Its temperature remains uniform because there is no other structure near enough to either inject or extract energy. The temperature in any given direction is the same as the temperature in any other given direction because any observer is theoretically in the center of the universe (don't let your head asplode, that all gets into expansion/motion cosmology).
If 'inflation' happened like they think then the universe is actually younger than the 14 billion years that is the current measure.
But, then again, all our theories and measurements could be fundamentally flawed to the point where all our theories and assumptions are completely wrong. In that case it doesn't matter.
Wine isn't seen as a compliment because Microsoft is in the business of selling an operating system. They lose money if you run Office under Wine, and not under Windows. Sure, they could probably do a native port of Office for Linux, but then they wouldn't sell that copy of Windows that Office currently 'needs'.
The problem isn't a monopoly by Microsoft. The problem is that there are a HUGE amount of businesses and individuals that are married to Office, and by extension married to Windows.
Being of German descent I can see where the German government would want to limit materials such as Nazi materials, and hate sites. My grandfather, to the day he died, held a deep seated hatred of Hitler and the Nazis. The mere sight of a swastika would turn him into a borderline raving lunatic from a (for a German) mild mannered old man. For the older population of Germany it's simply something they do not wish to be reminded of. For the younger it's something the older generation doesn't wish them to fall into. It's almost a unique form of hatred for that time of history... there are those that hate it for what the Nazis did to their country and its citizens, and those that hate that time in history because Germany lost. Eventually time will pass, and that time in history can be looked back on in an almost clinical way, but it's not that time just yet.
As for the rest of the things they want to block... most of that stuff is just plain illegal.
Thanks, but I doubt I'll be graded on my grammar skills. I'm just hoping they replace 'Pearce' with their own Congressmans name, change the wording around, and generally give it a bit of originality. Otherwise it would look like a letter writing campaign.
I came across the article at http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/02/23/ gator/index.html?source=RSS on how D. Reed Freeman, the "Chief Privacy Officer" of Claria Networks (formerly Gator), the creators of the pervasive spyware package GAIN, has been appointed to the Department of Homeland Security's "Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee".
I find this of extreme concern for the security of the citizens of our country. It is also a concern that the 'privacy officer' for the DHS is a former minion of Doubleclick which is also a spyware company. This is like appointing David Duke to a committee on minority rights, Mike Tyson appointed to a committee on womans right, Michael Jackson appointed to a committee on childrens rights, or the proverbial fox being in charge of the henhouse. Can we now expect DHS to craft sofware that installs itself on our machines without or knowledge? Can we expect our data privacy to be safe from unlawfull government search? This is a real and present concern. The last thing the citizenry needs is for people with a known track record of being involved in privacy violations to be in such positions. The very fact that these people are where they are now within the DHS points to the process being broken, and perhaps it can also be said that the DHS has been infiltrated by persons without the citizens best interests in mind. In advance, your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.
You can largely play the whole game with just a mouse. It would be helpfull to have a virtual keyboard that could be used also since the ALT key would be a necessity.
It's not particularly necessary to get university paper. I have a modestly successfull computer service without any of that 'high fahlutin learnin'. I just have the ability to blueprint complex systems (of any sort, not just computer/software/bugs/errors). Anyone can get that 'top job', even if they have to create it themselves. Although it's never taken me 12 hours to do so. I'm in the uncomfortable position of either hiring or contracting out to keep up with business, but that in and of itself isn't the hard part. The hard part is finding someone that can blueprint the errors and home in on the cause. Sure, there are plenty of people out there with 'computer skills', but those that can come to a correct conclusion quickly are very, very, few and far between.
It's not that there was a 'security breach' It's that they actively lied to cover up their stupidity. If you listen to CNN and other news outlets the loss of information was because of 'hackers'. Not because they just gave out information willy-nilly to anyone who said they were a business. They also only warned only California residents that the information was 'stolen' (not sold as it was), and did not make the announcement that the scope of the information they gave out covers literally all 50 states, territories, and possessions.
They should be shut down. Immediatly, and with extreme prejudice should there be any resistance.
No, give them ideas. Give them lots of ideas. Nothing will be done to get this mess fixed untill the population is completely pissed off. Tax more, tax tax tax.
>And I'm not sure where you get your "especially wine",
I included wine simply to piss-off those that consider themselves 'higher class', 'liberal', etc... They usually are for taxing everything BUT wine. The whole argument is a matter of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). As you've seen here people come up with any number of excuses as to why their particular item should not be as viciously taxed. They just don't seem to realize, or refuse to realize that they are next in line on the great taxation of 'burdens' in the U.S. Once the states notice a drop in revenue from tobacco taxes those that were all for those taxes will hear a big resounding "NEXT" from the taxman and then their pocketbooks will feel the pinch. when that comes around I'll have a good laugh, and I won't fail to remind everyone that I told them so, and it's not like they haven't been warned.
If you look at the life expectancy when social security was started, you'll find that the age at which someone could claim social security was pas the age of life expectancy. In other words... they expected people to statistically die before they could collect on social security. It's quite literally a government sponsored Ponzi Scheme.
