All motorcyclists should wear jackets containing 5 kg of impact sensitive high explosive. After a short learning period, motorists would start to pay attention to their driving and other users of the roads.
Thin does not mean healthy. We already have severe problems with many girls, and even some boys, having screwed up ideas about what is healthy and attractive. A certain amount of fat is normal and healthy, especially for growing teens. We don't need more kids with eating disorders, whose self-worth is tied up in how much they look like some teen idol.
Would you be happier if Israel's government closed the bomb shelters, and told everyone to stand outside, so more Israeli civilians would be killed and maimed by Hezbollah and Hamas rocket attacks?
229: If a builder has built a house for a man and his work is not strong, and if the house he has built falls in and kills the householder, that builder shall be slain.
The engineers for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had the excuse that they were pushing the envelope of bridge design. The engineering practice of that time was inadequate for structures like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. After the failure got everyone's attention, the engineering practice was updated to pay more attention to wind loads and structural stability. Similar issues popped up later with high-rise buildings in cities. We should learn from our mistakes so that they only happen once.
If you buy stolen goods, whether through greed or negligence, you don't have title to that property. The rightful owner can seize them, without any compensation to you.
I had a Polish friend whose name was so unpronounceable, that I used to kid him and say his family was too poor to afford any vowels. People used to stare at his name tag, while the language part of their brain went into shock.
For those who don't know, the DES patent is owned by N.S.A. so when you see that Verizon's latest gadget that is triple DES encrypted don't be impressed, Uncle Sammy can get right in.
Bullshit!
Stop repeating urban legends as fact.
DES
U.S. Patent: 3,962,539
Filed: February 24, 1975
Issued: June 8, 1976
Inventors: Ehrsam et al.
Assignee: IBM
The Data Encryption Standard (DES) patent was assigned to IBM Corporation in
1976. After establishment of DES as a government stadard, IBM
placed the patent in the public domain, offering royalty-free
licenses conditional on adherence to the specifications of the
standard. The patent expired in 1993.
It is not illegal to encrypt phone calls, and as far as I know, it never has been. At times, the government has tried to discourage the sale of encryption hardware to non-government users, but it hasn't been prohibited.
Import and export are another matter, as encryption hardware is covered by ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), which means you may need a government permit.
There is no excuse for the military to use any Microsoft-provided software, other than the expectations of the purchasing agents to "retire" into fat civilian jobs.
As much as I dislike many Microsoft products, I can't let this go by. The federal procurement system is too complicated for some random purchasing agent to have much influence over major procurement decisions. The reason that the federal government, including the military, buys Microsoft Office, is that they are trying to save money by purchasing COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) products, instead of custom software written for the government. Like it or not, Microsoft Office is a standard in corporate and government offices. Government managers are not paid to be free software evangelists, they are expected to perform a mission, while minimizing costs and risks. Compared to the other costs of doing business, the cost of a Microsoft Office license is minimal.
UPI is a wire service and used to be the major competitor for the AP, but has since fallen on hard times. In the old days, major newspapers in the USA would subscribe to the AP and UPI. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Press_Internat ional.
Hillary Clinton may not be a card-carrying Communist, but I'd bet she would feel right at home in the politburo, giving orders to the serfs. It isn't about right or left, it's about an authoritarian approach to politics.
If you have items in your basket that you know you will have difficulty with at the self-check line don't use the self-check line. It's not like they're forcing you to. It's there as a convenience to the shopper.
Not at my neighborhood grocery store. They often pull the clerks off their registers to restock shelves and do other work in the store. They are trying to force people to use the self-check lines by making the alternative scarce or nonexistent.
I'm not a professional grocery clerk, so don't bitch about my speed. I often have to look at the package to see where the UPC symbol is located, or unwrinkle it so it will scan properly. Sometimes I have to key in the barely readable number below the UPC symbol when it doesn't scan. Then there's the produce. I picked up several onions, and, no, I'm not an expert on onions. The computer wants to know which of eight types of onions I'm buying. Hell if I know, the round ones.
The store is wasting my time so they can cut their head count. Fuck them.
The fair thing would be to pro-rate the termination fee over the length of the contract. There is no justification, other than greed, for charging the full termination fee to someone who cancels their service after 23 months on a 24 month contract.
The FCC has very broad authority to set the rules for the radio spectrum. The fact that certain sections are lightly regulated does not mean that they don't have the authority to write more intrusive rules for its use, or to reallocate it for an entirely different use. They do this quite often, to respond to changing needs and advances in technology.
