Unfortunately line-item veto was found unconstitutional. Presidents of both parties lobbied for it, and finally the Republicans passed it in 1995's "Contract with America," but the Supreme Court ruled that it violated the separation of powers. So this issue is dead unless someone makes a constitutional amendment happen, which is very unlikely at this point.
the so-called "Amber Alert" bill, which was initially intended to provide a national alert system for missing children (ooh, tug at those heartstrings!) yet is larded up with all sorts of crapola that would never have passed otherwise, including mandatory minimum sentencing, expanded wiretaps, and Joe Biden's "RAVE Act" that would make it a felony to hold dances with electronic music if someone gets high there. Ri-fucking-diculous. (Good discussion over at plastic.)
If genetic modification becomes pervasive, humanity will be unable to resist converging on an idealised notion of the "perfect" human being.
But people prefer diversity. The perception of a "perfect" human being differs so widely by culture and nation and ethnicity that we'll never have a monoculture.
Or just subscribe to a web hosting service that gives you email as well with your domain. I have a bunch of these with Verio for $25/mo each (virtual hosted domains), in addition to my DSL. Works fine.
Clearly these execs are just overgrown kids with too much time on their hands wanting to mess with each other. In normal parlance, they're Trolls.
As everyone knows, a certain well-known site has a similar problem. Yet with the magic of Zoo, trolls can be banished with just a few mouse clicks! And as we all know, now slashdot is perfectly free of such ill-behaved creatures.
So the obvious answer is for Hollywood to use slash! Blacklist the Trolls, and we'll get better movies.
No, you can thank the undemocratic Electoral College system that severely favors small states for the current situation. The Florida mess notwithstanding (though I'm a Democrat I think Bush won Florida), any system that gives the win to the candidate who loses the popular vote needs to be reformed.
I mean, come on, California has as many senators as South Dakota. No disrespect meant for South Dakota, but 34 million people ought to get more senators than 750K. Since electoral votes are allocated by Representatives + Senators, there is something severely wrong here.
Go that way! Very very fast! If something gets in your way -- TURN!
Let me guess - you were born in 1970 or 1971? Everyone my age, as far as I can tell, loves that movie. Everyone else HATES it. I'm in the former camp, let me tell you.
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Unfortunately line-item veto was found unconstitutional. Presidents of both parties lobbied for it, and finally the Republicans passed it in 1995's "Contract with America," but the Supreme Court ruled that it violated the separation of powers. So this issue is dead unless someone makes a constitutional amendment happen, which is very unlikely at this point.
the so-called "Amber Alert" bill, which was initially intended to provide a national alert system for missing children (ooh, tug at those heartstrings!) yet is larded up with all sorts of crapola that would never have passed otherwise, including mandatory minimum sentencing, expanded wiretaps, and Joe Biden's "RAVE Act" that would make it a felony to hold dances with electronic music if someone gets high there. Ri-fucking-diculous. (Good discussion over at plastic.)
But people prefer diversity. The perception of a "perfect" human being differs so widely by culture and nation and ethnicity that we'll never have a monoculture.
since slashdot subscribes to doubleclick!
HTH, HAND.
It has not been conclusively proven that reading PDFs is safe and effective! So until studies prove it's 100% harmless, you should do nothing!
Or the law could be overturned as being a first amendment violation (free press). We can hope.
Or just subscribe to a web hosting service that gives you email as well with your domain. I have a bunch of these with Verio for $25/mo each (virtual hosted domains), in addition to my DSL. Works fine.
As everyone knows, a certain well-known site has a similar problem. Yet with the magic of Zoo, trolls can be banished with just a few mouse clicks! And as we all know, now slashdot is perfectly free of such ill-behaved creatures.
So the obvious answer is for Hollywood to use slash! Blacklist the Trolls, and we'll get better movies.
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I can hope, yes?
I post webpages in the dark.
What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? It is no wonder at all that the 42nd anniversary would be the one chosen.
Do you really think the airlines will give you more legroom on the A380 when they can cram in another 100-200 economy class seats if they don't?
I disagree, South Dakota would have no trouble with 53 electron volts of energy!
I mean, come on, California has as many senators as South Dakota. No disrespect meant for South Dakota, but 34 million people ought to get more senators than 750K. Since electoral votes are allocated by Representatives + Senators, there is something severely wrong here.
The PATRIOT Act, or the Supreme Court?
Yes, that's the voice of Darrell Issa, who made his money in car alarms before running for office. as if you didn't already think he was evil.
Borg icon is funny. This one doesn't make sense (sorry Kathleen)
(you heard it here first, get used to it)
Let me guess - you were born in 1970 or 1971? Everyone my age, as far as I can tell, loves that movie. Everyone else HATES it. I'm in the former camp, let me tell you.
gertrude Stein said it first.
Hilarious. Better than the typical non sequiturs on slashdot!
there's no "there" there.
Or you could get a region-free player and order either this one or the Region 2 disc from Japan.