Ever tried the Sarcasterizer from the Brunching Shuttlecocks?
http://www.brunching.com/s2.html
Just type in a url and enjoy! I've found that news sites like cnn.com work best... though if you are brave try whitehouse.gov. That can be a scary experience...
Ah, yes, but this only shows your lack of sophistication. Believing the government, how quaint. This would be a much better response, guaranteed to get you boatloads of positive moderation:
"The DoNotCall registry has a privacy policy which states that the e-mail address is only used for confirmation and will be stored separately from the phone numbers. Fortunately, I am too wise to fall for this dastardly scheme thought up by the evil genius of Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. Because of my vaunted sophistication, I know for certain that this is a fig leaf to cover the insertion of this data into the TIA database run by the war criminals Don Rumsfeld and John Poindexter. Further, thanks to my superior intellectual ability, I am sure that the oil barons who control GWB will use the e-mail addresses for spamming in an effort to make even more money. The only way for us to be safe is to hope that Howard Dean is elected this year. And, of course, to make sure that the Supreme Court doesn't get a chance to rig the election again. Until that happens, I will be much too smart to include myself on this purported "DoNotCall" List, which I think will be sold by the Republican Party to the highest bidder."
See, that wasn't so hard! Now you too can comment on political issues here at Slashdot and reap the ever increasing karma rewards!
"they never bothered to even cover many of the anti-war protests that occured."
Then where did YOU learn about these protests? Did you attend all of them? Or did you learn about them someplace other than FOX?
It doesn't matter how many independent voices there are if you only use a sample size of one to form your opinions. FOX had very little on the demonstrations, MSNBC seemed embarrassed to be covering them, but did a bit. CNN at times seemed downright cheerful to be showing them, while NPR felt almost as if it was out and out participating. At least, that was the impression I got as I WATCHED THEM ALL. (well, listened in the case of NPR).
The media giants are not one large monolith most of the time. I think the FCC is wrong because this ruling will make it *more likely* for stations to stifle minority opinions, and there is no appreciable upside for the public to offset this potential problem.
In Congress a caucus is essentially the latter definition. There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of them. One of the best examples is the Congressional Black Caucus, which assembles all the African-American congresspeople do discuss issues they feel are important.
Caucuses have different effects also. A particularly wealthy caucus might hire a staff person or two to coordinate policy and set up activities. On the other hand, caucuses like the (made up on the spot) "We Love Springfield" caucus are little more than resume padding for elected officials.
Caucuses are not anti-democratic, though. They have no official role, and just serve as a single name for a group of like-minded Congressman and/or Senators. The grand-post was also wrong. If members disagree they should form their OWN caucus (i.e. the Open Source Rox0rs!!! Caucus).
Just remember that Michigan was originally "The Northwest Territories"... Americans are good at a lot of things, but geography has never been one of them:)
Unfortunately, New Horizons and the Mars Rovers are too far along for changing the comms system. Heck, the MERs are going to launch in a month or so and are already at the Cape. JWST (yes, at L2) is still in design, so that's a possibility.
I'm not really adverse to paying something for it. I'd just like to know ahead of time what the deal will be. I also think it might be a nice move to give those of us who have supported each OS X rollout with our dollars a small break if/when we choose to again.
Will we get to upgrade for free? Or is this our yearly $100 for an OS upgrade? Why not just have people who know they will want to upgrade subscribe to the OS (say, at a reduced rate maybe)?
The standard objection to this is convection. While there certainly are levels in Jupe's atmosphere where the temp and pressure could possibly sustain life as we know it, Jupe's atmosphere is incredibly turbulent in the radial direction. Anything in the "pleasant" zone would quickly be thrust up into the outer layers or sink into the crushing layers.
That said, I wouldn't give up on life there either...
ever seen the number of people in D.C. airports the days that Congressional sessions end? Or the number of "foriegn" license plates in DC, MD, and Northern VA?
