Re reading Linux code or the code of an application that they use that failed? If you are paid by the hour to repair such code, then there will be many, if you are paid to KLO, (keep the lights on, do housekeeping), then you know the answer. -- NO TIME for such delightful excesses.
Is the NSA the equivalent to the Russian KGB? Citizens should be grateful that the NSA now has to be caged, and be required to use legal process to do detailed snooping.
I would not want them or my wife to know about my mistress. (I call Linux my mistress). My wife says I am obsessive compulsive about my love for her. (Her, being my wife, not my mistress).
I am 73, and do not look like an 18 year old. I purchased a case of beer in Vermont, and at the cash they asked me to prove that I am older than 18. What ever happened to common sense? Did common sense die with the George Bush era? The lad had to enter a birthday into the computer system. Wow. What was wrong with 2 January 1900. That would make me 114 and I could then safely take home that case of Bud. I could however buy super toxic cigarettes without a second thought from the cashier.
Hey Vermont, wake up and teach common sense in the schools.
My first opinion is that for the majority of users, our laptops or desktops are personal systems in a non hostile internal environment. If we encrypt the network passwords, a decision would be to decide if a specific group (user) is the owner, and if all the other users are member of that group. That way, I could, if encryption became the defacto standard, allow all my enrolled users network access.
OK, what about hacker programs which somehow are now behind the scenes with privileges. All they need do is join the appropriate group, which would entitle them to network access. (dont want to use a group, use a privileges list via selinux or other means.
As this security has little to do with the router security, I deep the network passwords a FUD argument.
I am making a concerted effort to avoid starting a flaming war in response to your characterization of LEDs.
First, we (the US) are banning incandescents HERE, where it makes perfect sense to do so-- NOT in Canada, where temperatures and daylight hours are, as you say, radically different! Fluorescents and incandescents are terrible problems heating up rooms whose A/Cs are struggling to deal with heat from multiple sources. We have NO issues with frigid temperatures causing CFs to malfunction here in Los Angeles, or in any of the lower 48 states, or most of our upper states either, for that matter, especially through most of the year.
Yes, LEDs DO create heat-- current passing through ANY device does so, but a far greater prrcentage of the current is actually expended on LIGHT, rather than waste heat! The proof is in the electric bills-- LEDs are far more efficient, the are far more robust-- knocking a lamp over accidentally does not result in broken glass and a mess as tungsten or CF bulbs do-- they are trouble-free, can be dimmed efficiently with dimmer switches unlike the bulbs you prrfer, and produce a far more pleasant range of the spectrum than incandescents. The smaller the wattage of an incandescent, the more of its energy is wasted as heat, unlike LEDs. After changing over to LEDs in my home (and my car!) several years before any of my neighbors, I can attest to just how much more preferable they are. I LOVE not having to climb up on ladders to replace incandescents in garages, hallways and other high-ceilinged structures!
Cheers for the LED, the new king! Keep your problematic resistance lighting, if you want!
I have problems when trying to post other than as "anonymous coward", so let me say my name is Bill Dale, in Los Angeles, and do not need to hide behind the anonymous title... I am quite comfortable defending any positions I take in Slashdot.
onse
I have a mixture of LEDs, CFLs and Incandescent lamps. LEDs are the most poluting in manufacturing. The machining of the base, the power supply etc, should be considered. I use LEDs outdoors, where they are oblivious to cold. I am also trying to get my city to switch from Sodium Vapor street lamps to LED ones. So, I am not opposed to LEDs. As for CFL's, though they are rated at 5000 hours, most do not last anywhere near that duration, the reason being, we turn them on and off several times per day. The filaments to warm the gas to kick start ignition, are too fragile. Make them stronger, and you need to redesign the power supply to supply more current after glow starts, shortening their life. As for the long florescents, we have converted to solid state switching supplies to replace the ballasts, and we use "Green manufactured" tubes. Outdoor signs and street lighting should definitely be of LED or similar construction. I still say, incandescent lamps have their places. Halogens for example..
