Though it's not mentioned in this article, I _have_ previously heard of issues as to whether the "Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map" translation was accurate.
That was precisely what came to my mind as well, that German soldier seeing the humanity in the dying Frenchman as he lay in the artillery crater All Quiet On The Western Front was a powerful film in general (yes, I read the book too), but that scene was definitely one of those that stood out.
I think there's definitely an analogous point, though: being shown the humanity of those you're shooting at interferes with the will/ability to shoot at them. the xkcd does make the point that doing so can hurt the gameplay experience.
Taxing gambling stinks, especially on top of the fact that gambling is already a tax (for entertainment if not cynical, on the mathematically challenged if cynical). P.S. This is private gambling, but taxing winnings form government-run gambling sucks even more.
9780767922623 is a book I've read about al-Qaeda; it's English translations of Arabic documents, more about al-Qaeda ideology/theology/propaganda than their tactical details. Haven't read much of anything about the latter topic.
Seems Google could avoid some antitrust issues if they buy only some of the Big Four. EMI and Warner are standalone companies; Universal Music Group and Sony Music are subsidiaries that the parent companies may or may not be willing to divest, and same applies for any of them, and would any of them divest components of their music business? Of course, that doesn't get into buying smaller labels, or starting their own operation, etc.
It would shake up a concentrated industry, that's for sure.
agree with CrimsonAvenger's reminder about Amendment 16 (a duh! moment IMHO) - whether a national sales tax would be constitutional, I'm not sure
At the least: I'd think you'd need the Senate to approve the additional nominees, like usual. You'd need Congress to appropriate money to pay them and pay for the resources that support them.
FDR tried to add Supreme Court justices in 1937 and got smacked down by Congress for it
I suppose I could take an alternate route like that; thanks for pointing it out, but I found it to be a happy accident in the sense that it made me get aorund to givign Chrome a try.
The way my office computer was set up, I could install Chrome but not not Firefox... either's better than Internet Explorer; granted, saying your web browser is better than IE is like saying your songwriter is better than Rebecca Black's.:P
Actually been doing precisely that - when Amazon Cloud Drive launched, I uploaded a ~5GB selection of my music collection and use it as my main media player at the office. [I'm glad I have the same local hard drive media repository that I did before; internet connection at the house sucks compared to the one at the office.:)]
Some of the stuff I got in.mp3 or.m4a form to begin with; for some of the stuff I keep in.flac, I had already made a 256 or 320kbps.mp3 copy for my regular portable player anyways.
A natural affinity for outdoor activity [presumably such as fire-starting skill] did exist in years such as 1869 before any incarnation of a Scout program (though that enthusiasm was part of what Baden-Powell et al capitalized on with what they set up a few decades later) However, would that behavior be as prominent in some refined upper-class Hahvahd-bound individual as opposed to some commoner working-class lad?
In some ways, it simply seems to test on a different knowledge base. For instance, never did Latin or Greek, and I'd be off on some of the math and history particulars.
Alexander Hamilton, 1st US treasury secretary, whom you may know as the guy on the $10, believed in government debt as a way to keep the debtors invested in the stability of said government. (so that debt keeps getting paid towards, I presume) Wonder if it's gone too far for him, though?
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bad choice of words maybe, but probably a soy something or other meant to simulate turkey in particular.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19120_6-mistranslations-that-changed-world.html
Though it's not mentioned in this article, I _have_ previously heard of issues as to whether the "Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map" translation was accurate.
That was precisely what came to my mind as well, that German soldier seeing the humanity in the dying Frenchman as he lay in the artillery crater
All Quiet On The Western Front was a powerful film in general (yes, I read the book too), but that scene was definitely one of those that stood out.
I think there's definitely an analogous point, though: being shown the humanity of those you're shooting at interferes with the will/ability to shoot at them.
the xkcd does make the point that doing so can hurt the gameplay experience.
guilt by association?
