http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_li sts/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=1& vote=00205
Declares that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997 or thereafter which would: (1) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the Annex 1 Parties, unless the protocol or other agreement also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for Developing Country Parties within the same compliance period; or (2) result in serious harm to the U.S. economy.
GTA:VC is the second highest rated PC game of all time on Gamerankings and was released two years after the launch of XP. It is certainly better than most of the other console ports they selected.
Only the carbon released when the fuel is burned. You are omitting the carbon released from the diesel powered undercutter, furrow drill, combine, transportation of raw and refined materials as well as the petroleum-based fertilizer that is used.
Stating that Biodiesel has the potential to be close to carbon neural would be a more accurate statement at this point.
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/newsreleases/2005/AvgH oursMinutes92905.pdf
Nielsen Media Research reported today that the average American home watched more television the past TV season vs. any previous season. During the 2004-05 TV season (which started September 20, 2004 and just ended September 18, 2005), the average household in the U.S. tuned into television an average of 8 hours and 11 minutes per day.
Two or three shelves stacked face to face, end to end, so dense they could easily fill entire walls. PCs just don't seem to get the same level of attention it seems
Just look at their[EBGames] business model to see why. They want to sell you a used console game for $35 that someone just traded in for $5. The margins on PC games are a small fraction of this.
Whether you agree with the pro-gun lobby or not the fact remains that if you were a threat to the government and they found out, the special forces they sent in could brush you aside without the slightest amount of trouble. The FBI and ATF proved as much with their lightning-quick surgical strike in Waco./sarcasm
"Unlike a Tomahawk, it's unlikely you can install a GPS receiver in the "bullet" because of the high launch g-forces, so using terminal guidance is probably out."
The projectile that is fired DOES use GPS guidance. Look at slide 3 from this presentation from the Office of Naval Research.
Oh, and not to mention the fact that it was the Supreme Court that handed Bush the win in 2000, stopping a recount that we now know would have resulted in a Gore win. Is this an accurate statement?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_recount
The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, sponsored by a consortium of major U.S. news organizations, conducted a Florida Ballot Project comprehensive review of all ballots uncounted (by machine) in the Florida 2000 presidential election, both undervotes and overvotes, with the main research aim being to report how different ballot layouts correlate with voter mistakes.
The media companies involved were:
Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, St. Petersburg Times, The Palm Beach Post, The Washington Post, Tribune Company, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun
The recount also showed that the only way that Al Gore could have tallied more votes was by using counting methods that were never requested
The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study).
Nationally, two government studies have found PHEVs would result in large reductions even on the national grid (50% coal). The GREET 1.6 model in 2001 by the DOE's Argonne National Lab estimates hybrids reduce greenhouse gases by 22%, and plug-in hybrids by 36% (see table 2). An Argonne researcher reached consensus with researchers from other national labs, universities, the Air Resources Board, automakers, utilities and AD Little to estimate in July 2002 that PHEVs using nighttime power reduce greenhouse gases by 46 to 61 percent. This is summarized in slide 11 at the November 2003 presentation by EPRI. For more in the media on this, see also the May 2, 2005 followup to the April 11 Business Week story.
I know that the actual benefit is not nearly as much as the perceived benefit. How do you know that? Have you conducted detailed studies that contradict those from two Department of Energy labs, 4 universities, and the Air Resource Board?
Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will charge you less for it. Ask for it in any Starbucks and the barista will comply without batting an eye. The puzzle is to work out why.
The drink in question is the elusive "short cappuccino"--at 8 ounces, a third smaller than the smallest size on the official menu.....continues
Feel free to start backing up your HD DVD's whenever you feel the need.
Is it really cost-effective to do so at this point? HDDs seem to be at around $0.25/GB best case, so we are talking about $7+ per movie. That means 1/3 of your collection would have to be destroyed just to break even, assuming you value your time outside the office at $0/hr.
Maybe people are backing these up for other reasons such as skipping the 10 second FBI warning or saving the 20 seconds it takes to locate a disc and physically place it in the player?
I really don't see the utility, especially when giganews et al have 90 days retention now.
I'm yet to be convinced that second-hand smoke harms anybody, except perhaps workers at restaurants and bars who *choose* to work there despite the smoke, in which case I don't think the government should swoop in and "save" them from themselves.
You could make the same arguments about people who "choose" to work in buildings insulated with asbestos, or "choose" to raise their children in an apartment coated with lead paint. Do you support the government efforts to "save" people from themselves in these two cases?
