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Lots of possibilities... or maybe, just maybe... it has no meaning.

Or maybe, just maybe, for a worm used to send nazi spam it has.

It's also the day that Buddy Holly released his last album. What the hell does any of this have to do with anything. Sheesh.

If you search before you post, you'll know that Sober-G was used to send out Neo-Nazi spam. Buddy Holly was not.

It is not only religious people don't buy the story about dinosaurs being ancestors of birds, some scientists do it too... The generally accepted theory that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern birds is being challenged. New research published Monday in the Journal of Morphology suggests that what was thought to be "protofeathers" are more likely to be skin-related tissues, according to Dr. Alan Feduccia of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While these scientists agree that dinosaurs and modern birds share a common reptile ancestor, the theory that dinosaurs are the ancestors of the modern birds is flawed or "..full of holes.." http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/spr97/bird.html http://www.atsnn.com/story/176639.html http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf087/sf087b06.ht m

"Really? Name one. I'll wait.
Still waiting."

Jesus, give me a chance!

Ok, a quick Google srearch turns up:

How we survived jail hell (Observer, respected, non-tabloid British newspaper)

Britain frees all five former Guantanamo detainees (USA Today)

Returning Afghans Talk of Guantanamo (Washington Post)

British Guantanamo Terror Suspects Released Without Charge (ATSNN (?))

Men Held at Guantánamo Months After Deemed Innocent (New Standard News (?))

Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Complain of A Year Long Torture by US Military (globalpolicy.org (?))

And that was just on the first page.

Do I get my apology now?

"You're not going to get ANYWHERE arguing that individuals who have engaged in covert military action against the US aren't enemy combatants."

No, of course many of them were. However, the correct term for an opposing fighter taken prisoner in a war is "prisoner of war".

Classifying them as "enemy combatants" is a weak legal loophole designed solely to avoid the US's Human Rights obligations under the Geneva Convention.

"The "loophole" you describe has been used by other countries before"

As you said, name one.

You'll also not I'm not automatically assuming you're wrong, merely asking you to prove it. Because I don't know for sure you aren't.

This is careful and rational argument, and not just arrogantly assuming I'm automatically right. We try to do this where I'm from, although I know the US isn't big on it at the moment.

"and quite frankly, the people who are being detained violated the Geneva Conventions themselves by not clearly identifying themselves as combatants. When they did that they forfeited their protections."

I don't recall a passage or clause under the Geneva Accords that says you have to clearly identify yourself as a combatant, but if you show me an excerpt I'll concede this point.

Nevertheless, this is what a trial is for - to establish whether or not the person actually is guilty. If they're all denied a trial, how can the innocent ones be freed?

"C. If they're US citizens, then their first protection should be the CONSTITUTION, not some ridiculously weak loosley related aggreements between previously (and sometimes currently) warring countries."

How many of them are actually US citizens? As a member of "the rest of the world" (you guys remember that place, right?) you can do what you like with your own citizens, but as I recall most US-native citizens captured were dealt with quickly, and there were barely any of them. Likewise, citizens of other western powers had an expedited release or repatriation for judging in their own countries.

The remaining prisoners are mostly Afghani (or other nationalities that the US feels safe in upsetting), and they aren't going anywhere, not even to trial.

Oh, and the Geneva Convention rights aren't "weak" - they state explicitely what's allowed and what isn't. Humiliation, torture and unlawful imprisonment aren't allowed.

The only reason you think they're weak is because your government has (illegally and immorally) tried so damn hard to weasel out of them, and nobody else is big enough or brave enough to take on the biggest, most nuked-up, violent and paranoid bully in the world at the moment.

"You're a partisan shill. And the worst part

There is one planned for 2008 which should be able to do this.

You can also vaguely see the Apollo 15 landing site from the Clementine photos.

I have three good reasons why I got out of CS degree path.

#1 - Entry level jobs dried up in my area. You can't go to work without experience. I called around for internships in all the major cities. 2 Years minimum experience with BA/BS. This goes along the lines of "Hey, genius, if everyone required 2 years minimum experience, nobody would HAVE 2 years minimum experience."

