Alongside the all-or-nothing approach of disabling output, Vista requires that
any interface that provides high-quality output degrade the signal quality
that passes through it if premium content is present. This is done through a
"constrictor" that downgrades the signal to a much lower-quality one, then up-
scales it again back to the original spec, but with a significant loss in
quality.
From Fred Hiatt, silence is golden.
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Gee |
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01.06.07 - 12:48 pm | #
New Surge is new and improved!
Ask for it by name!
Rmj, Street Credentialed |
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01.06.07 - 12:48 pm | #
Bill Gates starts to devour processor time. In earlier days he was more fooled into hard disk space.
ccokz |
01.06.07 - 12:50 pm | #
Newberry has a post up @ agonist.org:
The construction of enduring presence bases in Iraq requires the control of Baghdad and the airport, it is through this channel that the men, equipment and material flow to critical points in the construction of a series of locations which, while labelled "Forward Operating Bases" are, in fact, intended to form the basis of a permanent presence in Iraq. This is the end point of neo-con strategy at the present time: the creation of a new American center of power in the Middle East, which is not dependent on Saudi Arabia, and whose expense requires that the US government be a permanent reactionary military government, with no ability to engage in domestic programs.
The present deterioration of the situation in Baghdad threatens this critical flow of supplies, and, with the south in a more and more hostile stance, and the withdrawal of the British scheduled for the next 18 months - requires that drastic action be taken to accelerate the EPB and to end any dependence on movement from sealift points routed through Basra. This is not a strategy for "victory" in Iraq, but a desperate attempt to protect the supply jugular vein for the EPB.
That this plan is about the supply jugular and not the pacification of Baghdad, is seen from the "proposed deployment" of forces for the city. Sadr City, which is the center of Shia insurgency against government and American control, receives no additional troops, and there is no intended push to pacify them. Instead, the report goes to elaborate lengths to rationalize why Sadr is not confronted. However, since extreme Shia elements are, at this point, responsible for a significant fraction of casualties in Baghdad, as seen from the locations of US fatalities, the failure to confront Sadr or the other extremist elements on the Shia side, shows that this plan is a fraud for its intended purpose.
Coinciding with the appointment of Fallon are the 2 aircraft carriers and other naval units deployed in the Gulf, near Iranian waters.
Nur al-Cubicle |
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01.06.07 - 12:52 pm | #
Escalade, people, it's the Cadillac of escalation.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.06.07 - 12:52 pm | #
Because you won't get invited to Lil Boots and Pickles' 4th of July booze-a-polooza. Don't you know anything, Duncan.
Monica_A: Porn Connoisseur |
01.06.07 - 12:53 pm | #
I think I just escalated in my pants.
George W. |
01.06.07 - 12:54 pm | #
Franco didn't cut and run. Neither did Stonewall Jackson or Janet Jackson when they said her nipples were surging too much.
C'mon America. More eggs!!!
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 12:54 pm | #
The silence truly is deafening, Duncan, and a usual, the French press is full of analysis and opinion on the escalation.
Nur al-Cubicle |
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01.06.07 - 12:55 pm | #
Coinciding with the appointment of Fallon are the 2 aircraft carriers and other naval units deployed in the Gulf, near Iranian waters.
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it will be a cakewalk!!! they will welcome us as liberators!!!
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 12:55 pm | #
VISTA! Mediocrity limps forward, again!
set your sights on a new horizon! with window sight you apply to the bush frame. All ONE monster process. If it fails u fail. Very American.
ccokz |
01.06.07 - 12:55 pm | #
He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
Been a soldier for a thousand years.
He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.
And he's fighting for Canada,
He's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.
And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
He says it's for the peace of all.
He's the one who must decide,
Who's to live and who's to die,
And he never sees the writing on the wall.
But without him,
How would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone,
He's the one who gives his body
As a weapon of the war,
And without him all this killing can't go on.
He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there and you and me,
And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put the end to war.
Especially w/ an Idiot in charge.
Flint, still employed |
01.06.07 - 12:56 pm | #
A San Francisco Chronicle editorial on Wednesday looked ahead to the president’s decision, stating, “If it's only dressed-up talk about sending in more troops, it won't be worth hearing.”
What else could it be? If there was some master-ass plan, they'd have used it years ago.
Lime Rickey |
01.06.07 - 12:56 pm | #
Combine this: This is the end point of neo-con strategy at the present time: the creation of a new American center of power in the Middle East, which is not dependent on Saudi Arabia, and whose expense requires that the US government be a permanent reactionary military government, with no ability to engage in domestic programs.