By the way, does the use of Hitler as a personification of evil shift some attention away from some of history's other monsters?
Taxing gambling stinks, especially on top of the fact that gambling is already a tax (for entertainment if not cynical, on the mathematically challenged if cynical).
P.S.
This is private gambling, but taxing winnings form government-run gambling sucks even more.
Here's what the seized-domain page looks like:
http://www.twitpic.com/4lmdsx
pinging any of the three says the pings are going to 50.17.223.71, with no response (I figure the Feds haven't set up that server to respond to ping)
AC's link is a Rickroll
9780767922623 is a book I've read about al-Qaeda; it's English translations of Arabic documents, more about al-Qaeda ideology/theology/propaganda than their tactical details. Haven't read much of anything about the latter topic.
Heh, more of an on-topic reply than Mr. Astley
a link to Never Gonna Give You Up on Amazon MP3 - nice little variation on the Rickroll, there...
Seems Google could avoid some antitrust issues if they buy only some of the Big Four.
EMI and Warner are standalone companies; Universal Music Group and Sony Music are subsidiaries that the parent companies may or may not be willing to divest, and same applies for any of them, and would any of them divest components of their music business?
Of course, that doesn't get into buying smaller labels, or starting their own operation, etc.
It would shake up a concentrated industry, that's for sure.
credit unions come off very much like nonprofit banks.
Andrew Carnegie seems to be a prime example of that archetype.
agree with CrimsonAvenger's reminder about Amendment 16 (a duh! moment IMHO) - whether a national sales tax would be constitutional, I'm not sure
At the least:
I'd think you'd need the Senate to approve the additional nominees, like usual.
You'd need Congress to appropriate money to pay them and pay for the resources that support them.
FDR tried to add Supreme Court justices in 1937 and got smacked down by Congress for it
I suppose I could take an alternate route like that; thanks for pointing it out, but I found it to be a happy accident in the sense that it made me get aorund to givign Chrome a try.
The way my office computer was set up, I could install Chrome but not not Firefox ... either's better than Internet Explorer; granted, saying your web browser is better than IE is like saying your songwriter is better than Rebecca Black's. :P
P.S. :)
It's an XP box at least.
Wasn't it pointed out in the last GeoHot story several times that unused donations would be sent on over to the EFF?
Could the cop-car camera magically stop working when the officers are doing something that they don't want seen?
Actually been doing precisely that - when Amazon Cloud Drive launched, I uploaded a ~5GB selection of my music collection and use it as my main media player at the office. [I'm glad I have the same local hard drive media repository that I did before; internet connection at the house sucks compared to the one at the office. :)]
Some of the stuff I got in .mp3 or .m4a form to begin with; for some of the stuff I keep in .flac, I had already made a 256 or 320kbps .mp3 copy for my regular portable player anyways.
Reminds me of some stories about primitive languages that count as "none, one, two, many" or somesuch
A natural affinity for outdoor activity [presumably such as fire-starting skill] did exist in years such as 1869 before any incarnation of a Scout program (though that enthusiasm was part of what Baden-Powell et al capitalized on with what they set up a few decades later)
However, would that behavior be as prominent in some refined upper-class Hahvahd-bound individual as opposed to some commoner working-class lad?
Yeah, I was expecting at least a rough typewriter look.
For some reason, only the section on Greek was handwritten.
In some ways, it simply seems to test on a different knowledge base.
For instance, never did Latin or Greek, and I'd be off on some of the math and history particulars.
Metal screaming actually grates on me more than pop autotune.
[I dig some clean-singing classic metal though.]
Alexander Hamilton, 1st US treasury secretary, whom you may know as the guy on the $10, believed in government debt as a way to keep the debtors invested in the stability of said government. (so that debt keeps getting paid towards, I presume)
Wonder if it's gone too far for him, though?
For me, it's bicycle maintenance and bus fare, but same idea: at least willing to take a cut that's lower than or matches those expenses.