Leave Rizler alone, he's nice

Subject: Judith Miller

I'm writing in response to a response to a letter...

I think Eva Glass is displaying supreme arrogance, and militant ignorance, in her response. The letter writer is clearly not an idiot, and in fact, his view has been supported by many journalists and editorial columnists. Here's one example:
http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002161.html

Nobody who cares about civil liberties likes the idea of a journalist being jailed for not revealing a source. We like to think of muckraking journos protecting the lives of threatened ordinary people who risk themselves for the greater good. Such is far from the case with Ms. Miller. Somebody in power was calling around to his or her buddies in the media trying to discredit a man who was critical of President Bush and his push for war.

Whoever this person is, Karl Rove it seems, revealed the identity of the critic's wife as a CIA operative. One of the journalists, Robert Novak, took the bait, and his actions amounted to actively participating in a crime. The prosecuter is trying to find out who was making these calls to the press, and he thinks that Ms. Miller has first-hand information.

The very act of revealing the identity of a CIA operative is illegal. U.S. law has clearly defined this exception to the First Amendment, and it has held up in court. That Mr. Novak has not been charged is revealing of the prosecutor's sensitivity to press freedoms. Jailing Ms. Miller and not Mr. Novak is unjust, but Ms. Miller is not above the law just because she writes for the New York Times. If she witnissed a common crime on the street, would she be exempt from testimony? This case is no different.

Eva, do you think that press freedoms are abolute? I believe in strong freedoms and lament that the press in the U.S. is mostly spineless in not using these freedoms, but even with my libertarian leanings in this regard I don't believe in absolute freedom. The Nuremburg trials after World War II implicated some journalists in crimes against humanity for their words against Jews and other so-called "inferior races" of people. Do you feel this was unjust? How about the Rwanda radio "journalists" who passed along the call for genocide? If and when they are called before a genocide tribunal, should they be allowed to protect their "sources."

These are extremes, yes, but they are the best examples to show YOUR ignorance.

Eva, dahling, before you call a reader "an idiot of the first water" you should take heed of your name and stop casting stones.

Best regards,
Sean Fowler
Cleveland, OH USA

Subject: People don't use "bogs" to communicate

At least not since the Bronze Age. I also see you originally got the name of the lawyer wrong, too. Ever consider copy-editing? Or maybe fact-checking?

lkstapleton

Subject: lan party

Nick,

The article is syndicated from the New York Times, which ironically does not keep up with them. Lans didn't start in Korea, Quakecon was the catalyst for for the real movement.

Video arcades died out in the 90s. They are not popular in California, the cost is too high to have a big one, which is why we see only Nvidia and Newegg able to pull one off.

I would not call them popular in the East Coast either. Our memory review guy moved from Austin to Jersey. It is pretty quite out there, particularly considering the amount of people, and how close they are. Dallas is clearly the worldwide leader with Quakecon, CPL, and our own TXGF with ATI last February topping 500.

This is a typical New York Times poorly researched behinds the time piece. Perhaps they have missed the Quakecon phenon completely, but you would think they would all watch CNN, which has covered it many times.

Thanks,

Chris Tom Editor, AMDZone.com

Subject: amd intel

"Intel says it always obeys the law, ..."

ummm, not in japan? how do they get away with saying this all the time?

whorush

Subject: Intel bends the rule

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:Gw1XNA5qV7UJ:www.faceintel.com/senatorgrassley.htm+intel+tax+evasion&hl=en

I'm not sure if this is true, but it makes me question what Intel reps mean when they say 'bend the rules'.

cpt crunch II

Subject: Bookshop sells new Harry Potter book by mistake

It wasn't a bookshop.

It was a giant (10,000 sq m) food store chain, which happens to have a half-aisle devoted to best-selling books and general interest magazines.

I am sure it was a case of one of the many nightshift stockboys bringing out more stock from the back.

grabowski

Subject: I can't believe that

They actually GOT a court order to prevent people from talking about a book that was LEGALLY purchased ?

That the seller made a mistake removes nothing the from the customer's liberty, does it ? It is the seller that is at fault, not the buyer.

By what legal shenanigans did the Court actually buy into this nonsense ?

Who got bought ? I cannot believe that somebody could be subject to a gag order just for buying a book in a bookstore.

This is madness. If it were me, I'd put up a website just for the heck of it, and talk at length about the first fifteen chapters. My book, my opinion, my freedom of speech. Who can legally challenge that ?

Pascal.

Subject: Montecito LINPACK claims

In article 24459, you refer to Intel's claims that the forthcoming Montecito based systems deliver 60% more performance on LINPACK than a "comparable" IBM POWER5-based system.

The claim is only true if your definition of "comparable" allows Intel to line up their (future) system with *four* dual-core processors against IBM's (current) system with *two* dual-core processors.

