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Re: Building a Home Virtual Host Server

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:53:06 -0000

Great article. Exactly what I was after. Thanks!

Re: WFB RUMORS: 8th Edition Cometh

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:17:20 -0000

I believe the question was aimed at the Empire Armybook, which came out more recently (as did Orks, as I recall). Same story as 40k, where Space Marines consistently get all the love

Re: Avatar Updates - Trailer Comparison Video and International Posters

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:27:57 -0000

I think the aliens and things would be better if they looked less CGI/cartoony. But appart from that I think it looks excellent.

And please sign the Avatar 2 petition too cos it's great
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/avatar--2.html

Re: 40K CONSPIRACY THEORY: Marine Statue Kit?

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:29:49 -0000

That's an invalid link...404 not found

Re: Games Workshop NEWS: Gamesday US 2010

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:56:13 -0000

Looks like the final nail in GD Toronto's coffin. I they're only doing one US GD, they're not too likely to come north of the border...

Re: 40K WFB NEWS: Fortress, Brigades, and LoTR Advanced Orders

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:49:59 -0000

I see they made sure only one detail pic actually has Dark Angels manning the fortress.

Re: News from the Front

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:17:17 -0000

Not everybody can found a startup.

You and the people who agree with you must have been born with better-than-average intelligence. For the people who are simply less-than-brilliant but are capable of following orders well, getting into a good college might be everything.

A coworker told me, "I want to send my daughter to Harvard/Stanford so she can marry a good husband." I think that pretty much sums up why it's important for the less-than-genius people to get into a good college. The boys at Harvard/Stanford might not be more successful or more intelligent, but their parents are still likely to provide well for their future wives. And this isn't limited to just females. A generic humanities major at an elite school stands a better chance of making friends with a brilliant startup founder who will find the person a job at their startup.

Some people just weren't born as smart, so getting into an elite college may be their best chance of doing well.

Re: What I learned about security, privacy and Apple (Scripting News)

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:47:39 -0000

It sounds like the repair staff ripped you off. And even if that _is_ their policy, it's insane--lots of people have private data on their laptops, including proprietary corporate information.

Since you're planning to stick with Apple, here are some tips on not getting burned this way again:

1) Turn on FileVault and swap file encryption (System Preferences > Security > General > Use Secure Virtual Memory, and then go to the FileVault tab. You'll need lots of free disk space if it isn't a brand new machine).

Now, FileVault is a two-edged sword--if you forget your keys, or you somehow corrupt the encrypted disk image, your data is gone. Which brings us to (2):

2) Set up a painless backup system which your actually use. And maybe buy a copy of Disk Warrior; as of MacOS X 10.4, it was the only product which could recover a corrupted FileVault.

3) Before sending _any_ machine out for repairs, back up the entire hard drive, wipe it, and reinstall a pristine copy of the OS.

If you follow all these steps, you'll be slightly more likely to lose all your data (FileVault causes trouble for some people). But your data won't fall into other people's hands, and that's a big win.

Re: What I learned about security, privacy and Apple (Scripting News)

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:46:51 -0000

I don't care whether or not this practice is "industry standard"--it's bad for the user, and it should stop. And, at least on some models of Macs, having a drive replaced by a third party will void your AppleCare warranty. That's a pretty expensive thing to do.

Why is confiscating used drives a bad idea? Well, read the story below.

http://ask.metafilter.com/70962/Where-to-send-M...

"But here is a serious warning. Make sure you wipe and reformat your hard drive before you send it back to Apple. I know someone who needed a drive replaced by Apple a year ago. Instead (for complex reasons) Apple replaced the entire iBook. Months later, his *old* drive (which he had expected to be replaced and wiped by Apple) had found its way (via a parts machine sold by a major online Mac dealer that also handles used and parts machines, to a private individual) to the home of a guy who makes a business recovering data from used drives and "selling" it (with a hint of blackmail threat, suggesting identity theft) back to the original owner of the data.

"Apple sold his personal data, accidentally perhaps, but for sure. They admitted selling the iBook without erasing it to the retailer -- on the phone to my friend. They compensated him, but not nearly enough to cover any future identity theft."

Re: What I learned about security, privacy and Apple (Scripting News)

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:18:26 -0000

Unfortunately, Dave Winer's hard drive failed, and it probably can't be wiped without first removing it from the machine and repairing it (which might be very easy---or might be nearly impossible--depending on what's wrong with the drive).

Furthermore, some Apple service contracts prevent anybody but Apple from replacing hard drives. So, depending on the details of Dave Winer's AppleCare contract, he may have no other option than to take the laptop back to Apple.

Really, the only viable options for somebody in Dave Winer's position would to either (a) void his AppleCare coverage, or (b) turn on FileVault and substantially increase his risk of data corruption.

It's a pretty lousy choice for a premium-priced laptop.

Re: Jake And Amir Dot Com - Box

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:48:05 -0000

Ehh, not as funny as usual. That's okay tho' - still loving J&A!

Re: Get ready for the end of 'We the People'

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:18:20 -0000

"I just do not see why anyone cares what other people choose to do."

Answer: "BUT THE BIBLE SAYS!"

That pretty much sums it up.

Re: 25 city stores sold booze to teens in test

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:55:35 -0000

I'm pleased to see that the store I routinely bought beer from before I turned 21 wasn't nabbed on this list. May they continue to serve the youth of our community.

Re: The Dirty Opening Soon

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:15:03 -0000

Wow, how cutting edge, how hip, how 1992.

Re: The Collards Monologue

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:14:56 -0000

John Wright's collards at Glenwood Grill are deeee-licious. I wouldn't touch the things until I was 32 years old, when I went there for dinner one night - the main dish I wanted came with them, and I thought, what the heck. Mmmmmmmm.

Re: Define 'Undecided'

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:40:31 -0000

The problem, of course, is that when CNN hosts a Republican debate, the undecided slice-of-Americana invited to ask questions will be:

A Democratic Party bigwig
An antiwar activist
A Union official
An Islamic leader
A Harry Reid staffer
A radical Chicano separatist

...only this time, the questions won't be along the lines of, "How may I serve you, O wise ones?"

Re: Why Does Vista Suck?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:55:44 -0000

The Good News about Vista is that it supports several million discrete pieces of hardware from multiple thousands of vendors. The Bad News is that no OS could possibly do this perfectly.

That's the real difference between Apple and Microsoft. Sure, OSX works great .... on the handful of hardware platforms and the tiny subset of devices and the even tinier subset of software it's possible to use with it. But the price you pay for this increased reliability becomes quite obvious when you drop by a software emporium and note the titanic, glittering array of software and games for the PC ... and then lament on the laughable little ghetto of stuff you can run on a Mac.

And dear Apple fanatics; what - *exactly* - is so demonstrably "Apple" about a system that threw out all the Apple hardware in favor of Intel years ago, and threw out all the Apple OS code in favor of Unix at roughly the same point? Sounds kinda like the tale of George Washington's axe:

"This is the very axe that George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree. Well, of course, it's had fifteen new handles and five new heads along the way."

Re: Confidence Games, High And Low

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:17:55 -0000

Hmmm. Let's say I got a phone call at 8:00PM from an acquaintance who told me, "A killer is coming to your house later tonight to kill you and your family and burn your house down. An hour later, the same guy calls back and says, "Never mind. I was wrong. The guy isn't coming."

Which message would I be acting on throughout the evening?

Re: Confidence Games, High And Low

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:32:42 -0000

Leftist peace-at-any-pricers in short:
Iran must not suffer any consequences of any kind when the NIE says they're beavering away on nukes and Iran must not suffer any consequences of any kind when they're merely supporting non-nuclear Islamist terror the world over. Iran must never be punished, at all, ever, regardless of [anything here]. One can imagine these peaceniks would say the same thing if Iran actually nuked someone, "Oh, dear, we mustn't respond. That would be ever so militaristic, jingoistic, and ism-based."

Re: Confidence Games, High And Low

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:37:48 -0000

Kill him? Certainly not. But I might kick in his door, put him on the floor, toss his house to make certain he didn't have anything more lethal than a No-Pest Strip available, and grind the barrel of my 12-gauge in his ear while saying, "Listen reeeeaaaally carefully, mofo, get froggy with me - or even *look like* you're getting froggy - and you're worm-food. I don't rely on equivocal 'intelligence' when my family is at stake. Kapeeeesch? Y'all be careful, now."

Re: Implosion Near?

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:50:49 -0000

Pity this is Andrew Sullivan and The New Republic. Would like to see a better source.
OK, just kidding :)

Re: Live Coverage Of New Hampshire Primaries

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:57:15 -0000

"Clinton has a 38-36% advantage ..."
NOOOOOOOOO................
I was glancing at the Concord NH newspaper's blog and saw some early returns, Clinton was leading in most of the reported results. Please don't let her out of the box, Obama supporters....

Re: The Award For The Most Liberal Senator Goes To ....

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:36:16 -0000

It strikes me that a lot of conservatives are making exactly the mistake Hugh Hewitt warned us against in IF IT'S NOT CLOSE, THEY CAN'T CHEAT; wanting their party's nominee to be a purist conservative ... or they'll take their ball and go home.

Indeed, Hewitt, himself is making exactly the mistake he warned us against. Folks, if our choice is between Hillary Clinton and John McCain, then I'm going to vote against Clinton.

It's just that simple, kids. If you'd like to see Hillary and Bubba sharking around the White House for *eight frakking years*, then you go right ahead and sit out the election. Maybe you can vote for the ghost of Goldwater or Reagan next time out ... ya think?

SS

Re: Dumb Attack-McCain Meme. Part 1. Hopefully, Part Last.

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:10:47 -0000

Even Chuck Yeager didn't bat .1000 as far as always returning to base with an intact airplane.

Anybody think *he's* a sucky pilot?

Re: The Coming Meltdown For The Democrats

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:44:11 -0000

some time ago, MoveOn was saying "Now it’s our party. We bought it, we own it, and we’re going to take it back." Depending on the results today, the Dem Party may belong to Black people unless white liberals do a backroom deal.

Re: Clinton Ignores Losses, Gets Booed

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:33:43 -0000

Is someone actually suggesting that these superdelegates will display *loyalty* to the Clinton machine? That's ludicrous. Far more likely that they'll be looking for any excuse to stab her (and Bill) right where it hurts the most. Mark my words, if Obama shows up at the convention ahead in the popular vote or in "elected" delegates, the superdelegates will have exactly two choices:

(1) Overturn the popular mandate and pick Hillary, ripping their party in half, bringing about another 1968, and going down in flames in November.

(2) Abandon Hillary without a second thought - after all, how *exactly* can she punish them - and back the better candidate.

Hillary is toast. And good riddance.

Re: RNC Unveils The Spendometer As They Focus On Obama

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:01:27 -0000

Back in '04, when the Dems seemed ready to run Gov Dean, a lot of right-bloggers started saying "Are you kidding? That guy is unelectable."
And the Dems duly changed from Dean to Sen Kerry (who went on to lose anyway).
I don't see a lot of noise about Sen Obama. Perhaps we've learned to wait till the unelectable candidate is the nominee before we begin criticism?

Re: Today's DBD Cartoon

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:52:34 -0000

I'm OK with it. Esp the "Do that again" tagline. :)
It's a cartoon, and, as pointed out, a LOT less over the top than standard Left fare for years and years.

Re: Shelby Action News

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:48:29 -0000

That blip from that chair lady commissioner is hysterical. There's nothing quite like southern politics and I love it.

Re: On Trolls

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:12:07 -0000

Has it occured to you that you with your mostly meaningess Twitter stories are actually a troll yourself?
Can you answer this honestly?

Re: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521977

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:12:21 -0000

More equality hypocrisy. Minorities want to be treated "equal" unless they don't get what they want, in which case they're "special." Pick one. You're either totally equal with the rest of us, or you're special and get treated as such. You can't have it both ways.

Re: The Harvard Crimson :: Opinion :: The Bucket Brigade

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:54:41 -0000

Couldn't be more true. Let's hope those at the top are listening.

Re: Don’t Ever Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of Linux

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:11:11 -0000

Jim, the pronunciation debate centers around whether to use a short or long "i" sound. This is not affected significantly by accent.

Re: 5 Ron Paul Quotes That Scare Me

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:19:25 -0000

Nice of you to make the "edit" disclaimer harder to read compared to the rest of the article, not to mention at the bottom of the text... after you've had to read the quotes falsely attributed to Ron Paul.

Re: Gizmodo admits blasting out TV screens at CES

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:22:48 -0000

Am I the only one who finds it hypocritical that the Goo Goo Ga Ga Gizmodo pre-school pranksters had so much fun with the very device they ripped to shreds in an earlier review?

http://gizmodo.com/archives/tvbgone-023694.php

Re: Russia is in war with Georgia. Who’s next?

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:13:01 -0000

"US invaded Iraq where none of the US citizens were killed..."
You are mistaken. Iraq was shooting at US for 10 years before the war, pretty much on a daily basis. why do you think Bill Clinton (NOT George Bush) made it official US policy to achieve "regime change" in Iraq.
Support Georgia 100% against Russian aggression!

Re: Biden “resets” Russia button - bad news for Eastern Europeans

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:55:28 -0000

As an American citizen I _so_ wish we could screw Western Europe, turn them over to the tender mercies of the Russians, but keep the Eastern Europeans safe and free.

Re: Tibetan Terrorists

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:53:12 -0000

But then why would the Chinese government want to cause the riot to draw attention now! That doesn't seem very logical.

Re: Where My Ladies At?

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:08:42 -0000

I think the predominant reason men talk to you more than women is because you are just simply too attractive to pass by. :)

An interesting experiment would be to have an equally attractive man (but non-threatening) do the same thing and see if the numbers are different.

Re: Fail Dogs

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:32:34 -0000

dats not fail, dats flavoring!

Re: Fail Dogs

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:21:38 -0000

NICE!!!

Re: Fail Dogs

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:24:28 -0000

Why am I remided of Pepi La Peu

FAIL!!!

Re: My Thoughts of Random

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:29:10 -0000

Wow, Paris!

Re: Chrysler exec predicts "depression" if we don't bail him out

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:59:59 -0000

Ya know, I love your blog. But you are soooo clueless here. Look at the fallout, and you'll see he's correct.

And ask yourself: why has no one asked Citi if they flew a private jet to DC. It is a total game...and the proles lose.

Re: When has Obama ever reached out to a racist?

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:35:32 -0000

I mean this sounds kinda silly, but he's probably spent much of his life reaching out to racists.

While we're on the topic I'm no fan of Rick Warren and his homophobia and I generally agree with you on the substance of the concern you have.

But I have a feeling that you're pushing it here. I would be willing to bet that Obama has dealt with racists nearly every day of his life, and I have almost no doubt that he's had to be cordial around people that he knew were involved in anti-segregation movements or even worse. Hell just being a US senator means you fraternize with at least a couple former Klansmen.

This comment is kind of absurd. And more to the point, smart competent black man and women who did not shy away from confronting and reaching out to racist whites and trying to find common ground probably has a lot to do with how much progress this country has made over the years on racial issues.

I wholeheartedly support him even reaching out to RIck Warren.

The PROBLEM here isn't that. The problem is that having him be a part of the inaugural is a tacit ENDORSEMENT of Warren as a person of substance. There's a huge difference between outreach, or even attending a debate/forum hosted by someone who has objectionable views, and having them be a part of something like this. That's where I think Obama has gone too far.

So I agree with you on the larger issue. But what you're saying here is suspect.

Re: When has Obama ever reached out to a racist?

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:52:40 -0000

Well said. And for reference I highly recommend anyone really riled up about this issue go listen to the LBJ tapes from the Oval Office.

Why don't you gasp as he uses the word n--gger with to apparent irony, and talks to clearly openly racist congressmen while in the process of pushing through what's possibly the single most important government accomplishment on behalf of African American rights since reconstruction.

Would you have preferred he refused to engage blatantly racist southern congressmen and given up on passing the voting rights acts?

