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How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

How about going to Amazon (they have a website) and looking for yourself? Andrew Sullivan's book, Virtually Normal, which is NOT erotica or adult themed has no ranking.

Same for Same-sex Marriage: A Pro and Con Reader. Which is, as the title suggests, a book concerning the arguments for and against gay marriage.
Same for Love Undetectable.

But his book The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Righ has a ranking, so the delisting is not targeting specific authors, but almost any title that isn't openly hostile to gays has been delisted.

Consider:

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. No sales rank.
Homosexuality and Civilization. No sales rank.
When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay. No sales rank.

Some more well-known books:
Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military. No sales rank. This is one of the definitive histories of gays and lesbians in the US military.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. No sales rank.
Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. No sales rank.
Dont: A Readers Guide to the Militarys Anti-Gay Policy. No sales rank.

NONE of these have adult themes.

But it's not universal... for example:

A book such as A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Has a sales rank.
Can Homosexuality be Healed?. Has a sales rank.
You Don't Have to be Gay. Has a sales rank.

Now, perhaps there is a perfectly rational explanation, but looking at the evidence, I smell something funny.

I was surfing through Amazon to confirm the story, and sure enough, all the copies of Brokeback Mountain and Lady Chatterley's lover I pulled up had no sales rank figures.

So I called my girlfriend over to see, and when I searched up the same items, I now saw sales ranks on all of them. In fact, digging through now I can't find any items of this sort without sales rank. Including Probst's The Filly, the very item cited in TFA.

Did Amazon reverse this policy in just the last ten minutes?

I don't think dropping links to Amazon will be big enough to make them stop this policy. However, we can certainly turn it to our advantage. According to Amazon's policy page (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200277420&qid=1239590370&sr=2-1) Amazon prohibits "Listings for items that promote racism, hatred, or religious intolerance" which is a fair description of every book by Anne "we should invade their countries and convert them to Christianity" Coulter, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and others of their ilk.

"Amazon encourages sellers to report listings that violate our policies or any applicable law by using our Contact Us form. Select "Report a Community Rules Violation" and be sure to include all relevant information so we can conduct a thorough investigation."

If enough of us report these bestselling bigots they're sure to make the offensive list too. This has two beneficial effects: first, people will have a harder time stumbling upon these hate-filled volumes, and second, these authors will complain to Amazon and (hopefully) get the policy lifted.

That's a pity. I loved their child porn section.

I've just compared the listing for Brokeback Mountain on the US Amazon site with that on the UK Amazon site. I can't see a sales rank on the US version, but there's one on the UK version.

For those already familiar with Peter Hansteen's website, I'll offer a Thumbs Up recommendation for his Book of PF.

There's already been several stories on Slashdot either submitted by or about him, and I don't recall any mention of his book. I'd say his efforts if not his humility deserve some kind of reward, and the reduced sale price of $19.77 is a bargain.

Yeah, this: http://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Crowds-James-Surowiecki/dp/0385721706/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239555926&sr=8-1

This is an industrial mower.

Like that's going to stop anybody on /. with an excess of both disposable income and body fat from looking at getting one. And by the way mister smartass, they sure as hell do still make manual push mowers, they're far from obsolete. You should go buy one tomorrow, and work on losing that lard-ass of yours.

This is an industrial mower.

Like that's going to stop anybody on /. with an excess of both disposable income and body fat from looking at getting one. And by the way mister smartass, they sure as hell do still make manual push mowers, they're far from obsolete. You should go buy one tomorrow, and work on losing that lard-ass of yours.

This is an industrial mower.

Like that's going to stop anybody on /. with an excess of both disposable income and body fat from looking at getting one. And by the way mister smartass, they sure as hell do still make manual push mowers, they're far from obsolete. You should go buy one tomorrow, and work on losing that lard-ass of yours.

This is an industrial mower.

Like that's going to stop anybody on /. with an excess of both disposable income and body fat from looking at getting one. And by the way mister smartass, they sure as hell do still make manual push mowers, they're far from obsolete. You should go buy one tomorrow, and work on losing that lard-ass of yours.

It is not free, that was what I was telling.

Neither is Windows though. That I know of only open source operating systems have free upgrades. I was going to say OS X upgrades are cheaper than Windows upgrades but I see Amazon has Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1 Upgrade for $78 which is the same as the Mac OS X v 10.5 Upgrade Kit.

Also somehow, OS X users seem to choose Family license if they will install it to more than 1 mac, all by their choice.

