In the US, the name of the university football team is used as the nickname and the mascot. So, for example, the Princeton's football team are called the "Tigers". At a game, someone will dress up in a tiger suit and bounce around with the cheerleaders as the mascot. The university also uses the tiger theme to give the students common identity, and after you graduate, the university will send you letters asking for donations. Which are decorated by little tiger logos. Animals are popular nicknames.
However, some universities used Native American tribes as nicknames, trying to convey a "fighting" spirit. So some of them dressed up their mascots as Native American tribal chiefs . . . and also danced around with the cheerleaders. The NCAA, a non-governmental organization which oversees college sports in the US considers this to be in bad taste now, and has ordered colleges to change the names of their sports teams . . . which by default, means a change in the university nickname. Since some of these nicknames have been around forever, in US time metrics, well, that is what all the fuss is about.
Actually, I read TFA, just because the whole thing didn't seem to make any sense to me. It turns out that the University of North Dakota nickname was "The Fighting Sioux". The NCAA ordered them to change the nickname, probably because of complaints from the Sioux Nation, but a lot of folks still want to keep the old nickname. A committee came up with a few dorky suggestions, so some guy who wants to keep the old nickname trademarked the new suggestions to block the change.
In the US, the University of Notre Dame has the nickname, "The Fighting Irish". I'm guessing that Irish folks could also complain to the NCAA and demand a change.
How about a new nickname . . . "The Drinking Irish" . . . ?
1) Tell a person that he might be a descendant of ancient Irish Kings.
2) Collect a DNA sample to verify.
3) Clone the person, from the DNA sample.
4) Kill the original person, and replace him with the clone.
5) Instruct the clone to change his last will and testament, leaving all his wealth to you.
6) Kill the clone, making it look like an accident.
Who says that they let you keep the letter, or even make a copy of it? They probably just flash it to your lawyer once, and then the letter disappears again.
A Top Tip from Nazi war criminals . . . never leave behind a paper trail . . . anything incriminating with your signature on it.
I'm just going to start using Hilary Clinton's mail server. The US government doesn't seem to be able to get access to that. Or, by the time they do, the emails have already been deleted.
Why stay with a simple and proven technology, when you can replace it with something complicated and unreliable?
So what happens in Canada before an election? The voting authorities buy a few cardboard boxes, and print a few ballots? Where is the potential for expensive pork contracts for voting machines there? And how do the palms of voting authorities get greased with goodies, if the contracts are only for inexpensive boxes and paper ballots?
We Americans might be able to learn something, if we took some time to look at our neighbors up north . . .
My idea was to replace the voting machines with slot machines from Vegas. Given a choice between Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump . . . letting a slot machine decide doesn't look like a very bad idea.
Oh, and you have the added thrill of maybe winning a few quarters.
I was thinking that we should put this newly discovered set of rocks near Stonehenge to use. Maybe a few human sacrifices there would appease the Gods, and improve the health of the folks in the UK . . . ?
This is Slashdot . . . we don't read the articles . . . some folks don't even read the summaries . . . some don't even read the post that they are replying to . . . or even the subject line.
Back on topic, I was a passenger in a "race taxi" on a track in Germany where amateurs are allowed on during the weekend. There were some rich guys with Porsches . . . and they got passed by my female professional driver in a plain looking white car . . . and were clearly annoyed about that.
The driver told me that more important than the car . . . is the driver. If the Aussie police do decide to put these super cars into active service, they should make sure that they properly train the drivers.
You need to go back and re-read your modern history. The Arab / Israeli conflict is not based around an insult to Islam.
The Jewish settlers and the Palestinians got along very well, at first. The settlers bought worthless land, and turned it into productive Kibbutzes, and the settlers built cities on the land.
The root of the problem came from the "Grand Mufti" from Jerusalem, who spent his formative years in the late 1930's and early 1940's having shindigs with Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
why is the US government spending half a million on someone to go to school here when we have some groups here in america that have a 50% failure rate?
dont take this wrong, I am happy that you were able to get the education you did, however I just think that money (americans money) would be better spent on educating americans
Send that one to Donald Trump . . . he will make a field day out of that one for the rest of his campaign, however long that might last. Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton said she was "So, Sorry!", and that she "wasn't thinking" when she gave the guy half a million.
