Yeah, but Gore really was from DC. He'd been there as Veep for 8 years, Senator for 8 years before that, and CongressCritter for 8 years before that. Thats alot of time to spend in a place not to call it home.
As bad as Gore would have been, do you Greenie nuts really think he would have been just as bad as Bush? Like really, Gore had some issues, and maybe wasn't the most honest guy around, but he did write "Earth in the Balance", which came down pretty hard on corporations, and demonstrated a strong concern for the environment. And do you really think Gore would have gone into Iraq? I don't know what y'all Greenies were smoking, but whatever it is, do you mind sharing? I think I'd prefer to spend the rest of this president's term in a drug-induced haze. Anything would be better than this fsck'd up real world.
But this is only Mac users, which are (depending on who you believe) between 5 and 15% of the market. Extrapolate that out to where this is released for Windoze, and you see...
With a representative sample of just over 1000 people, you can accurately extrapolate to many millions (with a 3-6% margin of error, 19 times out of 20). Now granted, it might be that one time out of 20 that the numbers are way off, but for our purposes, we'll call it accurate enough. Now go take a statistics course.
The crazy thing about libraries is that if they didn't exist and someone tried to invent them today, the publishers would have a conniption fit, and it would never happen. Give away knowledge for free? What are you, crazy? We'd go broke! Only a pinko/commie/liberal would come up with such a whacked out idea.
Dude, I just put 1.5 Gigs of *standard* PC2700 RAM into my new PowerMac G4, along with industry standard 120GB ATA Hard Drive. (Although, if I wanted to, I could have added an industry standard SCSI PCI card and used an industry standard SCSI hard drive instead.). Also, my PowerMac came with a DVD burner, and a second optical drive bay, where I can add an industry standard CD burner, or any other kind of optical drive that comes out in the future. Oh yeah, and I'm typing this on an industry standard USB keyboard, and using my industry standard three-button-with-scroll-wheel USB Microsoft Mouse.
I guess you could say it was filmed in the documentary style, with a slant on opinion.
Well Duh! Every documentary has a slant or opinion, otherwise, whats the point? (And watch out for those that claim they have no bias, because they are often the worst offenders.
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The problem with on-line systems (like credit cards) is that they cease to be anonymous. On the other hand, the problem with offline systems is that there is no way to prevent bit-for-bit duplication of the card. As I said earlier:
"I don't get it. Why can't you just duplicate, bit-for-bit, exactly what is stored on the card? You wouldn't have to decrypt it. And copying the info onto a new card should be (in theory) a trivial task. What am I missing?"
I don't get it. Why can't you just duplicate, bit-for-bit, exactly what is stored on the card? You wouldn't have to decrypt it. And copying the info onto a new card should be (in theory) a trivial task. What am I missing?
On 9/11, 3000 people were intentionally murdered. Today, 7 people died in an accident. Hundreds die in car accidents every day, this was just a different vehicle that they happened to die in.
Dude on CBC just said that he would be surprised if any space shuttle ever flew again. The only problem with this statement is that there are still folks on the International Space Station. How are they going to get home?
Also, why the fuck is CNN talking to rednecks in Podunk, Texas, who are describing what they saw? Why don't they talk to someone who actually knows what they're talking about?
If the sun suddenly disappeard, the earth would not go whizzing off anywhere, since there is no opposing force pulling it out into space. An object in motion tends to stay in motion... yadda yadda yadda... (hereafter known as the yadda theory of motion) so the earth would continue along its present path through space, although it wouldn't be a spherical path anymore, it would be more like a straight line... so I guess the answer is... yeah, the earth would go whizzing off into space.
Not necessarily. The moon landings clearly happened. There is no doubt in my mind about that. There are also no aliens at area 51, and never were.
There is, however, a small shadow of doubt about whether the US government had anything to do with Sept 11th, or at least knew about it and failed to prevent it. This is the same government, remember, that killed its own leader back in '63. --
Svend Robinson is like Canada's version of Paul Wellstone. (and thats in a country where most politicians are already to the left of Mr Wellstone). Oh yeah, and Mr Robinson is also openly gay (not that there's anything wrong with that). Consider yourself lucky that you are represented one of the most "progressive" politicians in North America. He might actually get something done here.
