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And this is based on what facts and years of experience in economics? How about all the republicans who have voiced opposition to the tax cuts or allen greenspan's recommendation the tax cut is foolish and inappropriate given the current economic conditions. Does the president really think he knows better than 100's of experts who collectively have several hundreds years of experience with economics. For god sake, read both sides of the story and think for yourself. How about article by business week, usa today, capitalist mag, abc news, or washington times. there are articles for and against the tax cuts. Tax cuts are only good when spending is kept in check as others have stated. Trickle down economics doesn't work as the 80's proved. Finding a good balance is tough, and luckily the president has to convince the senate and congress.

If you want them to learn about computers you can always try Robocode. While it is a pay site, for my nephews I like Disney Blast. However, for best results I would sugest either (1) finding out what these kids are in to, and focus on find links to that or (2) Finding links to things YOU really like and sharing them with your cousins, along with the excitement and intrest that goes with it.

I don't know much about Disney.com's Toon Town, but my little siblings are on that frequently.

I also agree that Nick Jr, or Nick/Nickelodeon is popular too for the pre/low-teen crowd.

The DirecTivo doesn't have an MPEG compressor. It records streams right off the satellite feed. It would be a more expensive unit with all the DirecTV crap AND an analog tuner. Also, the service is from DirecTV, not Tivo, so if they go under, your combo box is useless. (Well, not totally, you can probably rip the drives out and use them for something.)

Plus, you really think that Murdoch bought Directv for $6.6B last week just to watch it wither and die?

Your arguments against buying it don't hold water. Go ahead and buy one.

"But just when we thought this scene had quieted down, along came the folks from Sony Online, the corporate father of EverQuest, to fire it back up again. Inspired by Week in Review's coverage, the Sony people invited Schilling and Glanville to battle each other last week in an official Event, with actual witnesses.

So the next thing we knew, Glanville reported to Week in Review he'd just finished "mopping the floor" with Schilling on the computerized battlefield, with an assist from Phillies catcher Todd Pratt, whom he'd invited along.

Sounded simple enough -- until Schilling's version was a slightly different: 'Doug got the beating he deserved.' According to Schilling, Glanville induced him into a battle with Pratt -- and only then 'backstabbed me like the true, leaf-eating wuss he is.'

There was something in there about how Glanville did later beat him one-on-one. But that, Schilling alibied, was due to a 'computer glitch.'"

The drug is Modafinil, and is sold under the name Provigil.

This report is from Dec. 3 (doesn't say what year, I'd imagine 2002), and it discusses the military uses. It warns that we might be messing with something we don't fully understand (like the effects on the endocrine system), but I for one would love to try this out.

Hate to break it to you, but Disney slapped its name on Spirited Away, thus making it a "Disney" film in the eyes of the critics and the Academy. I guess animated films can't get any Hollywood cred without the Disney seal of approval.

We never annihilate cultures that we just can't deal with (Native Americans, yeah they're much more powerful rich and happy).

We never FORCE people who don't want to be in this country to remain in this country (Civil War anyone? Oh yeah, it was all about slavery. Ask Martin Luther King Jr if slavery ended in 1863).

We never imprison people without a trial just because we're afraid they might disagree with our government (Japanese imprisonment in WWII).

We never persecute communists, or people who associate with communists. (McCarthyism?)

We never consider terrorizing our own citizens to justify conquering another country ( Operation Northwoods?)

We never do anything like
brainwash children to fight our enemies and believe that women are second-class citizens (What kind of freedom is this?)

We never allow the Taliban to take over Afghanistan in the first place (Read what Rohrabacher has to say).

We never sacrifice our WONDERFUL FREEDOM at a whim (Patriot Act).

We never imprison people without a trial just because we're afraid they might disagree with our government (Maher Hawash)

I don't know if it makes us imperialist, but it makes me less happy.

So... pay the debt faster? Sounds like a good idea, right? Which part? The government 'trust funds'? Debts held by the public? T-bills? Notes? Bonds? Learn economics, 'um' boy. An interesting article to start with is here. The debt is a phantom used by both parties to bash eash other. While it could spiral out of control, there is no evidence that this is even a remote possibility right now -- and all economic indicators suggest that it would severely hurt the economy and hamstring our ability to fight down-turns, recessions and depressions.

