NASA should assemble all the crackpots and tell them about the giant mutant space goats coming to devour the planet, then herd them all onto the rockets that will take them to safety....
...is supposed to be in decline, why is the UK government proposing more and bigger airports with greater capacity? I expect this is happening elsewhere too. Something doesn't add up. Is Boeing being extremely shortsighted, or are governments being lead astray?
It looks the same and works identically except that the trigger goes off if the wearer acheives speeds of more than 20 miles per hour, as on a Segway this is an obvious sign of a collision...
Not really. They might still hate the fact they exist, but they at least have the sense to realise that they aren't going away anytime soon so they might as well make money with them rather than lose money to them.
It's a bit like all these music companies finally starting to cotton on that the P2P networks aren't going to die, and at last trying to bring out their own services.
Surely in line with modern thinking, the Trilogy should realy be
The Hobbit Episode II, III and IV, and then the Hobbit will be released about 20 years from now, along with enhanced Episodes II, III and IV featuring a digitally inserted Tom Bombadil with a Jamaican accent and dreadlocks.
Or wait, should they be The Silmarillion Episodes III, IV and V
Internet censorship is no better than a Nazi bookburning.
Or perhaps it could be compared better to book banning, which seems to take place quite frequently in parts of the USA!Why, you even have a "Banned Book Week" to celebrate the fact;-)
And besides, you woulnd't sue the match manufacturers for selling matches to the book burners, so why sue Cisco for selling the sofwtare to the Chinese Government. It's not illegal to do so, after all.
* that the moon is not made of green cheese * that cows cannot jump fast enough to break from Earth's garvity * that those dark patches on the surface are not a face * that the sun is not connected to a chariot * that giant space goats do not eat the moon every 28 days * that the Zodiac really does control our lives and that Capricorns should be aware of the number 67 next friday
But I understand they are touting this as a plane for heavy cargo so how big a parachute would you need - and how much room would be left for the cargo? !
From the article, it seems when you connect to XBL, sofwtare is downloaded which checks to see if you have a mod chip. If it finds one on, then you are banned forever. But why can't it just ban you for that session, so that if you connect with the modchip turned off, or even decide to remove the modchip permanantly, ytou can get back on. MS's claim is that they just want to amkea fair service. This would make a fair service - nobdoy with an active mod chip can log in therefore no cheating. From the permanent ban status, it seems this is just a front for trying to kill modded xboses totally...
How much did that instantly forgettable slogan cost them, I wonder. It hardly trips off the tongue, does it, and I'm not even sure it actually makes a lot of sense written as it is. Waht's wrong with actually using English to write a slogan - "With you and HP, everything is possible".
I'm sure Slashdot can come up with something a lot better and more appropriate than HP's management...
How do you feel about the direction they have taken the Star Trek franchise, with spin-off show after spin-off show? Do you feel the franchise has become stale after all this time, or do you enjoy the new series? What would you most like to see as a spin-off from the original show?
Shareholders no longer want long term growth and stability, they want profits and dividends and they want them now! When they see dips, they panic and demand action.
Companies see only one way to make short term gains - they "sell off" their easiest asset to drop - the employees.
Employees levae, taking knowledge, expertise and experience with them. Remaining employees have greater stresses and workloads, so productivity drops, some leave, some gets sick.
So profits drop, shareholders demand something be done NOW and so....
Slashdot Mirror
NASA should assemble all the crackpots and tell them about the giant mutant space goats coming to devour the planet, then herd them all onto the rockets that will take them to safety....
...is supposed to be in decline, why is the UK government proposing more and bigger airports with greater capacity? I expect this is happening elsewhere too. Something doesn't add up. Is Boeing being extremely shortsighted, or are governments being lead astray?
It looks the same and works identically except that the trigger goes off if the wearer acheives speeds of more than 20 miles per hour, as on a Segway this is an obvious sign of a collision...
As the DMCA is only applicable in the USA, it seems the only culture that will be lost to history is that of the USA.
:-)
GO DMCA!!!!!!
That's because:
1. She has a wart on her nose
2. She's too embarrased to be seen marrying him
3. Taco hates sharing the limelight
4. It's really Cowboy Neal!
Not really. They might still hate the fact they exist, but they at least have the sense to realise that they aren't going away anytime soon so they might as well make money with them rather than lose money to them.