Yea, the OS X Leopard family pack cost less than two Leopards, Amazon shows Leopard for $110 and the Leopard family pack as $134. Now there's nothing, except consciousness, that stops someone from buying the single Leopard license then installing it on a bunch of Macs.

Well, now I know where to buy Snow Leopard if I upgrade, from Amazon instead of Apple. Actually as a paid Apple developer, Apple Developer Connection registered, I get it free.

Falcon

It is not free, that was what I was telling.

Neither is Windows though. That I know of only open source operating systems have free upgrades. I was going to say OS X upgrades are cheaper than Windows upgrades but I see Amazon has Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1 Upgrade for $78 which is the same as the Mac OS X v 10.5 Upgrade Kit.

Also somehow, OS X users seem to choose Family license if they will install it to more than 1 mac, all by their choice.

Yea, the OS X Leopard family pack cost less than two Leopards, Amazon shows Leopard for $110 and the Leopard family pack as $134. Now there's nothing, except consciousness, that stops someone from buying the single Leopard license then installing it on a bunch of Macs.

Well, now I know where to buy Snow Leopard if I upgrade, from Amazon instead of Apple. Actually as a paid Apple developer, Apple Developer Connection registered, I get it free.

Falcon

It is not free, that was what I was telling.

Neither is Windows though. That I know of only open source operating systems have free upgrades. I was going to say OS X upgrades are cheaper than Windows upgrades but I see Amazon has Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1 Upgrade for $78 which is the same as the Mac OS X v 10.5 Upgrade Kit.

Also somehow, OS X users seem to choose Family license if they will install it to more than 1 mac, all by their choice.

Yea, the OS X Leopard family pack cost less than two Leopards, Amazon shows Leopard for $110 and the Leopard family pack as $134. Now there's nothing, except consciousness, that stops someone from buying the single Leopard license then installing it on a bunch of Macs.

Well, now I know where to buy Snow Leopard if I upgrade, from Amazon instead of Apple. Actually as a paid Apple developer, Apple Developer Connection registered, I get it free.

Falcon

And if you go over, we charge $1/GB, only 6 times what it costs (Amazon S3 is $.17 per gigabyte for transfer).

Or maybe 50 times what it costs (Cogent's $4/megabit pegged for a month is about $.02/gigabyte).

Such a deal!

In his collection The Cyberiad , Stanislaw Lem has two engineers create a computer capable of creating poetry. The resulting poem is a love poem full of references to mathematics. I wonder if this old computer served as Lem's inspiration.

You obviously are cherry-picking your examples. Famous right-wingers write books entitled Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism. Bill O'Reilly regularly calls liberals un-American. Criticising Bush got you tarred and feathered as a traitor by the right wing.

From the article linked in the Slashdot story: "The DOJ claims that the U.S. Government is completely immune from litigation for illegal spying - that the Government can never be sued for surveillance that violates federal privacy statutes."

And: "This is a radical assertion that is utterly unprecedented. No one - not the White House, not the Justice Department, not any member of Congress, and not the Bush Administration - has ever interpreted the law this way." [emphasis added]

In recent years, the U.S. government has carried other corruption to levels never seen before: 1) A higher percentage of its people in prison than ever before in the history of the world. 2) More countries invaded or bombed than any other country in the history of the world. (24 since the end of the 2nd world war.) 3) More government debt than any other country in the history of the world. 4) More people killed during undeclared wars than any other country in the history of the world. (11,000,000 killed directly and indirectly in 24 countries.) 5) More money spent on secret surveillance than any country in the history of the world.

The book House of Bush, House of Saud, tells about how Bush and his friends and family took money to support the Saudis against the best interests of the United States.

One guess is that someone told the Obama administration a huge number of lies to get people to allow the corruption. That's what they did with the Bush administration.

The U.S. government is no longer under control of the people, it is a dictatorship of the corrupters. What does it matter if a majority vote for a change if there is no change?

Ok, here we go - someone check the math.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs095-01/
Tells me the mean amount of mercury in US coal is 0.17ppm.
We will assume 100% of said mercury enters the air.
We will also talk about 100 watt incandescent bulbs to make the math easier.

450 grams of coal are burned to deliver 1 KWh to your outlet.

http://www.amazon.com/Incandescent-Light-Shape-Frosted-100A19/dp/B000273TEA
100 Watt bulb, 20,000 hours.
2,000 KWh in its lifetime.
900,000 grams of coal burned for this light bulb over its 20,000 hour lifetime.
153mg of mercury in said coal.

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf
tells me the average CFL has 4mg of mercury in it.

I was going to work out a full hour-by-hour comparison - but there is not need. I the case is B/W enough, unless someone can convince me less than 4% of mercury makes it up the stack.

