I suspect most of us would like to be able to like him, too (who wouldn't want a President they could actually put their faith in?).
I'm not convinced that he is to blame. I am more inclined to believe that there are limits to what he can do in the face of extremely powerful opposition. I think that it wasn't until he assumed office that reality smacked him in the face.
IMHO, you're being incredibly naive here. You think he only metamorphosed into an ass-kissing, back-stabbing sociopathic politician-type after he took office?! Please.
this is true but FISHING for a resin like they were doing ISN'T a resin
I think you're missing something:
Resin: any of various solid or semisolid amorphous fusible flammable natural organic substances that are usually transparent or translucent and yellowish to brown, are formed especially in plant secretions, are soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water, are electrical nonconductors, and are used chiefly in varnishes, printing inks, plastics, and sizes and in medicine
Reason: The word you appear to be looking for.
Given half a chance, Liechtenstein would kill you, and everyone you care about.
Given that this is Slashdot, I should never have to point this out... but the Principality of Liechtenstein ain't got nuthin' on the Principality of Sealand. The entire place is one huge military installation!
" 'How do companies who seek genuine dialogue with this community engage?' "
Companies do not "seek" anything; the people who run them seek something... but it surely isn't dialogue. Any appearance to the contrary is just that, an appearance.
Reminds me of that scene in My Name is Earl where his younger, borderline-retarded brother Randy grabs the balloon, takes a long draw from it and starts singing (in a squeaky, high-pitched voice) that song from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, "We're the Lolly-Pop Guild..." and then Earl reminds him that the balloon doesn't contain any helium...
I trust you're being sarcastic? Regardless, there's a typo in my original post; I meant to write that we have observed it transmitting. For many months, if not longer, if we place it on our desk (next to the PC) or on our dash, we can hear its transmissions through the speakers of our PC or our car stereo. We possess no other [RF devices] and the characteristic way that our speakers pick up the Nokia when the phone is on and we can verify that the phone's activity is the source of interference (it's quite distinctive)... and we consistently hear that same unmistakable interference when the phone's off, unless we take the battery out.:)
We've noticed that our comparatively-ancient Nokia 2610 (prepaid AT&T) does this as well - we noticed because both our car stereo and our PC's speakers pick up transmissions from AT&T phones.
Thing is, we observed it transmitting even when it's turned off...
From Uwe Boll's wikipedia entry (this is priceless):
"Another reviewer wrote that Alone in the Dark was "so poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the straight-to-DVD level."[16] For example, in one scene a character who was "killed" can visibly be seen getting up as the actor prematurely made the move to get off the set."
This is all deja vu. This has occures before [youtube.com]. In 1979 a oil well [wikipedia.org] in the gulf blew and it took 9 months to close the gap, using the same techniques [reuters.com] they used so far.
Furthermore, they couldn't even get those same techniques to work in a mere several hundred feet of water... and now they expect them to work at a mile deep??
They've all been viable solutions so far with what was thought to be a real chance of success. Ultimately most of the solutions were impossible to test beforehand.
The problem isn't accessibility; as complicated as cars are getting, we simply need access to our cars' systems. The problem here is that the controls for mission-critical functionality (such as brakes and locks) don't have fail-safe mechanical backups that we can access manually!
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More bullet not a bad idea, either...
I'm with you. I want to like Obama too.
I suspect most of us would like to be able to like him, too (who wouldn't want a President they could actually put their faith in?).
I'm not convinced that he is to blame. I am more inclined to believe that there are limits to what he can do in the face of extremely powerful opposition. I think that it wasn't until he assumed office that reality smacked him in the face.
IMHO, you're being incredibly naive here. You think he only metamorphosed into an ass-kissing, back-stabbing sociopathic politician-type after he took office?! Please.
I can't even run across the word "Jupiter" anymore without my thoughts immediately turning to The Algebraist.
:P)
(Damn you, Banks! Where's my sequel?!
The war machine springs to life.
Opens up one eager eye.