And where did you learn your RECENT history? I got my tax rebate check WELL before 9-11. You saying that it's a vast government conspiracy and they KNEW the attacks were coming since the 1970s?

how it's a monopoly (which, it isn't)

For the record, Mozilla handles ESPN's website much better than Opera does. The scoreboard pages are a good example - note the text color which is black instead of white for the game headers. Granted the site is crafted for IE and only bears a passive resemblance to html, but its a pain when I want to know when a game starts, as Opera is browser of choice.

There was "Mighty Joe Young" from Disney not too many years ago. Similar enough, both in the original and the Disney remake, to "King Kong" to call it a re-interpretation of that classic.

A year before that, the kids had "Buddy" with special effects from Jim Henson's Workshop, and ten years before that, "Gorillas in the Mist". If you're counting gorillas in general, you may as well throw in Disney's 1999 "Tarzan" as well.

King Kong has been done to death; gorillas-as-victim-of-man's-inhumanity is a recurring theme in Hollywood. It'll be interesting to see how people react to a Jackson/Weta take on the original.

Young women should avoid setting this bit to evil if they are using an Apple computer!

One young teenager apparently set this bit and immediately fell into a coma. Her family's only warning that this had happened was when seven dwarves burst into the house and carried her off in a glass coffin.

Her parents were visibly upset.

"They seemed quite chipper while they carried our daughter off," cried the teen's mother. "They were whistling quite enthusiastically while they worked."

Police are investigating the incident. Representatives from Disney have already contacted the family for the movie rights.

Oops, as I RTFA, I see that this particular fungus wasn't discovered until 2001. I'm pretty sure the episode you're talking about was from before this. It must have been based on previous reports of biggest-organism-title-holding fungi like this[abcnews] one, which sites a monster fungus known about as far back as 1992.

It's already available for civilian use. Though, as you can tell if you read the link, not all uses are so great.

This technology has great potential for good things, as well as potential for lots of privacy rights violations. Obviously the technology should not be outlawed, but most certainly conduct should be monitored, and it should be easy for victims to take action against violators of their privacy.

already done

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/GoodMorningAmer ica/GMA010807Xray_cameras_hunter.html

Also.. this technology seems very far away since the FAA won't allow planes with synthetic vision to get into worse weather than they currently can... FAA are movers and shakers... when they move on the product then you will see some action.

...Ignoring all the anti-american bullshit in your message...

OK...!!?? I think there is a misunderstood here and your attack really pissed me off..

This wasn't anti-american but simply stating the fact that the American army is the most technological advance fighting force in human history. Take a look at The Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW) for yourself and tell me that this is not the weapon of "The Predator" (from the 1987 movie of the same name). ;)

If you think that I was referring to the fact that the Predator in the movie is a cold blooded barbarian assassin then I want state that even if I think that the real marines are technologically closer to the alien in the movie Predator, Sadam and is troops are the cold blooded barbarian assassins.

For the parallel with OGC in counter-strike just look the results of the battle of Najaf. Iraqis dead 1000, Alliance troops dead 0. I think it is obvious that the Iraqis are doomed and can't win. Like if you play a game in counter-strike against a team that use OGC it is obvious that you are doomed and can't win.

So now that this is clear do someone else want to report me to John Poindexter at the Information Awareness Office or why not just call me a terrorist because I use P2P?

Use the flash app to enter picks in ESPN's sweet 16 pool

Very slick.

We are using java for yet another web app at my current contract and I must say that after a few weeks of swing UI programming I'm dying to try something new.

Well, maybe they want to make sure that no controversial infomation reaches the public.

An Example: Operation Northwoods

Expect now all sorts of rumor and innuendo to be included, such as results of police activity spying on lawful political groups.