At the time unabashed racism was not something people felt compelled to hide. It was right out in the open, especially in the south.

Sadly -- tragically -- the bashing of gays is still accepted in a way that's totally and completely unacceptable. That's our reality. Prop 8 was instructive as well. God damm that was California we're talking about. And don't blame it all on the mormons, this country has a long way to go.

Obama is the first president in history who would say something like this:

"I am a fierce advocate for equality for gay and lesbian Americans."

That's incredible. Clinton hedged here at best, or was outright unhelpful at worst. I'm inclined to take Obama at his word, and I'm inclined to think that progress at the federal government and executive branch level on these issues will be as strong as anyone can expect or hope for given the state of public opinion.

Clinton triangulated by changing his policies to try to fit in and gain support. As far as I can tell Obama's strategy (like Johnson's, say) is to coopt the people you disagree with and play nice while you actually advance the policies that you want.

There's a world of difference. Man's not even president yet. I think an admonition to look at the policy not the pageantry is exactly the right approach.

Re: When has Obama ever reached out to a racist?

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:03:24 -0000

No, keep talking, keep complaining.

Believe it or not it's good when the left (of which I am a proud member) raises hell and outrage over Rick Warren's gay opinions.

It moves the dialogue one more inch to the left. Thus making Obama more able to move policy one more inch to the left.

When Clinton was elected gays in the military was a huge deal.

If Obama is in the media taking a ton of flack from the left for this Warren thing (which is 100% symbolism and matters not one iota to the quest for rights in a tangible sense) then he's seen as being moderate.

When Obama ends don't ask don't tell and increases real, actual, legal protections for gays and lesbians, he'll be seen as a "centrist" on the issue of gay rights. He can't do much at all about gay marriage most likely. But he can do a lot.

Take a page from the republican playbook. Our job here, as left wing activists is to scream when he does this kind of thing. Move the poles, so the center moves with them. If you want to reduce the capital gains tax call for its elimination. Then halving it (which happened) seems moderate.

If you want to advance gay rights then raise bloody hell right now about Rick Warren. That moves the argument. That's our job in the grassroots. Keep at it. The racism comparision (this post) is spurious in my opinion, but in general nobody's telling you to sit down and shut up. Keep fighting. But fight to move the debate and force the country to our side. Don't just get in a circular firing squad.

As I posted below, I bet Obama will be the most progressive president we've ever had on gay rights by a wide margin. I found it completely heartening that he has never been scared to actually look people in the eye and say he supports gay and lesbian equality.

Scream about the pastor. But not because the pastor matters, because it's what the grassroots is for. But keep your eyes on the prize.

Re: Credit Card/banks lowering credit limits based on WHERE you shop

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:03:56 -0000

I started a new business in 2002. All I have used for credit is AmEx. I have a Platinum Biz Card. I charge an average of $10k/mo on it, and have for several years, and *always* pay it off as required each month. I just got an email, a day after paying off a $9,500 bill, that said my "limit" (on a no-limit card!) was now $2,600. I call AmEx and they just say in effect "too bad, that's the way it is." So fuck 'em.

My business is in Asia mostly, so I contacted the Japanese company JCB, and they indicate that my D&B is fine, and they'll give me $20k/mo *if* I shift my banking to a Japanese bank, not necessarily theirs. Fine. Done.

Too bad for the US. I need to keep my biz running, so they lose.

Re: Octuplet mom wants $2m from Oprah, hires agent

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:07:14 -0000

This NARCISSISTIC, PATHOLOGICAL, PSYCHOTIC NUT-CASE woman IS tearing down America, regardless of the pseudo-intellectual, hypersensitive one(s) (SkippyFlip & Crew) who consider such TRUTH to be "xenophobic"! The FACT is this woman is a PLAGUE to the whole planet because she is a run-amok MORON spewing out her spawn right and left, with ZERO CONCERN for everyone else in the picture. This sort of blatant abuse of one's reproductive capacity needs to be DECRIED (and it is) and STOPPED.

These people are not even Americans; they are Palestinians. They need to go back to their OWN country and just watch how quickly they will be DECRIED THERE--especially that brazen illegit "Mother"! They do not take kindly to "single motherhood" in them thar parts!
LOL. :-)

Re: Respecting the presidency

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:53:54 -0000

It's a dog whistle and you guys apparently aren't hearing it.

It's about the black guys that come in and ruin the place. Meant to conjure up that loud black family wearing sweatpants across the restaurant. Etc.

The neighborhood is gone to hell. Nobody respects the place any more, they won't even wear a tie. And so on.

This has NOTHING to do with clothing. Just like the Clintons trashing the white house story had nothing to do with that either.

That story was a dog whistle saying the non-stop white trash party and orgy is over.

This story is the dog whistle saying the club is no longer respectable now that they've been forced to let the wrong kind of people in.

Re: Merrill Lynch pays over $1 Million to 700 people but lose $27 Billion

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:45:57 -0000

I dunno. This whole line of discussion has always seemed a bit ignorant to me. I don't know exactly who these people are that are getting the money but it seems like someone should have a basic sense of how a company like Merrill works. It's a retail brokerage firm. There are people spread all over the country that manage investments for individuals and businesses. The neighborhood broker, etc. I have one too, though mine is at Edward Jones, the most squeaky clean investment firm in the country (sidenote: google them, they are absolutely huge though not that many people know them, and they are utterly hyper-conservative with their own money and their client's money) but many people have an investment advisor. You know the standard person who sets up your IRA or college fund, retirement and investment accounts, etc.

These people are paid commission for the most part, it's the majority of their compensation. So they get you to buy $100,000 worth of mutual funds and then they get a split of the fees and "trailers" which are small fractions of a percent each year that you keep your money with them. But that's how they get paid, that's the deal they've had forever, and their compensation is measurable. It's a percentage of the money they make for the firm. Which unlike the trading and investment bank types is just a portion of fees for the service they provide basically.

Two things. One, is it fair for people who did everything they were supposed to, who went out and generated business for the company, to just not get the percentage commission that's been agreed on long in advance? What if you have brokers that advised families to diversify, to keep a good portion of their money out of the stock market last year. Or maybe they advised older couples to move into treasury bonds and safer instruments so they would be able to retire? And they get a fee for this financial service. Should we really not give them the commission they worked out? It strikes me as odd -- the vast majority of Merrill is composed of these retail guys all over the country, not traders in NYC staring at a screen tossing around mortgage securities. Their core business is a retail one. The top guys generate a lot of money by getting people to invest at Merrill and get a commission. What's the rationale for taking it away from them? Because of idiot decisions made in the internal trading division? Obviously not -- I'm sure you don't advocate slashing the salaries of all the receptionists. The other rationale is that they shouldn't get their commission because it's a lot, because they are rich. Well I can agree with that, but how about we do that via the tax code. How about we do something far more simple and profitable like get rid of the insane Bush tax cuts and restore the capital gains tax?

But that's the philosophical point of view. There's a much more practical one. Unlike many of the CEO's and mortgage security traders, who would be hard pressed to find work elsewhere, a good retail broker with strong ties to their clients in a specific town or area is incredibly valuable. People always say "to hell with them, let them find a job elsewhere, there aren't any." Well that may be true for traders and investment bankers. But for retail brokers, if they don't get their commissions they most certainly can walk across the street somewhere else, and here's the thing, a good established one can TAKE THEIR CLIENTS WITH THEM. I know this business (I'm not in it by the way) and a top producing broker will be offered a very generous package to move to another firm and bring their base of clients too. I guarantee that Edward Jones, a very solvent and successful direct competitor, would take a top producer in a heartbeat. All they have to do is move over to a new office and start contacting clients and getting them to rollover their investments. I know this for a fact, I've seen it done before.

So then what happens? Well an average top producing broker, the type that would make $1-2 million a year, is likely to have somewhere around $200-400 million dollars under management for their clients. You figure that a good broker has strong ties to maybe a third to a half of their clients, roughly. People who know them and trust them. The rest probably just invested with Merrill because of the brand name or a nearby office.

But are you seeing the problem? They're selling investments to retail customers, which is still a very large business. There's compensation for that. If they don't get it and they defect to a competitor chances are for each top guy Merrill will lose about $100 million dollars in assets as the customer fills out the "rollover" forms and goes with the broker. And they'll lose next year's revenue too. Merrill is a retail business and they just can't survive if this happens.

A good metaphor would be a car dealership, say. A guy who owns a very successful Ford dealership might make several million dollars a year. Now in that case they don't actually draw a check from Ford, they get it from their customers and then write a check to Ford. So it looks different. But conceptually it's the same. And if the dealerships were wholly owned and the top salesmen were on a commission and bonus structure and getting checks from Ford directly it wouldn't make much difference. And people could say how the hell can Ford be writing million dollar checks to these guys while the company is in trouble and is taking taxpayer money. Well the answer is that the alternative is firing the top people that ARE MAKING FORD MONEY. And you can believe that if they don't get their commissions they can just as easily walk across the street and sell Hondas. Even in a bad market, there are top sales people who generate FAR more money for the company than they cost. Even if they're rewarded with millions.

It's just the nature of a retail business.

Worth noting. Now don't get me wrong, I'm on the same team as everyone here. I think the people who had any decision making power at these firms that made these horrible decisions should just be fired. I don't understand why some of these executives are still employed. I think people in the financial industry are grossly overcompensated most of the time. And I don't think there should be a dime of bonus money for anyone just for the hell of it.

But sales is different. You may not like sales. I hate it, and I don't work in it. But salesmen work on commission. And the top salespeople are INCREDIBLY profitable for their companies. They are so hard to find and retain, and they will leave. And if they are retail brokers when they leave they'll take a hundred million in client investments with them, reducing the balance sheet and making Merrill that much closer to total insolvency.

I'm all for an outcry about compensation, and executive compensation. But I feel like a lot of the discussion here is ignorant. If you have a person who makes the company a LOT more money than it costs to keep them, just slashing their compensation structure so they leave is a revenue-negative decision. That's factual. I want these banks and companies to be responsible, not suicidal.

Re: A simple weblocks application

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:09:31 -0000

Looks nice Ben. Thanks.

Re: net@nite Update

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:30:51 -0000

Sounds like a good refresh - keep the good, toss what wasn't working or adding much. Plus making things easier for you - that's important!

Being live doesn't make that much sense in this age where we time-shift everything to listen to when we want. So it all sounds good and I'm looking forward to it!

Re: My First and Last lolcat

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:36:06 -0000

Offtopic, but you're really getting Canadianized Leo. I heard you on the last TWiT saying "zed" instead of "zee" when spelling out the Tekzilla URL. Good on ya!

Re: List fonts used in a PSD file

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:02:22 -0000

Very helpful--thanks!

Re: The butler gets Bloglines

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 05:49:22 -0000

Heh, okay:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/002574.php

http://www.burningdoor.com/feedburner/archives/000961.html

Also, Mark Fletcher's analysis of the BoingBoing stats, while obviously from a biased source, is worth reading:

http://www.wingedpig.com/archives/000188.html

I think arguing that it is the #1 tool for RSS aggregation is pretty easy.

Re: A modest proposal

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:34:22 -0000

First, some caveats: I work outside the Valley, and I do application development, not web development. So I can't talk about the Valley's web jobs, which are obviously of great interest to many people here.

That said, I do interview programmers, and I'm slightly skeptical of a one-year intensive training course. There's already a huge pool of semi-qualified people who can kinda-sorta program, but don't have any real talent for it.

The people we actually want to hire for programming jobs are considerably more skilled (and more productive), even at a junior level. Many of them, male and female, have both a CS degree and years of hobbyist experience.

Which brings us to my question: Is there any way to create truly skilled and productive junior programmers in a one-year program? I think it's hard, but it just might be doable.

Assuming we're talking about application or system programmers (and not the web industry, which I don't know as much about), here's what I'd include:

1) A basic data structures and algorithms course. This should include recursion at some level (either in data or code). Why? Being able to see multiple levels of a problem at once is prerequisite for a lot of the best-paid jobs.

2) At least one "software engineering" course, which requires the students to work in teams of four or five people, and spend at least five weeks writing a medium-sized program. This kind of practical experience is hugely valuable.

3) At least one "theory" course, which requires students to do some math. The exact kind of math doesn't matter much, just the analytical thinking skills learned along the way.

I think you could teach all this in one intensive year. You might want two tracks, because about 25-50% of students won't be qualified for the material described above, but might discover related talents: UI design, project management, and so on.

Combine this sort of course work with a year of after-hours open source hacking, and you'd have candidates who could apply for almost any junior position out there.

Of course, it's not necessary to aim this high, but doing so would create exceptionally skilled, productive programmers, with access to the top 5-10% of jobs. And I'd like to see more women get hired for those jobs.

Re: Google pushes towards 70 percent of all U.S. searches. Yahoo, Microsoft going the other way.

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:23:12 -0000

It's *faring*, not fairing. Fare better, not fair better.

Re: Motion Computing picks up $6M for tablet PCs

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:01:40 -0000

They're going to need it. Worst salespeople ever, worst customer service ever. Buy one and you're stuck, for ever. Mediocre product, niche at best, and terrible people. Good luck with that.

Re: Motion Computing snags $6M for tablets

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:33:07 -0000

They're going to need it. Worst salespeople ever, worst customer service ever. Buy one and you're stuck, for ever. Mediocre product, niche at best, and terrible people. Good luck with that.

Re: Obama has wrong views on abortion

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:18:07 -0000

When moral people argue with immoral people, what is there to gain? Nothing. Each side can never understand the other. Ever.

Re: Obama has wrong views on abortion

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:48:05 -0000

Perhaps you misunderstood me. I suggested that each side would never be able to understand the other's point of view. In no way does this suggest that I am for, or against abortion. I happen to be against it, but that's not the point. The point is you can't win an argument with a person who doesn't embrace what you believe in. I can say that, as a Christian myself, I am aware of when and where to fight my battles. Bickering with those who don't consider your core beliefs to even be important, what good is that? People must unfortunately, learn these things on their own. We can only hope to point them in what we truly believe is the right direction. Maybe God will assist them, but he might not. I don't presume to understand it. What I do understand is that people will listen to you if your words and thoughts are important to them. Posturing yourself against them, calling them fools, throwing God into the mix, may do more harm than good. There is a bitterness towards Christians in our country and around the world for that matter. We are mostly viewed as nut jobs who are dumb enough to actually embrace a fantasy, it's just a good book to them, the bible, and some don't even think that. So what do you do about it? I'd suggest that you love your neighbor, as you love yourself. It's as simple as that.

Re: What if Apple designed a bicycle?

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:42:54 -0000

It would look like an ixi bike. Except cost even more.

Re: Police/fire log

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:53:36 -0000

Nothing about the Peabody Cop car that went into a house at the corner of Lynn and Winnigance streets Thursday morning?? The cop was probably drunk

Re: GHS day-care center sends wrong message

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:28:33 -0000

And maybe they should wear a scarlet 'P' when in public. That might help.

Re: Letter to the editor: Gloucester can't afford property tax hike tied to the CPA

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:56:32 -0000

Dean, let's assume that you purchased your home on Bass Avenue for oh, I don't know, $265,000.

At the current tax rate of $9.10 per $1,000 of value, your tax bill should be $2,411.50 for the year.

A 1% surcharge on that would be $24.11. Except that the first $100,000 of your home's value is exempt. So the CPA would cost you a grand total of $15.01.

$15.01.

Re: Letter to the editor: Gloucester can't afford property tax hike tied to the CPA

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:35:29 -0000

Yes, I understand. I just think that it's an extremely foolish and short-sighted opinion, and I disagree with it strongly.

Particularly, I find it extremely foolish and short-sighted when people vehemently oppose a tax that amounts to $15/year for them, but can bring big benefits to the city.

I guess you missed the classes in school where they discussed how things that benefit the whole community can be considered good, even if they cost you some money. The classes would have been called something like "living in a modern society, with civilization and everything."

