> In other news, if said computers were using encrypted filesystems, none of this would matter. Could be a simple computer theft, could be DNC dirty tricks, could be anything. It just wouldn't matter.
Yes, and politicians should be particularly careful to make sure they encrypt their/pr0n partition. Larry Flynt is probably offering a bounty on the computers already.
> America is doing th right thing by keeping a firm hand on Iraq. A decade from now, pulling out completely will be viable. Doing so now would create a situation so bad that the rest of the middle east would look like a picnic.
> In the last week, there has been a spin war going on between the campaigns about whether Allawi is a US puppet. I'd like to know what most of you guys think: is he independent, sort of independent, or a puppet.
Are you seriously considering a possibility that one country would take on the expense and political risk of imposing a regime change on another country, and then neglect to ensure that the replacement regime was subservient?
It's called the "client state", and the idea has been around at least since the time of the Roman republic.
Is she really that naive? Those of us with half an ear toward the news knew a week ago that he was here to spin the war for consumption by the American public instead of for the benefit of Joe Iraqi, and his talking points were just sound bites from the Bush campaign.
> and why the United States has the strong tradition of limiting the power of the executive and subjecting everything to the possibility of judicial review.
And unfortunately, we also have a strong tradition of spying on people who don't do what the powers that be want them to do. A few years back news came out that that the FBI had a 70 page file on a former president of the University of California, simply because he wouldn't fire a couple of professors that certain people thought were too liberal.
> Buried dino bones could be explained by a large flood and the resulting sediment covering whatever used to breath air. Which also lays down the necessary conditions for fossilization.
How about the pattern of the bones in the sediment?
> The theory that we evolved? Now that is implausible. (you do the math.)
> Intelligent Design has precious little to do with the Bible. It involves researching origins to see what evidence there is for an intelligent designer. It doesn't care who or what that intelligent designer is-
"Researching" origins, but doesn't care about the purported agent of origins?
> it only cares about what it did in making us and the universe.
Actually, it doesn't care about that either: ID simply wants to "prove" that a Designer existed.
> It's not just for fundies- crap, some of it's logical underpinnings are rooted in medieval Muslim philosophy.
> It's not just the "ultra religious" who have concerns about the feasibility of macroevolution resulting in the world as we know it. Take a look at Darwin on Trial or Darwin's Black Box, both written by credible scientists, not religious fanatics.
FYI, Phillip E. Johnson is a retired law professor, not a credible scientist.
> There hasn't been a good NOVA series on in a while, especially not on Cosmology.
ISTM that NOVA now offers "human interest" stories about scientists, rather than actual science programs.
> I have my hopes up for this one...
I'm going to watch it, but I'm not getting my hopes up. A few years ago PBS did a miniseries on evolution, and though it included some interesting stuff (like the film of two flatworms trying to bonk each other) it came across like a clip show, without any clear structure or focus.
> People who live near Mt. St. Helens shouldn't panic just yet. This just means it's possible, not that it's going to happen within the next few days. Just thought I'd point that out.
> Wow! First post! You guys are really slow, I've been waiting for someone to post for several minutes now. Maybe I should go read the article while I wait....
To read the article or try for first post: that is the question!
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> Who am I missing?
USTPO and international clones.
> The patents are 5,206,951, 5,421,012 and 5,226,161
Patent's from the 90s, eh. Looks like they won't be suing me for running UCSD's p-code interpreter on my Apple ][ way back when.
Spelled backwards, it's utnubu.
Must... resist... 'Noobian'... jokes.
> In other news, if said computers were using encrypted filesystems, none of this would matter. Could be a simple computer theft, could be DNC dirty tricks, could be anything. It just wouldn't matter.
Yes, and politicians should be particularly careful to make sure they encrypt their
> America is doing th right thing by keeping a firm hand on Iraq. A decade from now, pulling out completely will be viable. Doing so now would create a situation so bad that the rest of the middle east would look like a picnic.