Well, that thought is a hoot and a half . . . the former President of the USA fiddling around with LU 6.2, while the "Monitor" (TCP/IP) slugs it out with the Merrimac (ISO/OSI) . . .
Yes, CISRO has the patent . . . and charges outrageous fees to companies that use the technology. In turn, foreign software companies charge even more outrageous fees for software sold in Australia . . . because it needs to be "translated" from "English" into "Australian".
Morally, of course, it's enough to want me to boycott the company, but legally, they may be in the right
Hmmm . . . If I recall correctly, Lexmark used to be the printer division of IBM, before IBM sold it off. Maybe Lexmark got a few IBM patent lawyers with the deal? In that case, you may be right that legally, that the law is on Lexmark's side.
At any rate, a big company that can afford a lot of lawyers . . . and a relatively poor re-filler company probably can't. So the re-filler can not afford to litigate this, because of the cause. In the "Justice" system, the one with the most money wins.
I think the more batshit crazy candidates in the election, the better. And it leads to some interesting revelations.
It's quite frightening, when you can't tell if an election soundbite came from Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton or John McAfee. They all, in fact do, start to sound like they are all batshit crazy.
As insane as this sounds, I would love to watch a debate between McAfee and Trump.
Make it a duel instead of a debate. The weapons? Airsoft AEGs, Paintball and Star Wars Laser swords. It's high time that we get some dynamics back into American politics!
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In the US, the name of the university football team is used as the nickname and the mascot. So, for example, the Princeton's football team are called the "Tigers". At a game, someone will dress up in a tiger suit and bounce around with the cheerleaders as the mascot. The university also uses the tiger theme to give the students common identity, and after you graduate, the university will send you letters asking for donations. Which are decorated by little tiger logos. Animals are popular nicknames.
However, some universities used Native American tribes as nicknames, trying to convey a "fighting" spirit. So some of them dressed up their mascots as Native American tribal chiefs . . . and also danced around with the cheerleaders. The NCAA, a non-governmental organization which oversees college sports in the US considers this to be in bad taste now, and has ordered colleges to change the names of their sports teams . . . which by default, means a change in the university nickname. Since some of these nicknames have been around forever, in US time metrics, well, that is what all the fuss is about.
Actually, I read TFA, just because the whole thing didn't seem to make any sense to me. It turns out that the University of North Dakota nickname was "The Fighting Sioux". The NCAA ordered them to change the nickname, probably because of complaints from the Sioux Nation, but a lot of folks still want to keep the old nickname. A committee came up with a few dorky suggestions, so some guy who wants to keep the old nickname trademarked the new suggestions to block the change.
In the US, the University of Notre Dame has the nickname, "The Fighting Irish". I'm guessing that Irish folks could also complain to the NCAA and demand a change.
How about a new nickname . . . "The Drinking Irish" . . . ?
1) Tell a person that he might be a descendant of ancient Irish Kings.
2) Collect a DNA sample to verify.
3) Clone the person, from the DNA sample.
4) Kill the original person, and replace him with the clone.
5) Instruct the clone to change his last will and testament, leaving all his wealth to you.
6) Kill the clone, making it look like an accident.
. . . everyone will just think that they can code.
Hey, I have a Black & Decker cordless drill! And a can of Spackle . . . I guess that makes me a dentist!
What happens if you leak the letter?
Who says that they let you keep the letter, or even make a copy of it? They probably just flash it to your lawyer once, and then the letter disappears again.
A Top Tip from Nazi war criminals . . . never leave behind a paper trail . . . anything incriminating with your signature on it.
I'm just going to start using Hilary Clinton's mail server. The US government doesn't seem to be able to get access to that. Or, by the time they do, the emails have already been deleted.
Why stay with a simple and proven technology, when you can replace it with something complicated and unreliable?
So what happens in Canada before an election? The voting authorities buy a few cardboard boxes, and print a few ballots? Where is the potential for expensive pork contracts for voting machines there? And how do the palms of voting authorities get greased with goodies, if the contracts are only for inexpensive boxes and paper ballots?
We Americans might be able to learn something, if we took some time to look at our neighbors up north . . .
My idea was to replace the voting machines with slot machines from Vegas. Given a choice between Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump . . . letting a slot machine decide doesn't look like a very bad idea.
Oh, and you have the added thrill of maybe winning a few quarters.
