Because it was his turn to be president. Next time, it will be Medvedev's turn.
So, the two of them are sitting in a bathtub, and Putin asks Medvedev, "What day is it today?" Medvedev answers, "Tuesday." Putin responds, "Good! Then I am president today, and you must go to the freezer to fetch us another bottle of vodka!"
This permit authorizes a landowner or their designee to take depredating wildlife (beaver, bobcat, fox, possum, rabbit, raccoon, or skunk) at night with a gun and light. The permit is not required to take wild hog, coyote, armadillo, black or Norway rat, and house mouse, with a gun and light during non-daylight hours.
Hunting and trapping wild hogs is not only a popular sport in Florida but a useful tool in man's attempt to control feral populations on private and state lands. Nuisance wildlife trappers that want to shoot or trap feral swine on private lands do not need FWC authorization. Permission of the landowner is all that is required. A permit is not required to take wild hog with a gun and light during non-daylight hours."
I used to think of Florida as a boring Disneyland vacation place. Now it is sounding like an exciting shoot-the-varmints vacation place.
"Permit holders may sell the hide and meat, thus providing a type of compensation (note: Burmese pythons from Everglades National Park have been found to have very high levels of mercury and may not be recommended for human consumption)."
Now could you use this in a happy healthy brain to become even more happy and healthy?
All you need to do, is to increase the levels of serotonin in the brain: "It is popularly thought to be a contributor to feelings of well-being and happiness", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin
But I don't see how Alzheimer's patients could be depressed. They can't remember anything to get depressed about. And as one patient ironically quipped, "I meet new people who I don't know every day!"
So . . . what will actually, legally, happen when the Seychelles go under? I mean, no land, no country, right? Or will they have some legal entity elsewhere that represents the waters over the islands? Another empty seat at the UN? What about long term debt? Can you still own land underwater? Maybe real estate investors might want to start building under water hotels? Maybe the submerged country will be a scuba divers' paradise?
The Internet is such a great success today, precisely because the ITU was not involved with it. If it was their creation, it would be their right to regulate it. The other countries just want a piece of the action of Internet control because it is now such an important resource to the economy of the world.
Well, so is crude oil . . . so should the UN also declare that crude oil is a world resource and crude oil exploitation and distribution be regulated by the UN? Saudi Arabia might not be so happy about that.
Bravo, Nintendo! For your next act, I would like to see a method and process for checking if kids have done their homework, before letting them play games. And a connection to the school system database, that lets kids with better grades play games longer. And an active webcam, that only lets kids who cleaned up their rooms play games. Messy room == No games, for you!
Can a Nintendo drive the kids to soccer games, while the parents are off playing golf . . . ?
and b) hopefully many more major publications will follow suit sooner or later, thus making it harder for people to get quality content for free, and so increasing the chance that they'll decide to pay for their news.
c) He could just buy many more major publications, and force them to follow suit. I mean, it's not like he's hurting for cash . . .
. . . but then again . . . he's still betting that people will think that the news he's offering is worth paying for. I'm not really concerned that the world will stop if I miss another story about a 'methed up Lindsay Lohan getting arrested while driving Justin Bieber's Fisker through Kim Kardashian' butt cheeks . . .
The ITU failed at their own attempt at creating an Internet, with ISO OSI and X.400 crap, so I can't think of anyone more qualified to totally screw up the Internet.
Yes, many folks are into S&M these days . . . just look at the popularity of "50 Shades of Grey".
I guess folks like their kink with their tech gadgets, too.
This is a great opportunity for an aspiring geek novelist: Write a hot & steamy novel about the S&M relationship between guys and gals, and their tech gadgets.
4) Protection from a hostile takeover. The first thing that corporate raiders look at, is what assets a distressed company has. If the stock market value of a company is less than its physical or intellectual property assets, you can by it, sell the assets, close up shop, and make a tidy profit.
Nokia has just made itself 170 million € less attractive to corporate raiders.
You know, just pop them in the microwave @1000 Watts for five minutes, and they are then fully charged. You have to remember to turn off the device first.
We already have microwavable popcorn, and microwave ovens can also be used to warm small pets, and almost every household has one already. US military specs probably already require microwave proof equipment, so those components could be used. All you need to do is to make a battery that can be charged by microwaves. Well, it sure will get hot in the oven, so maybe the heat will help somehow. Batteries always get hot when charging, so it's the heat that charges.
Maybe.
But please don't tell Apple! They will patent the idea! And then we will all have to buy iWaveOvens to charge our devices!
