I wonder if there'll be some lawsuit about unfairly bundling the service with the TV, which caused the cable/satellite TV industry to shrivel at long last?
I'd have to agree; arguably this was one of the reasons for the decline of the roman empire. After they swapped to christianity under constantine, they got so caught up waiting for the afterlife that they stopped caring about the real world barbarian invasions.
Considering that a huge amount of crimes these days are drug related, plus the fact that pot is arguably one of the most popular drugs, I predict something like a 30-40% drop in 'crime' rates.
We need to drop this 'war on drugs' mentality that's cost us so many billions and given us one of the highest imprisonment rates in the world. Marijuana is less addictive and damaging than both alcohol and tobacco, and actually has plenty of acceptable medical uses. Its also rather interesting that a state is testing its powers against the federal government by downright defying a federal law, I wonder how that's going to turn out.
Now, in a situation like that, the hardest core libertarian would agree with the idea of forming a contract on the spot to extinguish the fire in exchange for a price acceptable to the fire department.
well yeah, but then we'd have the USSR to deal with still. Seriously, can people stop bitching about what could've been done better in the past, and instead come up with ways to fix the world the way it is today?
something only 2 to 3 people per thread seem to know is that with current technology (project orion using 100Mt tsar bombas for propulsion) we can reach.10C! The trip then takes from 40-50 years. With a sleeper ship, or better, an antimatter orion capable of going.80-90C (time dilation makes the trip last mere months for those on board), you could easily live a long, full, and productive life, then retire on alpha centauri or come back to earth. Oh wait a second, forgot we were talking about Gliese 581. Make that 200 years for current tech, 30 years for antimatter orion, still something that could be considered.
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actually you were third.
I wonder if there'll be some lawsuit about unfairly bundling the service with the TV, which caused the cable/satellite TV industry to shrivel at long last?
I'd have to agree; arguably this was one of the reasons for the decline of the roman empire. After they swapped to christianity under constantine, they got so caught up waiting for the afterlife that they stopped caring about the real world barbarian invasions.
Replace every WM7 in that comment with android, and you get a comment based a tiny bit more in reality.
code comments changed I mean. Darn edit button reflex.
This is going to be like the iron of the OS world; the exact same code base with some user settings and code changed.
Upgrade, er, tomorrow, when the servers aren't melting!
Or use bit torrent and upgrade today.
that just made me loose a little bit more faith in humanity. Thanks.
planned obsolescence at its peak.
Considering that a huge amount of crimes these days are drug related, plus the fact that pot is arguably one of the most popular drugs, I predict something like a 30-40% drop in 'crime' rates.
that's part of the reason I'm for it; don't quote me on this but if I recall correctly, the majority of drug users in the Netherlands are tourists.
must resist bee gees joke...
We need to drop this 'war on drugs' mentality that's cost us so many billions and given us one of the highest imprisonment rates in the world. Marijuana is less addictive and damaging than both alcohol and tobacco, and actually has plenty of acceptable medical uses. Its also rather interesting that a state is testing its powers against the federal government by downright defying a federal law, I wonder how that's going to turn out.
I find your lack of original conversation disturbing.
Now, in a situation like that, the hardest core libertarian would agree with the idea of forming a contract on the spot to extinguish the fire in exchange for a price acceptable to the fire department.
Indeed I do; not doing so is just sick.
Yes it is. When space races happen, humanity wins.
I believe you mean a malamanteau.
since when are any posts thrown out for redundancy? ;)
right here. I am disappointed.
well yeah, but then we'd have the USSR to deal with still. Seriously, can people stop bitching about what could've been done better in the past, and instead come up with ways to fix the world the way it is today?
only with the HURD edition.
You sir, have been promoted to grammar Hitler.
something only 2 to 3 people per thread seem to know is that with current technology (project orion using 100Mt tsar bombas for propulsion) we can reach .10C! The trip then takes from 40-50 years. With a sleeper ship, or better, an antimatter orion capable of going .80-90C (time dilation makes the trip last mere months for those on board), you could easily live a long, full, and productive life, then retire on alpha centauri or come back to earth. Oh wait a second, forgot we were talking about Gliese 581. Make that 200 years for current tech, 30 years for antimatter orion, still something that could be considered.
or just, you know, stop making IE altogether and just implement the browser ballot.