Time out for a second. That wasn't supposed to happen. Do you see that thing that fell out of me? What is that? It's not the surprise. I've never seen it before! Never mind, it's a mystery I'll solve later...
Who is there to be angry at? Doctors who were trying to save her life? You know, not all tragedies have people you can blame.
not who; what. i get pissed when bad things happen to nice people. i may even turn my anger to constructive use, but this should not be construed as finger-pointing.
I really dont get why people need a reason to be sad about her death (she had an MCP!) and someone to be mad at (those incompetent doctors). Is this what we have come to? Someone's death is only of note if they were of a particular skill set, and if we can blame someone for it?
are you asking why i had an emotional reaction to this news, or do you really not know that in many cultures solemnity is the appropriate reaction to news of someone's death?
You obviously don't get the reference, or the respect that the reference implies.
and i also wouldn't have shown my respect by wishing her a speedy recovery from chemotherapy.
You're an asshole.
that is correct, coward.
i will correct the common misconception that she died from a seizure no matter how tragic it is. i want candles to burn twice as bright AND twice as long, and i'm not afraid to say it.
she didn't die because she was burning twice as bright. she died from complications after they made an incision to insert a breathing tube into her trachea. that means she didn't have to die, and it was an incredible tragedy that she did. i am both sad and angry at this terrible news.
i looked at the real fcat, and while i think the test would have been pretty difficult for my 10th grade self, the idea that an "educated" person could not correctly answer any of the questions except by guessing is wildly implausible. i strongly suspect that mr. roach wasn't taking the test seriously, and if instead the circumstances were that his career was on the line, he would have scored far better.
as to the question of the politics of standardized tests, while i don't believe that school funding should be tied to standardized test results to the exclusion of all else, i don't think it's unreasonable to expect more of our children than was expected of us. remember that we are living in a world of increasing globalization, and our children face more competition from the rest of the world than we or our parents did. so, our power over the question of how much and what kind of education is "good enough" will be diminished in the face of globalization. further, if we get the answer wrong, the ability to legislate money to a program will also diminish as the money finds a home in another, more competitive nation.
it looks like crystal cox went out of her way to criticize obsidian, to the point of obsession. she registered numerous domain names like obsidianfinancesucks, bankruptcytrusteefraud, and oregonshyster, tried to hide her ownership of them, and gamed search engine results so that the first page was filled with her efforts. is this what you call blogging?
can i duct-tape my iphone to an ak-47 and call myself a journalist?
Cheaper for taxpayers, but not nearly as sweet for the gazillionaires.
well, it wasn't sweet at all for lehman. perhaps we need a few more big failures to remind the finance industry that the fed window isn't just a teat to suckle on. rather, it's a rope.
Good thing the taxpayers are controlling the system with their votes...
this is a nice sentiment, but understanding how our financial system works requires a little more effort than, say, driving a car; and, even that is not a right.
big deal. isn't that what one would expect from a financial institution? or, should they just stick the money under a mattress? rather than focusing in on the fact that banks made a tiny profit by putting their bailout money into safe investments (i'm looking at you, jon stewart), maybe we should be asking if ensuring confidence in our financial system was worth the $7.7 trillion price tag.
answer: no. regulation and transparency would have done the job for much cheaper. and, if we still don't have the R-word and the T-word in our financial markets, then we're just going to spend $ trillions more in another bailout at some point in the future.
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i can think of one justification for borrowing money to close the deficit between revenue and spending: to prevent an unforeseen economic disaster and facilitate recovery. naturally, you want to pay off this debt during times of economic prosperity. unfortunately, this last bit doesn't seem to be happening. see page 2, last column.
you're right. terry childs may not be batshit crazy, but he has a cell phone camera and 1100 secret modems. that scares the crap out of me! i'm calling the police! again!
Section 512
of the DMCA establishes safe harbor provisions for four categories of internet service
providers ("ISP") based on the function which the ISP performs with respect to the
infringing material -- "transmitting it per 512(a), caching it per 512(b), hosting it per
512(c), or locating it per 512(d)." judge kelley first describes the four possible functions of an isp, then determines what function the college is providing:
The College therefore falls within the transmitting
category of service providers in Section 512(a) then, he says that before a subpoena can be issued, the isp must have been first issued a take-down notice. but, he notes that:
This notice applies only to the categories of ISPs in Subsections
(b)-(d). and, since the college falls under the function described in subsection (a), it can't be issued a take-down notice, and further can't be subpoenaed. (remember, that the college is only transmitting information, not hosting, caching, or locating it; so, transmitted information can't be taken down)
again, i think it's odd that he would even bring up the dmca only to conclude that no, you can't use the dmca, either.
before a subpoena may issue, the clerk must first receive a copy of the notice described in Subsection (c)(3)(A). This notice applies only to the categories of ISPs in Subsections (b)-(d). Upon receipt of the notice, Subsection (b)-(d) ISPs must respond "expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing," this is a little odd. he seems to be saying that ISPs can never be subpoenaed under the dmca because they can't be first given a take-down notice. did he bring up the dmca just so he could shoot down his own argument? did the riaa even mention the dmca in their motion?
Whoa, hold on there! The article doesn't say anything about blocking mind-control rays. of course it wouldn't; that information is still CLASSIFIED. I wouldn't be surprised if this stuff actually enhanced all the mind-control rays coming out of The Pentagon! neither would i, my friend. neither would i.