#2 - Job Market Shift. I held a job with a large computer company. I won't name who, but let's just say they're firing about, oh, 14,500 of them. I worked along side guys with 5 years C++ experience, MSCE's, Cisco certifications, etc. What work did we do? We stood in a long line assembling computers... plugging in IDE cables into harddrives, popping in video cards, etc. for 12 hours a day standing in one spot. A monkey with a blindfold could have done it.

#3 - Outsourcing is intimidating. Some can argue the reality, but the perception is, to me at least, that outsourcing tech jobs to those willing to work at under $X an hour (X being a wage we'd normally expect) just kills it completely for me. Gates is Satan, don't doubt it. Of course he wants more foreign workers, because they'll work for less. They come from places where $5 an hour is like a pot of gold. Meanwhile, they're families are living like kings back home, because this guy will work for $9.50. That displaces American workers who fight for jobs where they don't run their own offshore cruise ship sweatshop... and eventually, it comes down the food chain to me, where I'm fighting with guys who have 10 years experience over me for little 4-6 month temp jobs coding Visual Basic apps for Joe's Hardware Imporium to track 5/8" bolts through the warehouse.

I got into CS to do innovative things, work with intelligent people, earn a respectable living, and be able to look back at meaningful accomplishments. Instead, it looks like a nightmare career field.

I'm currently out of school working in a job completely unrelated to computers. I have no plans to go back (only need 1 more year) for my BS in CS (cause it's seems litterally BS). The career I'd been planning for 20 years (long before all the dot-com BS) is no closer now than it was then for me.

Had I the chance to do it all over again, I might have gotten into specializing in game development. I hear they work like slaves too, but... they work.

Currently, I'm wondering how much they pay Semi Drivers.

i would've thought more of video d/ls.

http://www.atsnn.com/story/147960.html
http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2004 /11/04/bittorrent-accounts-for-35-of-all-internet- traffic/

bittorrent takes over 1/3 of all internet traffic, but music, even entire albums are around 100megs. videos (movies, animes, etc) often range from 700megs to several gigs.

has anyone done any research on what percentage of bittorrent traffic is video and what percentage is audio?

That is not in the realm of science fiction. Malaysian man's finger cut off so thieves can steal his car using fingerprint technology

Man, what a sad thing to hear (read) about. I've always had respect for Nobel Prize awards and those who get them.

But this does confirm what you just stated:

http://www.atsnn.com/story/86750.html

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/10/12/wa ngari_maathai_nobel_calls_aids_weapon_of_mass_dest ruction.htm

I'll definitely put less weight into the Nobel prizes after knowing this.

Goldman Sachs was right; a super-spike in oil prices to over US$100 bbl was not ony was possible but it has had far-reaching consequences for the economy and our culture.

After they signed an agreement with OnStar and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Google can now track private vehicles willing to be part of a car pool in this era of $5 gal gasoline. Registered users can offer or receive rides and collect or provide instantaneous electronic payments for their cost of the ride, minus a few percent for the new consortium.

See this or this more more information.

Also, buy the stock (ADSX) ;) Went up over 75% today, over 20% in afterhours, and they are saying this is just the beginning........

Also, buy MEDICAL SOFTWARE COMPANIES that embrace the technology............

See this about some clubs in Europe who are already using it to control VIP access and patrons payments for drinks.....

Then of course there's the whole "Walmart Effect" on RFID.

1. Anticipate the Apocalypse
2. ???
3. Profit!

PS. Once you make all that money, buy GOLD.

see this.

Also, note that even though this is a PrisonPlanet.com article, CNN quoted it today.

Also, note that I bought the stock (ADSX) and it went up 75% today !

Perhaps I can be of assistance here. I'm from Texas and nearly everything Bush is accused of doing nationally was originally documented locally, yet thoroughly ignored by the Associated Press during the 2000 election:

I do not like anyone who accuses someone else of anything, especially lying, without any sort of proof.

Houston Press article, circa 1997: Bush used insider trading to sell his share of the Texas Rangers at a huge profit. Different article, same year: Bush pressured the Houston City Council to illegally confiscate a family's land via eminent domain in order to seal a sports stadium deal ("Enron Field", now sporting a new name of course but still referred to by all the locals as Enron Field) before presenting the deal up for a public vote.

