The FBI could probably tell you how many pedos are on sex offenders lists. Note that I specifically said pedos, because you can probably get on one of those list by peeing behind a bush or walking into the wrong bathrooms in a restaurant.
And, of course, these are only the ones who got caught. If even the Catholic Church covers them up in their organization, imagine what goes on elsewhere . . .
We the humans are stupid to think we have any ideas on how life is in the universe.
There was a Star Trek TOS episode where a giant cheeseburger ate tunnels through the stone underground on a planet. Since I saw that as a child, I've always wondered if we would even recognize life from other planets if we encountered it.
"Ventilation" or "Breathing". Both are correct. "Respiration" also works, although that actually describes a more complicated process.
I remember having this discussion late on a Saturday night in a beer session back in my university days.
The biology major told us that gills work by "exchanging gasses."
What a terrible waste of beer, as we all spit it out or laughed it out our noses.
At any rate, we got a lot of mileage out of that one, as we would say stuff like, "Has someone been exchanging gasses in here?" or "I need to go exchange some gasses."
I do not want to troll, but Iam very seriously interested in your opinion. Some friends of mine had a boat in a ocean. Every weekend they were scrubbing something here, scrapping off something there. Just to keep the boat seaworthy!
So I was thinking about offshore drilling rigs. What maintenance do they need? Do the oil companies just throw money at the problem . . . ?
Note: it takes 17 years to recoup your initial investment; you'll make profit only for the last 3 years of the 20 year lifespan.
In 20 years, when the accountants finally add up the sums . . . the folks who organized all this will be retired and drinking cocktails on the beach in the Caribbean. So it will not be a problem for them if the whole thing is later exposed as a scam.
The next generation of younger politicians will sweep the mess under the carpet . . . so that they can profit from a newer, more ambitious project.
And that assumes your maintenance costs are zero...
Flipper and Aqua Man have agreed to do the maintenance for free!
The problem was that they didn't make the best of things when times were good, and therefore deserve the cluster fuck situation they are in now.
Oh, I'm betting that a lot of airline execs made the best of things when times were good. Nice fat bonuses and a golden parachute.
What was the name of that game that we used to play as children? "Pin the Tail on the Donkey?" This game is called "Pin the Bill on the Stockholders and Consumers." The airline execs say, "See you on the Caymans!"
Well, if your security clearance is high enough, you will find that there is concept of "Double Secret Probation."
This is the exception to "there are no exceptions."
Personal note: my father grew up near Calgary (Rosebud) and studied at Edmonton. Later he built radar stations for RCA in northern Canada. I didn't learn of this until after he died. The American spooks required him to get a USA citizenship. When my father asked why that was necessary, the spooks said that if he spied for the Russians, they couldn't hang him, as a Canadian national.
From what my mom told me, when he was at the radar construction sites, they were under constant surveillance from Canadian spooks. All telephone calls were recorded. Hey, but that was during the Cold War.
So with these Stingrays, are we returning to old Cold War practices . . . ?
Has SCO really been put down . . . ? They always seemed to me to be like a "Whack-a-Mole" game from country fairs, and the like. Every time they got whacked down, and someone claimed them for dead, the head would pop up again from another hole.
If things head south, declare bankruptcy and walk away.
Aw, gee Wally, shucks. When I read your title, I was hoping that you would encourage Second Amendment folks to "take care" of both Comcast and Rightscorp.
who thinks it could lead to music companies leveraging DRM to exert more control over what consumers can do with their music.
This is exactly what the media companies want to do anyway with. You don't own your music, you simply have an EULA with a subscription service. And you pay a few every time you listen to a song. Software companies have already pushed this subscription model through.
Of course, for old fogies who grew up copying Pink Floyd and Yes albums to cassette tapes back in the 70's, this will not fly at all.
However, the media companies are thinking long term. They would like to convince the next generation of Internet kiddies, that this is "just the way it works."
Sure there is . . . the soon to be extinct middle class in the US.
This is what bothers me when politicians promise everyone a winged unicorn . . . and that higher taxes on the rich will pay for it.
They lie like rugs. Rich folks don't pay taxes. They have enough money to afford top notch tax lawyers who will come up with some scheme to move any profits onto the Cayman Islands. And politicians are rich folks, and know this. Hillary Clinton can show up at a Wall Street meeting and just yawn a couple of times, and then go home with millions in her pockets. The Donald? Hell, he brags about how rich he is.
