I have no problem replacing most of the lights in my house with CFLs; however, for reading lights I want incandescent or halogen. Despite claims to the contrary CFLs are not anywhere close to providing the warmth of incandescents. As for how long they last, CFLs last a long time in perfect conditions, but in the real world, in a house with wiring a few decades old (and there are plenty of people who live in such houses) they don't last particularly long.
I would interpret the purchase of the Lousiana territory going to the general welfare of the people; the Federal government can spend money to provide for the general welfare.
The last time I made a serious attempt to use Linux as a main desktop machine I could not find a good mp3 player. Banshee was the best, but too buggy and the interface didn't feel right, sort of a knockoff of itunes which already has a pretty lousy interface. Nothing came close to WinAmp, which despite it's horrible crime of being Windows-only (though I guess it's moving to android too) is the best mp3 player I've ever used.
No, but some is. I don't think we've gotten the truly great TV sci-fi that we occasionally have gotten with written sci-fi. BSG may have come closest overall, with the occasional Twilight Zone as well.
Wow, you're pretty emotionally invested in Stargate, aren't you? So you're essentially arguing that nobody is allowed to express their opinion as to the quality of a TV show? Because it's subjective? Not really a good argument there, son. Are you going to also react angrily to the anonymous poster immediately above you who claimed that Stargate WAS a great show? Aren't they similarly not allowed to define great science fiction? Or does that prohibition only kick in when you disagree with the opinion?
I actually really only got into the show right after Joel had left, so they showed a blend of Joel and Mike episodes. Coming into with no preconceptions, I found Mike to be a lot funnier than Joel. I think a lot of the people who think otherwise were just used to Joel.
Ahh, Babylon 5, quite possibly the most overrated sci-fi TV show of all time. Keep in mind I LIKED it, a lot, but it wasn't nearly as good as the cult seemed to think.
Science fiction and fantasy programming, no matter how high-quality or compelling, do not draw a sufficiently advertising-targetable, high-spending audience to justify a seperate channel.
And let's be honest here, as a lifelong science fiction fan, I have to say most science fiction TV fans vastly overrate the quality of their cult favorites. No, Stargate is not great science fiction.
Uhhh....huh? The conviction rate for rape charges in the United States tends to be much, much smaller than for other violent crimes. Juries typically AREN'T sympathetic, actually.
Yep, Barcade isn't going to go out of business until Williamsburgh gets too expensive even for the parent-subsidized hipsters who inhabit it. Which honestly should be soon.
Then don't buy one. I like my kindle, and I find the DRM unobtrusive and acceptable. Considering that the publishers would likely not have provided kindle versions without some DRM, I would rather have my kindle and the books therein than not have them simply in the name of ideological purity.
They're the poster child for how the US has gotten "free speech" wrong. Take a look at Canada, or most European countries. We enjoy essentially free speech as well, but what WBC is doing would be seriously illegal, as hate speech, and picketing a fallen soldier's funeral with signs like they have would land them in jail in Canada.
No, this is the poster child for how the US has gotten "free speech" right, and Canada and most European countries have gotten free speech wrong. If you're not willing to protect vile speech, then speech is not free.
The Constitution itself describes itself as the "Supreme Law of the Land." Where there is a conflict, the US Constitution controls (though state Constitutions can institute stronger protections than the US Constitution); in the case of an amendment that isn't incorporated, then there's no conflict so there's no need for the US Constitution to assert its supremacy.
There's no debate at all over whether federal or state constitutions have more force; the U.S. Constitution always trumps the state constitution. And I'm not really following your 9th and 10th amendment arguments here, they're pretty much a truism. The 9th amendment doesn't create rights, and the 10th amendment doesn't talk about rights, it talks about powers: if the federal government doesn't have the power to infringe on someone's privacy, it's expressly something the states may do (which is the actor in this case).
I care in the general sense that he is a human being and I care about human suffering and hopes he gets better. But why would someone care because they're a Mac owner? That's why Apple fanboys are so freaking annoying, the idea that they have some personal stake in the success of the Mac. If something happened to Jobs, your Mac doesn't stop working.
"Supposedly the National Enquirer is set to run pictures of Jobs with him looking frail and gaunt." Uhhh, TFA has pictures of him looking frail and gaunt. Look at the October 2010 pic on the TFA, he looks terrible. I wish him luck, though at this point I hope he realizes there are more important things to deal with than work and takes a long break.
I think the squid ending was more interesting and a better ending for the comic, but there was no way they could have stuck the squid in the movie, had it make sense, and clock in under 6 hours, so I thought the change was a good move.
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They gave Henry Kissinger a peace prize; everything after that was downhill.
I have no problem replacing most of the lights in my house with CFLs; however, for reading lights I want incandescent or halogen. Despite claims to the contrary CFLs are not anywhere close to providing the warmth of incandescents. As for how long they last, CFLs last a long time in perfect conditions, but in the real world, in a house with wiring a few decades old (and there are plenty of people who live in such houses) they don't last particularly long.