Called to D.C and fired by Obama.
this is true but FISHING for a resin like they were doing ISN'T a resin
I think you're missing something: Resin: any of various solid or semisolid amorphous fusible flammable natural organic substances that are usually transparent or translucent and yellowish to brown, are formed especially in plant secretions, are soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water, are electrical nonconductors, and are used chiefly in varnishes, printing inks, plastics, and sizes and in medicine Reason: The word you appear to be looking for.
Are we absolutely sure he didn't mean "raisin?"
Given half a chance, Liechtenstein would kill you, and everyone you care about.
Given that this is Slashdot, I should never have to point this out... but the Principality of Liechtenstein ain't got nuthin' on the Principality of Sealand. The entire place is one huge military installation!
As long as you caught them forking children...
At first I was trying to figure out what this was referring to and then I figured it out: the Vatican must hires developers, too! :P
The 9-11 conspiracy theorists might be off their rocke
Yup, hearing those charges go off in realtime on NBC that fateful afternoon... I should definitely be put in a padded cell, first thing!
Maybe it's the beer but I initially read the headline as "Your Face Is a Wonderland of Viruses..."
Name me one nuclear power station...
I hereby christen thee "Sir One Nuclear Power Station."
" 'How do companies who seek genuine dialogue with this community engage?' " Companies do not "seek" anything; the people who run them seek something... but it surely isn't dialogue. Any appearance to the contrary is just that, an appearance.
Reminds me of that scene in My Name is Earl where his younger, borderline-retarded brother Randy grabs the balloon, takes a long draw from it and starts singing (in a squeaky, high-pitched voice) that song from Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, "We're the Lolly-Pop Guild..." and then Earl reminds him that the balloon doesn't contain any helium...
If the Brazilian stuff I've seen is any indication, they don't need a password, they need to download the right codec... ;)
I've heard that it's an excellent place to live if you wish to avoid a preponderance of thin people...
As an added precaution, they should mandate the use of Windows (TM) operating systems... :P
I trust you're being sarcastic? Regardless, there's a typo in my original post; I meant to write that we have observed it transmitting. For many months, if not longer, if we place it on our desk (next to the PC) or on our dash, we can hear its transmissions through the speakers of our PC or our car stereo. We possess no other [RF devices] and the characteristic way that our speakers pick up the Nokia when the phone is on and we can verify that the phone's activity is the source of interference (it's quite distinctive)... and we consistently hear that same unmistakable interference when the phone's off, unless we take the battery out. :)
We've noticed that our comparatively-ancient Nokia 2610 (prepaid AT&T) does this as well - we noticed because both our car stereo and our PC's speakers pick up transmissions from AT&T phones.
Thing is, we observed it transmitting even when it's turned off...
From Uwe Boll's wikipedia entry (this is priceless): "Another reviewer wrote that Alone in the Dark was "so poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the straight-to-DVD level."[16] For example, in one scene a character who was "killed" can visibly be seen getting up as the actor prematurely made the move to get off the set."
This is great news because this could help wipe out Afghanistan's poverty, the actual biggest obstacle to a functioning government.
Yes, the same way that drilling in the Gulf has helped wipe out poverty in Louisiana, Alabama, etc. :P
This is all deja vu. This has occures before [youtube.com]. In 1979 a oil well [wikipedia.org] in the gulf blew and it took 9 months to close the gap, using the same techniques [reuters.com] they used so far.
Furthermore, they couldn't even get those same techniques to work in a mere several hundred feet of water... and now they expect them to work at a mile deep??
http://wimp.com/oilspills :P
They've all been viable solutions so far with what was thought to be a real chance of success. Ultimately most of the solutions were impossible to test beforehand.
http://http//wimp.com/oilspills/
Rest assured that all of the US based carriers will cram as many seats in as possible...
Guess you've never been on a Japan Airlines flight!
It's not that there's too many college graduates
No, it certainly aren't. :P
The problem isn't accessibility; as complicated as cars are getting, we simply need access to our cars' systems. The problem here is that the controls for mission-critical functionality (such as brakes and locks) don't have fail-safe mechanical backups that we can access manually!