What does marital fidelity have to do with the job of President of the United States? What business is it of yours (or Ken Starr's) who Clinton sleeps with? Wasn't Newt Gingrich sleeping with a House of Representatives employee at the same time that he was preaching "family values"? Mr. Family values was twice divorced the last time I read about him. And his successor-to-be, Bob Livingston, resigned after word of his affair leaked out. And let us not forget Henry Hyde, who headed up the Clinton Tribunal, and who also had an affair with a married woman, destroying her marriage.

As to the "honesty" issue, I'm sure that Clinton is not the first man alive to ever lie about having an affair.

I'd much rather have a President whose idea of "getting some on the side" does not involve massive campaign donations from Enron and who does not think "Kenneth" every time he hears the word "lay."

After their latest homepage update I finally had enough. All my ESPN bookmarks now point to http://lite.espn.go.com. No Flash, no ads, no MS crap off to the right, just the content. You can always click on the big ESPN logo at the top to access the bloated homepage if you feel the need.

For those who didn't watch: Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Treasure Planet.

I can only claim to have seen two of these, but I think I can say that "Lilo & Stitch" was the only worthwhile competition in this category. Still, it should rightly be considered remarkable that a dubbed foreign film won in this category, especially since Disney put almost no effort into promoting this film when it was released.

And on that note, it looks like Miyazaki's film "Castle in the Sky" will be released in the US on DVD at the same time as "Spirited Away", both of which should get a lot more attention from Disney now than they did last calendar year. Hey, whatever works....

For those who didn't watch: Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Treasure Planet.

I can only claim to have seen two of these, but I think I can say that "Lilo & Stitch" was the only worthwhile competition in this category. Still, it should rightly be considered remarkable that a dubbed foreign film won in this category, especially since Disney put almost no effort into promoting this film when it was released.

And on that note, it looks like Miyazaki's film "Castle in the Sky" will be released in the US on DVD at the same time as "Spirited Away", both of which should get a lot more attention from Disney now than they did last calendar year. Hey, whatever works....

I've copied the chat below in case the URL above is temporary.

Welcome to ESPN.com's moderated chat room. On Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET, former Iraqi volleyball star Issam Thamer al-Diwan will take your questions as U.S. troops move into his southern Iraq hometown of An Nasiriya. In an ESPN.com report in December, Thamer described being tortured twice as an athlete on orders of Uday Hussein, president of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee.

The second time he was tortured was in 1990, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Thamer says he refused Uday's order to go to Kuwait and steal that nation's sports equipment, and was thrown in prison. There, his ankles were shackled to the wall and his wrists were tied together with rope and extended to the ceiling. He was forced to stay in the standing position for three days, as part of a three-month prison sentence.

"A decade later, I am reminded daily of the abuse I endured," Thamer wrote in a first-person account on ESPN.com. "Two of the vertebrae in my neck are permanently damaged from my body staying in that position so long -- as you can tell from my hunched posture. Doctors say I need an artificial knee, but that, at age 45, I'm still 10 years too young to qualify. My ankles are bloated and scarred from the iron shackles, so I try not to stand for more than 15 minutes at a time. I take pills to relieve my aches and see psychiatrists to heal my mind, even today."

Thamer, who now lives outside San Diego, is awaiting a call from the Pentagon to go to Iraq and serve as a translator for the U.S. troops. In the past week he was in Washington, all set to fly to Kuwait, but then was told to go back to San Diego and wait. He was one the Iraqi citizens -- including many athletes -- who was part of the 1991 Iraqi uprising, and he wants to go back to help.

Issam Thamer al-Diwan will take your questions at 5:30 p.m. ET, but feel free to send us your questions now and we will hold them for his arrival.

For a list of upcoming ESPN.com chat guests, visit SportsNation.

Moderator Tom Farrey: (5:31 PM ET ) Issam is here. Feel free to send your questions.

Clyde from Cheyenne, Wyoming: Thamer, I appreciate you spending time answering our questions. I have three questions for you. First, public sentiment in Iraq is a mystery. I wonder how many of the Iraqi people are in favor of removing current regime in their country. A second question is whether you believe Iraq can function as a unified country after the war in light of the different factions in the region. Finally, I would like to know what is your vision of the future of Iraq.

