in spidey 2, campbell said he would be the one to defeat spidey, and in a way he did. So one would expect there to be a little bit of truth to his claim now that he will be Spider-man. Maybe posing as a fake spidey for a bugle hackjob or something.
Its the first insightful thing I've read in these comments, and deserves to counter balance against all the ranting comparisons of equivalence between authoritarian china and democratic US. Or in some cases, comparasons that look upon china as freer than the US.
sickening that stuff like, "THIS IS A CLUE. That isn't an "intelligence failure" like that additional 9-11 bigfat lie, it was done on purpose." gets modded insightful, when the parent has no grasp for facts (like the difference between federal and state govt response to katrina) beyond his ranting quasi conspiracy theories of coups and dictatorships.
As one replier said, there can and needs to be both. One of the best articles I have read on the subject (though its applied to console games) can be found here.
seems to me to be more about respect for the dead, and not wanting US soldiers bodies to be used to politicize any one group's agenda. Anti-war activists finally got around this when they found Cindy Sheenan, who was more than willing to use her son's body to promote her views, such as "...pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq"
Really, why do people need a coffin to make a point? It seems to me to be nothing but an emotional pull. A good argument requires logic and facts, not emotion, be it patriotism to support whoever is in charge, or this.
I would contend that you still need an anti-virus solution even if you are using FF. Same with spyware and all that junk. Sure, you may not need it as much as you needed it with IE, but still.
We call it "try before you buy." It's the shareware model applied to music. Listen to 418 complete MP3 albums we've picked (not 30 second snippets).
We let the music sell itself, because we think that's the best way to get you excited by it.
Our selection is intentionally small: we never waste your time with mediocre music.
If you like what you hear, download an album for as little as $5 (you pick the price), or buy a real CD, or license our music for commercial use.
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No major label connections and no venture capital.
We are not evil.
Hurricane season is almost over anyway. After Sept, theres usually just 2 or so tropical storms if they even get that strong. Look back at some of the past hurricane seasons
You're just looking in the wrong region. Full list for other regions here. Theres a Jova, a Pilar, and someone better call Hercules if we have a hurricane Xina. Then look at the western pacific names. Not sure how it works, but it has the USA down for the names Utor, Chataan, Etau, Kodo, and Vicete. Now those would be some cool names to see and hear on the news.
hey, you cant blame them for trying. if it doesnt happen, then its the fault of whichever administration that does stop it. and really, it doesnt seem like anyone from either party is really interested in cutting spending (hopes Im wrong), especially not justified spending like this (hopes Im right).
all and all, the timeframe came from NASA, and they judged it not to be wise to aim for 2008 or 2009. While I think they can be too risk-adverse a lot of the time, I'm going to defer to their judgement here. Especially with a brand new rocket design. See you on the moon!
While this is an important issue, and vote methods and systems need to be discussed, there is no need for this crazy anti-govt, anti-republican, paranoid conspiracy ranting going on. We should have a paper trail, we should always stride for more secure and efficient forms of voting. But those wants and this news dont change the fact that 2004 Presidential Election was legitimate. There was no massive fraud as many hysterical posters seem to suggest in crude terms. if there were a Diebold scheme to steal the election, we'd see one of two things:
A very targetted voting anomaly, sufficient to swing the election.
A broad voting-pattern discrepancy between counties that used Diebold machines, and counties that used paper ballots.
The problem with the "broad voter fraud" theory is that the voting pattern held in both Diebold areas and paper ballot areas. Any conspiracy to steal votes under those circumstances runs into two problems....
It would require the participation, flawless execution, and total silence of thousands of people, - officials in every county in which voter fraud was attempted. And not just the ones who pulled off this nationwide fraud, but also those who were "approached" to do so, and refused. Not one of them could make a mistake, get caught, or speak out. Not one.
It would require the non-involved local officials be completely unaware of fraud going on under their nose.
By the end of the day, the exit polls ended up being very close to the actual election outcome. In addition, most polls prior to the election showed Bush winning by between 1-5 points. A vast voter fraud effort would require we believe the pre-election polls, exit polls and election outcome were all wrong...despite being almost exactly the same.
