While this is prevalent today, in the early days, it was less so. Some of the sci-fi authors did research, but many apparently had only a passing acquaintance with the science in their stories, to the point some of it was laughed at when the stories were published by those with breadth or depth of science knowledge. (I am not referring to things generally believed true at the time but proven false later.)
I've never understood why really dark colors even show up on lots in the southern US, especially in the western states. We owned a black car once. Never again.
2. Inflate your tires.
Agreed. keeping tires properly inflated helps gas mileage, safety and performance.
3. Drive slower.
BZZZZT. Time is a completely non-renewable resource. All I got is all I got, and wasting it to get somewhere slower while commuting doesn't cut it. Make the roads big enough for reasonable capacity and coordinate the lights to keep traffic flowing, and you'll do far more to save the environment, reduce fuel consumption, and not waste peoples' time.
Whatever gets taught, proper scientific method needs to be taught first and then applied. There *are* problems and holes in the current evolutionary theory, and by pretending those don't exist and teaching evolution as unassailable dogma (not that this is how it's taught everywhere, but it is in most places I hear about) the proponents of evolution prove themselves no different than the people they claim the creationists are.
... I don't think it can be named after a living person. Now if Mr. Colbert went into space and re-entered in just his skivvies with no braking, the name could be used. I suspect he's not up for that.
You'll still have to answer all the stupid questions, they will just have the answers there to compare them to. I asked about this last time I went to see my doctor. I got a vague answer from the nurse, but it's probably CYA to avoid lawsuits. The mere fact that they have a list of what meds you were on yesterday and you say "same as yesterday" apparently isn't enough. I expect the medical practitioners' insurance companies and legal counselors require them to do this.
It's really nice to see someone actually fight a stupid lawsuit rather than roll over and settle. Maybe we should let Nintendo run the insurance industry. Mario and Donkey Kong could do better than some of the current crop.
There are some people (not to mention any names), including some iconic people, who need to be dumped into the wilderness wit nothing but a pair of briefs and a knife, to find out what it's really like when the wolves get ahold of the little guy.
Given what I've heard about this state from people who live there, thus isn't nearly as insane as a lot of what the CO government does. Which is one reason I hope never to live there.
I'm disgusted by the blurb for this one. Since it's supposed to be news, not editorial, can we do away with the slant? That's one of the reasons I gave up on mainstream media long ago, most of them write editorial commentary and call it news.
"...opposed by some conservatives and telecommunications providers..."
" What exactly is this QZHTTP, and what does it all mean for the world of Web servers?"
I think the first question is settled on the page referenced (as well as in another reply here), but the second one really cracked me up. Why should it mean anything of import to "the world of web servers"?
Even if it were truly a new piece of code written in China as opposed to Apache (maybe with mods, maybe not), why would anyone outside China worry? As for the Chinese, I suspect they're far more concerned with overall censorship of external web server access, and free speech in general.
I don't really care if it's commercial or not, so long as it's a prison. And I think they should get a one for one sentence; for every month they sentenced a youth to prison for money, they should serve a month. Hard labor, with any proceeds going to a fund for counseling for the teens. Scumbags.
I think the *real* problem is far more basic. The *name* "Citizendium" sucks. "Wikipedia" sounds much cooler, and rolls off the tongue much easier. Additionally, it ties in with "encyclopedia", with which we're all familiar, with sub-vocalized associations such as "Encyclopedia Britanica" and other brands we generally respect.
"Citizendium" sounds like a bad science fiction movie title.
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While this is prevalent today, in the early days, it was less so. Some of the sci-fi authors did research, but many apparently had only a passing acquaintance with the science in their stories, to the point some of it was laughed at when the stories were published by those with breadth or depth of science knowledge. (I am not referring to things generally believed true at the time but proven false later.)
1. Paint your car a color that reflects light.
I've never understood why really dark colors even show up on lots in the southern US, especially in the western states. We owned a black car once. Never again.
2. Inflate your tires.
Agreed. keeping tires properly inflated helps gas mileage, safety and performance.
