From here in Texas near Dallas, the shores of Lake Tawakoni to be exact, I saw it true naked eye on Saturday night. A definite little fuzzball south southwest of the Pleiades. Simply, at 10PM or so go stand outside for a while and avoid looking at any lights. Face south and then look straight up. You should see the Pleiades almost overhead and Orion to the east. Follow a line from Bellatrix (HIS left shoulder as he faces you) through his his outstretched arm to his bow and keep going until you've crossed south of the Pleiades.
Using some good medium/compact 8x40 binocs and averted vision I could pick up a tail drifting off to the east northeast. Can't see it at all from the city as it has been cloudy since we got back in town. I plan to take my big astro-binocs, telescope, and camera next weekend.:-)
...I don't think that I googled for any of these in the past year!
One wonders how something like Amazon, CNN, Fox News, or Ebay makes it here. I don't even have bookmarks for these. I just type in "amazon.com" every time I want to go there. I certainly don't have to search for it!
1. britney spears 2. paris hilton 3. christina aguilera 4. pamela anderson 5. carmen electra 6. jennifer lopez 7. angelina jolie 8. avril lavigne 9. beyonce 10. hilary duff
When you see a list like this dominate both images and females, you know they are not some poly-sci majors looking for info on pop-politics or teeny boppers seeking J-Lo's opinion of some movie. Nor are they looking for pictures of their "smiles".
Do note that Hillary Clinton didn't even make it in the news queries.
Intelligent enough to save lives? Simply ridiculous.
Do you know why Challenger exploded?
Summary: Because NASA was not smart. They launched when the conditions were documented out of spec.
Do you know why Columbia burned?
Summary: Because NASA was not smart. They launched and re-entered after engineers had warned about the foam and tiles.
As far as being reasonable about 40 MPH winds on takeoff goes, I've flown planes in those conditions. No problem, all you need is a little skill. Believe me, the guys flying for Rutan have much more skill than I do, as well as much more capable planes. Add to that, surface conditions are largely irrelevant for aircraft that are exploring a flight envelope centered on >50Km altitudes and supersonic speeds.
Lots of people already operate based on daylight and night anyway. The "Daylight Savings Time" nonsense already throws them back and forth an hour. They don't care about DST/CST/GMT/UTC whatever, they just have to pay attention and reset their clocks at least twice a year. Not having to bother would be a boon. Farmers, construction workers, some pilots, utility company techs, etc. all operate on daylight, not some inane(set by 'crats in DC or wherever) numerical sort of clock.
Even better would be the ease of operation for anyone that deals with trans- or intercontinental communication every day, or whose work cycles are not aligned with the local day/night. People on the Left Coast that work in the financial industry get up and work whenever they need to whether the markets in Asia are open or in New York. They certainly don't care what "time" it is in California.
Another possibility would be the degeneration of the current 24 time zones into something more reasonable, say 4 zones, separated by 6 hours, or 6 by 4. Wouldn't it be nice if ALL of the Americas were "on the same time"? We are already heading this way with live TV shows. Does it really matter if Monday Night Football is on at 9-8-7 or 6? Everyone knows when to turn on the TV, hell the Tivo knows when to record, what do you care about what "time" it is?
BTW, as far as the local(London) convenience goes, you are assuming that the newGMT clock would be aligned with local(London) day/night cycles. It might not be. 0900 newGMT just might be sunrise time in New York or Tokyo for that matter.;-) Afterall, it is just a matter of arithmetic.
I don't think it is attitudes per se, that are the same, afterall, the attitude towards those listed in your own post *has* changed.
It's the ignorance that stays the same.
Fear of the unknown and a hostile reflex against it rather than curiosity and exploratory outreach. It's a shame, since so much of this country is based fundamentally on exploration of the unknown.
What a sad place this would be if we had no Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Italian, you name it, restaurants for lunch!
Life would be boring without the unknown. Unfortunately, a large fraction of the population wants just that, a stable, secure, reliable, routine, unchanging, unchallenging, boring life.
If you had RTFA, you'd know that no one here knows more than you do know.;-) The linked piece was nothing but fluff, no substance at all. Here's a summary:
"Nanotech is great. Diamonds are great. Venture capitalists are great. Flat screens are great. We are going to be rich!
Well, if you are translating from another language and try to convey the sound with the spelling in the non-native language, THEN WHY DON"T YOU SPELL IT PHONETICALLY?!?!??!
