In the US, our system of checks and balances seems to have broken down completely. Congress, via impeachment, is supposed to check the power of the president, yet, despite much evidence warranting at least an investigation, refuses to exercise their powers. A system(Constitutional government) is only as good as it is able to respond to its inputs (We, the People). And right now, the inputs are practically non-existent.
Compromise in politics is definitely necessary, otherwise nothing would get done most of the time. But.... There are some areas/issues for which a person, such as an elected official, must take a firm, no-compromise stand. The Bill of Rights is one such issue.
After Darth Cheney launches his preemptive nuclear (for the pres: nucyuler) strike on Iran, they might as well show the public the missile launch code. The rest of the Earth will be a smoking pile of rubble five minutes later.
Sure, there has to be a finite number of atoms in any given object, but doesn't the Heisenberg principle mean that ultimately you won't be able to count the atoms because you would be interfering with the energy state by doing so, thus making their location indeterminate. If you can't find them, then you can't count them.
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In the US, our system of checks and balances seems to have broken down completely. Congress, via impeachment, is supposed to check the power of the president, yet, despite much evidence warranting at least an investigation, refuses to exercise their powers. A system(Constitutional government) is only as good as it is able to respond to its inputs (We, the People). And right now, the inputs are practically non-existent.
Wow. Started at the Repo Man link and went hopping. Ended up reading about cobalt (salted) nuclear weapons.
Not if you're Rupert Murdoch.
no, they can't recall if they saved it.
Compromise in politics is definitely necessary, otherwise nothing would get done most of the time. But.... There are some areas/issues for which a person, such as an elected official, must take a firm, no-compromise stand. The Bill of Rights is one such issue.
"Well. They really can make the software as complex + bug ridden as they want." Yeah, they could use windows.
They finally got the last bug fixed. Now it's on to vista.
After Darth Cheney launches his preemptive nuclear (for the pres: nucyuler) strike on Iran, they might as well show the public the missile launch code. The rest of the Earth will be a smoking pile of rubble five minutes later.
Windows is a second rate product because it costs so much to do so little.
Sure, there has to be a finite number of atoms in any given object, but doesn't the Heisenberg principle mean that ultimately you won't be able to count the atoms because you would be interfering with the energy state by doing so, thus making their location indeterminate. If you can't find them, then you can't count them.
"Can you imagine having to get up every night for the next thousand years just to piss?" --Larzuk, D2LOD
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency? Another spy agency? How many do we HAVE?
"We don't have any dangerous wildlife, we shot it all..." Have you heard about the wildlife in Australia? Just ask the Crocodile Hunter. Oh, wait...
Now that they got the bases, what about the lead, drummer and vocalists?