I'm really getting sick of this little bit of misinformation.
Joe Barton, on the House Energy and Commerce Committee? Actually apologized to BP a few days ago for them having to pay for the damage they caused?
That is NOT what happened. I don't think anyone, including Joe Barton, thinks that BP should not pay for the mess thy have made. The apology was for the methods used by the administration to basically force BP to set up a $20B fund, completely bypassing due process. To be clear, I believe that BP should pay for everything but I question I question the viability of forcing BP to liquidate assets and set aside $20B - even big evil oil companies need operating revenue. Don't forget that a log of British citizens stand to lose a large chunk of their retirement if BP goes belly up.
If the preceding makes no sense to you take a basic finance class.
I have one of those and I'm perfectly happy with it. It still has reasonably good battery life and the aluminum case is superior IMO to the plastic case of the 3G and 3Gs. My warranty expired about 2 years ago. So what? I will say that I'm really liking the new one and will probably get one. Troll on brother, troll on.
Did you just honestly compare the ownership of a person to the ownership of a work that conceivably took weeks, months or years to complete that resulted from the work of an individual, or a group of individuals? That is such a ridiculous, absurd comparison that I don't even know where to begin.
When people compare things like this to slavery and Nazism, they either look like idiots, or if taken seriously degrade what happened during those events.
I am unaware of any books that were offered up by their fellow books as a slave, transported to another country, and forced to perform menial services against their will.
Are there issues with copyright laws that need fixing? Absolutely. Do the things that are wrong with copyright law rise to the level of enslaving a race of people?
So you're saying that the Europeans made political and military decisions based on the availability and cost of oil? That's unpossible! Everyone knows that the US is the only imperialist nation left on the planet and the Europeans have nothing but the best interests of the world and would never make decisions of that magnitude based on self interest.
Exactly. California is ungovernable and run buy a bunch of tax and waste (it's a stretch to call it tax and spend) idiots. We lived there for 20+ years and got out 5 years ago due to the financial insanity of trying to make ends meet. I can honestly say the only things I miss are some of the radio stations (which I now get on the net) and Disneyland. Everything else is rubbish as compared to the asking price of living and doing business there. California is becoming a place for the rich and the poor. The rich can afford it, and the state pays* for everything if you're poor. If you're middle class they bend you over and pound you in the ass. With sand.
I really shoundn't need to explain this, but the iPhone originally had no copy and paste. This was apparently a BIG DEAL and Apple eventually added C/P with much fanfare.
There are many lows on the internet and this doesn't come close. The prosecution in this case chose to pursue the death penalty in light of the crime committed, the jury found him guilty and found the death penalty appropriate. The AG is doing his job, and while this might seem sensationalistic, I'd rather the officials in my particular state be as open as possible using all available avenues of communication, although I personally do not use twitter.
The primary reason this case is so sensational is that he was killed by a firing squad. Remember that he chose that particular method, not the state.
Trojans for Macs are really no different than any other OS. It just takes a bit of social engineering or something like that, because a trojan, unlike a virus, requires the user to install it. When you install something on a Mac (and windows depending on your settings) you need to type in a password and specifically give permissions to do so. Mac trojans and assorted malware have been around for awhile. What I'm not aware of are any successful Mac OS viruses in the wild, i.e. a "drive-by" infection: getting infected simply by opening an e-mail or a web page.
The term "macroevolution" frequently arises within the context of the evolution/creation debate, usually used by creationists alleging a significant difference between the evolutionary changes observed in field and laboratory studies and the larger scale macroevolutionary changes that scientists believe to have taken thousands or millions of years to occur. They may accept that evolutionary change is possible within species ("microevolution"), but deny that one species can evolve into another ("macroevolution"). Contrary to this belief among the anti-evolution movement proponents, evolution of life forms beyond the species level ("macroevolution", i.e. speciation in a specific case) has indeed been observed multiple times under both controlled laboratory conditions and in nature.
