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Comment Re:They are NOT Denying Global Warming (Score 1) 1100

by mixmatch (#29235705) Attached to: Global Warming To Be Put On Trial?

Whatever figure you choose to believe as to the cost of the war, it was certainly expensive. What with the near collapse of our economy, and other issues like global warming, we'd be a lot better off if we were somewhere close to a trillion less in the hole financially. If we had spent some or all of that money developing new greener energy technologies, things would look a lot better right now. But we spent it on a big murderous camping trip in the desert.

Certainly I agree with you on how much the war effort has been a waste of money, but congress approves the funding for this war, so your point is mute. You are also being rather deceptive stating that congress authorized force in Iraq after the fact. The authorization was approved by Congress in October 2002, while the invasion occured in March 2003

Comment Re:Umm .... (Score 1) 673

by mixmatch (#29205825) Attached to: Fear of Porn URL Exposure Discourages Firefox 3 Upgrade
I've talked to a lot of people that have tried the new office. None of them like the ribbon interface. Certainly my experience is limited, but I have been unable to find a person that found it intuitive. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that no other program interface uses this system. Then again, I thought personalised menus were a major pain in the ass as well.

Comment Re:Some has to do it (Score 1) 144

by mixmatch (#29153595) Attached to: Amazon, MS, and Yahoo Against Google's Library

Freedom requires that out of copyright books and older books whose legal status is unclear (which is what we're talking about) be scannable/distributable by everyone, or else by no-one.

Thats are really idiotic statement. I'd rather have restricted access to a resource than none at all. Your little idealistic thought would be great in a world where the books could digitize themselves at no cost or effort to anyone. That is not the case and the books in question are still protected by copyright, which by definition prevents them from being 'scannable/distributable by everyone'. Are you telling me you never access any copyrighted material because copyright restricts your "freedom requirement"?

Comment Re:Great idea (Score 1) 323

by mixmatch (#27656601) Attached to: US Military Issuing iPod Touches To Soldiers
I'm in the army. I loathe anything that is 'milspec'. Milspec means that they take something like, say, a $5 cable that is available on the commercial market as a standard, make the rubber thicker and replace the easy-to-use connector with some crazy screw-on piece of crap. The cable is now ridiculously expensive and if it goes bad, requires that the entire unit be turned in for repairs. There is commercially available equipment for nearly every task out there, with the occasional exception to equipment designed to kill, etc, and its often cheap, reliable, and easy to replace. For the cost of one 'milspec' iPod device, you could likely buy a dozen iPods and save yourself the headache of a costly government contract.

Comment Re:Choice. (Score 1) 346

by mixmatch (#26898855) Attached to: Moonlight 1.0 Brings Silverlight Content To Linux
It may be an installation issue. I'm using version 10,0,20,7 in FF 3.06 and I watch videos on Hulu, CBS, YouTube, and others on a daily basis without experiencing crashes. I chose to uninstall the distribution flash package and placed the plug-in I downloaded off the Adobe site in my ~/.mozilla/plugins directory.

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