Why should companies and especially corporations be allowed to donate money? Only private citizens should have that right,
Somehow corporations are citizens these days. Or at least when it's convenient for them. In the case of campaign donations, they have the same, or better rights than you or I. However when it comes to criminal liability, they aren't so interested in that aspect of citizenship. I think that if they have the same free speech and campaign donation rights, then they should also have the same responsibility we do when they behave criminally. The CEO, or who ever was involved in committing a crime should go to prison just like any other citizen. Too bad they pay to have the laws work in their favor.
and I dare say, those in or running for public office should be allowed to take from those they represent.
Run for Senate in Pennsylvania, the law should be that they accept only from PA citizens. Running to represent district 5 in NY? Please only accept from distric 5 residents. Otherwise we have Senators from Delaware representing Hollywood's interests and not his own constituents. Joe Biden, I'm looking at you.
How else are these (morally bankrupt) rich bastards going to make more money doing nothing useful to society?
This leads to a question: what happens to extra campaign money after the election? Does the guy get to keep it, or what?
Something to consider... especially if the candidate gets to keep the cash.
Officially, no. Other than the prohibition on personal use, there are few limitations on how it's spent though. Needless to say, they can become pretty creative. So they can start a PAC with it and put themselves in charge with a nice salary. And yes, of course it was a bribe.
Please tell me you are joking. Or that you are 12 years old and feel that comic books are a accurate portrayal of the world or something. Nobody, other than a tiny fraction of one percent of insane people, wake up in the morning and actively set out to do "evil" things. Most people try to do what is good from them or a group of "their people". That group can be a family, country, religion, race, or even a company. Obviously in the case of brutal dictators, they are more concerned with their own benefit. But even so, they don't believe what the do is evil. They just feel what ever they do to keep power is a necessity to stay in power.
Unless you live in Russia or Syria, it's not, and shouldn't be, your problem.
Yes, 150 years ago you'd be right. However the world is a little more interconnected now. The up side is that most wars tend to remain relatively small because of it. The disadvantage is that events in countries that were of no consequence now effect the economy globally.
However, I've come up with an easy solution: Just rig the cellphones with explosives that can be detonated by sending the right message to it. That way, if somebody walks away with your iPhone, just blow him up.
I'm sure Iran, China, radical Muslims, or any number of bat shit crazy groups would love to see this happen. How long do you think it would take for this to get hacked? We should be able to reduce the population of most developed countries to 5 or 10% of what they currently are.
It looks like you have not only solved the cell phone theft problem. But also over population, pollution, green house gas emissions, traffic jams, etc. How efficient of you.
In small concentrations it is necessary for plants - but it isn't what is typically considered a "nutrient". But CO2 has a strong effect on global heating and the low concentrations confuse people who don't understand just how powerful an infrared absorber it is, or what happens when you disturb an equilibrium.
When has there been equilibrium on this planet exactly? I'm not saying we shouldn't try to cut CO2 emissions and be smarter about pollution than we are now, but unless you're looking to make the planet more like Mars, you're not going to get "equilibrium".
eldavojohn is totally correct when he mentions "water wars, refugees, failing economies, destruction of the food chain, droughts and general destabilization of the planet". These are all consequences of a warming planet.
It would also be a consequence of a cooling planet.
Some areas will have far too much water at times - like the midwestern US that is flooding now. But then it can go into drought and crops wither like they did last year. Other areas simply suffer prolonged drought. Right now the Rio Grand has slowed to nothing but stagnant water in the southern part of New Mexico and the pecan and chile farmers are looking at big crop failures. People are already fighting over water rights in a number of areas as what is becoming a scarce resource is now the difference between a farm surviving or failing.
It's always been that way, and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Go read about the dust bowl of the 1930's.
Scoff and deny all you want, but those of us old enough to remember the weather in the 60's and 70's know that the weather has changed and that what we are seeing now simply is not normal.
Are you fucking kidding me? This is exactly what I hear deniers excoriated for saying. I remember those times too. And I also remember my elders talking about how the weather then wasn't what it used to be like and how milk and bread were 5 cents. How do you know the weather you and I remember was "normal". It's just what we remember as kids, nothing "normal" about it. The climate has changed many times before the industrial revolution. That's how it works. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to be better stewards of the planet. But we have no where near enough knowledge to control the climate at this point in time. And frankly I'd be scared of how badly we'd screw it up if we could control it.
The link I was going to post was: BOSE Acoustimass - Better Profit Margins Through Shortcuts. But apparently Bose legal team must have found it since it's been removed. This on is similar though: http://liquidtheater.com/editorial_56.html
They are in deep space, so they have an infinite sink at nearly zero deg kelvin.
