But here in Illinois where we're so patriotic that even being dead won't keep you from voting, there is only one question that needs to be asked:
"Did anyone vote?"
If yes, there was fraud.
"Vote early, vote often". Note that our last Republican Governor is in Federal prison, and our last Democratic Governor spent time in prison after he lost to the Republicans.
Seriously though, the only way to keep an electronic voting machine honest is to use one that spits out a human-readable paper ballot that you, as an election judge, can make sure gets in the ballot box so if there's any doubt, humans can perform a recount.
I haven't read it yet, but I imagine they'll go whole hog for Obama in it, as they usually have a pretty much Democrat stance. Their two cartoons are from Ted Rall and Tom Tommorrow. Any way, I'll quote its first sentense:
On a Thursday in mid-May, the U.S. Senate did something that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. Led by Democrat Byron Dorgan, the senators -- Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives -- gave Rupert Murdoch and his fellow media moguls the sort of slap that masters of the universe don't expect from mere mortals on Capitol Hill. With a voice vote that confirmed the near-unanimous sentiment of senators who had heard from hundreds of thousands of Americans demanding that they act, the legislators moved to nullify an FCC attempt to permit a radical form of media consolidation: a rule change designed to permit one corporation to own daily and weekly newspapers as well as television and radio stations in the same local market.
It's no mystery to me that they wouldn't mention Barr.
And of course, everyone knows "pirates" commonly connect to torrent trackers to do nothing.
And Linux users commonly connect to torrent trackers to download new distros. Mucic lovers commonly connect to trackers to download indie music the copyright holder wants shared.
You must be new here. Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn! I can't say it - you'll have to say it.
I have no age issues. You're the one with the antipathy for others's ages.
For someone so wise and learned, you'd think you'd know that ENIAC (the remnants of which I've touched) wasn't the first electronic programmable computer
And you would be right. However, since the Brits kept theirs secret, ENIAC still claims the prize.
ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer,[1] was the first general-purpose electronic computer. It was the first high-speed, Turing-complete, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems,[2] though earlier machines had been built with some of these properties. ENIAC was designed and built to calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.
Did the guys who worked on the Model T know more about computers than mechanics today?
That's the dumbest thing I've seen all day. The guys who worked on Model Ts are all dead. However, a modern mechainic regardless of his age HAS to know about a car's onboard computer.
Its a stupid thing to do in 99% of situations
No argument there, either.
I have a series of tubes to sell you.
The right tubes in the right box for the right price and you might have a buyer. Tube amps clip differently than transistor amps. Guitarists pay a premium for tube amps.
Your ageism is appalling. Your trolling even moreso.
Besides that, there's a salient point missing in all this - legislation is the the job of the Senate and the House. The President's primary purpose as spelled out in the Constitution is Commander in Chief, and the enforcer of Federal laws the legislature passes.
but also ensure that people who are guilty, but had crucial evidence against them obtained illegally, still go to jail.
You can't enforce the law by breaking the law any more than you can fix a broken arm by smashing it with a brick. The Constitution is the supreme law in the US. Break that law and all other laws are worthless.
In the US, you are innocent until PROVEN guilty in a court of law. If you "got off on a technicality" you are innocent. PERIOD.
You are NEVER going to have all the criminals in jail. No innocent man should EVER be put in prison. And nobody should have their rights abused by government.
Gee, I wonder who's going to be listening harder to what the RIAA, telcos and other technology sector players have to say
The bribes to both candidates are in, so it doesn't matter to the RIAA who loses, the RIAA wins. And some people wonder why I'm against letting anyone "contribute" to more than one candidate in any given race.
Why is Sony allowed to bribe American politicians? Can I "contribute" to Japanese politicians?
That's not what I heard. I heard he gets his advice straight from Lucifer, who told him "pretend to be a Christain so you can be elected and destabilize the middle east with a bloody, meaningless war that costs thousands of lives, untold suffering, and drains the US treasury. As an oil man you'll become rich beyond the dreams of avarice, and there's nothing more important than personal power."