I don't know if Wotc did but it would be smart for them to do it and smarter for the bookstores to sell it (gauranteed sales). I doubt Wotc did - WoTC is not in the habit of buying their products. More then likely it is someone who wanted to do the same thing as you.

You may want to try ebay, amazon, borders, etc. Doing a quick search on amazon dungeons and dragons 3.5

There are no shortages of books. You can also get it cheaper online.

And you will pay the same price as iTMS. Amazon US prices have matched iTMS.

Barracuda

The Sapir-Worf hypothesis states that you can only conceptualize those things that your language supports.

Cute. But whenever the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is brought before a popular audience, it's always worth mentioning that the hypothesis in its strict form (the language constrains the way you think) is rejected by the vast majority of linguistics, and even its less strict form (that language influences the way you think) is highly contentious. Unfortunately, from popular media like Stephenson's Snow Crash and reports that "the Japanese have a word for it", there's much misunderstanding about how languages actually differ and how those differences appear to speakers.

Umm, I have a problem. Two actually. For some reason I've grown breasts. I've been taking these, does that have anything to do with it?

Meanwhile, Amazon's UK site has decided to counter-promote their service by dropping prices on select tracks to 29 pence ($0.42).

At the risk of sounding like an Amazon shill, Engadget helps those of you looking to get this week's disposable music that's shoved down your gullet on the radio.

They are not without flaw though, even their Barracude by Heart is a confusing $1.29 (must have been an expensive song to produce) and I also rarely find their $0.79 tracks. I think albums on both sites are a standard $10 though, correct? So it's not that big of a difference for people like me that are interested in the artist and the album as a whole when the other 11 tracks aren't phoned in. Sometimes I find shorter albums a few bucks cheaper on Amazon. Haven't cared to check iTunes for that.

Hope the Amazon US site follows suit with that 29 pence action.

Anyone who thinks Ruby on Rails can't scale is as dogmatic in their anti-hype as the original hypers were. The right tool for the right job and all that.

The little R next to the president's name indicating party changed to a D and some Wikipedia pages were updated.

When it comes to wiretapping, the same status quo was maintained when Bush senior yielded the presidency to Clinton. In fact, Clinton expanded wiretapping for US economic gains, claiming it would "level the playing field." See James Bamford's Body of Secrets .

Nearly all our presidents over the last few decades have pretty much been in agreement that violation of privacy is cool. The exception is Carter, who actually tried hard to limit the intercepts. And old-time NSA employees, military and civilian, despise him for it, because a lot of them get off on unhindered access to communications.

Have you reread Eon lately? While it was a childhood favourite of mine, when I turned to it again a few years ago after a long time away, I was appalled by the wooden characters, silly sex scenes, and misunderstandings of Soviet geography. Sure, the ideas in it, the infinitely long tunnel through spacetime and futuristic modifications of the human body, are pretty cool, but I'm no longer satisfied by hard science fiction that can't also be decent well-rounded literature.

We coulda built three superconducting supercolliders with the money spent on one ISS, and I don't think the ISS will ever deliver the science of the SSC. At least that's what Steven Weinberg thought, and he's better situated to know than either of us.

Smith did not define capitalism

You're right Adam Smith didn't use "capitalism", it was first used after him. He did however use "capital" to mean money, means of production, and the goods and services offered. Now it was Milton Friedman who emphasized free markets and Ludwig von Mises free trade. Smith did oppose monopolies though, and didn't like patents. He called patents a necessary evil. Government's in the US though have granted a lot of monopolies, including those telco and cableco monopolies and broadcasting monopolies.

You did people a disservice by linking to Amazon instead of to the Project Gutenberg editions of the book.

First I didn't think to check with Project Gutenberg, but I will now. Oh, I can't it doesn't list the book I looked for, so back to Amazon for the book "The Theory of Moral Sentiments". Next, not everyone can read an entire book online, not easily at least. If I read more than a couple of pages on a monitor I will get bad headaches. Just reading most of the posts on /. I have to shift my gaze frequently or my eyes will hurt. And there are others who suffer the same thing. Now because both books are in the public domain anyone can print either or both books themselves. Amazon shows a lot of editions of "The Theory of Moral Sentiments". I would spend more downloading and printing most books than what buying one from Amazon would cost.

More people should read it.

I'd add other books, such as the afore mentioned "The Theory of Moral Sentiments".

