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Slapstick Politics: "Black National Anthem" Performed At Denver's State Of The City Address Instead ...
[Source: http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com]
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Schaffer v Udall: 2008 Colorado Senate Battle: Thanking Mark Udall for the Gas Price Pain that Keeps...
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Photographing Birds in Flight
Photographing birds in flight, or BIF's for short is something I've been spending some time working on recently. It is tricky. As a trickle down effect of us being short on insects here in the Springs, we're also generally short on birds. I've got a house sparrow nesting on my porch, but her and her mate are lightning fast, patient and elusive. Eve... [Source: http://nonprophet.typepad.com]
1 comment in conversation. Last comment found May 26.
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McCain town hall in Denver: no strings : Elections : The Rocky Mountain News
[Source: http://www.rockymountainnews.com]
4 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 30.
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Posted by samsmargolis on April 30, 2008 at 10:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Several members of a liberal activist group said Wednesday they appear to have gotten seats to Sen. John McCain's town hall meeting"...
Standby for politically-correct, carbon-free, globally-tepid, government-owes-me, interactive street theatre (protests) from these noclasswipes. Local media to focus on the protest and not on the message - same ol', same ol'.....
Posted by angka on April 30, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No no, here's hoping the media does focus on McCain's re-arranging the deck chairs on the sinking ship of our health care system.
McCain=Bush warmed over, and maybe he'll have his own Denver Three to boot! Probably not, though, my guess is the organizers won't give them any trouble now...
Posted by GeeTee on April 30, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
John McCain is NOT George Bush. I believe he will take on all comers and answer their questions with respect to their opinions and freedom of speech. I hope they treat McCain with the same respect. Shouting slogans at someone one disagrees with is NOT a valid protest, nor does it help solve America's many problems.
Why not try to engage the McCain in discussion that can lead to progress -- being against something without suggesting a VIABLE alternative is just empty sloganeering.
McCain is certainly flawed, but he is a genuine American hero through his military service and history of "reaching across the aisle" in the Senate to do what is best for America.
Posted by curiousstranger on April 30, 2008 at 6:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey look, he's not wearing a flag pin in that photo.
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Reading the Entrails of Blue Coat's Packeteer Acquisition « Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds
[Source: http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com]
4 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 24.
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earsontheground // April 22, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Does that mean some jobs will be eliminated from Packeteer?
Brad // April 23, 2008 at 10:30 am
Given the nature of the acquisition, yes, there are likely to be job losses at Packeteer.
Curious Stranger // April 24, 2008 at 1:59 am
Juniper already has WAN optimization products from their Peribit aquisition 3 years ago.
Brad // April 24, 2008 at 5:24 am
That's true, Stranger. It's also true that Juniper now ranks 4th in WAN-optimization market share. They can't be content with that position.
Nobody enters a market to finish out of the money.
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udallvschaffer: Bob Schaffer refuses to meet pro-life groups over Mariana Missteps
[Source: http://udallvschaffer.blogspot.com]
2 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 23.
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Big Bang said...
"These are people who are on the fringe of the pro-life movement, and they do not represent by any stretch of the imagination the hundreds of thousands of pro-life Coloradans," Wadhams said.
Sounds like darn near everybody is a fringe something to Wadhams. How will the "anti-abortion" movement support a "pro-abortion" candidate? That's some serious mental contortions.
April 23, 2008 10:27 AM
Curious Stranger said...
Incidentally, Steve Curtis of American Right to Life Action is a former Colorado GOP chair who has tangled with Wadhams in the past over Owens gubenatorial race back in 98. Apparently, state GOP chairs are fringe. Wadhams would know.
April 23, 2008 11:22 PM
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Schaffer v Udall: 2008 Colorado Senate Battle: Evidence Turns "Honest Debate" Re Bob Schaffer and Ma...
[Source: http://schaffervudall.blogspot.com]
6 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 22.
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Ben DeGrow said...
What's your point? The source you cited doesn't challenge the nature of Schaffer's trip or what he saw, and merely speculates about where his line of questioning came from.
