Why Linux will never be taken seriously until there is a major mentality change among its developers:

Will Woods (wwoods@redhat.com)  2007-06-14 10:21:23 EDT   (-) [reply] -------

(In reply to comment #9)

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Given that we have neither the time nor resources to test everything, perhaps

you will join us for Fedora 8 test releases to help ensure this doesn't happen

again

Blah-blah-blah, we are volunteers, we are here for the sake of common good, we don't get paid and are doing it on our free time. Yeah. Why?

1. You boys are mostly doing it while at university: write a driver as a course project and off you go, the driver is never going to be maintained again.

2. You write a piece of software, get it QA tested by the world for free, then start your own company and change move away from GPL.

3. You are just a teenager in your mom's basement seeking recognition in the geek world, once it's achieved, your project on sourceforge is abandoned and you move on to finding a g/f.

But the attitude...

I deleted your Linux editorial, Aaron, because it was
neither a Reader Tip nor a comment on a Reader Tip.

Special Ed enlists federal Cons in supporting the Hadley CRU/Goracle Global Warming Swindle

Way to go Prentice! Paying for that Cap and Trade tax is gonna feel really good!!

Alberta to spend $495M on carbon capture pipeline
Ottawa invests $63M in project
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Premier Ed Stelmach speaks at an announcement of the carbon capture pipeline project Tuesday in Edmonton. Premier Ed Stelmach speaks at an announcement of the carbon capture pipeline project Tuesday in Edmonton. (CBC)Alberta is spending $495 million over 15 years for a 240-kilometre pipeline that companies can hook into for collecting and storing carbon dioxide, it was announced Tuesday.

The province has signed a letter of intent with Enhance Energy Inc., which is partnering with North West Upgrading to build the pipeline, connecting the so-called industrial heartland northeast of Edmonton to oilfields near Clive, in central Alberta.

"Upon completion, it will be the first pipeline in the province that will capture large volumes of carbon dioxide from one area and transport it to another," Premier Ed Stelmach said.

"Once complete and operating at full capacity, the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project will be able to store 14.6 million tonnes of CO2 per year. That's equivalent to removing approximately 2.6 million cars from the road.

"And it will make this the largest CCS project in the world."

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/11/24/federal-support-carbon-dioxide-pipeline.html

Apologies if this was already posted; Kandahar is one of the provinces mentioned:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/full-throttle-appeasement-us-offers-taliban-control-of-five-provinces-in-return-for-halt-to-missile.html

The good news (I guess) is the Taliban appears to have turned the offer down.

http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2009/11/did-keith-briffa-leak-cru-emails.html

I had this suspicion myself, not that I know anything, and, of course, it may be way off base.

Congress May Probe Leaked Global Warming E-Mails - Taking Liberties - CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/24/taking_liberties/entry5761180.shtml

John McComb ran this story on CKNW radio tonight.

Go to the audio vault: http://www.cknw.com/other/audiovault.html - 6:00 pm hour, 2009-11-24, starts at about 35:53 into the hour. I emailed them the link at about 5:50 pm, and it sounds like they decided on the spot to run it in their last half hour.

Lemming people
One needn't apologize for being a backward person when the mob is dashing for the edge of a cliff.

http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/

Don't drink the Fool-Aid!

http://www.infowars.com/images/foolaid.jpg

h/t BLY

From CTV- MOntreal

... ... ...

Quebec women's group calls for protection of gun registry as Dec. 6 looms

Updated: Mon Nov. 23 2009 3:47:05 PM

The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — The head of Quebec's major women's group says more needs to be done to combat violence against women and that includes saving the federal gun registry.

Alexa Conradi, president of the Federation des femmes du Quebec, says she wasn't surprised the Conservatives tabled a motion this month in Parliament to kill the registry.

But she says she was surprised at what she called a lack of political leadership by the NDP and Liberals in allowing the vote to proceed.

Conradi was in Montreal today to attend the announcement of activities at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal to mark the 20th anniversary of Marc Lepine's murderous rampage at the Universite de Montreal's engineering school.

Fourteen women were killed and many other students and staff were wounded in the slaughter at Ecole polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989.

The Universite du Quebec a Montreal is planning several events including a symposium on violence against women as well as an art show.

... ... ...

People wiht registered weapons can have a mental breakdown or become terrorists and murder someone.

