] Sony is moving into ritzy shopping malls based on a
] widely held belief that conventional electronics stores
] do a lousy job with women. Its storefronts sit next to
] Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Sephora and other boutiques that
] appeal to women -- a stark contrast to the big-box
] electronics stores in strip malls.
]
] At every Sony store a "concierge desk" greets shoppers,
] because company research suggested the feature appeals to
] women. The aisles are wide enough for strollers.
] Televisions are perched on different stands, instead of
] lined in rows at the same height, to give shoppers a
] better sense of how they will look in their living rooms.

I have alway been interested in how stores market to certain groups.

Sony Stores

This coincides very well with the rotten library article on GWB. I've always thought he was just faking the 'gool ol' boy' persona. Nothing in his background is the slightest hint of blue collar.

He does try to cover up his roots, (one of the reasons he lost his first run at public office), but pretending to be a dumbass? Hmm. I'm not sure. Good video though

Changes in GWB over 10 Years

What switchs control what prefixes and extensions

BellMind.net Phreakery Tools

biochik007 wrote:
] w1ld wrote:
] ] mp3 of Kerry support both sides of many issues.
]
] That rox! sad but true, sad but funny...

Actually, its not true. Its standard issue political dishonesty, and the people who buy into it are the problem with this country. I mean it.

Political issues are complex. The way that politicians manipulate you is by pretending that they are not. This works as follows:

1. Say you are going to do A. (Example: Save the children.)
2. Demonstrate that A is good. (The children are at risk!)
3. Ask people if they support A. (Don't you want to save the children?!)
4. Once people have expressed support for A, propose legislation that includes both A and B (Section A says we want to save the children. Section B proposes doing do by disposing of toxic waste by turning into candy and distributing it on Halloween.)
5. When people vote against your legislation because of section B, accuse them of opposing section A. (How dare you suggest that we shouldn't save the children! Don't you want to save the children!?)
6. If all else fails, accuse your opponent of being inconsistent. (First, you said you wanted to save the children. Now you say you don't.)
7. Never actually discuss part B.

Everyone will go along with it, because they are too fucking stupid to bother to actually read the legislation in question. It works every time.

In this case:
1. Say that you are going to disarm Saddam Hussein.
2. Publish intelligence information of questionable value (in one case ripped verbatim from a college student's class report) supporting the idea that Saddam is an imminent threat. No one can question this information because you control the intelligence services and they sign off on the intel.
3. Ask Congress to pass a resolution supporting your effort to disarm Saddam Hussein.
4. Once the resolution has passed, blow off the international allies who typically provide the financing for such military adventures and launch a pre-emptive war that significantly undermines established international law concerning military conflicts (only as a last resort, only in self defense).
5. When people oppose you because of part 4, accuse them of opposing the idea of disarming Saddam Hussein. Make sure you completely confuse the concepts of what was done and how it was done.
6. If all else fails, accuse your opponent of flip-flopping (First, you said you wanted the war, now you say you oppose it.)
7. Don't talk about how we're going to pay for this. When it turns out that there is no WMD, claim we are there to support democracy, while simultaneously stating that you are fine with an Islamic Fundamentalist state in Iraq if thats what the people there want.

This is how politicians fuck you. Bend over. You are being fucked.

RE: Audio mp3 of Kerry doing the Flip Flop

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] applications for processing multi-media and special file
] types. This page also describes how to configure them.
] Close the browser before installing plug-ins.

Linux Tutorial - Mozilla Web Browser Configuration on Linux for plug-ins and support applications

]On the Web, in the Heart
]A poem by Bruce Stockler
]
] Google search results:
] 101,000 for apple pie.
] 172,000 for hot dogs.
] 2.7 million for mom.
] 7.4 million for baseball.
] 20.7 million for food.
] 24.1 million for money.
] 24.2 million for sex.
] 24.9 million for love.
] 31.1 million for shopping.
] 6.3 million for peace.
] 16 million for war.
] 99,500 for pro-choice.
] 127,000 for pro-life.
] 2.1 million for adoption.
] 849,000 for hard work.
] 4.1 million for connections.
] 506,000 for Bill Clinton.
] 551,000 for Buddha.
] 1.2 million for Britney.
] 5.7 million for Jesus.
] 16.2 million for God.
] 3.5 million for heaven.
] 3.9 million for hell.
] 9.4 million for Florida.
] 43,900 for Harry Truman.
] 310,000 for Harry Potter.
] 11,000 for Howdy Doody.
] 685,000 for Barney.
] 2.2 million for Pokemon.
] 535,000 for rock'n'roll.
] 2.4 million for opera.
] 14.7 million for talk.
] 5.3 million for listen.

] The New York Times, Friday October 13, 2000.

Google Poem: On the Web, in the heart

] Anyway, I think it's good that a comic/manga publisher IN
] JAPAN finally wanted to educate people about their past. It's
] ridiculous that the local politicians still want to keep it
] under the rug and claim that it never happened.

Japan has a huge disconnect. There was a big fuss a few years back because Japan refused to change their history curriculum, which basically justified the invansion of Manchuria, round-eyes are devils cut off our oil and forced us, blah blah blah.

No one likes to have skeletons brought out, and counries tend to down-play their mistakes. Ask your average American about Internment camps in WWII, and they have no idea what you mean.

Its not about shame. Its not about making you feel bad. Its about understanding how far desperate people can fall when pushed.

RE: CNN.com - 'Rape of Nanjing' comic draws ire - Oct 14, 2004

] USB connector is designed to feed power up to 100 mA 5V
] power to the devices connected to it. The power is fed
] though Vbus and GND pins. The host USB pert can supply up
] to 500 mA at voltage at least 4.75 V (for the HUB to be
] able to power 4 port HUB which can supply up 100 mA at
] voltage of at least 4.40V). The USB port does not need to
] supply more than 100 mA unless the device connected to it
] requests more current. UL overcurrent-prevention
] requirement says that no USB port ever pass more than 5A
] onto any port (short circuit protection to avoid damage
] to equipments and wiring).

Reference to myself: Check effect on other USB devices when sourcing ~2A.

Power circuits from PC componenets

] Why is Reeve an asshole?
]
] Simple: because he's selfish. Reeve didn't give a shit
] about paralysis before his accident, but now that he's
] paralyzed, suddenly he opens up a paralysis foundation
] and cares about the plight of cripples? Where was his
] foundation in '95 when he played the role of a man with
] spinal cord injury? Sure, some of you might argue that
] he's doing a good thing by bringing attention to
] paralysis, but the underlying message being sent here is
] that nobody gives a shit about cripples until a celebrity
] becomes one.

I'm sorry he's dead, but somebody had to say it.

Maddox: Christopher Reeve is an asshole.

]
] The truck is hydrogen-powered and creates its own fuel
] from solar energy and water, a technical feat that rivals
] the advanced technology being researched by major auto
] companies and universities. The four-cylinder engine is
] tuned to run on hydrogen, which is produced by a
] hand-built electrolysis system mounted in the bed.
]
] Teacher Cory Waxman and his students took four years to
] build the experiment, believed to be the only
] self-sustaining hydrogen vehicle that uses a conventional
] internal-combustion engine.

Hydrogen car self-sustaining