So, the rich aren't going to pay for any tax hikes. The poor don't have any money anyway. Guess who gets to pay the tab . . . ?
In the good old days, when this Kid really was a kid, things were simple. The Democrats were the party for the poor folks, and the Republicans were the party for the rich folks. Now the Democrats are the party for both rich folks and poor folks. It will be interesting to see whether the US middle class and the Republican party survive the next 20 years.
Thank you very much, Sir! With all the sniping about this and that and the next thing that seems to go on Slashdot, it is a great pleasure to see a +10 Informative post!
Gerbil and Stalin would be proud of the American Media at this point.
I've read a lot about Stalin, and seen a lot of documentaries about him. But I cannot remember any reference that he owned a small, desert rodent.
Or maybe . . . in Slashdot Kung Fu style . . .
"In Soviet Russia, gerbil owns Stalin!"
Although, maybe this would be a great idea for a trashy Hollywood sitcom. "Gerbil and Stalin" . . . starring Charlie Sheen as the gerbil, and The Soup Nazi as Stalin.
And Jerry Mathers, as "The Beaver". (Kim Kardashian would probably not accept the role).
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But, this has been done all throughout the history of English as there's no central grammar Nazi authority
Apparently, you have never met my 7th grade English teacher.
Perhaps you're thinking of the 750 GeV "bump" that turned out to be a statistical deviation?
Maybe The Higgs Boson morphed info The Dark Higgs Boson . . . ?
Honeypot (if it's real).
Well, I was thinking, if it is real, the highest bidder will be the NSF itself. So the FBI and CIA could chase them down.
there are a lot of pedos out there.
The FBI could probably tell you how many pedos are on sex offenders lists. Note that I specifically said pedos, because you can probably get on one of those list by peeing behind a bush or walking into the wrong bathrooms in a restaurant.
And, of course, these are only the ones who got caught. If even the Catholic Church covers them up in their organization, imagine what goes on elsewhere . . .
Open windows let in foul air, as well as fresh air.
Same deal with foul speech and fresh speech.
The prime minister Malcolm Turnbull went on the record to say that he will punish those responsible.
And then those responsible for the sacking, will be sacked.
** If you are a Trump supporter, this is what sarcasm looks like.
"This is your brain!"
(Fries an egg in a pan)
"This is your brain on sarcasm!"
"Any questions?"
Is anyone here old enough to remember that one?
We the humans are stupid to think we have any ideas on how life is in the universe.
There was a Star Trek TOS episode where a giant cheeseburger ate tunnels through the stone underground on a planet. Since I saw that as a child, I've always wondered if we would even recognize life from other planets if we encountered it.
WE KNOW NOTHING.
It that you, Sergeant Schultz . . . ?
"Ventilation" or "Breathing". Both are correct. "Respiration" also works, although that actually describes a more complicated process.
I remember having this discussion late on a Saturday night in a beer session back in my university days.
The biology major told us that gills work by "exchanging gasses."
What a terrible waste of beer, as we all spit it out or laughed it out our noses.
At any rate, we got a lot of mileage out of that one, as we would say stuff like, "Has someone been exchanging gasses in here?" or "I need to go exchange some gasses."
Crowdfunding is not an investment
I'm just wondering if this will lead to regulation of crowdfunding when Congress folks hear about it.
It's sad. Yet again something that has worked well a lot of folks, both producers and consumers, will be train wrecked by a couple of assholes.
I do not want to troll, but Iam very seriously interested in your opinion. Some friends of mine had a boat in a ocean. Every weekend they were scrubbing something here, scrapping off something there. Just to keep the boat seaworthy!
So I was thinking about offshore drilling rigs. What maintenance do they need? Do the oil companies just throw money at the problem . . . ?
Call 'em all up at random, and say random nonsense stuff like: "It is very warm in Odessa this year. The camels are in heat!"
Or just a random "numbers station" string: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
We'll have the whole NSA chasing their own tails in a few days!
However, to be fair, we will need a list of Republican numbers, as well.
Note: it takes 17 years to recoup your initial investment; you'll make profit only for the last 3 years of the 20 year lifespan.
In 20 years, when the accountants finally add up the sums . . . the folks who organized all this will be retired and drinking cocktails on the beach in the Caribbean. So it will not be a problem for them if the whole thing is later exposed as a scam.
The next generation of younger politicians will sweep the mess under the carpet . . . so that they can profit from a newer, more ambitious project.
And that assumes your maintenance costs are zero...
Flipper and Aqua Man have agreed to do the maintenance for free!
