The privatization of government services for a perceived savings in cost and efficiency. You know, because the government is so incompetent and private industry is so good.
I wouldn't say that. Republicans have become increasingly concerned about the expanding power of the Executive branch now that they think the powers given to Bush might be used *against* them.
This is what irks me. The government is forbidden to keep databases of this type, so they contract it out (F U Milton Friedmann!) then make their queries against a database that isn't under their direct control. Such a total abuse of the law.
That doesn't factor into maintenance, though. I'm a big Battlefield 2142 fan, and it's THE buggiest production game I've ever played. I've never seen an app blow up in so many ways or manifest so many in-game bugs (yes, including Windows). Throw more monkeys into the code maintenance game, and that would definitely improve the user experience. I'm a big "throw a dart" game purchaser, and EA is so bad I look for their logo to avoid their products.
I've noticed that the quality of this website has slowly decreased to the point it's not my first look anymore. After reading all of the armchair scientists instantly shooting down an experiment with I'm sure they have an inversely proportional knowledge of the subject and hand, I've think I've finally figured out. The AOLers are ruling the roost.
Thanks for this summary. I remember the first time this story was used as a "Obama is a secret Manchurian plant trying to destroy the country" talking point. No one bothered to read the details. No one is taking away your interwebs, you brainwashed dumbasses!!!! While we're at it:
Obama was born in the US and has a birth certificate
He's not a Muslim
The government doesn't want to pull the plug on grandma
Federal funding of abortions is currently illegal, so no new healthcare bill can "imply" paying for abortions
Democrats don't hate freedom, the military, the flag, or this country
Well, when we tried to depose him, he was democratically and legitimately in power (still is?). Maybe now that he's a dictator and thug, we can make him our ally again like all the others we support?
Sometimes students have such proven talent that professors don't really question the means. Or, a student is such a known quantity the professor doesn't feel he needs to waste time on someone who already gets it.
With all the crap the Russians pulled during the construction of ISS, why try with them again? Diverting money and resources to Mir, not meeting engineering specs, etc. They sound like bad partners. I'd go with a joint US-Euro venture.
So, by that logic if I horde a bunch of my company's hardware and get fired for it, I don't have to return it since I'm no longer an employee? Your argument is flawed.
I proposed the "really tiny strings" theory long ago that said that a really tiny string is attached between the gravitational bodies like the earth and the moon. Sure, some laughed and countered with their silly "spooling paradox" argument, but sometimes it takes decades to appreciate a true genius.
I used to play an RPG called GURPS that separated sci-fi genres into the hard science fiction and space opera. Space opera is swashbuckling, shoot-from-the-hip adventures more focused on the action than appeasing the Trekkies' need to know how object X actually functions. The design of things like C3PO and R2-D2 is purely based on their story impact. One being the "adult" and one being the "child." AT-ATs were lumbering mechanical beast trudging along and unstoppable. The lack of a hand guard added to the danger and respect you have for a jedi's skills. Trying to apply real-world rules and ergonomics to fantasy is just silly.
High center of gravity, vulnerable and complex means of locomotion...
You mean, like a human? Lots of engineering is subconsciously based on biology; either our own or that observed in nature. I guarantee you if the Army could figure out an efficient way to make a walking tank, we'd have one.
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That's a hell of a long pipe for production Mars water.
These idiotic "protect your turf" rules have been around a while and are just getting worse. I attended a Steelers game last year in 20 degree weather and I had a shopping bag filled with cold weather gear. The morons at the door made me ditch the bag and carry it all in my hands because the shopping bag had an unapproved logo.
Wow, isn't that obvious? Seriously, real evil (and I mean dickwad screw you over whenever possible evil) is so much more insidious than just simple choose-the-left-door options. True evil has motivations; building you up for a hard, tragic fall a la Iago in Othello. Evil is Charles Manson using people to murder and torture people based on the rejection and crushed dreams from his faint glimpse at stardom. Evil is marching armies across Europe based on your own insecurities and superstitions. "Bad" is the horror movie villian who chases you with a chainsaw for an hour and a half. Evil is the serial killer who kidnaps and tortures you in order to inflict the pain on the world that he himself feels.
Burning Man isn't about advertising and getting every yuppie wannabe in the country to show up. In fact, all of the publicity has hurt the event and changed its spirit.
I just don't get Twitter. I'd rather read about my dad picking lint out of his bellybutton than sign up for an account; which from what I've seen is about the same thing.
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The privatization of government services for a perceived savings in cost and efficiency. You know, because the government is so incompetent and private industry is so good.