Forget about littering. What if it hits and damages something important to someone? Like kids hurling a sports ball through the neighbor's window?
An enraged alien will show up on Earth, with the Voyager in its hands, and interrogate us with, "Is this your probe that went through my living room window . . . ?"
No, that would be like trying to install modern plumbing in an outhouse. It's much better to burn down the old outhouse, and start again, with a new foundation.
Technology has evolved so much that the current system just doesn't fit and function in a beneficial way for all.
I would never want to be labeled as someone with a disorder
Yes, that's ok, you have a "Psychiatric Differential Diagnosis of an Intense Fear of Medical Illness". Please see your psychiatrist to get yet even more pills, please.
having a minimal to non-existent social life is fine by me.
Yes, but is your non-existent social life fine for the rest of us? Maybe we want you to have a social life? You are only thinking of yourself, here. That's a diagnosis of being egoistic, self-centered and narcissistic. Sorry, no pills for that . . . please go see Sisyphus and help him out with his stone.
This is just putting a negative label on people who already have a lot of social stigma to deal with.
A programming language never really needs labels, positive or negative, since they are always abused for unnecessary GOTOs.
Um, . . . what were we talking about again . . . ?
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then why was putin voted back in?
Because it was his turn to be president. Next time, it will be Medvedev's turn.
So, the two of them are sitting in a bathtub, and Putin asks Medvedev, "What day is it today?" Medvedev answers, "Tuesday." Putin responds, "Good! Then I am president today, and you must go to the freezer to fetch us another bottle of vodka!"
Israeli bomb-sniffing mice
Because Israeli bomb-sniffing mice steal airplane jet engines, so you can't use them in airports.
Crafty little devils, those mice, they are.
The article is remarkably lacking in technical details.
Maybe they are waiting for the patent applications to be processed, before giving out too many details . . . ?
The Florida Fish & Wildlife site is your friend & helper: http://myfwc.com/license/wildlife/nuisance-wildlife/
"Gun/Light at Night Permit
This permit authorizes a landowner or their designee to take depredating wildlife (beaver, bobcat, fox, possum, rabbit, raccoon, or skunk) at night with a gun and light. The permit is not required to take wild hog, coyote, armadillo, black or Norway rat, and house mouse, with a gun and light during non-daylight hours.
Hunting and trapping wild hogs is not only a popular sport in Florida but a useful tool in man's attempt to control feral populations on private and state lands. Nuisance wildlife trappers that want to shoot or trap feral swine on private lands do not need FWC authorization. Permission of the landowner is all that is required. A permit is not required to take wild hog with a gun and light during non-daylight hours."
I used to think of Florida as a boring Disneyland vacation place. Now it is sounding like an exciting shoot-the-varmints vacation place.
Making it legal to sell snake meat would help too.
Yeah, but before you chow down on some snake, read the Florida Fish and Wildlife site: http://myfwc.com/license/wildlife/nonnative-species/python-permit-program/
"Permit holders may sell the hide and meat, thus providing a type of compensation (note: Burmese pythons from Everglades National Park have been found to have very high levels of mercury and may not be recommended for human consumption)."
Perhaps they should ask Apple to fund them. Good luck.
Perhaps they should ask Apple to sue them.
It might get them some sympathy donations . . . ?
Now could you use this in a happy healthy brain to become even more happy and healthy?
All you need to do, is to increase the levels of serotonin in the brain: "It is popularly thought to be a contributor to feelings of well-being and happiness", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin
Then again, maybe you don't want to be too happy . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin_syndrome
But I don't see how Alzheimer's patients could be depressed. They can't remember anything to get depressed about. And as one patient ironically quipped, "I meet new people who I don't know every day!"
So . . . what will actually, legally, happen when the Seychelles go under? I mean, no land, no country, right? Or will they have some legal entity elsewhere that represents the waters over the islands? Another empty seat at the UN? What about long term debt? Can you still own land underwater? Maybe real estate investors might want to start building under water hotels? Maybe the submerged country will be a scuba divers' paradise?
The Internet is such a great success today, precisely because the ITU was not involved with it. If it was their creation, it would be their right to regulate it. The other countries just want a piece of the action of Internet control because it is now such an important resource to the economy of the world.
Well, so is crude oil . . . so should the UN also declare that crude oil is a world resource and crude oil exploitation and distribution be regulated by the UN? Saudi Arabia might not be so happy about that.