Jesus, otoh, said that the love of money is the root of all evil, that if a man asks for your coat give him your cloak as well, if a man hits you turn the other cheek and let him hit you again. If Jesus spoke to Bush, Bush was obviously not paying attention.
Spoken like a truly ignorant kid. Guys in their twenties come to me for advice on computers, kid. Can you write a battle tanks game in assembly and then hand-assemble it (without an assembler) and have it run, bug-free? I did.
And there are guys twenty and thirty years my senior, now retired, who used hollerith cards in their programming and make me look ignorant about computers.
You need to educate yourself. Your hatred of those with more experience than you limits your horizons and should be a great personal embarrassment to you.
Why isn't Bob Barr mentioned in the summary? I expect this from Fox (who did actually mention Barr last Saturday) but considering so many libertarian leaning comments by lots of slashdotters, I'm surprised and disappointed.
If all the newspapers said McCain was going to lose and a vote for him was wasted, would he have a chance of winning? The Libertarians are on the ballot in 49 states. Their views are as important as the Republicrats, if not more so.
Are the Greens even running a Presidential candidate this year? If so their candidate's stance on tech should be covered as well.
Rock and roll glorified driugs. I could have added Freddy Mercury and a lot of others to the list; he died from one of the rock trinity (sex, drugs, rock and roll).
IIRC moon died from alcohol, as did Joplin, as did John Bohnham.
LOne pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell them a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small
When the men on the chess board get up and tell you where to go And you just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow Go ask Alice I think she'll know
When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "Off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Sex, drugs, rock and roll: Mercury, Morrison, Lennon.
What does carrying a computer in your pocket have to do with sanity? You don't have to undergo surgery or anything dangerous to carry a computer in your pocket.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.google.com/search?q=LEDZEPPELIN+mp3+%22index+of%22
There, fixed.
I'd have given him a +1 funny.
Modding myself offtopic with the NKB checkbox.
But here in Illinois where we're so patriotic that even being dead won't keep you from voting, there is only one question that needs to be asked:
"Did anyone vote?"
If yes, there was fraud.
"Vote early, vote often". Note that our last Republican Governor is in Federal prison, and our last Democratic Governor spent time in prison after he lost to the Republicans.
Seriously though, the only way to keep an electronic voting machine honest is to use one that spits out a human-readable paper ballot that you, as an election judge, can make sure gets in the ballot box so if there's any doubt, humans can perform a recount.
I haven't read it yet, but I imagine they'll go whole hog for Obama in it, as they usually have a pretty much Democrat stance. Their two cartoons are from Ted Rall and Tom Tommorrow. Any way, I'll quote its first sentense:It's no mystery to me that they wouldn't mention Barr.
And of course, everyone knows "pirates" commonly connect to torrent trackers to do nothing.
And Linux users commonly connect to torrent trackers to download new distros. Mucic lovers commonly connect to trackers to download indie music the copyright holder wants shared.
So what, exactly, is your point there?
Ok, I'll buy that. But you presented it as an absolute, which (and I think you'll agree) had to be challenged.
You must be new here. Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn! I can't say it - you'll have to say it.
Your age issues are your problem.
I have no age issues. You're the one with the antipathy for others's ages.
For someone so wise and learned, you'd think you'd know that ENIAC (the remnants of which I've touched) wasn't the first electronic programmable computer
And you would be right. However, since the Brits kept theirs secret, ENIAC still claims the prize. Did the guys who worked on the Model T know more about computers than mechanics today?
That's the dumbest thing I've seen all day. The guys who worked on Model Ts are all dead. However, a modern mechainic regardless of his age HAS to know about a car's onboard computer.
Its a stupid thing to do in 99% of situations
No argument there, either.
I have a series of tubes to sell you.
The right tubes in the right box for the right price and you might have a buyer. Tube amps clip differently than transistor amps. Guitarists pay a premium for tube amps.
Your ageism is appalling. Your trolling even moreso.
