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| 2003/8/22-23 [Politics/Domestic/California/Arnold] UID:29435 Activity:high |
8/22 http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm Forget Arnold's possible tax plans. With a list like this lining up against him how could I possibly vote for him now?? \_ According to the article, Woody Harrelson is diametrically opposed to abortion rights, gay rights, and gun control. Perhaps Woody should stop putting PCP in his bong.... \_ perhaps you should stop taking the New York Post seriously. \_ Damn your cynical, fact-based logic! \_ Aesop's fables is similar \_ Woody is the man! If he can't stop Arnold, no one can! I see the President of the West Wing is on the list, too. Now I *know* I can't vote for Arnold. \_ He lies. Penis not as impressive as implied in Twins... http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/229296c60.gif \_ look it's a PENIS!! lollerskates!!!!1 |
| 2003/8/22-23 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:29436 Activity:very high |
8/22 Which court has higher power, a US District court or a
state Supreme Court?
\_ Federal courts have jurisdiction over Constitutional
matters, which, unfortunately thanks to the loose
constructionists (ie. libs), basically means everything.
So in practice the Fed trumps all.
\_ Actually, this isn't a liberal/conservative thing, it's
part of the constitution, Article VI and the precedence
of McCulloc v. Maryland. However, the Bill of Rights does
provision that non-delegated rights (read, enumerated rights)
are reserved for the states. So in other words, if the Fed
doesn't give a crap about xyz, then the state has the right
to do xyz. A prime example of this was slavery, which before the
civil war and 13th was offically a state issue (with
the exception of the Missouri Compromise when things got out
of hand).
\_ States do not have rights, only people do.
\_ Don't forget corporations! They have rights too.
\_ Not really. Ask Nike.
The Constitution was framed to enumerate
their state governments.
powers delegated to the Federal government,
everything else defaulted to the people and
their state governments. The Constitution
was meant to restrict the Federal government,
not citizens.
\_ That's why the 2nd amendment exists, so the
government can restrict gun ownership. Oh wait,
uhm, errr, nevermind!
\_ "The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Amendment X, US Constitution. In other words, if it's
not in the Constitution (or its Amendments), it's a
State issue.
\_ Uh, not exactly. It basically means any Law passed by
Congress is the Law of the Land. If Congress passes
an unconstitutional law then it can be contested and
overturned by the Supreme Court. However, Congress can
try to amend the Constitution so that its law is
constitutional. A prime example is Income Tax.
\_ Howzabout this: if it's not in the Constitution,
it's a State issue; however, the Fed. Gov. can
make it a Federal matter by passing an amendment
or passing a law that the courts fail to strike
down as unconstitutional.
\_ looks like the conservatives, particularly Ashcroft, are the
ones trying to deny state rights these days. -tom
\_ hey, you're your dead senator's wife. what's the problem?
\_ a politician flip-flopped when it suited him.. really rare
\_ The Justic Department does not enact laws, they enforce them.
National defense is the primary responsibility of the Federal
government.
\_ True, but the Justice Department also puts heavy pressure
on lawmakers of the President's party to toe its line.
And sometimes it quite simply ignores laws. -John
\_ "Heavy pressure"? Golly, that's mean of them! Those
lawmakers that are only held to account by the voters
are under "heavy pressure" by some paper pusher
appointees in the JD! Mean, mean, mean, I say!
\_ [plonked again] |
| 2003/8/22-23 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX, Computer/HW/Drives, Consumer/TV] UID:29437 Activity:nil |
8/22 Has anyone installed a DVR-105 in a Mac? Did you have to install
the firmware patch to get DVD-RW working? tia. |
| 2003/8/22 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:29438 Activity:nil |
8/22 Here is the text of the proposed Victory Act:
http://www.libertythink.com/VICTORYAct.pdf
Now, I think the Patriot Act is unamarican and that Ashcroft is
a pretty bad guy, but I'm missing where the Evil is in
this new act. can someone point it out, or is it just hype?
some of this even seems pretty good, like allowing harmless old poeople
to leave prison if they're proven to be nonviolent. |
| 2003/8/22-23 [Computer/SW/OS/SCO] UID:29439 Activity:high |
8/22 Lois Boland, director of international relations for the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, said that open-source software runs
counter to the mission of WIPO, which is to promote intellectual-property
rights.
"To hold a meeting which has as its purpose to disclaim or waive such
rights seems to us to be contrary to the goals of WIPO," she said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23422-2003Aug20.html
\_ Lessig on the subject:
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/001436.shtml
\_ Microsoft reduces visibility of open source with big lobbying $.
\_ The PTO predates MS by about 90 years. Let it go.
\_ let what go?
\_ Lois Boland does not. The office is old and established;
the appointee is younger and bribeable.
\_ For related discussion, see blurb on Petra Moser
http://mitsloan.mit.edu
\_ Can you give me a better url than that?
