I know exactly what a queue is. The OP had obviously just combined the two different spellings to make a nonexistent word. My purpose in mentioning the homophone, "queue," was to point out to him that "que" is not the proper way to spell either meaning of the word. To say that I don't know what it means is both presumptive and idiotic.
Good thing he wasn't talking about the homophobe of queue. That could've gotten interesting when Jessi Jaxon and the GNAA burst into/.
First, capitalism did not implode. That's nothing more then a tired political line meant to confuse the masses so acceptance to crap we rejected years ago would happen.
Capitalism did implode. We were only hours away from the failure of the banking system. Without the govt. safety net, the largest banks and insurers would have failed, taking people's life savings with them. There is no question about that. That certainly would have caused panicked runs on all other banks as people scrambled to withdraw their savings before the money was gone, causing them to fold.
Blaming the regulators for what did happen has some validity, but there's something wrong with blaming somebody else for giving you enough rope to hang yourself, especially if you spent a fortune lobbying them to do so.
I actually agree that our economic problems, energy problems, and environmental problems may result in decreased standard of living. The fallacy, however, is the notion that it's all government imposed, that simply continuing as we were is an option. Oil is becoming more scarce. Creditors around the world are starting to see us as a risk. The air is getting polluted. Demanding solutions that solve it all without pain is just not realistic.
While you didn't cite any sources or provide proof, I'll bite.
Now, let's run with this. Large, inefficient dinosaurs, trundling along, consuming all of the resources and wasting more as they grow. I think these banks and insurers failing would've been quite analogous to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection applied to economics. They die off, and better, more efficient critters replace them, and hopefully do better.
Another analogy would be a brush fire. Sure, it seems like a bad thing, but it clears underbrush for fresh life to grow.
Yet another, albiet obligatory, analogy would be the car one. Those old Edsels and Studebakers were eventually selected out in favor of Fords and Chevvies, and SUVs will probably be selected out in favor of more efficient vehicles.
Lessig supported Obama during his presidential candidacy. How ironic, then, that the very candidate he supported all along ended up appointing people who stand for the very opposite of what Lessig has stood for as the public face of Creative Commons. Judging by his record so far, I seriously doubt Obama would ever appoint somebody like Lessig to the position of Copyright Czar, and besides I'm not sure the job is all that compatible with the principles of the Creative Commons movement.
The question now is: Will Lessig be stupid enough to support Messiah Obama again in 4 years. Only time will tell.
Then again, he was stupid enough to BELIEVE(tm) a certain Chicago Politician's message of HOPE(tm) and CHANGE(tm) the first time...
Lessig supported Obama during his presidential candidacy. How ironic, then, that the very candidate he supported all along ended up appointing people who stand for the very opposite of what Lessig has stood for as the public face of Creative Commons. Judging by his record so far, I seriously doubt Obama would ever appoint somebody like Lessig to the position of Copyright Czar, and besides I'm not sure the job is all that compatible with the principles of the Creative Commons movement.
The question now is: Will Lessig be stupid enough to support Messiah Obama again in 4 years. Only time will tell.
And for those of us who want something usable there's X-Plane. Nothing against Flightgear but last time I checked it still needed a fair bit of work.
I've seen a lot of improvement over the years. They even have a relatively decent launcher now. Of course, editing things like keybindings is still a bitch.
Yeah, because the War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, War on Pirates don't give the gov't any excuses to trample on our rights as citizens in the name of national "security theatre".
Wait, was the sarcasm in my post not thick enough to notice, or are you being serious there?
No, the sarcasm was quite clear. I just felt like adding a little more to it, though I wasn't taking a sarcastic tack.
I guess the upshot of all this liberalism and normalizing homosexuality is that posting online about someone is queer will have as much legal impact re: slander/libel as posting that someone is black. In other words, it would count as slander/libel anymore. They'll have to find something new to cry about.
Since the government has been lying about this one for the past 50 years, and making up all sorts of inane shite to cover, if they don't outright deny it, am I supposed to believe this? Thus they have done their job of cloaking it in secrecy for the ages.
Of course, this explanation is entirely plausable, and I've suspected that it was pretty much what was going on. Of course, I can never know for sure, because this could just be yet more misinformation.
Lying to the american public, drugging the pilot, forcing the civilians to sign a non-disclosure agreement... it's a good thing they kept this spy plane so secret. If the Kremlin had learned what our prototypes looked like at that point, the russian economy probably would have been much stronger, they never would have embarked on those economic reforms that backfired, and they eventually would have won the cold war.
Well, at least we're done with the ridiculous and pointless paranoia of the cold war. It would be terrible if our government were to get us into another "war" with a mostly imagined enemy in order to justify absurd spending on ridiculously overpowered and overpriced weapons, a bigger military, and a quieter citizenry, while stepping all over our god-given rights in the meantime and spying on us. Really dodged a bullet there.
