Actually, this would be a good thing to do if the Foundation books turned out to be true. As you may recall, no one could remember where the Human race had originated. Scientific thought had broken down to the point where no original research had been down in over a century: scientists read the research of earlier scientists.
But, if you stick to it through Foundation and Earth (the eighth book, IIRC), the Earth is discovered and R Daneel whosits is on the moon, the Earth itself being uninhabitable due to high radioactivity.
Thus, something like this would help future generations trying to discover their roots.
The Encyclopedia Galactica was of course a sham, meant to hide from the empire what was really going on. Hari Seldon wasn't thinking about recording all the knowledge of the world because psychohistory had told him that it wouldn't matter.
You will notice that Libraries are the first to condemn Internet censorship laws that require filtering in Libraries. They do have specific machines set aside for the kiddies, with age-appropriate software installed (at least the on I worked at did). It's the politicians that can't get seem to get the concept of separating computer access the way books are.
From what I've heard, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, fuck is an acronym that used by English polic officers a century ago when arresting prostitutes. They apparently thought it uncouth to write down what was actually going on and thus noted that they were being arrested For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
Massachusetts is very liberal and progressive, for example: they just legalized tatoos. And they may start a discussion on allowing you to buy beer on Sundays soon.
First of all, it has been shown that the high price of CDs was a result of price fixing, the RPAA was requiring CD retailers to sell at their set prices if any RPAA assistance money was used in advertising.
As for the DVD regional codes they have nothing to do piracy or "parellel imports": it is a form of price discrimination. By creating a separate market for each region, the MPAA is able to sell at a different price in each region, thus maximizing local profit and by extension total profit.
If the region codes were removed, someone in Europe could buy a DVD from a US seller at the lower US price, thus bringing down the cost of DVDs bought locally. Price discrimination is illegal in most countries that operate on a free market philosophy. This was most likely a move that the MPAA took when they saw that the world market was becoming more global.
I found the problem. It turns out that there are two download selections. One is labeled nj and the other wj. I didn't see these originally, but they were pointed out to me by a classmate. nj is no java and wj is with java. Make sure to download the with java version.
"A gesture in which the first and second digit of either hand are curled so as to allow the tips of each to touch while the remaining digits extended, and the entire hand is positioned with the palm facing outward".
I downloaded Opera 5 here in the computer lab after reading the article and enjoyed the gesturing very much, it's better than moving the mouse all the way to the top of the screen or switching to the keyboard.
I also noticed problems with/. afterwards: I was unable to navigate pass a main article page, clicking on a comment link would bring me back to the start page, logging me out in the process. I was going to post a comment on the anomaly but the same thing happened when i clicked reply.
What's weird is that when I tried to post in Netscape and then IE, they both did the same thing. Didn't have a problem with any other pages, tho.
I enjoyed Opera so much that if I can get it to work at home, I'll very likely switch to it permanently.
There's a regional paper here in Rhode Island called the Valley Breeze (named for Blackstone Valley) that covers only local happenings. It is entirely paid for with advertiser's dollars and has been so succesful that there are at least three localized town-specific editions.
When I first started reading the article I thought: "As long as they keep it out of Everquest". Well, right there the article says possibly Everquest. I mean, seriously, how will they fit product placement in a fantasy RPG? If it's going to be possible to buy a six pack of Pepsi, then I want to be able to name my character "Bob".
This just proves that advertiser's are clueless about their audiences. It's the reason we have so many lousy commercials on TV.
that the universe is expanding. A couple of months ago there was a program on one of the Discovery Network channels about two groups of astronomers who were both counting super novas in order to judge how quickly the universe is expanding.
They both found, independently and shockingly to both, that not only is the universe expanding rapidly, but it's expanding with an increasing rate.
I think MS is just trying to force everyone to use IE 5.01 or 5.5 instead of an older version.
"We found a serious security risk" (When was the last time they announced one without someone else exposing it first?). "Oh, sorry, if you're using anything older than 5.01, then we won't fix it for you but you're still at risk".
