I know you're being funny--and thought it was incongruous as well.
But according to the article "Some webcasters plan to go entirely silent, while others plan to replace their music streams with periods of silence interspersed with public service announcements on the subject. (Some webcasters also plan to broadcast or direct listeners to an all-day talk show on the issues produced by WOLF FM's Steve Wolf.)"
As Molly Ivins often says about influence buying in politics, it's what's legal that's shocking. I don't doubt that one of the things all those expensive lawyers Microsoft has hired can do for them is advise them how to stay (just) within the letter of the law. No lawyer worth his salt advises his client to break laws.
We will see later today whether the US House of Representatives has the ability to close off one of the shocking things that are legal: unlimited "soft" money that makes limits on donations directly to candidates meaningless. We will see.
Tuvalu is a democracy. Queen Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch, represented by a governor general, who has mostly ceremonial power. Actual power is in an elected council and prime minister.
Tuvalu is also quite poor; a group of sandy islands with few natural resorces and little industry. The gov't gets much of its money from selling stamps and coins. And now, from selling its TLD for $45 million. Great deal for them, probably.
Handspring CEO Donna Dubinsky said "We are a company that is transitioning out of the organizer business and into the communicator business. At some point we will have transitioned out of the organizer business."
Please don't do that to the English language, Ms. Dubinsky. It has suffered enough.
What I wouldn't give to be able to "unwatch" the last half of that stupid movie!
On the other hand, if only they could make the batteries in my cellphone or laptop last even a fraction of David's power source, it might be worth it. (How long did he and that bear sit watching that damm fairy?)
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Last year, several months after my grandfather died, my mother was outwardly composed, even happy, as we went shopping. And then the song "Blue Christmas" came on the store's music system, and my mother started openly weeping. I hugged her--that's all ZI could do.
To those who have suffered such a terrible loss as happened a week ago, there will be many innocuous things, songs included, that will trigger grief. There is no way to avoid that, I am sad to say.
A little common sense about what to play on the radio is in order, but a list of what might make listeners sad, when we are all in mourning, is impossible.
You have been to a wind generation farm up close, have you?
These things do make nose--white noise--like really big electric fans. As with an electric fan, the noise isn't so much from the motor (unless it is in bad shape) but from the distrbance of air around the blades.
Yes, and on the main NickLock page it says "the function of NickLock can easy be changed in the BIOS system setup to start one harddrive and still be able to reach the other."
General Foods introduced TANG in 1957, the year Sputnik went up. It was not developed as part of the space program.
Astronauts did consume Tang (along with many other things) in space, and General Foods milked that for all it was worth, marketing Tang to kids as the space drink. They were so successful that people still associate Tang as the protypical byproduct of space research, and not, for example, integrated curcuits or even environmental suits.
When I was four, watching men walk on the moon, and for years later, I wanted nothing more than to grow up and be an astronaut. A very small part of me still does.
And now, hey, now a very small part of me can be part of the first interstellar human hairball!
Sign me up, while I've still got hair to contribute!
corpwatch.org has a well-researched article by Russell Mokhiber discussing cases going back more than a century of states revoking the corporate charter of corporations found guilty of crimes. The state granted the charter in the first place, giving "birth" to that corporation, and what the state gave it can take.
For those wondering what in the Heck the "the as-washrooms-are-to-bolsheviks dept." reference is about, it was a 1920's
advertisement by the Scott Paper Company, warning if your company restrooms didn't have the right paper towels, you may be fostering Communism among your employees. Really.
I don't see it replacing keyboards. How would one type: learn ASL? Twist one's hand while making an "a" for the @ symbol? Type "7 of 9" as "this many" [SPACE] 'o' 'f' [SPACE] "this many"? My hands get tired just thinking about it.
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If spacetime travel, in any direction, is not even theoretically possible, why do all the First Posts on Slashdot appear in the middle of the lump?
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Or even better, Project Gutenburg also has the illustrated version.
I read Flatland for the first time in junior high, and I remember the wonder and mystery it evoked.
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"Dura lex sed lex" -- an old legal maxim meaning the law is hard but it is the law.
I know you're being funny--and thought it was incongruous as well.
But according to the article "Some webcasters plan to go entirely silent, while others plan to replace their music streams with periods of silence interspersed with public service announcements on the subject. (Some webcasters also plan to broadcast or direct listeners to an all-day talk show on the issues produced by WOLF FM's Steve Wolf.)"