I don't think it's in "deep space" by most definitions as that's generally considered to be outside of the solar system. Also, L2 is not around the 2.75K that is estimated to be the average temperature of space. The temperature of space around Pluto's orbit is estimated at 35 to 40 K.This site states that Herschel passively cools to 80K So I would guess that the temperature at L2 is 80K and they are in fact using the He to cool to ambient as you already suggested.
If only it weren't cheaper just to build more disposable rockets and telescopes. Technology moves forward you know, what's the point in maintaining a twenty year old space telescope?
Except it isn't. Hubble has been in operation since 1990 and will not be replaced for at least another 5 years. Hopefully it will stay operational until then. There have been 4 or 5 missions to repair/upgrade it since its launch. Don't you think they would have simply replaced it if it would have been cheaper?
Now sit back, relax, close your eyes, and chant: "Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Isn't that essentially the same thing I stated in my last sentence. Or are you too much of a sniveling retard to read past one sentence?
I'm a deist. I believe in a God, it's just not that genocidal canaanite holdover from the Bible.
I'd guess I fall somewhere into that category too.
Try deism; it's the best of both worlds plus it isn't, you know, actively disproven at every term.
Sorry, but that's no different to many atheist's. Allah, (the Christian)God, Zeus, etc. Most atheists seem to be equally offended by anything they can't see or measure with the current level of technology.
Awww, the poor widdle Abrahamic theist has his feewings hurt? There there...the big bad atheist won't hurt you. He doesn't even notice you.
I'm not even sure what the hell you are trying to say. This is why I generally don't respond to an AC.
It we be very cool (and intimidating as hell) if it turns out that galaxy has been engineered this way by some advanced alien entity. I guess we'll know in a few thens of millions of years when it does (or doesn't) turn elliptical.
I was wandering exactly same thing while reading it, and that would be Type III civilization on Kardashev scale.
Careful. Around here, talk like that can get you labeled as a "crazy creationist" or a "sky god worshiper". Of course compared to our tech, being able to create something like that seems pretty deserving of the title "sky god".
Specifically. I always here this, but the cost of duck penis studies don't even begin to pay for this. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe, just maybe, our gov't isn't wasting nearly as much money as people think it is?
No. Politicians aren't accountable in any real way for how they spend money. If the officers of any business tried to use the accounting practices that our government uses, they be fired at the least, and most would probably be criminally charged for fraud. Depending on the mood of the country politicians may get "sanctioned" for what you and I will get jail time for. For most, the worst that will happen is they will have to resign and no further charges will be pressed. And they get to walk away with a "war chest" of left over campaign funds. Only in very egregious cases, and when the political winds are blowing just right does a politician actually do any jail time. Frankly I feel all of congress should be removed for failure to do their job by not passing a budget for several years now. If I had my way they'd all be tried for treason at this point.
The episodes are roughly 1 million dollars each, so I would estimate about $26 Million for another season.
How much you got?
Wasn't STTNG $1 to $2 million per episode? I realize there's been some inflation since then, but for a 22 minute animated show to be close in cost is surprising, at least to me.
I suspect it was Vista that marked the beginning of the fall.
Actually wasn't what is being said about Win8 identical to what was said about Vista?
I can say it's issues were the stunning lack of drivers for perfectly good peripherals,
Um, that was an XP/2K issue.
the black screen of permission, the Vista basic debacle, in which machines that were perfectly capable of running XP, were rendered mostly unuseable in Vista Basic, because Vista was a bloated pig of a system.
This was another one that 98/98SE/2K users said about XP.
They were into those not-too-fair business practices long before Slashdot appeared, but younger folk doesn't remember that and exaggerate the current matter of things we have now.
Windows XP was not welcome in enterprise, in fact it was a failure when it came out, it had a well known UP'n'P exploit, which allowed you to execute anything remotely as a privileged user. And UP'n'P was enabled by default. Now it looks like XP was the best OS ever.
Didn't the original XP release also send random core dumps to Microsoft? I'm pretty sure that was the OS that did that. That was a pretty big problem with enterprise too.
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Why should companies and especially corporations be allowed to donate money? Only private citizens should have that right,
Somehow corporations are citizens these days. Or at least when it's convenient for them. In the case of campaign donations, they have the same, or better rights than you or I. However when it comes to criminal liability, they aren't so interested in that aspect of citizenship. I think that if they have the same free speech and campaign donation rights, then they should also have the same responsibility we do when they behave criminally. The CEO, or who ever was involved in committing a crime should go to prison just like any other citizen. Too bad they pay to have the laws work in their favor.
and I dare say, those in or running for public office should be allowed to take from those they represent.