If one were to compare systems with the same number of dual-core processor chips, you would find that the POWER5-based system maintains a significant performance advantage in the LINPACK benchmark, with a published value of 53.8 GFLOPS for the p5-570 at 1.9 GHz, compared to Intel's report of attaining in excess of 45 GFLOPS.

John D. McCalpin, Ph.D.

Subject: Christopher Smith-a.k.a. Rizler

Every time I turn around I hear someone making negative comments about Chris and I just feel that's only fair to point out some positive things about him. He helped many people out for starters. Giving his employees a chance to better themselves by making enough money to get off of government programs. He gave many people a chance to work and learn new skills when other employers wouldn't give them the time of day. I am thankful for having a chance to work for him. In fact I'd do it again in a heartbeat. He didn't just give me a job, he gave me a chance to learn, gain self respect and also showed me a way to go for your dreams. I think many other employees have the same feelings as I do.

Shermc

Subject: Does anyone understand which AMD CPU they're buying?

People who buy their computers from Best Buy really don't need to understand the labeling system used by AMD. Why do you think Best Buy pays for all those sales associates walking around on the floor for?

Real Geeks know and if you go to Newegg.com or Tiger Direct to get a chip for a Rig they tell you on the site what it is made of.

I am eyeing up a Athlon 64 3700 90nm San Diego myself at 2.2Ghz. Same chip as the 4000 but at a lower clock speed but it will save me $150.00.

Heck it will be several years before games are really utilizing dual core capabilities so I will go single core and save some cash and upgrade later.

Glenn

Subject: AMD CPUs

Man, I get the irony, nevertheless and just in case you don't know:

http://www.cpuid.com

CPU-Z will tell you that without open the case, and you can carry it on a USB Stick and run it on the spot.

Cheers
Nick R.

Subject: Re: Your Amazon.com Order

To: orders@amazon.com
Cc: mike.magee@theinquirer.net

I think you have the dumbest people on earth working there....you cannot return an Ebook....as I have said five times now....as you said it was a download, a corrupt download...how do I return what is not there? As such I have sent this to Someone who also would think it is funny...well mike can you tell me what to do?

Andrew R Links

-- orders@amazon.com wrote: Hello from Amazon.com.

We're writing in regards to Order ****. We hope you're pleased with the replacement order completed on 01-Jun-2005.

As it has been more than 30 days since we sent your replacement, and we have not yet received the return of the item in your original shipment, we have charged your credit card for the cost of the original item:

1 of Homeward Bound [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER]

The total amount charged is $8.96.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could return this item to us at your earliest convenience. We will refund you the cost of return shipping as well as the cost of the item. We appreciate your cooperation.

Thank you for shopping at Amazon.com.

Subject: Gas masks

You buy them at saftey stores over in the US. They cost about $200 and fold up flat -- you carry them in your briefcase. A lot of executives carry them.

They are mostly for smoke, fire escape, not real gas attacks. It's also a good idea to always carry a flashlight and a knife/multi-tool.

They teach this stuff in survival schools over here.

I normally carry a gun as well :). America is a very very large contry and more and more filled with illegals.

bg

Subject: Opera+BitTorrent

Well, im a long time Opera user (been using since now-ancient-seeming version 5.11). And, Ive read the Inq for a long time as well.

What has bugged me about that email is basically this: No mention of Peer's?

For BitTorrent to work someone has got to upload it, Ive used BT a lot to grab Linux, and such. I used to use it to grab music, but use online mp3 stores now-much easier. Ive even redownloaded all of my music from online stores-all 21.6Gb of it!

For Opera to miss the fact that people upload/download at the same time is quite shocking from a company I actually respect for thier good will towards the web. Its basically saying; "Opera can use HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent. But, please dont mention that BitTorrent is p2p, it tars us with the same brush as KaZaA"

Ive tried the BitTorrent Client in Opera-its aweful, really is. A few versions old Azureus knocks its socks off.

But, now I can tell people that I use Opera to do anything that I want with the web; really is quite a powerful application when all taken into account. But, some items need attention.

Regards,
Nathan
(Opera/Inq fanboy-at your service)

Subject: Top Intel architect flees coop for AMD

Thanks for the great PR stunt - AGAIN !

I hope we can keep Scott longer than the last Intel guy we hired from ntel - with great publicity from your pimp rag, thank you kindly.

Unfortunately, the last guy left us, as you know - and I'm sure Scott will too when he sees his big stock options head into the toilet - or LOO as - you Brits like to say.

But I'm sure you won't tell anybody when he leave AMD - or at leat until long after he has left us.

Boy its great to pay myself MILLONS while the company loses many more millions.

Suing and Puking Hector

Subject: The INQ has contacted AMD for its comment on the politicking - so far we've had no comment from the firm

Geez...sorry we couldn't get back to you on this one.

Yep, the Gerries are a little pissed at us at the moment.

We're using their money to hire all the lawyers to sue Intel - and issue a zillion subpoenas.

Got your subpoena yet, writer boys?

Suing and Puking Hector

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