While I see your point, Paul Graham, a PhD in CS from Harvard and Lisp Hacker, once wrote that he doesn't understand Windows.
I have no CS degree at this time, and I also don't understand Windows (makes no sense to me, I keep finding myself going WTF) but I get along just fine with Ubuntu for example . . .
Personally, I find Dreamweaver 8 to be an absolute piece of shit, I get more done with a plain text editor, you can spend more time fighting the piece of shit than it would take to write the XHTML by hand, that and less pain, I am SO glad I used an unlicensed copy, to anyone from the development team of that steaming pile of soggy lipsticked excrement reading this, a big hearty soulfelt bellowing
I fully agree that removing drug prohibition would solve the problem, gosh, I WISH they would, I really do, but as we all know, that is not likely to happen. They are already spraying with Glyphosate down here, which is a rather destructive compound and is NOT working (not so much due to the compound's effectiveness, but to the fact that they have been unable to spray every single field at once) . . . spraying with the organism I dream of is only a step up from that, and it is likely to work, as it would propagate itself . . .
A. Many, many people down here DO want the coca plants. How else can someone not ever have to work or study, and drive a BMW?
B. The possible environmental damage is not likely to be as bad for the environment as the coca plantations and labs already are.
C. The possible environmental damage is not likely to be as bad for the population here as the drug trade is. We are talking tens of thousands of homicides a year. Just here. Now take a look at Mexico. Then look at the crack cocaine ghettos in the US. Then the crack cocaine ghettos in the rest of the world . . . I wouldn't be surprised if you have one or several (even at a smaller scale) in your own country.
Everything that has been tried so far has obviously failed. There is a cocaine vaccine in the works from what I have read. I think that eradicating the crops once and for all would be a more optimal solution, and what has been done in that regard thus far (spraying and manual eradication) has failed.
(in uber layman terms as I know next to nothing about the subject)
basically an organism that feeds on coca plants (coca as in the plant that ultimately gives the world CRACK) thereby unleashing a disease that would eradicate most of the plants . . . seriously, I wish to GOD someone would either create it, or that it would happen naturally (although I doubt that)
A microorganism that feeds on plants with a high alkaloid content.
That would do so much for the world - and for me too! the neo-fascist caudillo government down here is FUELED by dope money (and 700 million hard earned US taxpayer dollars per year that the bush admin has been giving them)
Ah, yet another reason to refrain from buying Apple products, and - more importantly - recommending their products to windows users . . . for the last six months, I have been pointing them to Ubuntu . . .
I am wondering how they billed . . . only thing that comes to mind is cash . . . does anyone know?
I am amazed it took that long for them to be caught.
Moe
Interesting, how the entire concept behind this particular opinion by Stallman has COMPLETELY gone over your head guy. I suspect his other theories and opinions do so as well.
Here it is, nice and simple: by using someone else's hardware and software to do your computing and store your data, you risk losing access to and control over said hardware and software resources, as well as your data.
Now, please don't try to make me list all the possible scenarios, or explain it to you any further - I have no patience for it.
Isn't this just the type of thing that Stallman was referring to not long ago? Granted, the particular details of this instance are not THAT alarming (people's profiles) however, it certainly goes to show . . .
I agreed with him then, and will certainly keep it in mind.
From what I understand about conventional closed tower cases, the vents present on both right and left side panels are meant to enable air to be channeled over the motherboard, thus providing cooling.
Wouldn't this design actually cause components to overheat?
I don't know about the California State Prison system, but I do know that in the Federal Prison system, inmates are not allowed near computers, nor are they allowed to receive or read books related to computers. This is supposedly for security reasons (so that inmates won't "be able to cause the front doors to open", for example - this is according to the Federal authorities) I really doubt that he will be given access to a computer, and much less one with an internet connection. It's about punishment. It's about suffering. Hell, even if they were allowed, they would keep him away from one somehow or another just to make him suffer that much more. It was painful to read his wish for that in his confession, because I as a geek can totally sympathize and empathize with that. Part of me wishes that they somehow give him access to a machine with a connection and put him to work for free for 15 years for the good of society, I really wish that would happen - but I seriously, seriously doubt it.
If he's lucky, he will be put to work in a role aligned with his skills (not in the kitchen or laundry for example) that will make him a valuable asset to prison authorities, which will both serve society (by saving taxpayers money) and keep him from committing suicide, because if the suits value him, his living conditions will improve some, and he will be able to retain his sanity.
He deserves a kick in the ass for not taking that 3 year plea bargain . . . if they offered it, it was for a reason. Even as corrupt (and corruption is much more than the hollywood take a briefcase full of cash in a dark alley while wearing a trenchcoat and dark sunglasses scene) and irresponsible as executive branch people can be, there are times when they actually do the right thing, whether because they feel like it or because they feel they must.