Are you questioning the authenticity of Schaffer's testimony and the collected record to support it?
Are you going to attack pro-life Schaffer on the issue of abortion because in his trip he didn't see evidence of what some other report indicated?
Furthermore, these accusations are from someone who admittedly worked in Clinton's Interior Department. Are you going to stand by a blog post from a former Clinton Interior Department staffer as an unimpeachable source in this story? That her motives are pristine and unalloyed?
You're wading really deep to try to make your point now. This is insider politics and disputes over policies, far afield from any credible charges of illegal or unethical activities.
Keep the ball shifting, until people forget that the Big Blue Lie Machine's original charges are weak and unsubstantiated, that this is about reasonable policy differences and long-buried political squabbles.
April 18, 2008 11:05 AM
Alan said...
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I was out of town at the end of last week offline the whole fine weekend. Besides, I wanted to see if anybody actually read this blog, in particular this absolutely fascinating bit of testimony from then-Rep. Schaffer. Because nobody who read it could fail to comment on the gaping inconsistencies Schaffer's own words open between this hearing and today--not to mention his (and your) self-defeating philosophy of governance. PJ O'Rourke famously said Republicans say government doesn't work, then get elected and prove it. And here y'all are.
It comes down, you see, to a fundamentally opposed worldview separating people like you and people like me. What you call "a particular kind of heavy-handed federal reform" I (and I hate to break this to you but just about everyone else in America) call the same labor protections and immigration laws that exist in the rest of the country. It's cool, I'm sure, for you to imagine some kind of Ayn Rand-inspired laissez faire utopia where guest workers love to work 90 hours a week for three bucks an hour and get sent back to China (or to a Saipan back alley) if they get knocked up, live in squalid bunks rented from the company at inflated rates, the cute ones siphoned off into white slavery, having no chance of ever paying the "private sector recruiters" who trafficked them there, with the products from that sweatshop labor proudly labeled "Made in the USA," etc. -- most people I know wouldn't see a stretch attaching the label "medieval" to it, though. And if it is occurring in a United States territory it is absolutely the responsibility of the federal government to intervene (see "self-defeating philosophy of governance," above).
Seriously, Ben, Schaffer said in this testimony that the idea "somehow [the federal government is] the definitive characters in deciding what laws are most appropriate is just nonsense?" That the solution here was to "rely on the ingenuity of local governments," the ones paying Jack Abramoff to stall overdue reform in successive Republican Congresses?
And here's the problem with your whole "you're just manipulating this for political mudslinging" argument--Schaffer's dealings with the political orchestrator of the lobbying campaign to defend the status quo in the CNMI, Abramoff, have already been plainly exposed as collusive. I know you've dismissed the series of Denver Post articles on Schaffer's trip to the CNMI and subsequent action in Congress as a "slime job"--a characterization I'll be sure to remember next time I see your boss in public with a dildo--but the fact is that Abramoff promised his clients in the CNMI that he would direct an attack on federal officials investigating the situation there, and Schaffer kept that promise. A few weeks after his free trip there. Where he met with Abramoff's clients. Paid for by a conservative front group intimately linked with Abramoff. Where, as he told the Post recently, most of the workers he met were "happy" and according to photographic evidence the parasailing was awesome. It doesn't require complicated spin. The simple facts are laid out for the reader, and it's their natural reaction to be disgusted. Sucks, doesn't it?
April 21, 2008 7:53 PM
Ben DeGrow said...
alan,
I'll let your words stand up against the record. Nothing more needs to be said.
April 21, 2008 8:50 PM
Curious Stranger said...
"Are you going to attack pro-life Schaffer on the issue of abortion because in his trip he didn't see evidence of what some other report indicated?"
No, the latest member of the Big Blue Lie Machine, Colorado Right to Life, is:
"Officials with two anti-abortion groups are blasting Bob Schaffer, a Republican candidate for a Colorado U.S. Senate seat, over his defense of human-rights conditions in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory where allegations that factory workers must undergo forced abortions are common.
