Except, he cited a specific example of lies and fraud in the service of election manipulation by a high profile producer, anchor, and huge media business. You, on other hand, just hate Fox for not actively and aggressively (a la MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NPR, the NYT and all the rest) pushing the same lefty politics as the other major outlets.
Yes, he cited a specific example and I simply cited a another - of a huge media business. Your assumptions are incorrect. I don't hate FOX News for not pushing "lefty politics", I hate them because they're dishonest and disingenuous, and are simply pushing the politics of Rupert Murdoch. Nor do I hate successful people. I simply hate hypocrites. You, on the other hand, seem to have some serious (anger?) issues, but you go on believing in and extolling the virtues of FOX News (and, I'm just guessing, the Republican party), because I'm sure they really, really care about you.
See, first you make up a story that Advances The Narrative, then you create evidence for it (in a font that wasn't invented at the time it was supposed to happen), and then you're Dan Rather. Truthiness rules!
Congratulations! You've just described how FOX News works: The Truth be damned, push the Rich, Conservative agenda...
You seem awfully concerned about potential dangers - and the weather. Live in Tornado Alley? Listen, I get what you're saying, but there's also such a thing as information overload and worrying about things you cannot control. Sometimes more is not better. I've been a Unix sysadmin for 25+ years on almost every Unix system known (PC to Cray-2). I'm connected and as up-to-date as I need to be, but If I were to never see another computer again, that would okay.
As for me, my wife of 20 years died in 2006 of a brain tumor, just 7 weeks after diagnosis. Died in my arms; I heard her last breath, felt her last heartbeat. I gained a lot of perspective during our last weeks and moments together. On day one, when the doctor said that it was probably a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) I knew she was going to die. More information didn't make anything better.
She was 61 and I was 42 (now 48). We were (I am) debt-free with already enough savings for... well forever. Now it's just me and "The Longer Life" isn't so appealing. Sure, I go to work (so I don't get bored) and carry on, but I don't worry about much anymore. Thing is... I'm smart, healthy and fit and will probably live longer than you - sigh.
To answer your queries. I have a simple Qualcomm QCP-1900 from 1988 that I have for emergencies. If I'm going somewhere unfamiliar, I either get directions from someone (or Google Maps / MapQuest) or buy an actual map depending on how much time I'm going to spend driving around my destination. Sometime I'll scrounge when I get there. I don't use an alarm clock or wear a watch as I generally don't care what time it is or wake up - not even for work (yes, I'm special). I don't snooze in the car. I bring or will buy/borrow a book if needed, don't need to listen to music or watch TV/movies on a whim. If I get bored, I find something to do...
All I'd fault Obama for is health care, not raising taxes on the rich, not insisting that oil subsidies stop, and caving in to the radical, hypocritical Republicans in the House.
I'm with you on your other statements, but am willing to cut Obama some slack on the above. After all, Obama may have a vision for the Country, but it is the responsibility of Congress to actually pass the Laws to make it happen. The Democrats in Congress pissed away their opportunity to "get things done" before they lost their House majority. And the Republicans don't really care about the rank and file like us, just rich people and big corporations - any of you Republicans out there who are gay, not white, make less than $500k or own a small business are deluding yourself if you think the GOP actually cares about you.
If anything, I would fault Obama for believing Congress would (could?) act like adults and put Country before State, before constituents (or the "Rich" in the case of Republicans). The Tea Party are simply ignorant, selfish people railing at the Government, from their Medicare paid-for electric wheelchairs, for supporting things (and people) they, themselves, don't care about.
The problem is this: The budget is comprised of social insurance programs, the military, interest on the debt, and "Everything Else." If you cut the entirety of "Everything Else," you will not close the deficit.
The "everything else" part you're talking about is called the Discretionary Spending. This actually includes Defense, which is more than half of this. From Mandatory Spending (2012):
Mandatory spending is 57% of total Federal spending. It almost three times as much as the military budget, and 1 1/2 times all discretionary spending.
Mandatory Spending, at $2.109 trillion in FY 2012. The largest mandatory spending programs were Social Security and Medicare, as follows:
Social Security - $761 billion
Medicare - $468 billion
Medicaid - $269 billion
TARP - $13 billion
All other mandatory programs - $598 billion. These programs include Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation, Child Nutrition and Tax Credits, Supplemental Security for the Disabled and Student Loans.
Discretionary spending in FY 2010 was $1.3 trillion, or 38% of total spending. More than half ($815 billion) was security spending, which includes the Department of Defense, overseas contingency programs and Homeland Security.
Non-security spending was $491 billion. The largest departments were: Health and Human Services ($84 billion), Education ($64.3 billion), Housing and Urban Development ($42.8 billion) Justice ($27.6 billion), and Agriculture ($25 billion).
your scale here is way off. public radio and nea funding are ridiculously small drops
So true. Every so often, Public Radio does a bit where they play a segment of music for different parts of the Federal budget with segment length proportional to that part's size of the budget. Segments for SSI, Medicare and Defense go on for quite some time where segments for Public Radio and the NEA get about *one* note.
