My older brother bought Jutland in 1993 for a whopping $70 based on the unassailable logic that "if it costs that much, it must really be good." Adjusted to 2006 numbers, that's $97.06.
This memory black hole is essentially the problem of the older crowd: 48 percent of those who did not know were between the ages of 55 and 64, and 47 percent were older than 65, according to the poll.
This obviously has nothing to do with short attention span. On second thought, since this passage came at the end of the (one page) article, maybe a short attention span is to blame.
The Democrats should at a minimum cancel Bush's state of the union address. There is no constitutional requirement for the state of the union to be a speech. Deny him the trappings of office. Cancel funding for the Veeps office and airforce one while they are at it.
And after that, they should throw themselves on the ground, flailing and screaming. If that doesn't work, they should threaten to hold their breath until Bush apologizes and puts Libby back in prison.
Seriously though, what's the point? Libby would remain free and the Dems would come off looking like douchebags. There is a presidential election coming up, and the electorate doesn't like partisan politics. Libby's commutation will be a valuable talking point: "The Republicans, who think they are above the law..."
The Executive's power to pardon is an important check on the power of the Judiciary, but it's notoriously easy to abuse. In the end, the responsibility lies with the voters to punish the Executive by voting their party out.
I agree with you about the silliness of having a first-woman-in-space accolade, but sports are a different matter. Men and women have very different physiology after puberty and to pretend otherwise is fatuous. Granted, there are physiological characteristics that keep, say, (ethnic) Jews out of the NBA, but that's a very specific instance where height is at a premium. There are plenty of Jewish footballers who can compete at a world-class level.
Ending the gender-based segregation of sports would eliminate women's sports, and add little to the overall competition. They simply wouldn't be able to compete. With all due respect to Billy Jean King, Bobby Riggs was 55 when she beat him. She certainly wouldn't have fared as well against Jimmy Connors or Bjorn Borg?
That being said, I should reiterate my agreement that gender-based or race-based accolades are usually quite asinine. I saw a poster a while back announcing a lecture by Anousheh Ansari, the "first female space tourist."
Apple has cultivated its brand through sleek products and sexy advertising. The first major MP3 player (ignoring the obscure MPMan) was the Diamond Rio, which looked alright... until the iPod came out. Don't underestimate the importance of style when it comes to selling consumer electronics.
FTFA:
Netscape has released the first beta of Netscape 9, based on Firefox. This release includes URL correction, compatibility with Firefox 2 extensions, a "mini browser" sidebar, and integrates Netscape.com sitemail. It makes me sad to see this once-great brand dragged through so many different flavors of me-too mud. Does anyone actually want this?
From what I remember, the ST transporters were basically "matter transporters": they disassembled matter, arranged it into a stream (sorta like a particle beam), and somehow reassembled it remotely. Wonkavision!
is to give each player their own space and let them custimize it how they want. They can put pictures of their avatar, some fascinating facts about themselves, and maybe have their favorite song playing. They could even link to other players' spaces. I'm not sure what they'd call it, though.
If the MP3s are coming straight from the record label, maybe they could be encoded straight from the master mix, rather than a down-sampled 24-bit, 44.1kHz CD. My understanding is that CDs go up to 20 kHz (which is pretty close to the highest pitch humans can hear), but that the bit-depth is somewhat course at that range.
Is there an audio engineer around who can explain if there's much to be gained this way?
If you are implying that Toyota and Honda were exploiting the mileage test, you're off-base and should RTFA. It was the American hybrids whose ratings went down the most.
It's important to have accurate mileage ratings on cars, and it's hard to understand how the EPA could be so bad at it. Why do they try to estimate instead of just sampling?
Here's a simple approach: When a car comes in for an oil change, read the mileage rating stored inthe on-board computer and upload it to an EPA database. Problem solved.
Seems to me that as shootings get more prevalent it might be a good idea to have drills to limit deaths from mass panic.
Except they aren't becoming more prevalent. Worldwide, there have been around 5 shootings per year, and the number appears to be holding steady, at least for the last decade. I know that's not a very long record to plot a trend, but it's better than nothing.
Gruesome group deaths, when perpetrated by a person, have a huge psychological impact on the general public. The level of fear is vastly disproportionate to the actual threat. 24-hour news outlets intensify this fear by exaggerating the threat. I'm not saying that preparation is a bad thing, but there's no reason to scare people in the process.
From Media Rights Techonologies' website:
X1 provides the root source of copy protection. However sophisticated the upstream DRM systems used to govern the use of content are, none are able to control what happens between the rendering device and the sound card - what might be called "the digital hole". The X1 technology provides the governance mechanism for the digital hole and thus underpins the entire rights management structure. They also want control over your "digital hole". Where do I sign up?