Colorado Right to Life accused Schaffer of closing his eyes to reports from Chinese workers on the islands about forced abortions."
That's gotta sting!
April 22, 2008 12:55 AM
Ben DeGrow said...
You're a little slow, Curious. Already addressed that:
http://schaffervudall.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-blue-lie-machine-co-opts-fringe.html
April 22, 2008 7:59 AM
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geekgirlcooks (and writes, and muses...): Mmmm...cheese...grilled
[Source: http://geekgirlcooks.blogspot.com]
3 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 09.
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curiousstranger said...
I used to go to Friendly's ever Sunday with some friends from my church youth group in CT. I was back east in VA a few years back for business and subjected my Western co-workers to Friendly's in a fit of nostalgia. It was terrible.
The farthest west they get is Ohio - there was one in the town I went to college in my freshman year - it's probably for the best.
April 9, 2008 5:23 PM
curiousstranger said...
On the topic of east coast ice creameries, I was in a Ben & Jerry's today over by DU because a co-worker had a sudden ice cream craving while attending the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit (nothing spurs the need for ice cream like the quiet desperation of someone coming to terms with what a mess the transition to v6 will be) and my co-worker (a fellow ECMF) made me do my imitation of Tom Carvel doing a Fudgie the Whale commercial.
April 9, 2008 5:29 PM
mol said...
Fudgie the Whale gave me nightmares when I was a child! It wasn't because of Tom Carvel's voice, I think, it was because of that weird expression that was Fudgie's smile. Almost like, "Yeah, I'm creepy, but soon I'll be at your birthday party for dessert!"
You can get regular Carvel cakes at the Safeways out here, but I've never seen a Fudgie the Whale cake outside of a Carvel shop. So I can't see firsthand if Fudgie's face still gives me the creeps.
And re Friendly's: yeah, I'll prefer to leave it to nostalgia. My uncle ate at the one near his house in Maryland and it has slid pretty far downhill.
April 9, 2008 7:09 PM
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Maybe Hillary IS That Unpopular
Posted on April 7th, 2008 in General, National Politics | [Source: http://bendegrow.com]
1 comment in conversation. Last comment found April 08.
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Curious Stranger
That's a ringing endorsement: John McCain - The Candidate of Cynicism and Apathy
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Glenn Franxman at HackerMojo just put up a Python script that makes pictures pulled from MetroPulse ...
It's a simple, fun way to keep your screensaver interesting using a minimum of tools. There have been similar applications for services like Flickr, such as FlickrSavr or the screensaver that comes with 1001, but the simplicity of just updating the pictures in the screensaver folder is appealing. And a screensaver seems like a perfect application f... [Source: http://www.tuaw.com]
5 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 06.
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Glenn Franxman at HackerMojo just put up a Python script that makes pictures pulled from MetroPulse into a screensaver. It's a mere 17 lines of code (which you can easily modify without knowing Python) that run as a cron job, downloading the images into the directory that you specify for the "Choose Folder..." screensaver.
It's a simple, fun way to keep your screensaver interesting using a minimum of tools. There have been similar applications for services like Flickr, such as FlickrSavr or the screensaver that comes with 1001, but the simplicity of just updating the pictures in the screensaver folder is appealing. And a screensaver seems like a perfect application for my previous ideas involving mdfind and sips. By using the simple method Glenn applies in his Python script, and making a few modifications to the "Spotlight Gallery" Perl script, you could make your screen display the last 20 or so images added to your own system. That could truly be a practical use for the idea, depending, of course, on where the most recent images on your system come from. Yes, my mind just went there.
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4-06-2008 @ 8:16AM
mentalsticks said...
Sorry, but you can't just link to that 2005 TUAW post without providing a mirror to Josh's funny pic mentioned in the comments. That's just mean.
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4-06-2008 @ 3:49PM
Bruce said...
can this be modified to pull the photo each day off topleftpixel.com and use those for a screen saver???