Sounds to me like closing a loophole more than instituting a new tax. I realize that is a matter of interpretation, but the idea that google, apple, etc are "really" in Bermuda etc. is such a hoax in the first place.
=== Italy sets the example. Guess what, all countries, including the USA will do likewise. Google's policy is legally right, but morally wrong.
This phasing out is sheer stupidity. In the end, homeowners will come to Canada for bulbs. Why is it stupidity? In the northern states and in Canada, we have winter. Any heat produced from incandescent lighting, replaces heat by other sources. If the other source is oil or gas, it still does not justify replacement with CFLs or LEDS.
CFLs have a high cost of manufacture, and contain mercury. The CFLs do not like cold temperatures, at around 10F or below, many fail to light, or produce inadequate intensity. The CFLs need special handling for waste disposal.
LEDs are low wattage bulbs, but they are also low voltage bulbs. This means that hidden in the base, is a small step down transformer, with rectifiers to produce DC. More expensive LEDs have a small integrated circuit in the base, a switching power supply to permit the LEDS to operate safely. There is quite a bit of heat produced to power the LEDs and this must be dissipated as waste heat.
LEDs are OK for outdoor cold temperature use.
Why am I saying "stupidity"? Here in Quebec we have hydroelectric water power generated electricity. 90% of our homes are all-electrically powered and heated. Incandescent lights displace the heat that baseboard resistance elements provide.
In summer, our dawn starts at 4am, and sundown is at 10pm. Incandescents, if used, will be on for about one hour per day.
And finally, my LCD tv produces much heat. The USA should make LCD tvs and monitors illegal. The benefit would be in the disposal of LCD tvs. When you legislate stupidity, include some intelligence with the decision.
So, I see the Canadians are taking notes from the Americans and the British.
The Harper Conservative government walks over and steps on the Canadians rights to privacy and to reasonable justice. The Conservatives have one god, called money / business. They have been gradually destroying the social safety net of Canadians and the indigionous peoples.
We are waiting for a re-election, and hopefully, we can dump the conservatives and their xxx licking policies.
We're not captains of industry, we're captains of freedom. And the disabled are not douchebags, they disabled. That's where charity comes in to play.
Statists are the biggest captains of industry, they're the enablers, the socialist drug pushers, and the violent thugs. Since you like using names for people.
Libertarians and anarchists are on a far better plane than people like you. We value morals and ethics over utilitarianism which is all too easy to misuse by tyrants.
No. It is not possible they did this. Doing this would require fixing the vulnerability - did they hack into the bios programming tools at all the motherboard manufacturers and secretly fix this problem? Did they hack everyone's computer and install the firmware update? An OS patch is one thing, but a firmware patch? This particular problem can not have been fixed with just a handwaving. It's one thing to say they intercepted a phone call and foiled a terrorist plot. It's another thing to claim they updated all current and future disparate BIOS firmware to protect against an undisclosed vulnerability. That is impossible, and makes them even more ridiculous.
While you are 99.99% right, there is that 0.01% that states that you are wrong. I have often downloaded bios updates from ASUS, and Intel, and from one other motherboard vendor, so it is faintly possible that they are telling the truth.
How does the fact that the US government lied tell us whether Saddam had or did not have WMD?
Simple: various intelligence agencies warned that Chalabi was lying and the Bush Administration propagated the lie. That's how we know that the lies meant Saddam didn't have WMDs. Or did you not hear the memo that he fabricated his supposed evidence?
Now the next lie. To keep the armaments industry going, the USA is going to purchase F35 planes, state of the art dinosaurs. Yes, the plans will have the greatest and most sophisticated electronics, but a single unmanned drone plane at 1/1000th the cost could do the same job, with much less collateral damage.
You need to seriously reexamine your logic. The fact that the US lied or was lied to does *not* indicate that Saddam was WMD free. There were people lying and guessing on both the pro and anti WMD sides, none of this lying or guesswork is evidence of anything. Only boots on the ground by outsiders could prove things one way or the other. Ideally that would have been UN weapons inspectors receiving full cooperation from the Iraqi government. Regrettably Saddam didn't like that plan.
