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it might be worth giving this guy a look. not as compact, but looks handy none the less.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/bushvideos/

check out "Fool me once..."

Siberia
wasn't an asteroid, it was lacking a crater and asteroid remains.

You don't "know" they're going to whore the Matrix. All actions suggest otherwise.

But, they already have.

I take it you're forgetting the $500 Matrix cellphone, the PowerAde Matrix commercials, the video game, etc. I'm sure there are others.

They've whored it, just not to the point where Lucas pushed Star Wars.

At least The Matrix doesn't have a Jar Jar Binks.

= 9J =

Nasa wasted millions developing a zero-G ballpoint, whereas the Russians used pencils.

Oh, the border's quiet now (much like all of Europe these days) but America certainly tried (and failed) to invade on a few occasions. Most noteably the war of 1812 where Canadians stood strong against the entire American army (or most of it anyway). There was also the slogan "54 40' or Fight" which was used by an American president trying to get land straight through to Alaska, whereas Canadians wanted land right down through Oregon. Though, granted that dispute was settled peacefully in the end.

Realistically, the most quiet border is probably in South America somewhere. Then again I don't know any South America history further south than the Carribean so I'm probably way off. And yeah, Canada/US has certainly been quiet for a while now.

the article really starts here

shame on the poster for linking to page two of a three page article, and shame on about.com for designing a webpage that doesn't actually allow you to go back one page to get to page one (it calls page 2 page one in it's navigation, however, in the page title, it is clear you are looking at page 2. Conclusion: web developers for about.com need shooting.)

http://physics.about.com/library/weekly/aa012703 a. htm

The link given in the story here is for the second page.

Yeah, it's a big secret.

Wouldn't the lowest point be in Death Valley, CA? I think it's 86 m below sea level?

At lease here's Doug Engelbart's patent on the mouse - don't know if a 1964 prototype still exists or not.

Some links of the sweet, sweet google:
Here
Again
And Again

If you search for 'contests' and click on the sponsored link then you should have an abundant source. Also, if you sign up for a few of those "Free" trials at porno websites, you should start to get some serious spam.

To be honest, I have no idea how the RIAA will react to this. I wonder if this will be their IBM-SCO-like 800lb gorilla. I wonder what MS will eventually charge for membership on the service eventually and how much of it the RIAA may get.

I bet you're right about it being filled with DRM. It also wouldn't suprise me if they are using some of the DRM they have created for Media Player. I wonder if that's of any anti-trust interest.

Obviously, it would be easier to find an unknown exploit if you have the source code.

-Lucas

Ha ha! I just watched that movie and then heard the story on NPR, and didn't make the connection.

They said that the legs of the huge creature were built like the legs of other rodents - designed for burrowing, and not for running. They said that usually animals have one of two escape mechanisms - either burrow (like mice), or run (like most big creatures). They thought this guy would be evolutionary challenged because there aren't many holes big enough for a 6-foot rat to escape into. (lame richard gere jokes aside)

I know this is supposed to be a joke, but actually he's said by some to be the inventor of TV. Apparently the fusion thing came later on.

Democracy was invented by the ancient greeks and "founded" in Europe in modern times, before the US was colonized. And women didn't get equal treatment before the law as early as in European countries either. Let's not even go into black and native indian rights (although there are worse offenders there, of course).

Drugs destroy millions of people's lives.

So does furniture...

Actually, Borax, Sodium Boratem, and sodium tetraborate decahydrate are the same chemical, Na2B4O7 + 10H2O.

This according to this site.
Of course, IANAC.

There's an urban legend like this about a cookie recipe.

And this is the recipe in question.

What does a wagon give me that a regular car doesn't? More trunk space? Barely. As for the roll overs - can you show any support. I am tired of reading theories today. Show me the numbers.

Anyway here is an interesting number for you - 40% of SUV buyers are woman. So much for Penis-extension.

Yesterday, in one of the classes I am teaching, we looked at some of the first mouse diagrams and photos (see for example the patent pictures.

An interesting fact in the first mouse is that the "tail" pointed towards the hand, and later moved to the opposite side.

I remember playing a DOS based "Star Wars" game (Luke in his fighter going through the channel of the Death Star trying to drop the bomb). Playing that game gave me accuracy and speed in my use of the mouse.