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4-06-2008 @ 4:11PM
Sameer Ahuja said...
Dave Winer's FlickrFan is another (awesome) tool that does pretty much the same - loads images from RSS feeds and stores them within the pictures folder. It comes pre-installed with a couple of image feeds from news agencies, and is highly configurable. http://flickrfan.org/
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4-06-2008 @ 5:51PM
Curious Stranger said...
Or you could just use the already-existing ability to generate screen-savers from RSS feeds. Just point the ".Mac and RSS" screen saver options at an RSS feed containing pictures (like this one: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=7PPCBS3O3BG6HDlI9IS63A&_render=rss) and you're done. Select ".Mac and RSS" under Pictures on the Screen Saver preference pane, click options, click + and "Add RSS feed".
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More of the Same from John McCain
I think about the last thing we need is another leader preaching the New American Century manifesto. Teaming up against the oppressed people of the world is not the path to peace. This is scary. Bloomberg.com: March 26 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain called for a new ``League of Democracies'' to advance western values and said he'd explore a free-trade ... [Source: http://nonprophet.typepad.com]
25 comments in conversation. Last comment found March 28.
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"Where am I supporting policies of coercion and bombing the shit out of people?"
Were you not in support of the Iraq war? You didn't need a crystal ball to see what was going to happen, just common sense. Just as common sense will tell you that things like S/H-109 represent more of the same - you don't have to look further than the vague wording.
"The Community of Democracies hasn't bombed anyone."
When you look at it that way, neither has the Bush Administration. They just develop the policies that direct the armed forces. The CD is committed to "defend democracy where it is threatened." It would be naive to think they are above promoting coercion / war as means to "support resolutions and other international activities aimed at the promotion of democratic governance."
They've only been around for a few years, and appear to be just another way we can influence UN votes at the moment - another tool we can use to "look after our interests."
"People, when given an informed choice - and importantly, physical and economic security - are going to choose more representative forms of government over less representative forms. Do you disagree?"
You can live under the rule of a dictator, where that dictator's views are representative of the people. You can also live in a "democracy" (like the US) where governmental policy does not always represent the people.
"Again, not forcing - promoting...That's the kind of scenario the Community of Democracy is working towards. Clinton-stye boat-lifting."
Exactly the same type of naive thinking which drew so much support for the Iraq war.
At the risk of being labled a name-caller again, only a fool takes power at its word.
For one of the warmest, friendliest people I've known, someone who I don't believe I've ever heard say anything mean about anyone (except Richard Stallman maybe), and for someone who certainly does do a fine job of keeping themselves informed, I've always been puzzled by your naivety in regards to the Iraq war. Maybe you weren't naive, and just driven by fear or something else - I'm still interested in hearing a straight answer.
"Do you believe there are any "real" Democracies in the world? If there aren't, as you seem to be implying, then isn't it possible your view of what a Democracy is is a bit utopian for the real world?"
lol wut.
"real" "fake" "implying"?
Thought you were trying to have a discussion. Lying, misrepresention, etc. is worse than name calling in my mind. I already offered and noted several types and examples of democracies (all real) - re-read my 1st 2 paragraphs. Maybe you're the one with the utopian view of "Democracy"? You haven't answered as to what types of democracies you'd like to see "promoted" around the world or how you'd promote them.
Posted by: Pete | March 28, 2008 at 01:03 PM
NP - well said.
Zen,
Does "the people" include Bush / Cheney & their supporters? How about Dobson and his followers? Are they too not "the people", ignorant though they may be? Are you open enough to include them?
Of course. But not at the expense of others. That's their way.
And there is a big difference between awareness and expectation (my word), between what is now and what we expect to be. What purpose does it serve to preach peace yet ALWAYS expect war?
And what purpose does it serve to ALWAYS expect peace? You're only setting yourself up for dissapointment.
Am I projecting anger? May well be pete. If that's what you need to think.
Not about what I need to think, it's about your need to comment unconsciously externalized emotional attributes in order to avoid your own anxiety.