I think you are referring to a State prison system camp. Federal prison camps are much different - not as bad as what you described. A fucking cakewalk when compared to a fenced in or walled in prison. Federal Facilities are not as bad as state prisons, the problem with the federal system is that, you don't exactly have to commit a crime to end up in there, the conspiracy laws for example only require one or two jokers getting on the stand and saying that you agreed to commit a crime. If the crime in question carries a mandatory life sentence, you'll get it, and that's it, nothing anyone can do for you. Happens all the time, families against mandatory minimums probably has plenty of info about real cases. Oh, and the jokers on the stand can be johnny and paco, who had a long rapsheet and were up for 25 years after being caught selling crack near a school, they will say or do anything . . .
Absolutely, and he is also going to be charged with escape, and that might just turn out to cost him MORE time than what he was serving to being with . . . his security level will go up too . . . what an absolute imbecile, he IS going to be sent to a real prison now, and - while rape isn't as common as most people believe - he will at the very least get beat up proper . . . which I applaud and approve of in his case. Hope they send him to someplace in California.:)
I know where you are coming from, but trust me, 15 MONTHS in a prison feels like a long time . . . he won't be out in any less than 15 years as far as I understand. That's a long time. Why, that is so long that - from what I have heard - he probably won't want to leave when his day comes (isn't the thought of that scary?) if he lives that long being white in a California penitentiary that is.
Well, you sound as though you are for real so I will reply. I can sympathize with nearly losing control when having to endure some sick cunt, but, let me tell you, some cunt's misbehavior does not justify strangling the fucking bitch.
Have you ever watched someone being murdered? Seeing someone alive one minute and dead the next, just laying there, just having pissed and shit on his/her self, all that, it's nothing nice man . . .
Trust me, a proper assbeating is much better for you and the mouthy bitch/asshole in question.
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While I see your point, Paul Graham, a PhD in CS from Harvard and Lisp Hacker, once wrote that he doesn't understand Windows. I have no CS degree at this time, and I also don't understand Windows (makes no sense to me, I keep finding myself going WTF) but I get along just fine with Ubuntu for example . . .
Personally, I find Dreamweaver 8 to be an absolute piece of shit, I get more done with a plain text editor, you can spend more time fighting the piece of shit than it would take to write the XHTML by hand, that and less pain, I am SO glad I used an unlicensed copy, to anyone from the development team of that steaming pile of soggy lipsticked excrement reading this, a big hearty soulfelt bellowing
F U C K Y O U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never a dull moment back home in L.A.
judging by the size of many normal household critters down here
You don't ever want to see a giant cockroach flying straight at you as you stumble to the bathroom half asleep at 3 AM
No, I don't work for the man.
I fully agree that removing drug prohibition would solve the problem, gosh, I WISH they would, I really do, but as we all know, that is not likely to happen. They are already spraying with Glyphosate down here, which is a rather destructive compound and is NOT working (not so much due to the compound's effectiveness, but to the fact that they have been unable to spray every single field at once) . . . spraying with the organism I dream of is only a step up from that, and it is likely to work, as it would propagate itself . . .
I know what you mean. Thing is:
A. Many, many people down here DO want the coca plants. How else can someone not ever have to work or study, and drive a BMW?
B. The possible environmental damage is not likely to be as bad for the environment as the coca plantations and labs already are.
C. The possible environmental damage is not likely to be as bad for the population here as the drug trade is. We are talking tens of thousands of homicides a year. Just here. Now take a look at Mexico. Then look at the crack cocaine ghettos in the US. Then the crack cocaine ghettos in the rest of the world . . . I wouldn't be surprised if you have one or several (even at a smaller scale) in your own country.
Everything that has been tried so far has obviously failed. There is a cocaine vaccine in the works from what I have read. I think that eradicating the crops once and for all would be a more optimal solution, and what has been done in that regard thus far (spraying and manual eradication) has failed.
Someone has to do something.
(in uber layman terms as I know next to nothing about the subject)
basically an organism that feeds on coca plants (coca as in the plant that ultimately gives the world CRACK) thereby unleashing a disease that would eradicate most of the plants . . . seriously, I wish to GOD someone would either create it, or that it would happen naturally (although I doubt that)
A microorganism that feeds on plants with a high alkaloid content.
That would do so much for the world - and for me too! the neo-fascist caudillo government down here is FUELED by dope money (and 700 million hard earned US taxpayer dollars per year that the bush admin has been giving them)
sigh
I would die a happy man.
Ah, a man can at least dream . . .
I can't believe that, what a fucking prick.
Life has been WAY too kind to him.
Ah, yet another reason to refrain from buying Apple products, and - more importantly - recommending their products to windows users . . . for the last six months, I have been pointing them to Ubuntu . . .
Isn't this what Stallman said? And people still rag on him around here.