No, the implication was that all one had to do was to look at age. That's just ignorant.
If a videogame about the courts takes hold, I'm writing one about paint peeling, steel rusting, and grass growing.
Besides that, there's a salient point missing in all this - legislation is the the job of the Senate and the House. The President's primary purpose as spelled out in the Constitution is Commander in Chief, and the enforcer of Federal laws the legislature passes.
It's impossible to say until "most" people have access to the tools necessary to express any native creativity that they might have.
All a visual artist needs is mud and a stick. All a writer needs is a pencil and a piece of paper.
I'm really looking forward to the impact that affordable 3D printers will have on kids
As am I. The great thing about youth is that they do the impossible before they learn that it is, in fact, impossible.
Old wealth always fights hard to keep it's perogatives at the expense of everyone else
100% agreed. Too bad people forget that salient fact and fight against their own interests.
Sucks to be you, then.
but also ensure that people who are guilty, but had crucial evidence against them obtained illegally, still go to jail.
You can't enforce the law by breaking the law any more than you can fix a broken arm by smashing it with a brick. The Constitution is the supreme law in the US. Break that law and all other laws are worthless.
"better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer", expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s.
In the US, you are innocent until PROVEN guilty in a court of law. If you "got off on a technicality" you are innocent. PERIOD.
You are NEVER going to have all the criminals in jail. No innocent man should EVER be put in prison. And nobody should have their rights abused by government.
It could be worse
Gee, I wonder who's going to be listening harder to what the RIAA, telcos and other technology sector players have to say
The bribes to both candidates are in, so it doesn't matter to the RIAA who loses, the RIAA wins. And some people wonder why I'm against letting anyone "contribute" to more than one candidate in any given race.
Why is Sony allowed to bribe American politicians? Can I "contribute" to Japanese politicians?
I hear Bush gets his advice straight from Jesus.
That's not what I heard. I heard he gets his advice straight from Lucifer, who told him "pretend to be a Christain so you can be elected and destabilize the middle east with a bloody, meaningless war that costs thousands of lives, untold suffering, and drains the US treasury. As an oil man you'll become rich beyond the dreams of avarice, and there's nothing more important than personal power."
Jesus, otoh, said that the love of money is the root of all evil, that if a man asks for your coat give him your cloak as well, if a man hits you turn the other cheek and let him hit you again. If Jesus spoke to Bush, Bush was obviously not paying attention.
IHBT. HAND.
A president should be someone "special"
No thanks, we already have a president who apparently rode the short bus to school.
If their ages don't make it completely obvious
Spoken like a truly ignorant kid. Guys in their twenties come to me for advice on computers, kid. Can you write a battle tanks game in assembly and then hand-assemble it (without an assembler) and have it run, bug-free? I did.
And there are guys twenty and thirty years my senior, now retired, who used hollerith cards in their programming and make me look ignorant about computers.
You need to educate yourself. Your hatred of those with more experience than you limits your horizons and should be a great personal embarrassment to you.
We see how that turned out.
I never thought I would see a worse President than Jimmy Carter. But I did. Now I fear that it may even be possible to have someone worse.
Well, since all the other nine have been completely gutted without complaint from the populace, the second is no longer important.
Why isn't Bob Barr mentioned in the summary? I expect this from Fox (who did actually mention Barr last Saturday) but considering so many libertarian leaning comments by lots of slashdotters, I'm surprised and disappointed.
If all the newspapers said McCain was going to lose and a vote for him was wasted, would he have a chance of winning? The Libertarians are on the ballot in 49 states. Their views are as important as the Republicrats, if not more so.
Are the Greens even running a Presidential candidate this year? If so their candidate's stance on tech should be covered as well.
Saame on you.
IIRC moon died from alcohol, as did Joplin, as did John Bohnham.Sex, drugs, rock and roll: Mercury, Morrison, Lennon.
What does carrying a computer in your pocket have to do with sanity? You don't have to undergo surgery or anything dangerous to carry a computer in your pocket.
I see you've not read my journals. Lucky you!