The Supreme Court issue is precisely why I'm voting for Bush. As to Kerry and treason, he did meet in Paris with Vietnamese leaders while he was still a US soldier. Both sides he met with were communist. He gave aid and comfort to our enemies, a textbook case of treason to which he admits.
They both suck, but Bush sucks quite a bit less. He'll be gone before you know it and the world will go on, I promise. Kerry's view of terrorism as "just a nuisance" and other idiotic beliefs are laughable. The only thing I can fault Bush for that I can't fault Kerry for equally is tort reform, and I can fault Kerry for many things Bush is incapable of doing.
You know what's really hilarious about that? Just before I made that post, I was bitching and thinking about making an AC post in response to someone who said "Linux" when they meant "Linus." Man, I hate hypoc...wait. Oops.;)
As to (b), do you really think he has anything to live for if his precious kernel is tainted with C++? I mean, family, hobbies, and other contributions to community and technology notwithstanding...;)
The good news is that we have a new renewable power source. What you do is wrap Linux in wires and place him in a magnetic casket. Putting C++ in the kernel will cause him to roll fast enough to generate enough electricity to power North America.
Like I said, he falls short. But he's the first candidate I've known about (and granted, I don't pay attention to minor-party nomination processes) who has actually focused on something other than legalizing crystal meth.
What confuses me is how I got modded flamebait. Was it becasue I made fun of Badnarik, or because I bad-mouthed Kerry? Isn't Slashdot the place where people don't like Kerry because he's too conservative?:P
In 20 years in the Senate, Kerry has written 11 bills, all of them junk "feel-good" resolutions to name weeks or days things or save the whales. If he hasn't gotten anything done in 20 years in the Senate, how can you expect his massive, secret, unexplained plan to succeed in 4 years in the White House?
How can you balance the budget but provide national health care (an arguably bad idea if you look at countries whose standard of care has gone down as a result thereof)? Ah, yes. Raising taxes. Kerry and Heinz have paid less than 13% income taxes the past two years. Sheerly by contrast, the Bush family has paid over 30%.
Kerry is also guilty of treason. This is a legal thing based on the definition of treason as established in the Constitution and through case law since then and admissions Kerry has made about his activities in Paris after his grueling four months in Vietnam (yes, that's sarcasm - you get to choose between the guy who didn't go and the guy who wet his pants and came home to use it for political purposes). The short version is that both sides Kerry was talking to in Paris were Communist.
Kerry is a vocal enemy of the Constitution. Bush, on the other hand, is a silent enemy of the Constitution, and that's scary. He's also in favor of "tort reform," which is another way of saying "no, you can't sue big businesses for hurting or killing you out of sheer negligence."
I wish I could, in good conscience, vote for anyone in this election. Sadly, I can't. Even Badnarik comes up short, although he's far better than any previous Libertarian candidate I can remember.
You're either really gullible or have an even drier sense of humor than I do. Here's a test to find out which: Blame Microsoft, obviously the Power Toy calculator is innacurate. You need to use a TI-85.
In the second debate, Kerry said in very clear terms that he still strongly supports the Patriot Act.
Essentially, everything I fault Bush for, Kerry agrees with. It's like the Futurama episode "A Head in the Polls," where the two candidates are clones:
Jack Johnson: I think that it's time that someone stands up and says, "I'm against all those things that everyone hates!"
(bitter rival) John Jackson: My opponent is a good man, I respect him, and quite frankly, I agree with everything he has to say!
Jack Johnson: I think your three-cent titanium tax goes too far!
John Jackson: I think your three-cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
Actually, the most important result, albeit not as famous, is that taking an irrational number to the power of an irrational imaginary number and adding a rational number gives you zero. For example, sqrt(2)^sqrt(-2) + 7 = 0.
I'm trying to figure out why it's been moderated flamebait and not either funny, overrated, or even troll, any of which would have been more accurate.:P
For what it's worth, sometimes failure requires failure... At a lecture in Space Studies on the Russian moon program, I learned that one reason we beat them was that their best test pilot was in an early Soyuz capsule and it wouldn't stop rotating, so he spent his entire flight cursing the engineers. But they got their revenge - the parachutes were installed upside down and did a cigarette roll right into the ground.