Yeah, because the War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, War on Pirates don't give the gov't any excuses to trample on our rights as citizens in the name of national "security theatre".
no, they are in Cheyenne Mountain, a cloaked city sized space ship located just outside the San Francisco Bay, and who knows where else. (maybe on the moon or Mars)
Historically, they referred to any projectile in airborne motion. Pretty much all sub-orbital, orbital, and super-orbital spacecraft are launched on large missiles. Modern usage usually refers to a propulsion device with a warhead, but the fact is that any projectile technically qualifies as a missile.
Thats why Adobe is so popular. Piracy does build huge user bases and when the younger user base grows up they are already hooked on your brand and will buy a license eventually. Now I'm not saying that everyone will buy a license by quite a few will.
I didn't buy a license. I got legitimate! I moved to GIMP!
...say they those scientists will suck, other say they are just full of air, and yet, this will spin into awesomeness when we finally get to know what is going on inside a tornado and such. Just please don't tell me they are going to get M. Night to work with them, it would definitely be a twist.
I'm not a jacked-up-storm-chasin'-girl gettin'-scientist, but I'd think when it comes to tornados, a few things would be relevant to the average person,
You must be one of those overweight, poorly socialized, lives in his parents' basement type scientists. Then again, it's highly unlike you're a scientist, as you're also posting on slashdot.
Apple is violating my patent. I thought of things that update themselves back in the early 90's. The only problem was how to do it. You see, this was before the intertoobs...
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Also, I use cats to hunt down bugs in my software.
Chickens are better for that. I use chickens to hunt down web bugs, too.
I know exactly what a queue is. The OP had obviously just combined the two different spellings to make a nonexistent word. My purpose in mentioning the homophone, "queue," was to point out to him that "que" is not the proper way to spell either meaning of the word. To say that I don't know what it means is both presumptive and idiotic.
Good thing he wasn't talking about the homophobe of queue. That could've gotten interesting when Jessi Jaxon and the GNAA burst into /.
Capitalism did implode. We were only hours away from the failure of the banking system. Without the govt. safety net, the largest banks and insurers would have failed, taking people's life savings with them. There is no question about that. That certainly would have caused panicked runs on all other banks as people scrambled to withdraw their savings before the money was gone, causing them to fold.
Blaming the regulators for what did happen has some validity, but there's something wrong with blaming somebody else for giving you enough rope to hang yourself, especially if you spent a fortune lobbying them to do so.
I actually agree that our economic problems, energy problems, and environmental problems may result in decreased standard of living. The fallacy, however, is the notion that it's all government imposed, that simply continuing as we were is an option. Oil is becoming more scarce. Creditors around the world are starting to see us as a risk. The air is getting polluted. Demanding solutions that solve it all without pain is just not realistic.
While you didn't cite any sources or provide proof, I'll bite.
Now, let's run with this. Large, inefficient dinosaurs, trundling along, consuming all of the resources and wasting more as they grow. I think these banks and insurers failing would've been quite analogous to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection applied to economics. They die off, and better, more efficient critters replace them, and hopefully do better.
Another analogy would be a brush fire. Sure, it seems like a bad thing, but it clears underbrush for fresh life to grow.
Yet another, albiet obligatory, analogy would be the car one. Those old Edsels and Studebakers were eventually selected out in favor of Fords and Chevvies, and SUVs will probably be selected out in favor of more efficient vehicles.
It's all part of the circle of life.
Lessig supported Obama during his presidential candidacy. How ironic, then, that the very candidate he supported all along ended up appointing people who stand for the very opposite of what Lessig has stood for as the public face of Creative Commons. Judging by his record so far, I seriously doubt Obama would ever appoint somebody like Lessig to the position of Copyright Czar, and besides I'm not sure the job is all that compatible with the principles of the Creative Commons movement.
The question now is: Will Lessig be stupid enough to support Messiah Obama again in 4 years. Only time will tell.
Then again, he was stupid enough to BELIEVE(tm) a certain Chicago Politician's message of HOPE(tm) and CHANGE(tm) the first time...
Lessig supported Obama during his presidential candidacy. How ironic, then, that the very candidate he supported all along ended up appointing people who stand for the very opposite of what Lessig has stood for as the public face of Creative Commons. Judging by his record so far, I seriously doubt Obama would ever appoint somebody like Lessig to the position of Copyright Czar, and besides I'm not sure the job is all that compatible with the principles of the Creative Commons movement.
The question now is: Will Lessig be stupid enough to support Messiah Obama again in 4 years. Only time will tell.
And for those of us who want something usable there's X-Plane. Nothing against Flightgear but last time I checked it still needed a fair bit of work.
