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[gsc] CafePress Understands How Government Works (Was RE:Amazon.com Fails...)

fm1234 — 2008-07-06T02:39:11

http://forums.cafepress.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/12410351/m/114100442 I've seen reports at marketing related forums which suggest that many smaller companies are also dropping NY affiliates rather than bothering trying to comply with or fight this law. Frank

Re: [gsc] "Long Tail" Bogus, film at eleven

fm1234 — 2008-07-06T01:38:01

'Long Tail' author Chris Anderson took the time to post a response to this article at the HBR blog: http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/06/challenging_the_long_tail.html One of his main points of contention is that the idiot who wrote the article fails to take into account the actual definition and delimiters of the concepts of the "Head" and "Tail" as is described in his book. Astonishingly, the idiot concedes this, then questions why Anderson would make such a big deal about it: "In his response, Anderson suggests that our divergent conclusions may stem from different definitions of the 'head' and 'tail.' That seems odd, as I have tried to steer away from drawing a sharp line between 'head' and 'tail'those are Andersons interpretations in his review of my Rhapsody and Quickflix results, not mineand instead focus on describing the distribution of transactions. I do so not only because I believe studying distributions is ultimately more insightful and relevant to managers faced with product po

[gsc] Lincoln (Was Re: [gsc] the past)

fm1234 — 2008-07-06T01:30:14

That was certainly an inspiration for other tyrants who followed, especially the elected variety. Interestingly enough, although anti-Lincoln people like myself often paint him as an evil tyrant, he was a far worse kind: a sincere and passionate tyrant who believed he was doing God's work for the benefit of the greater number of people than those he was smiting. Frank

Re: [gsc] the past

fm1234 — 2008-07-06T01:25:02

This kind of puerile bromide is little different in substance than the flag-waving nonsense that gets taught in schools today -- just from a different ideological viewpoint. "Aside from the Civil War, there was hardly any war at all!" SUPER. "No income tax!" Simply factually inaccurate -- there were multiple income taxes in the 19th century in the US. "Nearly complete capitalism!" Except in agriculture, shipping, and ah "human commodities." Also the birth of socialism in Europe and the beginnings of Eastern-style fascism in Japan. "Gold was money!" Cool! That explains Greenbacks, bimetallism, and Cleveland's ongoing struggle to preserve the gold standard during both of his terms. See also: the odd bad faith treaty with the Native Americans, and the whole Hawaii thing. And massive federal control in the wake of Lincoln's tyranny. And and and. (and that just touches on America -- doesn't even delve into much of the rest of the world.) It's just tiring muck, as badly embellished as an old ma

Re: [gsc] Libertarians Favor Obama

Raven Escrow — 2008-07-06T00:46:07

LOL... that's pretty good!! On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Viking Coder public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: [gsc] Libertarians Favor Obama

Viking Coder — 2008-07-05T21:39:33

Yes. but remember the revised Nolan Chart for this group. The original Nolan Chart. http://i25.tinypic.com/okzw1z.gif This group's Nolan Chart. http://i27.tinypic.com/1z6y54w.gif Viking Coder

Re: [gsc] Libertarians Favor Obama

Raven Escrow — 2008-07-05T21:39:00

lol.... Speaking for just one, "kinda" libertarian.... I'm not voting for either of the two wankers: The nasty old man or the young empty suit. Raven On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Wavyhill public.gmane.org> wrote:

[gsc] Inflation

2008-07-05T21:25:58

Bolivia es el país más inflacionario después de Venezuela --------------------------------------------------------- Bolivia is the most inflationary country after Venezuela Empresarios: la inflación ya ha llegado al 18 por ciento y el INE miente ---------------------------------------------------------- Businessmen: inflation has reached to 18% and the INE [gov't statistics organ] is lying http://www.hoybolivia.com/Noticia.php?IdEdicion=61&IdSeccion=3&IdNoticia=366 1 [Spanish] ... ********************************************************** And the Boliviano has gained over 10% on the dollar in the last year. So that would put the dollar inflation rate at about 30%. This is causing a lot of pain for Bolivians who habitually keep their savings in dollars. So now there is a new, fast growing, Credit Union http://www.cooperativajerusalen.com/ which is advertising http://www.eldeberservices.com/adsx/www/delivery/ai.php?filename=jerusalen.g if&contenttype=gif special Euro and UFV [s

Re: [gsc] Media

JP May — 2008-07-05T19:26:25

LOL ok ... like I mentioned "caged" for jailed, they also love "Beds" for "had sex with". Heh! "SHOCK, DID MCCARTNEY BED YOKO?" type of thing! KYLIE BEDS BODYGUARD - AGAIN etc.

Re: [gsc] Ianasa ("um")

JP May — 2008-07-05T19:25:05

You certainly are knowledgeable in that field, Robert!

