The first part of that is the investigation of wrongdoing by the appropriate authorities. Hopefully, I don't need to point out that we only have one side of the story here, and the toy store lady is hardly a neutral observer. Customs has the power to seize infringing goods on the spot as part of their investigation, and yet they simply ordered her to take it off the shelves and then left without them? Something doesn't add up there, and I won't be a bit surprised to learn that there's more to the story than she's letting on...
Probably so, but it's really just another day at the office for Customs. Hell, NPR had a story earlier this week about Customs stepping up enforcement of IP laws for imports, so there are about 13 million or so "Morning Edition" listeners who are ahead of the/. curve, whereas here we get the knee-jerk "OMG THOSE FUKKIN BROWNSHIRTS!!!!" reaction from the uninformed shut-in crowd.
Whatever. Customs has been doing this kind of thing for years - they change their letterhead because Congress puts them under DHS, and suddenly it's evidence of creeping fascism.
Of course it was. They don't make stuff like that in America - spelled with a "c", by the way, for the benefit of illiterates who fancy themselves clever - any more, because it's the sort of thing you can get in China for a fraction of the price that a domestic manufacturer would charge you. But don't take my word for it - "Founded in 1981, Toysmith is an importer/distributor of toys, gifts and novelties from all over the world."
Yes it probably is, and it took me a whopping 45 seconds on Google to figure that out - "Founded in 1981, Toysmith is an importer/distributor of toys, gifts and novelties from all over the world."
Verizon's only offer was to change my phone number -- a move that they would charge me for..
I had the same problem, but VZ changed my number for free. You should at least get that much if it's truly interfering with your affairs. Keep after them about it - remind them that VZ has plenty of local competition these days, and if they won't help you, perhaps MCI or Sprint or AT&T will....
I guess I'm not surprised that it doesn't work - IMO, nothing says "scam" quite so well as "only accepts payment through PayPal". Well, maybe eGold, but that's about it;)
I *really* *don't care* about the $10 I've now wasted....
Errr, well, I hope they're not *total* dirtbags, or you may find you care very much about the $1000 transaction that'll be charged to your card next week;)
I can't wait to see how much the telcos enjoy losing their Caller ID revenue stream when people get annoyed with faked calls.
I'm sure they won't mind too much as long as they can sell you, in its place, the PIN-authentication scheme you propose. You don't think they'll offer such a service for free, do you?;)
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The President himself has said it, on several occasions.
Let me get this straight - a guy whom 50% of the populace, give or take, absolutely denies as being representative, is "Americans"?
Nice try.
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I saw a program on TV which quoted some people who thought that the government was secretly reading their thoughts via satellite. Obviously, this is symptomatic of the beliefs of all people in the entire nation.
Also, the usual reason given...
Given by whom? "Americans"? I don't think so. "Some twits on a limey travelogue", maybe, but perhaps your willingness to extrapolate from such anecdotal non-evidence is more indicative of your own biases than it is of the attitudes among those whom you would observe.
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Americans frequently claim that others are "jealous" of their freedom.
I've been an American for several decades now, and I've never heard any such thing. Perhaps you can name some Americans who claim this, of the masses who "frequently" do so. Be sure to include addresses and phone numbers.
IBM's Power 5 is a lot more capable than the Itanium 2 in SpecFP - you are wrong!
Good catch, but I don't know if I'd say it's really "a lot" more capable. I think it speaks well about the I2 architecture that a single core I2 running at 80% of the clock speed of a dual-core Power5 gives you 80% of the performance of the Power5. IOW, if you'll permit me a bit of extrapolation, clock-for-clock, a single-core I2 matches the performance of a dual-core Power5. I think that's impressive - don't you?;)
Quite the contrary. Kerry is more popular in the rest of the world, because the rest of the world is not only more informed, they see first hand the results of American policies, and they see clearly how Bush lies and deceives.