Re: Largest garda operation in City

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:14:07 -0000

But seriously, as well as convincing consumers not to buy drugs there is an alternative way of eliminating the gangs' revenue stream. You could allow consumers buy drugs over the counter in a pharmacy.

Re: D.C. Talk - philadelphia weekly online

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:21:10 -0000

Those clever, icy words come from "Strange Relationship", the 1987 Prince song from "Sign O The Times" that Felton is covering.

Re: More Mono-based games on the iPhone - Miguel de Icaza

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:34:21 -0000

Miguel, what do you think about this:
http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/11/microsoft-a... ?

Re: From Microsoft: C# and CLI under the Community Promise - Miguel de Icaza

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:55:03 -0000

Microsoft has demonstrated about as completely as a company possibly could that their word cannot be trusted. If they do decide not to sue, there is one reason and one reason only--they think it will be better for them if they don't. To me this seems like a big risk to take for a technology of questionable utility.

Re: i am neurotic. - chewing

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:52:01 -0000

My boyfriend's like that. Luckily I've always been a quiet eater - still, I now have to avoid extra-crunchy things around him, unless he's eating them too. Also, he hates hearing people speak after eating chocolate.
*sigh*

Re: Better Javadoc results using SearchMonkey

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:01 -0000

I've found adding the words "SE 5" to the google search term gives me the java 5 results first. A hack, but it works for me...

Re: Married Man Travels 400 Miles For (Hoax) Facebook Affair

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:28:22 -0000

Thats pretty hardcore... Though, I guess if he was going to cheat on his wife he kinda really deserved it.

Re: Sickles High School Yearbook Photo: 16yo Admits “I Wasn’t Wearing Panties”

Anonymous — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:30:00 -0000

How dare Mommy demand that the SCHOOL reprint that yearbook because she could not be bothered to teach her little girl about wearing panties in public?! If she wants a new yearbook printed then she has to foot the bill - or make her daughter get a job and pay for it herself.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, people!

Re: Star Trek: Enterprise cancelled

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:34:19 -0000

Sounds like quite the bender, but you're speaking a dead language gramps. Time to sell the BeeGees records, stop watching "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" and empty the "Beam me up Scottie" stash (PCP & crack). Get some "trail mix" and head down the k-hole! Wahoo.

---
The most famous K exponent was John Lilly, a California-based physicist, reknowned for his pioneering and fascinating experiments into communication with dolphins.

At the same time, Lilly pioneered the use of the isolation tank to induce altered states and then developed a serious Ketamine problem. Over several years, he had numerous brushes with death, including one when his wife found him floating face down in a swimming pool.

Reflecting on the dissociative nature of the Ketamine experience, Lilly wrote a crazed 1978 autobiography, 'The Scientist,' entirely in the third person.

"With his adjusted awareness through the drug K, John felt and understood the currents of information travelling through the galaxy by means unknown at present. He felt the tremendous variety of intelligences which exist in the galaxy. He became aware of the competitive aspects of survival of solid-state intelligences versus those that were water-based."
From 'The Scientist' (1978).
---

Then again, you could rent "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence" understand the thing, imagine it and stay dry all at the same time, although not wanting to roll the local variety store owner at knife point afterwards might take away from the experience a bit. "Battle Royale" might help with that, though.

While I was at the shop I saw "Resident Evil" and heard that it came with a kick-ass girl heroine. So if there are any lonely ladies out there, you can come by and have the heroin. "I like to watch."

Re: Star Trek: Enterprise cancelled

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:11:32 -0000

"I like to watch" comes from Being There (1979). See http://course1.winona.edu/pjohnson/h140/being.htm . PCP use in the U.S. peaked in 1976 at 1 in 6 people. "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" is a notorious 1977 movie about a Jeckle & Hyde drug/disco lifestyle. The "k-hole" is the unpleasant out-of-body experience provided by ketamine. "Trail Mix" can mean various things, but one is ketamine+crack. User descriptions of it resemble the world in "Ghost in the Shell 2", right down to accidentally wanting to kill the store keeper because of hallucinations. The director of Ghost in the Shell 2 is very adamnant that reality is not real, to put it roughly. Watching 2 heroines is an oblique reference to "Mulholland Drive" another reality-is-not-real sex/drug/"whoa WTF was that?" movie.

Did you ever here the one about the blind guy who went into the lesbian bar?
..."Not if I have to explain it 5 times!!!" hardeee har har.

Doesn't anyone here watch anything other than Star Trek? [This would be a joke]

Re: Google Bloggerで独自ドメインブログがより簡単に

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:04:00 -0000

>これと同じ方法ははてなダイアリーや他のブログサービスでも実現できるはず。

Seesaaブログは提供してるよー。無料。

Re: Christmas Garland Gadget

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:15:04 -0000

Thanx!!! This one's just perfect. I'm a Christmas lover all year long, didn't discover this one till yet though. Wow, you're really damn great at this stuff!!

Re: Bad Theories that Track Robust Regularities

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:06:12 -0000

INTP. Crazy; a bunch of people who read a weblog devoted to philosophy and libertarian thought, and most of us are 'NT's? :)

Re: Krugman on Progressive Indexing

Anonymous — Tue, 03 May 2005 12:54:26 -0000

Excellent piece. Julian Sanchez makes a similar argument in Reason, also using the Rube Goldberg analogy. It's astounding to me that liberals will howl in protest any time any tax change happens to benefit anybody who they consider rich, yet have no problem dispensing checks to wealthy retirees. Letting a rich guy keep more of what he earns is horrible; confiscating 15% from a burger flipper's paycheck and handing it to the same rich guy: no problem. It's not about rich and poor, it's about encouraging dependence on government.

Re: My Partner

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:27:58 -0000

I have a friend at work with a similar problem. We have coined the following:

HLP - Heterosexual Life Partner

Re: Will Health-Care Innovation Survive Obamacare?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:12:50 -0000

"Prostrate seed implants were given up on in the U.S. in the late 70s, but revived thanks to European experiments in the 80s. Hip replacements happen everywhere. Tikosyn is available everywhere. This is why Glenn Reynolds is completely unreliable."

You appear to have missed the point - no one questions that Europe and Asia are able to get something of a free ride by making cheap, generic copies of American drugs. Tikosyn is available everywhere because Pfizer, an American drug company, payed for the research that created it as well as the testing that proved it's efficacy and safety. Pfizer did so in hopes of making a profit. Remove that profit incentive by making government responsible for deciding what is needed and what isn't, and Tikosyn most likely wouldn't exist.

Re: Brother's Quattro 6000D Sewing Machine redefines high-tech stitching

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:52:02 -0000

Good grief! I like technology as much as anyone, but iIf you want machines to do it all then just buy your clothes off the wrack! If you can't produce something better than that with a simple mechanical machine you can't produce something better with this one.

And that's the truth.

Re: They Call Me Fousheezy - Some girrrrrrrrrlllllllll

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:55:51 -0000

I think we scared her on the way back and also almost killed her in the car. She ran away as fast as she could. Good times.

Re: They Call Me Fousheezy - Some girrrrrrrrrlllllllll

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:57:32 -0000

Apparently, there's already a Demon Driver of Franklin St on here. This is bothersome. I should just point out that I am the real, one-and-only, demon driver. Whoever that loser is who's posted under my name, I say this to you: relinquish what is not rightfully yours.

Re: They Call Me Fousheezy - Coincidence or truth? What Does Your Month Of Birth Tell About You?

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:06:11 -0000

November seems half fitting for me. But this is just mean: "Uncertain in relationships. Homely."

And, of course: "Does not appreciates praises.". No, I does not appreciates praises at all, or extraneous esses.

Re: Adding comments to quuxpad

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:21:27 -0000

Test of unverified comment. Please ignore.

Re: Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:45:39 -0000

Fortunately, this election isn't a referendum on Obama. It's a referendum on McCain, who's batshit crazy and probably even more dangerous than Bush. So anyone who doesn't support Obama is helping our nation take a short slide into the wood chipper.

But the Democratic capitulation on FISA is still very bad news. Back in the 60s, our government eavesdropped on domestic political opponents, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X. The bad old days of Nixon and Hoover are something that nobody here wants to see again. But if Congress rips out all the safeguards against government surveillance, we're pretty much guaranteed to see another COINTELPRO. It's like when Congress deregulated the financial industry—they revoked the Depression-era reforms, and we got Enron and oil speculators. Deregulation is dumb.

Now, during the primaries, Obama was clearly opposed to any FISA bill that included immunity. But once the primaries were over, he promptly voted for just such a bill. And when asked why he voted for it, Obama said that the bill was compromise, and (1) that it would make FISA the exclusive mechanism for spying on the American people (which FISA already _was_, according to a Federal Court), and (2) that it would prevent certain important surveillance programs from lapsing (programs that Obama strongly opposed six months ago). Not a wise compromise.

Now, I'm not the least bit surprised by Obama's recent statements on abortion, gun control, or government funding of religious organizations. Those positions of his were clear from day one, and anybody who's getting upset over that now shouldn't be surprised, and shouldn't be accusing Obama of "moving towards the center."

But man, that FISA vote was depressing. It won't keep me from working for Obama, because—as I said above—this election is all about McMain, and McCain is a menace. And Obama is still way better than Kerry and Clinton, and he's definitely going to get more of my money than Kerry did.

Re: Nigger latte

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:06:41 -0000

no audio

Re: My browser needs 16 exabytes

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:44:17 -0000

Have you seen .NET apps stop displaying, effectively crashing, when you scroll a large list of database records (win server 2003)? That's not what I'd call stable, is it? How come linux never had problems with graphics resources?

Re: Challenged

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:15:48 -0000

Just curious, what's wrong with KDE? I've been using it for a long time, apart from some bugs and the lots of settings and buttons issue I see nothing wrong with it.

Re: Challenged

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:55:17 -0000

I'm not talking about a reboot loop here, some updates caused windows to loop installing them before system shutdown. This means that I'm unable to shutdown the vm cleanly for some time. This occurred 3 times with some system updates in the past month or two, I never said it was a common problem, I just reported what happened on a vm that I rarely use (3-4 times a month, if at all). Before calling someone a liar, you should at least make certain that you understand fully what they're talking about.

Re: Challenged

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:56:15 -0000

KDE 3.5 has many minor bugs and a few more important and long-standing ones, which is also the case for any other desktop (gnome, windows, osx). The problem that is considered the hallmark of KDE is the cluttered interface, which is arguably not very important after you've gotten used to it. My point is that for a long-time KDE user it has no important problems, at least that's how I feel.

Re: Challenged

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:51:22 -0000

It is a problem for me, however I'm still using KDE, because the alternatives are worse. In KDE4.1 things are better.

Re: CDN - Quebec reseller shuts down after losing $12 million lawsuit case- Page 2

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:22:07 -0000

Good. Glad to see them go. Corrupt resellers make the rest of us legitimate computer folks look bad.

Re: alligator

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:43:36 -0000

i want a sticker that says "DONT TEASE ME IF YOU WONT PLEASE ME" to put on my laptop.

Re: alligator

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:00:48 -0000

the nose freckle is incredibly sexy. along with the purple/pink highlighting.

Re: alligator

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:22:44 -0000

well 3 is the magic number. here we go with the haircut change. i got access to safe hottub, booze, lorcets, smack... the fuck more do you want?

i like you for who you are. which is more than that chick you're talking to would ever say to me. she's the bad influence and her techniques don't work very well. for your own good, stay away from her.

Re: Frank McKenna watch

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:30:07 -0000

Re McKenna's spoken french, the Maher article referenced above states "His French is said to be awful". When his name was being floated for LPC leader in Jan 2006, CTV reported "Pundits questioned how he would be received in Quebec as McKenna has never mastered the French language." see:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTV...

Re: Determine Linux version | Linux | Tech-Recipes

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:14:22 -0000

exactly what I was looking for. It's useful to be able to determine this kind of information for automated scripts that connect to and perform tasks on multiple machines of various flavors, versions and distros.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Electricity + Water = Fire

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:07:31 -0000

Actually, it will be LESS than the heat you'd get from straight electric heating. it's entropy, nothing is 100% efficient, so adding two extra energy conversions (electricity to oxygen/hydrogen, and then combustion to turn it back into water vapor) is a waste of energy. It's a neat conversation piece, but a small decorational version to go on your coffee table, rather than to heat a room, would be much more practical.

Re: Help for all wiki / Add Disqus Forum

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:53:25 -0000

Hi there Clif. This is the ANONOMOUS postman. You've been tagged, you are IT.

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000H Left Button Failed This Moring - mediabistro.com: MobileAppsToday

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:50:13 -0000

Same problem: Asus EEE PC 900 linux xandros, left button stopped working. Tried several remedies without success. Tried remove chrome plastic clickbar pressing microswitch, tried blowing air through mouse button cavity to remove dust & cool, tried to lubricate switch with silicon spray on cotton swab. Tried X11 restart with Ctrl-Alt-Del. The left mouse button stopped workng after about 2 months of use. Nothiing wrong with right mouse button. Sofar only External USB mouse has been been able to provide the frequently needed left click!

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000H Left Button Failed This Moring - mediabistro.com: MobileAppsToday

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:15:28 -0000

update: when Asus EEE PC 900 chromed plastic click bar is removed, the left mouse button microswitch can be actuated directly with a ballpoint pen. My findings: the buttonpress is seldom registered if a perpendicular press. Instead oblique pen angles (45 degree) seems to poke the button through the opening tiny hole. The microswitch is soldered directly onto the motherboard. Possible causes are threfore: 1) motherbord shifted in relation to hole in case. 2) the entire motherbord flexes downwards when left button is pressed, making it hard to get a succesful click. I removed the left side click bar foam cushion, and tightened the bottom screws holding the case pressed together with the mainboard, and got everso slightly better left button click response, although a two finger pinch pressing bottom of eee pc and the left button bar simultaneously was sometimes needed to get a left click to happen. the both topside and bottom simultaneous pinch seems to support theory of the mainboard flexing in EEE PC.

Re: 40K HOBBY: Deathwing Land Raiders

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:30:58 -0000

Lol.

Re: 40K REVIEW: Gunheads

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:44:53 -0000

So it's on Golgotha, correct? Any mention whatsoever of the native Squat population? Since I'm assuming this takes place before the Bugs show up and eat the planet.

I only ask because I think it'd be really interesting if an official GW-published book mentioned the squats.

Re: 40K REVIEW: Gunheads

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:33:44 -0000

I've found Horus Heresy books pretty easily in most bookstores... haven't really looked for much else.

Re: 40K Deep Thought: Eldar Power Level???

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:31:39 -0000

I dunno about your point on the Warp Spiders... Back in 4th, they could only ever Glance a vehicle, nowadays they can at least Penetrate (even if it is at -1)... plus they're fast enough to get to the side/back armor on things when they need it, and pump a bunch of Str 6 death into that weaker armor. I know my Trukks hate them!

Re: 40K REVIEW: Dawn of War 2 by THQ

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:45:26 -0000

I really like the new DOW. Going in "hot" is preferable to having to build from scratch each and every mission. My complaint is it gets very repetitive very quickly. There's such a limited number of maps, and the start and end points are the same in each. Still, each mission provides challenges, and as you progress in level, they really pile the enemies on you.

Re: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2009/03/40k-news-ig-advanced-orders-up.html

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:22:03 -0000

Dude, the Peanut Butter Jelly song was old news on the internet before Family Guy ever borrowed it.

Regardless, I do understand your sentiment. I'm heavily considering picking up some 'umie gitz... At the very least, I'll end up with plenty of lootable parts for my WAAAAGH!

Re: 40 RUMORS: Planetstrike Whispers

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:37:00 -0000

It's because the "Cosy little trio" accounts for the lion's share of sales, and GW is about making money. They could have put out a Necron Super Monolith, a Tyranid Norn Queen riding a Hierodule, or some unspeakable Dark Eldar atrocity. Since fewer people play those armies, fewer models would sell, and the venture would be unprofitable.