Criminals who buy stolen unregistered weapons in street alleys kill people.

A registry can not save one damn life.

The guy who killed a young woman at Concordia university in MOntreal last year had a registered weapon.

The Muslim who killed 14 people at an army base a couple weeks ago had registrered weapons.

Tax payers money should be used on something more usfull than a useless gun registry.

Those feminists only look dumber by defending this extremely expensive gun registry that has not and can not save one damn life.

Friend of USA - the 'feminists' in Quebec, who every endless year, bring up the 1989 'slaughter/rampage/massacre' are not interested in the gun registry as a strategy for saving lives.

They are using suggestions of doing away with the registry as a means of publicizing their 'meme' that women are victims of men. If the registry didn't exist, they'd find some other highly visible symbol to use for their public campaign against men.

Women are as physically violent against men, as men against women; research statistics show this as a valid claim. And women can be violent against their children - feminists don't talk about this.

This is a 1972 clip showing showing 10th level maggot AKA David Suzuki enthralling future green party candidates with his wisdom.---http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKLFYsXhwrk

http://www.torontosun.com/poll/

Do you trust scientists when it comes to providing reliable climate change information?

Yes 15%
No 85%

Total Votes for this Question: 684

http://www.corusradio.com/Shared/AudioVault/CJOBAMaudioVault.asp...

Adler today on the CRU leak, 1 pm hour, 47:50.

Anyone know how the CBC Gore Suzuki 'hard hitting' Q&A session is going/went ?

My question was still up - about 28 of 174 comment questions. I presume the CBC host will take them in order :)

A quick scroll shows lots and lots on the 'CRU/hockey stick/global warming email' scandal. I am sure the CBC host will press the issue on Big Al and Dave.

Pretty funny cartoon on Levant's site, in case you missed it

Oops sorry

http://ezralevant.com/2009/11/he-probably-would-have-bowed-t.html

I think it is time too, that we hashed out this "all day kindergarten" B.S. Parents will be getting their kids up at 5:30 or 6:00 in order to get them to the publically funded "kindergarten" and perhaps not picking them up til when? ... 5:30 or 6:00 PM. They may get as much as 2 hours of intimacy before putting them to bed. 3 or 4 hours a day is not enough. This will be a disaster for the family and you'll be putting your children into a huge and scary experiment of social engineering.

Nice pic of President Obowma mangling protocol once again on Drudge:

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091118/i/r3100408959.jpg?x=400&y=280&q=85&sig=D34F4tkrlJgAMShzwJxVNA--

That is a perfect "late night tune." Just out of curiosity, how much was a 78 RPM record back then (1938)? Thanks "V"

That is a perfect "late night tune." Just out of curiosity, how much was a 78 RPM record back then (1938)? Thanks "V"

Wow, who is picking up on the fact that Brad Wall & Co are nothing more than cheerleaders who don't know how to manage a province's economy and finances?

"The government needs to recognize you don’t applaud when you get sacked. Two standing ovations in the house for the finance minister was not just inappropriate but frankly insulting. You don’t applaud a deficit of one billion dollars. You show contrition and resolve.

Otherwise, you just look like cheerleaders."

http://www.newstalk650.com/blogs/murray-wood/note-to-sask-party-cheer-touchdowns-not-sacks

This article was in the Hill Times yesterday,---"Bureaucrats spent $19.6-million on out-of-office retreats in last two years." Surprisingly,it was not picked up by the CBC and used to bludgeon the Conservatives. Well,maybe not so surprising,because near the bottom of the article === "The CBC spent a total of $3.2 million renting space, but explained the expenses included costs for production sites and that a detailed breakdown could not be provided." I don't know a lot about current accounting practices,but one would think that it would be fairly easy to break out the production sites costs. FIRE.THEM.ALL. ---http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/retreats-11-23-2009

I just read here that Dr. Phil Jones has received 55 grants totaling $22.6 million since 1990. If I ever hear someone say "funded by big oil" in a sentence again, I'm going to beat them over the head with this until they're a blubbering mess.

"Big Media" is terrified of Climategate. The complete absence of headline stories now that the details are out is extremely alarming. They're not scared that they were wrong and made to look stupid for believing. They're terrified because their complicity has some extremely unpleasant legal ramifications. I think it's time for a public inquiry. I want to know who knew, and when. And how much they've profited or stood to profit by shutting up and playing along. HEADS NEED TO ROLL!