Issam Thamer al-Diwan: (5:40 PM ET ) All the Iraqi people have to accept the groups that work with Saddam. But 95 percent of the people want him out. Just watch the TV. You're seeing the first city falling now under the American troops' control. The people are kissing their shoes and tearing down the pictures of Saddam. We'll continue to see this over the next couple weeks. Regarding your second question, this is a very important question. We live together with different beliefs for a long time. Then Saddam came, and all of a sudden we're hearing much more about the differences between the groups. We'll be together. We are Iraqis first, and we'll be able to rebuild our country together. As for your third question, this has been a bad dream for 36 years -- since Saddam came. Saddam left a very bad memory. But I think the Iraqis outside Iraq -- and there are 4 or 5 million of us -- a lot of us will go back to Iraq, and we will work hard to make sure that there is democracy in Iraq. We've learned about this from living in countries like the U.S. This is our dream, and we will be living our dreams shortly.

Paul (Newport,RI): Issam, I respect the

Just a minor correction. The basketball player's name is not "Rick." but Steve Nash.

Perhaps you have a credible source that claims the numbers are lower?

like this, this, this, or this.

These kinds of attitudes, if not confronted, really could develop into something similar. Yes, America is different, but it's terrifying to see how many people are willing to give up critical rights (and critical thinking) just to drop their odds of getting hurt by terrorists from 0.005% to 0.004%.

According to a recent article in Newsweek, Ashcroft really considered widespread suspension of habeas corpus.

Against a background where 80% of Brits are against the war and only 40% of Americans are - I sure hope the US appreciates that!

Absolutely we do. The Brits have been our staunchest allies, and its a testament to your Prime Minister's integrity that he ignored the hype and went with what he believed was the right decision.

And FYI, approximately 70+% of Americans support this war. Don't take Slashdot posters as an accurate Sampling of the American public!

ABC News

Whether they want to call it "shock and awe" is up to them, but the actual 'bomb the crap out of them' part of the war is underway.

Tangential to the question, but for the very latest news feeds I surf over to ABC News' Off The Wire [World] page. This consists of constantly updated raw wire feeds from AP and Reuters. Quite impressive.

If anyone knows of similar services, please let us know.

'That bad man is threatening our safety and so our good president [who is the paternal image for our country], is going to protect us," she added.
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By assuring children that the war is not happening in their neighborhood, parents can help them feel safe.
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Whether they disagree with it or not, if war proves to be imminent, they [parents] should be sure to explain there is a positive side to the war effort.

'That bad man is threatening our safety and so our good president [who is the paternal image for our country], is going to protect us," she added.
...
By assuring children that the war is not happening in their neighborhood, parents can help them feel safe.
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Whether they disagree with it or not, if war proves to be imminent, they [parents] should be sure to explain there is a positive side to the war effort.

Here's one article on it.

a similar (same?) concept is already up n running in NY @ the Remote Lounge

from the article: Controlled Entropy Ventures is seeking investors to expand the lounge into different markets. The company says it expects to expand overseas in London.

i dunno about the wi-fi stuff tho. if this is the same company it may be jumping the gun a bit. afterall, the press love buzzwords like that.

Obviously they aren't beachballs, they are SpaceBalls!

that is until you start talking subliminal messaging, which is a whole other issue.

No its not. It doesn't work. It's a hoax. All that stuff about `drink coke`, `eat popcorn` flashing up and inspiring people to consume...it just wasn't true.

It should acknowledge the free software movement as a part of our community, and acknowledge Microsoft as its adversary.

Not only is this a repost, but the date smack at the top of the ABC News article says Dec 27.

Maybe it should be called Olds for Nerds. Stuff that mattered.

Myself, I'm not sure I'd take the word of a sportswriter.

Let's see: sport, self-defense, revolution against an oppressive government. Those are three good ones. Go study a little history. Without citizen-owned guns in the hands of Minutemen we wouldn't have a U.S.A. Same applies to many other countries.