You're quite right about the codices of other armies being outmoded by the new edition and new codices, but this is a situation that's been going on since 2nd edition. When you have the number of codices and army books GW pumps out to update, it's simply not feasible to do them all (even in a "patch" format) at one time. And it's back to sales again. After sales on the new SM and IG lines simmer down, we're likely to see the remainder of the flock get updates, not before.

Re: GW NEWS: GW Canada Reborn

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:06:12 -0000

Back when the US site converted, I used Backstreet Browser to make a local mirror of the entirety of the hobby content on the Oz site. Back when GW actually cared about the hobby aspect of the game vs sales, those painting and conversion articles were very useful.

Re: GW NEWS: GW Canada Reborn

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:10:29 -0000

There was no notice for the switchover. One day, the site didn't work all day (I remember because I was trying to get CAD prices for the Valk preorder, so it was the day it went up for preorder on the US site), then it was back for a day, and then the next day ca.games-workshop.com brought me to the US site, with no Canadian info at all. They could have, at least, sent out a final issue of Imperial Dispatch to inform us...

Re: RUMORS: Space Hulk Chatter

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:01:21 -0000

I'm all in on everything except the batteries. Please, oh, please don't let it be the 40k version of Talking Battleship....

Re: Warhammer Poll: Tabletop Painting Standards

Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:05:03 -0000

If I could paint fast enough to done in 1 hour per square inch of model surface, I'd be a painting FIEND :) I concur. I tend to get my builds up and running in friendly games before dedicating the time to conversions and paint. I always show to tournaments with fully painted armies, though.

Re: 40K / FANTASY RUMORS: New Race?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:59:31 -0000

Jervis Johnson, at the GD '08 after-meet, without any prompting from anyone, mentioned that there would be room for a new race addition after everything else got updated, with Squats being one of the potentials. Given enough yipping from the consumer, perhaps they're opting to give us what we want.

Re: 40K SNEAK PEEK: July Releases

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:21:07 -0000

And why, oh, why do we need another Sicarius-related release?

Re: 40K RUMOR: Plastic Daemon Prince?

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:10:09 -0000

There were already a few new SW releases a while back. Who's to say they won't just repackage the SW like they did the Cadians and Catachans?

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:34:42 -0000

If they're a MAJORTIY, why didn't they VOTE?

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:19:18 -0000

And apparently, they are protesting the tax cuts they will receive in 2009. Too funny.

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:48:36 -0000

Well it was bit more tame than the palin rallies in most places. More stupid too. Congratulations are in order I guess. You achieved... something.... (?)

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:16:14 -0000

There are only 306 people in America? I think you need a new calculator before you buy a pitchfork.

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:17:21 -0000

Learn to read.

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:19:52 -0000

Thank you for not being a "dittohead." Real Conservatives are rare nowadays.

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:20:48 -0000

About 20 times more people get their news from NPR than from Fox "News."

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:21:17 -0000

None of what you said is true.

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:26:31 -0000

So you are complaining that Obama CUT your taxes? Because you WILL pay less in 2009. Unless you make over 250K.

Re: Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos!

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:28:55 -0000

Whew. At least ZERO Republicans are to blame. You are so credible.

Re: Key Birther Lawyer Was Disbarred … In 2004

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:53:33 -0000

"What happened to a more transparent government?"

You mean the government that sends me status updates every day via email, twitter, facebook, etc? The government which has a website that allows me to participate in the lawmaking discussions?

I can't wait to see what the history books say about the birther idiots like you.

Re: Five Reasons To Ignore John Gruber’s OS X Security Punditry

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:44:25 -0000

Are there any decent articles for decent OS X security practices?

Re: First Thoughts on Egypt

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:06:06 -0000

There's a new Cairo Museum in the works, so no upgrades are planned for the current one.

Re: 590 KLBJ Zoo

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:21:27 -0000

I agree. I think Sandra was the real top dog before Tex and Jake showed up. Watch Sandra become number 1 again!

Re: iPhone developer program is a joke

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:58:39 -0000

"“If Your Application includes any FOSS, You agree to comply with all applicable FOSS licensing terms. You also agree not to use any FOSS in the development of Your Application in such a way that would cause the non-FOSS portions of the SDK to be subject to any FOSS licensing terms or obligations.” (section 3.3.14 in the SDK license agreement)"

It is impossible for anybody outside Apple to cause the iPhone API to fall under FOSS licensing terms, no matter what they do or what open source software they use in the construction of an iPhone application.

What I can't figure out is whether Apple's lawyers really are this stupid, or whether they are simply trying to spread FUD about FOSS as part of their own license.

Either way, the iPhone SDK is useless. If Apple had opened things up, I might have broken down and bought an iPhone, but not with this kind of idiotic policy.

Re: Hiding Dirty Stuff: Windows vs. Linux

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:13:18 -0000

TrueCrypt, GNU Privacy Guard, PGP, OpenStego, Steghide, FreeOTFE. The list goes on. Encrypt it or stego it, but _never_ rely on OS-enforced access control.

Re: Even More Incriminating Evidence in The Foxconn Debacle!

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:17:26 -0000

This doesn't actually surprise me that much. I have a hell of a time with some boards unless I specifically add in the boot sequence 'acpi=off'. It makes it a little difficult to promote the usability of linux to new users when the darn live CDs won't even &*(@##$ boot without turning off those specific features that people want. Now that I learn this behavior is deliberate? That boils me more. I hope this company's masterminds gets slaps hard by the regulators that their grandmothers feel the pain.

Kyle and others:
These boards claim to be ACPI compliant. That means as long as the OS supports it, any operating system should work. By deliberately placing landmines in their code and having their boards check periodically while running to ensure there is not a linux kernel running they are breaking that compliancy. While I am not up with american laws, I do believe that opens them to fines and even lawsuits for false claims.

Re: Box-Eyed: Eurovision, HIGNFY, Lie To Me - Opinion | newslite.tv

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:36:01 -0000

Why ain't Eurovision sold on Blu-ray!!! Come on EBU, get with the times!

Re: Southeast Texas Record | Woman claims local doctor's rudeness caused her to have heart attack in his office

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:03:37 -0000

this lady needs to go live somewhere that people have real problems. When people no longer have to worry about how they will eat or live they start making up dumb things like this and ADHD.

Re: the poor dancing girl she won't dance again

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:07:29 -0000

your haiku is missing the middle line. here's one:
"she is very teh funny."

Re: Felt Model of Bella’s Womb

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:19:34 -0000

WTF?

Re: Felt Model of Bella’s Womb

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:19:34 -0000

WTF?

Re: Angry and Loud

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:52:19 -0000

How can you possibly refer to the muslim community in Australia as victims? Sure you should have compassion for them, as they follow a false god and are therefore unsaved. But to consider them victims in a country like Australia is quite absurd.

Spare a thought for Christians in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan etc. who face persecution from these so called peaceful people.

Re: Accident with train on 9th Street | KOMI-DTV | KOMITV.com

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:51:28 -0000

Glad to know they were first on the scene....but where is the rest of the story now????

Re: Dice que Uribe sigue el camino de Chávez

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:30:11 -0000

Que curioso que una persona que tuvo a oscuras a todo el país por estar vendiendo los recursos hidroelectricos a naciones vecinas esté ahora criticando el mal manejo que se le dio al escandalo de las pirámides. ¿¿Acaso no recuerda que la gente esperaba que fueran las 8 de la noche y que llegara la energia para empezar a jugar al avion??. Increible que un delito cometido por unos cuantos delincuentes durante un año venga a sacarlo a relucir después de 6 años de gobierno. ¿¿Y los cinco primeros años no cuentan?? ¿¿Recuerda usted alguna gestion positiva que haya logrado para el país durante el tiempo que fue secretario general de la OEA??

Re: Las FARC admiten que atacaron por error vehículo de misión médica

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:10:03 -0000

Ahora resulta que la población no puede acercarse a vivir tranquilamente a una institución policial o militar, tampoco puede pasar cerca a una carabana militar, ni acercarse a ningún organismo legal del estado porque corre el riesgo de resultar muerto o herido "por un error" de apreciación. Entonces ¿¿junto a quién debe andar y vivir uno?? ¿¿Junto a ellos?? Catremanada de malandros que justifican este y otros hechos en la supuesta ilegalidad de un gobierno electo por el pueblo. Y a ellos ¿¿quién los eligió para que se tomen por su cuenta las injusticias que cometen??

Re: Nude Images Now Appearing In Check myHottie – This Is Getting Old

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:15:42 -0000

Yeah. Let's make them pull Safari too, because all of that user-generated nudity and smut out there.

You guys are partially responsible for Apple's schizophrenia in the review process. As long as people hold them accountable for any slightly immoral action any user of any app takes, we are going to continue to have a gunshy Apple not sure what is okay to approve.

Back off, willya? This isn't junior high. Yes, there's smut in the world. Yes, there's stuff that some people don't want to see or even shouldn't see. But as long as you can just as easily get to the same stuff via Safari, let's stop making a big deal of it every time a nipple makes its way into an App on the App Store, 'kay?

Re: MSN Color Codes: Color MSN Nick with MSN Colour Codes

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:40:24 -0000

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Re: MSN Color Codes: Color MSN Nick with MSN Colour Codes

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Re: MSN Color Codes: Color MSN Nick with MSN Colour Codes

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Re: 2006/12/22/social-bookmarking/

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:00:13 -0000

Vote: del.icio.us

Re: 2006/12/19/social-networking-awards-vote-for-your-favorite-mainstream-network/

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:01:21 -0000

Vote: LinkedIn

Re: 2007/07/20/myspace-blocks-the-letter-i/

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:45:40 -0000

Who cares? MySpace is stupid. If the replaced every letter with .. it would be an improvement.

Re: 2008/07/22/mashable-writing-jobs/

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:05:49 -0000

I already stopped reading this site for the most part because there's just way too much crap to wade through... now you plan on getting even more?

Re: 10 Even Better Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs

Anonymous — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:45:33 -0000

1.21 gigawatts
http://www45.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1.21+gig...

Re: Top 15 Google Street View Sightings

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:36:41 -0000

#12 Really did happen on Fringe last week.

Re: The Troubles of Crowdsourcing: How Do You Keep a Secret?

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:15:54 -0000

I don't understand how not putting the news up actually helps. Is the idea that turning it into a story makes him a bigger martyr and so more likely to be killed as a political statement? Isn't there a risk in teh other direction, too? If it remains unpublicized then isn't it easier for a guy to just 'disappear.' The idea that some select few can decide the best course of action, seems to imply those in charge have some sort of divine judgement. At what point is his being kidnapped an acceptable loss, and who decides that?

'I doubt that anyone would question the validity of what Jimmy Wales did here; if you can save a life by breaking or bending the rules a little, refusing to do so would be irresponsible.'

I would in fact question that. Sometimes a principle stands higher than a human life. We send people to war, to die, for principles that are greater than one man, or even thousands of men. Breaking the rules to save a life is not in fact universally a good thing.

While I do not know the details of this story or this reporter's situation, I am highly suspicious that keeping a secret is universally a good thing, either for him, or for ideals that are greater than one man.

Re: Digg Accused of Twitter Traffic Bait and Switch

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:50:15 -0000

I don't know folks at Digg personally but Jay and Kevin seem like two of the most ethical business people in the industry (perhaps that's not saying much?) so I can only assume it's a bug that'll get fixed quickly.

Re: Microsoft: We’re Just Going to Keep Running, Running, and Running (Scared of Apple)

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:46:30 -0000

I love my Mac but seriously, the Apple market share is a rounding error to Microsoft. It took shitty Vista just 6 weeks to outnumber the entire installed base of every Mac every sold. So yes, Macs are great and Windows sucks but no, Microsoft really couldn't give a s**t. These ads are more about making Microsoft employees feel better than actually increasing sales IMHO.

Re: Creating Our Own Skydomes

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:37:21 -0000

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090219.html

Re: I’m afraid of low level programming.

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:35:45 -0000

I was a "high-level" developer for a long time, innocently coding away in .NET land blissfully unaware of what was making everything tick. Now, I produce software for a switching shop in C, and let me tell you, life's never been so good.

They key to getting your hands dirty and liking it? It's hard to say, really. The biggest thing for me was, in part, my love of math, and in particular, my recent exploration into higher level maths such as abstract algebra and other theoretical topics. Once you begin to see how mathematics and CS interconnect (from a deep theoretical perspective, not silly binary logic), the whole world opens up. Also in part was an exploration into how hardware really works (try "Essentials of Computing Systems"... 100 level stuff, but it's an great take on CS education for the hardware-ignorant programmer).

There's a million avenues you can take. Literally. Tons of books on kernels, compilers, systems architecture, gate logic, algorithms, etc. More fields of mathematics than I'll ever be able to name, let alone understand. Nothing has ever helped me more, though, than a good project that a) is beyond my current ability, b) involves subjects I need to learn, and c) interests me. MUDs filled that role for a long time. Currently, it's robotics, compilers, and physics simulations that are pushing my knowledge forward.

But without a sound interest in advanced math and/or without pet projects that drive interest in lower level concepts, there's no hope. Read what you can before it puts you to sleep and hope some of it sticks.

Re: Downtown BART station portal in Historic Bank of America Building - StimulusWatch.org

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:36:34 -0000

We have light rail (it sucks, really slow and poorly run). But BART stops at Fremont. So, how come we need portal?

Re: Siliconera » European importers get early access to English Lost Odyssey

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:11:59 -0000

"This is a quizzical set up, I can't think of another Asian game that works with NTSC-J and PAL 360s, but not NTSC-U consoles."

Exactly!

Something tells me that Microsoft intentionally kept Americans from importing. That's the only logical explanation. By default it should be EASIER, if anything, to allow a NTSC-J game to run on a NTSC-U console.

Stupid move. I would have imported this right now.

Re: Siliconera » European importers get early access to English Lost Odyssey

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:11:59 -0000

Re: Too Bad Gizmodo / Gawker Media is Not Public

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:29:21 -0000

Am I the only one who finds it a bit hypocritical that the Goo Goo Ga Ga Gizmodo pre-school pranksters had such fun with a device that they ripped to shreds in a review?

http://gizmodo.com/archives/tvbgone-023694.php

Re: Too Bad Gizmodo / Gawker Media is Not Public

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:29:21 -0000

Re: Twitter relays information on Holocaust Museum shooting in Washington, D.C.

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:21:38 -0000

What was the shooter trying to do?

Re: http://www.business.dk/article/20090220/break/90218137/&page=5

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:15:48 -0000

Journalisten har tilsyneladende ikke fattet en brik. Disse dimser er jo ting til rejsebrug.
Med USB kan alt oplades fra den bærbares USB stik - og voila: Du bruger den bærbare som el-adapter, så du slipper for at slæbe 17 transformatorer og konvertere med.

Re: Jurastuderende forventer mere i l�Din karriere

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:08:43 -0000

D M, du er en sinke

Re: Jurastuderende forventer mere i l�Din karriere

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:08:48 -0000

Du kender tilsyneladende intet til "fede firmaordninger", M Sørensen, udover at man kan forstå at du er misundelig på dem der tjener mere end dig.

Hvad er det for noget vås når D M taler om "tom advokatsnak". Dem der ikke fatter hvad det er advokaten rådgiver dem om men kun betragter det som tom snak burde holde sig til deres egen profession og lade være med at skilte med deres åbenlyse uvidenhed.

Det er ikke klienterne men advokatfirmaerne der betaler advokatfuldmægtigenes løn, og de får ikke mere i løn end de er værd. På den anden side skal de have hvad de er værd, ellers er de jo væk.

Hverken D M eller M Sørensen har noget som helst grundlag for at vurdere hvad en advokatfuldmægtig er værd for firmaet.

