In most primate cultures, old females still help with rearing the young. There is a hypothesis that this is the reason that females live longer than males - an old male is useless as a 'hunter' while an old femail is moderatly usefull as a child raiser.
This is also related to the proposed evolutionary reasoning for menopause. Older females who can still reproduce act as competitors against their offspring for resources and food; older females who lose the ability to reproduce can help with the rasing of the grandchildren.
At the time, I checked out DalNet and a couple of others that use nick/chanserv, but for one reason or another didn't like them (I mean, what the hell kinda name is DalNet?).
An old-ish saying from an EFnet channel I frequent: "DalNet is like the Special Olympics of IRC. A lot of drooling, and everyone is a 'winner'."
Finished Metal Gear (on normal, plan to go back for more) last week. Could have done with more game time, less cinematics time. Everything looked neat, but at the end I wanted more. Also, having to listen to Raiden and his girlfriend go through a counseling session everytime I wanted to save the game got tiring almost immediately.
Penny Arcade pretty much sums up the plot here. Best to not think about it.
Asked about Clarke's disklike of the national ID card plan, Ellison was quoted as saying, "Ok, so no ID cards. How about every citizen is required to purchase an Oracle Database Enterprise license? C'mon, folks, I get to make money off of this somehow, right?"
Earlier this year, Marvel Comics, in the past one of the Comics Code's staunchest supporters, decided to stop submitting books for approval.
A choice quote from Marvel's president, Bill Jemas:
"Finally, and really, I'll make this a personal statement, I just feel that there's something wrong with this current system, where if a book does not bear the stamp of the Comics Code Authority that there's something wrong with the book. I think frankly that's just bullshit. And that level of bullshit has really hurt the comic book business for the past 50 years. If you get to other countries in the world where there hasn't been this institution, comic books have become a significant, interesting, lively mainstream for of media with a tremendous amount of creative freedom and a hugely diverse offering."
From the article: "The dwelling contains several college-age female residents and dozens of live Web cams that transmit unvarnished images 24 hours a day to tens of thousands of subscribers."
Given the nature of Voyeurdorm, one would imagine that the images are quite well "varnished" by the time they reach the customers. ; )
The real question: is privacy a fundamental liberty? It's never touched on in the constitution. The right to be left alone is flat out left out.
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights was not meant to be an exhaustive list of rights enjoyed by the citizens of the United States. A good number of the Founders had reservations about making a list of rights for just this reason. If we leave something off the list, does it not exist? As a solution of sorts, they included the Ninth Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
A decent discussion of the history and use of the Ninth Amendment can be found here.
The data include Social Security numbers, driverÕs license numbers, date of birth and credit card information Ñ everything a criminal would need to open an online bank account, apply for a credit card, even create the paperwork necessary to smuggle illegal immigrants.
And here I've been thinking that the major impediments to sneaking into the U.S. were fences, dehydration and big guys with shotguns. Turns out it's red tape.
This is why I only use my debit/ATM card when the purchase is the "thank you very much and I'm out the door" kind, such as a grocery store or book store. Whenever you give someone a string of numbers that allows them to take your money, you're inviting trouble; MCI doesn't need direct access to my bank account. I'd bet my checking balance that this guy now feels the same way about car rental places.
By passing a law that prevents the sending of some kinds of email, the government is limiting the free speech of both individuals and companies. Whether you agree with SPAM or not, it's a constitutionally protected right of the sender, just like gun ownership.
Well, no. The courts have recognized that different types of speech exist, and they are given different levels of protection. Most spam would be classified as commercial speech, similar to print/broadcast advertisements and product labeling, which does not have the fullest protection under the law. GM can't say that it's trucks get 80 miles/gallon if they don't, and the Cheerios people can't claim to make your acne go away if they can't.
The actual act of sendingspam might be a constitutional right (this is a different issue for a different discussion), but as commercial speech, the government gets some control over what you say.
When I first started ircing (7 1/2 years ago) I wanted to use the nick 'bobo.' For some reason I wanted to pretend to be a small monkey, dunno why. It was taken, so I inverted a letter, and never bothered to find a new nick.
I'm an avid comic reader, and Batman: Year One is one of the best mainstream stories out there, but let's not forget that Miller also wrote Robocop II and Robocop III.
