[SGVLUG] Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown

[Pat Gannon]

I found this article on a financial blog.  Might be of interest to the group. Not sure how to send it out to ya all....
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/?utm_source=feedburner

--- On Fri, 11/16/12, Doug Vargas <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: Doug Vargas <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown
To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
Date: Friday, November 16, 2012, 8:41 PM

You've gotta catch em all - all the politicians, that is ^^

Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com> wrote:

>I have a Pokemon party. Only six members, though. Wish there was a way for
>me to expand. : /
>
>
>On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:07 AM, DV <vindimy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dustin Laurence
>>> <dllaurence at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On 11/11/2012 10:17 PM, DV wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Go away, troll.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Funny thing about that.  Anyone who isn't liberal gets such comments
>>> > thrown at them offhandedly, every day, by people who aren't even aware
>>> of
>>> > how bigoted they are.  Especially in urban California, which is one of
>>> the
>>> > most bigoted places in America outside of a major university. But no one
>>> > even notices or acknowledges it until someone dares to express a
>>> contrary
>>> > view--then, all of a sudden, oh we can't be offensive.  Which is code
>>> words
>>> > for "we can't criticize the liberal establishment."  The left fancies
>>> that
>>> > it gets different rules.
>>> >
>>> > So, regardless of whatever personal intentions you may have behind that
>>> > comment, and in spite of the fact that I'm personally enjoying not
>>> listening
>>> > to political talk for a while, I like it when people speak
>>> disrespectfully
>>> > of and to the monolith.
>>> >
>>> > Dustin
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> All right, I'll bite. If any of you don't enjoy flamewars and/or
>>> politics, feel free to skip what's below.
>>>
>>> Whoa, now. Conservatives have absolutely no right to call a democratic
>>> state like California bigoted. Not after "black man doens't belong in
>>> White House" slogan they kept chanting after Obama got first elected.
>>> Not after the "rape pregnancy is gift from God" remarks made by your
>>> senators. Not after the war on immigrants and poor that you're waging.
>>> Not after the white male majority that voted for Romney.
>>>
>>> I don't know what reality you're living in, Dustin, but to call
>>> California, one of the most diverse and democratic states in the
>>> nation, bigoted, is just mind-blowing. You conservatives truly have
>>> the gift for calling white black and black white.
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Lastly, have you seen the article about the distribution of racist
>>> tweets after the election? You can look up the article, but I'll post
>>> the top states here:
>>>
>>
>>
>> Good old fashion flame war, First off I would not describe myself as a
>> "Conservative" or a "Liberal", I am not a Republican or a Democrate and I
>> do not want to speak for Dustin but I have spent many an hour talking to
>> Dustin.
>>
>> When he used the work "bigoted" he was not talking about race. Check the
>> definition of the word. Reread what he said, he is talking
>> about accepting that other people's opinions can be valid even if you do
>> not agree with them.
>>
>> Almost by definition anyone who claims to be a "Conservative" or a
>> "Liberal" is bigoted. But that is the political system that has evolved in
>> this country where is only two options and people follow one of those two
>> "Parties" without actually thinking. Then again thinking is hard.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Alabama    8.1
>>> Mississippi        7.4
>>> Georgia    3.6
>>> North Dakota       3.5
>>> Utah       3.5
>>> Louisiana          3.3
>>> Tennessee          3.1
>>> Missouri           3.0
>>> West Virginia      2.8
>>>
>>> Number of these states that have a conservative majority? Every single
>>> one of them.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards, Dmitriy V.
>>>
>>>
>>
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