"After several months, Saddam started to talk. There were no longer weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, he said, although the capability to build them remained. But Saddam said he kept up the ruse that those weapons still existed to preserve his power and protect Iraq against Iran, which Saddam viewed as his country’s biggest threat. Not even senior leaders within his government knew that there weren’t any weapons, Piro said."
Don't worry. Knowing the French, they will just use these expanded surveillance powers searching for and punishing users of forbidden "franglais" terms. Violators will be captured by SWAT teams wearing stylish berets and ascots, then locked in solitary confinement to read "The Little Prince" over and over again for as long as it takes until the next time the jailers go on strike.
And the province of Quebec, Canada will follow suite.
I find it remarkable that the world we live today, especially those in the West, people are trying to outdo each others in the "I am the best counter-racist there is" competition.
Who is *NOT* a racist ?
Who *DARE* to say that he or she is absolutely 100% free of racism ?
I am not here saying that racism is a good thing, but to point out that RACE is something that is deeply ingrained into what we are.
It's in our psyche, it's in the genes, man.
And regarding "Hate Speech"... this bastard child of the Political Correct movement is DOING MORE HARM than good in the society.
What actually constitutes a "Hate Speech" ?
If you call a black a "nigger" is it a hate speech ?
Then what if a black person calls another black person a "nigger", is that a hate speech too ??
How about calling a Chinese a "chink", is that a hate speech ?
As a Chinese, (I can only speak for myself) I've met people who tend to describe me with many kinds of very very creative adjectives, and whenever that happen, you know what I do ?
I say "Thank you".
I thank them for letting me know how they feel about me.
It's better that I know how they feel about me up front, than to have someone who keep their grudges hidden and then backstab me at any given chance they get.
Furthermore, I respect their human rights - including their rights to say whatever they want, with their mouths.
Let me put it this way...
I am born with a mouth, a mouth that is belonged to me. Ever since I was born, I have had the veto power over my own mouth, which includes each and every single words that I've spoken.
And as I do not wish to have other people having the veto power over my own mouth, I do not want to have the same veto power to control other people's mouths.
For me, this "Hate Speech" thing by itself is hateful.
It's a tool used by hateful people to limit other people's rights.
It's a tool to propagate hate, to make the society more hateful.
Every response has a tone to it. In an old western, there was the gunfighter who was greated by his friend with the words, "How are you, you old bastard". This was accepted. But a non-friend said angrily "You are an old bastard",
resulting in the second person getting shot and killed.
most Christians and Buddhists that I know understand the role of religion (and when to NOT use religion).
Not so for the Muslims.
And how many Muslims do you know? Most Muslims also know when NOT to use religion. There are more than a billion of them - if half a billion of them did not know when to use it, I think we might have a tad bigger problem that we currently do.
Remember, the kooks you see on TV are like the kooks you see for other religions as well - they are the minority. Hell, the way faith is involved in politics in the US and informs policy decision (veiled as some other excuse) has done far more harm to the LGBT community than most other religions.
For me, religion is a social need, that brings peoples who think alike together. For example, change cities because of job and want to make friends, go to your friendly church (or bar). Need to really meet people that share your values, join their club.
As for religion, in times of stress, there is nothing better. I happen to be a doubter, but when I am stressed, I join my community for a while. Do I believe in all the ritual and fairy tails, and the "he said" that was documented 400 years after the fact? You have one guess.
I have always found their hardware to be of much better quality than their software. Their software is not as bad as a lot of people say but I prefer OSX etc. I have had several M$ mice and keyboards in the past and have been very happy with them.
And I found the contrary, their hardware was mediocre, and third party hardware was superior, as was third party support. Examples from trivia keyboards, mouses, web-cams, tablets, cables, etc. Good hardware to run NT did not originate with MS.
