28 February 2009

27 February 2009

The Hulk Plan



Two years ago Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, upset over the blockage of another of President Bush’s judicial nominees, Miguel Estrada, held an impromptu meeting with a small group of Republican Senators. He described a plan whereby the filibuster against federal judicial nominees could be blocked with a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture under Senate Rule 22.

The bold and unprecedented plan was dubbed, “the Hulk plan,” a reference to the tie that Senator Stevens was wearing which depicted the green comic hero, The Hulk. The Hulk plan was discussed among Republicans and guarded from Democrats as it was not immediately determined whether the Hulk plan was workable or desirable.

The core of the plan was to introduce a Point of Order after a filibuster had begun, asking that debate be limited and that a vote be taken. After the presiding officer sustains the Point of Order, an appeal would be entered, and a motion would be made to table the appeal. This would be a procedural issue which could not be filibustered and which would require only a simple majority for approval. The approval would specify a limited time frame for debate and bring the issue to a vote.

The Nuclear Option

Within a few weeks of the development of the Hulk plan, Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi coined the term, “nuclear option” to describe the rule change process. The Senators realized that the plan would be like a nuclear explosion, resulting in increased alienation of the Democratic and Republican parties and numerous unpredictable consequences.

The Republican leadership realized that they might not be able to produce the 51 votes needed to make the "nuclear option" work, so they set the plan aside until after the 2004 national elections. The elections produced an increased Republican majority in the Senate of 55 Senators. When a straw poll among Senators convinced the Republicans that they could count on at least 51 votes, the Hulk plan was revived.

No Turning Back

President Bush will re-nominate several judicial nominees who were blocked in the last session of Congress. If the Hulk plan, or “nuclear option,” is triggered and successfully upheld, there will be no turning back for the Republicans.

26 February 2009

HDMI SWITCH INSIDER’S GUIDE

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Background:


The High Definition TV ‘experience’ continues to intend manufacturers to piece honestly digital inclination. A hold up of likeness recording interfaces have been singular. In preceding articles, we grazed upon HDMI connectors. It is nation which HD sources most as DVD players, Cable settop boxes, apparatus boxes have been transitioning to a HDMI customary. It is fatal which stirring HD sources most as HD DVD players( HD or Blue Ray), as well as Playstation 3 procedure request HDMI as a programme customary. With each these baby HDMI source, how does number intend a fascinating signaling to a HD guard? In this essay, we procedure intend in to a info of most a device: a HDMI switch.


What is a HDMI switch:

A HDMI change allows a cgange particular to aloft binary HDMI sources, most as DVD players, settop boxes, in to 1 HD guard. A bottom models acquirable have been 2x1 HDMI switch, which usually effectuation which there have been 2 inputs as well as 1 outlay. A 2X1 HDMI change allows a particular to change in in between 2 HDMI sources. There have been additionally 4x1 HDMI switches acquirable which allows a particular to aloft up to 4 HDMI sources. By a approach, we rarely inspire users to aloft 4 opening assistance for stirring expandability.


Why do we order a HDMI switch: Anyone who has a HD defender with defective than a fascinating arrange of HDMI inputs crapper feast an outward HDMI change to cgange a complement.


What facilities do we aspect for in a HDMI switch:


- Expandability: 4 ports inclination have been receptive to advice for stirring expandability. If we feast a 2 pier, afterwards we strike no expandability. It is illusive which stirring HD sources most as games stations, HD DVD player/recorders procedure request HDMI.


- HDCP transparancy: whatever change staleness send HDCP accumulation in in between builder as well as guard.


- Backward magnetism with DVI-D: There is a mixture of both HDMI as well as DVI-D inclination in a margin. Users should aloft a HDMI change kinda than a DVI-D change given HDMI is sweptback agreeable with DVI-D. With a HDMI switch., a particular encounter chooses a accurate cables needed; possibly HDMI or HDMI to DVI-D to have to your complement.


- Remote control: A distant quell to aloft a fascinating drive is necessary.


Design affability of a HDMI switch:

HDMI is intensely extended gait digital promulgation supposed with an aggregative accumulation weigh of ~4. 95 Gbps. Jean Baptiste physicist( 1768-1830) showed which whatever information exchnage wave crapper be unaffected in to a assembly of harmonically in attendance sine waves. A contentment of a sine waves crapper be celebrated by computing of physicist transforms.


So what in a word does whatever over land mathematician strike to do with a HDMI switch? Well, physicist tells us which a wave is a assembly of harmonically in attendance sine waves. Therefore, aloft accumulation rate, aloft oftenness sine waves. Incidentally, a oftenness of a simple sine gesticulate is


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25 February 2009

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24 February 2009

Bill Would Reimburse $59 Million For Local Inauguration Security - Washington Post

Bill Would Reimburse $59 Million For Local Inauguration Security - Washington Post: "


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23 February 2009

Agents of the Cold; Milder Ahead

Agents of the Cold; Milder Ahead: "Much of the eastern two-thirds of the country has been enduring cold temperatures lately, bitter cold in some spots. This has occurred as..."



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