Different Houston Press article, circa 1998: Bush's education reform bill first pass was entirely unworkable. The version that was signed into law was the bipartisan work of the leaders (Bob Bolluck and ... I can't remember) of the two legislative bodies. Bush claimed sole credit anyway. Perhaps it worked out for the best with respect to the anti-Bush crowd: the reforms have failed miserably at improving high school graduation rates, and have actually forced more kids to dropout earlier. It became material for MoveOn.org's "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest. Doesn't help the kids much though.

I do not like anyone who feels there's *anything* self-righteous about enforcing numerous broken U.N. resolutions and freeing millions of enslaved people, as well as avenging the deaths of millions more.

Tangental but I have to respond. See "Rogue State" by William Blum: too many citations to list! The gist is that the USA is the most prominent breaker of UN resolutions and illegal supporter of the brutal regimes (including Hussein's) that have led directly to the death and enslavement of millions. However, while I agree that correcting the grievous wrongs (helping the Ba'ath Party take over in 1963, supporting Hussein throughout the 1980's with conventional, chemical and biological weapons, and allowing Hussein to (barely) retain his grip on power via the Food-For-Oil program) is the morally right thing to do, I'm hard-pressed to see the current Iraqi occupation as really being about paying for our sins. Virtually every non-US news source is carrying stories that show a far more cynical picture.

But that's neither here nor there, let's get back to Bush.

I do not like people make baseless accusations about someone they don't know.

Bush was born in Maine, grew up mostly in Texas, attended Yale, but generally stayed in Texas. His accent is probably genuine.

"I do not like unknowlegdable leaders who depend upon advisors to tell them what to do."

What kind of effective leader does not consult with his advisors? Answer: There is no such thing as an effective leader who doesn't consult with his advisors. You obviously have a lot to learn about leadership. Why do I know so much about it? Because I've spent years learning and practicing and honing leadership skills in the military.

The PP is almost certainly referring to Bush's overreliance on advisors. Bush is quoted in several AP articles as saying that he relies on his advisors so much that he feels it unnecessary to even read the newspaper or watch television news. He was genuinely shocked (sorry it's not an AP link, I lost that a while back) that members of Congress applauded when he bemoaned the PATRIOT Act's pending expiration during his State of the Union speech, just as he was rumored to be surprised to see people protesting him on his recent trip to Indonesia.

Furthermore, upon what grounds do you accuse Bush of having advisors that "tell him what to do"? I would love to see actual evidence that he does exactly what his advisors tell him to do.

The PP might be referring to the fact that in do

According to this March 10 story at the Above Top Secret News Network, it is not actually news:

Posted by: Throwaway
On: Wed March, 10 2004 @ 20:33 GMT
This is old news, folks. Just signed up to tell you that BBC is recycling news stories to fill column-inches. I'm sitting on site a few hundred yards from the beamline. LEP shut down a couple of years ago, and there's been no real news since then.

My group works exclusively on Higgs searches and more or less leads the effort here on experimental analysis in that direction. Sorry.

9% is nowhere near close enough. And the BBC story is wrong - Higgs doesn't really explain where the mass of all particles comes from. And "the God particle" is a stupid marketing ploy for funding agencies. There's a lot more to go. Higgs has been the fundamental theory hole, not pivot. If we get one, it'll round things off nicely.

Stay tuned for 2007-2008 (9?)

Very good, technical article making point that NASA is not altering colors on Mars (beyond normal minimal adjustments to generate color images, of course).

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(AXCH) 2004 Mars Exploration Rovers - News, Status, Technical Info, History.

All raw images are black and white - how do they transform them into RGB colour ?

Excellent question, which was answered at least twice in the last threads on the subject,

Anyway, this page is really the best at explaining how it's done, and how you can do it yourself IF the images are saturated evenly by a common reference point.

For example, I'm guessing that these 3 images can be made to resemble "human perceivable" colors quite easily.
this on from the L2 lens (Reddish)
this on from the L5 lens (greens)
this on from the L6 lens (blues)

Please note, that I am not all knowing in the matter, I just followed the explanation from the top linked page.

Murphy(c)