Re: California : The ungovernable state

Anonymous — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:17:27 -0000

Enjoyed reading your posts, got here by Googling "california, prop 1a".
This is a very informative article with lots of good details. I would object to the premise of "both sides bad".
While not putting virtue on either side, how can anyone not have noticed that the Dems have spent in good times and bad. Now the only choices being given are more taxes (which won't be enough and they won't stop spending) or loss of fire-fighters, police and teachers. There has been no effort that I've seen to cut back waste and fraud, let alone cut back for the good of the public. There is only Dems/public-employees/news-media repeating over and over that we need higher taxes and Repubs are at fault for obstructing payments to widows. Puh-leeze. It's time to stop enabling an out of control Legislature.
If only Arnold had done as promised and "cut up their credit cards".
Sigh. I have kids in public schools, it hurts to pull the trigger. But this spending has got to stop.

Re: Radio love

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:39:33 -0000

They have B92 on where I work. I had been wondering when they were going to get a morning show. Right now its all music. Going up against Z93, ooo radio war! B92 is a good chr station. I think it is apex broadcasting. good move. Charleston is an awsome town. Couple days in the 70s-80s already.

congrats on the marriage.

Re: KSAS announces spring concert

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:25:01 -0000

Last few things I read say it all.....

no need for direct response.

Re: Sunny going down?

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:27:44 -0000

Yeah I heard that the morning show was only on air for a few weeks before it was 86ed. Sunny 94 is packaged pretty bad. Sounds like a station from 1981.

So what is the deal? Was it all a ruse to get money off of advertisers during the holidays with K-Santa? Wasn't SUNNY going to take on KLASSY? Or did GM Jim Burgoyne set SUNNY up for failure before he went across the street to KLASSY?

What happened?

Re: Sunny going down?

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:25:39 -0000

Yes. Arliss took the job for all of 6 weeks.

What is going on at that cluster? Seems all you hear about them these days is failure and under performing. Isn't this home of the great KUPI? Now they may have a 4th format on that signal in less then 6 months?

Who is in charge of that mess?

Re: Sunny going down?

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:23:00 -0000

According to this Arliss is back on KUPI.

http://idradnews.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=...

Re: Sunny going down?

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:36:54 -0000

SunnySide,

You are a company man or delusional. Maybe both. My comments on Arrow come directly from their upper management. It has not made the money they would like. Maybe they are charging alot less to get the commercial spot loads up, maybe they are giving away commercials if you buy time on KUPI, whatever it is, it isn't a money maker. Which I find ironic because that means that Arrow dominated in the mornings the last book, X94 dominated in the afternoon drive that same book, and Sand Hill Media has been unable to get the money out of sales on either.

TJ, I will agree with you. Arrow is not a 'unique blend' as Sunny Side claims. It is a very boring advertiser safe station. Not ballsey enough to be 'classic rock' (does classic rock take 'balls'? or just a mature programmer?) It is somthing that you could put on in the dentists office. Not somthing to listen too at a job site. It is a safe format with 350 songs in rotation and no competition. Think of it as a 'Sunny' with no Klassy to battle.

Seems to me Sand Hill Media targets women 44-64 with their programming outside of KUPI, which they wouldn't dare to touch their cash cow. Everything else under that roof the past year has been a financial failure. Soon enough KUPI will have to answer to somthing along those lines should they continue to under perform in the ratings. KUPI did come up with ZERO in a couple of key demographics in the last book.

Re: Sunny going down?

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:54:18 -0000

You and George are misinformed. I have no idea who TJ is, and we are not the same person.

I am not 'On The Beach' because I don't work in radio.

Re: Sunny going down?

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:57:16 -0000

How did we get from 'Sunny going down' to 'Arrow not making cash'? Anybody notice KUPI might have a few of Zero in the ratings?

Interesting.

Re: A Twitter Nudes poll

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:20:49 -0000

Like no name says, if you're not here for the nudes why are you here? I don't think it's that bad (I mean, it's not two people getting it on) so just display it.

Re: The (Futile) Task Of Projecting Unemployment

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:50:47 -0000

on the one hand there are the recipients of u/e benefits.
on the other hand, the states write the checks. it is interesting that some states are running dry.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009...
California is paying out so much for jobless benefits and collecting so little in payroll taxes that its unemployment insurance fund could be $17.8 billion in debt by the end of 2010, according to a new report from the state Employment Development Department.

This latest fiscal crisis won't immediately affect the 1.1 million Californians now collecting benefits because the state is using an interest-free federal loan to cover their checks.

Re: Sunday Readings

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:15:41 -0000

More recommended reading...it's local: California real estate internals.
But for excellent coverage, check out the blog at fieldcheckgroup.com

Re: Redbook Retail Index Plunges Again

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:28:25 -0000

@Screwball: "..they had good earnings recently, but this seems odd"
Maybe someone is expecting the U/E numbers to tick up, in which case there will be a lot of people sitting in recliners waiting...waiting...waiting...for the economy to come back to "normal".

Re: Bloomberg Fascinated With California CDS

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:44 -0000

Um....what? I know people who work at HP, haven't heard about this. Or have contractors been terminated?

Re: What Is Spooking Auto Supplier CDS?

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:36:30 -0000

I'm expecting to see a "Mission Accomplished" banner once they destroy the private sector....

Re: Bernanke Prepared Testimony

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:13:57 -0000

Commenter Black Swan predicts Summers will take BBs job and that Roubini will take Summers' place (see globaleconomicanalysis.com).

Re: New York Times Sale Rumors Quashed... For Now

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:17:03 -0000

I'm there!

Re: Baltic Dry Index Drop Accelerates

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:28 -0000

I swear I saw a report 3 weeks ago that said the Baltic Dry Index numbers had improved. Dang. I guess you just can't trust the Internet :)

Re: Interactive Brokers Having A Really Tough Day With Those Locates

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:32:21 -0000

Off topic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_treasury_cartoonist
Treasury cancels plan to hire a cartoonist to cheer up the staff.

Re: Unemployment Rate By State: June Update

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:18:13 -0000

Sad to see Wyoming on the list. For a year or so, I've blog comments everywhere to the effect "You effete NY bankers may be out of a job but here in WY..."

Re: The Goldman VaR Exemption Question Escalates

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:53:03 -0000

Off topic: today's real estate numbers, links provided by a commenter on Mish's blog.

1) new home sales up 11%
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/June-new-home-sal...

but that's based on a comparison of May '09 to June '09.
but hey, sales go up every year from May to June. duh. people buy during the summer when school is out.
and prices are down a bunch even according to the AP article.

2) but hey. what if you compare June '08 with June '09?
cover page
http://www.census.gov/const/www/newressalesinde...
excel spreadsheet
http://www.census.gov/const/newressales.xls

surprise, sales are down 21% year over year.

Re: Summer of fail: Why are new shows bombing?

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:17:19 -0000

Little understood connection: Global climate change and summer TV viewership. This was one of the mildest summers in US history. People went outside and had lives more than ever before.

No wonder GE/NBC is working so hard to prevent this.

Re: Fishing

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:48:21 -0000

That little girl sounds like she needs to see a counselor.

Re: Abort73.com Commercial

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:20:54 -0000

Good for you, Kaleb!

Re: Not Like Other Grannies

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:15:52 -0000

Happy Birthday, Kaleb!

Re: Kaleb Nation cast as Edward in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight film

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:19:33 -0000

...This IS a joke, right?

Re: Rihanna- Cry

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:54:15 -0000

Heh, between this and "SOS", seems like she'll never be happy if she has a guy, and she'll never be happy if she doesn't :-P

Re: Where The Heart Is movie

Anonymous — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:41:45 -0000

"Also, it was quite joyful hearing Natalie Portman called Mrs. Nation multiple times."

Another Nation with a crush, on Natalie, eh? ;-)

Re: Where The Heart Is movie

Anonymous — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:42:15 -0000

NO! I put a comma in the wrong place! Now that little bugger's gonna be annoying me every time I see it...

Re: Ten Things I Learned In My 1st Semester of College

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:18:34 -0000

Sounds like you have wonderful roommates. ;-)

Re: Miley Cyrus and Friends

Anonymous — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:24:17 -0000

"Madonna smashes out an album that is 3/12?ths okay"

That can be reduced to 1/4. ;-)

Re: Reading Twilight: Chapter 1 (First Sight)

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:54:28 -0000

Well, since everyone is talking about Twilight, I started reading it at Barnes & Noble and found that although it is compelling, Edward is...well, I'm not entirely sure why so many people like him (then again, I'm one of those people who never has cared for the "iresistably sexy" type). Bella's okay, she reminds me of myself in a lot of things, although I would never have fallen for Edward. But I'm not that far into it, so I'll keep reading ;-)

Re: Some Guys Will Never Learn

Anonymous — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:29:29 -0000

Geez who's this creep think he is? If you wanna be reading Twilight, that's your choice! Haha, good point, Amy, about the hundreds of girls ;-)

Re: Reading Twilight: Chapter 5 (Blood Type)

Anonymous — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:27:37 -0000

haha, your addition to this week's chapter was hilarious

Re: Reading Twilight: Chapter 6 (Scary Stories)

Anonymous — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:24:22 -0000

Werewolves. Loved wolves from a young age, and quite frankly, the idea of living forever (until someone cuts you apart and burns the pieces) just doesn't appeal to me.

Re: Reading Twilight: Chapter 9 (Theory)

Anonymous — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:59:54 -0000

Would I be correct in assuming this might have been your first hotel stay? (The enthusiasm over the air conditioner was a slight giveaway ;-))

Re: Gizmodo: What were they thinking?

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:16:36 -0000

Re: While Your Investments Were Shrinking . . . .You Helped Wal-Mart

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:45:31 -0000

Hello! I am an anonymous jerk, calling you names! Neener neener!

Re: While Your Investments Were Shrinking . . . .You Helped Wal-Mart

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:46:22 -0000

That's funny. I used nobody@nowhere.com - and it got tied to an unclaimed profile somewhere else.

Re: “Billy Elliot” Dominated the Tonys

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:19:49 -0000

Uh, it "wasn't able to win the best play award" because it isn't a play, it's a musical, and it did win "best musical."

Re: Threading models: So many different ways to get stuff done.

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:15:23 -0000

Can you explain the threading models a little more? For example, I can write a simple userland package which takes advantage of multiple cores, but blocking calls will block the kernel thread and until the blocking call completes there's one less core available to run the program. Thus, it looks like it sits kinda half-way between 1:N and M:N.

Re: How to fix Cisco VPN Client error 442 on Windows Vista

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:20:38 -0000

I found the answer. Log in as administrator, and remove and reinstall as administrator. On Vista you need to enbale adminintrator account. There is info on the web how to do that.

Re: Gates/Ozzie challenge Microsoft to “alter its business”

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:34:33 -0000

Well, Microsoft's security failing before SP2 were pretty sad, and completely unnecessary--every CS major with half a brain knew what needed to be done back in the mid 90s.

But Microsoft has since done decent work on this issue. Forcing firewalls, virus protection and automatic updates were all good moves.

The biggest remaining problem is spyware, which leaves many end-user machines completely compromised and badly broken. Until this is addressed, Microsoft still hasn't taken the necessary steps for real-world security.

Re: Conferences, VC’ing, hot topics this morning

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:07:45 -0000

Moscone uses SMG as their caterer. You can look at some real prices here:
https://www.cateringbysmg.com/site/do/orders/se...
You'll have to pick an event; the second page includes prices.
I couldn't find a per urn price for coffee, but for 300 cup coffee service, it's $1,650/day including an operator. They also have regular coffee at $46/gallon. $56 for Peets.
Food is $19.50 per person for sandwiches, and doesn't seem to include drinks or chips, so $30 per person for hot dogs sounds pretty accurate.

Re: A little bit of a dustup about our Amazon talk

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:16:06 -0000

I work at Amazon.

Lets think for a second about why you went to Amazon. You've got a book to pitch. The book has a thesis - that blogging helps businesses connect to customers and is a valuable activity. You came to elaborate on that message. Forgive us for being inquisitive and not immediately drinking the koolaid. Do you imagine us to be backward in some way? Unenlightened? You think we don't know anything about the internet?

Amazon is a numbers driven company filled with ultra smart people. Supergeeks. Its a meritocracy. That means we don't believe anything without hard data to back it up. Where's the data? A bunch of anecdotes?

Suppose Amazon starts blogging en masse. What will we get? More sales? How much? 10%? 100%? Or is it loyalty? How much loyalty? What is the increase in liklihood that the customer's next purchase will be from Amazon? Who should blog? Everyone? Some percentage? How much? Do you know? Have you set out to measure any of this? Or are you going on your gut?

Amazon opens new channels of communication with customers all the time. They are rigorously monitored for impact on customer experience and sales. If you want to convince an amazonian of anything - bring facts, studies, numbers, proof. If you don't have them, expect to get what you got.

While you are at it, you could explain why customers want to talk to us more than our authors, sellers, and each other.

And don't take it personally, this is the culture. We do the same to each other all the time. The one who has done the work and has the data wins. Geeks like that. Amazon is a company of geeks among geeks. Telling us we don't "get it" is rude, childish, and solidifies our innate suspicion that you are a poser selling snake oil.

Dmad has it right. Where's the data?

Re: A little bit of a dustup about our Amazon talk

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:58:11 -0000

Why are the posts at mini-microsoft all anonymous?

What are those people afraid of? And if MS people are good, why do they work in the big house?

Sorry, you are not persuasive.

Re: Much ado about blogging (Scoble, you didn’t answer the question)

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:06:43 -0000

Why are the posts at mini-microsoft anonymous? And if Microsoft employees are so smart, why aren't they working for themselves?

See, it just doesn't work.

Answer the question though. Why would people prefer to hear from Amazon over the authors who sell on Amazon and the other customers at Amazon?

Re: This is not a numbers business

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:58:17 -0000

How does Amazon have a "closed door"? You assert that not blogging == closed door.

You wanna build your case. The wine people whose name I can't spell - Stormhockey or whatever - started a blog and saw sales go up. Was it the blog? What if they started a wiki? Suppose they started a call-in radio show? Maybe the key was they simply opened a channel to their customers where there never was one.

Compare with Amazon - which arguably has TOO MANY channels with their customers - possibly to the point where customers are confused by the variety of options.

You're still insisting blogging is a silver bullet. I've seen to many silver bullets and found that you can kill the same things with bullets made out of all kinds of things.

Your "my cell phone is right here - call me and I'll help you" statement is bogus too. Given the volumes involved - Amazon employess would simply be swamped.

Sorry, you're still not convincing here.

Re: This is not a numbers business

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:46:55 -0000

"I met many people at Amazon who are far more qualified to talk about books than I am. Particularly new ones coming out (they get advanced copies, and they were at our speech to book buyers in January)."

There's a dangerous game - if Amazon takes a side (and how can they not?), then it will anger someone. Sounds like bad business.

"I’d love to subscribe to a blog that talked about the Associates program. I think I’d learn something that could end up making me more money too."

That's a good suggestion. Perhaps that one might get some traction. So get Gene to do it.

Re: This is not a numbers business

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:02:37 -0000

"But, if you’re that risk adverse, then I definitely wouldn’t start a blog. You’d be boring and there’s nothing worse than a boring blog."

Cheap shot. Sorry I wasted my time trying to help you understand.

Re: Techcrunch’s Maps Review

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:24:34 -0000

Ah yes, that feature WLL copied from A9 Yellow Pages. It can be handy to know what the store looks like as well as nearby businesses.

Re: The startup sound in Vista …

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:25:59 -0000

imagine what this will be like if you work in a cubicle farm... everytime the hundred odd computers in the room first boot up in the morning... or when tech support pushes a software update that requires a reboot...

I can only hope this will be configurable for business installations of Vista otherwise this will be another irritation to add to that of the very trying latest and greatest cellphone ring tones

please Mr. Ball don't do it cubicle life is hideous enough without this

Re: INAUGURAL MOMENTS

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:56:56 -0000

Yeah, Abdul! Right on!

Transitions here are easier than in Kenya!

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:13:31 -0000

Andre is a member of the Nation of Islam?

Farakkhan spoke at Julia's funeral?