I think that's called "the Viet Nam argument".
> In the last week, there has been a spin war going on between the campaigns about whether Allawi is a US puppet. I'd like to know what most of you guys think: is he independent, sort of independent, or a puppet.
Are you seriously considering a possibility that one country would take on the expense and political risk of imposing a regime change on another country, and then neglect to ensure that the replacement regime was subservient?
It's called the "client state", and the idea has been around at least since the time of the Roman republic.
> Because I distinctly saw President Bush take a drink of water while he was speaking.
But I bet you've never seen Cheney take a drink while Bush is speaking.
Is she really that naive? Those of us with half an ear toward the news knew a week ago that he was here to spin the war for consumption by the American public instead of for the benefit of Joe Iraqi, and his talking points were just sound bites from the Bush campaign.
> and why the United States has the strong tradition of limiting the power of the executive and subjecting everything to the possibility of judicial review.
And unfortunately, we also have a strong tradition of spying on people who don't do what the powers that be want them to do. A few years back news came out that that the FBI had a 70 page file on a former president of the University of California, simply because he wouldn't fire a couple of professors that certain people thought were too liberal.
> I never got into them more then listening to thier music a couple of times.
I presume that disclaimer was for the FBI's benefit...
> Buried dino bones could be explained by a large flood and the resulting sediment covering whatever used to breath air. Which also lays down the necessary conditions for fossilization.
How about the pattern of the bones in the sediment?
> The theory that we evolved? Now that is implausible. (you do the math.)
What math is that, then?
> Intelligent Design has precious little to do with the Bible. It involves researching origins to see what evidence there is for an intelligent designer. It doesn't care who or what that intelligent designer is-
"Researching" origins, but doesn't care about the purported agent of origins?
> it only cares about what it did in making us and the universe.
Actually, it doesn't care about that either: ID simply wants to "prove" that a Designer existed.
> It's not just for fundies- crap, some of it's logical underpinnings are rooted in medieval Muslim philosophy.
Yeah, I hear it's big among Raelians, too.
> It's not just the "ultra religious" who have concerns about the feasibility of macroevolution resulting in the world as we know it. Take a look at Darwin on Trial or Darwin's Black Box, both written by credible scientists, not religious fanatics.
FYI, Phillip E. Johnson is a retired law professor, not a credible scientist.
>
It's a Thunderdome kind of thing: "Two socks enter, one sock leaves!"
> There hasn't been a good NOVA series on in a while, especially not on Cosmology.
ISTM that NOVA now offers "human interest" stories about scientists, rather than actual science programs.
> I have my hopes up for this one...
I'm going to watch it, but I'm not getting my hopes up. A few years ago PBS did a miniseries on evolution, and though it included some interesting stuff (like the film of two flatworms trying to bonk each other) it came across like a clip show, without any clear structure or focus.
> What proof do they have that Kerry will be any different?
Sometimes the devil you know is so bad that you're willing to give the devil you don't know a try.
> Vint Cerf, the father of TCP/IP, formed a 527 something-or-other, but he couldn't be bothered to make a fucking website!
527 Page Not Found
Wouldn't 11 screenshots be just as helpful?
Yes, they call it "Tinkie Winxpee".
> to promote desktop Linux?
Bah, Russia doesn't want a bunch of communist software.
>
About the same functionality, too...
> I know this might sound rather crazy but the beauty of linux is that it would be trivial to create a linux "Starter Edition" equally crippled ?
> So here's another company exploiting the deaths of innocents to make more money. When is stuff like this going to make it into the mainstream news?
Here is Harper's Magazine's take on the whole thing.
> People who live near Mt. St. Helens shouldn't panic just yet. This just means it's possible, not that it's going to happen within the next few days. Just thought I'd point that out.
That's easy for you to say from Flori...
Never mind.
> Wow! First post! You guys are really slow, I've been waiting for someone to post for several minutes now.
Maybe I should go read the article while I wait....
To read the article or try for first post: that is the question!