People get to talk tough now, including Cheney's latest comments, but when a similar incident happened early in the Bush/Cheney administration, we did nothing of the sort. A Navy EP-3E made an emergency landing on Hainan island, and the crew was detained for approximately 10 days. During that time the Chinese had sole access to the plane and the avionics.
The US issued a Letter of Two Sorries, in which the US government stated "We are very sorry the entering of China's airspace and the landing did not have verbal clearance..."
Diplomatically, probably the right way to resolve the crisis, but lets not act like all other presidents would have sent in Seal Team Six.
>Frankly, humans themselves are a *lot* more likely to make Earth uninhabitable and a lot faster than a million years.
Which, if you think about it, suggests that maybe we shouldn't head off into space until we figure out how keep ourselves from making planets uninhabitable.
I imagine the first question on everyone's mind will be, "Why do we need a new web browser?" To which I imagine the truthful answer is: "We don't. At least not for technical reasons."
To take advantage of the forefront in "tabs at the top" technology, of course. I am personally very excited that science has progressed to the point where we can now have tabs above the address bar.
Maybe, if we commit the resources of a great nation, it can the goal in ten years time to have the address bar be *in* the tab. Or maybe on the side or on the bottom. But that is probably just wishful thinking. For now I'm content with knowing I can tell my grandchildren where I was when I heard we would be able to put tabs on top.
How dare you ask! He mentioned switchgrass in the 2006 State of the Union, and don't know about you but I just see one switchgrass-based fuel station after another selling low cost biofuels.
Seriously though, it turns out we've spend $100M on switchgrass research , which makes the $14M on photovoltaics seem even more pathetic while simulateneously making the $100M on switchgrass seem like boondoggle.
The creation of the NSA was authorized in a letter written by President Harry S. Truman in June of 1952. The agency was formally established through a revision of National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) 9 on October 24, 1952, and officially came into existence on November 4, 1952. President Truman's letter was itself classified and remained unknown to the public for more than a generation.
There was a time when I would have agreed with you.
The trouble is, they do have a majority, and while it might not be a supermajority or a veto-proof majority, it is a majority nonetheless and precious few dems are following through on their mandate. It was painful to see them roll over and vote to approve Gonzo and Roberts when they were in the minority, and it is painful to watch them cave on nearly every significant issue since they became a majority.
They may not "win" every debate or vote, but either things are worth fighting for or they are not, and I've lost a lot of respect watching them go down on issues with little more than symbolic protest. I want to see them push as hard as they can on *everything* - if someone threatens a fillibuster then take them up on it *every time,* and don't play it out as theatrics scheduled in advance. If someone threatens to block something in committee move it to the whole body. Make people go on record for or against every piece of legislation. If it passes or dies, so be it, but at least fight for what you were sent there to do.
promoting the development of democracies in the Mideast - for myriad reasons - is or isn't a good idea, and what the arguments are for each
I'm not sure the debate is/was whether to promote democracy in the Mideast (or elsewhere), but rather whether it should be done as an interested third party or an occupying force.
Actually, this is a good long-term strategy, although 85 might be pushing it a bit. There are anecdotal stories of the Wii being popular in retirement centers (bowling is quite popular, apparently), and as the boomers retire with healthy 401(k)s (some of them, anyway), they'll be relatively tech savvy, at least from a consumer electronics standpoint. Things like portable music players, photo/video albums will probably be of interest to this cohort if someone can find the price point and design. Right now, there are about as many people in the 50-54 age group as are in the 20-24 age group, so the market is there.
The flaw is with the product design, not the business model. I assume the business model is something along the lines of "make as much money as we can as fast as we can based on false promises." Sometimes this ultimately results in jail time, sometimes a flight from justice, but the basic business model can and does work, sometimes for a *long* time.
Start with Supply and Demand and add a dash of Collusion.
If you're the only mushroom "farmer" (?) on the planet, then of course you can try to get money from Chef Batali but more likely you'll just raise your wholesale price so all of the Iron Chefs feel your wrath equally. Ultimately, however, if the price is too high either (a) Chef Batali will switch to other ingridients or stop creating mushroom-based dished altogether, and/or (b) Chef Batali will seek increased compensation from Food Network. Food Network can then either cancel Chef Batali's show and replace it with yet another Rachel Ray show or pass the costs on further to cable and satellite providers, and ultimately consumers.
If there are an arbitrariliy high number of mushroom farmers around, you aren't likely to see much additional revenue since someone else is likely to provide the same goods at the same or lower price.
Where it gets dicey is if there are (say) four other mushroom farmers that all know each other and collectively supply 300 million people with mushrooms. Left unregulated, they can agree amongst themsleves on a wholesale price of mushrooms and control production in order to maintain that price.
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Maybe they are thinking X-ray photoelectron spectroscope?
There are only a few choices, and one seems more obvious than the others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X...
People get to talk tough now, including Cheney's latest comments, but when a similar incident happened early in the Bush/Cheney administration, we did nothing of the sort. A Navy EP-3E made an emergency landing on Hainan island, and the crew was detained for approximately 10 days. During that time the Chinese had sole access to the plane and the avionics.
The US issued a Letter of Two Sorries, in which the US government stated "We are very sorry the entering of China's airspace and the landing did not have verbal clearance..."
Diplomatically, probably the right way to resolve the crisis, but lets not act like all other presidents would have sent in Seal Team Six.
>Frankly, humans themselves are a *lot* more likely to make Earth uninhabitable and a lot faster than a million years.