Run for Senate in Pennsylvania, the law should be that they accept only from PA citizens. Running to represent district 5 in NY? Please only accept from distric 5 residents. Otherwise we have Senators from Delaware representing Hollywood's interests and not his own constituents. Joe Biden, I'm looking at you.
How else are these (morally bankrupt) rich bastards going to make more money doing nothing useful to society?
Support your government, buy a congressman!
This leads to a question: what happens to extra campaign money after the election? Does the guy get to keep it, or what?
Something to consider... especially if the candidate gets to keep the cash.
Officially, no. Other than the prohibition on personal use, there are few limitations on how it's spent though. Needless to say, they can become pretty creative. So they can start a PAC with it and put themselves in charge with a nice salary. And yes, of course it was a bribe.
Do you really have any idea of just how fast the Earth is heating?
Do you?
Evil people want to be evil as much as possible. .
Please tell me you are joking. Or that you are 12 years old and feel that comic books are a accurate portrayal of the world or something. Nobody, other than a tiny fraction of one percent of insane people, wake up in the morning and actively set out to do "evil" things. Most people try to do what is good from them or a group of "their people". That group can be a family, country, religion, race, or even a company. Obviously in the case of brutal dictators, they are more concerned with their own benefit. But even so, they don't believe what the do is evil. They just feel what ever they do to keep power is a necessity to stay in power.
Unless you live in Russia or Syria, it's not, and shouldn't be, your problem.
Yes, 150 years ago you'd be right. However the world is a little more interconnected now. The up side is that most wars tend to remain relatively small because of it. The disadvantage is that events in countries that were of no consequence now effect the economy globally.
However, I've come up with an easy solution: Just rig the cellphones with explosives that can be detonated by sending the right message to it. That way, if somebody walks away with your iPhone, just blow him up.
I'm sure Iran, China, radical Muslims, or any number of bat shit crazy groups would love to see this happen. How long do you think it would take for this to get hacked? We should be able to reduce the population of most developed countries to 5 or 10% of what they currently are.
It looks like you have not only solved the cell phone theft problem. But also over population, pollution, green house gas emissions, traffic jams, etc. How efficient of you.
I mean if we just outlaw cell phones, people will stop getting robbed for their cell phones! violent crime will drop!! Genius!!!
When they outlaw cell phones, only outlaws will have cell phones.
Anything less than equal treatment is discrimination.
Men are being discriminated against by not getting the same amount of leave to spend with their newborn children.
Yes, but women tend to get paid less than men overall. So it kinda balances out. [/sarcasm]
In small concentrations it is necessary for plants - but it isn't what is typically considered a "nutrient". But CO2 has a strong effect on global heating and the low concentrations confuse people who don't understand just how powerful an infrared absorber it is, or what happens when you disturb an equilibrium.
When has there been equilibrium on this planet exactly? I'm not saying we shouldn't try to cut CO2 emissions and be smarter about pollution than we are now, but unless you're looking to make the planet more like Mars, you're not going to get "equilibrium".
eldavojohn is totally correct when he mentions "water wars, refugees, failing economies, destruction of the food chain, droughts and general destabilization of the planet". These are all consequences of a warming planet.
It would also be a consequence of a cooling planet.
Some areas will have far too much water at times - like the midwestern US that is flooding now. But then it can go into drought and crops wither like they did last year. Other areas simply suffer prolonged drought. Right now the Rio Grand has slowed to nothing but stagnant water in the southern part of New Mexico and the pecan and chile farmers are looking at big crop failures. People are already fighting over water rights in a number of areas as what is becoming a scarce resource is now the difference between a farm surviving or failing.
It's always been that way, and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Go read about the dust bowl of the 1930's.
Scoff and deny all you want, but those of us old enough to remember the weather in the 60's and 70's know that the weather has changed and that what we are seeing now simply is not normal.
Are you fucking kidding me? This is exactly what I hear deniers excoriated for saying. I remember those times too. And I also remember my elders talking about how the weather then wasn't what it used to be like and how milk and bread were 5 cents. How do you know the weather you and I remember was "normal". It's just what we remember as kids, nothing "normal" about it. The climate has changed many times before the industrial revolution. That's how it works. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to be better stewards of the planet. But we have no where near enough knowledge to control the climate at this point in time. And frankly I'd be scared of how badly we'd screw it up if we could control it.
The link I was going to post was: BOSE Acoustimass - Better Profit Margins Through Shortcuts. But apparently Bose legal team must have found it since it's been removed. This on is similar though: http://liquidtheater.com/editorial_56.html
They are in deep space, so they have an infinite sink at nearly zero deg kelvin.
I don't think it's in "deep space" by most definitions as that's generally considered to be outside of the solar system. Also, L2 is not around the 2.75K that is estimated to be the average temperature of space. The temperature of space around Pluto's orbit is estimated at 35 to 40 K. This site states that Herschel passively cools to 80K So I would guess that the temperature at L2 is 80K and they are in fact using the He to cool to ambient as you already suggested.
