A US citizen still has considerably more rights than a Chinese citizen.
Unfortunately, China appears to be improving its record (albeit slowly) whilst the US is definitely moving in the opposite direction (imprisonment without representation, torture, death penalty, police brutality,...)
I don't think the fact that your eroding civil rights are still greater than the average Chinese peasant is anything to be boasting about...
What about comparing your rights to those of your Northern neighbour or some European countries. Shoulnd't you be shouting that you don't have as many rights as those people rather than the fact that you're not as badly off as those in a developing nation?
When presented with a half full glass of beer, here are the reactions that determine your personality:
The optimist: The glass if half full The pessimist: The glass is half empty The pedant: The glass is too big The paranoid: Who drank half my beer? The engineer: We have a 100% design margin The slashdotter: What's beer? The average US
school leaver: What's half? The surrealist: The glass is a pink frog The opportunist: It's your round The drunk: Are you gonna finish that...?
Were you using a disc from circa 2002? A lot has changed since then. XP has had a lot added and fixed since then. If you are using an up to date slipstreamed XP SP2 disc, the patch process doesn't take unduly long.
Great - which store sells these "slipstreamed XP SP2 discs" cos I can't seem to see one available. Or do I need to install the Windows XP I cna buy in the shop first, then make sure I apply the SP2 and then create a slipstreamed version, given that it's illegal to download a slipstreamed XP SP2 disc?
Oh, by the way, haven't there been a few updates since SP2 as well? Like maybe a few hundred megabytes of updates?
Sounds like it's going to take me a lot longer than I thought...;-)
Well, the $ has falled roughly 15% against the Euro since then so on the initial fine of roughly 500 million euro they could have saved approximately 75 million euro by paying on time. (All figures very very approximate!) Plus the extra 280 million euro they got fined last year as well! They could have financed development of the XBox720 for that much!;-)
here are tons of copy right expired content online. I can't wait to curl up on the couch and read a good classic novel.
Go to Amazon and check out something like Dover Thrift editions and for your $199 you could have around 80 - 100 good classic novels right now to curl up with.
"You can almost hear the sound of the vacuum created by bloggers thinking that their words matter"
Is it just me, or does that make no sense whatsoever?
I mean, I think I know what he's trying to say, but even leaving aside the physics and taking it as a purely literary construct, the phrasing just doesn't make any sense, does it?
This is a nice book that takes you through step-by-step so that you can work at your own pace. I found it really helpful when starting a university course and realising that my school maths course had been very old fashioned and didn't contain all the concepts I needed. The first term I was drowning in concepts that everyone else knew and ended up with a low 20s test score. I was recommended this book (there are more in the series now!) and worked my way through it. Second term I scored in the high 80s.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to being a pain in the arse, I've decided to name my most recent haemorrhoid in his honour. Now he can take his rightful place nestled in between "Rush Limb-owww!" and "Rosie O-ring'Donnel"
So many suggested avoidance schemes, but haven't any of you actually thought that maybe you could just car pool instead? Easy solution and so much better for the environment. Plus you might actually get some stimulating conversation on the way rather than the inane radio DJ chatter;-)
I'm an English guy in Germany. Some years back a group of young American lads came into a bar where we were drinking. We got to talking with them, when one of the Americans asked "so, where are you from". "England", I replied. "Gee, you sure speak good American for a foreigner", was his answer.
So who do they hire to do all this dirty work at the companies? Or do they just corrupt their current employees? Surely if you're going to run scam like Enron it's cheaper to hire pre-corrupted employees than have to train your own;-)
Yes, they have the skill, but they don't have the ethics. And that's the big deal here.
Yes, because every day we hear how ethical the big companies are here in the West. Our big companies would never abuse monopoly positions, would never swindle share holders, would never abuse their staff, would never seek every way possible to avoid paying taxes, would never rip off their customers, would never fix prices, would never use scare tactics, would never spread lies and disinformation about competitors, would never spy on competitors or their own staff, would never collude with their own government to break the law, would never work with an oppressive regime just for profits...
yes, I'm constantly amazed at how ethical Western companies are...;-)
I'm not sure 250 kilos will necessarily be enough unless they find an efficient method to hold the rover down to the surface as it drills.
How about four smaller drills at the corners - don't need to penetrate too far - just enough to anchor the corners down. Or pitons and cams to anchor itself before drilling. Or some nice sticky pads base don the new gecko-like technologies around.
I see. So standing on a live mine in a cage of angry black mambas, juggling three running chain saws, wearing a plastic bag over your head connected to a carbon monoxide pump and piddling on a 10,000,000 Volt live connection accounts for exactly zero deaths, so obviously cannot be considered unsafe...;-)
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So let's see, you're worried you might be dating the same sex, but didn't care that you weren't even dating the same species! ;-)
;-)
(Especially as the second one is illegal in more countries than the first
A US citizen still has considerably more rights than a Chinese citizen.
Unfortunately, China appears to be improving its record (albeit slowly) whilst the US is definitely moving in the opposite direction (imprisonment without representation, torture, death penalty, police brutality,...)
I don't think the fact that your eroding civil rights are still greater than the average Chinese peasant is anything to be boasting about...
What about comparing your rights to those of your Northern neighbour or some European countries. Shoulnd't you be shouting that you don't have as many rights as those people rather than the fact that you're not as badly off as those in a developing nation?