3. Drive slower.
BZZZZT. Time is a completely non-renewable resource. All I got is all I got, and wasting it to get somewhere slower while commuting doesn't cut it. Make the roads big enough for reasonable capacity and coordinate the lights to keep traffic flowing, and you'll do far more to save the environment, reduce fuel consumption, and not waste peoples' time.
dynamic time warp again!
Whatever gets taught, proper scientific method needs to be taught first and then applied. There *are* problems and holes in the current evolutionary theory, and by pretending those don't exist and teaching evolution as unassailable dogma (not that this is how it's taught everywhere, but it is in most places I hear about) the proponents of evolution prove themselves no different than the people they claim the creationists are.
... I don't think it can be named after a living person. Now if Mr. Colbert went into space and re-entered in just his skivvies with no braking, the name could be used. I suspect he's not up for that.
You'll still have to answer all the stupid questions, they will just have the answers there to compare them to. I asked about this last time I went to see my doctor. I got a vague answer from the nurse, but it's probably CYA to avoid lawsuits. The mere fact that they have a list of what meds you were on yesterday and you say "same as yesterday" apparently isn't enough. I expect the medical practitioners' insurance companies and legal counselors require them to do this.
Toss in some sun lamps and and some sand and a pond on one side, and I am so down with a 100 degree data center.
It's really nice to see someone actually fight a stupid lawsuit rather than roll over and settle. Maybe we should let Nintendo run the insurance industry. Mario and Donkey Kong could do better than some of the current crop.
This is why they took all the guns away!
There are some people (not to mention any names), including some iconic people, who need to be dumped into the wilderness wit nothing but a pair of briefs and a knife, to find out what it's really like when the wolves get ahold of the little guy.
Squidguard blocks it by default. I bet a lot of corporate firewalls do.
(And that's not even because it says "Microsoft" in it!)
Given what I've heard about this state from people who live there, thus isn't nearly as insane as a lot of what the CO government does. Which is one reason I hope never to live there.
I'm disgusted by the blurb for this one. Since it's supposed to be news, not editorial, can we do away with the slant? That's one of the reasons I gave up on mainstream media long ago, most of them write editorial commentary and call it news.
"...opposed by some conservatives and telecommunications providers..."
And supported by plenty of conservatives as well.
" What exactly is this QZHTTP, and what does it all mean for the world of Web servers?"
I think the first question is settled on the page referenced (as well as in another reply here), but the second one really cracked me up. Why should it mean anything of import to "the world of web servers"?
Even if it were truly a new piece of code written in China as opposed to Apache (maybe with mods, maybe not), why would anyone outside China worry? As for the Chinese, I suspect they're far more concerned with overall censorship of external web server access, and free speech in general.
I mean, if we take the stimulus money, will all FOSS developers have their salaries capped at $500K like the banks?
The horror!
I don't really care if it's commercial or not, so long as it's a prison. And I think they should get a one for one sentence; for every month they sentenced a youth to prison for money, they should serve a month. Hard labor, with any proceeds going to a fund for counseling for the teens. Scumbags.
I'm about to buy a new camera. It was between Canon and someone else. Seeing this, the someone else wins. Boycott the morons.
I think the *real* problem is far more basic. The *name* "Citizendium" sucks. "Wikipedia" sounds much cooler, and rolls off the tongue much easier. Additionally, it ties in with "encyclopedia", with which we're all familiar, with sub-vocalized associations such as "Encyclopedia Britanica" and other brands we generally respect.
"Citizendium" sounds like a bad science fiction movie title.
Anyone so foolish as to attempt to "dynamically altering the fabric of city life" in NYC will find himself fed to the rabid taxi cabs in short order.
rock hard poop?
Poop used viagra back then!
Just get Congress to declare a bounty on the MS Sales & Marketing folk as part of the economic stimulus package!
... that the economy is now based on Monopoly money.
Now when you log on to your online banking account, you'll get a Chance card:
Bank errors are in your favor... at the moment.
The Euro trend from Ferraris and Lamborghinis to SMART cars hadn't started in 1709!
I do think it tells us something about their school officials...
... sending in special forces trained hit squads once we identify the spammers!