If it starts out not requiring any internet connection, and you never update it, it won't get any more restrictive.
If I recall, there have been PS3 games that required an update to function, and contained that update on disc. So you could reach a point where you can't play any new games without updating.
No one would force you to install those updates, so technically you're right. But I would consider it just as system killing as forcing an update over the Net.
There are two on the site and you seem to only be referring to the second one.
FTA:
Last year Lockheed Martin carried out a similar test, but in that case the missile that got destroyed was tethered and moved along a predetermined path. Clearly progress has been made and ADAM can now track a freely moving target.
Check out the second video that appears to be shooting down an untethered missile and is implied to not be following a predetermined path: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgUnDeED9MM
Your driving test was administered by a LEO? Mine was given by a high school teacher who worked part-time for the DMV.
Not that a high school teacher wouldn't know what pot smelled like. But, it's not that hard to smoke a joint, take a shower, get dressed and go take the test.
Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical, minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.
It doesn't say that billions are being lost, or that this bill will prevent the loss of billions. Simply that the intended goal is to prevent the loss of billions.
Here's a similar scenario:
"I am crafting a hat made of tinfoil to block mind-reading-aliens from getting my brilliant ideas."
That statement doesn't tell you that there are mind-reading-aliens, only that I believe there are, and that I am attempting to foil their plans.
That's funny. The ONLY time I curse at my computer is when using Microsoft products on my Mac.
I cannot stand MS's reinterpretation of standard Mac key commands.
Can anyone comment on the validity of this statistic?
I've never heard of StatCounter.
And while, "5 billion page views per month" and "3 million Websites" sounds like a lot, I have no idea how they selected those sites, and how many months they collected data over.
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If it starts out not requiring any internet connection, and you never update it, it won't get any more restrictive.
If I recall, there have been PS3 games that required an update to function, and contained that update on disc. So you could reach a point where you can't play any new games without updating.
No one would force you to install those updates, so technically you're right. But I would consider it just as system killing as forcing an update over the Net.
I expect you would be taxed in both the state you bought the car and the state you registered the car in. And the tax on a car is not a small amount.
There are two on the site and you seem to only be referring to the second one.
FTA:
Last year Lockheed Martin carried out a similar test, but in that case the missile that got destroyed was tethered and moved along a predetermined path. Clearly progress has been made and ADAM can now track a freely moving target.
Check out the second video that appears to be shooting down an untethered missile and is implied to not be following a predetermined path:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgUnDeED9MM
Your driving test was administered by a LEO? Mine was given by a high school teacher who worked part-time for the DMV. Not that a high school teacher wouldn't know what pot smelled like. But, it's not that hard to smoke a joint, take a shower, get dressed and go take the test.
For some reason, when you put "Windows" and "Me" so close together it made me really nervous.
Also, not a physicist, but since things with mass still have a maximum speed I don't think this is a problem.
I've been using incognito for Safari for a while now, but it looks like ghostery might be more comprehensive. I'll have to check it out. Thanks.
Just because I love the word:
It's actually an unkindness of ravens. I believe flock is just as accurate, but unkindness is more precise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds
That reminds me...
Does anyone know where I can find unbiased reviews of government mind control rays?
Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical, minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.
-McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission (1995)
Just an FYI:
google already provides a tool for A/B testing with google analytics: website optimizer.
I'm okay with this in the summary.
It doesn't say that billions are being lost, or that this bill will prevent the loss of billions. Simply that the intended goal is to prevent the loss of billions.
Here's a similar scenario:
"I am crafting a hat made of tinfoil to block mind-reading-aliens from getting my brilliant ideas."
That statement doesn't tell you that there are mind-reading-aliens, only that I believe there are, and that I am attempting to foil their plans.
Bit by bit.
That's funny. The ONLY time I curse at my computer is when using Microsoft products on my Mac. I cannot stand MS's reinterpretation of standard Mac key commands.
Can anyone comment on the validity of this statistic? I've never heard of StatCounter. And while, "5 billion page views per month" and "3 million Websites" sounds like a lot, I have no idea how they selected those sites, and how many months they collected data over.