They mean the individual digits, not the actual dates. Hence no 2's allowed, which rules out the entire next millennium.
Signal to Noise, a fictional account of this event
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While this may be slightly off-topic (and I apologize in advance for this), Signal to Noise, by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean gives a fictional account of this same event. It's one of those "fiction within fiction" stories, with a dying film producer imagining what would have been his greatest movie ever, the story of a European village coping with the millennial shift.
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...but I first thought of Bruno Kirby.
I can, however, write for pages and pages on why the Hulk could kick Thor's girly ass.
In most primate cultures, old females still help with rearing the young. There is a hypothesis that this is the reason that females live longer than males - an old male is useless as a 'hunter' while an old femail is moderatly usefull as a child raiser.
This is also related to the proposed evolutionary reasoning for menopause. Older females who can still reproduce act as competitors against their offspring for resources and food; older females who lose the ability to reproduce can help with the rasing of the grandchildren.
An old-ish saying from an EFnet channel I frequent: "DalNet is like the Special Olympics of IRC. A lot of drooling, and everyone is a 'winner'."
Penny Arcade pretty much sums up the plot here. Best to not think about it.
Asked about Clarke's disklike of the national ID card plan, Ellison was quoted as saying, "Ok, so no ID cards. How about every citizen is required to purchase an Oracle Database Enterprise license? C'mon, folks, I get to make money off of this somehow, right?"
A choice quote from Marvel's president, Bill Jemas:
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Returning to the NBA and striking a blow for academic research at the same time. Way to go, MJ!
You'd tend to think that pipes would relate better to Massive Astronomical Compact Halo Objects [MACHOs], what with the tool belts and asscrack.
From the article:
"The dwelling contains several college-age female residents and dozens of live Web cams that transmit unvarnished images 24 hours a day to tens of thousands of subscribers."
Given the nature of Voyeurdorm, one would imagine that the images are quite well "varnished" by the time they reach the customers. ; )
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A decent discussion of the history and use of the Ninth Amendment can be found here.
And here I've been thinking that the major impediments to sneaking into the U.S. were fences, dehydration and big guys with shotguns. Turns out it's red tape.
This is why I only use my debit/ATM card when the purchase is the "thank you very much and I'm out the door" kind, such as a grocery store or book store. Whenever you give someone a string of numbers that allows them to take your money, you're inviting trouble; MCI doesn't need direct access to my bank account. I'd bet my checking balance that this guy now feels the same way about car rental places.
By passing a law that prevents the sending of some kinds of email, the government is limiting the free speech of both individuals and companies. Whether you agree with SPAM or not, it's a constitutionally protected right of the sender, just like gun ownership.
Well, no. The courts have recognized that different types of speech exist, and they are given different levels of protection. Most spam would be classified as commercial speech, similar to print/broadcast advertisements and product labeling, which does not have the fullest protection under the law. GM can't say that it's trucks get 80 miles/gallon if they don't, and the Cheerios people can't claim to make your acne go away if they can't.
The actual act of sendingspam might be a constitutional right (this is a different issue for a different discussion), but as commercial speech, the government gets some control over what you say.
You mean all twelve of them?
When I first started ircing (7 1/2 years ago) I wanted to use the nick 'bobo.' For some reason I wanted to pretend to be a small monkey, dunno why. It was taken, so I inverted a letter, and never bothered to find a new nick.
For the record, I am not associated with Bopo Records, Bopo Books, or Bopo.com, I am not this guy, nor have I ever joined the circus.
A few people have pointed out that phoenetically, 'bopo' means 'beautiful skin' in French, and supposedly is the word for 'kiss' in Korean.
I'm an avid comic reader, and Batman: Year One is one of the best mainstream stories out there, but let's not forget that Miller also wrote Robocop II and Robocop III.
Another key issue for McGrath is the use of government resources, paid for by taxpayers, for personal matters, she said.
I wonder if the Representative has ever sent or received email from a family member while at the office...
They mean the individual digits, not the actual dates. Hence no 2's allowed, which rules out the entire next millennium.
While this may be slightly off-topic (and I apologize in advance for this), Signal to Noise, by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean gives a fictional account of this same event. It's one of those "fiction within fiction" stories, with a dying film producer imagining what would have been his greatest movie ever, the story of a European village coping with the millennial shift.