When a politician says he intends to pass Bill X, you expect him to pass Bill X. And yet these scumbags never do what they say.
Of course, *one* politician cannot pass a Bill. Sure he can promise to support and vote for it, but to get it actually passed into Law requires things out of his control. It's true that a politician's word may exhibit a bit of, shall we say, flexibility and they may be scumbags, but often - to give them the benefit of doubt) their changing positions are a result of idealism losing to reality.
For example, I'm constantly surprised that people hold the President (of the U.S.) - any President - responsible for all the country's woes. The president may have a vision for the country, but Congress is responsible for passing the Laws to make that happen. All I expect is that a politician *tries* to keep his/her promises - for the benefit of the Country, their State, and their Constitutes - in that order. Sadly, this is where the current Congress fails, especially (if I may) the Republicans and the Tea Party. They're looking out for themselves before State and Country.
Perhaps someone who started using computers after OS/2 Warp and Windows 95 came around has a better idea of what a GUI working environment should look like compared to someone who have fond memories of ENIVAC? I am not that old but I can say with absolute certainty that my CP/M skills does not give me any edge in this discussion.
Implying that one must grow up with a technology to better understand it than someone who predates it is silly. Younger is not, contrary to the opinions of the young, necessarily better than older. I've been using computers (college/professionally) since before the Internet was the ARPAnet and been a sysadmin on almost every Unix platform known (PC to Cray-2). If nothing else, we older folks know a little about a LOT of things and have what many/most youngsters lack - perspective. I'm sure, even in a discussion about GUIs, your CP/M skills help in ways you might not even recognize...though, having said that, I'm currently racking my brain to see how:-)
What's wrong with focusing on fixing this planet first?
Nothing, except many of its inhabitants are short-sighted, selfish, petty, nimrods, who only care about themselves and what effects them directly, and they are, to a great extent, the ones in charge/power making decisions that affect the rest.
If you want some hard-core (also no FTL) Sci-Fi, I recommend Alastar Reynolds. I just finished his Revelation Space series. I also liked The Jump 225 trilogy by David Louis Edelman, starting with Infoquake, and The Windup Girl, a biopunk novel by Paolo Bacigalupi.
Yes Kids. your PHD in physics is a joke compared to the old fart that has actually worked in the field for decades after he got his PHD. He does in fact know more than you do.
More to the point is that sometimes education wins over experience, but not always. It all really depends on the situation. I have 25+ years working on just about every Unix platform known (and some Windows) and about 10 programming languages. If nothing else, I know a little about a LOT of things and can put that knowledge together. For example, some younger/newer employees know more about Java (using Eclipse) than I do, but their problem solving skills or system integration skills are underdeveloped (or lacking) and often my programming solutions work better as I have a better understanding of the whole, not just the parts. (and my Emacs skills can eat Eclipse for lunch w/fries) In the longer run, I can shore up my individual skills faster than someone else can acquire the broad range of knowledge I've earned through my years of experience. Just my $.02.
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Yes, he cited a specific example and I simply cited a another - of a huge media business. Your assumptions are incorrect. I don't hate FOX News for not pushing "lefty politics", I hate them because they're dishonest and disingenuous, and are simply pushing the politics of Rupert Murdoch. Nor do I hate successful people. I simply hate hypocrites. You, on the other hand, seem to have some serious (anger?) issues, but you go on believing in and extolling the virtues of FOX News (and, I'm just guessing, the Republican party), because I'm sure they really, really care about you.
On a lighter note, Merry Christmas - seriously.
Congratulations! You've just described how FOX News works: The Truth be damned, push the Rich, Conservative agenda...
If the Taliban wants to see something obscene, they should look in the mirror.
As for me, my wife of 20 years died in 2006 of a brain tumor, just 7 weeks after diagnosis. Died in my arms; I heard her last breath, felt her last heartbeat. I gained a lot of perspective during our last weeks and moments together. On day one, when the doctor said that it was probably a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) I knew she was going to die. More information didn't make anything better.
She was 61 and I was 42 (now 48). We were (I am) debt-free with already enough savings for ... well forever. Now it's just me and "The Longer Life" isn't so appealing. Sure, I go to work (so I don't get bored) and carry on, but I don't worry about much anymore. Thing is... I'm smart, healthy and fit and will probably live longer than you - sigh.
I've got bigger problems. I have one of those Steven Wright maps of the US - its actual size. The legend says "1 mile = 1 mile". Steven lives at E4.