"having skirmishes with nearby settlers who speak a different language"
Check out the stands at an Orioles baseball game. From time to time the DC-ites and the "Balmerians" can really get into it.
"practicing subsistance farming"
Does pot count?
"living in buffalo-hide tents"
Well, the technology has improved, but most of us do feel like we live in our cars when we are stuck in traffic...
Best Buy should offer free cosmetics to anyone buying one of these knock-offs, to cover up that greenish tinge caused by the buyer's envy of all those TiBook users out there...
Imagine what Star Wars will look like when Lucas gets done remastering it for an Imax screen. Not only will Greedo fire first, but he'll be accompanied by two Hutts. Then Han will have a long discussion with them about the morality of self-defense and playing nice with other children.
Washington has been described many ways in the past, but as a "hot spot for laptop-toting cyberpunks"??? I'm obviously hanging out in the wrong crowd...
Poor ISS.... I'm sorry, but you are wrong, wrong, wrong.
ISS has its financial problems, but these have NOT affected the exploration budget. Space Science has been increasing steadily during the ISS era. It is AGAINST THE LAW for the NASA Administrator to move money from the science programs into ISS.
The way the Congressional Appropriations system works, the odds are better that a cancelled ISS would help the Veterans Administration or the War on Terrorism than that they would stay within NASA. Congress just doesn't work that way.
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They have to complete a suborbital flight (100 km IIRC), and then turn around and do it again with the same spacecraft within 2 weeks.
...Michael's a Jackass department.
Ever tried the Sarcasterizer from the Brunching Shuttlecocks?
http://www.brunching.com/s2.html
Just type in a url and enjoy! I've found that news sites like cnn.com work best... though if you are brave try whitehouse.gov. That can be a scary experience...
B
Ah, yes, but this only shows your lack of sophistication. Believing the government, how quaint. This would be a much better response, guaranteed to get you boatloads of positive moderation:
"The DoNotCall registry has a privacy policy which states that the e-mail address is only used for confirmation and will be stored separately from the phone numbers. Fortunately, I am too wise to fall for this dastardly scheme thought up by the evil genius of Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. Because of my vaunted sophistication, I know for certain that this is a fig leaf to cover the insertion of this data into the TIA database run by the war criminals Don Rumsfeld and John Poindexter. Further, thanks to my superior intellectual ability, I am sure that the oil barons who control GWB will use the e-mail addresses for spamming in an effort to make even more money. The only way for us to be safe is to hope that Howard Dean is elected this year. And, of course, to make sure that the Supreme Court doesn't get a chance to rig the election again. Until that happens, I will be much too smart to include myself on this purported "DoNotCall" List, which I think will be sold by the Republican Party to the highest bidder."
See, that wasn't so hard! Now you too can comment on political issues here at Slashdot and reap the ever increasing karma rewards!
"they never bothered to even cover many of the anti-war protests that occured."
Then where did YOU learn about these protests? Did you attend all of them? Or did you learn about them someplace other than FOX?
It doesn't matter how many independent voices there are if you only use a sample size of one to form your opinions. FOX had very little on the demonstrations, MSNBC seemed embarrassed to be covering them, but did a bit. CNN at times seemed downright cheerful to be showing them, while NPR felt almost as if it was out and out participating. At least, that was the impression I got as I WATCHED THEM ALL. (well, listened in the case of NPR).
The media giants are not one large monolith most of the time. I think the FCC is wrong because this ruling will make it *more likely* for stations to stifle minority opinions, and there is no appreciable upside for the public to offset this potential problem.
"lease download this 550MB Service Ack"
Don't give them any ideas! They charge for everything as it is. Now you have to LEASE your service packs???
In Congress a caucus is essentially the latter definition. There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of them. One of the best examples is the Congressional Black Caucus, which assembles all the African-American congresspeople do discuss issues they feel are important.
Caucuses have different effects also. A particularly wealthy caucus might hire a staff person or two to coordinate policy and set up activities. On the other hand, caucuses like the (made up on the spot) "We Love Springfield" caucus are little more than resume padding for elected officials.