Finally, there is one more thing that needs pointed out. DieBold is not a Republican organization. Certainly, some board members may be Republicans, but others are Democrats. For example:
Mark Radke--Director of Marketing for Diebold Election Systems--has an exclusively Democratic donation history, having donated close to $10,000 to Democrats since 1995--when he was with Fulbright and Jaworski--including the legal limit of $2000 to John Kerry in the recent campaign. [2000-2004: $4,250] -- [1995-1999: $5,600]
While there are inherent problems with electronic voting, the current allegations about Diebold and the 2004 election just don't hold much water.
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in spidey 2, campbell said he would be the one to defeat spidey, and in a way he did. So one would expect there to be a little bit of truth to his claim now that he will be Spider-man. Maybe posing as a fake spidey for a bugle hackjob or something.
still though, I'd watch it again.
Showgirls that is, not Batman and Robin. God that was awful.
I dunno, I've seen our respective girlfriends.
Those are all facts.
You keep using that word, but I do not think it means what you think it means. Inconceivable, I know.
Its the first insightful thing I've read in these comments, and deserves to counter balance against all the ranting comparisons of equivalence between authoritarian china and democratic US. Or in some cases, comparasons that look upon china as freer than the US.
sickening that stuff like, "THIS IS A CLUE. That isn't an "intelligence failure" like that additional 9-11 bigfat lie, it was done on purpose." gets modded insightful, when the parent has no grasp for facts (like the difference between federal and state govt response to katrina) beyond his ranting quasi conspiracy theories of coups and dictatorships.
As one replier said, there can and needs to be both. One of the best articles I have read on the subject (though its applied to console games) can be found here.
seems to me to be more about respect for the dead, and not wanting US soldiers bodies to be used to politicize any one group's agenda. Anti-war activists finally got around this when they found Cindy Sheenan, who was more than willing to use her son's body to promote her views, such as "...pull our troops out of occupied New Orleans and Iraq"
Really, why do people need a coffin to make a point? It seems to me to be nothing but an emotional pull. A good argument requires logic and facts, not emotion, be it patriotism to support whoever is in charge, or this.
Talk about being thrown a freakin bone here. Its like the editors are asking for 100s of Dr Evil jokes. Just go watch the movie people!
Speaking of new BSG, did you see last nights episode? My god it was disturbing. That one is gonna be with me for awhile.
Somewhat offtopic I know, but damn, thats how much it disturbed me.
As a Houstonian who drove for 10.5 hours to get to Dallas, I say, "Bring it on"
Crap! I forgot to check "Post Anonymously"!
I resent that remark!
even though this is the first post I have made while not at work
Is he Korean? I think there's aKorean version
Do I win?
I would contend that you still need an anti-virus solution even if you are using FF. Same with spyware and all that junk. Sure, you may not need it as much as you needed it with IE, but still.
Hurricane season is almost over anyway. After Sept, theres usually just 2 or so tropical storms if they even get that strong. Look back at some of the past hurricane seasons
You're just looking in the wrong region. Full list for other regions here. Theres a Jova, a Pilar, and someone better call Hercules if we have a hurricane Xina. Then look at the western pacific names. Not sure how it works, but it has the USA down for the names Utor, Chataan, Etau, Kodo, and Vicete. Now those would be some cool names to see and hear on the news.
hey, you cant blame them for trying. if it doesnt happen, then its the fault of whichever administration that does stop it. and really, it doesnt seem like anyone from either party is really interested in cutting spending (hopes Im wrong), especially not justified spending like this (hopes Im right).
all and all, the timeframe came from NASA, and they judged it not to be wise to aim for 2008 or 2009. While I think they can be too risk-adverse a lot of the time, I'm going to defer to their judgement here. Especially with a brand new rocket design. See you on the moon!
he was replying to this reply to his original post. I had trouble finding it too, but it was up a few minutes ago.
hey, you're not in china, theres no way you could have posted china and evil together and got around the filters.
The singularity is near...
- A very targetted voting anomaly, sufficient to swing the election.
- A broad voting-pattern discrepancy between counties that used Diebold machines, and counties that used paper ballots.
The problem with the "broad voter fraud" theory is that the voting pattern held in both Diebold areas and paper ballot areas. Any conspiracy to steal votes under those circumstances runs into two problems....Finally, there is one more thing that needs pointed out. DieBold is not a Republican organization. Certainly, some board members may be Republicans, but others are Democrats. For example:
While there are inherent problems with electronic voting, the current allegations about Diebold and the 2004 election just don't hold much water.
I hope its this