On that note... substances that extend life expectancy should indeed be taxed at a higher rate.
It matters to those that are high consumers of those products. Oh, sure, they are all for taxing tobacco now, but when less people smoke the states tax revenue drops. Eventually it will drop to the point where they must find additional tax revenue from other sources. So, guess who's next? The alcoholics and fat-asses.
>My saying... What? You're talking complete, absolute bollocks. Drunk driving is already illegal, and carries hefty fines and penalties.
In case you didn't get the memo, we aren't talking about legality, the topic is taxes. but, to address your point, even though drunk driving is illegal, it hasn't stopped people from driving drunk. What will stop it is if alcohol is heavily taxed and those receipts go to the health care system to cover the cost that drunk drivers cause.
>A single burger/pizza/choose your least favourite piece of food has X amounts of fat/cholesterol/protein and so on. All of that is handled by your body, and all of it is necessary. You need to care about having a balanced diet, and in such, fat-heavy foods have to be taken in moderate amounts. Tobacco is always detrimental, from the first cigarette.
Everything is detrimental in one way or another. "always" detrimental is unsupported.
Way to not even get my point. It costs more to treat fat-asses and alcoholics. Your drinking/eating burgers affects health care costs. The only thing alcohol gives is bodily injury, the only thing your burgers give is artery blockage.
So, your saying that if you are driving under the influence of alcohol and pilot your vehicle into me then it hasn't had an impact on my health? Your saying that the health care costs you are going to incure because you ate high fat goods isn't going to raise health care costs?
Those that consume only a glass a day wouldn't pay much more in taxes, would they? The more defensive people get about higher alcohol taxes is most likely proportional to the amount of alcohol they drink. Stay out from behind the wheel, buddy, you are a menace.
Studies paid for by the alcohol industry? Alcohol doesn't prevent alcohol related accidents, assaults, and damage caused to the body by alcohol consumption. All of which contribute to the rise of healt insurance and direct health care costs.
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Its temperature remains uniform because there is no other structure near enough to either inject or extract energy. The temperature in any given direction is the same as the temperature in any other given direction because any observer is theoretically in the center of the universe (don't let your head asplode, that all gets into expansion/motion cosmology).
If 'inflation' happened like they think then the universe is actually younger than the 14 billion years that is the current measure.
But, then again, all our theories and measurements could be fundamentally flawed to the point where all our theories and assumptions are completely wrong. In that case it doesn't matter.
Even when A New Hope came out, it was known that it was starting in the MIDDLE of a story. It was Episode IV even at that time. Get a grip.
A degree in restaraunt management so you won't have to learn to say "Do you want fries with that?"
Companies need to be sure to pay their 'bills'.
That many people, eh? Sounds fat and bloated.
$500 dollars IS too expensive for a marriage to Office.
Wine isn't seen as a compliment because Microsoft is in the business of selling an operating system. They lose money if you run Office under Wine, and not under Windows. Sure, they could probably do a native port of Office for Linux, but then they wouldn't sell that copy of Windows that Office currently 'needs'.
The problem isn't a monopoly by Microsoft. The problem is that there are a HUGE amount of businesses and individuals that are married to Office, and by extension married to Windows.
HP will also happily send the end user a set of reinstall cd's for a small fee.
Generally, if it's under warranty and a hard drive replacement is necessary, HP sends out a set of cd's for that replacement.
Those usually don't get in under the wire.
Being of German descent I can see where the German government would want to limit materials such as Nazi materials, and hate sites. My grandfather, to the day he died, held a deep seated hatred of Hitler and the Nazis. The mere sight of a swastika would turn him into a borderline raving lunatic from a (for a German) mild mannered old man. For the older population of Germany it's simply something they do not wish to be reminded of. For the younger it's something the older generation doesn't wish them to fall into. It's almost a unique form of hatred for that time of history... there are those that hate it for what the Nazis did to their country and its citizens, and those that hate that time in history because Germany lost. Eventually time will pass, and that time in history can be looked back on in an almost clinical way, but it's not that time just yet.
As for the rest of the things they want to block... most of that stuff is just plain illegal.
Thanks, but I doubt I'll be graded on my grammar skills. I'm just hoping they replace 'Pearce' with their own Congressmans name, change the wording around, and generally give it a bit of originality. Otherwise it would look like a letter writing campaign.
Here is what I sent mine...
/ gator/index.html?source=RSS on how D. Reed Freeman, the "Chief Privacy Officer" of Claria Networks (formerly Gator), the creators of the pervasive spyware package GAIN, has been appointed to the Department of Homeland Security's "Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee".
Dear Congressman Pearce;
I came across the article at http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/02/23
I find this of extreme concern for the security of the citizens of our country. It is also a concern that the 'privacy officer' for the DHS is a former minion of Doubleclick which is also a spyware company. This is like appointing David Duke to a committee on minority rights, Mike Tyson appointed to a committee on womans right, Michael Jackson appointed to a committee on childrens rights, or the proverbial fox being in charge of the henhouse. Can we now expect DHS to craft sofware that installs itself on our machines without or knowledge? Can we expect our data privacy to be safe from unlawfull government search? This is a real and present concern. The last thing the citizenry needs is for people with a known track record of being involved in privacy violations to be in such positions. The very fact that these people are where they are now within the DHS points to the process being broken, and perhaps it can also be said that the DHS has been infiltrated by persons without the citizens best interests in mind. In advance, your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.