When you live in poverty, and have no work to earn money, you do what is required to feed your family. You may not have much education, or understanding of the dangers, so,.... You bring the cobalt home, or to a friend's place, or even to a crowded church where you hide it. The secondary effects of the theft will be the large number of innocent deaths or illnesses.
Sad, sad, sad. Already, the plans are underway to insure that there is a safer way to transport hazardous material. Why learn what to do with this theft by ignorant people.
For the past 6 months, our local "Casino" has had a power mirror installed. Actually, they use reflective glass, and a projector behind. So when you wash your hands, you are shown the money that people won at the tables. They really want high-rollers.
But, I can'tr wait for them to replace the stall doors with ones having flat screens. So, while you sit, you can watch the advert, in a captive way. I think that is a better idea for a Casino, don't you?
On second thought, there could be training videos to show you how to flush --- no, that won't work, the toilets are automatic, and do their thing when you get up.
What about ddr memory? How many mother boards or sockets have been damaged through forced attempts to install one the wrong way? Why could not the smart people put a dimple or red dot on the dim and on the socket to indicate alignment. Why not have hermaphroditic everythings where everthings are possible. They were successful with long florescent tubes, and more. Do they do this to meet a cost opportunity, or a time constraint.
Why why why, a thousand examples to use to ask why.
That Porsche may have 600 hp, but in the hand of an excellent driver, it would be still a very safe car.
The car is suicide on wheels. No more, no less. It is like giving a person a revolver with a single bullet in the chamber, and you tell him/her to spin, put it to your head and pull the trigger.
5 cents of electricity. Does this mean that a teacher who forgets to turn the lights out from the classroom will be sued for the cost of the electricity that was wasted until the Janitor entered to clean the wastebasket?
Competition is good but if the government is doing it this must be socialism.
Since the private sector only looks to monetize every possible event, profiting from the kids, it is about time that a "foss" approach to challenging youngsters is given. The stimulus will actually help to raise the average level of education, which from the last statistics was quite far down from the top.
Socialist Canada's kids on the same tests, did better and the statistics say that on the average, Canadian kids are better educated than Americans. In regards to smartness (IQ), one group has exclusivity on above average intelligence, and they are not in North America.
But it will never happen. Because (looks up the current thing we're supposed to hate) because socialisim!
Its got to happen, because that etra money belongs to the shareholders. If they want extra compensation, let the directors and the top dogs own shares and collect the dividends. Do not allow directors to compensate their peers and say Fxxk the shareholders and the workers too.
Or consumers will just end up paying more, since more tax will be collected.
I guess the tax goes into the general revenues, to help defray the cost of maintaining the state. After all, you get state troopers, bridges, roads, and more, and all this is not free. So, what is the big deal. Here in Quebec, where I live, the shipping costs are also added to the purchase price, so the extra tax on the 6-7 dollars adds up to another 15%.
To repeat the lies the Democrats have spewed would take far too long. I want it to work, but it's based in party politics, supported by lies, and the website was written by an incompetent company run by Michelle Obama's classmate's company who got more contract work after they FUBARed HealthCare.gov. No accountability, no truth, and the worst part is health care premiums have gone up with worse care (quality of care is assumed worse due to the numerous high quality hospitals not supporting ObamaCare).
I guess your bitter because your redneck Republicans IT friends did not submit their bids to work on the website. What is wonderful that is happening, is the USA is stopping to be backwards and is joining the world to provide reasonable healthcare at an affordable cost. Welcome to civilisation Repubilcan USA. It should have been a Republican deliverable, but... excess profit loves misery, money to the few and the rich.
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Re reading Linux code or the code of an application that they use that failed? If you are paid by the hour to repair such code, then there will be many, if you are paid to KLO, (keep the lights on, do housekeeping), then you know the answer. -- NO TIME for such delightful excesses.
Is the NSA the equivalent to the Russian KGB? Citizens should be grateful that the NSA now has to be caged, and be required to use legal process to do detailed snooping.