Of course, another reason we beat them is that the guy in charge of the moon program over there had been in the gulags and was therefore quite paranoid - he refused to put any of the mission plans on paper but kept them all in his head. They died with him during what would have been a routine hemorrhoid surgery by their equivalent of the surgeon general. He realized he was in trouble and called in a better surgeon, who took one look and walked out, saying "I don't operate on dead men."
Everyone knows that IT geeks only drink Diet Coke and Mountain Dew!
No. You're thinking of soccer moms on the Diet Coke side and pansies who can't handle coffee on the Mt. Dew. As to the Lab of Doom and Pepsi Cola - maybe you didn't get that it was a redundant title. Real Americans drink Coca-Cola.
I hate trackpads. If Apple made a laptop with an e-Clit, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Trackpads maximize finger and hand movement and waste space, meanwhile minimizing accuracy and movement speed.
e-Clits eliminate all of these problems - they waste no space, they require the minimum finger movement and zero hand movement, they move the pointer rapidly, and with minimal practice you get used to them and can move the pointer very accurately.
I was totally opposed to them at first, but a friend convinced me I really wanted a Tecra 8100. Four years later, that is still my only laptop because I have yet to find one that's as usable.
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They must have replied more nicely and quickly due to your gender. It took me almost a year to get this response:
Dear Ari,
Once you have a Gmail account, it is valid until we decide to give it to a female requesting the same user ID. As Gmail becomes more widely available, we plan to use this to accomplish several goals.
1. To ensure a balanced user base, consisting mostly of attractive young geek girls who feel empowered because they stole accounts from men
2. To deprive you of your ability to communicate with cute young geek girls, as we will also be blocking incoming mail from outside the Gmail system
In effect, the Gmail staff will be the only men able to communicate with the cute, young geek girls. We wish you luck, and hope that you enjoy using our service for the next several weeks until we can find a suitable female replacement for you.
With the Common Law system we have, the courts have the power of deciding when spyware vendors are liable, without the help of the legislature. That's the whole point of common law - to make the law more flexible without needing endless codes and regulations (as civil law systems, such as France and Louisiana, suffer). The problem is that Congress really doesn't have anything better to do than write and pass laws like this, turning us closer and closer to a civil code that criminalizes consensual activity.
This is nothing compared to the 1024-way massively parallel computers Cray has built in the past. That's why they don't like clusters - to them, a cluster is an inferior solution in the light of massively parallel systems and, on the other end, vector supercomputers. What can you do with a cluster that you can't with one of these?
Given the financial status of Cray, embracing clusters is just a common sense move, not necessarily an ideological one.
That's a false statement. You have to shut off any kind of even minimal validation for it to parse. The assumptions XMPP makes about namespaces are false.
The Jabber protocol isn't bad. It's got its quirks, but overall it's okay. The problem is that it relies on a broken version of XML to be useful. Anyone who's written a validating XML parser with the intent of using it to speak Jabber (as I did 3 years ago) can tell you just how bad it is. Things like treating "xmlns" as a regular attribute instead of a namespace declaration, not including subnodes in the correct namespace, barfing if you send a subnode with the correct namespace specified, etc.
It's for that reason that my relationship with Jabber is love-hate. I love the "presence-aware XML router" nature of it, but I hate that it operates on bad assumptions about XML.
As I stated elsewhere, I consider XMPP to be a "presence-aware XML router". If you need XML to get from point A to point B in a presence-aware fashion, Jabber is the protocol to use. And if your data can be at all sanely represented* as XML, it qualifies to use Jabber as a presence-aware router.
* - <wtf-data href="http://server.com/manymegs.dat"/> is a valid representation of data - no excuses!
One problem I had when using Jabber for my honors thesis project was that it doesn't make fully-standard use of XML. The way the protocol assumes namespaces work is incorrect, and a fully-compliant XML parser will not work with Jabber, in my experience.
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I'd rather act like a kid than spell like one.
i wonder how the homeless feel about it ?
In short, they feel well-fed but sick from all the sugar.
The Supreme Court issue is precisely why I'm voting for Bush. As to Kerry and treason, he did meet in Paris with Vietnamese leaders while he was still a US soldier. Both sides he met with were communist. He gave aid and comfort to our enemies, a textbook case of treason to which he admits.