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:42:16 -0000

Why the heck would someone from the Nation of Islam be invited to speak at Julia's funeral?

Especially if the heir apparent is not a member of the Nation of Islam?

I can't imagine that Bayh, Peterson, Lugar et al were too pleased Farrakhan was the star!

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:42:53 -0000

And, Wilson, since you brought it up -- to what mosque does André Carson belong?

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:16:17 -0000

So, what mosque (in which tradition or sect) does André Carson claim as his affiliation?

Is he Sunni? Shi'ite? Ismaili? If he's no longer Nation of Islam, is he a Warith Deen Muhammad Muslim?

Inquiring minds want to know what kind of black Muslim he is -- and "Methodist Muslim" is a flip but uninformative answer!

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:54:36 -0000

So, Wilson, admit that you DON'T KNOW what kind of Muslim André Carson is.

From appearances, it does seem that he remains part of Farrakhan's Nation of Islam!

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:52:49 -0000

Methinks you're still willfully misleading us by engaging in obfuscation, Wilson!

Why all the mystery about André Carson’s religious affiliation? We sure knew that his grandmother was a good ole Baptist!

What the heck is a "generic secular Sunni"?

Asking about his religious affiliation (particularly: which mosque he attends for Friday services) -- especially in the light of his cozy relationship with a known Black Muslim -- isn't engaging in slander and smear, Wilson (unless, of course, grandson Carson is still, in his heart, a member of the Nation of Islam, Farrakhan's organization and the affiliation of Carson's youth).

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:10:41 -0000

Brady Bunch sez: "Wilson. What I think Snark is saying is that you are full of it."

Well, yeah. That's exactly it.

I sure am glad that the "FBI is perfectly satisfied with André’s religious and social affiliation", but the FBI isn't thinking of sending him to Congress to represent me!

Re: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:04:57 -0000

12. If he’s no longer Nation of Islam, is he a Warith Deen Muhammad Muslim?

I hit it on the head in that post -- way back at number 12.

Why couldn't Wilson have told us this? (Or, did he know?)

Re: THE 7TH DISTRICT STRECH, PART ONE

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:12:31 -0000

Abdul sez: "the more I talk to local Democrats the more resentment there is toward the way he is being presented by local power brokers as the 'heir apparent' to his late grandmother’s seat."

Right on target, Abdul!

Re: THE 7TH DISTRICT STRECH, PART ONE

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:22:26 -0000

Northender sez:
"If Andre is shoved down their throats look for a huge crossover in November."

Amen, brother! That applies to intelligent Seventh District residents of all races!

Re: WHOSE DISENFRANCHISEMENT IS THIS ANYWAY?

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:26:56 -0000

IRRELEVANT, Abdul!

An inexperienced person in charge who flubs her job once is in no way, shape or form the same category of miscreant as a government that permanently places unnecessary burdens on citizens wishing to cast their votes!

Re: AND ROUND ONE GOES TO…

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:00:31 -0000

Vox Populi: This is a sad day for my party.

Disgusted sez: What a pathetic choice.

Oh, well. We Democrats had a good run. Looks like a Republican victory coming up in the Seventh to go along with our loss of the Mayor!

Re: IT WAS A MAJORITY BUT IS IT A MANDATE?

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:20:55 -0000

Oh, well.

Guess we'd rather "honor" the last Congressional rep rather than win the next contest.

We Democrats had a good run. Looks like a Republican victory coming up in the Seventh to go along with our loss of the Mayor's office!

As vox populi sez: "The Democrats nominated the least electable candidate and are giving up this seat to the Republicans."

Re: IT WAS A MAJORITY BUT IS IT A MANDATE?

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:19:26 -0000

'Abdul sez: "I think the big challenge for Carson will be to unite his party behind him."

Absolutely -- especially since it ISN'T "his" party!

As for Indy4U2C and Wilson: There's no "slander" or "bigotry" in connecting someone with the Nation of Islam. It's a "legitimate" religion.

Besides, Andre has done that "connecting" to himself, first by being a member of NOI in his youth and then by welcoming Louis Farrakhan to speak at his grandmother's funeral last month.

Indy residents have no idea that Islam isn't a monolithic religion, but a collection of denominations and sects. Obviously people can move among them. Andre was NOI, and now he attends Nur Allah (affiliated with W.D. Muhammad, son of the founder of NOI). He started out Roman Catholic. Who knows where he'll end up?

Re: IT WAS A MAJORITY BUT IS IT A MANDATE?

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:25:00 -0000

Well, Think Again, it's not exactly true that Christians have been tolerant since the Crusades (the Inquisition, Counter Reformation and, oh heck, the Christian German persecution of the Jews come to mind).

However, you're absolutely right about the variance of views among Muslims.

Islamic sects started in the U.S. in the middle of the last century have undeniable black separatist roots.

Re: IT WAS A MAJORITY BUT IS IT A MANDATE?

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:46:34 -0000

As I said before: Islamic sects started in the U.S. in the middle of the last century have undeniable black separatist roots.

Nation of Islam is just the best-known one of many.

And, yes, the new sects are more about "black power" than religious beliefs.

Re: WHAT GOVERNMENT REFORM?

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:44:02 -0000

Of course, this is the same legislature that can't believe taxpayers are damn pissed when its elected reps roll over into lobbyists.....

Let's throw the bums out!

(Of course, then we'll just get new bums. As the late Harrison Ullman used to write, Hoosiers have the legislature we deserve.)

Re: IS THIS WHY PEOPLE HATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:43:56 -0000

Why the heck are there Pepsi machines in Franklin Township schools?

Isn't that flavored-sugar-water merely junk food? Is that what we want our kids to be drinking?

Re: WEEKEND UPDATE

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:56:14 -0000

As a former fire merit commission member in one of the townships, I'm aghast that ANYONE thought it proper/legal for a sheriff to sit on such a commission!

The commission's primary role is to serve as civilian oversight for merit employees -- and that means reviewing promotions and punishments meted out by departmental officers.

No way that Sheriff Anderson should/could serve on the sheriff's merit commission! Check the underlying legislation, please.

Re: CATCH 22

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:28:46 -0000

I am astonished that it has taken this long for this story about administrative idiocy to be publicized.

Reading a BOOK in front of one's coworkers seems to be hanging offense at IUPUI!

Re: FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:59:48 -0000

But, you've gotta admit that all the posturing about "illegal immigration" distracts the public from the real challenge to Indiana's economic future: the property tax debacle!

Bread 'n' circuses: playing in politics near you since Roman times.

Re: FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:27:50 -0000

OK, Jacob Perry, pay attention:

States CANNOT do anything about immigration reform because that's a function of the federal government.

Re: THE WORLD’S OLDEST QUESTION

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:04:23 -0000

I'm astounded that a highly educated male would think that prostitution isn't crime. Unless, of course, you, Abdul, are among the men who buy the services of prostitutes....

Read this for starters!
The Myth of the Victimless Crime
By MELISSA FARLEY and VICTOR MALAREK
Published: March 12, 2008
The New York Times
"Whose theory is it that prostitution is victimless? It’s the men who buy prostitutes who spew the myths that women choose prostitution."

Re: THE WORLD’S OLDEST QUESTION

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:04:43 -0000

Here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/opinion/12far...

Re: THE WORLD’S OLDEST QUESTION

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:25:47 -0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16kri...

"But whatever one thinks of legalizing prostitution, let’s face reality: The big problem out there is the teenage girls who are battered by their pimps, who will have to meet their quotas tonight and every night, who are locked in car trunks or in basements, who have guns shoved in their mouths if they hint of quitting. If the Spitzer affair causes us to lose sight of that, then the biggest loser will be those innumerable girls, far more typical than 'Kristen', for whom selling sex isn’t a choice but a nightmare."

And you joke about prostitution? I'm appalled!

Re: BLACK OR FEMALE?

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:06:23 -0000

My thoughts?

Abdul Hakim-Shabazz is a male chauvinist pig.

Re: LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN…

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:33:12 -0000

So, two of Olgen Williams' sons are in trouble, one for soliciting a prostitute (Olgen M.) and the other (Aaron) for, well, let's say the appearance of impropriety over the whole Peace in the Streets conundrum.

How many more children does he have?

Re: Frank’s Follies

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:04:53 -0000

A thousand years ago I researched polygraphs (to see if they should be administered to people working in the financial industry), and discovered that their accuracy was not much better than guessing.

That's why they're not admissible in court.

It's a waste of time and money to use them to sniff out bad cops!

Re: Missing In Action

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:43:13 -0000

Pardon me, but what the heck does standing at a prayer vigil have to do with anything?

Maybe those not there were, ummm, working on solving the problems that put Fishburn in the hospital?

Public appearances are "show biz", not substantive work!

Re: WWYGU

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:03:26 -0000

Given the city's budget shortfall, why the heck is the city paying for a "Chinese Festival" in September?

Let the Chinese pay for it!

Re: School Daze

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:15:15 -0000

HOWEVER, distance learning is "the next big thing", and there's no attendance taken at online classes.

You do the assignments, you get graded.

It's kinda like attendance by acclamation, eh?

Re: School Daze

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:21:49 -0000

Oh, come on, "A Different Take"!
That urban myth has a gray beard...

And, StatlernWaldorf, the real world wants to know what you know, not what chairs you warmed.

Sitting in class doesn't guarantee an education, especially in the cyber world. And, sitting in the office doesn't guarantee "work" is being done.

There are far better ways to measure production (and knowledge) than by monitoring seat time!

Re: “Her”story in the Making

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:53:33 -0000

Anti-big-oil?

Palin's husband works for BP!

Re: How Would You Vote?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:16:16 -0000

That's easy:

Yes (to get rid of township assessors)

No (for the bonds - the school population is declining, for crying out loud!)

I'm with Tom: consolidate those schools county-wide!

Re: Words and Phrases from the 2008 Election That I Never Want to Hear Again

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:41:03 -0000

You betcha!

Re: If You Can’t Beat Them…

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:06:08 -0000

As an attorney, Abdul, you should know that polygraphs are about as useful as dowsing rods.

There's a reason they're inadmissible in court: they don't work.

It's not within the realm of possibility that the "use of polygraphs" will "weed out corruption" in the police force -- or anywhere else. It's just part of the "smoke and mirrors" school of governance that gave us the TSA.

Re: Back To School

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:14:43 -0000

I have a master's degree in education, but I'm not qualified for a teaching certificate in Indiana (because I haven't taken "enough" pedagogy courses). One thing I noticed when taking those graduate classes was how stupid the other students -- all classroom teachers -- appeared to be. No knowledge of current affairs let alone American history...and marginal at best at their studies. I asked the dean of education why no one flunked an ed course. He said: my school's budget is determined by body count. Nobody ever flunks out.

Re: Plus ca Change, Plus C’est la Meme Chose

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:47:38 -0000

In the current climate of incivility, I don't think any congressperson should have an open discussion about anything. NOTHING gets accomplished when yelling, name calling and hoots of derision crowd out thoughtful discussion.

Re: Get on the Bus

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:20:43 -0000

My family lives more than 3 miles from the nearest bus stop (and, of course, the route doesn't go any where near the high school).

Re: City Market Watch

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:02:45 -0000

Once upon a time I was in the City Market every workday -- not buying lunch, but buying foodstuffs to take home.

Such markets "work" in cities around the world: I've been to 'em in Seattle, Cologne, Florianopolis....

Why not look at what works, and do that here? We're in Indiana -- there's good local produce, meat, poultry etc. all around us.

Re: City Market Watch

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:04:59 -0000

There's no parking at the Pike Place Market in Seattle either.
Give people what they want, and they'll beat a path to your door.

Re: Getting Attention Is a Stupid Business Plan

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:16:03 -0000

"It has a lousy exchange rate."

It is definitely not Zero! Check the Adsense rates my friend.

Re: Cheating in Baseball

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:16:14 -0000

Steroids seem to be more important for the aging baseball players (MacGwire, Bonds, Palmeiro). They keep or add to their physique, but more importantly they reduce their tendency to get injured and recover more quickly in the event they are injured.

It is interesting that once Bonds stopped putting "flaxseed oil" on his knee, is sitting out the season because of it.

As long as Bonds doesn't break the career HR record, I can stomach his BS (steroids and all).

Re: Passat vs 5 series

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:39:12 -0000

The chrome fronth (bling bling teeth) they put on the Passat and Jetta (and I think it made it onto some Audi models) is pretty ugly.

They might be tolerable if they were gold like Chad Johnson's.

Re: Passat vs 5 series

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:40:07 -0000

spell check....

s/fronth/front/

Re: The Gauntlet - Heavy Metal News

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:47:26 -0000

How could you miss Blood, Guts, and Pussy from the Dwarves?

Re: The Gauntlet - Heavy Metal News

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:47:27 -0000

How could you miss Blood, Guts, and Pussy from the Dwarves?

Re: nightmagnets

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:17:55 -0000

Video = nice.
Rex The Dog remix = GENIUS!

Cover that one properly please...

Re: happy xmas, venezolanos

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 13:47:59 -0000

y no habian arepas (yummy!) ?? ;-(

Re: what was i thinking?

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 13:53:43 -0000

By the way... MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO by Gus Van Sant it's a MUST SEE !!

Re: happy xmas, venezolanos

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:47:28 -0000

oh! there's a little mistake: must be "venezolanos", not "venezulanos" Abajo Chavez !! ;P

Re: The Blurbiest of Blurbs

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:45:58 -0000

Whatsup with the red states comment? Are you that biased you need to throw that crap in your diatribe? That makes what you say just as intelligent as what you wrote about. Congrats, you're officially a tool.

Re: Sexman Reviews Semi-Pro

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:19:15 -0000

half the fun of these videos is reading the comments!

Re: L.A. Premiere of Horton Hears a Who! Crashed by Anti-Abortion Protesters

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:52:20 -0000

Yes, this is the 21st century, don't they realize that? I mean geez, don't they know the world revolves around YOU, I mean seriously, have YOU taken time out for YOURSELF today? Now everyone sing.. I I I I!!! ME ME ME ME!!!! THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND ME!!!!

Re: David Zucker’s An American Carol Movie Trailer

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:04:38 -0000

I am so there!!!!
This looks great.

Re: Don’t Ever Argue Again About The Pronunciation Of Linux

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:11:11 -0000

Jim, the pronunciation debate centers around whether to use a short or long "i" sound. This is not affected significantly by accent.

Re: 5 Ron Paul Quotes That Scare Me

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:19:25 -0000

Re: ASUS EP20 Mini Eee PC Spotted at CeBIT

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:52:33 -0000

wow that's cheap for a dual-1.87ghz. i hope this will increase pressure to open up apple tv into a full 'mac nano'

Re: Zunes commit 'mass suicide'

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:17:00 -0000

So SkateNY....how many times did you paste the same comment over and over and over and over and over?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=skateny+Ba...

Re: Zunes commit 'mass suicide'

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:49:00 -0000

la_bruin said: @SkateNY - You need to seriously take an anger management course.

You wanna know something scary? I mean "shake in your boots" scary? In a ZDNet post, SkateNY claims to be a clinical psychologist. Holy shite! Tell me those patients don't leave in worse condition than when they come in.

Re: How Microsoft's cuts will weigh on worker morale, local economy

Anonymous — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:24:00 -0000

Presently:
FTE 94,845
Other 8,486
Vendor 69,978

These totals are before the current layoffs are counted since laid off people are on the payroll for an additional 60 days.

Re: GM releases Transformers Special Edition 2010 Camaro - PlanetLSX

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:47:15 -0000

Gobots rule!

Re: Propping Up Declining Traditional Media Businesses

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:21:52 -0000

Thanks, I knew newspapers were in trouble. But I hadn't noticed or thought through the impact on TV when the traditional "advertisers pay, we watch for free" paradigm is knocked over by the declining efficacy of TV ads in reaching consumers.

Re: Castrol Think with your Dipstick

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:57:50 -0000

What's funny is that the guy who plays the guy whipping people with the dipstick is also in these new IBM commercials for revamping the healthcare industry...as a doctor!