I would not want them or my wife to know about my mistress. (I call Linux my mistress). My wife says I am obsessive compulsive about my love for her. (Her, being my wife, not my mistress).
Happy New Year.
I am 73, and do not look like an 18 year old. I purchased a case of beer in Vermont, and at the cash they asked me to prove that I am older than 18. What ever happened to common sense? Did common sense die with the George Bush era?
The lad had to enter a birthday into the computer system. Wow. What was wrong with 2 January 1900. That would make me 114 and I could then safely take home that case of Bud. I could however buy super toxic cigarettes without a second thought from the cashier.
Hey Vermont, wake up and teach common sense in the schools.
My first opinion is that for the majority of users, our laptops or desktops are personal systems in a non hostile internal environment. If we encrypt the network passwords, a decision would be to decide if a specific group (user) is the owner, and if all the other users are member of that group.
That way, I could, if encryption became the defacto standard, allow all my enrolled users network access.
OK, what about hacker programs which somehow are now behind the scenes with privileges. All they need do is join the appropriate group, which would entitle them to network access. (dont want to use a group, use a privileges list via selinux or other means.
As this security has little to do with the router security, I deep the network passwords a FUD argument.
I am making a concerted effort to avoid starting a flaming war in response to your characterization of LEDs.
First, we (the US) are banning incandescents HERE, where it makes perfect sense to do so-- NOT in Canada, where temperatures and daylight hours are, as you say, radically different! Fluorescents and incandescents are terrible problems heating up rooms whose A/Cs are struggling to deal with heat from multiple sources. We have NO issues with frigid temperatures causing CFs to malfunction here in Los Angeles, or in any of the lower 48 states, or most of our upper states either, for that matter, especially through most of the year.
Yes, LEDs DO create heat-- current passing through ANY device does so, but a far greater prrcentage of the current is actually expended on LIGHT, rather than waste heat! The proof is in the electric bills-- LEDs are far more efficient, the are far more robust-- knocking a lamp over accidentally does not result in broken glass and a mess as tungsten or CF bulbs do-- they are trouble-free, can be dimmed efficiently with dimmer switches unlike the bulbs you prrfer, and produce a far more pleasant range of the spectrum than incandescents. The smaller the wattage of an incandescent, the more of its energy is wasted as heat, unlike LEDs. After changing over to LEDs in my home (and my car!) several years before any of my neighbors, I can attest to just how much more preferable they are. I LOVE not having to climb up on ladders to replace incandescents in garages, hallways and other high-ceilinged structures!
Cheers for the LED, the new king! Keep your problematic resistance lighting, if you want!
I have problems when trying to post other than as "anonymous coward", so let me say my name is Bill Dale, in Los Angeles, and do not need to hide behind the anonymous title... I am quite comfortable defending any positions I take in Slashdot.
onse
I have a mixture of LEDs, CFLs and Incandescent lamps. LEDs are the most poluting in manufacturing. The machining of the base, the power supply etc, should be considered. I use LEDs outdoors, where they are oblivious to cold. I am also trying to get my city to switch from Sodium Vapor street lamps to LED ones. So, I am not opposed to LEDs. As for CFL's, though they are rated at 5000 hours, most do not last anywhere near that duration, the reason being, we turn them on and off several times per day. The filaments to warm the gas to kick start ignition, are too fragile. Make them stronger, and you need to redesign the power supply to supply more current after glow starts, shortening their life. As for the long florescents, we have converted to solid state switching supplies to replace the ballasts, and we use "Green manufactured" tubes. Outdoor signs and street lighting should definitely be of LED or similar construction.
I still say, incandescent lamps have their places. Halogens for example..
Sounds to me like closing a loophole more than instituting a new tax. I realize that is a matter of interpretation, but the idea that google, apple, etc are "really" in Bermuda etc. is such a hoax in the first place.
===
Italy sets the example. Guess what, all countries, including the USA will do likewise. Google's policy is legally right, but morally wrong.
I am a filament of your imagination . . .