All this Quaoar, pronounced "kwa-whar", Al Quaeda "Al Ca-aida", Quatar "Cutter", Qadhafi "Kadafi", etc. is getting ridiculous.
I don't know about property rights in the UK at all, but for all intents and purposes here in the USA, property rights no longer exist. All you ever do is lease fom the gov.
All you have to do is try to keep your property with out paying the taxes levied on it. Constitutionally, you should get compensation from a government entity if they take your property. If you don't pay taxes, for whatever reason, they just take it. You don't get any surplus back in change or anything.
Throw in the EPA, various zoning laws, and so forth, and you'll see that all you have a "right" to is whatever the local, state, and federal govs want you to have.
My Mom warned me about my kids based on her experience with me. She was so happy way back when my parents bought a new house with a nice back yard and a good fence so that she could leave me free to roam outside while she watched from the kitchen or whatever room in the house had a window facing the back yard...Then she spotted me sitting on top of the fence. I was still wearing diapers at the time.
She said that was the closest she'd ever come to soiling herself.:-)
An AC post like this without any substantiation at all.
Even as a troll it is lame.
Oh well, my tech job situation is quite nice here in Dallas with a contract as a firmware design engineer for 6 months to permanent at $45/hr. and my only complaint is that I've got to try to comprehend Jenglish every day.
Actually, you don't have any special rights, or responsibilities(as far as the government is concerned) when you are married since the gov cannot grant or revoke an individual's rights of any sort(excepting criminal) and responsibilities are naturally associated with rights. Privileges and burdens can certainly be granted and/or denied by law. There are laws that exist that treat the married and unmarried differently, but as far as I can tell, these do nothing but create problems, such as the ones that we are currently discussing. The true set of rights and responsibilities that are associated with marriage have nothing to do with the gov. The mutual commitment and shared responsibilities come from the individuals. It is literally my choice to take on the responsibility to care for another whom I choose. The right of inheritance comes from the individuals. It is literally my choice to give my property to whom I choose. Marriage is an oath of mutual commitment between individuals. There is no need for the gov for marriage to exist, function, succeed, whatever. The gov is literally and by definition irrelevant to marriage.
OTOH, the argument you present is circular, if the government is involved, then the government is involved.
I say the problem is: the government is involved.
The authors of the Constitution were very serious about limiting the impact of the gov on individuals. Nowhere in the founding documents are any interactions between the federal gov and "The Married" described. Therefore, there should not be any. This is a classic case of the sort of problems and unintended consequences that arise when the gov is allowed to stick its dirty fingers where they should not be.
What business does the federal government have in defining my or your personal life? All these troubles with definitions disappear if the feds simply get out of the "marriage business".
Marriage as I see it, is a very personal and private thing. I really don't see any reason for ANY government to be involved.
This is a big part of what being independent is all about. No 9-to-5 workdays for you! You *MUST* get the job done on schedule and on budget if you expect word of mouth reccommendations and referrals, IOW if you want to succeed rather than just survive.
There are other implications related to this. Ever hear of paid time off? When you own the company, there is no such thing.;-) That reminds me, be sure to incorporate! There are so many cost/income/profit and tax advantages to being incorporated and "paying yourself" as an employee.
You are supposed to have marketable skills and be better than the average highschool dropout dumbass. THAT is the only reason to expect to get paid more than the average highschool dropout dumbass.
If on the otherhand, you are competing with college graduates, people that have trained themselves, people with expertise and experience, and you are still better, then you can expect and get even higher rates.
It's really simple, if you can't afford to work, then it is time to find another line of work.
Would you buy a beat up POS for $80K?
Well if you are a beat up POS, I'm not going to hire you for $80K either! For $80K I can hire someone that SHINES.
Slashdot Mirror
From here in Texas near Dallas, the shores of Lake Tawakoni to be exact, I saw it true naked eye on Saturday night. A definite little fuzzball south southwest of the Pleiades. Simply, at 10PM or so go stand outside for a while and avoid looking at any lights. Face south and then look straight up. You should see the Pleiades almost overhead and Orion to the east. Follow a line from Bellatrix (HIS left shoulder as he faces you) through his his outstretched arm to his bow and keep going until you've crossed south of the Pleiades.
:-)
Using some good medium/compact 8x40 binocs and averted vision I could pick up a tail drifting off to the east northeast. Can't see it at all from the city as it has been cloudy since we got back in town. I plan to take my big astro-binocs, telescope, and camera next weekend.
That certainly makes for a different angle on the portal concept. You "go to" Google in order to get anywhere.