Caucuses are not anti-democratic, though. They have no official role, and just serve as a single name for a group of like-minded Congressman and/or Senators. The grand-post was also wrong. If members disagree they should form their OWN caucus (i.e. the Open Source Rox0rs!!! Caucus).
Just remember that Michigan was originally "The Northwest Territories"... Americans are good at a lot of things, but geography has never been one of them :)
Unfortunately, New Horizons and the Mars Rovers are too far along for changing the comms system. Heck, the MERs are going to launch in a month or so and are already at the Cape. JWST (yes, at L2) is still in design, so that's a possibility.
I'm not really adverse to paying something for it. I'd just like to know ahead of time what the deal will be. I also think it might be a nice move to give those of us who have supported each OS X rollout with our dollars a small break if/when we choose to again.
is how much is this new cat gonna cost?
Will we get to upgrade for free? Or is this our yearly $100 for an OS upgrade? Why not just have people who know they will want to upgrade subscribe to the OS (say, at a reduced rate maybe)?
hot damn! you're right! I only got 19 hits for "ufo"! Those bastards!
The standard objection to this is convection. While there certainly are levels in Jupe's atmosphere where the temp and pressure could possibly sustain life as we know it, Jupe's atmosphere is incredibly turbulent in the radial direction. Anything in the "pleasant" zone would quickly be thrust up into the outer layers or sink into the crushing layers.
That said, I wouldn't give up on life there either...
"if residents of DC were seasonally nomadic,"
ever seen the number of people in D.C. airports the days that Congressional sessions end? Or the number of "foriegn" license plates in DC, MD, and Northern VA?
"having skirmishes with nearby settlers who speak a different language"
Check out the stands at an Orioles baseball game. From time to time the DC-ites and the "Balmerians" can really get into it.
"practicing subsistance farming"
Does pot count?
"living in buffalo-hide tents"
Well, the technology has improved, but most of us do feel like we live in our cars when we are stuck in traffic...
I love DC, I really do.
luckily the gentleman avoided contact with any of the Fallouts!!!
That is the best American novel of the cold war period....
NO, NO, a thousand times NO!
Until the cost of these cars comes down to rival gas guzzlers, people will do nothing.
Let's not suggest that the government MAKE us do anything else, ok?
"It's much easier to mod me down than to post an intelligent reply. "
Thanks for the advice!
Best Buy should offer free cosmetics to anyone buying one of these knock-offs, to cover up that greenish tinge caused by the buyer's envy of all those TiBook users out there...
:)
Posted from a TiBook, of course.
"If you infringe on my patents expect numerous calls from lawyers..."
But what if I "screen" their calls, and then "answer and hang up?"
Imagine what Star Wars will look like when Lucas gets done remastering it for an Imax screen. Not only will Greedo fire first, but he'll be accompanied by two Hutts. Then Han will have a long discussion with them about the morality of self-defense and playing nice with other children.
The possibilities are, unfortunately, endless...
Washington has been described many ways in the past, but as a "hot spot for laptop-toting cyberpunks"??? I'm obviously hanging out in the wrong crowd...
So, what do you thin..k...... *BANG*
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*whisssssssstttttttttttlllllllllllle*
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*sploosh*
They are concerned about that, and it's in the report. Doesn't make for good headlines, though...
I'm a research assistant at the NRC
Poor ISS.... I'm sorry, but you are wrong, wrong, wrong.
ISS has its financial problems, but these have NOT affected the exploration budget. Space Science has been increasing steadily during the ISS era. It is AGAINST THE LAW for the NASA Administrator to move money from the science programs into ISS.
The way the Congressional Appropriations system works, the odds are better that a cancelled ISS would help the Veterans Administration or the War on Terrorism than that they would stay within NASA. Congress just doesn't work that way.
Exactly. Also, the 30% efficiency of NASA panels vs the 5% efficiency of the Radio Shack ones also makes a difference.