ET, agreed on feminists.
Larben, agreed on all-day kindergarten.

Climagate: It's ALL BUSH'S FAULT!!!

See, if Gore had won the presidency, the MSM and the left wouldn't have had to hang their hat on on AGW, a world view, where they had control and power.

Now, it looks like BUSH WAS RIGHT AGAIN.

Their heads are going to explode. And they need to come up with a new narrative. No data and facts, just a narrative.

This is the premise of The Anchoress. Read her rant. It's quite entertaining.
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/11/24/climategate-implosion-is-bushs-fault/

Sylvan, thank you for the CKNW link! As I mentioned the other day, I've pretty much given up on 'NW, mostly because of Bill Not So Good and Christy Corrupt Clark.

But I've always respected Jon McComb, especially during Mark Steyn's Free Speech fight. On the segment you linked to, he was ... wait for it ... "open minded" ... a concept that Bill Good just can't fathom.

I no longer have access to McComb's take down of Khurrum Awan, but it was brilliant! In case you've forgotten who Awan is, here's a reminder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhFs27ctys

The BC govt. Pacific Carbon Trust had a call out for "Carbon Offsets" that attracted 29 proposals. The potential volume of HOT AIR reductions available is 400,000 tonnes by 2011. At $25.00 tonne they are going to spend $10,000,000.00.

If you go to the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) you can buy carbon offsets for .15c tonne. In other words the total cost for the same amount of tonnes would total $60,000.00, a saving of $9,940,000.00, however i have been told the quality of the Chicago offsets are in question,(CCX is partly owned by Al Gore) and are not as good as BC offsets??

Talk about a total scam....follow the money!

Fox News' Stuart Varney investigates ClimateGate. His guests include U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe and actor, Ed Begley Jr.

It starts off slowly but be sure to watch Begley, starting at 3:50. He goes on & on & on about "peer reviewed studies". But the Hadley evidence clearly shows how corrupted the peer "reviewing" is.

You'll also enjoy mellow Ed lose his temper. Such actions are the last refuge of the guilty.

Here's a great quote from a Dennis Miller Zone (DMZ) member known as 'Brer Rabbit':

"Funny how Begley makes the fallacy of appeal to authority, while pointing people to peer-reviewed studies, the same kind of research that the leaked emails show is being manipulated by the climate change gravy trainers for financial gain."

Fox News' Stuart Varney investigates ClimateGate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429xoDtqS-A

His guests include U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe and actor, Ed Begley Jr.

It starts off slowly but be sure to watch Begley, starting at 3:50. He goes on & on & on about "peer reviewed studies". But the Hadley evidence clearly shows how corrupted the peer "reviewing" is.

You'll also enjoy mellow Ed lose his temper. Such actions are the last refuge of the guilty.

Here's a great quote from a Dennis Miller Zone (DMZ) member known as 'Brer Rabbit':

"Funny how Begley makes the fallacy of appeal to authority, while pointing people to peer-reviewed studies, the same kind of research that the leaked emails show is being manipulated by the climate change gravy trainers for financial gain."

I saw that too, Robert W. Begley didn't get the memo and he disgraced himself in public. I couldn't believe his vitriol - he was out of control...and it was funny.

Thanks for posting the link; I laughed again.

Here is how the 'other' Miller. Toronto's own science/mayor (who knew?) reacts to the info from Hadley CRU:

-'Miller dismissed the notion scientists have distored the truth about climate change.

"There's been a systematic effort to undermine the science. The science is very clear, there's no doubt about the science," he insisted.

torontosun.com

'Agreed, ET, on the feminists. Their default position is anti-male and they'll use ANY issue to male bash. Frankly, they're anti-female and anti-children too. They're selfish, narcissistic, excuses for women, stuck in it's-your-fault adolescence.

larben, you're right on when it comes to all-day kindergarten for our kids. People should be fighting this tooth and nail. It's just the way for the state to indoctrinate our kids earlier and earlier.

My theory has always been that ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is not a legitimate medical diagnosis but a label for a societal deficit, that being parental neglect, which we'll see a lot more of when kids are thrown into all-day kindergarten, aka, daycare. Do we need MORE ADD?