With this: Coinciding with the appointment of Fallon are the 2 aircraft carriers and other naval units deployed in the Gulf, near Iranian waters.
and sometimes i get the feeling that this policy comes from Tel Aviv - with the attitude attached that the sole purpose of the United States is the protection, preservation, and prosperity of the Likud government of Israel.........
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Cynicus |
01.06.07 - 12:56 pm | #
Nancy Pelosi is a cunt...the fagification of America continues under her reign. Our president is doing everything he can to win this war, and we're still going to lose and it will all be the fault of the libtards like Pelosi tying his hands.
W - The President |
01.06.07 - 12:57 pm | #
A few thousand commas here, a few thousand commas there; soon you are talking about real people.
George Johnston |
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01.06.07 - 12:57 pm | #
from the dead end of the dead thread:
But hey, the repair lines back here are running 3 shifts, and business is good!
General Zod | - 12:41 pm
that's not the case...
i fergit where i saw it, but there was a story (military times?) about the repo depots are only running one shift, because the Army doesn't have the money to run the facilities 24/7, cuz they're fighting this war (and exposing our citizen/soldiers to risk, death, and/or dismemberment) on the fucking cheap...
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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01.06.07 - 12:57 pm | #
the iranians want mr greenjeans and captain kangeroo to deliver eggs in straw baskets along with democracy.
cakewalk yes here we come!!
you need eggs for a good cake. and we're the nation to 'get crackin'
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 12:57 pm | #
and sometimes i get the feeling that this policy comes from Tel Aviv - with the attitude attached that the sole purpose of the United States is the protection, preservation, and prosperity of the Likud government of Israel.........
saddam hussein and nancy pelosi: faggifying roosters since forever!!!
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 12:58 pm | #
The fagification of mnurca is soy's fault. I blame
Archer-Daniels-Midland.
plantsman, lowercase |
01.06.07 - 12:59 pm | #
How about we get a pool going as to what "surge" means in terms of numbers? I think Bush will demand 35K, hoping to get 20K.
And where is he gonna get 'em? This ain't like money, where you can just print what you want.
David Derbes |
01.06.07 - 12:59 pm | #
My eggs come with a Star of David delicately and almost imperceptibly stencilled in an 'Arts & Crafts School' manner......
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 12:59 pm | #
Nancy Pelosi is a cunt...the fagification of America continues under her reign. Our president is doing everything he can to win this war, and we're still going to lose and it will all be the fault of the libtards like Pelosi tying his hands.
You forgot to work in "Dumbocrats" or "Dims", not to mention "ragheads". Otherwise, I give you a C for effort.
Chris/tx |
01.06.07 - 1:00 pm | #
that's not the case...
i fergit where i saw it, but there was a story (military times?) about the repo depots are only running one shift, because the Army doesn't have the money to run the facilities 24/7, cuz they're fighting this war (and exposing our citizen/soldiers to risk, death, and/or dismemberment) on the fucking cheap...
Cynicus |
01.06.07 - 1:00 pm | #
when every iranian is drinking milk out of a mickey mouse plastic tumbler and not until then will the world be safe
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 1:01 pm | #
Actually, the Marines are/were so short of men in Iraq that they sought volunteers among US naval and Coast Guard men. Lot of Coast Guard deaths in Ramadi.
Nur al-Cubicle |
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01.06.07 - 1:02 pm | #
that's not the case...
i fergit where i saw it, but there was a story (military times?) about the repo depots are only running one shift, because the Army doesn't have the money to run the facilities 24/7, cuz they're fighting this war (and exposing our citizen/soldiers to risk, death, and/or dismemberment) on the fucking cheap...
I.e, after you have repurposed all your mechanics as riflemen, you have no repair capacity anyway. but, this is a good thing, because it means that all new gear can be ordered - pork for some Congressional district or another, boost in stock values for some war corp or another.
tough titty for the soldiers if the gear takes 2 or 3 years to arrive....if it arrives at all....
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Cynicus |
01.06.07 - 1:03 pm | #
frickin' cous-cous on a plate on a table in a building without jessica simpson singing 'these boots were mae for walking'........
see, that's just ............wrong
More Eggs Martha? |
01.06.07 - 1:04 pm | #
i fergit where i saw it, but there was a story (military times?) about the repo depots are only running one shift, because the Army doesn't have the money to run the facilities 24/7, cuz they're fighting this war (and exposing our citizen/soldiers to risk, death, and/or dismemberment) on the fucking cheap...
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar
Talked to somr guys from the Rock Island Arsenal at the height of the Humvee armor crisis. Since thats their job, I commented "you guys must be working a ton of overtime!"
Not so much.
They said the Pentagon only authorized one shift.
Why does the Bush Administration hate the troops?
To Paraphrase Lincoln:
"George Bush must love dead soldiers.
He's made so many of them."