BTW, since I upgraded to 5.00 last month, I keep getting "Critical Update Alerts" telling me I need to install the VisualBasic support, which I intentionally deselected in the install menu.
If you were from Texas, then we shouldn't trust your statement that we shouldn't trust people from Texas. Which means we should trust people from Texas. Which means we should trust your statement...(ad infinitum)
Of course, even if what you're saying is true (I have no knowledge of 3D rendering and for all I know you could be talking out our butt), Microsoft has admitted that the "screenshots" were fakes.
The white artifacts were not the reason people first suspect the images were doctored. It was the lens flare, someone noticed that it was the exact same flare effect you get from photoshop. Then someone else noticed the white artifacts around the character, then someone else noticed that there was a green pixel from the background in the character's face. It was a lot of evidence, perhaps you should follow the link to ign, scroll down to onimusha(sp?)'s post and follow his link.
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At least they're on the same continent. It's AOL UK that has me boggled.
But, if you stick to it through Foundation and Earth (the eighth book, IIRC), the Earth is discovered and R Daneel whosits is on the moon, the Earth itself being uninhabitable due to high radioactivity.
Thus, something like this would help future generations trying to discover their roots.
The Encyclopedia Galactica was of course a sham, meant to hide from the empire what was really going on. Hari Seldon wasn't thinking about recording all the knowledge of the world because psychohistory had told him that it wouldn't matter.
Akchilly, if you view certificate #1, the name is: George P. Varros Jr.
Maybe they had simply gotten into the habit of distributing untruths.
Not prohibited, just kept away from each other. Never said that the children couldn't browse through or check out books from the adult section.
As for the DVD regional codes they have nothing to do piracy or "parellel imports": it is a form of price discrimination. By creating a separate market for each region, the MPAA is able to sell at a different price in each region, thus maximizing local profit and by extension total profit.
If the region codes were removed, someone in Europe could buy a DVD from a US seller at the lower US price, thus bringing down the cost of DVDs bought locally. Price discrimination is illegal in most countries that operate on a free market philosophy. This was most likely a move that the MPAA took when they saw that the world market was becoming more global.
"A gesture in which the first and second digit of either hand are curled so as to allow the tips of each to touch while the remaining digits extended, and the entire hand is positioned with the palm facing outward".
I also noticed problems with /. afterwards: I was unable to navigate pass a main article page, clicking on a comment link would bring me back to the start page, logging me out in the process. I was going to post a comment on the anomaly but the same thing happened when i clicked reply.
What's weird is that when I tried to post in Netscape and then IE, they both did the same thing. Didn't have a problem with any other pages, tho.
I enjoyed Opera so much that if I can get it to work at home, I'll very likely switch to it permanently.
This just proves that advertiser's are clueless about their audiences. It's the reason we have so many lousy commercials on TV.
They both found, independently and shockingly to both, that not only is the universe expanding rapidly, but it's expanding with an increasing rate.
"We found a serious security risk" (When was the last time they announced one without someone else exposing it first?). "Oh, sorry, if you're using anything older than 5.01, then we won't fix it for you but you're still at risk".
BTW, since I upgraded to 5.00 last month, I keep getting "Critical Update Alerts" telling me I need to install the VisualBasic support, which I intentionally deselected in the install menu.
"I only needed one more, for the record; but you Corsican Brothers had to spoil my fun."
Hmm, mayhaps I have been watching too much Cheech and Chong.
The white artifacts were not the reason people first suspect the images were doctored. It was the lens flare, someone noticed that it was the exact same flare effect you get from photoshop. Then someone else noticed the white artifacts around the character, then someone else noticed that there was a green pixel from the background in the character's face. It was a lot of evidence, perhaps you should follow the link to ign, scroll down to onimusha(sp?)'s post and follow his link.
From Zaphod Beeblebrox, the wisest man in the galaxy: "Property is theft, thus theft is property, thus I own this ship".
Therefore, the spammers own your bandwidth.