Re: Free Lecture – Playground of the Future

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:08:09 -0000

This future playground is a great idea and i am sure everybody will love it.

Re: Free Lecture – Playground of the Future

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:08:53 -0000

by the way that is not me on the left.

Re: PCMark Vantage For Vista Coming Soon

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:19:06 -0000

Both PCMark05 and 3DMark06 have updates that make them Vista compatible.

Re: Elecciones 2009. Mi “geek” analogía.

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:16:33 -0000

Yo le voy más al voto nulo (o mulo, depende) porque creo que el problema está en el sistema político no en uno u otro partido. Creo que hay que transformar el sistema de raíz, no sólo elegir entre el peor y el menos peor.
Pero tu site está muy bueno y todas tus opiniones y posturas muy bien sustentadas.
Creo que finalmente anular el voto o votar por x no amerita que nos agarremos todos a patadas y sombrerazos. Eso es precisamente lo que odiamos de los políticos.
Yo hoy publiqué un poust del tema en mi execrable bló (con monitos y calcomanías para postes de luz incluidas).
Saludos.

Re: The space elevator 2.03

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:53:35 -0000

That Challenger photo always makes me queasy... and I wasn't even born yet!

Re: The space elevator 2.03

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:36:02 -0000

I thought I was the only one who did that...

Re: Humans vs Robots Who should explore space? 2.05

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:28:07 -0000

Is that the music from "The Right Stuff?"

Re: NASA’s Constellation Program 2.06

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:00:53 -0000

Good thing you didn't film this episode in a crowded theater...

('Cause that's where you're never supposed to yell "Fire!")

Re: NASA’s Constellation Program 2.06

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:13:27 -0000

Me, personally? A lander with a drill and a robot sub.

Re: The space elevator 2.03

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:44:50 -0000

Really? It always sounds like "and" to me.

Re: No offense “Future man”…

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:24:22 -0000

My sentiments exactly.

Re: The end of the Space Shuttle era – 2.07

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:52:36 -0000

Sorry about the lame joke. I have a lot of better ones.

Re: The end of the Space Shuttle era – 2.07

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:11:05 -0000

I'm not putting down SpaceX in any way, and I'm probably just showing my colossal personal ignorance here, but isn't three or four years a short amount of time to go from satellite capacity to carrying humans?

Re: The end of the Space Shuttle era – 2.07

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:43:48 -0000

Okay, well, like I said, I'm very ignorant. Thank you for clearing that up. :-)

Re: Milky Way Transit Authority

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:30:10 -0000

That's brilliant! You know, when you go daily, my schoolwork's probably going to suffer because I'll always be checking up on here for stuff like this.

Re: What impact will the economy have on space? 2.08

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:13:21 -0000

Congratulations on the anniversary! I agree with you in that both NASA and NewSpace are needed. A lot of people on other sites just support one and flame the other. But I believe in both. Everybody who's flying into space is in this together.

Re: Launch of Kepler via Delta II Rocket on 03/07/09

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:21:40 -0000

Go Kepler!

Re: What impact will the economy have on space? 2.08

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:22:30 -0000

I didn't say that you were anti-NASA, and I don't think you are. Some people on other sites are, however, and I was talking about them. I certainly don't think you "flame" it.

Re: A bit about Kepler

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:33:54 -0000

I like Cariann's reading voice.

Re: A bit about Kepler

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:44:58 -0000

I'm on a forum the BA moderates, I PMed him saying that you needed help.

Re: Naming Node 3 of the ISS, Colbert style!

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:58:19 -0000

I voted to name Mars Science Lab "Goddard".

As for Mode 3, I support "Venture". I'm all for people participating in the space program, but the names should be dignified.

What's so funny about Mojave?

Re: STS-119 is ready to launch — We think

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:46:37 -0000

Final set, I can confirm. The launch was bumped to tomorrow.

Re: Everything ISS – 2.09

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:08:07 -0000

I have the exact same shirt Cariann is wearing!

Do you guys know about the rap called "ISS Baby"?

Would using a water gun (The hand-held sort) inside of a spaceship push you backwards?

I couldn't bring myself to make some of the calls for Mission Madness. I guess I'll just wait for real voting so other people can help me with the elimination.

Sometimes I wince when I read old books with the old predictions of when the ISS would be done, but, hey, they didn't know the shuttle was going to have an accident.

Re: Everything ISS – 2.09

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:40:19 -0000

I think they choose Orion because it's the "Hunter" constellation and we're "hunting" for knowledge with these new moon missions. That's just my personal guess, though.

Re: Launch of STS-119 from T-9 Minutes to MECO

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:58:55 -0000

I watched your feed with my whole family! My dad loved it.

Re: Attack of the undead Twitter bat!

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:32:10 -0000

Some people on Twitter have way too much time on their hands...

Re: Taking your Space Cast to FULL POWER for FULL SCIENCE!

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:47 -0000

Great pic, looks like something from a movie poster!

Re: BORING!

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:27:34 -0000

I cannot say HOW much I agree with you guys. I'm probably a lot younger than most people here (Still in High School), but I really try as hard as I can to get people interested in space exploration.

I've found that most people do have an interest somewhere deep down and if you can just catch on to it, they really will care. This is just in my limited experience, but I've found that one of the best ways to break the ice with adult friends of my family is asking them to tell me where they were when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. (This one lady at my uncle's church was actually born on July 20th! Best. Birthday. Gift. Ever.)

My family and I always come together in front of the computer to watch shuttle launches, this most recent one on your website. My father tells me it brings back HIS Apollo memories. (He had spaghetti that night.)

On the Marvel Comics Message Boards, I have created threads for both Astronomy and Human Spaceflight. Both are updated daily by myself and others and commented on almost as much. The former has had 244 views and is at 25 pages, the later 151 views and 16 pages.

I have also written fanfiction featuring the space program in a positive light that has been well-received by these same people. They are not explicitly space fans in the slightest, unless reading comics about the Silver Surfer counts. Yet I still got these reactions from them.

I stood by a window on the night of last February's lunar eclipse and pointed it out to hotel patrons. They looked, they asked questions, they enjoyed it. Some even took photographs or called family about it. They might normally have just walked right by the window. But they stopped because I was there. They stopped because somebody pointed it out, and I really feel that's all people need to ignite that little spark of interest buried deep down inside of them. Somebody has to be there. Somebody has to stand by the window, somebody has to create the threads, somebody has to write the fanfiction, somebody has to record the vidcasts.

Somebody has to point the way.

Re: 2009 Mission Madness presented by NASA EDGE

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:20:17 -0000

The Mars Rovers lost to bloody weather balloons! I am officially not playing anymore.

Re: 2009 Mission Madness presented by NASA EDGE

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:28:39 -0000

I noticed STS-114 advanced while STS-26 didn't. A generational thing, maybe?

Re: A quick update on STS-119 and Urine Processing

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:19:38 -0000

One of you laughs like a wicked witch.

What movie did you pick that was bad?

Re: Colbert wins Node 3, More Urine, Mission Madness

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:57:28 -0000

I absolutely LOVE Orion, but one can't deny that, as the actor portraying Gene Kranz said in the movie, Apollo 13 was NASA's finest hour, born out of what could have been their worst disaster. And my general rule has been past over conceptual. (I have to have general rules I must stick to or the choices are too hard.)

But those balloons must fall, and they must fall hard!

Re: Good Comm Explained

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:17:26 -0000

I sent my name in for MSL, too!

I wanted to call MSL Goddard, but I guess they didn't like the essay I sent in.

Re: The Orbiters all look different!

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:32:03 -0000

Finishing my homework and getting to go on the computer to come here IS one of my favorite parts of the day.

I watched the Obama conversation in its completeness and really did enjoy it.

Could you possibly stop the mini-window from showing horror movie trailers when one first opens the site? It's very creepy.

I want to go to see a launch so badly, but those scuba lessons last year pretty much meant no more Really Big Gifts for a while.

Re: 2009 Mission Madness presented by NASA EDGE

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:03:03 -0000

Man, if SPB beats Orion, I'm going to take a bit out of a post-it note!

Re: 2009 Mission Madness presented by NASA EDGE

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:19:13 -0000

It's in my mouth right now.

Stupid balloons.

Re: STS-119 music video and Space 2.0 updates. 2.10

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:21:41 -0000

I love the "Mars Madness" T-shirt. Also, Cariann really reminds me of the character DNAmy from Kim Possible. Minus the whole evil geneticist part.

Re: STS-119 music video and Space 2.0 updates. 2.10

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:29:13 -0000

Yes, it's referred to as a mothership on the official Virgin Galactic site.

Re: Moon Pie Eating Contest

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:40:37 -0000

Soda with chocolate? Seems like a bit much for me. I just go with milk.

Congrats, Cariann!

Re: STS-119 Music Video from Max Q

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:24:06 -0000

As a general rule, I don't like metal music, but that ROCKED!

Re: Moon Pie Eating Contest

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:53:13 -0000

I'm not eating chocolate at the moment, so you'll have to excuse me from this challenge.

Re: Mars 500 and Miranda

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:55:36 -0000

I was wondering how to pronounce "ESA", also. But I guess I'll go with how the people themselves do it.

Oooh, I love surprises!

Life is cheesy.

Re: Yuri’s Night / Minicon

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:08:33 -0000

I'm planning on calling a local radio station and dedicating the song "Build This Dream Together" to Yuri Gagarin.

Re: Moon Pie Eating Contest

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:05:37 -0000

I'm with Ben on this one.

Re: Interview with Tim Bailey of ISDC 2009 – 2.12

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:54 -0000

I just read the guest list on the ISDC site and got total fangirl shivers.

Are any similar events happening in New York City soon? I'd love to go to Florida, but I'm still a student and that just can't happen at the moment.

Re: Marketing Space 2.0

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:51:22 -0000

I think painting on the rockets would be cool- maybe not pin-ups, but racing stripes or stylized retro rocket images like your logo would rock. Holding contests for artists to design the paint job for each mission would be a good way to create publicity.

Is that printer sound in the background about halfway through?

Gen M (Millennial) is 90s babies like me. (I don't have a big story about any one moment that got me interested in space travel, I just grew up with an interest in science and read things about it.)

Re: Constellation cutbacks and STS-125 is ready to roll… again! 2.14

Anonymous — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:57:31 -0000

That Hubble video ROCKED!

Re: STS-125 Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:18:52 -0000

I watched this in computer class- our teacher was really nice, and she even put it on the SmartBoard with the sound up full blast!

Re: STS-125 Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Anonymous — Sat, 23 May 2009 10:47:07 -0000

Hey, B and C? I think something's wrong with the chatbox, it keeps not letting me enter, saying I've been banned for impersonation or something.

Re: Spacevidcast – STS-125 Music Video, ISDC and AEXA – 2.16

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:59:24 -0000

Orange is a great color.

Re: How to manage 60,000 digital photos

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:03:23 -0000

Google search, there are a couple of free exif rename utils.

Regarding backups, Picasa will save the tags in it's own DB. Just using your method or a copy/paste of the directories of pictures just won't do it.

I've started to do something like this, but actually what you mention does help a lot, specially how to organize on import.

thank you...

Re: 'Jay Leno Show' premiere gets strong start

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:18:24 -0000

Actually...Kanye is the reason I refused to watch it!

I agree with Obama...he is a Jackass!

Re: CHVNX.COM

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:10:05 -0000

yep

Re: Simplicity is Security

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:10:00 -0000

I wholeheartedly agree with your main point. That said -- and I hate to be the one to split hairs -- I would argue that your Japanese citations are inaccurate.

Japanese people have and use credit cards all the time. According to the Bank for International Settlements, the number of Japanese credit card holders is roughly equal to that of Germany, and even exceeds Canada. It *is* true, however, that Japan does not have 'check cards', but this is simply because Japan does not have checks. The vast majority of cards in Japan work the system of automatically deducting the *entire* balance of the credit card once every month.

Getting a credit card just as easy as in the States. I got my first Japanese credit card after filling out a half-page form which took less than 5 minutes. No major form of identification was necessary. I get offers for "pre-approved" credit cards in my mail box every month.

Japanese people bank online constantly. Earlier this year, #2-seated cell phone carrier AU launched a partnership with Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Bank to access all of your banking functions over your cell phone, including balance transfers. It's been hugely popular, and other carriers have followed suit. The most profitable bank in Japan in 2004 was Shinsei Bank, which differentiates itself by essentially running an online-banking-only presence. Visiting a branch requires you to interface with your account using a PC, not a bank clerk.

Japanese people buy stuff online constantly. Last year, online sales figures per capita in Japan were only slightly below that of America.

In such a disaster-prone country as Japan, It would be short-sighted to assume that the Japanese government doesn't keep easily-backup-able electronic versions of important documents. My family registry, proof of residency, and marriage certificate are all given to me via a laser-printed document (made official by a number of stamps).

Stamps (hanko, inkan) are just as easy to copy -- if not more so -- as written signatures. Life is made infinitely more difficult for the average person as one usually has a number of these stamps in slight variations in design. They are the antithesis of simplicity. There are no records provided telling you which stamp was used for a given document. I've had documents rejected for not having the "correct" inkan, only to have the company later apologize for incorrect verification. The illusion of security is amplified by the perception among people that hanko/inkan are un-forgeable (password analogy, anyone). It is common practice for a business to accept a document from someone other than the document holder simply because it has the correct hanko. There have been numerous news stories of wives emptying their husband's bank accounts and fleeing the country.

The amount of data I push over my lines every month would *easily* be classified as "excessive use" (many times over). While it might be detected by the ISP, disconnections due to it are unheard of.

I agree with, and appreciate, the crux of your argument completely, but do not think that these specific examples from Japanese society are strong fodder.

Re: Goatboy's 40k Thoughts: Are We Letting Mech Win?

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:59:47 -0000

Page 67. Paragraph after Destroyed - explodes!

Re: Speed limits should be lowered to save fuel

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:35:46 -0000

I fail to see why would am oppressively low speed limit would save gas. If the road is determined congested today, then more lanes have to be added tomorrow, to keep up with the demand. Adding more lanes does not come for free, building the road wider will produce Co2 and use up oil. While roads are under constructions cars wil do stop and go traffic, which is definetly worse than letting people pick the speed that works best for them, their car, and maximizing respect for other drivers. Studies show that even at free speeds, most of the drivers only increase their speed by a few miles. Although a few miles here would by all logic, be insignificant, the reduction in congestion is the main victory of free speed. Also not have to worry about a speeding ticket, allows the drivers to concentrate on safe driving, instead of constant avoidance of the dangerous line-of-sight, where the solo car separted from the group, gets hunted down by the cops, having the victims driving records teared to shreds.

Re: http://www.business.dk/article/20090923/finans/709220069/

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:30:02 -0000

PDF-dokumentet er jo fuldstændig ulæseligt fordi det er skrevet med ufatteligt små bogstaver. Berlingske burde have lagt dokumentet ind i et format som det var muligt at læse på en pc-skærm. Min skærm er 26", så det er ikke der problemet ligger.

Re: Make the switch to the Apple Mac

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 13:07:59 -0000

How about a picture of ye old home office? Interested to see your layout.

Re: Recurring Leaked Info; 2nd Gen iPod touch to Have GPS

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:26:21 -0000

It's impossible for the ipod touch to have gps and use it effectively. The touch doesn't have map data saved in it like other gps devices (garmin and the like) do. You would still have to be in a wifi network for the ipod touch to look up the map data from google.

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:02:47 -0000

NBC chose to stream the events live through Silverlight. It turned out to be a disaster?
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2...

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:26:47 -0000

Many people with older, less powerful, non-intel setups weren’t able to access content. I would call that a pretty major disaster. Especially seeing as how Flash would have been fine.
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May I ask how many people in the U.S. are still using PowerPC-based Mac which can make you slap an adjective "major" there? Apple deciding not to support PowerPC-based Mac for Mac OS is likely another "major" disaster.