Creationism and Intelligent Design are not science. By your logic gravity is also "only a theory". I invite you to step off the roof, because being only a theory, gravity might not affect you.
it's easy to talk like this if it isn't happening in your neighborhood.
If there was a shootout in my neighborhood I'd get on the floor with my shotgun, and I'd stay there. I sure wouldn't be taking the kids over to help wounded. Hell, I wouldn't take my dog with me. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't go myself.
Look, I'm not saying what happend is a good thing, I think it's a horrible thing as a matter of fact. But when I watch it I don't see the big conspiracy that a lot of people seem to see. I see a bunch of kids in there early 20's at most, doing what they were trained to do in that extremely high pressure situation. I feel sorry for everyone involved, most of all the kids with stupid parents, but two teardrops in a bucket and all that. My feelings on the matter don't mean shit.
BTW you are blaming people that were albeit foolishly trying to rescue a dieing man for getting shot by a helicopter that came there from a different country to help them. Foolish maybe but talk about blaming the victim.
The victims were the children. I don't blame the children, I blame the parents.
No. A camera with a long lens is not 4 feet long. This is not the guy with the camera behing the building, it is the guy with one end of the RPG on the ground leaning on the other end and the other guys with the rifles. Watch the whole video.
So, the best you can do is brag about your lower UID as if that makes you superior, accuse me of astroturfing, suggest that that the whole thing stinks badly and that there "seems" to be a media blackout, and not even attempt to counter any of my actual points?
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There's a preview button for a reason dipshit.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/hannysvoorwerp_wht_big.jpg
Clearly this article must be a fabrication since everyone knows that Apple has the Evil App Store®.
Seriously, this really is a non story. Now if they pulled an Amazon that would be news.
I like Apple, but let me be the first to say they they do need a team of physics PHDs to work on antenna design...
the company 'has been tanking in recent years,' says Vaughan-Nichols. 'While Microsoft's last quarter was far better than it was a year ago
Pretty sure that the last quarter was during the recession...
I'm really getting sick of this little bit of misinformation.
Joe Barton, on the House Energy and Commerce Committee? Actually apologized to BP a few days ago for them having to pay for the damage they caused?
That is NOT what happened. I don't think anyone, including Joe Barton, thinks that BP should not pay for the mess thy have made. The apology was for the methods used by the administration to basically force BP to set up a $20B fund, completely bypassing due process. To be clear, I believe that BP should pay for everything but I question I question the viability of forcing BP to liquidate assets and set aside $20B - even big evil oil companies need operating revenue. Don't forget that a log of British citizens stand to lose a large chunk of their retirement if BP goes belly up.
If the preceding makes no sense to you take a basic finance class.
None of this matters to people who don't work for big faceless corporations with Exchange server...
I have one of those and I'm perfectly happy with it. It still has reasonably good battery life and the aluminum case is superior IMO to the plastic case of the 3G and 3Gs. My warranty expired about 2 years ago. So what? I will say that I'm really liking the new one and will probably get one. Troll on brother, troll on.
Did you just honestly compare the ownership of a person to the ownership of a work that conceivably took weeks, months or years to complete that resulted from the work of an individual, or a group of individuals? That is such a ridiculous, absurd comparison that I don't even know where to begin.
When people compare things like this to slavery and Nazism, they either look like idiots, or if taken seriously degrade what happened during those events.
I am unaware of any books that were offered up by their fellow books as a slave, transported to another country, and forced to perform menial services against their will.
Are there issues with copyright laws that need fixing? Absolutely. Do the things that are wrong with copyright law rise to the level of enslaving a race of people?
So you're saying that the Europeans made political and military decisions based on the availability and cost of oil? That's unpossible! Everyone knows that the US is the only imperialist nation left on the planet and the Europeans have nothing but the best interests of the world and would never make decisions of that magnitude based on self interest.
WTF are you bitching about? This is front page material. Heck it should be posted in "Your Rights Online" not in Idle...
if the method can be scaled up, the batteries may provide the power needed for applications like electric cars
Currently nothing to see here.