Why do you assume they are lying about the evolution aspect of this game? They put out videos like a year ago that showed how you can choose where the body parts go, how many there are, what they are, etc, and the computer will calculate how the animal moves. This sounds more like Intelligent Design than evolution. Actually, now that I think about it, ID and evolution aren't mutually exclusive. ID and natural selection, however, are definitely mutex. I suppose a game in which your creatures evolved by natural selection would be more of a movie since it would require no participation (except the tweaking of universal constants, perhaps). And it would take forever.
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...the Viking spacecraft shows a human with his hand raised in a freindly gesture. Yeah, but is it a wave or a high-five?Shoulda saved my mod points for you, buddy.
My older brother bought Jutland in 1993 for a whopping $70 based on the unassailable logic that "if it costs that much, it must really be good." Adjusted to 2006 numbers, that's $97.06.
Also, the game was... not good.
That's a good point, but assumes Dumbledore is infallible.
4 seconds would actually be a pretty long hang time for a thrown object, unless you're counting the Rollie Fingers windup. :)
And after that, they should throw themselves on the ground, flailing and screaming. If that doesn't work, they should threaten to hold their breath until Bush apologizes and puts Libby back in prison.
Seriously though, what's the point? Libby would remain free and the Dems would come off looking like douchebags. There is a presidential election coming up, and the electorate doesn't like partisan politics. Libby's commutation will be a valuable talking point: "The Republicans, who think they are above the law..."
The Executive's power to pardon is an important check on the power of the Judiciary, but it's notoriously easy to abuse. In the end, the responsibility lies with the voters to punish the Executive by voting their party out.
... PWNT!
Pull them back, let them go, and... BOEINNNNG!
Does your sig apply here or was this one intentional?
I agree with you about the silliness of having a first-woman-in-space accolade, but sports are a different matter. Men and women have very different physiology after puberty and to pretend otherwise is fatuous. Granted, there are physiological characteristics that keep, say, (ethnic) Jews out of the NBA, but that's a very specific instance where height is at a premium. There are plenty of Jewish footballers who can compete at a world-class level.
Ending the gender-based segregation of sports would eliminate women's sports, and add little to the overall competition. They simply wouldn't be able to compete. With all due respect to Billy Jean King, Bobby Riggs was 55 when she beat him. She certainly wouldn't have fared as well against Jimmy Connors or Bjorn Borg?
That being said, I should reiterate my agreement that gender-based or race-based accolades are usually quite asinine. I saw a poster a while back announcing a lecture by Anousheh Ansari, the "first female space tourist."
Apple has cultivated its brand through sleek products and sexy advertising. The first major MP3 player (ignoring the obscure MPMan) was the Diamond Rio, which looked alright... until the iPod came out. Don't underestimate the importance of style when it comes to selling consumer electronics.
...but you won't ever hear me say something silly like "your humour doesn't count". What about puns? Can we agree that puns are unfunny?is to give each player their own space and let them custimize it how they want. They can put pictures of their avatar, some fascinating facts about themselves, and maybe have their favorite song playing. They could even link to other players' spaces. I'm not sure what they'd call it, though.
If the MP3s are coming straight from the record label, maybe they could be encoded straight from the master mix, rather than a down-sampled 24-bit, 44.1kHz CD. My understanding is that CDs go up to 20 kHz (which is pretty close to the highest pitch humans can hear), but that the bit-depth is somewhat course at that range.
Is there an audio engineer around who can explain if there's much to be gained this way?
If you are implying that Toyota and Honda were exploiting the mileage test, you're off-base and should RTFA. It was the American hybrids whose ratings went down the most.
That's the key to getting good mileage in any car, hybrid or otherwise.
It's important to have accurate mileage ratings on cars, and it's hard to understand how the EPA could be so bad at it. Why do they try to estimate instead of just sampling?
Here's a simple approach: When a car comes in for an oil change, read the mileage rating stored inthe on-board computer and upload it to an EPA database. Problem solved.
Except they aren't becoming more prevalent. Worldwide, there have been around 5 shootings per year, and the number appears to be holding steady, at least for the last decade. I know that's not a very long record to plot a trend, but it's better than nothing.
Gruesome group deaths, when perpetrated by a person, have a huge psychological impact on the general public. The level of fear is vastly disproportionate to the actual threat. 24-hour news outlets intensify this fear by exaggerating the threat. I'm not saying that preparation is a bad thing, but there's no reason to scare people in the process.
I made a post a few days ago that started out at a base level of 1, then went to 0 as the first mod came in "overrated".