I've seen a lot of improvement over the years. They even have a relatively decent launcher now. Of course, editing things like keybindings is still a bitch.
Yeah, because the War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, War on Pirates don't give the gov't any excuses to trample on our rights as citizens in the name of national "security theatre".
Wait, was the sarcasm in my post not thick enough to notice, or are you being serious there?
No, the sarcasm was quite clear. I just felt like adding a little more to it, though I wasn't taking a sarcastic tack.
When it's libelous or slanderous?
I guess the upshot of all this liberalism and normalizing homosexuality is that posting online about someone is queer will have as much legal impact re: slander/libel as posting that someone is black. In other words, it would count as slander/libel anymore. They'll have to find something new to cry about.
Flight Simulator is now grounded.
Old heros don't die. They just fade away.
And for the rest of us, there's Flightgear, which is like the GPL goodness of Flight simming. Flightgear killed MSFS!
Since the government has been lying about this one for the past 50 years, and making up all sorts of inane shite to cover, if they don't outright deny it, am I supposed to believe this? Thus they have done their job of cloaking it in secrecy for the ages.
Of course, this explanation is entirely plausable, and I've suspected that it was pretty much what was going on. Of course, I can never know for sure, because this could just be yet more misinformation.
Lying to the american public, drugging the pilot, forcing the civilians to sign a non-disclosure agreement... it's a good thing they kept this spy plane so secret. If the Kremlin had learned what our prototypes looked like at that point, the russian economy probably would have been much stronger, they never would have embarked on those economic reforms that backfired, and they eventually would have won the cold war.
Well, at least we're done with the ridiculous and pointless paranoia of the cold war. It would be terrible if our government were to get us into another "war" with a mostly imagined enemy in order to justify absurd spending on ridiculously overpowered and overpriced weapons, a bigger military, and a quieter citizenry, while stepping all over our god-given rights in the meantime and spying on us. Really dodged a bullet there.
Yeah, because the War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, War on Pirates don't give the gov't any excuses to trample on our rights as citizens in the name of national "security theatre".
no, they are in Cheyenne Mountain, a cloaked city sized space ship located just outside the San Francisco Bay, and who knows where else. (maybe on the moon or Mars)
Hangar 18, Wright AFB.
Missiles aren't even necessarily weapons.
A missile is always a weapon, by definition
Historically, they referred to any projectile in airborne motion. Pretty much all sub-orbital, orbital, and super-orbital spacecraft are launched on large missiles. Modern usage usually refers to a propulsion device with a warhead, but the fact is that any projectile technically qualifies as a missile.
Did you miss the last 8 years?
Try the last 18 years, end of the cold war.
Fact: 99% of quoted statistics are 150% bullshit.
being gay isn't a personal preference, it's genetic.
And those people don't have to exclude anything. I don't see what you're trying to add here....
DAMN YOU, notarockstar1979!!! (With fist in the air...)
Dude, you need to stay away from Robot Chicken. Hilary Duff might pop out of your TV and fight a giant Barbara Streisand...in your hallucination.
Hussein Obama? Who's th--
Oh, I get it! That's his middle name! And it sounds foreign!
Man, that's hilarious. I can't believe no one has made that observation before!
Not trying to call the kettle black, but I just want to point out that a given name like "Barack" doesn't sound all that American, either...
... such as the right to own slaves.
Slavery would have ended on its own. It was on the way out in other major countries, and mechanization would've rendered slaves impractical by 1900.
Both sides were Americans, that's why we call it the American Civil War.
It wasn't very civil. And we lost. The president used it as a way to usurp power from the states beyond question.
Thats why Adobe is so popular. Piracy does build huge user bases and when the younger user base grows up they are already hooked on your brand and will buy a license eventually. Now I'm not saying that everyone will buy a license by quite a few will.
I didn't buy a license. I got legitimate! I moved to GIMP!
...say they those scientists will suck, other say they are just full of air, and yet, this will spin into awesomeness when we finally get to know what is going on inside a tornado and such. Just please don't tell me they are going to get M. Night to work with them, it would definitely be a twist.
Bravo. That's impressive. What a twist!
I'm not a jacked-up-storm-chasin'-girl gettin'-scientist, but I'd think when it comes to tornados, a few things would be relevant to the average person,
You must be one of those overweight, poorly socialized, lives in his parents' basement type scientists. Then again, it's highly unlike you're a scientist, as you're also posting on slashdot.
Apple is violating my patent. I thought of things that update themselves back in the early 90's. The only problem was how to do it. You see, this was before the intertoobs...
...and contributing to the EFF, the ones actually pushing this issue.
Better hurry. Those dollars aren't going to be worth two dead flies once Obammy gets done with the Federal Reserve.