'Along comes a book by Gabor Maté (psychiatrist) in which he says, "When parents are highly stressed, they can't be attuned to their children – who seek comfort and relief from the pain they feel. ... The ADD child is emotionally wounded, insatiable, driven by unconscious emotional hunger."

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/articlePrint/729710

In order not to stigmatize highly stressed parents (do you know any that aren't these days?) we label the kids.

Enough is enough. Kids need as much time at home as possible before entering a classroom so that they can mature emotionally and feel secure in their own environment. Throwing them in with kids their own age, where the adult/child ratio is about 6:1, is unhealthy and will pretty much ensure a deficit in their emotional development and in the acquisition of vocabulary and verbal skills. It will also accelerate the peer-orientation (an inability to see or hear anyone who is not in their immediate peer group) which is so damaging to a child's growth and learning -- especially in coping in an inter-generational setting.

If you want to throw your three-year-old kids to the dogs, by all means pack them up at 7:00 a.m. and deliver them to all-day kindergarten. You'll lose them to the collective and society will have to deal with their emotional, physical, and educational deficits for years to come.

On the other hand, all-day kindergarten will certainly increase the number of "therapeutic" governmental and bureaucratic jobs required to deal with the dysfunctional students delivered into grade-one classrooms.

Thank you Robert W. for the Ed Begley clip.

All I have to say is if anyone ever pointed his finger at me like that, job or no........

Sarah Palin shares her views on public health with that great Canadian roving reporter Marg Delahunty:

ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091124/entertainment/palin_marg_delahunty

Kudos to Conservative MPs Keddy and Velacott for dumping left-liberal Liberal political correctness.

Apologies not needed.
...-

"Tory MP derides jobless as 'no-good bastards'
MPs' comments on unemployed, abortion show party's 'meanness,' opposition critics say"
(TORedStar)

Conservative MP Keddy's revenge.
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"Christmas tree grower turns to Mexico for workers

One of Nova Scotia's biggest Christmas tree exporters says he hired Mexican labourers this year because he can't find enough people locally to do the work.

Colin Hughes said he had no choice but to hire five workers from Mexico to help get his trees packed and ready for the peak export season.

He told CBC News there are not enough Nova Scotians ready and willing to do the job, which pays about $12 an hour.

"It's a lot harder to get dependable help," Hughes said. "They work for five hours and then they want to go home. We work seven days a week, nine- or 10-hour days. You gotta work — rain or shine."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/11/25/ns-christmas-tree-mexico.html

Hey everybody!
Take a look at the new US $100 dollar platinum coin.
Take a good look and tell me what's NOT included in this coin that is called "A More Perfect Union".

http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/pressroom/2010_AEPlatinum_Rev.jpg

Good job, Virtuvius! Nothing to see here, move along, folks. You are not afraid to show your true colours, that's good.

That would be typical for newbie admin to claim ownership of the comment section. Keep inventing the rules other then basic (no vulgarity, personal attacks etc.) and soon popularity of the virtual place will decrease dramatically.

With reference to an earlier thread here at SDA, over at Hot Air with a Queen(sort of) thread.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/24/video-the-greatest-rock-cover-evah/

Here's a poll that could go horribly right:

Have You Become More Skeptical About Climate Change?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/survey-climate-skeptics.php

seems Canadians already know that government is a steady source of lies, disinformation, and obfuscation.

Nice to see the public is ahead of the managed message.

Canadians not buying government denial of claims Afghan detainees tortured: Poll

By Joan Bryden (CP) – 7 hours ago

OTTAWA — Canadians aren't buying the Harper government's assertion that there's no credible evidence Afghan detainees were tortured, a new poll suggests.

Indeed, The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey indicates Canadians are twice as likely to believe whistleblower Richard Colvin's claim that all prisoners handed over by Canadian soldiers to Afghan authorities were likely abused and that government officials were well aware of the problem.

The poll findings come just as the government is mounting a major counter-offensive to rebut the explosive testimony of Colvin, the former No. 2 at the Canadian embassy in Kabul and now an intelligence officer at the embassy in Washington.

Rick Hillier, the former chief of defence staff, and several other top military officials are scheduled to testify later today at a Commons committee that is investigating the torture claims.

Hillier has already said there was always concern about the treatment of prisoners transferred to Afghan prisons but that he doesn't remember the kind of "smoking gun" warnings Colvin says he repeatedly issued.