How are these good reasons to own a gun? Because it's fun? My neighbors dog was accidentally shot by some guy hunting for sport. People get injured in hunting accidents all of the time. Why was some guys fun worth a person or even a dogs life? As far as needing to own guns in the US, the point of the guns was to help us set up a government where the guns no longer needed to be used. I'm not saying that in countries with oppressive regimes guns should be outlawed. I'm saying that once the country completes its revolution and is firmly governed by the rule of law, guns pose more a threat to the residents than a defense to outside invasion or way of motivating the government.

I'd rather have more decent people with guns so that they outnumber the criminals with guns. Then criminals would think twice about using their gun.

Think about it though, if no one had guns this wouldn't even be an issue. If what your saying is that right, now criminals don't think twice about using their guns that is all the more reason to improve gun control.

But your point is moot, because if someone wants to kill someone, they will do it, whether they do it with a legitimately-obtained gun, a stolen gun, a black market gun, a homemade gun, or a knife.

You tell me to go look up facts and yet you say something like that with no proof to back it up. People do things because it's convenient . A gun makes killing more convenient. If you couldn't buy sniper rifles would we have to deal with the whole Washington D.C. sniper or not? If it was some guy who had to run up to you and stab you it is a lot less likely that he would have gotten away or not been identified. How about drive-by shootings? I don't know how many times I've read articles about people being killed in their homes or on the street due to stray bullets from drive-by shootings. That wouldn't happen if the person had a knife. How about Columbine, could those kids have walked into the school and killed 13 other people if they didn't have guns? We all know they couldn't have.

You make up "facts" to try to support your already unfounded argument.

I'm sorry I didn't feel like wasting time looking up obvious facts but if you want me to here they are: here, here, here, and here.

For "gun" you could substitute "car," "computer," "house," "baseball bat," and a billion other things. Remember what happens when you assume. A piano could possibly fall on your head tomorrow. Does that make it a valid point?

Obviously you're right and I'm just a complete idiot. Wait, a second, I'm having an idea . . . a car, a computer, and a baseball bat can't fire rounds of ammunition into people. That makes them slightly safer than the average gun.

Owning a gun is a pointless risk. Our government generally does what it can to eliminate pointless risks. Our cars all have chips in them that make them top out at 155 MPH, medication has safety caps, and cigarettes are illegal until you turn 18. As I said before, I don't need a gun to defend myself and I certainly don't want to trust that everyone else who buys a gun to be responsible enough to not kill someone or themselves with it. There is more than one way to the problem of gun related violence and deat (like social programs) but it seems like the most obvious and easy thing to try first would be to reduce the number of guns that exist in this country. It may not be the permanent solution to stopping murders in this country but it would certainly be a decent start.

Ok try this link.

Now tell me again why pilots are overpaid?

Ok, try this one on.

1. They spend on average 8 hours a week with your kids, daily. Most parents spend about that time as well, or less.
2. Your kids really trust them and the information they are given by them. They get in trouble when they don't.
3. Your kids look up to them and try to behave like them.
4. Like it or not, your kids will learn morality from them, as well as you.

Considering that your kids (and mine) are the future of this world, would you feel comfortable paying their teachers a pilot's salary or teacher's salary? Mind you, too many mistakes by the adults in your kids lives can cause your kids to go throwing bombs and shooting up the school and stuff. Don't believe me? Read this

yeah, I know. That's just reactionary crap I just said. Fuck it. :)

I agree to a point. What I will add is that it seems that a website which is publicly accessible is not always a public area. The concept of having terms of use on a website implies that by not following the terms they are trespassing.

I'm not sure if its correct but I will compare it to the recent case of people being kicked out of a mall for wearing war protest t-shirts which mall officials found offensive. The basic idea being that even though the anyone can enter the mall without a membership card, by doing so they automatically submit themselves to the rules which are set down by the property owners. If they refuse to cooperate with those rules they may be removed from the premises or, if they resist, charged with trespassing.

If it is found that a website can enforce similar rules, then copyright is not the major issue. The website itself could be considered a private area even though the "public" can go there and they are obligated to follow the rules laid out.

