My school refuses to upgrade from IE6, and as a result a lot of us have been running portable Firefox from usb flash drives. So what does the brilliant administration do? They actively put measures in place to prevent us from running anything except IE; now they have the systems set up to instantly kill your session if any window has the word "Mozilla", "Firefox", "Iceweasel", or "Chrome" in the window title (I guess they're not aware of the Firesomething extension).
Nonsense, KDE 4.3 with a few apps running uses a few hundred MB at most. Firefox is the only real memory hog, but even with 30+ tabs open I barely touch my swap space.
I don't know about Visual Studio, but there are several professional-quality digital audio workstations for Linux, and Blender is just as good if not better than 3DSMax.
Unfortunately 2 GBs *ain't* enough for anybody, and the 32-bit address space is a bit short for properly managing more than that.
Right now I'm running Firefox with 12 tabs, listening to music, and editing a lengthy file in OpenOffice, while running KDE with full composing effects enabled... and I'm using about half of my 1GB. What use could I possibly have for 4GB?
This is Canada. It's *not* the USA. We do not have absolute rights here when it comes to freedom of expression. Those rights are tempered by the reality that such expression can bring about great social harm. The right to freedom of expression can be infringed if is necessary to serve the goals of a multicultural, free and democratic society.
To criticize Soviet policy goes against the will of the people, and opposition to the people cannot be allowed in a free socialist society.
This really isn't a big deal. If the Germans want Internet, they can just take it from Poland, or maybe France (they could connect the tubes through Belgium). It worked last time, didn't it?
An ideology, by definition, can't be corrupt. Conservatism says that we should respect tradition and economic individualism, liberalism says that we should raise taxes to aid the poor. There's nothing wrong with the two ideologies themselves, what's corrupt are the two parties that supposedly represent them.
We do all have a common goal, the problem is that nobody can agree on how to achieve it. Conservatives say cutting taxes and freeing the economy will bring prosperity, liberals say regulating trade and redistributing wealth will. Getting both sides to come to an agreement would require the second coming of christ.
I don't support Ron Paul because I enjoy my social programs. I don't see the logic in supporting a libertarian because of one thing he has right (getting out of Iraq).
Sorry, I was confusing you with the grandparent poster (who stated that he is a libertarian opposed to Paul due to abortion).
No, but I am implying that it is chauvinistic to dismiss abortion as a "silly issue."
I strongly disagree. Chauvinism is the reason why people look at issues like abortion from a men vs. women perspective. And considering that we have a $9000000000000+ national debt, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Iran as well if McCain gets his way), a falling economy, a collapsing social security system, and out-of-control inflation, I'd say abortion is a pretty silly issue to base your vote on.
Are you implying that all women intend to get abortions? The vast majority wouldn't even consider it except for rape/medical problems. Even in the unlikely scenario that Paul does appoint supreme court Justices who are able to overturn Roe v. Wade, individual states would still be free to legalize or ban abortion. The only federal abortion legislation that Paul supports is a ban on partial-birth abortions, which is very sensible. I don't see the logic in supporting a neocon statist like McCain or Hillary over a libertarian because of one flaw.
But I should mention that I am not a fan of Ron Paul, I believe his anti-abortion stance is incompatible with the individual freedom mandate at the core of libertarianism.
He wants to withdraw from Iraq, abolish the IRS and federal reserve, phase out social security, radically cut spending... and you're basing your opinion on a silly issue like abortion?
I agree completely. As the government gets even bigger and continues regulating our lives in more ways, living in seclusion is only going to get harder.
If I lived by any record stores that had albums I like (semi-underground independent stuff), I would shop there all the time. Unfortunately, the only way to buy albums I like is through online mail order sites.
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My school refuses to upgrade from IE6, and as a result a lot of us have been running portable Firefox from usb flash drives. So what does the brilliant administration do? They actively put measures in place to prevent us from running anything except IE; now they have the systems set up to instantly kill your session if any window has the word "Mozilla", "Firefox", "Iceweasel", or "Chrome" in the window title (I guess they're not aware of the Firesomething extension).
Aren't all people descended from those who wanted kids or had bad impulse control?