Posted by: Pete | March 28, 2008 at 01:12 PM
To NP: "I have much more faith in it being about banding nations together to consolidate power for the reasons of manipulating the global economy and for energy policy security."
Can't it be about all of the above? Like I said, without physical and financial security, you can't develop the institutions needed for a healthy Democracy.
To Pete:
"Were you not in support of the Iraq war?"
Woah woah woah. No I wasn't. I was resigned to the fact that it was happening, and I wasn't opposed to the removal of Hussein, because he was clearly a bad guy, but I specifically sounded warnings about Bush's inability to follow-through with his gauzy words about Democracy and the danger of the path we were on. You can see this here: http://blog.curiousstranger.org/2003/03/my-feelings-on-war.html (note this is a temporary home archiving my old typepad site, so please don't post any comments over there).
"They've only been around for a few years, and appear to be just another way we can influence UN votes at the moment - another tool we can use to "look after our interests.""
First off, it's not just us. More than 80 countries participate in the Community or the UN Democracy Caucus (which is an extension of the Community). Secondly, yes of course it's so we can look after our interests. It is in our interest for there to be more Democracies in the world, because Democracies have higher levels of human development and are more peaceful. Is something bad because it is in our interest?
"You can live under the rule of a dictator, where that dictator's views are representative of the people. "
Name one, and cite your evidence that the dictators views are representative of the people.
"I've always been puzzled by your naivety in regards to the Iraq war. Maybe you weren't naive, and just driven by fear or something else - I'm still interested in hearing a straight answer"
You've perceived my feelings on Iraq completely wrong. Read my old blog posts as mentioned above.
"I already offered and noted several types and examples of democracies (all real) - re-read my 1st 2 paragraphs."
You mention China, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. China and Saudi clearly aren't Democracies. Venezuela, by all international yardsticks I've heard of, is a democracy, although one which has made some unfortunate choices in my view. Later you mention Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand. Hong Kong should be a democracy, but due to colonial misteps is back in Chinese hands. South Korea and Taiwan have extremely vibrant and active democratic systems. Singapore is democratic, but as far as I'm aware Malaysia and Thailand are not. I don't really see any problem with any of these democratic systems. Ordinary citizens have a voice in their government. They can rebuke poor leaders and reward good ones. Are they perfect, no. Are we perfect, no. I fail to see why any of this is an argument against promoting representative democratic values in the world.
And going back to your original post: "Point being, we should pay more attention to how well governments perform than what type of government they are."
We have, and Democratic governments perform better by and large. Again, look at any of the many indexes of prosperity and wellness. The UN Human Development Report is a great place to start (http://hdr.undp.org). The top tier of its Human Development Index (http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/), which measures: "the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living," is dominated by Democracies. Are there non-Democratic nations in the upper tiers? Yes, but they are clearly in the minority. Are there Democratic nations in the lower tiers? Yes, but again, they are clearly in the minority. The entire report is a good read.
Posted by: Curious Stranger | March 28, 2008 at 02:56 PM
I agree. I am going about arguing against imposing democracy the wrong way and you are completely missing my points. It's the same question I've been asking you for almost 5 years that I've always felt you've been dodging.
All of this time, I was under the impression that you were initially in support of the war. Am I the only one who thought you were pro-war, even after the war began, at least for the reason that you thought the war was an opportunity to "promote democracy"? I don't recall that post on your blog. The reasons for my impression are a result from 2 other practically identical discussions we've had here and my blog (which unfortunately was deleted) in 2003 and 2005.
Quotes from you here - http://nonprophet.typepad.com/nonprophet/2005/06/bush_on_iraq.html (this thread was an awesome re-read!)
"I never had a problem with the idea of toppling Saddam." - Surely you knew that would mean war.
"We have little choice but to leave the place in better shape than we found it." - While this is not a pre-invasion/occupation concept, it is important because I think it is another example of your opinion that we need to impose / force democracy (or whatever WE think is better) on them.