Hillier has his work cut out for him to convince Canadians, the poll suggests.

Fifty-one per cent of respondents said they believe Colvin's testimony to the committee last week.

In stark contrast, only 25 per cent said they believe the government's contention that the diplomat's claims are flimsy and not credible...."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gKxmRAKZPzccoi1ef31oCOw2PYFA

Batb & Dave, thanks for your comments on my letter to Michael Coren a few days ago. You are right - no response from him.

A bit OT, but has anybody seen the new Tylenol ads where they show various people bowed over due to back pain trying to dance, paint a garage etc? well, my 7-yr old saw the ad a few days ago and jumped up in excitement shouting "look, mama,look, they are just like Obama"!!! he, he, from the mouth of babes...

ok Mr g not being an american What is missing on the coin?

General Patrushev unveiled the new draft of Russian military doctrine.

Help yourself to Google language tools to get translation of http://www.rosbalt.ru/2009/11/20/690336.html while I'll quote him:

"Patrushev characterized the doctrine as defensive. It provides guidelines for deployment of nuclear weapons against an aggression with conventional and nuclear weapons, and for preemptive strike"

I don't care one bit whether Afghan detainees were tortured or not in the hands of the Afghan authorities. That is an issue for the people of Afghanistan and the government of Afghanistan to concern themselves with. It is not our soldiers' responsibility. They are there to protect the area from insurgents so the construction teams can get their job done.

Who are the racists?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124484/Obama-Approval-Slide-Finds-Whites-Down-39.aspx

key sentences:

"... since the beginning of his presidency, his support has dropped 22 points among whites..."

"Given the 17-point drop in his approval rating among all U.S. adults, it follows that Obama's support has declined among all major demographic and attitudinal subgroups, with one notable exception -- blacks.

Blacks' support for Obama has averaged 93% during his time in office, and has been at or above 90% nearly every week during his presidency."

...

Based on what facts, other than the potus's skin colour, are blacks continuing to support him?

Breaking...

Amanda Lindout, the Alberta-born "freelance" stringer for Iranian state-run "Press TV"(*) - who was kidnapped in Somalia after venturing without armed mercenary escort into "As-Shabaab'" territory(**), and last seen wearing a red chadoor in a ransom video - has been released. No word on whether a ransom was paid.

(*source: YouTube vids on stories about the kidnapping)
(**source: September 2009 article in National Geographic)

I assume what's missing on that new coin is "In God We Trust" ?

I'll repost the link.

Ed Begley exhibits what I've noticed with other doobie fans:The classic tendency to reach the limit of their self control... in a nanosecond.
Foam flecked vitriol, clinging to slogans and clichés, wild-eyed and a bit dangerous.Best avoided.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429xoDtqS-A

CBC Newsworld wants to know if there should be an inquiry into the Afghan detainee issue:

http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2009/11/power-politics-question-of-the-day-12.html

Those in Metro Vancouver may find this especially amusing . . .

Here's the B.S. response I received from CKNW 6 (SIX!) days after complaining about Bill "Not So" Good comparing man-made global warming skeptics with those who believe in the Earth being flat:

Hi there,

If you wish you may formally lodge a complaint with the CBSC http://www.cbsc.ca/english/faqs/complaints.php#1

Me again. Yes, I'm sure they take things very seriously there at Corus's Left Coast affiliate ... NOT!!!

Dr, Suzuki has spoken today on the debate over global warming. "The reality is, the scientific consensus was in 1998 and the height of the support was in 1988," said Suzuki, and polluters "have spent millions of dollars and created phoney-baloney websites," to make it look like the debate is ongoing." Dem is fighting words. The arrogant,thieving jerk-off and his equally slimy pal,Big Al were on CBC radio today defending their rip-off while insulting all who refuse to bow and pledge allegiance and tithe to the green gods. My apologies if this has already been linked to.

Sorry forgot the link ---http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/25/tech-gore-suzuki.html

Mr. G - Guess all the white males were out paying taxes and didn't have time to model (make that straight white males) so as to pay for the rest of them.

Mr. G - Guess all the white males were out paying taxes and didn't have time to model (make that straight white males) so as to pay for the rest of them.

Posted by: larben at November 25, 2009 9:20 PM
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BINGO!!!!!!!!