If only it weren't cheaper just to build more disposable rockets and telescopes. Technology moves forward you know, what's the point in maintaining a twenty year old space telescope?
Except it isn't. Hubble has been in operation since 1990 and will not be replaced for at least another 5 years. Hopefully it will stay operational until then. There have been 4 or 5 missions to repair/upgrade it since its launch. Don't you think they would have simply replaced it if it would have been cheaper?
If the right director is chosen, I dare say Eve could work as a great series.
As long as it's not Uwe Boll.
So that's how the Master will return in season 7.
This should work for both spinning disks and SSD. of course you can't make an aluminum ingot from an SSD.
Now sit back, relax, close your eyes, and chant: "Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Isn't that essentially the same thing I stated in my last sentence. Or are you too much of a sniveling retard to read past one sentence?
I'm a deist. I believe in a God, it's just not that genocidal canaanite holdover from the Bible.
I'd guess I fall somewhere into that category too.
Try deism; it's the best of both worlds plus it isn't, you know, actively disproven at every term.
Sorry, but that's no different to many atheist's. Allah, (the Christian)God, Zeus, etc. Most atheists seem to be equally offended by anything they can't see or measure with the current level of technology.
Awww, the poor widdle Abrahamic theist has his feewings hurt? There there...the big bad atheist won't hurt you. He doesn't even notice you.
I'm not even sure what the hell you are trying to say. This is why I generally don't respond to an AC.
It we be very cool (and intimidating as hell) if it turns out that galaxy has been engineered this way by some advanced alien entity. I guess we'll know in a few thens of millions of years when it does (or doesn't) turn elliptical.
I was wandering exactly same thing while reading it, and that would be Type III civilization on Kardashev scale.
Careful. Around here, talk like that can get you labeled as a "crazy creationist" or a "sky god worshiper". Of course compared to our tech, being able to create something like that seems pretty deserving of the title "sky god".
Specifically. I always here this, but the cost of duck penis studies don't even begin to pay for this. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe, just maybe, our gov't isn't wasting nearly as much money as people think it is?
No. Politicians aren't accountable in any real way for how they spend money. If the officers of any business tried to use the accounting practices that our government uses, they be fired at the least, and most would probably be criminally charged for fraud. Depending on the mood of the country politicians may get "sanctioned" for what you and I will get jail time for. For most, the worst that will happen is they will have to resign and no further charges will be pressed. And they get to walk away with a "war chest" of left over campaign funds. Only in very egregious cases, and when the political winds are blowing just right does a politician actually do any jail time. Frankly I feel all of congress should be removed for failure to do their job by not passing a budget for several years now. If I had my way they'd all be tried for treason at this point.
Dismantle the TSA?!? But then the terrorists will win!
No, then the citizens of the USA win. As long as the TSA is in business, the terrorists have won.
That research involves placing a cap 'studded with EEG-monitoring electrodes' atop the head of a convenient subject
The first production models will come standard with the propeller attachment.
subject, who then concentrates on an onscreen icon blinking at a particular rate. Concentrate hard enough, and the subject can launch...
the car they are driving into the car front of them or pedestrians in the crosswalk.
The episodes are roughly 1 million dollars each, so I would estimate about $26 Million for another season. How much you got?
Wasn't STTNG $1 to $2 million per episode? I realize there's been some inflation since then, but for a 22 minute animated show to be close in cost is surprising, at least to me.
I suspect it was Vista that marked the beginning of the fall.
Actually wasn't what is being said about Win8 identical to what was said about Vista?
I can say it's issues were the stunning lack of drivers for perfectly good peripherals,
Um, that was an XP/2K issue.
the black screen of permission, the Vista basic debacle, in which machines that were perfectly capable of running XP, were rendered mostly unuseable in Vista Basic, because Vista was a bloated pig of a system.
This was another one that 98/98SE/2K users said about XP.
95, ME, and Vista were failures. 98, XP, and 7 have been decent.
I thought 2K was better than XP personally. And 98 was crap. 98se however fixed most of what was bad about 98.
They were into those not-too-fair business practices long before Slashdot appeared, but younger folk doesn't remember that and exaggerate the current matter of things we have now. Windows XP was not welcome in enterprise, in fact it was a failure when it came out, it had a well known UP'n'P exploit, which allowed you to execute anything remotely as a privileged user. And UP'n'P was enabled by default. Now it looks like XP was the best OS ever.
Didn't the original XP release also send random core dumps to Microsoft? I'm pretty sure that was the OS that did that. That was a pretty big problem with enterprise too.