Comment Re:Not a bad idea... (Score 2) 125
I have an email in my spam filter with a sent time of year 2060. Either it's really from the future, or email timestamps are largely worthless.
Comment Re:Curious... (Score 1) 786
You asked why "rich socialists" hate the rich so much, immediately after talking about Soros.
From my OP:
Why is it that the uber-rich on the Left are never mentioned? Most of the richest people in the US Congress are Democrats. Why don't we hear more about George Soros, who collapses national currencies for fun & profit, and the leftist/progressive institutions he funds like Tides Foundation and others who then in turn fund numerous other PACs and other groups? How about Bloomberg? Or if you want to get to the real money in political contributions, look at public & private sector unions.
What is it with rich socialists that they hate the rich so much? Or do they just hate the idea of anyone *else* becoming rich? They seem to view other people increasing their wealth as decreasing how much richer they are, and consider the resulting decrease in wealth disparity the same as having been robbed.
You'll notice that the two things aren't even in the same paragraph!
Methinks you simply wish to detract and criticize because you disagree politically/ideologically, but are struggling to find a valid reason to do so based on what I posted without appearing politically/ideologically biased and/or closed-minded.
Strat
Comment conscientiousness and openness (Score 1) 249
What does grit have to do with conscientiousness and openness? I would consider grit to be the opposite of both.
Comment Re:Curious... (Score 1) 786
If you want to have a reasoned argument and be taken seriously then you shouldn't try to compare people like Soros to socialists.
I never said George Soros was a Socialist.
George Soros funds things that push socialist-style agendas. He does this as one of many things done by him and others (not necessarily in a coordinated manner, but as fellow-travelers whose causes all would benefit from social/economic chaos) with the overall goal of weakening the social stability and unity in the US, and contribute to the ultimate collapse of the US Dollar and the US national economy. This would make it something like the 5th currency he has intentionally and heavily contributed to the collapse of, and profited nicely from as well at the same time.
George Soros believes in George Soros. What he does is for his benefit. The people and causes he funds are useful idiots and ideologues blinded by their narrow views and hatred. They are tools to him, nothing more.
Strat
Comment Re:"An pseudonymous" - LOL - stupid Americans... (Score 1) 105
It's only an human mistake!
Comment Re:Good ol' 777 (Score 1) 105
change the group access to Apache's [group](sic). Once the group is correct, change the permissions to g+r if necessary.
This is one of the reasons I would like nested groups for POSIX, but it will never happen because people think it's too Microsoftish.
Comment Re:That poster was NOT delusional... (Score 1) 786
Well, the reason wealthy republican interest groups that sponsor politicians get vilified, is because they are enemies of the people. They buy influence to allow the poisoning of air and water, undermining the health of the population, deny the population health care and other such lovely things.
People don't care for enemies of the people.
They don't get vilified for who they are. They get vilified for WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, KEEP ON DOING, AND WANT TO DO AGAIN
They've probably also got a secret lair on the moon where they plan to use a [finger-quotes] "LASER" to blackmail the worlds' governments for one BILLION dollars! [pinky to corner of mouth]
Holy crap, dude! Do you actually believe all that, and that the other faction of the One Party is blameless for anything bad that's happened!? Talk bout some truly epic partisan blinders! Please alert people if you ever take those massive things off, moving those things will shift the Earths' center of gravity!
Strat
Comment Curious... (Score 1, Insightful) 786
From TFS:
Wealthy interests such as the Scaife Foundation and Koch Industries
Why is it that the uber-rich on the Left are never mentioned? Most of the richest people in the US Congress are Democrats. Why don't we hear more about George Soros, who collapses national currencies for fun & profit, and the leftist/progressive institutions he funds like Tides Foundation and others who then in turn fund numerous other PACs and other groups? How about Bloomberg? Or if you want to get to the real money in political contributions, look at public & private sector unions.
What is it with rich socialists that they hate the rich so much? Or do they just hate the idea of anyone *else* becoming rich? They seem to view other people increasing their wealth as decreasing how much richer they are, and consider the resulting decrease in wealth disparity the same as having been robbed.
Strat
Comment Re:Lost sounds (Score 3, Insightful) 790
Soon, the distinctive "tink" when a lightbulb filament breaks.
Comment Re:Lost sounds (Score 2) 790
Static on the TV preceding thunder (now it just pixelates).
Comment Re:Joke? (Score 1) 790
It's an orchestra mimicking the sound of an extremely common (for the time period) piece of technology. There are also sounds that mimic trains, automobile traffic, and other technological wonders. They're not meant to be rip-roaring, slap your knees funny, but instead "oh my, how humorous a diversion from regular orchestral performances".
Comment Lost sounds (Score 3, Insightful) 790
The distinctive whine of an old SCSI drive. The whir-whir-whir-whir-click of a tape cassette rewinding. The flappity-flappity of a movie reel that has gone through the projector. Cha-chunk of a slide projector. The sound old beer cans used to make when ripped open. Dot-matrix printers. Floppy drives. Floppy drives forced to make "music".
Michael Mann: Swiftboating Comes To Science 786
Lasrick writes: Michael Mann writes about the ad hominem attacks on scientists, especially climate scientists, that have become much more frequent over the last few decades. Mann should know: his work as a postdoc on the famed "hockey stick" graph led him to be vilified by Fox News and in the Wall Street Journal. Wealthy interests such as the Scaife Foundation and Koch Industries pressured Penn State University to fire him (they didn't). Right-wing elected officials attempted to have Mann's personal records and emails (and those of other climate scientists) subpoenaed and tried to have the "hockey stick" discredited in the media, despite the fact that the National Academy of Sciences reaffirmed the work, and that subsequent reports of the IPCC and the most recent peerreviewed research corroborates it.
Even worse, Mann and his family were targets of death threats. Despite (or perhaps because of) the well-funded and ubiquitous attacks, Mann believes that flat-out climate change denialism is losing favor with the public, and he lays out how and why scientists should engage and not retreat to their labs to conduct research far from the public eye. "We scientists must hold ourselves to a higher standard than the deniers-for-hire. We must be honest as we convey the threat posed by climate change to the public. But we must also be effective. The stakes are simply too great for us to fail to communicate the risks of inaction. The good news is that scientists have truth on their side, and truth will ultimately win out."
Even worse, Mann and his family were targets of death threats. Despite (or perhaps because of) the well-funded and ubiquitous attacks, Mann believes that flat-out climate change denialism is losing favor with the public, and he lays out how and why scientists should engage and not retreat to their labs to conduct research far from the public eye. "We scientists must hold ourselves to a higher standard than the deniers-for-hire. We must be honest as we convey the threat posed by climate change to the public. But we must also be effective. The stakes are simply too great for us to fail to communicate the risks of inaction. The good news is that scientists have truth on their side, and truth will ultimately win out."
Comment Re:Besides the blantant bloodshed... (Score 5, Funny) 490
whoosh
That's one fast vest!
Comment Re:"even with the best thermal paste" (Score 1) 325
True, but there are usually sacrifices that are made in such setups. Usually the HDDs or other mobo components don't get airflow and end up cooking over time. If they made laptops a little more rectangular like servers and allowed more airflow over all the components then they'd be very cool. Of course they'd also be loud and ugly...
I think what submitter needs is a luggable like from the 8088 days. A desktop computer with a laptop screen and a detachable input device. Perhaps a detachable UPS too.
I think what submitter needs is a luggable like from the 8088 days. A desktop computer with a laptop screen and a detachable input device. Perhaps a detachable UPS too.