In other words, you and the people who agree with you are smart and insightful, and the people who disagree with you are deluded and/or stupid.
Hang on to that feeling of moral superiority - it's going to have to last you another four years, methinks...
We can argue about synthetic benchmarks all day long, but in the end that's sort of like arguing over whether pink unicorns are faster than purple unicorns - it's fun to jawbone about, but it may not have much to do with reality;)
That being said, SPEC is - IMO, of course - a somewhat better indicator of real-world performance than linpack, in the sense that it captures more real-world type tasks than linpack. YMMV, naturally...
...just about any system with the same number of... well, gosh, almost any processor except an Itanium would be even faster...
Like what? Go out and look up SPEC results next time you're bored. I think you'll find that I2 is quite a bit more capable than you make out. IBM's dual-core POWER5 is just about the only thing out there that's even close to (a single-core) I2 in FP performance, and Opteron isn't even in the game at that level.
Is it a commercial failure? Probably, but so was Alpha - commercial success is not an indicator of actual performance.
Some applications have hardwired to launch iexplore.exe...
Might be fun to rename IE to iexplore.bak and FF to iexplore.exe - add the FF folder to PATH and see what happens. No promises, 'cause I haven't tried it, but like I said, might be fun;)
Our legislative branch seems to have forgotten this also. I read an article about 2 (?) weeks ago about the Senate passing a law that says the federal courts cannot hear any cases related to the Pledge of Allegiance challenges.
They remember it quite well,, I'm sure. Article III Section 2 of the Constitution explicitly permits Congress to do what they're attempting to do there - namely, to restrict the appellate jurisdiction of the federal courts. IOW, they have the absolute right and power to determine what sorts of appellate cases the federal courts can and cannot hear, including Pledge cases if they so desire. Whether it's a good idea or not is another argument, but they clearly have the legitimate power to do so.
Most states still have bans on the books, they are just currently null and void because the Supremes passed a constituitional amendment outta their asses. When that gets flushed those existing laws will make it illegal in most states.
Prior death-penalty laws were not automatically reinstated by Gregg v Georgia. Depending on how a decision overturning Roe were crafted, states would very likely have to compose new laws to comply with said decision.
A judge CANNOT order a legislature to pass a law, QED.
You wish. Unfortunately, for all practical purposes, judges can do exactly that by striking down extant laws and then telegraphing what sorts of laws they'll be likely to uphold in the future, thereby effectively directing legislatures to pass a particular law. C.f. Russell Clark's 12 year oversight of the Kansas City schools, for one of the more blatant examples of same.
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The first part of that is the investigation of wrongdoing by the appropriate authorities. Hopefully, I don't need to point out that we only have one side of the story here, and the toy store lady is hardly a neutral observer. Customs has the power to seize infringing goods on the spot as part of their investigation, and yet they simply ordered her to take it off the shelves and then left without them? Something doesn't add up there, and I won't be a bit surprised to learn that there's more to the story than she's letting on...
Probably so, but it's really just another day at the office for Customs. Hell, NPR had a story earlier this week about Customs stepping up enforcement of IP laws for imports, so there are about 13 million or so "Morning Edition" listeners who are ahead of the /. curve, whereas here we get the knee-jerk "OMG THOSE FUKKIN BROWNSHIRTS!!!!" reaction from the uninformed shut-in crowd.
Whatever. Customs has been doing this kind of thing for years - they change their letterhead because Congress puts them under DHS, and suddenly it's evidence of creeping fascism.
This.
Of course it was. They don't make stuff like that in America - spelled with a "c", by the way, for the benefit of illiterates who fancy themselves clever - any more, because it's the sort of thing you can get in China for a fraction of the price that a domestic manufacturer would charge you. But don't take my word for it - "Founded in 1981, Toysmith is an importer/distributor of toys, gifts and novelties from all over the world."
Yes it probably is, and it took me a whopping 45 seconds on Google to figure that out - "Founded in 1981, Toysmith is an importer/distributor of toys, gifts and novelties from all over the world."
source.