Mark Twain disagrees. http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html
Exactly. California is ungovernable and run buy a bunch of tax and waste (it's a stretch to call it tax and spend) idiots. We lived there for 20+ years and got out 5 years ago due to the financial insanity of trying to make ends meet. I can honestly say the only things I miss are some of the radio stations (which I now get on the net) and Disneyland. Everything else is rubbish as compared to the asking price of living and doing business there. California is becoming a place for the rich and the poor. The rich can afford it, and the state pays* for everything if you're poor. If you're middle class they bend you over and pound you in the ass. With sand.
* with borrowed money
I really shoundn't need to explain this, but the iPhone originally had no copy and paste. This was apparently a BIG DEAL and Apple eventually added C/P with much fanfare.
Get it now? No? Woosh?
They started copying iPhone OS before Apple added that feature.
This is overblown anyway. I've use C/P maybe 3 times since they added the feature. I suspect I'll use it a lot more on the iPad.
There are many lows on the internet and this doesn't come close. The prosecution in this case chose to pursue the death penalty in light of the crime committed, the jury found him guilty and found the death penalty appropriate. The AG is doing his job, and while this might seem sensationalistic, I'd rather the officials in my particular state be as open as possible using all available avenues of communication, although I personally do not use twitter.
The primary reason this case is so sensational is that he was killed by a firing squad. Remember that he chose that particular method, not the state.
it's the Attorney General not the Governor
Trojans for Macs are really no different than any other OS. It just takes a bit of social engineering or something like that, because a trojan, unlike a virus, requires the user to install it. When you install something on a Mac (and windows depending on your settings) you need to type in a password and specifically give permissions to do so. Mac trojans and assorted malware have been around for awhile. What I'm not aware of are any successful Mac OS viruses in the wild, i.e. a "drive-by" infection: getting infected simply by opening an e-mail or a web page.
Want to run? OS X. Have to run? Windows.
The term "macroevolution" frequently arises within the context of the evolution/creation debate, usually used by creationists alleging a significant difference between the evolutionary changes observed in field and laboratory studies and the larger scale macroevolutionary changes that scientists believe to have taken thousands or millions of years to occur. They may accept that evolutionary change is possible within species ("microevolution"), but deny that one species can evolve into another ("macroevolution"). Contrary to this belief among the anti-evolution movement proponents, evolution of life forms beyond the species level ("macroevolution", i.e. speciation in a specific case) has indeed been observed multiple times under both controlled laboratory conditions and in nature.
Creationism and Intelligent Design are not science. By your logic gravity is also "only a theory". I invite you to step off the roof, because being only a theory, gravity might not affect you.
it's easy to talk like this if it isn't happening in your neighborhood.
If there was a shootout in my neighborhood I'd get on the floor with my shotgun, and I'd stay there. I sure wouldn't be taking the kids over to help wounded. Hell, I wouldn't take my dog with me. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't go myself.
Look, I'm not saying what happend is a good thing, I think it's a horrible thing as a matter of fact. But when I watch it I don't see the big conspiracy that a lot of people seem to see. I see a bunch of kids in there early 20's at most, doing what they were trained to do in that extremely high pressure situation. I feel sorry for everyone involved, most of all the kids with stupid parents, but two teardrops in a bucket and all that. My feelings on the matter don't mean shit.
BTW you are blaming people that were albeit foolishly trying to rescue a dieing man for getting shot by a helicopter that came there from a different country to help them. Foolish maybe but talk about blaming the victim.
The victims were the children. I don't blame the children, I blame the parents.
No. A camera with a long lens is not 4 feet long. This is not the guy with the camera behing the building, it is the guy with one end of the RPG on the ground leaning on the other end and the other guys with the rifles. Watch the whole video.
So, the best you can do is brag about your lower UID as if that makes you superior, accuse me of astroturfing, suggest that that the whole thing stinks badly and that there "seems" to be a media blackout, and not even attempt to counter any of my actual points?