I must admit that it's a damn shame when "generic" web searches are faster than a localized, specialized one.
Cheers for Christmas and a Happy New Year,
marcus
I hadn't thought of that, I was only considering the news angle. YuCK
...I don't think that I googled for any of these in the past year!
One wonders how something like Amazon, CNN, Fox News, or Ebay makes it here. I don't even have bookmarks for these. I just type in "amazon.com" every time I want to go there. I certainly don't have to search for it!
the searches for these are:
1. britney spears
2. paris hilton
3. christina aguilera
4. pamela anderson
5. carmen electra
6. jennifer lopez
7. angelina jolie
8. avril lavigne
9. beyonce
10. hilary duff
When you see a list like this dominate both images and females, you know they are not some poly-sci majors looking for info on pop-politics or teeny boppers seeking J-Lo's opinion of some movie. Nor are they looking for pictures of their "smiles".
Do note that Hillary Clinton didn't even make it in the news queries.
Intelligent enough to save lives?
Simply ridiculous.
Do you know why Challenger exploded?
Summary: Because NASA was not smart. They launched when the conditions were documented out of spec.
Do you know why Columbia burned?
Summary: Because NASA was not smart. They launched and re-entered after engineers had warned about the foam and tiles.
As far as being reasonable about 40 MPH winds on takeoff goes, I've flown planes in those conditions. No problem, all you need is a little skill. Believe me, the guys flying for Rutan have much more skill than I do, as well as much more capable planes. Add to that, surface conditions are largely irrelevant for aircraft that are exploring a flight envelope centered on >50Km altitudes and supersonic speeds.
Lots of people already operate based on daylight and night anyway. The "Daylight Savings Time" nonsense already throws them back and forth an hour. They don't care about DST/CST/GMT/UTC whatever, they just have to pay attention and reset their clocks at least twice a year. Not having to bother would be a boon. Farmers, construction workers, some pilots, utility company techs, etc. all operate on daylight, not some inane(set by 'crats in DC or wherever) numerical sort of clock.
;-) Afterall, it is just a matter of arithmetic.
Even better would be the ease of operation for anyone that deals with trans- or intercontinental communication every day, or whose work cycles are not aligned with the local day/night. People on the Left Coast that work in the financial industry get up and work whenever they need to whether the markets in Asia are open or in New York. They certainly don't care what "time" it is in California.
Another possibility would be the degeneration of the current 24 time zones into something more reasonable, say 4 zones, separated by 6 hours, or 6 by 4. Wouldn't it be nice if ALL of the Americas were "on the same time"? We are already heading this way with live TV shows. Does it really matter if Monday Night Football is on at 9-8-7 or 6? Everyone knows when to turn on the TV, hell the Tivo knows when to record, what do you care about what "time" it is?
BTW, as far as the local(London) convenience goes, you are assuming that the newGMT clock would be aligned with local(London) day/night cycles. It might not be. 0900 newGMT just might be sunrise time in New York or Tokyo for that matter.
I don't think it is attitudes per se, that are the same, afterall, the attitude towards those listed in your own post *has* changed.
It's the ignorance that stays the same.
Fear of the unknown and a hostile reflex against it rather than curiosity and exploratory outreach. It's a shame, since so much of this country is based fundamentally on exploration of the unknown.
What a sad place this would be if we had no Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Italian, you name it, restaurants for lunch!
Life would be boring without the unknown. Unfortunately, a large fraction of the population wants just that, a stable, secure, reliable, routine, unchanging, unchallenging, boring life.
If you had RTFA, you'd know that no one here knows more than you do know. ;-) The linked piece was nothing but fluff, no substance at all. Here's a summary:
"Nanotech is great. Diamonds are great. Venture capitalists are great. Flat screens are great. We are going to be rich!
1) Nanotech
2) Diamond dust
3) Flat screens
4) Profit!"
What's missing is something worth reading.
Or perhaps Play-Doh?
... adapted to arbitrary shapes
for instance, the UI has no text whatsoever
as it is pushed and pulled,
Actually most coffins are assembled, ready and waiting for someone to die rather than built on demand.
;-)
Closing the lid, that's different.
Well, if you are translating from another language and try to convey the sound with the spelling in the non-native language, THEN WHY DON"T YOU SPELL IT PHONETICALLY?!?!??!
All this Quaoar, pronounced "kwa-whar", Al Quaeda "Al Ca-aida", Quatar "Cutter", Qadhafi "Kadafi", etc. is getting ridiculous.
Some perverted fascination with Qs I guess.