The US Federal Government's decisions have a direct impact on my life, here where I live. There is hope yet.
HOORAY
is who I would vote for - if I could. I hope he wins! Moe
I am wondering how they billed . . . only thing that comes to mind is cash . . . does anyone know? I am amazed it took that long for them to be caught. Moe
Interesting, how the entire concept behind this particular opinion by Stallman has COMPLETELY gone over your head guy. I suspect his other theories and opinions do so as well.
Here it is, nice and simple: by using someone else's hardware and software to do your computing and store your data, you risk losing access to and control over said hardware and software resources, as well as your data.
Now, please don't try to make me list all the possible scenarios, or explain it to you any further - I have no patience for it.
Stallman is absolutely right on this.
Isn't this just the type of thing that Stallman was referring to not long ago? Granted, the particular details of this instance are not THAT alarming (people's profiles) however, it certainly goes to show . . .
I agreed with him then, and will certainly keep it in mind.
Moe
From what I understand about conventional closed tower cases, the vents present on both right and left side panels are meant to enable air to be channeled over the motherboard, thus providing cooling.
Wouldn't this design actually cause components to overheat?
I just went there to look for the snoopy calendar article and . . . the motherfucking cocksucking douchebags DELETED IT!!!!!!!!
I agree. Personally, I find their prices to be no better than anyone else's, and their service is not that great at all most of the time.
I don't know about the California State Prison system, but I do know that in the Federal Prison system, inmates are not allowed near computers, nor are they allowed to receive or read books related to computers. This is supposedly for security reasons (so that inmates won't "be able to cause the front doors to open", for example - this is according to the Federal authorities) I really doubt that he will be given access to a computer, and much less one with an internet connection. It's about punishment. It's about suffering. Hell, even if they were allowed, they would keep him away from one somehow or another just to make him suffer that much more. It was painful to read his wish for that in his confession, because I as a geek can totally sympathize and empathize with that. Part of me wishes that they somehow give him access to a machine with a connection and put him to work for free for 15 years for the good of society, I really wish that would happen - but I seriously, seriously doubt it.
If he's lucky, he will be put to work in a role aligned with his skills (not in the kitchen or laundry for example) that will make him a valuable asset to prison authorities, which will both serve society (by saving taxpayers money) and keep him from committing suicide, because if the suits value him, his living conditions will improve some, and he will be able to retain his sanity.
He deserves a kick in the ass for not taking that 3 year plea bargain . . . if they offered it, it was for a reason. Even as corrupt (and corruption is much more than the hollywood take a briefcase full of cash in a dark alley while wearing a trenchcoat and dark sunglasses scene) and irresponsible as executive branch people can be, there are times when they actually do the right thing, whether because they feel like it or because they feel they must.
I am glad the whole thing is over.
Wish I could be there . . . I say be polite, don't play into their hands . . . but don't trust them at all, keep them at a distance.
And show them we are better than they are. Please get that point across.
I agree.
I need someone to solder a few of those together for me, as my soldering skills are way limited - not good enough to build those.
Moe
I think you are referring to a State prison system camp. Federal prison camps are much different - not as bad as what you described. A fucking cakewalk when compared to a fenced in or walled in prison. Federal Facilities are not as bad as state prisons, the problem with the federal system is that, you don't exactly have to commit a crime to end up in there, the conspiracy laws for example only require one or two jokers getting on the stand and saying that you agreed to commit a crime. If the crime in question carries a mandatory life sentence, you'll get it, and that's it, nothing anyone can do for you. Happens all the time, families against mandatory minimums probably has plenty of info about real cases. Oh, and the jokers on the stand can be johnny and paco, who had a long rapsheet and were up for 25 years after being caught selling crack near a school, they will say or do anything . . .
Absolutely, and he is also going to be charged with escape, and that might just turn out to cost him MORE time than what he was serving to being with . . . his security level will go up too . . . what an absolute imbecile, he IS going to be sent to a real prison now, and - while rape isn't as common as most people believe - he will at the very least get beat up proper . . . which I applaud and approve of in his case. Hope they send him to someplace in California. :)
Moe
I know where you are coming from, but trust me, 15 MONTHS in a prison feels like a long time . . . he won't be out in any less than 15 years as far as I understand. That's a long time. Why, that is so long that - from what I have heard - he probably won't want to leave when his day comes (isn't the thought of that scary?) if he lives that long being white in a California penitentiary that is.
He probably won't.
Well, you sound as though you are for real so I will reply. I can sympathize with nearly losing control when having to endure some sick cunt, but, let me tell you, some cunt's misbehavior does not justify strangling the fucking bitch.
Have you ever watched someone being murdered? Seeing someone alive one minute and dead the next, just laying there, just having pissed and shit on his/her self, all that, it's nothing nice man . . .
Trust me, a proper assbeating is much better for you and the mouthy bitch/asshole in question.