I wouldn't say that. Republicans have become increasingly concerned about the expanding power of the Executive branch now that they think the powers given to Bush might be used *against* them.
This is what irks me. The government is forbidden to keep databases of this type, so they contract it out (F U Milton Friedmann!) then make their queries against a database that isn't under their direct control. Such a total abuse of the law.
Then he'd feel like me watching a Shakira video.
That doesn't factor into maintenance, though. I'm a big Battlefield 2142 fan, and it's THE buggiest production game I've ever played. I've never seen an app blow up in so many ways or manifest so many in-game bugs (yes, including Windows). Throw more monkeys into the code maintenance game, and that would definitely improve the user experience. I'm a big "throw a dart" game purchaser, and EA is so bad I look for their logo to avoid their products.
No, being the "happily married guy" in a gang-of-buddies action movie killed Goose.
You want to understand the problem with conservatives? Craig T. Nelson's words sum it up perfectly:
"I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybodyï help me out? No."
I've noticed that the quality of this website has slowly decreased to the point it's not my first look anymore. After reading all of the armchair scientists instantly shooting down an experiment with I'm sure they have an inversely proportional knowledge of the subject and hand, I've think I've finally figured out. The AOLers are ruling the roost.
Thanks for this summary. I remember the first time this story was used as a "Obama is a secret Manchurian plant trying to destroy the country" talking point. No one bothered to read the details. No one is taking away your interwebs, you brainwashed dumbasses!!!! While we're at it:
Well, when we tried to depose him, he was democratically and legitimately in power (still is?). Maybe now that he's a dictator and thug, we can make him our ally again like all the others we support?
Elegant, simple, probably right.
I thought the beef fried rice had a slightly ozone-ish smell. Last time I go there for lunch. I demand nothing but sinless virgin meat on the buffet!
Sometimes students have such proven talent that professors don't really question the means. Or, a student is such a known quantity the professor doesn't feel he needs to waste time on someone who already gets it.
With all the crap the Russians pulled during the construction of ISS, why try with them again? Diverting money and resources to Mir, not meeting engineering specs, etc. They sound like bad partners. I'd go with a joint US-Euro venture.
So, by that logic if I horde a bunch of my company's hardware and get fired for it, I don't have to return it since I'm no longer an employee? Your argument is flawed.
I proposed the "really tiny strings" theory long ago that said that a really tiny string is attached between the gravitational bodies like the earth and the moon. Sure, some laughed and countered with their silly "spooling paradox" argument, but sometimes it takes decades to appreciate a true genius.
I used to play an RPG called GURPS that separated sci-fi genres into the hard science fiction and space opera. Space opera is swashbuckling, shoot-from-the-hip adventures more focused on the action than appeasing the Trekkies' need to know how object X actually functions. The design of things like C3PO and R2-D2 is purely based on their story impact. One being the "adult" and one being the "child." AT-ATs were lumbering mechanical beast trudging along and unstoppable. The lack of a hand guard added to the danger and respect you have for a jedi's skills. Trying to apply real-world rules and ergonomics to fantasy is just silly.
High center of gravity, vulnerable and complex means of locomotion...
You mean, like a human? Lots of engineering is subconsciously based on biology; either our own or that observed in nature. I guarantee you if the Army could figure out an efficient way to make a walking tank, we'd have one.
That's a hell of a long pipe for production Mars water.
These idiotic "protect your turf" rules have been around a while and are just getting worse. I attended a Steelers game last year in 20 degree weather and I had a shopping bag filled with cold weather gear. The morons at the door made me ditch the bag and carry it all in my hands because the shopping bag had an unapproved logo.
That would make you about 150 years old since you remember that time. Man, nothing more entertaining that geeks trying to pontificate about sports.
Wow, isn't that obvious? Seriously, real evil (and I mean dickwad screw you over whenever possible evil) is so much more insidious than just simple choose-the-left-door options. True evil has motivations; building you up for a hard, tragic fall a la Iago in Othello. Evil is Charles Manson using people to murder and torture people based on the rejection and crushed dreams from his faint glimpse at stardom. Evil is marching armies across Europe based on your own insecurities and superstitions. "Bad" is the horror movie villian who chases you with a chainsaw for an hour and a half. Evil is the serial killer who kidnaps and tortures you in order to inflict the pain on the world that he himself feels.
Burning Man isn't about advertising and getting every yuppie wannabe in the country to show up. In fact, all of the publicity has hurt the event and changed its spirit.
I just don't get Twitter. I'd rather read about my dad picking lint out of his bellybutton than sign up for an account; which from what I've seen is about the same thing.
Saturn has always been the least hygienic of the gas giants.