Smith did not define capitalism

You're right Adam Smith didn't use "capitalism", it was first used after him. He did however use "capital" to mean money, means of production, and the goods and services offered. Now it was Milton Friedman who emphasized free markets and Ludwig von Mises free trade. Smith did oppose monopolies though, and didn't like patents. He called patents a necessary evil. Government's in the US though have granted a lot of monopolies, including those telco and cableco monopolies and broadcasting monopolies.

You did people a disservice by linking to Amazon instead of to the Project Gutenberg editions of the book.

First I didn't think to check with Project Gutenberg, but I will now. Oh, I can't it doesn't list the book I looked for, so back to Amazon for the book "The Theory of Moral Sentiments". Next, not everyone can read an entire book online, not easily at least. If I read more than a couple of pages on a monitor I will get bad headaches. Just reading most of the posts on /. I have to shift my gaze frequently or my eyes will hurt. And there are others who suffer the same thing. Now because both books are in the public domain anyone can print either or both books themselves. Amazon shows a lot of editions of "The Theory of Moral Sentiments". I would spend more downloading and printing most books than what buying one from Amazon would cost.

More people should read it.

I'd add other books, such as the afore mentioned "The Theory of Moral Sentiments".

Everyone interested in patents or copyrights, and why they suck, should read Against Intellectual Monopoly, a book by two profs at Wash U in St. Louis: http://www.amazon.com/Against-Intellectual-Monopoly-Michele-Boldrin/dp/0521879280

First day in epistemology: Who is the source? What are the biases inherit to such sources? Does the author recognize those biases? What epistemological, axiological, ontological, and methodological approaches and beliefs create the theoretical lens that the author uses? These questions show that who the author is and what the author's theoretical lens does matter. I highly suggest you read the The Craft of Research by Booth, Colomb, and Williams.

I already see a set theory flaw within your statement, where you assume that all climatologists are computational physicists. Thurston is a Bioinformatics Specialist, associated with Climate Dynamics group at Oxford. Kininmonth is a meteorologist. Ruddiman is a marine geologist. If I saw an academic paper with such an inclusive statement from a student of mine, then they would told to rewrite.

From personal experience? http://www.amazon.com/careers/ There you go.

The thing about S3 is it their pricing structure is almost too granular. I mean, S3 charges $0.01 per 10,000 GET's in addition to the data transferred per request. Their EC2 charges $0.10 per 1 million I/O requests.

I mean, those numbers sound small, but even I have no clue how many IO requests I am making right now... is ten cents per million a good price or a bad price? Dunno! Is a penny per 10,000 GET's a good price? Probably--that is ten bucks for 10 million requests, right?

The disadvantage is that it ties them to Amazon.

Sure it ties them to Amazon, but how tightly? I mean, as a percentage of their codebase, there is probably what, 0.5% specific to Amazon? And codebase aside, how hard is it to migrate your data from one cloud to another? I mean, at most it is a month long project and most of that is probably testing and dealing with unexpected edge cases. But none of these cloud guys do anything that really tie you in any more than a regular host.

BTW--I was looking at the URL structure of twitter and I tell you, if I was to use S3, I wouldn't tolerate the URL's for my images looking like this:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/120987937/twitter_photo_bigger.jpg

That URL looks really unprofessional for such a big player. Can't they at least get their own hostname? It does prove my point though--about the only cost to migrate is changing the "upload avatars" code and changing the template to use a new URL structure.

The thing about S3 is it their pricing structure is almost too granular. I mean, S3 charges $0.01 per 10,000 GET's in addition to the data transferred per request. Their EC2 charges $0.10 per 1 million I/O requests.

I mean, those numbers sound small, but even I have no clue how many IO requests I am making right now... is ten cents per million a good price or a bad price? Dunno! Is a penny per 10,000 GET's a good price? Probably--that is ten bucks for 10 million requests, right?

The disadvantage is that it ties them to Amazon.

Sure it ties them to Amazon, but how tightly? I mean, as a percentage of their codebase, there is probably what, 0.5% specific to Amazon? And codebase aside, how hard is it to migrate your data from one cloud to another? I mean, at most it is a month long project and most of that is probably testing and dealing with unexpected edge cases. But none of these cloud guys do anything that really tie you in any more than a regular host.

BTW--I was looking at the URL structure of twitter and I tell you, if I was to use S3, I wouldn't tolerate the URL's for my images looking like this:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/120987937/twitter_photo_bigger.jpg

That URL looks really unprofessional for such a big player. Can't they at least get their own hostname? It does prove my point though--about the only cost to migrate is changing the "upload avatars" code and changing the template to use a new URL structure.

"... why would anyone want to read a review of a movie that isn't finished?"

