On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Grant Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You aren't by chance affiliated with the Utah Taxpayers Association? You
> are sure spewing back some of the same propaganda. :)
Propaganda?! :-)
Utah Taxpayers Association? Nah, they're too soft. Sissies, even. :-)
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Thad Van Ry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/17/08, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Then again, perhaps I do. Having spent many years of my life working
> > on operating system and protocol software for enterprise-class
> > routers, it's possible that I
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Greg Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What we're all forgetting here is that our government gave billions to the
> telecom industries to build a nationwide fiber network, which they
> completely failed to deliver. We've been paying for it for nearly 2 decades
> wi
On 4/17/08, Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The
> simple fact is, our current system subsidies other nation's health care.
> How can can other countries get away with price controls on drugs? We
> fund the research with our purchases, while they reap the benefits. It's
> simple paras
Stuart Jansen wrote:
On second though, you deserve a more complete reply.
On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 21:58 -0600, Mister E wrote:
Neither free basic education nor basic health care are basic human
rights. A huge misconception as of the last few decades and usually more
common among younger folks.
Stuart Jansen wrote:
On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 23:41 -0600, Jonathan Duncan wrote:
Although even with all the strong feelings and many different sides of
this discussion, I think that as we continue to see other
perspectives, as shared by each other, that we can broaden our own
perspectives.
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 12:07:07AM -0600, Justin Findlay wrote:
> I think we've forgotten that flame wars were invented by bored people as
> a means of inciting amusement when mailing lists become otherwise
> tediously on topic.
Flame wars incite in me only pity and disgust, if anything at
all. T
...hmmm, flame wars... how to work in a reference to the band "the flaming
lips" here, and a joke about Dell computers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoIMAARfxRY
(the kung fu guy makes me laugh out loud every time... guess I'm just
deranged) :-)
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Charles Curley
I have an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ (VIA mobo if that matters).
I've almost always just run 32-bit on it because I haven't been in the
mood to deal with the inevitable issues with 64-bit, and I haven't had a
compelling reason to do so.
But I'm considering switching to 64-bit when I upg
Hans Fugal wrote:
But I'm considering switching to 64-bit when I upgrade to the next
version of Ubuntu, Real Soon Now™. The reason is that I think it might
be a substantial enhancement when it comes to transcoding large video
files (i.e. HDTV - I don't have an HDTV and even if I did I'm not nut
A very good thread, many thanks to everyone!
This may be of interest to people looking for solutions. An episode of
Frontline comparing 6 capitalist countries and their health-care
systems. You can watch the full video online:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
Miste
On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 09:56 -0600, Hans Fugal wrote:
> I have an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ (VIA mobo if that matters).
> I've almost always just run 32-bit on it because I haven't been in the
> mood to deal with the inevitable issues with 64-bit, and I haven't had a
> compelling reason t
Shane Hathaway wrote:
Most of the video transcoding I've done has been I/O bound and benefits
more from multiple hard drives than from any particular processor
architecture.
Then you either have very nice CPU(s), very slow disks, or low video
demands.
Thanks for the info!
--
Hans Fugal ;
On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 09:56 -0600, Hans Fugal wrote:
> I know many of you have been riding the 64-bit wave for some time now.
> What are the remaining pitfalls? Will I be constantly fighting with
> software to get it to run?
That depends on what you want to do.
First, reasons to go 64:
1) You
Nathan Gilbert wrote:
>> ... But the last point sounds like darwinism to me...
>> a misused theology.
>
> It was tempting bait, but I really don't want to delve into a discussion
> of Evolution, even though it may be the quickest route to Godwin's law
> being invoked on this thread. :)
the darwin
Nathan Gilbert wrote:
... But the last point sounds like darwinism to me...
a misused theology.
It was tempting bait, but I really don't want to delve into a discussion
of Evolution, even though it may be the quickest route to Godwin's law
being invoked on this thread. :)
the darwin thingy wa
Mister E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I fell for this ideology myself for many years, so personally it's
> sorta like breaking an addiction where ya then have a strong reaction
> to being around the instruments of that addiction afterwards. After
> studying a bit on this topic, this is why I'm
Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Flame wars incite in me only pity and disgust, if anything at
> all. They have never amused me. Those who engage in them do but show
> their immaturity.
Who's casting barbs now?
Any community, and especially one with people who are passionate about
thi
Levi Pearson wrote:
Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Flame wars incite in me only pity and disgust, if anything at
all. They have never amused me. Those who engage in them do but show
their immaturity.
Who's casting barbs now?
Any community, and especially one with people who are pa
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Gary Thornock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I used to run my home firewall on a PC with FreeBSD, but, as you
> found with Linux, the initial setup was non-trivial.
>
> Currently I'm using pfSense on an old Pentium III box I had
> sitting around. I still get the
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Shane Hathaway
> Running 64 bit isn't much of a fight anymore. The only real holdout is
> Flash, and that works through nspluginwrapper.
Actually the only real real holdout is the Java browser plugin which
doesn't exist for 64-bit linux and doesn't work under ns
On 19 Apr 2008, at 16:19, Levi Pearson wrote:
Mister Ed
ps - I am done with this thread. Seems I have been more counter
productive than helpful the last few years. I am about character
Sorry. As far as I'm concerned, you're more than welcome to stay.
Disagreement is no reason for expulsi
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