I would interpret the purchase of the Lousiana territory going to the general welfare of the people; the Federal government can spend money to provide for the general welfare.
10th amendment is a truism; it has no real legal effect.
The last time I made a serious attempt to use Linux as a main desktop machine I could not find a good mp3 player. Banshee was the best, but too buggy and the interface didn't feel right, sort of a knockoff of itunes which already has a pretty lousy interface. Nothing came close to WinAmp, which despite it's horrible crime of being Windows-only (though I guess it's moving to android too) is the best mp3 player I've ever used.
No, but some is. I don't think we've gotten the truly great TV sci-fi that we occasionally have gotten with written sci-fi. BSG may have come closest overall, with the occasional Twilight Zone as well.
Wow, you're pretty emotionally invested in Stargate, aren't you? So you're essentially arguing that nobody is allowed to express their opinion as to the quality of a TV show? Because it's subjective? Not really a good argument there, son. Are you going to also react angrily to the anonymous poster immediately above you who claimed that Stargate WAS a great show? Aren't they similarly not allowed to define great science fiction? Or does that prohibition only kick in when you disagree with the opinion?
I actually really only got into the show right after Joel had left, so they showed a blend of Joel and Mike episodes. Coming into with no preconceptions, I found Mike to be a lot funnier than Joel. I think a lot of the people who think otherwise were just used to Joel.
Even better, make two foundations and put them on opposite sides of the galaxy.
Ahh, Babylon 5, quite possibly the most overrated sci-fi TV show of all time. Keep in mind I LIKED it, a lot, but it wasn't nearly as good as the cult seemed to think.
Science fiction and fantasy programming, no matter how high-quality or compelling, do not draw a sufficiently advertising-targetable, high-spending audience to justify a seperate channel.
And let's be honest here, as a lifelong science fiction fan, I have to say most science fiction TV fans vastly overrate the quality of their cult favorites. No, Stargate is not great science fiction.
About how many prisoners have been released from gitmo, and/or had a real trial?
Uhhhh, many?
Uhhh....huh? The conviction rate for rape charges in the United States tends to be much, much smaller than for other violent crimes. Juries typically AREN'T sympathetic, actually.
Does Assange really think he's going to be executed? That's kinda dumb. Hopefully it's just a ploy by his lawyers.
Yep, Barcade isn't going to go out of business until Williamsburgh gets too expensive even for the parent-subsidized hipsters who inhabit it. Which honestly should be soon.
Then don't buy one. I like my kindle, and I find the DRM unobtrusive and acceptable. Considering that the publishers would likely not have provided kindle versions without some DRM, I would rather have my kindle and the books therein than not have them simply in the name of ideological purity.
They're the poster child for how the US has gotten "free speech" wrong. Take a look at Canada, or most European countries. We enjoy essentially free speech as well, but what WBC is doing would be seriously illegal, as hate speech, and picketing a fallen soldier's funeral with signs like they have would land them in jail in Canada.
No, this is the poster child for how the US has gotten "free speech" right, and Canada and most European countries have gotten free speech wrong. If you're not willing to protect vile speech, then speech is not free.
The Constitution itself describes itself as the "Supreme Law of the Land." Where there is a conflict, the US Constitution controls (though state Constitutions can institute stronger protections than the US Constitution); in the case of an amendment that isn't incorporated, then there's no conflict so there's no need for the US Constitution to assert its supremacy.
There's no debate at all over whether federal or state constitutions have more force; the U.S. Constitution always trumps the state constitution. And I'm not really following your 9th and 10th amendment arguments here, they're pretty much a truism. The 9th amendment doesn't create rights, and the 10th amendment doesn't talk about rights, it talks about powers: if the federal government doesn't have the power to infringe on someone's privacy, it's expressly something the states may do (which is the actor in this case).
I am always surprised by how ignorant school administrators are of the law.
So you might have to buy a computer that isn't incredibly overpriced?
I care in the general sense that he is a human being and I care about human suffering and hopes he gets better. But why would someone care because they're a Mac owner? That's why Apple fanboys are so freaking annoying, the idea that they have some personal stake in the success of the Mac. If something happened to Jobs, your Mac doesn't stop working.
"Supposedly the National Enquirer is set to run pictures of Jobs with him looking frail and gaunt." Uhhh, TFA has pictures of him looking frail and gaunt. Look at the October 2010 pic on the TFA, he looks terrible. I wish him luck, though at this point I hope he realizes there are more important things to deal with than work and takes a long break.
Alan Moore is sometimes wrong, you know. And he's not really an authority on film-making,
I think the squid ending was more interesting and a better ending for the comic, but there was no way they could have stuck the squid in the movie, had it make sense, and clock in under 6 hours, so I thought the change was a good move.