Re: [gsc] Libertarians Favor Obama

Wavyhill — 2008-07-05T18:58:17

Nuts! I dont know any libertarians that would vote for either McCain or Obama. Are there any here? The alternatives I hear about are: Baldwin Barr Paul (writein) Why Bother? wavyhill

[gsc] Libertarians Favor Obama

R.A.Hettinga — 2008-07-05T18:11:38

Rasmussen Reports™: The most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a presidential election. Libertarians Favor Obama and Other Looks at Election 2008 Saturday, July 05, 2008 Libertarian voters make up 4% of the nation’s likely voters and they favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 53% to 38% margin. Three percent (3%) would vote for some other candidate and 5% are not sure. These results, from an analysis of 15,000 Likely Voter interviews conducted by Rasmussen Reports, challenges the conventional wisdom which assumes that strong support for a Libertarian candidate would hurt John McCain. In June, Rasmussen Reports asked 15,000 Likely Voters if they were fiscally conservative, moderate, or liberal and if they were socially conservative, moderate, or liberal. This created a total of 16 possible combina

Re: [gsc] Media

R.A. Hettinga — 2008-07-05T17:53:05

On Jul 5, 2008, at 12:51 PM, JP May wrote: Splendid. I'm still lauging... Cheers, RAH

[gsc] TrueCrypt 6

George Hara — 2008-07-05T17:50:03

truecrypt.org Many new features in TrueCrypt 6: * Parallelized encryption/decryption on multi-core processors (or multi-processor systems). Increase in encryption/decryption speed is directly proportional to the number of cores and/or processors. For example, if your computer has a quad-core processor, encryption and decryption will be four times faster than on a single-core processor with equivalent specifications (likewise, it will be twice faster on dual-core processors, etc.) [View benchmark results] * Ability to create and run an encrypted hidden operating system whose existence is impossible to prove (provided that certain guidelines are followed). For more information, see the section Hidden Operating System. (Windows Vista/XP/2008/2003) For security reasons, when a hidden operating system is running, TrueCrypt ensures that all local unencrypted filesystems and non-hidden TrueCrypt volumes are r

Re: [gsc] Ianasa ("um")

Robert dCZ — 2008-07-05T17:09:45

Actually that is what the first ruling prince of Monaco did. Trick the occupants into letting him into the castle where he then took control, and pronounced Monaco an independent principality. However, he was of royal descent from an extinct kingdom before that - since birth, obviously - unrelated to his conquest. The reason he was left be was mainly because there was no particular interest from the neighbours in the rock he took over, and mustering a mercenary army to dislodge someone from a rock of no strategic or commercial value (at the time) made little sense. Once France was consolidated, there was no reason for them to capture Monacco, because the effort and costs involved still didn't warrant the effort. Essentially, the principality only became a fixture in the public mind when Ranier married Grace Kelly and sold off the media rights to the wedding. A PR coup that was mainly meant to promo the Casino, the principalities primary source of revenue, and that worked beautifully. Liechtenstein on the

[gsc] Media

JP May — 2008-07-05T16:51:24

Exactly correct. By the way (not that it matters) you may be surprised to hear that in the UK presently the *print* media, populist papers, are the slightly equivalent Popular Voice contra the totally insane, just as you point out statist-leftist (largely BBC) TV-radio media. Hence, the BBC headline will be "Troubled Youth Murders Bystander - How Can We Share His Pain More, And, What Did Society Do Wrong?" ("special report follow-up: the Lesbian perspective") Whereas the Populist Newspapers will be along the lines: "Knife Murder Punk - 42 Suggestions For How Vigilante Mobs Could Beat Him To Death With Iron Bars" etc etc. It's quite funny really. (One of their favorite adjectives is CAGED, meaning 'jailed'. As in "Rapist Scum CAGED For 20 Years" - Heh!) And of course there's Jeremy Clarkson as the one and only counterweight in the audio-video media. It should be said that BBC Radio 4 (a radio station) is incredibly high quality: they play astonishingly good basically documentaries on ev

[gsc] "eh" in Canada

JP May — 2008-07-05T09:03:10

I often use "eh" in email (as in "nice day eh?") with no connection whatsoever to Canada or supposed Canadian speech - I never even thought of the connection. However, I offended a Canadian friend by so doing! :) I did not now why for years!

Re: [gsc] Rescue Video

JP May — 2008-07-05T08:59:52

What is the significance, Shane ?

Re: [gsc] More about the Rescue Video

phrv — 2008-07-05T14:51:44

The $20 Million "info" came in Fact from the "RSR" (Radio Suisse Romande), not the TV station "TSR", and was referring to a CHF 20 million (same thing as USD) "from a source close to the case"... - Link to the strory on RSR's website: http://info.rsr.ch/fr/news/Betancourt_flou_et_doutes_sur_sa_liberation.html?siteSect=2010&sid=9296449&cKey=1215259068000 Typical media hypocrisy: On their website, they now say: "Des médias ont émis vendredi des doutes sur la véracité...." (*Some media* have expressed doubts about the veracity...) "Some media", referring to themselves ?!?!? - Link to the story from TSR: http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=200001&sid=9296449 - Link to a video that shows the hostages being boarded in the Helicopter that freed them, and then in the chopper, when they had just been told that they were in fact in the hands of the Coombian army (original source: Colombian army): http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=500000&bcid=599337#vid=9299490 ----- Original Message -----

Re: [gsc] Rescue Video

Raven Escrow — 2008-07-05T13:36:05

I don't follow Swiss radio, but just about ALL public radio (indeed, almost all radio or TV news, from England to Poland, most definitely ARE "Euro-Weenies" !! They remind me a lot of US news in the bad old Walter Cronkite days, when every news program in the US was produced from two zip codes in Manhattan, by the same group of Soviet-sympathizing, ugly art-loving, properly enlightened, arrogant elitists. The importance of talk radio in the US has not been properly appreciated. Not because it is so often correct, but because it is a contrary voice... and a loud one that doesn't go away. Raven

Re: [gsc] Ianasa ("um")

R.A. Hettinga — 2008-07-05T12:45:20

On Jul 5, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Robert dCZ wrote: Kewl. And here I thought he was a lineal descendant of some pirate who captured the castle sitting on the "Rock of Monaco", or somesuch, and they just left him alone because the couldn't dislodge him... Cheers, RAH