Then you quoted the NYT editorial that "summed up your thoughts" which states "He(Bush) told the nation, again and again, that a stable and democratic Iraq would be worth American sacrifices, while the nation was wondering whether American sacrifices could actually produce a stable and democratic Iraq." This implies that even though we don't know if we are capable of producing a stable and democratic Iraq, that somehow the idea of doing so is a noble or just cause.
"the "dreamworld" I'm hoping for includes a Middle East without dictators, hopefully with democratic representation for the peeps..." - Hoping is one (almost harlmess) thing. Supporting action in forcing that change is another.
I could be wrong, but I don't think I'm the only one who has taken Curious Stranger as someone who supported the war, or, at the very least, thought that since we're in the war, we should try to force Iraq into a stable Democracy - telling them how WE think they should live, how THEIR country should be ran.
I could go on, but this always non-ends the same. You just keep dodging the question.
It doesn't matter if Democracy is the greatest thing evar!!1 You have failed high school history in that you have not understood the lessons learned by colonist countries: you can't just go around forcing your "enlightened principles" on people!
I have given up hope that I will ever get an answer as to what makes you think you can.
Posted by: Pete | March 28, 2008 at 04:52 PM
First off, I'll point out that that post is more than 2 years after the war started, so any "support" that might be gleaned for the war from those comments is more likely resignation with the facts on the ground and the reality that we had to try and clean up the mess we made. Second, here's my entire comment, which I still stand by 100%
" I never had a problem with the idea of toppling Saddam. I had a problem with Bush lying about the reasons why. If he had come to the American people *before* the war and actually explained the ideas he's now presenting, the American people could have made an informed decision. That decision probably would have been to not go , and Bush and friends knew this so they had to pump the WMD angle. And now, since the American people were not allowed to make an informed decisions about the real reason for the war, surprise, support is eroding - possibly dooming the whole enterprise (which may well have been doomed from the start because of the poor to non-existant planning)
In any case, its all in the past now. We have little choice but to leave the place in better shape than we found it. As all you outdoorsy types know, it's the responsible thing to do."
If Bush had made an honest effort to get the American people and our allies onboard with the idea of toppling Saddam to give the Iraqi people a chance at self-determination, we'd be in an entirely different place right now. Congress could have made a choice free of the politics of fear, and that choice very well might have been to not go to war. Of course, Bush didn't do this. He chose the WMD angle because it was much less work, especially in the immediate post-9/11 era.
As for the NY Times editorial, I think the preceding sentence is important:
"Sadly, Mr. Bush wasted his opportunity last night, giving a speech that only answered questions no one was asking. He told the nation, again and again, that a stable and democratic Iraq would be worth American sacrifices, while the nation was wondering whether American sacrifices could actually produce a stable and democratic Iraq."
2 years *after* the war started, and after it was clear to everyone but the most dim bulbs that the WMD threat was non-existent, he started the full-court press on the democratization angle. People wanted to have this discussion in 2002, not 2005. Too little too late.
"It doesn't matter if Democracy is the greatest thing evar!!1 You have failed high school history in that you have not understood the lessons learned by colonist countries: you can't just go around forcing your "enlightened principles" on people!"
Germany, Japan and India. The largest democracy in the world and 2 of the most prosperous. I'm pretty sure I learned about them in high school history.
Posted by: Curious Stranger | March 28, 2008 at 08:36 PM
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A TCP stack swapout solves nothing
Filed under: Protocols - Nate Lawson @ 10:49 am George Ou wrote a long post today about bandwidth fairness and congestion control. It was inspired by this draft article by Bob Briscoe, which spends a lot of time discussing the game theory behind bandwidth usage. While George's post is interesting, it makes the wrong leap from "there are some proble... [Source: http://rdist.root.org]
3 comments in conversation. Last comment found March 28.
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While his prescription may be off, it's nice to see someone with a soapbox making the case that there *IS* a problem to be solved. The loudest voices on this issue assume bad intentions on the part of Comcast and others and dismiss the technical concerns as distractions from the free speech concerns - of which there are very few actual examples. We need more folks who understand the technical issues making more noise.