Landlords, developers, and condo associations do not have unlimited freedom to impose rules on tenants and owners. The FCC can, and has, preempted restrictions in rental agreements, leases and deeds, when they thought it was in the public interest. The same applies to state laws, local laws and zoning restrictions.
If it involves radio signals, they can regulate it. That includes things like whether encryption can be used, how information is encoded, and what protocols are used.
I'd argue that their rules are preempted by the FCC's regulations on spectrum use. The FCC usually takes a dim view of people who trespass on their turf.
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All motorcyclists should wear jackets containing 5 kg of impact sensitive high explosive. After a short learning period, motorists would start to pay attention to their driving and other users of the roads.
A bullet is going to be traveling at 250-900 m/s, which is much faster than any normal body movement.
Thin does not mean healthy. We already have severe problems with many girls, and even some boys, having screwed up ideas about what is healthy and attractive. A certain amount of fat is normal and healthy, especially for growing teens. We don't need more kids with eating disorders, whose self-worth is tied up in how much they look like some teen idol.
Then who were Eyal Benin, Shani Turgeman, and Wassim Nazal? Martians?
They were killed by Hezbollah forces operating inside Israel, on a mission to ambush and kidnap Israeli soldiers.
Would you be happier if Israel's government closed the bomb shelters, and told everyone to stand outside, so more Israeli civilians would be killed and maimed by Hezbollah and Hamas rocket attacks?
Not really. There was similar logic behind the medieval practice of "trial by combat" and some of the methods used to test suspected witches.
The engineers for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had the excuse that they were pushing the envelope of bridge design. The engineering practice of that time was inadequate for structures like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. After the failure got everyone's attention, the engineering practice was updated to pay more attention to wind loads and structural stability. Similar issues popped up later with high-rise buildings in cities. We should learn from our mistakes so that they only happen once.
If you buy stolen goods, whether through greed or negligence, you don't have title to that property. The rightful owner can seize them, without any compensation to you.
The leading digits can be guessed if you know when and where the social security card was issued.
I had a Polish friend whose name was so unpronounceable, that I used to kid him and say his family was too poor to afford any vowels. People used to stare at his name tag, while the language part of their brain went into shock.
Wrong. You only need government permission to obtain NSA controlled hardware. Anything else can be manufactured and sold without restriction.
Bullshit!
Stop repeating urban legends as fact.
Import and export are another matter, as encryption hardware is covered by ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), which means you may need a government permit.
As much as I dislike many Microsoft products, I can't let this go by. The federal procurement system is too complicated for some random purchasing agent to have much influence over major procurement decisions. The reason that the federal government, including the military, buys Microsoft Office, is that they are trying to save money by purchasing COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) products, instead of custom software written for the government. Like it or not, Microsoft Office is a standard in corporate and government offices. Government managers are not paid to be free software evangelists, they are expected to perform a mission, while minimizing costs and risks. Compared to the other costs of doing business, the cost of a Microsoft Office license is minimal.
Hillary Clinton may not be a card-carrying Communist, but I'd bet she would feel right at home in the politburo, giving orders to the serfs. It isn't about right or left, it's about an authoritarian approach to politics.
Not at my neighborhood grocery store. They often pull the clerks off their registers to restock shelves and do other work in the store. They are trying to force people to use the self-check lines by making the alternative scarce or nonexistent.
The store is wasting my time so they can cut their head count. Fuck them.
The fair thing would be to pro-rate the termination fee over the length of the contract. There is no justification, other than greed, for charging the full termination fee to someone who cancels their service after 23 months on a 24 month contract.
The FCC has very broad authority to set the rules for the radio spectrum. The fact that certain sections are lightly regulated does not mean that they don't have the authority to write more intrusive rules for its use, or to reallocate it for an entirely different use. They do this quite often, to respond to changing needs and advances in technology.
Landlords, developers, and condo associations do not have unlimited freedom to impose rules on tenants and owners. The FCC can, and has, preempted restrictions in rental agreements, leases and deeds, when they thought it was in the public interest. The same applies to state laws, local laws and zoning restrictions.
If it involves radio signals, they can regulate it. That includes things like whether encryption can be used, how information is encoded, and what protocols are used.
I'd argue that their rules are preempted by the FCC's regulations on spectrum use. The FCC usually takes a dim view of people who trespass on their turf.
plasmacutter: a chauvinist who doesn't realize that the English language is used in countries other than the USA.
How many student athletes receive full or partial athletic scholarships? You don't give up your rights when you become a student athlete.