The summary seems to have left out the most interesting tidbit:
According to the Times, the reports were embarrassing for the Pentagon because, in five of the six incidents in which troops were wounded by chemical agents, the munitions appeared to have been "designed in the US, manufactured in Europe and filled in chemical agent production lines built in Iraq by Western companies".
Where were they found? Next to the plants set up by Western companies that filled them in Iraq, of course. Who has control of those plants now? Why, ISIS of course. Don't worry, though, the people who thought it was better we didn't know about these things are assuring us that all those weapons were hurriedly destroyed.
Back when Iraq was first invaded I predicted that the WMDs would be found 'As soon as they filed "Made in USA" off of them'. Perhaps I wasn't far off.
Here is an idea, lets use Military to kill people and break things
Definitely. It's a critical part of our Judeo-Christian heritage to kill people and break things.
We don't have to worry about the Air Force making plans for global warming, because they're all convinced Jesus will come back and save us before that happens.
Personally, I think Jesus is going to be pissed at what his followers have done to the perfectly good planet his dad made for them. And using 'Jesus is coming soon anyway' as an excuse!
I saw that Hawking is going to be on the upcoming Pink Floyd CD. If so we can compare it to "Keep Talking" from "The Division Bell" from about 20 years ago.
Once again Douglas Adams has been ahead of the times. In "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's complaints department was the only division to consistently show a profit. I always wondered how they managed to accomplish that...
Calling politicians reptiles is giving them too much credit and offensive to reptiles. Fungus might be a closer match as there seems to be some similarity with slime molds. Some mushrooms however may still be offended by the comparison.
6) Apple buys GTAT at fire-sale pricing (through a shell company, of course, to divert suspicion)
7) Apple uses sapphire for iPhone 6S or 7
8) (even more) PROFIT!!!!
People who prefer inexpensive but fast vehicles get a lot of tickets. I have no idea what kind of demographic this might be (young males).
Have you priced a WRX lately? Not exactly cheap, even used.
I wouldn't buy a WRX used anyway unless I knew the owner personally. Cars like the WRX get ridden hard and put away wet FAR more often than something more sedate.
True for any 'performance' car. The only reason I know about WRX pricing is that they showed up often when searching for a used Impreza and I remember thinking how ridiculous the prices were even for high mileage ones.
It's because the one guy who still drives one has got a lot of tickets, and had to get 50 online quotes for auto insurance to find a company that would insure him.
who's to say the supposed built-in would perform any better?
It's comparing numbers, not exactly rocket science.
Perhaps some custom code might run faster but how many times does a program need to compare version numbers during execution?
How long before I can reinstall Windows 95 and be up to date?
About 7 years and a few months. It appears that Microsoft is adopting the Chrome/Firefox versioning system. Version number will be increased by 1 on every patch Tuesday.
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The summary seems to have left out the most interesting tidbit:
According to the Times, the reports were embarrassing for the Pentagon because, in five of the six incidents in which troops were wounded by chemical agents, the munitions appeared to have been "designed in the US, manufactured in Europe and filled in chemical agent production lines built in Iraq by Western companies".
Where were they found? Next to the plants set up by Western companies that filled them in Iraq, of course. Who has control of those plants now? Why, ISIS of course. Don't worry, though, the people who thought it was better we didn't know about these things are assuring us that all those weapons were hurriedly destroyed.
Back when Iraq was first invaded I predicted that the WMDs would be found 'As soon as they filed "Made in USA" off of them'. Perhaps I wasn't far off.
NJ Governor Chris Christie style!
Definitely. It's a critical part of our Judeo-Christian heritage to kill people and break things.
We don't have to worry about the Air Force making plans for global warming, because they're all convinced Jesus will come back and save us before that happens.
http://blogs.courant.com/susan...
Personally, I think Jesus is going to be pissed at what his followers have done to the perfectly good planet his dad made for them. And using 'Jesus is coming soon anyway' as an excuse!
I can think of TWO good reasons to watch Swordfish..
I saw that Hawking is going to be on the upcoming Pink Floyd CD. If so we can compare it to "Keep Talking" from "The Division Bell" from about 20 years ago.
Once again Douglas Adams has been ahead of the times. In "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" Sirius Cybernetics Corporation's complaints department was the only division to consistently show a profit. I always wondered how they managed to accomplish that...
Calling politicians reptiles is giving them too much credit and offensive to reptiles. Fungus might be a closer match as there seems to be some similarity with slime molds. Some mushrooms however may still be offended by the comparison.
Are they sure it was dolphins speaking whale and not a blue tang that sounds like Ellen Degeneress?
GUI windows are rectangular now. Just wait until GNOME 4 is released...
Sounds like an invitation for a lawsuit from Apple.
6) Apple buys GTAT at fire-sale pricing (through a shell company, of course, to divert suspicion)
7) Apple uses sapphire for iPhone 6S or 7
8) (even more) PROFIT!!!!
And any system that replaces it will focus less on the academic qualifications of the student and more on the credit limits of the parents.
Eggman seems like a nice fellow so far. I don't think we can take the walrus's word on this, even if he is part of the maker movement.
And what did he call himself? A "Freedom Fighter"? That's basically another word for terrorist.
If fire fighters fight fires what do freedom fighters fight?
A glass or two of wine/day : good
3250 beers/day : makes Amy Winehouse look sober.
People who prefer inexpensive but fast vehicles get a lot of tickets. I have no idea what kind of demographic this might be (young males).
Have you priced a WRX lately? Not exactly cheap, even used.
I wouldn't buy a WRX used anyway unless I knew the owner personally. Cars like the WRX get ridden hard and put away wet FAR more often than something more sedate.
True for any 'performance' car. The only reason I know about WRX pricing is that they showed up often when searching for a used Impreza and I remember thinking how ridiculous the prices were even for high mileage ones.
People who prefer inexpensive but fast vehicles get a lot of tickets. I have no idea what kind of demographic this might be (young males).
Have you priced a WRX lately? Not exactly cheap, even used.
It's because the one guy who still drives one has got a lot of tickets, and had to get 50 online quotes for auto insurance to find a company that would insure him.
FIFY.
They always seem to be dropping 'dangerous materials' on my car...
First Battleship, now this.
Hey, what ever happened to that Asteroids movie that they were supposed to be making?
who's to say the supposed built-in would perform any better?
It's comparing numbers, not exactly rocket science.
Perhaps some custom code might run faster but how many times does a program need to compare version numbers during execution?
Well, how many times have you seen "let's make our own date/time/number/argument/xml parser"?
Weeks of programming can save you from the arduous task of 5 minutes of searching Google.
Not just driver compatibility.
Windows 7 fixed a bunch of Vista compatibility issues with programs built for XP simply by having the version be set to 6.1.
Turns out that companies doing braindead Windows version detection of
had it fail spectacularly for version 6.0.
Particularly bad since Windows does have built-in functions to compare version numbers (eg. major.minor.patch.build format)
How long before I can reinstall Windows 95 and be up to date?
About 7 years and a few months. It appears that Microsoft is adopting the Chrome/Firefox versioning system. Version number will be increased by 1 on every patch Tuesday.
Everyone knows the even number versions suck.
I was hoping for a Spinal Tap reference...
They're not skipping a version number. Windows 9 is basically going to be a Service Pack for Windows 8.
Confirmed: Windows 9 to be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users
Releasing Win10 so quickly supports the idea that Win9 is just an update. Win10 is really what they want all the Win7 users to move to.
Of course in typical Microsoft fashion they will probably not allow direct upgrades from Win7-Win10 (probably not even Win8-Win10)