Comment by w0zz - March 25, 2008 @ 8:19 am
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So they certainly can implement RED based on IP address since that only requires looking at the header, not the contents of the TCP stream. Even if high-end users have multiple IP addresses, those can be grouped into a common pool based on PPPoE/RADIUS login information.
The equipment does not need to examine the IP header, or to group a user with multiple IP addresses. With (W)RED packets are dropped probabilistically. The more packets a user sends the higher the probability that one of their packet will be dropped. It doesn't matter if they have multiple IP addresses or not.
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As long as ISPs want to charge per-application instead of per-user rates, all these proposals are pointless. RED allows an ISP to over-subscribe the gateway and enforce fairness among users. They can even give users that pay extra more bandwidth by assigning them a more favorable drop ratio. But RED doesn't discriminate how that bandwidth is used, so ISPs will continue deploying equipment that does discriminate, no matter what George Ou or Bob Briscoe say.
The ISPs can use WRED (Weighted RED) to have different drop probabilities for different classes of traffic based on QoS marking. The QoS marking can be based off of the applications that the users are using. With WRED the service providers should have the control that you state they want. It does allow them to discriminate how the bandwidth is used.
Comment by Ben C - March 26, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Ben C: thanks for the response and hi w0zz!
You're right that the IP address does not need to be examined to implement RED. I added that in to show that all a user's connection could still be grouped (i.e. WRED) and RED did not have to be blind. I expected people to argue RED alone wasn't a solution since it wouldn't allow differentiated service. I wrote about WRED in my second post before I saw your comment but you're definitely right.
Comment by Nate Lawson - March 28, 2008 @ 9:54 am
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Tune In With Radioshift 1.0.5
March 21st, 2008 Our newest application Radioshift hasn't seen an update in a couple of months, but today we're happy to unveil version 1.0.5. If you haven't used Radioshift, it's our tool for listening to and recording Internet radio. With its built-in guide, you can search over 50,000 radio listings, then listen or subscribe with a single click. ... [Source: http://www.rogueamoeba.com]
4 comments in conversation. Last comment found April 16.
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Ryan says:
March 25th, 2008 at 12:21 am
When can we expect Subscriptions to work properly in regards to the computer being asleep and why no "record now" button?
Paul Kafasis says:
March 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Joe: We'll be working to improve playback in the future - this is a very large program, and there are many things we want to improve. Stay tuned for plenty of updates.
Curious: We'll see what happens in the future - it's on our list of things to consider.
Ryan: Subscriptions certainly should be working just fine, even if the machine is asleep. There are caveats - if you have a laptop, you need to leave it open, or else it can't wake up fully, among other things. If you're having issues with Subscriptions, you should contact us directly for Support.
As for "Record Now", it's something to watch for in the future. Like I said, the breadth of what Radioshift will eventually do is quite large, and it will take time for us to get there. For now, we're focused on timed recording. Live recording is something we'll consider for the future.
K Huehn says:
March 30th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
One thing I'd like to see is better buffering of Internet radio feeds or control of the buffer size. I've noticed that a lot of small gaps appear in my recordings off of the Internet, particularly if the stream is running above 96kbps, across the board. I've never seen this problem with Audio Hijack Pro recording a stream via iTunes at medium or large buffer size. Thanks.
Sol says:
April 14th, 2008 at 11:28 am
I miss searching radio stations by country. That world map is nice though I miss selecting a country and list all stations. A mini mode (like ITunes offers) would be nice too. $32 is too much for students.