Many years later, one day that I needed to take notes as I used the mouse, I switched the mouse from my right hand to the left (I am right handed). It has stayed there since. I find it more useful in that hand. Playing starcraft that way was quite interesting: panning with the right hand, selection with the mouse on the left one. Being able to use the mouse in both hands is a good skill (specially if you ever get tendonitis). You'll be surprised to see the reaction of people to the fact that there is no mouse in the right side of my keyboard. They don't even look, just reach, and then find nothing!

RIAA is a U.S. corporation (or organisation, not sure which)

However, they aren't what's known as a Charitable Non-Profit (501(C)(3) in tax terms if I remember right) such as United Way, so the courts will also take that into consideration.

I work for a Professional Association myself and have talked to our legal team about the RIAA and how they work at length. Association law can be quite complicated here in the US.

Yet this Einstein letter recommends that the U.S. builds the atomic bomb. Perhaps he was a little more pragmatic than you give him credit for.

TV, radio, even the internet were all initialy military projects.

Nonsense. Radio was invented by Marconi, and it was financed by the British Post (here). You can read about the development of television here, in which the military is conspicuous by its absence.

There is nothing "bad", "evil" or "immoral" about it. In the end it's technology and the military power that came with it which allows this country to exist as it does today. How you see that, good/bad is your own opionion.

Well, which is it? Is it up to people themselves to decide whether that's bad, or do you categorically insist that "there is nothing 'bad' [...] about it"?

And even if one were to view the US as an unequivocally good force in the world (a view even most thinking Americans would probably not subscribe to), that doesn't mean that all its military campaigns were "good". To many people, the end does not justify the means.

there is an more indepth article about this here. if you're interested this, you should check it out.

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there's a much better article on this topic here

yes, i'm karma whoring, so sue me.

Everything you wanted to know about RICO.

That would be nice. I saw a pretty cool indie documentary called Startup.com about a a real startup trying to get into that business. Unfortunately this type of service is a long way from becoming universal.

Of all the answers, maybe we are ready for the carbon-fiber tethered space elevator to be built...
Its just too bad it'll take a thousand centuries with current technology to manufacture the billion tons of carbon fiber needed manufacture the elevator... sigh... I was looking forward excitingly to the long ride to space, accompanied by a nice Muzak rendition of Michael Bolton's finest... hmmph...

He seems to be the antithesis of This guy.

Prostitutes will never be the top females in the social hierarchy of any civilization.

No, but they can be socially acceptable.

If you fly a spaceship to colonize a new planet, you will never have to drive a chuckwagon pulled by a team of horses to get across a babbling brook on that planet.

Why not? It's a great solution for a resource-poor world far from normal shipping lanes. The Wild West aspect of Firefly is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it's not entirely ridiculous.

Swearing in Chinese is geeky.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Besides, consider the back story that has the Chinese becoming so influential that their language becomes the lingua franca of a starfaring civilization. Lots of room for prequels here.

gobbo said it right.

But as for Time Magazine, what's *your* point?

a snippet from
Since 1927, TIME Magazine has chosen a man, woman, or idea that "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year." Though TIME's list is not an academic or objective study of the past, the list gives a contemporary viewpoint of what was important during each year. There are many interesting facts about the list:

Reverse engineering software in order to modify it or sell or give away an alternative is illegal.

Even if it were possible to create artificial gold that you could competetively price against 'mined' gold, there will always be an intrinsic value to gold nuggets and specimens.

I have often thought that if I came up with a way to cheaply extract gold from seawater, or find large deposits and extract them very cheaply, I'd never have to bother using in after I filed for a patent, as Newmont and the other Big Gold Companies would send me a check every month to keep quiet. And I'll still keep mining gold.

-cp-

Also see this article

OK 35 minutes, who'd even know?

So you never heard of the 18 minute gap? :-)

lilo: linux init=/bin/bash - Instant root without password

I tried that. My machine said "Password:".

I guess that's because Mandrake's installer prompted me for a LILO password when I set the machine up, and I bothered to supply one. "Oh, the security of it all!" (-:

If you want real instant root without password, leave the root password blank when setting up, then tick the box that asks you to confirm that you're criminally negligent, and click on Next. Be sure to set the security level to "Welcome to crackers" (I believe they call it "Low" these days) and select sshd for installation so that this effect can be used remotely.

If you think that's disturbing, I know of an OS which has no such protections: a QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) derivative which was in turn a CP/M clone, called Microsoft Windows. "Instant root, all the time" (and unless you're fully patched, "from everywhere").

Try a tagline that says "This would be a witty tagline but I haven't developed that far yet".