Instead of opposing it and then caving in, The western world could rip a page off the dictatorships' book:
. . . and impose martial law on the Internet.
. . . it couldn't be worse than letting Sudan and Algeria run it.
They don't like it as it is? Ok, let them build their own, with ITU ISO OSI protocols.
They will need access to our Internet, more than we will need access to theirs.
Bravo, Nintendo! For your next act, I would like to see a method and process for checking if kids have done their homework, before letting them play games. And a connection to the school system database, that lets kids with better grades play games longer. And an active webcam, that only lets kids who cleaned up their rooms play games. Messy room == No games, for you!
Can a Nintendo drive the kids to soccer games, while the parents are off playing golf . . . ?
and b) hopefully many more major publications will follow suit sooner or later, thus making it harder for people to get quality content for free, and so increasing the chance that they'll decide to pay for their news.
c) He could just buy many more major publications, and force them to follow suit. I mean, it's not like he's hurting for cash . . .
. . . but then again . . . he's still betting that people will think that the news he's offering is worth paying for. I'm not really concerned that the world will stop if I miss another story about a 'methed up Lindsay Lohan getting arrested while driving Justin Bieber's Fisker through Kim Kardashian' butt cheeks . . .
. . . flying over the ITU meeting in Dubai.
That'll show 'em!
The ITU failed at their own attempt at creating an Internet, with ISO OSI and X.400 crap, so I can't think of anyone more qualified to totally screw up the Internet.
Most people don't really care about being free.
Yes, many folks are into S&M these days . . . just look at the popularity of "50 Shades of Grey".
I guess folks like their kink with their tech gadgets, too.
This is a great opportunity for an aspiring geek novelist: Write a hot & steamy novel about the S&M relationship between guys and gals, and their tech gadgets.
"Ooooh . . . Apple makes me feel so macho!"
4) Protection from a hostile takeover. The first thing that corporate raiders look at, is what assets a distressed company has. If the stock market value of a company is less than its physical or intellectual property assets, you can by it, sell the assets, close up shop, and make a tidy profit.
Nokia has just made itself 170 million € less attractive to corporate raiders.
The Capitol building is OK. It just needs to be fumigated.
Maybe Israel . . . ? Or maybe the UK . . . ?
You know, just pop them in the microwave @1000 Watts for five minutes, and they are then fully charged. You have to remember to turn off the device first.
We already have microwavable popcorn, and microwave ovens can also be used to warm small pets, and almost every household has one already. US military specs probably already require microwave proof equipment, so those components could be used. All you need to do is to make a battery that can be charged by microwaves. Well, it sure will get hot in the oven, so maybe the heat will help somehow. Batteries always get hot when charging, so it's the heat that charges.
Maybe.
But please don't tell Apple! They will patent the idea! And then we will all have to buy iWaveOvens to charge our devices!
"If you need a friend, get a dog." -- Gordon Gekko
Forget about littering. What if it hits and damages something important to someone? Like kids hurling a sports ball through the neighbor's window?
An enraged alien will show up on Earth, with the Voyager in its hands, and interrogate us with, "Is this your probe that went through my living room window . . . ?"
Then we'll be in for some bad shit.
No, that would be like trying to install modern plumbing in an outhouse. It's much better to burn down the old outhouse, and start again, with a new foundation.
Technology has evolved so much that the current system just doesn't fit and function in a beneficial way for all.
Design, components and construction are not important in products any more. It's all about patents and patent litigation.
So maybe the USA is not the cheapest and best quality for production. But the patent lawyers, courts and juries in the USA are second to none!
. . . and leave the rest, as-is.
And then see which one folks use.
Not to mention the fact that a bit of bread mould is good for you !
A bit of a rye fungus derivative is even better for an amusing afternoon.
I would never want to be labeled as someone with a disorder
Yes, that's ok, you have a "Psychiatric Differential Diagnosis of an Intense Fear of Medical Illness". Please see your psychiatrist to get yet even more pills, please.
having a minimal to non-existent social life is fine by me.
Yes, but is your non-existent social life fine for the rest of us? Maybe we want you to have a social life? You are only thinking of yourself, here. That's a diagnosis of being egoistic, self-centered and narcissistic. Sorry, no pills for that . . . please go see Sisyphus and help him out with his stone.
This is just putting a negative label on people who already have a lot of social stigma to deal with.
A programming language never really needs labels, positive or negative, since they are always abused for unnecessary GOTOs.
Um, . . . what were we talking about again . . . ?