That's also the reason I don't like all that WMD talk because chemical and biological weapons are nowhere near the destructive power of nuclear weapons and treating them as the same thing is quite dangerous and utterly idiotic from a danger-analysis point of view which is why you bombed the hell out of Saddam and try sweet-talking (or what W takes for it)
A biological weapon could kill everyone on the planet. Chemical nerve agents dropped from a plane could kill everyone in a city. The U.S. doesn't have chemical or biological weapons, so the policy is to respond to any WMD attack with our nuclear weapons.
Sometimes when people say "The U.S. doesn't have any chemical or biological weapons", there's a guy who will snort and say "Oh yeah, they do, they just want you to THINK they don't!"
Well:
1) That would be a pretty massive freaking conspiracy, don't you think?
2) We don't need chemical/biological weapons BECAUSE we have nukes. If we were in a real fight where we needed to use every weapon available, its not like we're going to be in trench warfare taking out troops with cholorine gas, we're going to blow up military and economic resources with nuclear weapons launched from thousands or miles away.
Thats really the reason everyone agreed to ban those weapons in the 60s, because they figured out it wasn't worth the money.
If you blur the line, noone will cry if you use a bomb "just a little larger". you can always say its a very deep bunker or a big stockpile of WMD ect.
Who cares how big the blast is? If you drop 100 small bombs or one big bomb, you're still dropping bombs. You should always be concerned when bombs are falling on people (even if you think its the right thing to do), and not care if the explosion is produced with a chemical or nuclear release of energy.
There's the problem. All the truely qualified software engineers are not unemployed. If you have the skills to back up what's written on your resume, there really is no problem finding a job. It's the people who went to 2-year tech schools during the bubble or leared "java in 21 days" and now expect 70,000/year that can't find a job.
(When it comes to the looting of the Museum, which was witnessed by US soldiers who did nothing, the US command can claim only malice, apathy or incompetance.)
I'm so sick of reading this.
"Look Bob, they're stealing a painting. Shoot to kill!"
Front page news "American Solders kill civilians carrying artwork. Several pieces destroyed. French officals enraged."
Until people get used to it, and then they make it so in order to apply for any job, you are required to sign a release form waiving your right to privacy, similar to the way companies can require drug testing today.
I can hear the speeches now, "If the government is aware of a risk in a potential employee, perhaps one that could present a dangerous situation to the other workers in the company, how can we not allow employers to ensure the safety of their employees by conducting a background test?"
Next thing you know, everyone gets an email telling them about the new condition in their work contract, and your boss is asking you into his office wondering why you recently bought a copy of "Resume Writing for Dummies."
And don't worry kids, it will remain confidental, just like the results of your drug test are confidental today.
The claim that downloading mp3s causes sales to increase can be debated, but I KNOW. I KNOW for a fact that I often hear a song on the radio that I like but have no idea who sings it. I memorize a part of the lyrics and look it up.
I find music pretty often that way. If they shut down those sites, they'll definately loose business.
Well upon *reading the article* the term "disappeared" was used by the family as a description of what happened to him.. hence the quotes in the title.
I normally don't respond to my own threads, but I did read the article. Taking the quote of one side and using it as the article topic IS being unobjective.
Not that I think that./ is an objective news site, but since this has absolutely nothing to do with technology or online rights, he did not "disappear".
They know where he is. A lawyer has contact with him. They're not going to burn his body and later deny he was ever taken into custody.
Is it a good situation? No, I think it should be ruled unconstitutional, its following the letter instead of the spirit of the material witness law.
When you use terms like "disappeared" to describe it, though, not only do you sound like a wacky radical, but you also insult the people in oppressive countries who actually have been killed/locked away for life without trials or explainations.
he will not receive the massive support and protest that mitnick received, simply because of his name. Kevin = American, where as Maher = sounds like something from one of those countries we are at war with. Kinda sad, really.
Whereas I, on the other hand, think that a guy with a wife and children is going to receive more support than a creepy dork who may or may not have been able to start WWIII.
soliders on the battle field firing laser at each other for 5 minutes. Suddenly stopping. Having to spend an hour charging the weapons and then another 5 minutes of fighting:)
A little dialog box appears and says:
"Hello, it looks like you are trying to kill commies. Do you wish to stop the recharge quick cycle? Ok/Cancel/Ignore"
I see a lot of people who say they are getting sick of hearing people say "Support the Troops!".