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Yeah, but Gore really was from DC. He'd been there as Veep for 8 years, Senator for 8 years before that, and CongressCritter for 8 years before that. Thats alot of time to spend in a place not to call it home.
...and Mr Bush thanks you for it.
As bad as Gore would have been, do you Greenie nuts really think he would have been just as bad as Bush? Like really, Gore had some issues, and maybe wasn't the most honest guy around, but he did write "Earth in the Balance", which came down pretty hard on corporations, and demonstrated a strong concern for the environment. And do you really think Gore would have gone into Iraq? I don't know what y'all Greenies were smoking, but whatever it is, do you mind sharing? I think I'd prefer to spend the rest of this president's term in a drug-induced haze. Anything would be better than this fsck'd up real world.
(He had to say he was from Tenessee, but in reality he hadn't been back in 20 years)
But this is only Mac users, which are (depending on who you believe) between 5 and 15% of the market. Extrapolate that out to where this is released for Windoze, and you see...
Its about time someone started selling music the way people want it... one song at a time. Even better that its from a cool company like Apple.
17%? Really? What a funny coincidence. Thats the same percentage of the US population that voted for Bush in 2000.
With a representative sample of just over 1000 people, you can accurately extrapolate to many millions (with a 3-6% margin of error, 19 times out of 20). Now granted, it might be that one time out of 20 that the numbers are way off, but for our purposes, we'll call it accurate enough. Now go take a statistics course.
The crazy thing about libraries is that if they didn't exist and someone tried to invent them today, the publishers would have a conniption fit, and it would never happen. Give away knowledge for free? What are you, crazy? We'd go broke! Only a pinko/commie/liberal would come up with such a whacked out idea.
Any questions?
Well Duh! Every documentary has a slant or opinion, otherwise, whats the point? (And watch out for those that claim they have no bias, because they are often the worst offenders.
I don't get it. Why can't you just duplicate, bit-for-bit, exactly what is stored on the card? You wouldn't have to decrypt it. And copying the info onto a new card should be (in theory) a trivial task. What am I missing?
Just goes to show that shuttle flights are so routine that they wrote the story of the landing before it happened.
On 9/11, 3000 people were intentionally murdered. Today, 7 people died in an accident. Hundreds die in car accidents every day, this was just a different vehicle that they happened to die in.
Also, why the fuck is CNN talking to rednecks in Podunk, Texas, who are describing what they saw? Why don't they talk to someone who actually knows what they're talking about?
Don't bother putting a URL in a letter to your congresscritter. Most of them have no idea about this new-fangled inter-web thingamajig.
If the sun suddenly disappeard, the earth would not go whizzing off anywhere, since there is no opposing force pulling it out into space. An object in motion tends to stay in motion... yadda yadda yadda... (hereafter known as the yadda theory of motion) so the earth would continue along its present path through space, although it wouldn't be a spherical path anymore, it would be more like a straight line... so I guess the answer is... yeah, the earth would go whizzing off into space.
Its not quite open source, but its the next best thing. Use Mac OS X, and strike a blow at evil.
Not necessarily.
The moon landings clearly happened. There is no doubt in my mind about that. There are also no aliens at area 51, and never were.
There is, however, a small shadow of doubt about whether the US government had anything to do with Sept 11th, or at least knew about it and failed to prevent it. This is the same government, remember, that killed its own leader back in '63.
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Looks like Santa Claus is still at his summer home in Colorado.
Svend Robinson is like Canada's version of Paul Wellstone. (and thats in a country where most politicians are already to the left of Mr Wellstone). Oh yeah, and Mr Robinson is also openly gay (not that there's anything wrong with that). Consider yourself lucky that you are represented one of the most "progressive" politicians in North America. He might actually get something done here.
Some people who post here (like me) automatically get +2 to all their posts. Its not because of any conspiracy, we're just better than you.
Of course, in the USA, only the rich (i.e. management class) can afford decent representation. Everyone else is stuck with Troy McClure.
So *that* explains why there are *so* many stores in 90210!