As someone who builds as many sites as I visit, I would hope that this is the case. As far as copyrights are concerned, I think that the airline should be able to control the publication of its schedules and prices as well, but the broader implications of website terms of use seams more important to me.

gah, i was too busy comparing font sizes that i didn't even notice the numbers not being there, heh....you're right

incidentally, opera is all that renders This page that i go to constantly correctly....mozilla/konq can either do the correct stylesheet (depending on how they identify themselves) or the correct layout...not both...
Here's a link to comments i posted about this on another discussion...

No, Remains Are Chandra Levy's from ABC News.

There is evidence that shows dairy is unhealthy. There is no evidence showing that it *is* healthy. Find it. Marketing isn't evidence.
Well, there seems to be many people who have provided evidence, compared to the propaganda that the vegan/animal rights groups put forward. EXACTLY what I said in my original statement, that there is propaganda from both sides of the fence. It's funny how your beliefs influence what you consider marketing/propaganda, while the rest of us hear the marketspeak you use (remember, PETA has to get money from somebody too) and giggle at you parroting information provided by groups with a conflict of interest in the matters at hand.

Value is completely wrapped up in efficiency when it comes down to what is best for society.
What an empty statement! Of course lots of things apply when you want to get into hypothetical situations about what is best for society, but society rarely does the smartest thing. Maybe in fantasy-land decisions are based on environmental reasons alone, but here in the real world value, whether real or imagined, is dictated by market forces and the parties who purchase/manufacture the product. If value and efficiency where completely intertwined, nobody would buy diamonds, wood fuel would be banned, soy plots would be outlawed, etc.

Get off my back about being rude.
Why? You have a history of comments on this story alone where you are condescending and arrogant, which frustrates debate because most of your opinions are just that, with no proof. Let's look through some of your greatest hits for this thread:

you are the type who doesn't care about the survival of his or her own species

Compare the definition of redundant with the number of times this joke showed up, and you might be able to answer your own question

So since you just blabber on and don't have a clue, just stfu.

I don't drink or eat cows. Yet I still eat... amazing eh?

So here it is in what I hope is easier English for you to understand

I could go on and on where you have been rude and condescending. I never said it was to me, but by the time I wanted to reply to one of your misinformed posts I had heard enough of your attitude.

Again, your last two points go hand in hand. Firstly, your comprehension sucks. After your third attempt, you still don't realise what is being said, so i'm not going to waste any more time on dumbing it down for you. Secondly, it got personal when you've spent half the thread arguing like a prat (while completely missing the point of what people are saying) without any facts, just pushing your left-wing militant vegan propaganda bullshit onto anyone who may see things differently to your twisted world perspective. And even worse, when you COMPLETELY misunderstand where the arguments are going, people have tried to clarify this information for you while being considerate of your feelings and not trying to embarass you, yet you still miss the point and become argumentative and arrogant. I don't hold anything against you, and it is nothing personal, but if you read back through all of your comments on this thread and what people have replied it becomes quite clear that you run off half-cocked without actually reading the statements being made, you start pushing your personal preferences onto others and then have the audacity to insinuate that we are morons for not subscribing to your lifestyle choices. That is antisocial. Now, i've got some work to do, so I think this should be the end of the discussion, it's been lovely chatting.

Mmmm. Do they? Now?

In times past they were known for using temporary staffing companies to hire most of their non-programmer, non-executive employees. The temp employees most certainly did not enjoy the same priveleges.

Oh, except where I read that particularly good-looking secretarial staff did receive invitations to the volleyball games with highly paid, overworked programmers.

There was a lawsuit about this issue, although I'm not sure what the terms of the settlement ended up producing.

A career with a MS is properly described by words like "genuine, care, fulfulling". Maybe in the early to mid 1980s there were some elements of that.

These days, it's a chance to work with some very bright people desperately waiting to become fully vested while MSFT is starting to asymptote because of market saturation by the Borg.

OK, so we'll debate whether Pluto's a planet or not. But we know that Pluto is Mickey's dog. My question is, what is Goofy? A wolf? A dog? Certainly not a planet!

Alone in it's orbit, it's moons orbits it

isn't too far out