Nonsense, KDE 4.3 with a few apps running uses a few hundred MB at most. Firefox is the only real memory hog, but even with 30+ tabs open I barely touch my swap space.
Flash was one of the ONLY issues with 64-bit Linux, and it was resolved about a year ago.
I don't know about Visual Studio, but there are several professional-quality digital audio workstations for Linux, and Blender is just as good if not better than 3DSMax.
Unfortunately 2 GBs *ain't* enough for anybody, and the 32-bit address space is a bit short for properly managing more than that.
Right now I'm running Firefox with 12 tabs, listening to music, and editing a lengthy file in OpenOffice, while running KDE with full composing effects enabled... and I'm using about half of my 1GB. What use could I possibly have for 4GB?
This is Canada. It's *not* the USA. We do not have absolute rights here when it comes to freedom of expression. Those rights are tempered by the reality that such expression can bring about great social harm. The right to freedom of expression can be infringed if is necessary to serve the goals of a multicultural, free and democratic society.
To criticize Soviet policy goes against the will of the people, and opposition to the people cannot be allowed in a free socialist society.
This really isn't a big deal. If the Germans want Internet, they can just take it from Poland, or maybe France (they could connect the tubes through Belgium). It worked last time, didn't it?
...ZigBee? Who the hell came up with that name?
Why are you pissed? At least you're not the ones paying for this shenanigans.
Conservatives say ceding control of our polity to large corporations and those lucky enough to control them will bring prosperity.
You're thinking of corporatism, giving handouts to businesses stifles the free market.
An ideology, by definition, can't be corrupt. Conservatism says that we should respect tradition and economic individualism, liberalism says that we should raise taxes to aid the poor. There's nothing wrong with the two ideologies themselves, what's corrupt are the two parties that supposedly represent them.
We do all have a common goal, the problem is that nobody can agree on how to achieve it. Conservatives say cutting taxes and freeing the economy will bring prosperity, liberals say regulating trade and redistributing wealth will. Getting both sides to come to an agreement would require the second coming of christ.
Americans have always been opposed to centralized power (until recently, anyway).
I don't support Ron Paul because I enjoy my social programs. I don't see the logic in supporting a libertarian because of one thing he has right (getting out of Iraq).
Sorry, I was confusing you with the grandparent poster (who stated that he is a libertarian opposed to Paul due to abortion).
No, but I am implying that it is chauvinistic to dismiss abortion as a "silly issue."
I strongly disagree. Chauvinism is the reason why people look at issues like abortion from a men vs. women perspective. And considering that we have a $9000000000000+ national debt, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Iran as well if McCain gets his way), a falling economy, a collapsing social security system, and out-of-control inflation, I'd say abortion is a pretty silly issue to base your vote on.
Are you implying that all women intend to get abortions? The vast majority wouldn't even consider it except for rape/medical problems. Even in the unlikely scenario that Paul does appoint supreme court Justices who are able to overturn Roe v. Wade, individual states would still be free to legalize or ban abortion. The only federal abortion legislation that Paul supports is a ban on partial-birth abortions, which is very sensible. I don't see the logic in supporting a neocon statist like McCain or Hillary over a libertarian because of one flaw.
But I should mention that I am not a fan of Ron Paul, I believe his anti-abortion stance is incompatible with the individual freedom mandate at the core of libertarianism.
He wants to withdraw from Iraq, abolish the IRS and federal reserve, phase out social security, radically cut spending... and you're basing your opinion on a silly issue like abortion?
It's actually 0% education. Schools are run by state governments, not the federal government.
$100 for a 7600GS? I just bought a 7600GT for $70, and the price is probably going down even more now that the 8800GT is out.
I agree completely. As the government gets even bigger and continues regulating our lives in more ways, living in seclusion is only going to get harder.
Godwin's law. You lose.
I couldn't agree more.
If I lived by any record stores that had albums I like (semi-underground independent stuff), I would shop there all the time. Unfortunately, the only way to buy albums I like is through online mail order sites.
That was the only game I owned for the first few years I had an NES (when I was like, 5 years old). I must have spent 100+ hours playing that game.
iPods can play ogg/flac files, as can any mp3 player supported by Rockbox.
http://rockbox.org