Just have your lawyer tell him to go fuck himself.
You can largely play the whole game with just a mouse. It would be helpfull to have a virtual keyboard that could be used also since the ALT key would be a necessity.
It's actually quite a question.
You guys can take vacation. That'll leave more for me. KA-CHING!
It's not particularly necessary to get university paper. I have a modestly successfull computer service without any of that 'high fahlutin learnin'. I just have the ability to blueprint complex systems (of any sort, not just computer/software/bugs/errors). Anyone can get that 'top job', even if they have to create it themselves. Although it's never taken me 12 hours to do so. I'm in the uncomfortable position of either hiring or contracting out to keep up with business, but that in and of itself isn't the hard part. The hard part is finding someone that can blueprint the errors and home in on the cause. Sure, there are plenty of people out there with 'computer skills', but those that can come to a correct conclusion quickly are very, very, few and far between.
It's not that there was a 'security breach' It's that they actively lied to cover up their stupidity. If you listen to CNN and other news outlets the loss of information was because of 'hackers'. Not because they just gave out information willy-nilly to anyone who said they were a business. They also only warned only California residents that the information was 'stolen' (not sold as it was), and did not make the announcement that the scope of the information they gave out covers literally all 50 states, territories, and possessions.
They should be shut down. Immediatly, and with extreme prejudice should there be any resistance.
No, give them ideas. Give them lots of ideas. Nothing will be done to get this mess fixed untill the population is completely pissed off. Tax more, tax tax tax.
>And I'm not sure where you get your "especially wine",
I included wine simply to piss-off those that consider themselves 'higher class', 'liberal', etc... They usually are for taxing everything BUT wine. The whole argument is a matter of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). As you've seen here people come up with any number of excuses as to why their particular item should not be as viciously taxed. They just don't seem to realize, or refuse to realize that they are next in line on the great taxation of 'burdens' in the U.S. Once the states notice a drop in revenue from tobacco taxes those that were all for those taxes will hear a big resounding "NEXT" from the taxman and then their pocketbooks will feel the pinch. when that comes around I'll have a good laugh, and I won't fail to remind everyone that I told them so, and it's not like they haven't been warned.
So is obesity (caused by high-fat unhealthy foods) and cirrhosis of the liver (caused by alcohol consumption primarily).
Also, lung cancer can be caused by any number of things. You sound like you've bought into the 'smoking is the only cause of lung cancer' propoganda.
If you look at the life expectancy when social security was started, you'll find that the age at which someone could claim social security was pas the age of life expectancy. In other words... they expected people to statistically die before they could collect on social security. It's quite literally a government sponsored Ponzi Scheme.
On that note... substances that extend life expectancy should indeed be taxed at a higher rate.
It matters to those that are high consumers of those products. Oh, sure, they are all for taxing tobacco now, but when less people smoke the states tax revenue drops. Eventually it will drop to the point where they must find additional tax revenue from other sources. So, guess who's next? The alcoholics and fat-asses.
>The only thing you're saying is bullshit.
Said like a true gluttonous drunkard.
>My saying... What? You're talking complete, absolute bollocks. Drunk driving is already illegal, and carries hefty fines and penalties.
In case you didn't get the memo, we aren't talking about legality, the topic is taxes. but, to address your point, even though drunk driving is illegal, it hasn't stopped people from driving drunk. What will stop it is if alcohol is heavily taxed and those receipts go to the health care system to cover the cost that drunk drivers cause.
>A single burger/pizza/choose your least favourite piece of food has X amounts of fat/cholesterol/protein and so on. All of that is handled by your body, and all of it is necessary. You need to care about having a balanced diet, and in such, fat-heavy foods have to be taken in moderate amounts. Tobacco is always detrimental, from the first cigarette.
Everything is detrimental in one way or another. "always" detrimental is unsupported.
Way to not even get my point. It costs more to treat fat-asses and alcoholics. Your drinking/eating burgers affects health care costs. The only thing alcohol gives is bodily injury, the only thing your burgers give is artery blockage.
So, your saying that if you are driving under the influence of alcohol and pilot your vehicle into me then it hasn't had an impact on my health? Your saying that the health care costs you are going to incure because you ate high fat goods isn't going to raise health care costs?
Those that consume only a glass a day wouldn't pay much more in taxes, would they? The more defensive people get about higher alcohol taxes is most likely proportional to the amount of alcohol they drink. Stay out from behind the wheel, buddy, you are a menace.
Studies paid for by the alcohol industry? Alcohol doesn't prevent alcohol related accidents, assaults, and damage caused to the body by alcohol consumption. All of which contribute to the rise of healt insurance and direct health care costs.