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Time out for a second. That wasn't supposed to happen. Do you see that thing that fell out of me? What is that? It's not the surprise. I've never seen it before! Never mind, it's a mystery I'll solve later...
I usually hold even lower on the wheel, perhaps 4:30 and 7:30, but I also drive with my seat pushed farther forward than most people like.
sure, your arms are safe, but what about your face?
yeah, no mention of wasteland? what supreme jerks!
Who is there to be angry at? Doctors who were trying to save her life? You know, not all tragedies have people you can blame.
not who; what. i get pissed when bad things happen to nice people. i may even turn my anger to constructive use, but this should not be construed as finger-pointing.
I really dont get why people need a reason to be sad about her death (she had an MCP!) and someone to be mad at (those incompetent doctors). Is this what we have come to? Someone's death is only of note if they were of a particular skill set, and if we can blame someone for it?
are you asking why i had an emotional reaction to this news, or do you really not know that in many cultures solemnity is the appropriate reaction to news of someone's death?
You obviously don't get the reference, or the respect that the reference implies.
and i also wouldn't have shown my respect by wishing her a speedy recovery from chemotherapy.
You're an asshole.
that is correct, coward.
i will correct the common misconception that she died from a seizure no matter how tragic it is. i want candles to burn twice as bright AND twice as long, and i'm not afraid to say it.
she didn't die because she was burning twice as bright. she died from complications after they made an incision to insert a breathing tube into her trachea. that means she didn't have to die, and it was an incredible tragedy that she did. i am both sad and angry at this terrible news.
Apothecary
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Apotheker
no, that's not the HP way. i expect they'll be unloaded by HP for $99, then flipped on ebay for a fat profit.
Picking up terrorist demographic with patent for "Hand Grenade System to Power a Portable Computing Device".
Fine. I've got "Fuel Cell System to Power a Sexual Empowerment Device" and "Fuel Cell System Coupled to a Sexual Coupling Device".
I'm going to be rich.
i looked at the real fcat, and while i think the test would have been pretty difficult for my 10th grade self, the idea that an "educated" person could not correctly answer any of the questions except by guessing is wildly implausible. i strongly suspect that mr. roach wasn't taking the test seriously, and if instead the circumstances were that his career was on the line, he would have scored far better.
as to the question of the politics of standardized tests, while i don't believe that school funding should be tied to standardized test results to the exclusion of all else, i don't think it's unreasonable to expect more of our children than was expected of us. remember that we are living in a world of increasing globalization, and our children face more competition from the rest of the world than we or our parents did. so, our power over the question of how much and what kind of education is "good enough" will be diminished in the face of globalization. further, if we get the answer wrong, the ability to legislate money to a program will also diminish as the money finds a home in another, more competitive nation.
it looks like crystal cox went out of her way to criticize obsidian, to the point of obsession. she registered numerous domain names like obsidianfinancesucks, bankruptcytrusteefraud, and oregonshyster, tried to hide her ownership of them, and gamed search engine results so that the first page was filled with her efforts. is this what you call blogging?
can i duct-tape my iphone to an ak-47 and call myself a journalist?
Cheaper for taxpayers, but not nearly as sweet for the gazillionaires.
well, it wasn't sweet at all for lehman. perhaps we need a few more big failures to remind the finance industry that the fed window isn't just a teat to suckle on. rather, it's a rope.
Good thing the taxpayers are controlling the system with their votes...
this is a nice sentiment, but understanding how our financial system works requires a little more effort than, say, driving a car; and, even that is not a right.
big deal. isn't that what one would expect from a financial institution? or, should they just stick the money under a mattress? rather than focusing in on the fact that banks made a tiny profit by putting their bailout money into safe investments (i'm looking at you, jon stewart), maybe we should be asking if ensuring confidence in our financial system was worth the $7.7 trillion price tag.
answer: no. regulation and transparency would have done the job for much cheaper. and, if we still don't have the R-word and the T-word in our financial markets, then we're just going to spend $ trillions more in another bailout at some point in the future.
i can think of one justification for borrowing money to close the deficit between revenue and spending: to prevent an unforeseen economic disaster and facilitate recovery. naturally, you want to pay off this debt during times of economic prosperity. unfortunately, this last bit doesn't seem to be happening. see page 2, last column.
it's possible, i suppose. and, to be fair, there's no definitive proof that all this plastic is the cause of the birds' deaths. but, ugly, it is.
i have some beachfront properties on the rings of saturn i'd like to sell you.
the killing birds part is pretty ugly, too.
i could read what you write, but i don't, because proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization doesn't impart content, unlike content.
you're right. terry childs may not be batshit crazy, but he has a cell phone camera and 1100 secret modems. that scares the crap out of me! i'm calling the police! again!
If killing children were America's goal, every child from Iraq to Afghanistan would be dead already.
no, you've got it wrong. if killing children were america's goal, every terrorist from iraq to afghanistan would be dead already.
again, i think it's odd that he would even bring up the dmca only to conclude that no, you can't use the dmca, either.
Whoa, hold on there! The article doesn't say anything about blocking mind-control rays. of course it wouldn't; that information is still CLASSIFIED. I wouldn't be surprised if this stuff actually enhanced all the mind-control rays coming out of The Pentagon! neither would i, my friend. neither would i.
try this.
some of the comments are interesting, too.