We better urge Microsoft to build Silverlight for Apple II as well, or another major disaster is coming.

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:14:08 -0000

@Dunno: Apple does support PowerPC Macs actually. I have a colleague that still runs OS 9! Stopping Leopard support for PowerPC Macs is one thing.

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Sure. Let me call Google and ask them to make sure Chrome supports PowerPC Mac as well. Wait! Chrome does not support Mac and Linux yet! OMG, another major disaster!

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:16:05 -0000

Additionally, the olympics are a global event. For NBC to assume that everyone will run and install Silverlight, especially when Flash is so ubiquitous was simply wrong. Many people were left without access to NBC’s olympic coverage and that is definitely a disaster, especially coming from a content provider such as NBC.
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Please ask these people in the U.S. to turn on their television to watch NBC Olympic coverages. They can avoid a major disaster in the U.S. this way without using Flash.

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:18:15 -0000

are you kidding me? you base your conclusion on NBC’s results? honestly… laughable… Ars Technica = laughable (for this article): Come on now, NBC’s own results ??? NBC ??!?!?!?!?

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Come on. You think the netters leaving their comments are NBC too? Fine. Go there and leave your user comments.

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:00:41 -0000

source is here: http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/04/brin.on....

HAHAHAHAHAHAH !!!!!!! UNREAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey Dunno ! You really DON’T KNOW !!! LOLOL !!!
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And Steven H. knows Sergey Brin is using a PowerPC Mac and he commits to support PowerPC Mac as Aviv urges Silverlight.

Steven H. knows!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:01:04 -0000

@Dunno: WHAT ? the second commenter is someone complaining about not having Linux support? did u just selectively choose to ignore this?
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Okie dokie. One complaint. How many agree to the post?

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:25:49 -0000

@Dunno: “as Aviv urges Silverlight” ?

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Silverlight does not support PowerPC Mac and you call that a "major disaster".
Then what do you call Google Chrome not supporting PowerPC Mac?

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:43 -0000

I work with Mac OS, Vista and Windows XP every day.

Computers are like girlfriends. You always think the next girlfriend is better.

Good luck on your switching to Mac.

Re: Five Places Microsoft Gets It So Wrong

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:36:47 -0000

Steven H. said it best above.

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He said the best becuz he don't mention PowerPC and the Sergey Brin comment he quoted don't include the word PowerPC, and at the same time you and your Mac OS 9 colleague think not supporting PowerPC Mac can mean major disaster for Silverlight.

Religion.

Re: D-Nice True Hip-Hop Stories: Homeless Emcee

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:08:59 -0000

why does this piece of crap think he's worthy of any kind of respect from regular working people? Someone explain to him that until you become worthy of respect, you get none. Right now he's just a walking advert for contraception.

Re: Zeus Down at Pearl St Triangle

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:10:32 -0000

you could try not having a car, you whiny bastards. Or live somewhere else that has lots of parking. Queens or Staten Island would suit you fine. You could even get a driveway there.

Re: Sculpture in Pearl Street Triangle Hauled Away

Anonymous — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:20:45 -0000

That's a park?:

It's called "creating space for people rather than cars". Most people in NYC are sick to f**king death of being over run with cars. Most NY-ers don't NEED a parking space and we've had enough at being forced to stare at your while we're trying to eat lunch.

So take your car and f**k off to Queens or Staten Island with the rest of the whiny little "waah! No parking spaces!!" bitches, where you'll find parking in abundance. Leave Dumbo to real NY-ers who prefer open space to staring at the side of someone's f**king truck.

Re: New Water Street Mural Sends Positive Message

Anonymous — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:51:54 -0000

Graffiti - you're entitled to your opinion. You're in the minority though - this is a 'creative' neighborhood. In creative neighborhoods, stuff like this goes on. Deal with it or work somewhere else.

Re: Media Circus: What’s Next for J-School? (Thu, July 9)

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:02:25 -0000

Nothing has changed - Journalism is still a learned and acquired skill. "Everyone is a Publisher" is incorrect. Lots of people actually think they are, but a blog does not make you a journalist. It just give you a platform. There is a very good reason why the internet is still 99% crap.

Re: NHL on a roll

Anonymous — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:09:09 -0000

The Avs issue with Brunette is that he can't skate.

Re: Microsoft Is Still Not Making Money on the Web

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:51:21 -0000

Lets be clear, they're making lots of money off the web, nearly $500M FOR THE QUARTER! How many businesses make that kind of money?

The criticism is this is peanuts compared to someone like Google and that they're spending way more than they earn but that's what Microsoft does: spend a crap-ton o' cash for a couple of decades and out-last everyone else. OK, they're not going to outlast Google but being #2 in what is likely a $200B a year business is not a bad place to be. It'll make Windows and Office look like peanuts.

Re: It’s Official: The US 3G N95 is ON SALE!

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:13:04 -0000

It's because it's a Jewish holiday (Succos) http://www.mobilecityonline.com/holiday_schedule.html

Re: Treehugger Homework: Drive The Speed Limit

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:16:54 -0000

Some roads already have HOV lanes. Howabout having one lane dedicated for a fast lane, which has a 20mph extra allowance, compared to the other travel lanes. The green people can then travel in the slower lanes undisturbed and contribute to lesser C02 emissions. The red drivers can drive in the faster lanes, contributing to lesser congestion, which means lesser C02 emissions. The 20mph skilled/attentive driver bonus would greately improved troughput.

I think the jump from a rural undivided highway to a 2+2 laner is the optimal safety improvement. Adding more lanes such as 3+3 or 4+4 is just overkill. A lot of tax$ has to be used for never ending road widenings. A 2+2 design can carry a lot of traffic, if drivers are willing to help.

I think it is a lot easier to concentrate on safe and smart driving, when the primary concern of getting an speeding ticket and points on driver licence are removed first. Now the arbitration is upside down.

Re: Global Warming Blurb From 1932

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:17:07 -0000

I am not sure what your point is here.

Are you saying that you did not know that western governments have been facing with this problem for 70 years?

I am 45 years old, and I was taught about global warming in high school.

Sure, the whole problem was underestimated, but science has improved since the 30s and 50s, and our understanding of the issue is much clearer today.

Emmissions from manufacturing and other industrial sectors have been constantly improved since the 1960s, directly as a result of the realisation of these issues in articles such as the one in your example.

Unfortunately, we now know that these efforts were too little, too late, and THAT is the issue we are facing today.

Now, each individual has to act immediately to make big changes in how they live their lives. Turn off appliances, don't use aircon, sell your car and use mass transport instead, work from home if your occupation allows it.

Do you really need:

- a third pair of training shoes?

- another T-shirt?

- a new games console?

- a games console at all?

- a carrier bag from the store? (what happened to the one they gave you last week)

- a newly-painted room - have you tried cleaning the old paint?

There are a jillion ways that the choices you make will affect the future of this planet.

Make a difference today, do it yourself!

Re: The Cutting Edge: Bicycle Lawnmowing

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:29:45 -0000

I liked the last one - one of the problems I've had with my reel mower is that the blades only turn fast enough when you've got some momentum, which is tough to get in taller grass. The last picture had the chain attached to the mower blades so the blades would presumably turn more quickly than they do from push power alone.

I'd like to see one set on a lower frame like a Big Wheel. It could be a little steadier. I think you'd lose your balance on uneven ground going slowly on a bike.

Re: Name That Whale, Quickly!

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:47:01 -0000

Thanks! Voted for the name "Mister Splashy Pants" as requested.

Wait, is that what you requested..? :)

Re: Toyota iQ Microcar to be First in the World With Rear Curtain Airbag

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:31:55 -0000

YEAH - "Nothing but death traps"? And this is based on which studies? Cases? Evidence? Tests? Or are we to assume that your level of comfort is directly related to the actual safety of something? If that is the case, I should be able to sue my employers, because this chair they gave me to sit on would probably also be considered a "death trap" by your standard of comfort.

Re: Has anyone else noticed that Sarah Palin is insane?

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:19:17 -0000

> A governor for 20 months and more experienced than Barack Obama

That's easy: Her 20 months of governorship has been full-time governing. Obama's senate experience consists of:
- Join senate
- Make some statements
- A few months into term announce running for president
- Spend entire time since then running for president.

This equates to, what, 4 months of senate experience? Now I went to public school, but I believe that 20 > 4.

Re: Has anyone else noticed that Sarah Palin is insane?

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:08:56 -0000

It is not an insult to _all_ congressmen, since most who run for president do so during their second term, during which their seat in congress, and the responsibilities they have, is well understood both to them and congress as a whole. Running immediately following election into congress shows bad judgment, as it demonstrates that the entire purpose of being elected to congress is just a stopgap to getting to the white house, and that is not how it should be done.

Re: Has anyone else noticed that Sarah Palin is insane?

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:08:59 -0000

There's still a difference you're not seeing: Her campaign for VP is lasting a grand total of 2 months, not 3 years. After the campaign, November 5, she goes back to her full-time duties as governer. That equates to 1/12 of her total time as governer spent on the campaign trail, which is far less than the 3/4 (1/2 if you want to be really conservative on this) that Obama is spending.

Re: Whoismyrepresentative.com

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:23:41 -0000

Great tool. Thanks!

Re: Would Little Stream Software pass the Joel Test?

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:41:00 -0000

"Build" is not synonymous with "compile." You can still "build" dynamic language projects, web projects, etc. What Joel means by build is "Can you produce the final output of your project, ready for deployment, in one step." For compiled code this would be a compilation, perhaps running unit tests, and packing it into some sort of installer. For dynamic projects this may just be packing it into some installer or tarball. For web projects this would be placing all of the required files into the required structure as they would appear in your virtual directory.

The purpose of this "rule" in the Joel test is to minimize the amount of human interaction required to produce what you deliver to clients / production environments. If deploying changes to your website involves 9 steps that only one guy in the company knows there's a lot more opportunity for screw ups than with a single automated process.

Re: 40K SNEAK PEEK: IA:8 Tidbits

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:50:33 -0000

Prayerfully, the Mechanicus rumors will gel, and Iron hands would likely get some love along with them. I personally think it'd be sweet if they were paired with Necrons, particularly since they only have one FW model.

Re: 40K RUMORS: Dark Angels Fortress for Xmas

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:56:48 -0000

Falls squarely under "I'll believe it when I see it", just like those plastic Thunderhawks that were supposed to accompany Planetstrike as well. As for the $135 tag, if Space Hulk was any example, it'll be $118.75 ;)

If the "experts" are right, and the Canadian Dollar hits par by the new year, you'll be able to order from The War Store and save plenty.

Re: Less Than Half Of Cash For Clunkers Spending Actually Went To Dealers UPDATE: Corrected

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:51:57 -0000

Maybe only 40% of the applications have been paid so far and that's why there's 1.66 billion left? Maybe that's why there's a September 30 deadline?

Re: More On Jessica Cutler

Anonymous — Tue, 02 May 2006 14:03:05 -0000

Personally I think she looks good, decent frame, nice legs, very pert. More than that she really pisses a lot of women off, who then say spiteful and mean things about her and feel good about themselves. Marvelous! Fabulous breasts too.

Re: North Dakota Needs Workers

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:01:29 -0000

The employment market in Oregon has always been crappy. I'd consider moving to Bismarck or Fargo but the thought of having to live in a cold-weather city is completely unappealing.

Re: Tracking The Online-Only Seattle P-I: Traffic Down 20 Percent

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:47:56 -0000

Pretty small sample size too. How does that compare year-to-year, or even with earlier in the month? Plus, UW and other schools were on break.

Re: Joe Biden Thinks Franklin Roosevelt Was Addressing The Nation Via Television In 1929

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:44:51 -0000

Someone apparently got an "F" in listening class. Who said that Biden was talking about the 1929 crash? There was a crash, in 1937, during the Roosevelt Administration. It came about primarily as the result of a loss of confidence in the New Deal proposals. Roosevelt did not go on TV. Rather, he went on radio in one of his "Fireside Chats." In the text from that address, quoted below, guess what? He did not point fingers like Bush-McCain are trying to do today. Rather, as Biden said, Roosevelt showed leadership and "said what happened"

The following is from Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on April 14, 1938, following the 1937 Crash:

"Therefore, my friends, I have sent a Message of far-reaching importance to the Congress. I want to read to you tonight certain passages from that Message, and to talk with you about them.

In that Message I analyzed the causes of the collapse of 1929 in these words: "over-speculation in and over-production of practically every article or instrument used by man .... millions of people, to be sure, had been put to work, but the products of their hands had exceeded the purchasing power of their pocketbooks...Under the inexorable law of supply and demand, supplies so overran demand (which would pay)that production was compelled to stop. Unemployment and closed factories resulted. Hence the tragic years from 1929 to 1933."

Today I pointed out to the Congress that the national income -- not the Government's income but the total of the income of all the individual citizens and families of the United States -- every farmer, every worker, every banker, every professional man and every person who lived on income derived from investments -- that national income had amounted, in the year 1929, to eighty-one billion dollars. By 1932 this had fallen to thirty-eight billion dollars. Gradually, and up to a few months ago, it had risen to a total, an annual total; of sixty-eight billion dollars -- a pretty good come- back from the low point.

I then said this to the Congress:

"But the very vigor of the recovery in both durable goods and consumers' goods brought into the picture early in 1937, a year ago, certain highly undesirable practices, which were in large part responsible for the economic decline which began in the later months of that year. Again production had (outran) outrun the ability to buy.

"There were many reasons for this over-production. One of them was fear -- fear of war abroad, fear of inflation, fear of nation-wide strikes. None of these fears have been borne out.

"...Production in many important lines of goods outran the ability of the public to purchase them, as I have said. For example, through the winter and spring of 1937 cotton factories in hundreds of cases were running on a three-shift basis, piling up cotton goods in the factory, (and) goods in the hands of middle men and retailers. For example, also, automobile manufacturers not only turned out a normal increase of finished cars, but encouraged the normal increase to run into abnormal figures, using every known method to push their sales. This meant, of course, that the steel mills of the Nation ran on a twenty-four hour basis, and the tire companies and cotton factories and glass factories and others speeded up to meet the same type of abnormally stimulated demand. Yes, the buying power of the Nation lagged behind.

"Thus by the autumn of 1937, last autumn, the Nation again had stocks on hand which the consuming public could not buy because the purchasing power of the consuming public had not kept pace with the production.

"During the same period ... the prices of many vital products had risen faster than was warranted. (....) For example, copper -- which undoubtedly can be produced at a profit in this country for from ten to twelve cents a pound -- was pushed up and up to seventeen cents a pound. The price of steel products of many kinds was increased far more than was justified by the increased wages of steel workers. In the case of many commodities the price to the consumer was raised well above the inflationary boom prices of 1929. In many lines of goods and materials, prices got so high in the summer of 1937 that buyers and builders ceased to buy or to build.

"... the economic process of getting out the raw materials, putting them through the manufacturing and finishing processes, selling them to the retailers, selling them to the consumer, and finally using them, got completely out of balance.

"...The laying off of workers came upon us last autumn and has been continuing at such a pace ever since that all of us, Government and banking and business and workers, and those faced with destitution, recognize the need for action."

All of this I said to the Congress today and I repeat it to you, the people of the country tonight."

Re: Kip Too!

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:14:31 -0000

I agree with the other commentators. Why spend $ and energy on a primary fight? The Dems can line up behind one candidate and blow Ballard out of the water.

Re: UPDATED: Republican Recycling

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:38:57 -0000

Recycling is important. But this is not a referendum on democrats' patriotism. It is unpatriotic for the Republicans to have lied to the American public about WMD, and to have presided over the death of 1000's of US troops in a useless war that ravaged our economy and destroyed our standing in the world. THAT speaks to patriotism.

Re: 40K SNEAK PEEK: Fortress of Redemption and More

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:44:38 -0000

Sweet! This is nice, since the helpful folk at GW customer service flatly denied any plans of the Fortress of Redemption being released just a few weeks ago...

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