I was thinking that we should put this newly discovered set of rocks near Stonehenge to use. Maybe a few human sacrifices there would appease the Gods, and improve the health of the folks in the UK . . . ?
I recall seeing an old illustration of a father and son playing chess while the car drives them to their destination on the freeway.
I recall seeing something similar in Popular Mechanics . . . except that the car was flying, not driving.
I guess our technological development took a wrong turn at Albuquerque somewhere.
If you read the article
This is Slashdot . . . we don't read the articles . . . some folks don't even read the summaries . . . some don't even read the post that they are replying to . . . or even the subject line.
Back on topic, I was a passenger in a "race taxi" on a track in Germany where amateurs are allowed on during the weekend. There were some rich guys with Porsches . . . and they got passed by my female professional driver in a plain looking white car . . . and were clearly annoyed about that.
The driver told me that more important than the car . . . is the driver. If the Aussie police do decide to put these super cars into active service, they should make sure that they properly train the drivers.
Oh, the car was a BMW M5
im sorry but.... what???
"Get your lips away from the crack pipe" :-)
You need to go back and re-read your modern history. The Arab / Israeli conflict is not based around an insult to Islam.
The Jewish settlers and the Palestinians got along very well, at first. The settlers bought worthless land, and turned it into productive Kibbutzes, and the settlers built cities on the land.
The root of the problem came from the "Grand Mufti" from Jerusalem, who spent his formative years in the late 1930's and early 1940's having shindigs with Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
"War is Hell" . . . what else would you expect . . . ?
Are you old enough to remember the fighting between the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland?
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"The Troubles", as folks in Ireland like to call it, was never about Catholics and Protestants . . . it was about Loyalists and Republicans . . .
why is the US government spending half a million on someone to go to school here when we have some groups here in america that have a 50% failure rate? dont take this wrong, I am happy that you were able to get the education you did, however I just think that money (americans money) would be better spent on educating americans
Send that one to Donald Trump . . . he will make a field day out of that one for the rest of his campaign, however long that might last. Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton said she was "So, Sorry!", and that she "wasn't thinking" when she gave the guy half a million.
Well, that thought is a hoot and a half . . . the former President of the USA fiddling around with LU 6.2, while the "Monitor" (TCP/IP) slugs it out with the Merrimac (ISO/OSI) . . .
I'm sorry for trolling your dinner . . .
Yes, CISRO has the patent . . . and charges outrageous fees to companies that use the technology. In turn, foreign software companies charge even more outrageous fees for software sold in Australia . . . because it needs to be "translated" from "English" into "Australian".
Who wins? Certainly not you normal Aussies . . .
But the cheerleader playing ping-pong in those high heels is asking for a broken ankle.
Forget synchronized swimming in the next Olympics . . . I'll be watching the women's Strip Ping-Pong!
Well, on Slashdot, a lot of folks like to gripe about the "Big Oil" or "Big Pharma" lobbies.
I guess what we have here is a case of the "Big Egg" lobby.
"Hey! Youse got Big Eggs . . . ?"
Foreign STEM grads can't vote in the US . . . at least legally, but that's another matter.
Rich US donors . . . well, they can vote, but who cares? What they can do is lobby and donate lots of money to the campaign that they own.
At any rate, Obama can just issue an Executive Administration Decree to solve the problem however he likes.
Morally, of course, it's enough to want me to boycott the company, but legally, they may be in the right
Hmmm . . . If I recall correctly, Lexmark used to be the printer division of IBM, before IBM sold it off. Maybe Lexmark got a few IBM patent lawyers with the deal? In that case, you may be right that legally, that the law is on Lexmark's side.
At any rate, a big company that can afford a lot of lawyers . . . and a relatively poor re-filler company probably can't. So the re-filler can not afford to litigate this, because of the cause. In the "Justice" system, the one with the most money wins.
I think the more batshit crazy candidates in the election, the better. And it leads to some interesting revelations.
It's quite frightening, when you can't tell if an election soundbite came from Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton or John McAfee. They all, in fact do, start to sound like they are all batshit crazy.
As insane as this sounds, I would love to watch a debate between McAfee and Trump.
Make it a duel instead of a debate. The weapons? Airsoft AEGs, Paintball and Star Wars Laser swords. It's high time that we get some dynamics back into American politics!