\_ Yes, that's their purpose. There isn't an anti-intellectual
property rights part of the government. That's because in this
case they're there to defend the rights of people who created
something, not people who want to use someone else's stuff free.
\_ You misread Boland's intent. He said that the government
is not interested in supporting the rights of people
who want to give away their own creations, only those
who wish to charge for them. This is actually a pretty
extreme position to take.
\_ People who want to give away their stuff have 2 simple choices
which don't require a lot of PTO assistance. 1) BSD style
free-beer license, 2) Everything else such as GPL, or license
for a dollar or whatever. People in neither category require
a large government agency to referee or interpret anything. I
understand what he was saying and find nothing extreme there.
\_ What does the word "contrary" mean to you? It is clear
that she believes it is her job to stop #2, even though
open source developers have the same IP rights as anyone
else. It is not a matter of getting government support,
it is the government opposition that is extreme and
disturbing.
\_ The PTO takes no action pro or con on people who want to
give their stuff away. The very concept that people who
want to give away their stuff for free need some sort of
government protection is bizarre at best.
\_ Have you followed the SCO vs Linux lawsuits at all?
People trying to give stuff away are being sued,
so yes, they need some kind of protection, or at
the very least, not the active hostility of the
agency whose job it is to monitor such things.
Boland's statment makes it clear that she is
"con" such activity.
\_ SCO's position is that people are trying to
give stuff that doesn't belong to them away.
\_ SCO's position is they have an really
awesome reality distortion field that will
destroy IBM
\_ SCO's position is that people are trying to
give stuff that doesn't belong to SCO away.
\_ Actually, that's SCO's critics' position.
SCO really does think that the UNIX bits
belong to SCO.
\_ GPL requires every bit as much government protection as
any other licensing scheme that places restrictions on
the "getting" party. Possibly more. -phuqm |
| 2003/8/22-23 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:29440 Activity:very high |
8/22 I just got a new computer and I wanna try out its capabilities
(I got 3GHz, 2Gig RAM, and a Radeon 9800 vid card). I want to
try out games where you see a LOT of blood and body disfigurement,
preferably where you're a general or a gunner trying to get rid
of a swarm of inferior army. What are some games that'll satisfy
the above requirements?
\_ Watch Al-Jazeera
\_ use your imagination. http://games.yahoo.com/go
\_ Quake 3 alpha?
\_ In Civ1 you run a vast civilization and destroy entire races. I
think you're looking for civ1. On the other hand, anyone who spends
a few grand on parts they don't need probably has a of more spare
cash around. I'll be your "Game Consultant". I charge $250/hr or
per question with a minimum charge of 4hrs/4questions and you pay
in advance.
\_ civ1? As in Sid Meier's Civilization? I played that on
my 386 game. Pretty cool. No blood though.
\_ Yeah, but think of the blood involved in wiping out
multiple enemy civs that might have a few million people
_each_! That's more blood per turn than all the Quake,
Doom, RTCW, etc, games ever played combined!
\_ Serious Sam
\_ And SS2. These two harken back to the Doom/Doom2 days when
there were a shitload of monsters all coming after you all at
once. This one outdoor level with two pyramids took me ten tries
to pass (but my oh my, how high the death count was)
\_ Half-Life 2 is what you'll want next month. There's nothing right
now to really push your system. For relatively recent action games
try Jedi Knight 2 or Battlefield 1942 (online only).
\_ Gunmetal (http://www.nvidia.com/object/game_gunmetal.html brought my
Athlon 1700 + GeForce 4400 to its knees, and not even at max
graphics quality.
\_ his machine is over twice as fast as yours btw
\_ It's all about the graphics card, not the CPU on these sorts
of games. Stick in a 100000ghz cpu and a shitty GPU and it
won't run any faster. Bottlenecks, kids. Think bottlenecks.
I guess bottles aren't shaped like that anymore.
\_ cpu is still important. 100000ghz cpu would probably do
much better than any existing gpu, assuming software
rendering support.
\_ yeah plus that 9800pro is a lot more powerful than 4400.
easily 2x fps with anti-aliasing and aniso filtering.
with fewer features the games become CPU-limited.
\_ Bottlenecks!!! Your memory and system bus can't feed
your infinite mhz cpu. So no, it won't go faster due
to software rendering without some incredibly rebuild
of all the buses *and* hey guess what? Your monitor
is hooked up to your video card (shocker!) and again
you're stuck with whatever copy-to-video-ram speed
your video card can do.
\_ *sigh* I had just bought the Athlon+GeForce last
year, and though it's plenty fast, I'm dreading
seeing how HL2 or Doom3 performs. Thus far, only
Gunmetal chokes my system... well, that and that
ATI-happy benchmarking program, 3DMark2003.
\_ I still game on a P3-700. Until very recently
it was a p3-450. The 700 was an upgrade. |
| 2003/8/22-23 [Uncategorized] UID:29441 Activity:nil |
8/22 Flashback Friday:
http://actsofvolition.com/archives/2001/january/blinkingcursor |