I'm not sure where you're getting that info. Coffee has about three times as much caffeine as tea according to this comparison. Note that two shots of espresso (2 oz.) has less caffeine than one cup of brewed java. Interesting, no?

well just consult your "facts" sheet

if its on a website if must be true

It's almost as funny as when General Motors executives couldn't understand why the Chevy Nova was not selling in South America. Then some bright boy realized that 'No Va' is spanish for 'it doesn't go - it doesn't work'.

For starters, nova and no va don't sound alike and are unlikely to be confused, just as "carpet" and "car pet" are unlikely to be confused in English. Additionally, no va would be an awkward way in Spanish to describe a nonfunctioning car (no funciona, among others, would do better), just as in English we'd be more likely to say "it doesn't run" than "it doesn't go."

Assuming that Spanish speakers would naturally see the word "nova" as equivalent to the phrase "no va" and think "Hey, this car doesn't go!" is akin to assuming that English speakers woud spurn a dinette set sold under the name Notable because nobody wants a dinette set that doesn't include a table.

Even if nobody in Detroit knew enough rudimentary Spanish to notice the coincidence, the Nova could not have brought to market in Mexico and/or South America without the involvement of numerous Spanish speakers engaged to translate user manuals, prepare advertising and promotional materials, communicate with the network of Chevrolet dealers in the target countries, etc.

I see your point..

Nation / Country, there is a difference in the words that i wasnt aware off... Nation vs Country explanation

Second example: ACLU sues when gay groups are excluded from Christian-sponsored Family Day parade - like, d'oh? Would ACLU sue to include NAMBLA in such a parade? Evidently they would. What about the Christians' right to make their point? Sorry, stick to making it in church, presumably behind locked, soundproof doors lest some poor unwary Atheist be accidentally converted.

Third example: ACLU causes pulling of an AIDS brochure addressed to Christians as being inappropriate for a government department to publish. In point of fact they actively oppose many Christianity-focussed (ie the opposite way around) AIDS defenses as well, despite the measurable fact that this is the only effective defense against AIDS so far discovered. They'd rather that people died than that they becomes Christian. But I digress: is this government department unable to address the Christians in their constituency in their own language, when bringing them to an understanding of AIDS and a compassionate response toward AIDS sufferers? ACLU seems to think so. I mentions the Bible in other than a condemnatory light, so it has to go.

Over to Leader U for a bigger dose.

Has already happened. A few times, as I recall.

Marijuana legalization is an extremely relevant issue. Do you have any idea how many public resources are devoted to investigating, trying, and imprisoning innocent people? They have made us of a wholesome substance into a crime that you can be sent to prison for a long time for. This is a huge injustice that far more important to address than large power bills or the RIAA sueing a couple college students.

The War on Drug Users has only lasted as long as it has because of a massive FUD campaign from industry and government. This is not a small issue. There are as many or more marijuana smokers than linux users. Marijuana was originally prohibited because hemp competed with the paper industry. How would you feel if free software was made illegal because it cut into the profits of software companies? We linuxers have been lucky so far, we pot smokers haven't.

I think georgy is expecting that by being honest with people from the start and unafraid to stand up for what she believes in that she will win the respect of the people and provide a real alternative to the current political old boy system. The worst thing for Georgys campaign is for her to come off as just another politician pandering for votes. If Georgy were to run in my state I would seriously consider registering to vote, even though I find voting fundamentally unethical

There's a fairly well-documented theory that the Hindenburg accident was really caused by the flamable skin of the airship. A quick Google search renders a few sites:
Rice U.
Clean-Air.org
AmericanHistory.about.com

Just to name a few. At least let's not have a bunch of people using the Hindenburg as a reason not to think about hydrogen.

Nice troll, but Confucious was in fact a historical person.

The Founding Fathers were openly religious. The practice of praying to God, and not just any God, the Christian God embraced by the Christian religions, in government has continued even today

• Thomas Jefferson : Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.
• Ben Franklin: "I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy-day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity."
• Thomas Paine : The fable of Christ and his twelve apostles, which is a parody on the sun and the twelve signs of the zodiac, copied from the ancient religions of the eastern world, is the least hurtful part."
• James Madison: "Experience witnesseth that ecclesiastical establishments, instead of maintaining the purity and efficacy of religion, have had a contrary operation. During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.
• John Adams: As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?

• http://www.ecis.com/~alizard/founding-fathers-xtia nity.html
• http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/extra/foundin g-fathers.html
• http://www.barefootsworld.net/founding.html

way better than ignorant, asshole...
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