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RCRD LBL Podcast # 3: 12.22.07
Posted 1/1/2008 4:05 AM by rcrd lbl Tags: pop, indie, rock Welcome to the last RCRD LBL podcast of the year, featuring our favorite tracks of the past week: from the bro-'n'-sis stoner rock of Blood on the Wall to two awesome and rare Cold War Kids tracks, you'll be able to wash away the inevitable hangovers of the next few days in total musical st... [Source: http://www.rcrdlbl.com]
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Why Not Huckabee? The Slime
Posted on January 17th, 2008 in General, National Politics | [Source: http://bendegrow.com]
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Effects of a Layoff, in Facial Hair
Here's what a week of unemployment has done to me: Actually, that's two weeks of beard right there -- a week of sick and a week of slack. What you see is what I get. And that's it -- nothing more, nothing less. (How could there be less?) It's unlikely I'll keep it much longer -- if I do, I'll need to clean it up a little. The iSight camera isn't ca... [Source: http://www.joelogon.com]
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iPhone SDK Will Happen
This is cool. Apple is tired of the battle against hackers. They are opening up the iPhone (and hopefully the iPod Touch) to third party developers. I hope this leads to Java J2SE support on the iPhone. That would seriously rock. nytimes.com: After engendering frustration from some customers and software makers, Apple has changed its policy to enco... [Source: http://nonprophet.typepad.com]
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Open Left:: Dodd Time?
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Whitley Strieber vs. Daniel Pinchbeck: Slap-fight!
On the fairly rare occasions that it somehow happens, I've always had a good time listening to Art Bell on AM radio. His show explores various paranormal topics, has interesting guests and always manages to fall short send me running off into the woods screaming about how idiotic some concept is. Art always keeps things light enough that you can re... [Source: http://nonprophet.typepad.com]
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Growing Storm in Pakistan
Here's the story: For better or worse, back in 1999 the Pakistani the top general Pervez Musharraf took out the elected President Nawaz Sharif in a coup. Musharraf has been saying uncle to us ever since and he's been increasingly facing opposition from Islamic extremists and those who remain supporters of Sharif. In a new move the courts have allow... [Source: http://nonprophet.typepad.com]
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Robert Hansen Loses His Sh*t Over Google Gadgets
Thomas Ptacek | August 22nd, 2007 | Category: Disclosure, New Findings RSnake discovers that Google gadgets can be coerced into rendering arbitrary Javascript tags, and reports it to Google. Google responds, in effect, "that's one of the reasons why they live under gmodules.com", continuing, "If you do find a way of executing this code from the con... [Source: http://www.matasano.com]
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*note: I am sure someone out there has done something similar, so please let me know!
i was trying to find a way to feed my amazon wishlist on my tumblr, and i was rather astonished that I could not find one at all. I mean, this has to be a uber common usage right? Since i sure ain't gonna use the widget provided by Amazon, this means i gonna eat my own words* and create my own bloody rss. anyhow, this is how i did it - since search... [Source: http://v3.mingyeow.com]
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Harsanyi to Parents: "Start acting like a contemptible snob"
Filed under: General, Colorado Politics, Education - Ben @ 8:43 am In light of yesterday's release of CSAP results, the Post's David Harsanyi gives his diagnosis: The fact that a third of Colorado students can't adequately read and that half can't pass a math test doesn't mean that Colorado school reform is stalling. It means that some schools and ... [Source: http://bendegrow.com]
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Rocky Lauds Davenport Decision
Filed under: General, Colorado Politics - Ben @ 8:11 am Excellent editorial in Saturday's Rocky Mountain News on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding individual free speech rights: It is perfectly OK to require unions to get permission from workers before spending their dues on political activity, the U.S. Supreme Court said this week i... [Source: http://bendegrow.com]
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StillSecure Rejects Terms Of GPL
Thomas Ptacek | June 02nd, 2007 | Category: Uncategorized Shimel, who really ought to shut up about the licenses on the open source packages his company routinely pillages, on GPLv3: Of course then there will be the Thomas Ptacek's of the world, who don't care what the lawyers or courts say and believe that if you at all package GPL licensed softwa... [Source: http://www.matasano.com]
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Have you tried using the AI Servo auto-focus? I haven't done anything with birds, but it's really good at tracking focus on moving objects.
Posted by: Curious Stranger | May 26, 2008 at 07:10 PM