I had the same problem, but VZ changed my number for free. You should at least get that much if it's truly interfering with your affairs. Keep after them about it - remind them that VZ has plenty of local competition these days, and if they won't help you, perhaps MCI or Sprint or AT&T will....
I guess I'm not surprised that it doesn't work - IMO, nothing says "scam" quite so well as "only accepts payment through PayPal". Well, maybe eGold, but that's about it ;)
Errr, well, I hope they're not *total* dirtbags, or you may find you care very much about the $1000 transaction that'll be charged to your card next week ;)
I'm sure they won't mind too much as long as they can sell you, in its place, the PIN-authentication scheme you propose. You don't think they'll offer such a service for free, do you? ;)
Only 128 MB? You're gonna need a bigger player...
Let me get this straight - a guy whom 50% of the populace, give or take, absolutely denies as being representative, is "Americans"?
Nice try.
Also, the usual reason given...
Given by whom? "Americans"? I don't think so. "Some twits on a limey travelogue", maybe, but perhaps your willingness to extrapolate from such anecdotal non-evidence is more indicative of your own biases than it is of the attitudes among those whom you would observe.
I've been an American for several decades now, and I've never heard any such thing. Perhaps you can name some Americans who claim this, of the masses who "frequently" do so. Be sure to include addresses and phone numbers.
Good catch, but I don't know if I'd say it's really "a lot" more capable. I think it speaks well about the I2 architecture that a single core I2 running at 80% of the clock speed of a dual-core Power5 gives you 80% of the performance of the Power5. IOW, if you'll permit me a bit of extrapolation, clock-for-clock, a single-core I2 matches the performance of a dual-core Power5. I think that's impressive - don't you? ;)
Well, that's where SGI earns its keep, right?
Okay, maybe I'm all alone on this...
Why wait? Do be sure to alert me once one of the mice works up the courage to bell the cat ;)
In other words, you and the people who agree with you are smart and insightful, and the people who disagree with you are deluded and/or stupid.
Hang on to that feeling of moral superiority - it's going to have to last you another four years, methinks...
That being said, SPEC is - IMO, of course - a somewhat better indicator of real-world performance than linpack, in the sense that it captures more real-world type tasks than linpack. YMMV, naturally...
Like what? Go out and look up SPEC results next time you're bored. I think you'll find that I2 is quite a bit more capable than you make out. IBM's dual-core POWER5 is just about the only thing out there that's even close to (a single-core) I2 in FP performance, and Opteron isn't even in the game at that level.
Is it a commercial failure? Probably, but so was Alpha - commercial success is not an indicator of actual performance.
Might be fun to rename IE to iexplore.bak and FF to iexplore.exe - add the FF folder to PATH and see what happens. No promises, 'cause I haven't tried it, but like I said, might be fun ;)
They remember it quite well,, I'm sure. Article III Section 2 of the Constitution explicitly permits Congress to do what they're attempting to do there - namely, to restrict the appellate jurisdiction of the federal courts. IOW, they have the absolute right and power to determine what sorts of appellate cases the federal courts can and cannot hear, including Pledge cases if they so desire. Whether it's a good idea or not is another argument, but they clearly have the legitimate power to do so.
Prior death-penalty laws were not automatically reinstated by Gregg v Georgia. Depending on how a decision overturning Roe were crafted, states would very likely have to compose new laws to comply with said decision.
A judge CANNOT order a legislature to pass a law, QED.
You wish. Unfortunately, for all practical purposes, judges can do exactly that by striking down extant laws and then telegraphing what sorts of laws they'll be likely to uphold in the future, thereby effectively directing legislatures to pass a particular law. C.f. Russell Clark's 12 year oversight of the Kansas City schools, for one of the more blatant examples of same.
Ask, and ye shall receive - Pong, The Movie.
It was obviously too insane and far-out a proposition for the folks at Id ;)