In the next 6 months MS has the following exclusives: Crackdown, Forza Motorsport 2, Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, DDR Universe, Too Human, BioShock, Lost Planet, Bullet Witch, Shadowrun, Overlord, Culdcept Saga, Blue Dragon, Kane & Lynch.
Only 4 of those 14 are shooters, which is a good sign.
PS3 has Lair, SingStar, Mercenaries 2, Warhawk, UT2007.
Merc2 and UT2007 are heavily rumored to be under development for the 360 though.
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http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_l
They should get together with these guys and start charging:
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-74725021
GTA:VC is the second highest rated PC game of all time on Gamerankings and was released two years after the launch of XP. It is certainly better than most of the other console ports they selected.
"biodiesel is carbon neutral"
Only the carbon released when the fuel is burned. You are omitting the carbon released from the diesel powered undercutter, furrow drill, combine, transportation of raw and refined materials as well as the petroleum-based fertilizer that is used.
Stating that Biodiesel has the potential to be close to carbon neural would be a more accurate statement at this point.
"the original creator will care very much and object if someone posts their stuff and make money of their images."
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I believe the term is "Ebauming".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBaum's_World#Contro
Just look at their[EBGames] business model to see why. They want to sell you a used console game for $35 that someone just traded in for $5. The margins on PC games are a small fraction of this.
"Unlike a Tomahawk, it's unlikely you can install a GPS receiver in the "bullet" because of the high launch g-forces, so using terminal guidance is probably out."
n er/2006/04thursday/dandrea_inp_track.ppt
The projectile that is fired DOES use GPS guidance. Look at slide 3 from this presentation from the Office of Naval Research.
http://www.onr.navy.mil/about/conferences/rd_part
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_recount The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, sponsored by a consortium of major U.S. news organizations, conducted a Florida Ballot Project comprehensive review of all ballots uncounted (by machine) in the Florida 2000 presidential election, both undervotes and overvotes, with the main research aim being to report how different ballot layouts correlate with voter mistakes.
The media companies involved were:
Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, St. Petersburg Times, The Palm Beach Post, The Washington Post, Tribune Company, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun
The recount also showed that the only way that Al Gore could have tallied more votes was by using counting methods that were never requested
It is certainly no longer a supply issue as PS3s are sitting on shelves all over Japan.
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http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/ps3-sales-look-slugg
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/those-ps3s-sales-loo
I know that the actual benefit is not nearly as much as the perceived benefit. How do you know that? Have you conducted detailed studies that contradict those from two Department of Energy labs, 4 universities, and the Air Resource Board?
http://www.slate.com/id/2133754/ Starbucks Economics
Solving the mystery of the elusive "short" cappuccino.
Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will charge you less for it. Ask for it in any Starbucks and the barista will comply without batting an eye. The puzzle is to work out why.
The drink in question is the elusive "short cappuccino"--at 8 ounces, a third smaller than the smallest size on the official menu...
The page is 1.32MB and will probably end up linked at Digg and other large aggregator sites as well.
Here are the images from NASA and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/cvl/homereef/homere
Mirror: http://www.ulb.ac.be.nyud.net:8080/sciences/cvl/h
Is it really cost-effective to do so at this point? HDDs seem to be at around $0.25/GB best case, so we are talking about $7+ per movie. That means 1/3 of your collection would have to be destroyed just to break even, assuming you value your time outside the office at $0/hr.
Maybe people are backing these up for other reasons such as skipping the 10 second FBI warning or saving the 20 seconds it takes to locate a disc and physically place it in the player?
I really don't see the utility, especially when giganews et al have 90 days retention now.
You could make the same arguments about people who "choose" to work in buildings insulated with asbestos, or "choose" to raise their children in an apartment coated with lead paint. Do you support the government efforts to "save" people from themselves in these two cases?
In the next 6 months MS has the following exclusives: Crackdown, Forza Motorsport 2, Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, DDR Universe, Too Human, BioShock, Lost Planet, Bullet Witch, Shadowrun, Overlord, Culdcept Saga, Blue Dragon, Kane & Lynch. Only 4 of those 14 are shooters, which is a good sign. PS3 has Lair, SingStar, Mercenaries 2, Warhawk, UT2007. Merc2 and UT2007 are heavily rumored to be under development for the 360 though.
Microsoft received permission for Forza which was released almost 2 years ago and included 42 manufacturers. http://www.forzastudios.com/features/cars/