The problem was that they didn't make the best of things when times were good, and therefore deserve the cluster fuck situation they are in now.
Oh, I'm betting that a lot of airline execs made the best of things when times were good. Nice fat bonuses and a golden parachute.
What was the name of that game that we used to play as children? "Pin the Tail on the Donkey?" This game is called "Pin the Bill on the Stockholders and Consumers." The airline execs say, "See you on the Caymans!"
There are no exceptions.
Well, if your security clearance is high enough, you will find that there is concept of "Double Secret Probation."
This is the exception to "there are no exceptions."
Personal note: my father grew up near Calgary (Rosebud) and studied at Edmonton. Later he built radar stations for RCA in northern Canada. I didn't learn of this until after he died. The American spooks required him to get a USA citizenship. When my father asked why that was necessary, the spooks said that if he spied for the Russians, they couldn't hang him, as a Canadian national.
From what my mom told me, when he was at the radar construction sites, they were under constant surveillance from Canadian spooks. All telephone calls were recorded. Hey, but that was during the Cold War.
So with these Stingrays, are we returning to old Cold War practices . . . ?
It took IBM FOURTEEN YEARS to put down SCO group.
Has SCO really been put down . . . ? They always seemed to me to be like a "Whack-a-Mole" game from country fairs, and the like. Every time they got whacked down, and someone claimed them for dead, the head would pop up again from another hole.
If things head south, declare bankruptcy and walk away.
Aw, gee Wally, shucks. When I read your title, I was hoping that you would encourage Second Amendment folks to "take care" of both Comcast and Rightscorp.
who thinks it could lead to music companies leveraging DRM to exert more control over what consumers can do with their music.
This is exactly what the media companies want to do anyway with. You don't own your music, you simply have an EULA with a subscription service. And you pay a few every time you listen to a song. Software companies have already pushed this subscription model through.
Of course, for old fogies who grew up copying Pink Floyd and Yes albums to cassette tapes back in the 70's, this will not fly at all.
However, the media companies are thinking long term. They would like to convince the next generation of Internet kiddies, that this is "just the way it works."
Not a very positive view for the future.
Thing is... There is no one left who can pay.
Sure there is . . . the soon to be extinct middle class in the US.
This is what bothers me when politicians promise everyone a winged unicorn . . . and that higher taxes on the rich will pay for it.
They lie like rugs. Rich folks don't pay taxes. They have enough money to afford top notch tax lawyers who will come up with some scheme to move any profits onto the Cayman Islands. And politicians are rich folks, and know this. Hillary Clinton can show up at a Wall Street meeting and just yawn a couple of times, and then go home with millions in her pockets. The Donald? Hell, he brags about how rich he is.
So, the rich aren't going to pay for any tax hikes. The poor don't have any money anyway. Guess who gets to pay the tab . . . ?
In the good old days, when this Kid really was a kid, things were simple. The Democrats were the party for the poor folks, and the Republicans were the party for the rich folks. Now the Democrats are the party for both rich folks and poor folks. It will be interesting to see whether the US middle class and the Republican party survive the next 20 years.
http://www.spacedex.com/persei...
Change your country to wherever you are.
Thank you very much, Sir! With all the sniping about this and that and the next thing that seems to go on Slashdot, it is a great pleasure to see a +10 Informative post!
Where and when can I watch this . . . like in central Europe?
Gerbil and Stalin would be proud of the American Media at this point.
I've read a lot about Stalin, and seen a lot of documentaries about him. But I cannot remember any reference that he owned a small, desert rodent.
Or maybe . . . in Slashdot Kung Fu style . . .
"In Soviet Russia, gerbil owns Stalin!"
Although, maybe this would be a great idea for a trashy Hollywood sitcom. "Gerbil and Stalin" . . . starring Charlie Sheen as the gerbil, and The Soup Nazi as Stalin.
And Jerry Mathers, as "The Beaver". (Kim Kardashian would probably not accept the role).
Write a proposal for any you are qualified to undertake.
Usually the problem with government projects, is that folks write proposals that they are not qualified to undertake.
And they win the contract anyway.
There's a list
Please add me to the list!
Me too!
Tons of people? I guess I must have missed that "Soylent Clintons" sales day in my supermarket.
I'll bet you dollars to donuts that the IT folks squealed like stabbed piglets that they needed a backup system alternative.
But the management chain did not want to swallow the costs.
Who knows? Maybe the costs of dealing with this fiasco will be cheaper than having a backup system . . . ?