I also learned she is as technically illiterate as McCain. A Yahoo account, using basic password recovery questions, and her zip code? Hopefully you (and he?) will be right, and publicity will expose her sheer incompetence, if not her attempts to hide official communications. He wasn't even a hacker, just a bored kid with google and half a brain*
Though, on the upside, having politicians so stupid they can't even properly hide evidence makes it that much easier to prosecute later on.
*With a full brain, he would have been behind multiple proxies, and edited the screenshots to remove the URL, and made a complete backup of the entire mailbox. Or just pirate public wireless, you could do this from Starbucks.
He means Taiwan. Throwing microphones was considered the norm. Most heavy objects are now removed, nothing to throw anymore (and there is a shield to protect the speaker). Doesn't stop fistfights though!
Long live Democracy!
More drilling alone isn't a fix by itself, but it's patently stupid and dishonest to say that more oil in the supply line won't help prices.
I notice that, to liberals, when the issue is liberal and popular with Americans, then they're a great and wise people, righteous in their anger at the Republicans. But when the issue is conservative and supported by Americans, they're stupid unwashed masses.
If you were really concerned about us solving our energy problems, you'd actually let us solve them. We've got plenty of ways to do it... more drilling, more shale, more coal to gasoline, more nuclear... liberals just don't like those options. What you're really mad about is that we won't do it your way... with nothing but biofuels and electric cars.
There are a number of reasons we don't like "your" way. I may be in the minority of democrats for actually *wanting* to keep higher gas prices. Will it hurt the huge numbers of people forced to drive cars due to cheap-fuel era city planning? Yes. Could we work out tax credit schemes for those who needed it? Yes. Would setting people's expectations to $8 a gallon future prices help spur investment in clean energy? Yes.
Our goal should be cleaner, renewable energy, that isn't reliant on potentially unfriendly regions of the world. That isn't to say biofuels and electric cars- IMO, biofuels were pushed by a small group of scientists and agricultural interests who wanted to make a buck selling crops or getting research grant money.
However, trying to bring oil prices down- and encouraging people to expect lower oil prices in the future- will simply encourage more consumption today. Increasing developing world consumption means we will most likely never have cheap oil again. Knocking off a few pennies or even a few dollars will simply prolong our addiction, and simply ensure we cannot compete with other nations in the field of clean energy. The Japanese already have a nearly insurmountable lead in hybrid technology due to us propping up Detroit far too long. Do we need to make the same mistake with energy, and seeing America become GM? A former first-rate power, declining because it refused to change?
The other option is not get a cut of the market at all. Everyone wants in to China's market- if a company isn't willing to compromise and accept breaching the rights of Chinese citizens, another Western company (and more frequently, Chinese companies) will step up and happily take their place.
And as long as the Chinese government keeps delivering economic growth like this, we'll keep scrambling to get a piece of the pie, and the Chinese citizenry will happily give up their civil liberties in return for stability and nice hotels to stay in.
After all, compared with pre-reform China, hotels with any internet are a dream come true. With China, and its government, growth and stability go hand-in-hand. Both government and citizens are willing to sacrifice civil rights for it.
Not the ideal bargain, but better than some countries;) We're giving up our civil liberties in America, and not getting much in return.
Question, then. If Israel holds the West Bank and Golan Heights for 160 years, then noone can blame them, right?
How long does a territory have to be held before the claim becomes incontestable?
I just finished installing the QQ 2008 Beta version, and kept having to make exceptions for about half of the.exes. Avast! aborted the download twice. My anti-virus software also seems hellbent on gutting PPStream and PPlive. True, the update files do behave exactly like Trojans- but they are good Trojans!
I like TFA suggestions for teaching security software to recognize the difference between legit software and trojans, but asking malware analysts to become fluent in non-Roman languages that don't have mathematics as their base might be a tall order. Math inclined folks don't always have time to learn Chinese/Japanese/Korean. Having studied Chinese for almost two years (living in the environment for about 8 months), I can read newspapers, but technical documentation would be a whole different issue.
While not Israeli, my experience with most (all but the settlers and other ultra-Orthodox lunatics) Israelis has been that they would love to get the hell out of there, much as we would love to get the hell out of Iraq.
However, Israel cannot get out of the West Bank until the Palestinians can guarantee them security. It would be suicide for them to pull out and leave a hostile state with no security to prevent Hamas and other organizations with the stated intention of destroying the entirety of Israel (not liberating the West Bank and Gaza) on their borders.
We're working on getting the hell out, trust me. No Israeli wants to die in the IDF. But until the Palestinians or Arabs can guarantee security, it must be provided for somehow.
The result so far has been ugly.
P.S. They are not provinces or states, but territories occupied in wartime from belligerent states (Jordan and Egypt). They were never annexed, as far as I am aware. East Jerusalem is a different can of worms.
I always hated the cog-sci cultists (Dennet, mostly) attacking free will, as if it was his personal calling to do so. I think the very discussion is rather dumb. Well, without free will, it's not like he has any choice but to attack free will. It is his calling!
I would like to second this, especially Typing of the Dead. It's not just for kids either; several international students I know use the English release of the game to improve typing speed and accuracy along with their English vocabulary (often with hilarious results, given the game words/phrases generated).
And the keyboards with back-mounted Dreamcasts was a nice touch. It makes House of the Dead family-friendly, and great for the kids! Take that, Jack Thompson!
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Or as another example, if you're having sex, and you or your partner is about to orgasm, and you just stop.
Not a good Slashdot analogy. Perhaps you're compiling a kernel, and someone yanks the plug before it finishes?
