People still use Dropbox, after they pre-emptively screwed Boxopus?
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Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
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#353Earlier quoted context omitted.
>>> It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. Another great example of how partisanship and shitty double standards have ruined our country. The fact is, the vote to invade Iraq was a bi-partisan vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Resolution_to_Authorize_t... "Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[2][7] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representati…
This is a strawman. When Dropbox appoints Harry Reid to the board, we can talk.
Isn't Al Gore on a few boards?
But I get it.
He's okay because he agrees with Your Politics.
And Condi is bad because she agrees with Not Your Politics.
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This is a strawman. When Dropbox appoints Harry Reid to the board, we can talk.
Isn't Al Gore on a few boards? But I get it. He's okay because he agrees with Your Politics. And Condi is bad because she agrees with Not Your Politics.
Did Al Gore knowingly lie to force the country into disastrous and ruinous wars?
Did Al Gore approve warrantless wiretaps, illegal detainment of citizens and non-citizens and the use of torture by agents of the American Government?
In her role as National Security Advisor Ms. Rice did both of those things.
Now you might refuse to acknowledge that she is a war criminal, but that earns you the same contempt as someone who denies Climate Change; which incidentally Mr. Gore did his level best to warn us about.
Now I have to tell you that I find your politics reprehensible, your willful denial of reality as disgusting as that of a heroin addict. And think that you and your fellow travelers in the "Conservative" movement are exemplary of the craven habit of bending at the knee for that most unamerican of practices; the unearned aristocracy of inherited wealth.
You disgust me. You have no thoughts of your own, but merely parrot slogans handed to you by your betters.
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
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I feel just like you but rely on Dropbox so much. What serious alternatives are they? (preferably, non-US-based?)
Hypothetically: File Manager -> Settings -> Remote storage -> add remote Choose from: dropbox, google drive, skydrive, others..., other (some open api) Select > Authenticate > Mount points > Bring online Something like that would be nice.
Other musings....
Remote options:
* Connect on demand * Low bandwidth mode * Offline mode
Shares:
* Share file/directory (and some kind of authentication mechanism) * Resource uris * Show public shares * One time downloads * Expiring downloads
Version control:
* View log/history * Retrieve older version / Roll-back
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
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Probably. Condoleezza Rice has ties to Stanford and is a good pickup for overseas advice.
She sure does understand how to kill foreigners, but I'm not so sure about marketing to them.
I see we've attracted the trolls from Fark's political tab. sigh :)
Care to back up your statement with some facts with sources?
Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO
#357Earlier quoted context omitted.
>>> It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. Another great example of how partisanship and shitty double standards have ruined our country. The fact is, the vote to invade Iraq was a bi-partisan vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Resolution_to_Authorize_t... "Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[2][7] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representati…
Is it okay if I intensely disapprove of that war, but also have absolutely no affiliation with or appreciation for any political party, major or otherwise?
The smartest among us don't ascribe to partisan policy choices. I attempt to evaluate every position in which I have an interest based on its merits. This means that I disagree with the left on approximately half the issues, and disagree with the right on approximately the other half (that's a rough estimate, in reality, I think I disagree with either party far more than half).
That said, it's hard to be informed and not develop some loyalty to any particular politician. In all likelihood, you'll develop an affinity towards whichever politician you find agrees with you the most, and it's hard to say that "In general, I like so and so, but for his opinions on x and y."
Jonathan Haidt has done some fantastic research on the subject, specifically in the area of political psychology, and I would encourage you to read "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion".
In practice though, most people are happy to swallow whatever their party tells them is true, even when it provably isn't.
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And who did George Tenet report to, again?
Welp theres no chance this guy will respond again. I love the mocking snark followed by "ohhh now I get it, I was the dumb one" disappears
I wasn't really trying to mock him or shut him up, but I really do find his argument ("Well, the CIA lied to Bush!") to be a pathetic one. It's the same as the other common equivocation fallacy employed by Republicans ("Look at this long list of prominent Democrats who voted for the war too!"). The Democrats supported the war based on what they were told by the CIA, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the executive branch. Any intelligence analysts who refrained from hopping on board Bush's war wagon did so at peril of their careers.
The whole Iraq war was an exercise in confirmation bias. Congressional Democrats certainly bear their share of culpability, but they also have very good excuses compared to anyone in the Bush administration. In an ideal world with Nuremberg-like tribunals, the Bush insiders would be swinging from gibbets, while we'd let the Democrats off the hook after a few years in Spandau. Claiming that the people you hired lied to you is no defense.
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both parties played their role and I hope we hold them both accountable. Have you seen any of Kerry's talks on Syria, Libya, etc.? I also don't feel theres been more justification for our actions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, or Egypt than Iraq. So changing parties didn't help... at all.
The US under Obama managed to avoid getting involved in a civil war in Syria, despite much rhetoric form the Republicans telling people how weak that supposedly made Obama look. If you prefer to stay out of such conflicts, would you really consider voting for the party that was enthusiastically calling for intervention?
> despite much rhetoric form the Republicans telling people how weak that supposedly made Obama look
As I said, look at Kerry's talks. He's very much a part of the Democrat establishment and completely contradicts what you're saying.
Now, look at Rand's position on these same countries. The false dichotomy you're presenting is exactly that - false.