They both suck, but Bush sucks quite a bit less. He'll be gone before you know it and the world will go on, I promise. Kerry's view of terrorism as "just a nuisance" and other idiotic beliefs are laughable. The only thing I can fault Bush for that I can't fault Kerry for equally is tort reform, and I can fault Kerry for many things Bush is incapable of doing.
You know what's really hilarious about that? Just before I made that post, I was bitching and thinking about making an AC post in response to someone who said "Linux" when they meant "Linus." Man, I hate hypoc...wait. Oops. ;)
;)
As to (b), do you really think he has anything to live for if his precious kernel is tainted with C++? I mean, family, hobbies, and other contributions to community and technology notwithstanding...
The good news is that we have a new renewable power source. What you do is wrap Linux in wires and place him in a magnetic casket. Putting C++ in the kernel will cause him to roll fast enough to generate enough electricity to power North America.
Like I said, he falls short. But he's the first candidate I've known about (and granted, I don't pay attention to minor-party nomination processes) who has actually focused on something other than legalizing crystal meth.
:P
What confuses me is how I got modded flamebait. Was it becasue I made fun of Badnarik, or because I bad-mouthed Kerry? Isn't Slashdot the place where people don't like Kerry because he's too conservative?
In 20 years in the Senate, Kerry has written 11 bills, all of them junk "feel-good" resolutions to name weeks or days things or save the whales. If he hasn't gotten anything done in 20 years in the Senate, how can you expect his massive, secret, unexplained plan to succeed in 4 years in the White House?
How can you balance the budget but provide national health care (an arguably bad idea if you look at countries whose standard of care has gone down as a result thereof)? Ah, yes. Raising taxes. Kerry and Heinz have paid less than 13% income taxes the past two years. Sheerly by contrast, the Bush family has paid over 30%.
Kerry is also guilty of treason. This is a legal thing based on the definition of treason as established in the Constitution and through case law since then and admissions Kerry has made about his activities in Paris after his grueling four months in Vietnam (yes, that's sarcasm - you get to choose between the guy who didn't go and the guy who wet his pants and came home to use it for political purposes). The short version is that both sides Kerry was talking to in Paris were Communist.
Kerry is a vocal enemy of the Constitution. Bush, on the other hand, is a silent enemy of the Constitution, and that's scary. He's also in favor of "tort reform," which is another way of saying "no, you can't sue big businesses for hurting or killing you out of sheer negligence."
I wish I could, in good conscience, vote for anyone in this election. Sadly, I can't. Even Badnarik comes up short, although he's far better than any previous Libertarian candidate I can remember.
I'm not hot for her because she's a chick. I'm hot for her because she's a chick who gets modded up.
You're either really gullible or have an even drier sense of humor than I do. Here's a test to find out which: Blame Microsoft, obviously the Power Toy calculator is innacurate. You need to use a TI-85.
In the second debate, Kerry said in very clear terms that he still strongly supports the Patriot Act.
Essentially, everything I fault Bush for, Kerry agrees with. It's like the Futurama episode "A Head in the Polls," where the two candidates are clones:
Jack Johnson: I think that it's time that someone stands up and says, "I'm against all those things that everyone hates!"
(bitter rival) John Jackson: My opponent is a good man, I respect him, and quite frankly, I agree with everything he has to say!
Jack Johnson: I think your three-cent titanium tax goes too far!
John Jackson: I think your three-cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
Actually, the most important result, albeit not as famous, is that taking an irrational number to the power of an irrational imaginary number and adding a rational number gives you zero. For example, sqrt(2)^sqrt(-2) + 7 = 0.
I'm trying to figure out why it's been moderated flamebait and not either funny, overrated, or even troll, any of which would have been more accurate. :P
For what it's worth, sometimes failure requires failure... At a lecture in Space Studies on the Russian moon program, I learned that one reason we beat them was that their best test pilot was in an early Soyuz capsule and it wouldn't stop rotating, so he spent his entire flight cursing the engineers. But they got their revenge - the parachutes were installed upside down and did a cigarette roll right into the ground.
