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... already some politician has called him a liar
in parliment
unheard of in the history
of american politics...
marty
You mean YOU weren't aware of previous outbursts.
It's practically common now. Boos, hisses, harumphs, been goin' on for a long time.
What's uncommon about this one is, he apologized.
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So, Marty, and everyone else ... I'm using Windows Mail now and I like it just fine.
When my old system died it took my e-mail program, supplied and branded by my ISP, with it. I never liked Outlook or Outlook Express (I know the ISP just 'skinned' OE but at least they supplied tech support if I needed it), so on the new system I was handling mail online. But, I DO like having some mail on my computer instead of in the "cloud" (like personal correspondance) and some mail I feel I SHOULD have on my compter (like registration and purchase confirmations), plus those kinds of e-mails were beginning to pile up (I'm reminded of a friend who only handles mail online and he has probaby hundreds of e-mails he has to sort through before he can find anything).
So, wanting, needing, to 'download' e-mails I turned to Windows Mail. I already had it installed but not set up, so I went to MS's site for it and read up on it. Hey, it's integrated with Windows Contacts -- I use that! Hey, it's also the replacement for the Windows Calendar program -- and I use that even though it sucks (locks up). Sounds like it's exactly what I need. Why wasn't I using it already?
I configured it (thanks to my ISP's e-mail support pages -- WHY isn't this easier?), used it, and it's fine. So far, my only nitpick is that the onscreen windows do not remember their location once re-sized (I HATE the default size of the view e-mail window). It's pickier about mail it thinks may be suspicious (warning about or blocking e-mail I subscribe to -- easy as pie to configure though). Other than that, it's fine.
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So your the entirety of your response is: Denigrate the source?
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... We don't exactly know what they can do but it wouldn't be hard to figure it out from their (real) titles.
Reason enough to ask them, "What is is you DO, exactly?"
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Humor, but it's a link so I put it here:
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... Whether it is the media or opposition party or the President himself calling them Czars; the term is used way to loosely to cover a wide range of positions. ...
Who IS calling them by that name? That's not their official designation, is it -- God forbid? I see it in the press all the time, but I've never seen the term used elsewhere (besides historically).
If there is a difference between past "advisors" and these "Czars," it would be what they are capable of doing on their own. Does the President simply ask them for advice? Do they simply publish policy papers? Or do they actually have powers that USED to be given ONLY to public servants vetted by Congress? Sounds like someone woke up, smelled the coffee, and decided to ask that important question.
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well thanks for the suggestions. this computer has 112 mb ram and 900 mhz processor. most linux wants 128 mb ram. I haven't been able to get any linux loaded on it. if I can make it til october I'm thinking about windows 7. avg will work somewhat if i run it manually daily.
To slightly allay your concerns, though the OS and other compatible software may be lacking in recent support and updates, few attacks specifically target the features of old OS's. Most new exploits will only target newer OS's and programs -- via services and features that older OS's simply never had.
I kept an old computer going as long as I could and many times I saw scan results that stated my Windows version was not susceptible to a particular new exploit because it did not contain the exploited feature.
There are plenty of exploits that don't rely on newer features of Windows to do their dirty work (especially browser-related exploits) and some old exploits, like those pictures you posted on the 'net when you were young and naive, never actually go away -- so you're not "safe" by any means, but many new exploits simply cannot target your machine.
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... The problem that I have--and perhaps its a problem with the media--is that many conservatives on TV, the internet, and in newspapers, are constantly portraying Obama with words like "Marxist", "Hitler", Nazism", "Communist", etc. You cannot deny that this is the frequent topic and delivery from high-profile names like Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, and Limbaugh. They clearly are equating Obama to such extreme concepts as cold-war communism, or Nazi-German fascism. Then, I see stories of people at town hall meetings with signs defacing Obama to look like Hitler. Shortly after, I see the Student Conservatives at my University doing the same things! ... [emphasis added]
I can deny any KNOWLEDGE of "Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, and Limbaugh" "constantly portraying Obama with words like "Marxist", "Hitler", Nazism", "Communist", etc." I don't watch or listen to any of 'em and frankly, I'm surprised that you watch, read and listen to them with enough regularity to know this to be the case. If you're getting this second-hand, I don't pay much attention to liberal outlets (I get my news from essentially unbiased local sources) so I can deny even HEARING about it (there are plenty of third-hand sources, though I don't put much stock in third-hand sources).
I did see the artwork of Obama's portrait with the word "Socialist" under it though. I thought that was clever and reflected many people's belief in what's currently going on and the direction we're headed in Washington. The first Nazi reference at a town hall meeting I saw and understood what they were saying, not that Obama IS a Nazi, they were saying (and it was clear) that they did not want this country to go in that direction. The second Nazi reference was by a liberal activist that doesn't fit your narrative so I won't address it.
Bush was depicted as Hitler, burned in effigy, derided, demeaned, the list of lies and hate directed at him is practically endless. Why weren't you defending the literal definition of Nazi and why it does not apply to Bush? Or did you think Bush was, literally, a Nazi? Maybe you agreed that the common useage of the epithet applied? (Which is my point vis-à-vis Socialism and the Obama administration and why it can, in many cases, be justified, my personal beliefs aside.)
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This type of semantic nit-picking works on both sides of the political aisle.
It's also comparible to a tech argument that goes around occasionally concering what, exactly, defines a "hacker." Oh, there are all the dictionary definitions, there are several definitions held by various people or groups, and then there's the common useage of the word. I fall into the camp that accepts the common useage of a word, as opposed to some high-falutin', extremely narrow and highly restrictive definition.
Almost any expert in almost any speciality will argue why their definition is the only one. It's a doomed argument, you can't stop words from eventually being co-opted by common useage. You. Can't. Stop. It.