It's a bit like all these music companies finally starting to cotton on that the P2P networks aren't going to die, and at last trying to bring out their own services.
Or does Sony just bundle cheaper/less powerful software and charge the same amount and pocket the difference itself?
... on television chat shows, the questioning is done by a single interviewer and not a committee!!
The questions have been five times as long as the answers!
Perhpas we should start the Slashdot Yes or No sessions with famous people
A robot may not injure humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
versus
Will SMith starring in I, Robot
Conflict! Conflict! Does not compute! Conflict! Destroy! Exterminate! Exterminate! Extermin....*BOOM*
Surely in line with modern thinking, the Trilogy should realy be
The Hobbit Episode II, III and IV,
and then the Hobbit will be released about 20 years from now, along with enhanced Episodes II, III and IV featuring a digitally inserted Tom Bombadil with a Jamaican accent and dreadlocks.
Or wait, should they be The Silmarillion Episodes III, IV and V
Or maybe...
Internet censorship is no better than a Nazi bookburning.
;-)
Or perhaps it could be compared better to book banning, which seems to take place quite frequently in parts of the USA!Why, you even have a "Banned Book Week" to celebrate the fact
And besides, you woulnd't sue the match manufacturers for selling matches to the book burners, so why sue Cisco for selling the sofwtare to the Chinese Government. It's not illegal to do so, after all.
So how did NASA get those shuttles out to that rogue asteroid that was threatening all of Earth some years back?
ALAN M RALSKY
6747 Minnow Pond Dr., West Bloomfield, MI 48322
NASA provides funds to show...
* that the moon is not made of green cheese
* that cows cannot jump fast enough to break from Earth's garvity
* that those dark patches on the surface are not a face
* that the sun is not connected to a chariot
* that giant space goats do not eat the moon every 28 days
* that the Zodiac really does control our lives and that Capricorns should be aware of the number 67 next friday
But I understand they are touting this as a plane for heavy cargo so how big a parachute would you need - and how much room would be left for the cargo? !
From the article, it seems when you connect to XBL, sofwtare is downloaded which checks to see if you have a mod chip. If it finds one on, then you are banned forever. But why can't it just ban you for that session, so that if you connect with the modchip turned off, or even decide to remove the modchip permanantly, ytou can get back on. MS's claim is that they just want to amkea fair service. This would make a fair service - nobdoy with an active mod chip can log in therefore no cheating. From the permanent ban status, it seems this is just a front for trying to kill modded xboses totally...
"(Customer) + HP = Everything is Possible"
How much did that instantly forgettable slogan cost them, I wonder. It hardly trips off the tongue, does it, and I'm not even sure it actually makes a lot of sense written as it is. Waht's wrong with actually using English to write a slogan - "With you and HP, everything is possible".
I'm sure Slashdot can come up with something a lot better and more appropriate than HP's management...
How do you feel about the direction they have taken the Star Trek franchise, with spin-off show after spin-off show? Do you feel the franchise has become stale after all this time, or do you enjoy the new series? What would you most like to see as a spin-off from the original show?
So here's your chance to ask questions to the star of Iron Chef USA, Miss Congeniality and TJ Hooker!
So, Mr Shatner, did you ever feel like taking a role in, say, a sci-fi series?
Seems to be a vicious circle:
Shareholders no longer want long term growth and stability, they want profits and dividends and they want them now! When they see dips, they panic and demand action.
Companies see only one way to make short term gains - they "sell off" their easiest asset to drop - the employees.
Employees levae, taking knowledge, expertise and experience with them. Remaining employees have greater stresses and workloads, so productivity drops, some leave, some gets sick.
So profits drop, shareholders demand something be done NOW and so....
actually it looks more like a case of "screw the US kids" and everybody else can grow up with a sense of what the real world is like.
Wonder how many sites there will be promoting good Christian vlaues in kids.us? Wonder how many sites there will be promoting good Islamic values?
But if you want to know the peak time when thinsg should (hopefully) be at their best, try
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html
It's a java applet where yu can select your location and get the time of the peak (although for some reason there are no cities in Germany!)