To answer your queries. I have a simple Qualcomm QCP-1900 from 1988 that I have for emergencies. If I'm going somewhere unfamiliar, I either get directions from someone (or Google Maps / MapQuest) or buy an actual map depending on how much time I'm going to spend driving around my destination. Sometime I'll scrounge when I get there. I don't use an alarm clock or wear a watch as I generally don't care what time it is or wake up - not even for work (yes, I'm special). I don't snooze in the car. I bring or will buy/borrow a book if needed, don't need to listen to music or watch TV/movies on a whim. If I get bored, I find something to do...
Merry New Year!
I'm with you on your other statements, but am willing to cut Obama some slack on the above. After all, Obama may have a vision for the Country, but it is the responsibility of Congress to actually pass the Laws to make it happen. The Democrats in Congress pissed away their opportunity to "get things done" before they lost their House majority. And the Republicans don't really care about the rank and file like us, just rich people and big corporations - any of you Republicans out there who are gay, not white, make less than $500k or own a small business are deluding yourself if you think the GOP actually cares about you.
If anything, I would fault Obama for believing Congress would (could?) act like adults and put Country before State, before constituents (or the "Rich" in the case of Republicans). The Tea Party are simply ignorant, selfish people railing at the Government, from their Medicare paid-for electric wheelchairs, for supporting things (and people) they, themselves, don't care about.
The "everything else" part you're talking about is called the Discretionary Spending. This actually includes Defense, which is more than half of this. From Mandatory Spending (2012):
and Discretionary Spending (2010):
So true. Every so often, Public Radio does a bit where they play a segment of music for different parts of the Federal budget with segment length proportional to that part's size of the budget. Segments for SSI, Medicare and Defense go on for quite some time where segments for Public Radio and the NEA get about *one* note.
Of course, *one* politician cannot pass a Bill. Sure he can promise to support and vote for it, but to get it actually passed into Law requires things out of his control. It's true that a politician's word may exhibit a bit of, shall we say, flexibility and they may be scumbags, but often - to give them the benefit of doubt) their changing positions are a result of idealism losing to reality.
For example, I'm constantly surprised that people hold the President (of the U.S.) - any President - responsible for all the country's woes. The president may have a vision for the country, but Congress is responsible for passing the Laws to make that happen. All I expect is that a politician *tries* to keep his/her promises - for the benefit of the Country, their State, and their Constitutes - in that order. Sadly, this is where the current Congress fails, especially (if I may) the Republicans and the Tea Party. They're looking out for themselves before State and Country.
Or, as Steven Wright said: "Anywhere is walking distance if you have the time."
Implying that one must grow up with a technology to better understand it than someone who predates it is silly. Younger is not, contrary to the opinions of the young, necessarily better than older. I've been using computers (college/professionally) since before the Internet was the ARPAnet and been a sysadmin on almost every Unix platform known (PC to Cray-2). If nothing else, we older folks know a little about a LOT of things and have what many/most youngsters lack - perspective. I'm sure, even in a discussion about GUIs, your CP/M skills help in ways you might not even recognize...though, having said that, I'm currently racking my brain to see how :-)
Well, ya, but I have a map for that... No seriously, an actual map. :-)
Nothing, except many of its inhabitants are short-sighted, selfish, petty, nimrods, who only care about themselves and what effects them directly, and they are, to a great extent, the ones in charge/power making decisions that affect the rest.
Great, soon we'll be accidentally feeding Iran.
Overheard in a remote jungle data center: "I pity da fool that soldered this motherboard!"
If you want some hard-core (also no FTL) Sci-Fi, I recommend Alastar Reynolds. I just finished his Revelation Space series. I also liked The Jump 225 trilogy by David Louis Edelman, starting with Infoquake, and The Windup Girl, a biopunk novel by Paolo Bacigalupi.
Then on to the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov...
Possibly true, but the planes can cost a lot less and the pilots don't die.
More to the point is that sometimes education wins over experience, but not always. It all really depends on the situation. I have 25+ years working on just about every Unix platform known (and some Windows) and about 10 programming languages. If nothing else, I know a little about a LOT of things and can put that knowledge together. For example, some younger/newer employees know more about Java (using Eclipse) than I do, but their problem solving skills or system integration skills are underdeveloped (or lacking) and often my programming solutions work better as I have a better understanding of the whole, not just the parts. (and my Emacs skills can eat Eclipse for lunch w/fries) In the longer run, I can shore up my individual skills faster than someone else can acquire the broad range of knowledge I've earned through my years of experience. Just my $.02.
See post after yours:
More to this point, for example, "The food colorants cochineal and carmine are made from ground bugs." - True.
For more: Google food dye bug|beetle
Let me introduce you to the file: /etc/hosts
It's this kind of thinking that leads to divorce - and, no, I would never want to re-purpose my spouse as a "media streamer".
Unfortunately, I'm not blushing. It's a first-degree sunburn after a few minutes of sun exposure w/o the Ozone Layer...