Which, if you think about it, suggests that maybe we shouldn't head off into space until we figure out how keep ourselves from making planets uninhabitable.
What are these "backups" of which you speak?
Obviously the outer layer would have to be made out of popcorn kernels.
>but I'm no expert here so I could well be wrong.
Welcome to Slashdot! You'll fit right it!
Well, now that Microsoft has done somebody will try to copy them by driving around Rome in a car that takes pictures of everything around it. Oh wait, http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g=colosseo,+roma&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=41.891293,12.49059&panoid=haogKvGCLWGZlNYPmGLLPA&cbp=11,130.48,,0,-7.13&ll=41.891294,12.490585&spn=0.002588,0.009645&t=h&z=17
>which meant they had to go in with dumb bombs
The HMS Sheffield was sunk (basically) by an Exocet fired from a distance 20 - 30 miles. Not a dumb bomb.
Who got it from the Grays after they crash landed in Tunguska.
To take advantage of the forefront in "tabs at the top" technology, of course. I am personally very excited that science has progressed to the point where we can now have tabs above the address bar.
Maybe, if we commit the resources of a great nation, it can the goal in ten years time to have the address bar be *in* the tab. Or maybe on the side or on the bottom. But that is probably just wishful thinking. For now I'm content with knowing I can tell my grandchildren where I was when I heard we would be able to put tabs on top.
No, but I just read some really weird stuff about Ann Coulter.
How dare you ask! He mentioned switchgrass in the 2006 State of the Union, and don't know about you but I just see one switchgrass-based fuel station after another selling low cost biofuels. Seriously though, it turns out we've spend $100M on switchgrass research , which makes the $14M on photovoltaics seem even more pathetic while simulateneously making the $100M on switchgrass seem like boondoggle.
Hardly. From Wikipedia:
The creation of the NSA was authorized in a letter written by President Harry S. Truman in June of 1952. The agency was formally established through a revision of National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) 9 on October 24, 1952, and officially came into existence on November 4, 1952. President Truman's letter was itself classified and remained unknown to the public for more than a generation.
If a comedian wins president with a fake campaign, I'm staying! We could use a president who is intentionally funny.
Almost doesn't matter...the ensuing *civil* wrongful death suit would have clobbered the prankster.
There was a time when I would have agreed with you.
The trouble is, they do have a majority, and while it might not be a supermajority or a veto-proof majority, it is a majority nonetheless and precious few dems are following through on their mandate. It was painful to see them roll over and vote to approve Gonzo and Roberts when they were in the minority, and it is painful to watch them cave on nearly every significant issue since they became a majority.
They may not "win" every debate or vote, but either things are worth fighting for or they are not, and I've lost a lot of respect watching them go down on issues with little more than symbolic protest. I want to see them push as hard as they can on *everything* - if someone threatens a fillibuster then take them up on it *every time,* and don't play it out as theatrics scheduled in advance. If someone threatens to block something in committee move it to the whole body. Make people go on record for or against every piece of legislation. If it passes or dies, so be it, but at least fight for what you were sent there to do.
And yes, this is a rant too.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out. - Martin Niemöller
promoting the development of democracies in the Mideast - for myriad reasons - is or isn't a good idea, and what the arguments are for each
I'm not sure the debate is/was whether to promote democracy in the Mideast (or elsewhere), but rather whether it should be done as an interested third party or an occupying force.
If we don't have to take off our shoes to get through security, the terrorists will have won.
Wait...
Actually, this is a good long-term strategy, although 85 might be pushing it a bit. There are anecdotal stories of the Wii being popular in retirement centers (bowling is quite popular, apparently), and as the boomers retire with healthy 401(k)s (some of them, anyway), they'll be relatively tech savvy, at least from a consumer electronics standpoint. Things like portable music players, photo/video albums will probably be of interest to this cohort if someone can find the price point and design. Right now, there are about as many people in the 50-54 age group as are in the 20-24 age group, so the market is there.
And now that utube has just been slashdotted things can't be looking up for Universal Tube.
The flaw is with the product design, not the business model. I assume the business model is something along the lines of "make as much money as we can as fast as we can based on false promises." Sometimes this ultimately results in jail time, sometimes a flight from justice, but the basic business model can and does work, sometimes for a *long* time.
Hey, she was provost of Stanford for awhile. Surely that qualifies her for role as Secretary of State, or at least National Security Advisor.
Close. It is actually:
"Microsoft. Promising delivery of yesterday's solutions tomorrow, but actually delivering them later the following week".
Excellent metatphorical fun.
Start with Supply and Demand and add a dash of Collusion.
If you're the only mushroom "farmer" (?) on the planet, then of course you can try to get money from Chef Batali but more likely you'll just raise your wholesale price so all of the Iron Chefs feel your wrath equally. Ultimately, however, if the price is too high either (a) Chef Batali will switch to other ingridients or stop creating mushroom-based dished altogether, and/or (b) Chef Batali will seek increased compensation from Food Network. Food Network can then either cancel Chef Batali's show and replace it with yet another Rachel Ray show or pass the costs on further to cable and satellite providers, and ultimately consumers.
If there are an arbitrariliy high number of mushroom farmers around, you aren't likely to see much additional revenue since someone else is likely to provide the same goods at the same or lower price.
Where it gets dicey is if there are (say) four other mushroom farmers that all know each other and collectively supply 300 million people with mushrooms. Left unregulated, they can agree amongst themsleves on a wholesale price of mushrooms and control production in order to maintain that price.
The moral? Go with Flay.