Flint, still employed |
01.06.07 - 1:05 pm | #
The silence truly is deafening, Duncan, and a usual, the French press is full of analysis and opinion on the escalation.
Nur al-Cubicle
Demned French! They should just give us their coffee and mind their own business.
Rmj, Street Credentialed |
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01.06.07 - 1:08 pm | #
i fergit where i saw it, but there was a story (military times?) about the repo depots are only running one shift, because the Army doesn't have the money to run the facilities 24/7, cuz they're fighting this war (and exposing our citizen/soldiers to risk, death, and/or dismemberment) on the fucking cheap...
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar
$300 (or is it 400?) billion ain't "cheap."
But the money sure ain't goin' where it should go.
Cheney, however, made sure Halliburton could pay his salary, so there's no scandal there, right?
Rmj, Street Credentialed |
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01.06.07 - 1:09 pm | #
What has to be done is send letters to Howel Raines and Len Downie, Jr, convincing them that Clinton is still prezinent and they will come out with both guns ablazing, against any action on the part of the Administration.
Joe D. |
01.06.07 - 1:58 pm | #
The surge is a red herring. Our Commander in Chief is regressing, the flashbacks coming thick and fast, his little baby sister all white and dead and it's cause he hated her, it's all his fault! So he has to precipitate a crisis, re-enact hischildhood traumas. Barring prodigious restraint by Iran, Ar Rumaylah goes up in smoke, Halfaya too, and Nahr Umar. Al Ghawar, too, for good measure. You thought Qatar was a desert before... Effect? You'd have to run it through NIGEM or something. A decade of stagflation, presumably. Guessing that abstemious Japan comes out best -- the inflation might do them some good in the end. Europe has it worse. In America, investment and consumption gets curtailed, but adaptation is quite speedy. You're all kept safe and warm in concentration camps.
zorn |
01.06.07 - 2:13 pm | #
Escalade, people, it's the Cadillac of escalation.
plantsman, that is so good.
Could the newspapers be saving the big editorials against the surge for the Sunday editions?
On second thought, perhaps not.
Grandmère Mimi |
01.06.07 - 2:28 pm | #
but Chevy Chase has an OP-ED in the New York Times!
satan, great and small |
01.06.07 - 2:54 pm | #
The number of chances the media has had to redeem themselves is absurd. They just keep fucking up.
steve ex-expat |
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01.06.07 - 2:55 pm | #
You're all kept safe and warm in concentration camps.
zorn
Bandwidth tonight blows like a two-week burrito diet.
bo |
01.06.07 - 11:29 pm | #
I knew I came to the wrong thread. I always go to the wrong thread. Tell them, Jerry. Tell them how I always go to the wrong thread.
George Costanza |
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01.06.07 - 11:29 pm | #
::matthew, did you shortsheet my modem?
bo |
01.06.07 - 11:30 pm | #
Bandwidth tonight blows like a two-week burrito diet.
Are we here yet?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.06.07 - 11:31 pm | #
Let me know if you spot the Matterhorn. In the meantime, here's the vanilla wafers box...
whiskey been ladled |
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01.06.07 - 11:32 pm | #
Don't talk about the Fart Club.
bo |
01.06.07 - 11:33 pm | #
In honor of James Brown, I present Sex Machine.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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01.06.07 - 11:33 pm | #
First!
Central Scrutinizer |
01.06.07 - 11:33 pm | #
I'd blame the Atriots and their complicated shoes!
Those Atriots are such delicate geniuses.
George Costanza |
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01.06.07 - 11:33 pm | #
Well, I guess we're all here. All the kewl kids anyway.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
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01.06.07 - 11:33 pm | #
Damn. Clem's son is still unbeaten in college basketball.
Snow, Bloody Optimist |
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01.06.07 - 11:34 pm | #
Darn. There's a mouse scratchin' somewhere very nearby. Anyone wanna come trap some meesees for me??
whiskey been ladled |
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01.06.07 - 11:34 pm | #
Don't talk about the Fart Club.
bo
That's the second rule of Fart Club.
Max Planck |
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01.06.07 - 11:34 pm | #
attaturk broke into the thread cabinet
Jim |
01.06.07 - 11:34 pm | #
Sheets
The Old Man From Scene 24 |
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01.06.07 - 11:34 pm | #
Let's all stay down here to spite Attaturk. Who's with me?
George Costanza |
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01.06.07 - 11:35 pm | #
Well, I guess we're all here. All the kewl kids anyway.
fourlegsgood
it's now time to discuss teleology
::matthew |
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01.06.07 - 11:36 pm | #
attaturk broke into the thread cabinet
Jim
Well isn't that fucking great, just as I was getting comfortable. Now I have to put my coat on and go out in the cold again.
Central Scrutinizer |
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