This phasing out is sheer stupidity. In the end, homeowners will come to Canada for bulbs. Why is it stupidity? In the northern states and in Canada, we have winter. Any heat produced from incandescent lighting, replaces heat by other sources. If the other source is oil or gas, it still does not justify replacement with CFLs or LEDS.
CFLs have a high cost of manufacture, and contain mercury. The CFLs do not like cold temperatures, at around 10F or below, many fail to light, or produce inadequate intensity. The CFLs need special handling for waste disposal.
LEDs are low wattage bulbs, but they are also low voltage bulbs. This means that hidden in the base, is a small step down transformer, with rectifiers to produce DC. More expensive LEDs have a small integrated circuit in the base, a switching power supply to permit the LEDS to operate safely. There is quite a bit of heat produced to power the LEDs and this must be dissipated as waste heat.
LEDs are OK for outdoor cold temperature use.
Why am I saying "stupidity"? Here in Quebec we have hydroelectric water power generated electricity. 90% of our homes are all-electrically powered and heated. Incandescent lights displace the heat that baseboard resistance elements provide.
In summer, our dawn starts at 4am, and sundown is at 10pm. Incandescents, if used, will be on for about one hour per day.
And finally, my LCD tv produces much heat. The USA should make LCD tvs and monitors illegal. The benefit would be in the disposal of LCD tvs. When you legislate stupidity, include some intelligence with the decision.
Happy Holidays to all.
So, I see the Canadians are taking notes from the Americans and the British.
The Harper Conservative government walks over and steps on the Canadians rights to privacy and to reasonable justice. The Conservatives have one god, called money / business. They have been gradually destroying the social safety net of Canadians and the indigionous peoples.
We are waiting for a re-election, and hopefully, we can dump the conservatives and their xxx licking policies.
9: Statists: douchebags
We're not captains of industry, we're captains of freedom. And the disabled are not douchebags, they disabled. That's where charity comes in to play.
Statists are the biggest captains of industry, they're the enablers, the socialist drug pushers, and the violent thugs. Since you like using names for people.
Libertarians and anarchists are on a far better plane than people like you. We value morals and ethics over utilitarianism which is all too easy to misuse by tyrants.
One answer to you
Guantanamo
No. It is not possible they did this. Doing this would require fixing the vulnerability - did they hack into the bios programming tools at all the motherboard manufacturers and secretly fix this problem? Did they hack everyone's computer and install the firmware update? An OS patch is one thing, but a firmware patch? This particular problem can not have been fixed with just a handwaving. It's one thing to say they intercepted a phone call and foiled a terrorist plot. It's another thing to claim they updated all current and future disparate BIOS firmware to protect against an undisclosed vulnerability. That is impossible, and makes them even more ridiculous.
While you are 99.99% right, there is that 0.01% that states that you are wrong.
I have often downloaded bios updates from ASUS, and Intel, and from one other motherboard vendor, so it is faintly possible that they are telling the truth.
How does the fact that the US government lied tell us whether Saddam had or did not have WMD?
Simple: various intelligence agencies warned that Chalabi was lying and the Bush Administration propagated the lie. That's how we know that the lies meant Saddam didn't have WMDs. Or did you not hear the memo that he fabricated his supposed evidence?
Now the next lie. To keep the armaments industry going, the USA is going to purchase F35 planes, state of the art dinosaurs. Yes, the plans will have the greatest and most sophisticated electronics, but a single unmanned drone plane at 1/1000th the cost could do the same job, with much less collateral damage.
You need to seriously reexamine your logic. The fact that the US lied or was lied to does *not* indicate that Saddam was WMD free. There were people lying and guessing on both the pro and anti WMD sides, none of this lying or guesswork is evidence of anything. Only boots on the ground by outsiders could prove things one way or the other. Ideally that would have been UN weapons inspectors receiving full cooperation from the Iraqi government. Regrettably Saddam didn't like that plan.