I don't know about property rights in the UK at all, but for all intents and purposes here in the USA, property rights no longer exist. All you ever do is lease fom the gov.
All you have to do is try to keep your property with out paying the taxes levied on it. Constitutionally, you should get compensation from a government entity if they take your property. If you don't pay taxes, for whatever reason, they just take it. You don't get any surplus back in change or anything.
Throw in the EPA, various zoning laws, and so forth, and you'll see that all you have a "right" to is whatever the local, state, and federal govs want you to have.
Also helpful is not talking to yourself. ;-)
My Mom warned me about my kids based on her experience with me. She was so happy way back when my parents bought a new house with a nice back yard and a good fence so that she could leave me free to roam outside while she watched from the kitchen or whatever room in the house had a window facing the back yard...Then she spotted me sitting on top of the fence. I was still wearing diapers at the time.
:-)
She said that was the closest she'd ever come to soiling herself.
Here you go courtesy of google.
Cathedral and Bazaar
What a lamer.
An AC post like this without any substantiation at all.
Even as a troll it is lame.
Oh well, my tech job situation is quite nice here in Dallas with a contract as a firmware design engineer for 6 months to permanent at $45/hr. and my only complaint is that I've got to try to comprehend Jenglish every day.
Aside from the suggestion that Michael can think, all are on the right track here.
The same fear of the unkown or simple misinformation applies to nuclear topics as well.
Most don't know that cosmic rays pass through them every second, yet soil their pants when "nuc-anything" is mentioned.
We must live in the same neighborhood as my Albertson's, Thom Thumb, and Kroger all do the same.
Still you can muck up their databases by paying cash and swapping cards. My Kroger card actually belongs to a couple in Alaska and they have mine.
Or, just provide false data on the registration card and stick with cash...
Actually, you don't have any special rights, or responsibilities(as far as the government is concerned) when you are married since the gov cannot grant or revoke an individual's rights of any sort(excepting criminal) and responsibilities are naturally associated with rights. Privileges and burdens can certainly be granted and/or denied by law. There are laws that exist that treat the married and unmarried differently, but as far as I can tell, these do nothing but create problems, such as the ones that we are currently discussing. The true set of rights and responsibilities that are associated with marriage have nothing to do with the gov. The mutual commitment and shared responsibilities come from the individuals. It is literally my choice to take on the responsibility to care for another whom I choose. The right of inheritance comes from the individuals. It is literally my choice to give my property to whom I choose. Marriage is an oath of mutual commitment between individuals. There is no need for the gov for marriage to exist, function, succeed, whatever. The gov is literally and by definition irrelevant to marriage.
OTOH, the argument you present is circular, if the government is involved, then the government is involved.
I say the problem is: the government is involved.
The authors of the Constitution were very serious about limiting the impact of the gov on individuals. Nowhere in the founding documents are any interactions between the federal gov and "The Married" described. Therefore, there should not be any. This is a classic case of the sort of problems and unintended consequences that arise when the gov is allowed to stick its dirty fingers where they should not be.
All you guys are skipping around the core point.
What business does the federal government have in defining my or your personal life? All these troubles with definitions disappear if the feds simply get out of the "marriage business".
Marriage as I see it, is a very personal and private thing. I really don't see any reason for ANY government to be involved.
So is a common everyday chemical battery of any type, yet they are in use all over the world.
"...focus on service..."
;-) That reminds me, be sure to incorporate! There are so many cost/income/profit and tax advantages to being incorporated and "paying yourself" as an employee.
This is a big part of what being independent is all about. No 9-to-5 workdays for you! You *MUST* get the job done on schedule and on budget if you expect word of mouth reccommendations and referrals, IOW if you want to succeed rather than just survive.
There are other implications related to this. Ever hear of paid time off? When you own the company, there is no such thing.
...for DVD authoring will capture from a digital camcorder over firewire. It is just a DVI interface as I recall.
Whether this translates to your cable box interface or not I don't know...
Good luck and keep us informed.
You are supposed to have marketable skills and be better than the average highschool dropout dumbass. THAT is the only reason to expect to get paid more than the average highschool dropout dumbass.
If on the otherhand, you are competing with college graduates, people that have trained themselves, people with expertise and experience, and you are still better, then you can expect and get even higher rates.
It's really simple, if you can't afford to work, then it is time to find another line of work.
Would you buy a beat up POS for $80K?
Well if you are a beat up POS, I'm not going to hire you for $80K either! For $80K I can hire someone that SHINES.