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He doesn't fit one man's definition of Socialist. Got it.
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I'm really tired of the American people being shocked by the mundane. ...
Not sure I agree that many of the "revelations" we've seen (and I mean throughout political history) could be considered "mundane." People did get WAY upset over a mundane pep-talk to kids though (however, I can manage to understand what they were upset about -- they didn't think it WOULD be a mundane speech).
It's funny, I thought the same thing during the previous administration. Guess that just shows how much a democrat-or-republican bias can control your perspective. ...It's getting so bad both parties are often objecting to their own party's policies. Bush had plenty of conservative detractors, Obama has plenty of liberals detractors. There's certainly some level of bias that causes one side or the other to defend the indefensible, but there are also those who'll point out that, hey, that's just plain indefensible!
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I think they'll be a little more careful with their appointments, but the initial problems won't soon go away; Inexperience on the National level (not knowing what would be unacceptable red flags for the American people), arrogance (f* the American people, we make the decisions), and their radical leftist past (some of the associations and flaws that are shocking to the American people are run-of-the-mill stuff to them -- or are even considered to be assets ).
None of which should come as a shock to anyone as this was all revealed during the campaign, at least, to anyone who was listening.
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Outlook was replaced by Windows Mail in Vista -- I too didn't see a way to run the older program, but, why would you want to?
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What is so different with Van Jones calling Republicans a$$holes or Darth Cheney telling a Democrat Senator to go f^(% himself? ...
I don't see any difference in THAT regard. But Cheney didn't sign a "truther" petition, never was a Communist, never worked in a Marxist/Lenninist organization, never claimed suburban white kids are crazier than urban black kids, and never claimed the swearing thing is nothin' but a lie, part of a larger smear campaign (and if anyone COULD justify claiming he was being smeared, it would be Cheney). But yeah, they both used swear words so there's no difference between the two.
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White House green jobs adviser Van Jones resigned in the middle of the Labor Day weekend following persistent controversy over his past remarks and associations. ...
He earlier issued back-to-back apologies -- first, for calling Republicans "a**holes" during a videotaped address earlier in the year, and second for signing a petition in 2004 supporting the "9/11 truther" movement, which believes the Bush administration may have been involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Jones was a self-described "communist" during the 1990s and previously worked with a group dedicated to Marxist and Leninist philosophies. His comments, even in recent years, were often racially charged. He's blamed "white polluters and white environmentalists" for "steering poison" to minority communities.
In 2005, he drew a distinction between white and black youths involved in shooting incidents by referencing the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. "You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never," Jones said. "They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!" he said. "Now, a black kid might shoot another black kid. He's not going to shoot up the whole school." ...
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide," Jones said. ...
He's on tape calling Republicans a-holes, he signed that petition (his reps claim he didn't read it thoroughly), "self-described" as a Communist, worked with a Marxist/Leninist organization, makes bigoted statements (though, he has a point), then, in an act of self-denial, claims people are telling "lies and distortions" to smear him.
Nice.
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Ooo! Student discount! Didn't know they do that, I'll have to remember they do some good for the local community.
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Have only heard good things about Windows 7; Faster, uses less resources, plenty of new and useable features, etc. Some nit-picks, but no deal-breakers. I won't know for myself until my pre-ordered copy arrives.
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Why do you want to continue using the microphone built into the radio?
The headsets I've used disable the built-in microphone and use a boom mike -- never saw a headset without a mike of some kind. I suspect the plug for the headset MUST disable the mike -- though I vaguely recall a setting for that on the radio ... (It's been a while). Wish I could remember specific brand names we used over the years, I'm sure the company bought whatever was super-cheap, so ya oughta be able to find something inexpensive. Ironically, one of the best known brands is made not too far from where I am -- I just can't remember the name of the place.
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If you're gonna work in food service, Chile's would be better than most.
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Gawd, you guys don't get it. Our town is small enough to track a bus by smelling it's diesel fumes. We don't have nighttime or Sunday service. Some of the stops require one to stand on an ice mound in winter, the buses are never near full and there is seldom more than 2-3 people at any stop. The entire service costs the taxpayers dearly and I don't see this 3 mil "stimulating" anything. Who's gonna pay the ongoing costs of this program? It's sure not gonna increase revenue or ridership.
I got it, but there's nothing to be said. Government's need an excuse to tax to infinity, this is just one example out of many.
Any idea what your town's total budget might be? Bet it's a bigger number than you'd guess at first.
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The largest portion of the funds allocated to Kalamazoo will be used to hire consultants to design the local GPS system and to acquire the necessary hardware and software.
Consultants need work too.
Regarding flaggers, why are they mainly women? Is it a way to count more women as part of the "construction" trade?
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How did they block torrent activity? Bits are bits, aren't they?
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... waiting for one of my "friends" to send me an e-mail with a video update of this story.
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Eh, the network's just a bit behind the times and a coupl'a restrictions that made sense to someone at some time. Inconvenient for you, sure, but it's sure to catch up -- bet it does during this school year.
1) 64-bit may be more common than ever, but tons of stuff haven't caught up with that yet ("Boop! This website wants to install Adobe Flash ... Oh, nevermind."). 2) It would be irresponsible of them to just accept any program that included the word "anti-virus" in the title -- they have to know that it's an acceptable product and not malware or even a placeholder meant to trick the system. 3) It'd be interesting to know what your third complaint was.
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You're right that the wars (or whatever they want to call it) are still ongoing. Obama campaigned on the prospect of quickly withdrawing, but the reality of war must have set in (he's avoiding the inevitable right now: more troops are needed in Afghanistan).
Funny thing about Europe: They're electing more center and right-of-center candidates. Apparently they haven't yet had their guts full.