How the heck am I supposed to fit a 12-inch LP player in the dashboard of my car?!?
Prince would have even more excuse to sue. The guy's been a parody of himself for years...
You think that's unexpected?
Wait until it suddenly changes direction!
Now thatwill be unexpected!
When presented with a half full glass of beer, here are the reactions that determine your personality:
The optimist: The glass if half full
The pessimist: The glass is half empty
The pedant: The glass is too big
The paranoid: Who drank half my beer?
The engineer: We have a 100% design margin
The slashdotter: What's beer?
The average US
school leaver: What's half?
The surrealist: The glass is a pink frog
The opportunist: It's your round
The drunk: Are you gonna finish that...?
any more...?
Just add everyone, then implement a whitelist instead. We can issue travel papers and everything, it'll be Nazi Germany.
There, fixed that for ya
Were you using a disc from circa 2002? A lot has changed since then. XP has had a lot added and fixed since then. If you are using an up to date slipstreamed XP SP2 disc, the patch process doesn't take unduly long.
;-)
Great - which store sells these "slipstreamed XP SP2 discs" cos I can't seem to see one available. Or do I need to install the Windows XP I cna buy in the shop first, then make sure I apply the SP2 and then create a slipstreamed version, given that it's illegal to download a slipstreamed XP SP2 disc?
Oh, by the way, haven't there been a few updates since SP2 as well? Like maybe a few hundred megabytes of updates?
Sounds like it's going to take me a lot longer than I thought...
Well, the $ has falled roughly 15% against the Euro since then so on the initial fine of roughly 500 million euro they could have saved approximately 75 million euro by paying on time. (All figures very very approximate!) Plus the extra 280 million euro they got fined last year as well! They could have financed development of the XBox720 for that much! ;-)
It's simple, you just drill a small hole in each wall to let the signal through; about 5.1mm should do it.
of course, you could just leave the doors open
here are tons of copy right expired content online. I can't wait to curl up on the couch and read a good classic novel.
Go to Amazon and check out something like Dover Thrift editions and for your $199 you could have around 80 - 100 good classic novels right now to curl up with.
THta's only one juror from eleven. It's not guaranteed that all 12 were idiots ;-)
"You can almost hear the sound of the vacuum created by bloggers thinking that their words matter"
Is it just me, or does that make no sense whatsoever?
I mean, I think I know what he's trying to say, but even leaving aside the physics and taking it as a purely literary construct, the phrasing just doesn't make any sense, does it?
This is a nice book that takes you through step-by-step so that you can work at your own pace. I found it really helpful when starting a university course and realising that my school maths course had been very old fashioned and didn't contain all the concepts I needed. The first term I was drowning in concepts that everyone else knew and ended up with a low 20s test score. I was recommended this book (there are more in the series now!) and worked my way through it. Second term I scored in the high 80s.
Good luck.
We need to get rid of these electronic polling machines.
They should raise a proposition on this so that we can vote on the issue.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to being a pain in the arse, I've decided to name my most recent haemorrhoid in his honour. Now he can take his rightful place nestled in between "Rush Limb-owww!" and "Rosie O-ring'Donnel"
So many suggested avoidance schemes, but haven't any of you actually thought that maybe you could just car pool instead? Easy solution and so much better for the environment. Plus you might actually get some stimulating conversation on the way rather than the inane radio DJ chatter ;-)
I'm an English guy in Germany. Some years back a group of young American lads came into a bar where we were drinking. We got to talking with them, when one of the Americans asked "so, where are you from". "England", I replied. "Gee, you sure speak good American for a foreigner", was his answer.
So who do they hire to do all this dirty work at the companies? Or do they just corrupt their current employees? Surely if you're going to run scam like Enron it's cheaper to hire pre-corrupted employees than have to train your own ;-)
Yes, they have the skill, but they don't have the ethics. And that's the big deal here.
;-)
Yes, because every day we hear how ethical the big companies are here in the West. Our big companies would never abuse monopoly positions, would never swindle share holders, would never abuse their staff, would never seek every way possible to avoid paying taxes, would never rip off their customers, would never fix prices, would never use scare tactics, would never spread lies and disinformation about competitors, would never spy on competitors or their own staff, would never collude with their own government to break the law, would never work with an oppressive regime just for profits...
yes, I'm constantly amazed at how ethical Western companies are...
I'm not sure if I should tag this post as or !
I'm not sure 250 kilos will necessarily be enough unless they find an efficient method to hold the rover down to the surface as it drills.
How about four smaller drills at the corners - don't need to penetrate too far - just enough to anchor the corners down. Or pitons and cams to anchor itself before drilling. Or some nice sticky pads base don the new gecko-like technologies around.
Depends. Does he have to be able to get out in one piece, and does he get a suit?
;-)
More to the point, does he have to go in in one piece?!
...(i'm still on dial-up)...
>> Please hand in your slashdot membership, and exit the building.
Unfortunately, he won't see that message until some time next Tuesday...
I see. So standing on a live mine in a cage of angry black mambas, juggling three running chain saws, wearing a plastic bag over your head connected to a carbon monoxide pump and piddling on a 10,000,000 Volt live connection accounts for exactly zero deaths, so obviously cannot be considered unsafe... ;-)
apparently an ass-tunnel is just an ass-hole that's bigger and has more traffic entering and exiting it...