I found a couple at a Super Wal-Mart near my house.
Stay far, far away from the BBQ one. I should have known something was up with a vegetarian BBQ burrito, but that thing was beyond the capability for wrong in this dimension.
I fully agree. Being able to suppress protestors with no PR backlash is probably one of the last remaining steps to stripping away freedom of speech.
The only way I would endorse nonlethals in government hands is if every single use had to be scrutinized by a very-public review board, not only to determine if it was a justified use, but to give the individual targeted a platform to speak.
Of course, this could also be the ultimate LART we've all been looking for.:)
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I thought that was the one where the Martian re-invents love and squishy bits.
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I've read an Arthur C. Clarke story where an alien visits the Earth, spends decades learning all of human knowledge, then runs that knowledge through a massively-complicated equation. After that, the alien marks humanity's position on a storage rod as a # of marks from the top, and goes on his way.
Sullivan:We suggest that you vacate the judgment below, that you reverse the judgment below and vacate the injunction in its entirety, but should you disagree with that, you should at least make a belinking[?] - the anti-linking provisions of the injunction which are of the District Court's own invention and go far beyond the statutory terms of 1201(a)(2). He said that you can't even post instructions on how to get to DeCSS - an address.
Judge: No, he didn't say "You can't." He said "This defendant can't."
Sullivan: He said, "This defendant can't."
Judge: He didn't say "The world can't."
Sullivan: That's correct, Your Honor.
Judge: And most of the briefing here is as if he issued a worldwide injunction. If it was a defendant class of all journalists, professors, researchers, citizens of the world - it's a very precise injunction.
Corporations aren't interested in advancing political agendas? RIAA? DCMA?
Governments are only interested in control? Own a house? That's right, the gov made it possible for you to have a mortgage, and not pay exorbitant fees to the corporation actually lending you the money.
You want to farm out government functions to corporations only interested in making money? Hey, that's great. Hold out your arm, we'll put your barcode on. Careful in front of the telescreens.
Privatize police? How much do you spend on a murder? How much will you pay for peace of mind?
Where's the profit?
I think reverse engineering would be covered in fair use.
I buy a car from . It's my right under fair use to take the entire thing apart in my driveway (reverse engineer the car, so to speak) to learn how it works.
I think he wanted to specify a service such as mymp3.com (now defunct, I think) but didn't want to mention Napster, who, let's face it, is kind of a taboo in Congress.
It ain't no ballpark either. Look maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but touchin' his lady's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her holyiest of holyies, ain't the same ballpark, ain't the same league, ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Foot massages don't mean shit.
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Ten years after two scientists guessed that you could put a guy into a high-tech plastic bag, he'd live long enough to go to space, we walked on the moon. We owned the moon.
Forty years later, we're just now shooting toasters at Mars (and missing half the time). Give them the money. I want my flying cars.
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Just a note, it is this very kind of thinking that led to the tech bubble bursting.
Not that I break into many houses, but if the house I burglar has a robot dog, it's not going to scare me off. I'd take it.
Freeboxen got crappy real quick. It was a very nice, closet idea, but wasn't ready for the flood of people wanting high-end laptops.
I found a couple at a Super Wal-Mart near my house.
Stay far, far away from the BBQ one. I should have known something was up with a vegetarian BBQ burrito, but that thing was beyond the capability for wrong in this dimension.
Mexican isn't bad, though.
clean language
less use of bold text
less use the the caps lock key
What is this, advice for a Slashdot editor?
Well, you're talking about the elected government of a state famous for driving with the left blinker on. Incompetence is a given.
I need to remember that plan. Release new version of application, go on holiday for week. Have extra time to handle initial bug reports. Repeat.
He's brilliant!
And despite what you believe, there are no green women who beg to be shown more of this Earth thing called kissing.
Much apologies to Chris Barrie and Craig Charles, Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, and the rest of the Dwarfers.
Those camping bastards. Grrr.
http://www.ccusa.net/tp/
Rolls of 1000. Run wild, capitalism.
I thought Genesis was the first book of the Bible. You know, that one about the Big Blue Room and the SysAdmin?
Blockbuster won't have you arrested for returning the book late.
Blockbuster won't have you arrested for making a copy of certain scenes of a movie for fair use.
I fully agree. Being able to suppress protestors with no PR backlash is probably one of the last remaining steps to stripping away freedom of speech.
:)
The only way I would endorse nonlethals in government hands is if every single use had to be scrutinized by a very-public review board, not only to determine if it was a justified use, but to give the individual targeted a platform to speak.
Of course, this could also be the ultimate LART we've all been looking for.
I thought that was the one where the Martian re-invents love and squishy bits.
I've read an Arthur C. Clarke story where an alien visits the Earth, spends decades learning all of human knowledge, then runs that knowledge through a massively-complicated equation. After that, the alien marks humanity's position on a storage rod as a # of marks from the top, and goes on his way.
Weird.
'Cause we all know how that worked out.
Sullivan:We suggest that you vacate the judgment below, that you reverse the judgment below and vacate the injunction in its entirety, but should you disagree with that, you should at least make a belinking[?] - the anti-linking provisions of the injunction which are of the District Court's own invention and go far beyond the statutory terms of 1201(a)(2). He said that you can't even post instructions on how to get to DeCSS - an address.
Judge: No, he didn't say "You can't." He said "This defendant can't."
Sullivan: He said, "This defendant can't."
Judge: He didn't say "The world can't."
Sullivan: That's correct, Your Honor.
Judge: And most of the briefing here is as if he issued a worldwide injunction. If it was a defendant class of all journalists, professors, researchers, citizens of the world - it's a very precise injunction.
You're kind of a rare bright egg, aren't you?
Corporations aren't interested in advancing political agendas? RIAA? DCMA?
Governments are only interested in control? Own a house? That's right, the gov made it possible for you to have a mortgage, and not pay exorbitant fees to the corporation actually lending you the money.
You want to farm out government functions to corporations only interested in making money? Hey, that's great. Hold out your arm, we'll put your barcode on. Careful in front of the telescreens.
Privatize police? How much do you spend on a murder? How much will you pay for peace of mind?
Where's the profit?
Or you could just set the Assistant.Visible property to False on startup in Office97 + Office2K.
I think reverse engineering would be covered in fair use.
I buy a car from . It's my right under fair use to take the entire thing apart in my driveway (reverse engineer the car, so to speak) to learn how it works.
I think he wanted to specify a service such as mymp3.com (now defunct, I think) but didn't want to mention Napster, who, let's face it, is kind of a taboo in Congress.
It ain't no ballpark either. Look maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but touchin' his lady's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her holyiest of holyies, ain't the same ballpark, ain't the same league, ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Foot massages don't mean shit.
with Dean Kamen? Please?
You're not on the PLA list, are you?
We got to the moon in a decade. The moon.
Ten years after two scientists guessed that you could put a guy into a high-tech plastic bag, he'd live long enough to go to space, we walked on the moon.
We owned the moon.
Forty years later, we're just now shooting toasters at Mars (and missing half the time). Give them the money. I want my flying cars.