The fact that an un-released movie is available on the internet immediately is something that everyone should know, not just Slashdot readers. Unless there is government corruption, voters help determine the laws that are passed. Voters can't help guide the country if they don't know what is happening.

In a country that is democratic, reporters must be allowed to report anything that is true.

You can read the fired reporter's article courtesy of a link posted below. If the reporter did anything wrong, it was not being sufficiently negative about the fact that he could see an un-released movie online. But he was negative: "I found a work in progress print of it, 95 percent completed, on the internet last night. Let's hope by now it's gone." And, "But obviously someone who had access to a print uploaded it onto this website. This begs several questions about security. Time to round up the usual suspects."

The book, The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics discussses the fact that only a very small percentage of citizens understand democratic principles. (Get the book from the library. Don't pay Amazon $66.95 for a paperback.)

What will be the effect of his posting a story about an un-finished print of the movie, and Slashdot covering it? In this case, it will definitely sell more movie tickets. He gave the unfinished movie a very positive review: "This may be the big blockbuster film of 2009, ..." Sure, people could watch the unfinished print online. But those who like movies usually don't want to spoil the fun by watching something that is not finished.

The story was posted exactly where it should be, in the entertainment section. Quoting: "I don't know what the really big headline is here: the fact that "Wolverine" is so good, or that I also found the current top 10 movies in theaters [online], ..." This is something those who watch movies should know.

Many people who watch movies don't read books or read serious articles in newspapers, or think about serious issues facing the country, or even have an internet connection. The only way they will get this news is by having the news in an entertainment section of some publication. For example, a hairdresser might mention the movie and the piracy while her customer's hair is drying.

Because I'm interested in serious issues, I already knew about the piracy problem. But I'm not the necessary target audience. I don't watch movies because there are too many typical Hollywood lies in every movie, such as: "An attractive woman should be able to break any moral rule." I've found that movies made in "Bollywood", in India, are even worse: "A woman should be able to avoid responsibility for anything by doing a little crying. If she cries, then men have to find a way to solve the problem." Obviously, being a man, I'm not going to subscribe to a lie that says that women are superior to men. I don't like any lie, and usually in a movie there are several lies every few minutes.

Also, here are two stories. You can decide which is more believable:

1) It's a big budget movie, and there have been piracy problems in the past, but the movie studio didn't have enough security. Even though thousands of people are losing their jobs every day, someone risked losing a good movie-making job to post a stolen un-finished copy of the film so anyone can see it without paying. That person risked his job without any way of making money from the theft.

Or:

2) Someone at the movie studio decided that having an un-finished, rough copy of the movie available on the internet would be a good marketing scheme.

Many people understand

You know, a state-protected oligopoly is hardly "hyper-capitalism".

Of course it is. Capitalism is an ownership model, not a market model.

Read Adam Smith's, the father of capitalism, "The Wealth of Nations" sometime. Capitalism is both an ownership and a market model. It calls for voluntary exchanges between people, which is what a free market is.

Falcon

take the code compile it yourself

From the Windows build instructions: "Prerequisite software: [...] Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Pro (8.0) or later. Visual Studio Express won't work. Visual Studio 2005/2008 Pro Trial will work." But I don't see who would want to spend $637.49 just to unbrand Chrome once the 90-day trial runs out. One could buy a Mac Mini and use the Mac build instructions for less than that.

The sad story is that if you do what other people also do you can make a living, but you can't make it big.

Flickr did what everybody else was doing--they created a photo album on the internet. Only they learned what all the other ones were doing wrong and made it better.

Very little is a wholly unique, novel idea. 98% of everything out there is a refinement of what everybody else is doing.

There is a technical term for things that are unique--disruptive technologies. And creating a successful plan to implement said ideas are far harder than usually. A lot of people with really good disruptive tech. fail to create an implementation that lets them succeed. See also: Crossing the Chasm.

Sustaining 1G for several years isn't magic. It's just advanced technology.

James Powell, the co-inventor of super-conducting maglev, described a mechanism to build a 1G rocket to travel to the stars. His basic idea was to use Mercury as a solar collector to manufacture a few tons of anti-matter. When you react the anti-matter, you get both power and ejectable mass moving at very high speed. A sci-fi author, Charles Pelligrino, wrote up the idea in the appendix to his book, Flying to Valhalla.

The Orion designers were thinking that once they got the first version working to ferry between the planets, they could build a star ship that would get to Alpha Centauri for $100 Billion in 1960 dollars. The cost was so far out of reach, the idea was almost forgotten.

The point is, you don't need magic to travel at 1G, you need resources.