"After several months, Saddam started to talk. There were no longer weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, he said, although the capability to build them remained. But Saddam said he kept up the ruse that those weapons still existed to preserve his power and protect Iraq against Iran, which Saddam viewed as his country’s biggest threat. Not even senior leaders within his government knew that there weren’t any weapons, Piro said."
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/fbi-agent-saddam-interrogation-was-unique-historic-opportunity/article_6306f1c9-b9c0-5fc7-b4ff-398cf04ad103.html
Don't worry. Knowing the French, they will just use these expanded surveillance powers searching for and punishing users of forbidden "franglais" terms. Violators will be captured by SWAT teams wearing stylish berets and ascots, then locked in solitary confinement to read "The Little Prince" over and over again for as long as it takes until the next time the jailers go on strike.
And the province of Quebec, Canada will follow suite.
I find it remarkable that the world we live today, especially those in the West, people are trying to outdo each others in the "I am the best counter-racist there is" competition.
Who is *NOT* a racist ?
Who *DARE* to say that he or she is absolutely 100% free of racism ?
I am not here saying that racism is a good thing, but to point out that RACE is something that is deeply ingrained into what we are.
It's in our psyche, it's in the genes, man.
And regarding "Hate Speech" ... this bastard child of the Political Correct movement is DOING MORE HARM than good in the society.
What actually constitutes a "Hate Speech" ?
If you call a black a "nigger" is it a hate speech ?
Then what if a black person calls another black person a "nigger", is that a hate speech too ??
How about calling a Chinese a "chink", is that a hate speech ?
As a Chinese, (I can only speak for myself) I've met people who tend to describe me with many kinds of very very creative adjectives, and whenever that happen, you know what I do ?
I say "Thank you".
I thank them for letting me know how they feel about me.
It's better that I know how they feel about me up front, than to have someone who keep their grudges hidden and then backstab me at any given chance they get.
Furthermore, I respect their human rights - including their rights to say whatever they want, with their mouths.
Let me put it this way ...
I am born with a mouth, a mouth that is belonged to me. Ever since I was born, I have had the veto power over my own mouth, which includes each and every single words that I've spoken.
And as I do not wish to have other people having the veto power over my own mouth, I do not want to have the same veto power to control other people's mouths.
For me, this "Hate Speech" thing by itself is hateful.
It's a tool used by hateful people to limit other people's rights.
It's a tool to propagate hate, to make the society more hateful.
Every response has a tone to it. In an old western, there was the gunfighter who was greated by his friend with the words, "How are you, you old bastard". This was accepted. But a non-friend said angrily "You are an old bastard",
resulting in the second person getting shot and killed.
Tone means everything.
most Christians and Buddhists that I know understand the role of religion (and when to NOT use religion).
Not so for the Muslims.
And how many Muslims do you know? Most Muslims also know when NOT to use religion. There are more than a billion of them - if half a billion of them did not know when to use it, I think we might have a tad bigger problem that we currently do.
Remember, the kooks you see on TV are like the kooks you see for other religions as well - they are the minority. Hell, the way faith is involved in politics in the US and informs policy decision (veiled as some other excuse) has done far more harm to the LGBT community than most other religions.
For me, religion is a social need, that brings peoples who think alike together. For example, change cities because of job and want to make friends, go to your friendly church (or bar). Need to really meet people that share your values, join their club.
As for religion, in times of stress, there is nothing better. I happen to be a doubter, but when I am stressed, I join my community for a while. Do I believe in all the ritual and fairy tails, and the "he said" that was documented 400 years after the fact? You have one guess.
I have always found their hardware to be of much better quality than their software. Their software is not as bad as a lot of people say but I prefer OSX etc. I have had several M$ mice and keyboards in the past and have been very happy with them.
And I found the contrary, their hardware was mediocre, and third party hardware was superior, as was third party support.
Examples from trivia
keyboards, mouses, web-cams, tablets, cables, etc. Good hardware to run NT did not originate with MS.
This is a tragedy about to occur.