I also learned she is as technically illiterate as McCain. A Yahoo account, using basic password recovery questions, and her zip code? Hopefully you (and he?) will be right, and publicity will expose her sheer incompetence, if not her attempts to hide official communications. He wasn't even a hacker, just a bored kid with google and half a brain*
Though, on the upside, having politicians so stupid they can't even properly hide evidence makes it that much easier to prosecute later on.
*With a full brain, he would have been behind multiple proxies, and edited the screenshots to remove the URL, and made a complete backup of the entire mailbox. Or just pirate public wireless, you could do this from Starbucks.
Especially since Taikonaut is an annoying abbreviation, at that. Space should actually be åç© (tai4 kong1). Guess having a double ng-n (taikongnaut?) wouldn't roll off the tongue as quickly.
Based on the summary, I thought the submitter was asking for advice on how to get away with doing the same thing.
He means Taiwan. Throwing microphones was considered the norm. Most heavy objects are now removed, nothing to throw anymore (and there is a shield to protect the speaker). Doesn't stop fistfights though! Long live Democracy!
More drilling alone isn't a fix by itself, but it's patently stupid and dishonest to say that more oil in the supply line won't help prices.
I notice that, to liberals, when the issue is liberal and popular with Americans, then they're a great and wise people, righteous in their anger at the Republicans. But when the issue is conservative and supported by Americans, they're stupid unwashed masses.
If you were really concerned about us solving our energy problems, you'd actually let us solve them. We've got plenty of ways to do it... more drilling, more shale, more coal to gasoline, more nuclear... liberals just don't like those options. What you're really mad about is that we won't do it your way... with nothing but biofuels and electric cars.
There are a number of reasons we don't like "your" way. I may be in the minority of democrats for actually *wanting* to keep higher gas prices. Will it hurt the huge numbers of people forced to drive cars due to cheap-fuel era city planning? Yes. Could we work out tax credit schemes for those who needed it? Yes. Would setting people's expectations to $8 a gallon future prices help spur investment in clean energy? Yes. Our goal should be cleaner, renewable energy, that isn't reliant on potentially unfriendly regions of the world. That isn't to say biofuels and electric cars- IMO, biofuels were pushed by a small group of scientists and agricultural interests who wanted to make a buck selling crops or getting research grant money. However, trying to bring oil prices down- and encouraging people to expect lower oil prices in the future- will simply encourage more consumption today. Increasing developing world consumption means we will most likely never have cheap oil again. Knocking off a few pennies or even a few dollars will simply prolong our addiction, and simply ensure we cannot compete with other nations in the field of clean energy. The Japanese already have a nearly insurmountable lead in hybrid technology due to us propping up Detroit far too long. Do we need to make the same mistake with energy, and seeing America become GM? A former first-rate power, declining because it refused to change?
No, the internet tubes might get jammed. And if the internets plumber found the jihadist materials, it would be bad.
The other option is not get a cut of the market at all. Everyone wants in to China's market- if a company isn't willing to compromise and accept breaching the rights of Chinese citizens, another Western company (and more frequently, Chinese companies) will step up and happily take their place. And as long as the Chinese government keeps delivering economic growth like this, we'll keep scrambling to get a piece of the pie, and the Chinese citizenry will happily give up their civil liberties in return for stability and nice hotels to stay in. After all, compared with pre-reform China, hotels with any internet are a dream come true. With China, and its government, growth and stability go hand-in-hand. Both government and citizens are willing to sacrifice civil rights for it. Not the ideal bargain, but better than some countries ;) We're giving up our civil liberties in America, and not getting much in return.
Question, then. If Israel holds the West Bank and Golan Heights for 160 years, then noone can blame them, right? How long does a territory have to be held before the claim becomes incontestable?
Come to Guanghua Shangchang, or any PC Cafe. The difference is minute. Except that Taiwanese geeks actually, y'know, have girlfriends.
I just finished installing the QQ 2008 Beta version, and kept having to make exceptions for about half of the .exes. Avast! aborted the download twice. My anti-virus software also seems hellbent on gutting PPStream and PPlive. True, the update files do behave exactly like Trojans- but they are good Trojans!
I like TFA suggestions for teaching security software to recognize the difference between legit software and trojans, but asking malware analysts to become fluent in non-Roman languages that don't have mathematics as their base might be a tall order. Math inclined folks don't always have time to learn Chinese/Japanese/Korean. Having studied Chinese for almost two years (living in the environment for about 8 months), I can read newspapers, but technical documentation would be a whole different issue.
And the US needs Jindhal as VP more than it needs Louisiana. Pretty please? We'll send some flowers for compensation.
While not Israeli, my experience with most (all but the settlers and other ultra-Orthodox lunatics) Israelis has been that they would love to get the hell out of there, much as we would love to get the hell out of Iraq. However, Israel cannot get out of the West Bank until the Palestinians can guarantee them security. It would be suicide for them to pull out and leave a hostile state with no security to prevent Hamas and other organizations with the stated intention of destroying the entirety of Israel (not liberating the West Bank and Gaza) on their borders. We're working on getting the hell out, trust me. No Israeli wants to die in the IDF. But until the Palestinians or Arabs can guarantee security, it must be provided for somehow. The result so far has been ugly. P.S. They are not provinces or states, but territories occupied in wartime from belligerent states (Jordan and Egypt). They were never annexed, as far as I am aware. East Jerusalem is a different can of worms.
"God created man in his own image and man, being a gentleman, returned the favor."
I would like to second this, especially Typing of the Dead. It's not just for kids either; several international students I know use the English release of the game to improve typing speed and accuracy along with their English vocabulary (often with hilarious results, given the game words/phrases generated). And the keyboards with back-mounted Dreamcasts was a nice touch. It makes House of the Dead family-friendly, and great for the kids! Take that, Jack Thompson!