I love seeing threads like this.

Between T. Boone Pickens and the piss shiver, I'd say this is an A+ day to be on electrical.

NC to have a referendum on T. Boone Pickens, whose ads I now see EVERY. SINGLE. MORNING. MANY. TIMES. while I get ready for work.

I just picked up Louder Than Love the other day for pretty cheap. I knew half of it, and liked the other half just fine.

Badmotorfinger is still a good album too.

Here's the link for the T61.

It has less than I remember. Maybe that's because they pre-install Linux now?

For Lenovo, I'd definitely advise trying out SLED. Lenovo offers a lot of the software/hardware bridge programs for Linux (battery monitor, brightness, Active Protection, etc). You can use Linux and keep all the Function keys intact with Lenovo supported programs. It's a really good deal - I used SL...

Not a single direct question about labor, labor power, collective action, workers' control, the innately exploitative, instrumental nature of profit, etc. Most or nearly all of the implied hard-left questions assume solidly social-democratic (reformist) coordinates, with Corporations the bogeyman. ...

I really hope this passes. I know it is somewhat naive to think it will, but I will hope nonetheless. I have been dealing with Crohn's disease for roughly 6 years now, and could find no dietary or prescription alleviation. I now have found precious little relief in a combination of diet, immuno-supp...

They do go some way in explaining that, but I take your point: You're right, they do. And that's fine - if folks can take that into consideration. And European definitions of liberal/conservative/etc. are pretty different from the states. The test has its limitations, and it recognizes them. But th...

btw, I was +1.00 neo-lib and -3.25 libertarian. Straight Purple.

U.S. of fuckin' A.

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I am bemused as to why you are so offended by what is nothing other than a simple indicator. Of course it is binary. If you can devise a test that takes only ten minutes to complete that provides a significantly more nuanced measure of one's beliefs over such a broad range of issues, then I take my...