There were some rough moments... like at the end where the bad guy gives away the plot.
You have to be careful with pirated books. Next time make sure you download the spoiler-free version.
As Molly Ivins often says about influence buying in politics, it's what's legal that's shocking. I don't doubt that one of the things all those expensive lawyers Microsoft has hired can do for them is advise them how to stay (just) within the letter of the law. No lawyer worth his salt advises his client to break laws.
We will see later today whether the US House of Representatives has the ability to close off one of the shocking things that are legal: unlimited "soft" money that makes limits on donations directly to candidates meaningless. We will see.
Actually, that's not really true, especially with regard to conflict between states. The idea that wars stopped for the ancient games is shown by historian Harvey Abrams by to be a modern misunderstanding.
Tuvalu is a democracy. Queen Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch, represented by a governor general, who has mostly ceremonial power. Actual power is in an elected council and prime minister.
Tuvalu is also quite poor; a group of sandy islands with few natural resorces and little industry. The gov't gets much of its money from selling stamps and coins. And now, from selling its TLD for $45 million. Great deal for them, probably.
Handspring CEO Donna Dubinsky said "We are a company that is transitioning out of the organizer business and into the communicator business. At some point we will have transitioned out of the organizer business."
Please don't do that to the English language, Ms. Dubinsky. It has suffered enough.
Only on slashdot can one read a flamewar between intelligent people on what color the sun is.
What color is the sun in YOUR world?
See this article which was one of the best I found in my Google search.
Then came my Epiphany of the File Cabinet a few weeks ago ...
When counting, thou shalt not stop at One. Neither shalt thou go on to Three.
What I wouldn't give to be able to "unwatch" the last half of that stupid movie!
On the other hand, if only they could make the batteries in my cellphone or laptop last even a fraction of David's power source, it might be worth it. (How long did he and that bear sit watching that damm fairy?)
Nice! It IS a silly place, but very fun.
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Resistance is futile.
Last year, several months after my grandfather died, my mother was outwardly composed, even happy, as we went shopping. And then the song "Blue Christmas" came on the store's music system, and my mother started openly weeping. I hugged her--that's all ZI could do.
To those who have suffered such a terrible loss as happened a week ago, there will be many innocuous things, songs included, that will trigger grief. There is no way to avoid that, I am sad to say.
A little common sense about what to play on the radio is in order, but a list of what might make listeners sad, when we are all in mourning, is impossible.
You have been to a wind generation farm up close, have you?
These things do make nose--white noise--like really big electric fans. As with an electric fan, the noise isn't so much from the motor (unless it is in bad shape) but from the distrbance of air around the blades.
Yes, and on the main NickLock page it says "the function of NickLock can easy be changed in the BIOS system setup to start one harddrive and still be able to reach the other."
You mean all these people giving advice on /. might not be elite technology experts? Wow, now I wonder if I'm even an expert?
General Foods introduced TANG in 1957, the year Sputnik went up. It was not developed as part of the space program.
Astronauts did consume Tang (along with many other things) in space, and General Foods milked that for all it was worth, marketing Tang to kids as the space drink. They were so successful that people still associate Tang as the protypical byproduct of space research, and not, for example, integrated curcuits or even environmental suits.
When I was four, watching men walk on the moon, and for years later, I wanted nothing more than to grow up and be an astronaut. A very small part of me still does.
And now, hey, now a very small part of me can be part of the first interstellar human hairball! Sign me up, while I've still got hair to contribute!
There is precedent for doing this.
corpwatch.org has a well-researched article by Russell Mokhiber discussing cases going back more than a century of states revoking the corporate charter of corporations found guilty of crimes. The state granted the charter in the first place, giving "birth" to that corporation, and what the state gave it can take.
For those wondering what in the Heck the "the as-washrooms-are-to-bolsheviks dept." reference is about, it was a 1920's advertisement by the Scott Paper Company, warning if your company restrooms didn't have the right paper towels, you may be fostering Communism among your employees. Really.
I don't see it replacing keyboards. How would one type: learn ASL? Twist one's hand while making an "a" for the @ symbol? Type "7 of 9" as "this many" [SPACE] 'o' 'f' [SPACE] "this many"? My hands get tired just thinking about it.
If spacetime travel, in any direction, is not even theoretically possible, why do all the First Posts on Slashdot appear in the middle of the lump?
Or even better, Project Gutenburg also has the illustrated version. I read Flatland for the first time in junior high, and I remember the wonder and mystery it evoked.