then again, I play WoW on my 42in plasma at 1920x1080.
If I have to pay $50 for the game and $14.95 a month for online gameplay, I better NOT see any online ads.
You never watched Star Trek, have you?
Satellite TV goes out every time it rains? That's one the cable companies LOVE to use. I was a DirecTV subscriber for 6 years and the signal went out TWICE here in stormy, rainy Florida.
The cable companies are grasping for straws because satellite is a wonderful service, cheaper, higher quality signal and a knowlegdable, friendly staff.
The apartment complex I live in dosen't allow us to have satellite dishes. Even though the FCC told them we're allowed to have them...
Why hasn't the F/OSS community attempted to create a patent-free high-quality graphics format?
I'm glad the girl on the screen didn't say "FSCK ME"
I emplore Tom Yager to STFU and step out of the Intel/AMD competition. If Tom gets his way, neither chip vendor will see the newly paved CPU autobahn as an actual challenge. Each vendor has their own competing architecture and that's what makes things fun. If we were back in the older days of the dozens of i486 arch clones, things would not be so interesting. Anyone could stamp out one of those chips.
I think competition is a good thing. If AMD releases an 8-way, then Intel should release a 16-way. Let them compete. Consumers win with the low price wars they bring.
Shut up, Tom.
In early September 2006, the two fans on the GPU cracked and seized. The card automatically shut down to protect itself from overheating.
I called BFG Tech and told them what happened. They told me that the fans only had a one year warranty on them and the card was six months or so out of warranty. But the CS rep on the phone was friendly and said they'd replace it anyway.
I sent in the card and exactly 7 days later I got a brand new card free from them.
These guys at BFG Tech are the best friends a gamer could have. They've made me a customer for life, plus they've saved me a ton of money so I don't have to buy a new card.
All my new cards I buy in the future will be from BFG.
Finally, we'll have a decent processor to render EQII on.
I had my identity stolen years ago and my credit was ruined.
Does this mean that as a victim, employers are allowed to victimize me by denying me employment? Yep.
I've said it once and I'll say it again: Laws exist to protect big business, politicians and the financial top 1%.
I was always a big Amazon shopper because they are one of the biggest Linux success stories. I support that.
When I read their TOS for Unbox, being told I could only be a customer of theirs for this service if I was a Windows XP user, I sent them a nice little message explaining how they alienated a large percentage of their clientelle over this.
I cancelled my account with them immediately and told them why.
Films are created to tell a story in a specific way. Now, if that includes elements that may be offensive to others, oh well. You can't please everyone!
If you don't like blue language, sex or violence, don't see the movie. That's what the rating system is set up to educate you about. I know one person who walked out of the theatre on a PG-rated film because an actress said the word 'hell'. Hey, to each his own.
If anyone modified my films to please their families and kids, there would be HELL to pay.
I play WoW on my PC.
Sony, can you offer a 'console' version of the PS3 that we can get cheaper?
Mr. Gosling, please offer us a link to the code.
And then some jackass sues Blizzard...