When you live in poverty, and have no work to earn money, you do what is required to feed your family. You may not have much education, or understanding of the dangers, so, ....
You bring the cobalt home, or to a friend's place, or even to a crowded church where you hide it. The secondary effects of the theft will be the large number of innocent deaths or illnesses.
Sad, sad, sad.
Already, the plans are underway to insure that there is a safer way to transport hazardous material. Why learn what to do with this theft by ignorant people.
For the past 6 months, our local "Casino" has had a power mirror installed. Actually, they use reflective glass, and a projector behind.
So when you wash your hands, you are shown the money that people won at the tables. They really want high-rollers.
But, I can'tr wait for them to replace the stall doors with ones having flat screens. So, while you sit, you can watch the advert, in a captive way. I think that is a better idea for a Casino, don't you?
On second thought, there could be training videos to show you how to flush --- no, that won't work, the toilets are automatic, and do their thing when you get up.
What about ddr memory? How many mother boards or sockets have been damaged through forced attempts to install one the wrong way? Why could not the smart people put a dimple or red dot on the dim and on the socket to indicate alignment. Why not have hermaphroditic everythings where everthings are possible.
They were successful with long florescent tubes, and more. Do they do this to meet a cost opportunity, or a time constraint.
Why why why, a thousand examples to use to ask why.
... even a tricycle can become deadly.
Stop blaming the car.
The problem is the driver.
That Porsche may have 600 hp, but in the hand of an excellent driver, it would be still a very safe car.
The car is suicide on wheels. No more, no less. It is like giving a person a revolver with a single bullet in the chamber, and you tell him/her to spin, put it to your head and pull the trigger.
Eventually that car will kill its owner.
He's obviously in the pocket of Big Oil.
He stole the script for Fast and Furious 8.
5 cents of electricity. Does this mean that a teacher who forgets to turn the lights out from the classroom will be sued for the cost of the electricity that was wasted until the Janitor entered to clean the wastebasket?
Competition is good but if the government is doing it this must be socialism.
Since the private sector only looks to monetize every possible event, profiting from the kids, it is about time that a "foss" approach to challenging youngsters is given. The stimulus will actually help to raise the average level of education, which from the last statistics was quite far down from the top.
Socialist Canada's kids on the same tests, did better and the statistics say that on the average, Canadian kids are better educated than Americans. In regards to smartness (IQ), one group has exclusivity on above average intelligence, and they are not in North America.
But it will never happen. Because (looks up the current thing we're supposed to hate) because socialisim!
Its got to happen, because that etra money belongs to the shareholders. If they want extra compensation, let the directors and the top dogs own shares and collect the dividends. Do not allow directors to compensate their peers and say Fxxk the shareholders and the workers too.
Or consumers will just end up paying more, since more tax will be collected.
I guess the tax goes into the general revenues, to help defray the cost of maintaining the state. After all, you get state troopers, bridges, roads, and more, and all this is not free.
So, what is the big deal. Here in Quebec, where I live, the shipping costs are also added to the purchase price, so the extra tax on the 6-7 dollars adds up to another 15%.
This proves it! Noah and his sons have been found through genetics.
What now atheists? You better hope it doesn't flood again.
For that kind of multiplicative spread, Noah and his sons must of had two dozen wives each.
To repeat the lies the Democrats have spewed would take far too long. I want it to work, but it's based in party politics, supported by lies, and the website was written by an incompetent company run by Michelle Obama's classmate's company who got more contract work after they FUBARed HealthCare.gov. No accountability, no truth, and the worst part is health care premiums have gone up with worse care (quality of care is assumed worse due to the numerous high quality hospitals not supporting ObamaCare).
I guess your bitter because your redneck Republicans IT friends did not submit their bids to work on the website. What is wonderful that is happening, is the USA is stopping to be backwards and is joining the world to provide reasonable healthcare at an affordable cost.
Welcome to civilisation Repubilcan USA. It should have been a Republican deliverable, but... excess profit loves misery, money to the few and the rich.