Of course, another reason we beat them is that the guy in charge of the moon program over there had been in the gulags and was therefore quite paranoid - he refused to put any of the mission plans on paper but kept them all in his head. They died with him during what would have been a routine hemorrhoid surgery by their equivalent of the surgeon general. He realized he was in trouble and called in a better surgeon, who took one look and walked out, saying "I don't operate on dead men."
Everyone knows that IT geeks only drink Diet Coke and Mountain Dew!
No. You're thinking of soccer moms on the Diet Coke side and pansies who can't handle coffee on the Mt. Dew. As to the Lab of Doom and Pepsi Cola - maybe you didn't get that it was a redundant title. Real Americans drink Coca-Cola.
I hate trackpads. If Apple made a laptop with an e-Clit, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Trackpads maximize finger and hand movement and waste space, meanwhile minimizing accuracy and movement speed.
e-Clits eliminate all of these problems - they waste no space, they require the minimum finger movement and zero hand movement, they move the pointer rapidly, and with minimal practice you get used to them and can move the pointer very accurately.
I was totally opposed to them at first, but a friend convinced me I really wanted a Tecra 8100. Four years later, that is still my only laptop because I have yet to find one that's as usable.
They must have replied more nicely and quickly due to your gender. It took me almost a year to get this response:
Dear Ari,
Once you have a Gmail account, it is valid until we decide to give it to a female requesting the same user ID. As Gmail becomes more widely available, we plan to use this to accomplish several goals.
1. To ensure a balanced user base, consisting mostly of attractive young geek girls who feel empowered because they stole accounts from men
2. To deprive you of your ability to communicate with cute young geek girls, as we will also be blocking incoming mail from outside the Gmail system
In effect, the Gmail staff will be the only men able to communicate with the cute, young geek girls. We wish you luck, and hope that you enjoy using our service for the next several weeks until we can find a suitable female replacement for you.
Sincerely,
The Gmail Team
It's really not fair.
With the Common Law system we have, the courts have the power of deciding when spyware vendors are liable, without the help of the legislature. That's the whole point of common law - to make the law more flexible without needing endless codes and regulations (as civil law systems, such as France and Louisiana, suffer). The problem is that Congress really doesn't have anything better to do than write and pass laws like this, turning us closer and closer to a civil code that criminalizes consensual activity.
Unix and C a Hoax - is it true? ;)
This is nothing compared to the 1024-way massively parallel computers Cray has built in the past. That's why they don't like clusters - to them, a cluster is an inferior solution in the light of massively parallel systems and, on the other end, vector supercomputers. What can you do with a cluster that you can't with one of these?
Given the financial status of Cray, embracing clusters is just a common sense move, not necessarily an ideological one.
So, is the Operton more or less powerful than the Opteron?
Also, mandatory: imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.
That's a false statement. You have to shut off any kind of even minimal validation for it to parse. The assumptions XMPP makes about namespaces are false.
The Jabber protocol isn't bad. It's got its quirks, but overall it's okay. The problem is that it relies on a broken version of XML to be useful. Anyone who's written a validating XML parser with the intent of using it to speak Jabber (as I did 3 years ago) can tell you just how bad it is. Things like treating "xmlns" as a regular attribute instead of a namespace declaration, not including subnodes in the correct namespace, barfing if you send a subnode with the correct namespace specified, etc.
It's for that reason that my relationship with Jabber is love-hate. I love the "presence-aware XML router" nature of it, but I hate that it operates on bad assumptions about XML.
If you'd paid for a subscription, you could have built the cubicle earlier and beat the "rush" on the comic.
The cartoon sucks and the story is pointless. Are people really paying to see this early?
As I stated elsewhere, I consider XMPP to be a "presence-aware XML router". If you need XML to get from point A to point B in a presence-aware fashion, Jabber is the protocol to use. And if your data can be at all sanely represented* as XML, it qualifies to use Jabber as a presence-aware router.
/> is a valid representation of data - no excuses!
* - <wtf-data href="http://server.com/manymegs.dat"
One problem I had when using Jabber for my honors thesis project was that it doesn't make fully-standard use of XML. The way the protocol assumes namespaces work is incorrect, and a fully-compliant XML parser will not work with Jabber, in my experience.