The reason you keep hearing this, is that this country is still ashamed at its treatment of Vietnam War veterans. A lot of people still think of war protesters as hippies who scream accusations of "Baby killer!" at veterans.
Everyone wants to make sure that no matter how much you disagree with the politics of the administration or the military as a whole, you never turn your anger on the individual solders, sailors, airmen and marines who are out there doing their jobs.
Businesses charge what gets them the most profit. If thefts go up, they increase costs to cover the lost sales--and if thefts drop and sales drop faster, they lower prices to get the profit margin back.
No, thats incorrect. Businesses charge the exact amount that will earn them the most profit, no matter if that means selling a cookie for 1 million dollars to one person, or selling a million cookies for 1 dollar each to a million people.
How much they lose in theft is completely irrelevant. Even if they didn't lose the money via theft, they'd still keep the prices as high (or low) as they are now, because obviously people are buying them.
Again, i'm not saying stealing is OK; i'm saying that the whole "Our prices are high because of thieves" is a load of crap. Its one of those corporate lies.
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That's also the reason I don't like all that WMD talk because chemical and biological weapons are nowhere near the destructive power of nuclear weapons and treating them as the same thing is quite dangerous and utterly idiotic from a danger-analysis point of view which is why you bombed the hell out of Saddam and try sweet-talking (or what W takes for it)
A biological weapon could kill everyone on the planet. Chemical nerve agents dropped from a plane could kill everyone in a city. The U.S. doesn't have chemical or biological weapons, so the policy is to respond to any WMD attack with our nuclear weapons.
Sometimes when people say "The U.S. doesn't have any chemical or biological weapons", there's a guy who will snort and say "Oh yeah, they do, they just want you to THINK they don't!"
Well:
1) That would be a pretty massive freaking conspiracy, don't you think?
2) We don't need chemical/biological weapons BECAUSE we have nukes. If we were in a real fight where we needed to use every weapon available, its not like we're going to be in trench warfare taking out troops with cholorine gas, we're going to blow up military and economic resources with nuclear weapons launched from thousands or miles away.
Thats really the reason everyone agreed to ban those weapons in the 60s, because they figured out it wasn't worth the money.
Neither country has the means, technological or financial, to cause us much harm. Nor, in my opinion, do they have the desire to do so.
Neither did Germany in 1920.
If you blur the line, noone will cry if you use a bomb "just a little larger". you can always say its a very deep bunker or a big stockpile of WMD ect.
Who cares how big the blast is? If you drop 100 small bombs or one big bomb, you're still dropping bombs. You should always be concerned when bombs are falling on people (even if you think its the right thing to do), and not care if the explosion is produced with a chemical or nuclear release of energy.
This officially balances out my anger at IBM for fucking up OS/2.
Damn, there goes my main reason to play online games.
And if you sold a billion, you'd make six hundred million dollars!
Therefore, it MUST be a great deal, because you can make six hundred million dollars!
I've seen that signature a few times, and I don't get it. (seriously)
You're completely wrong.
After 7 years, it's kind of sad to see NT4 go.
Have you ever USED NT 4.0???
Is Everquest for Mac in stock there?
I'm so sick of reading this.
"Look Bob, they're stealing a painting. Shoot to kill!"
Front page news "American Solders kill civilians carrying artwork. Several pieces destroyed. French officals enraged."
This should be one of the first queries:
$sth = $dbh-> prepare({SELECT from tblAll WHERE colorexecute();
@val = $sth->fetchrow_array();
deport(@val);
Until people get used to it, and then they make it so in order to apply for any job, you are required to sign a release form waiving your right to privacy, similar to the way companies can require drug testing today.
I can hear the speeches now, "If the government is aware of a risk in a potential employee, perhaps one that could present a dangerous situation to the other workers in the company, how can we not allow employers to ensure the safety of their employees by conducting a background test?"
Next thing you know, everyone gets an email telling them about the new condition in their work contract, and your boss is asking you into his office wondering why you recently bought a copy of "Resume Writing for Dummies."
And don't worry kids, it will remain confidental, just like the results of your drug test are confidental today.
They've already lost my business. Let this be a lession to other software manufacturers.
The claim that downloading mp3s causes sales to increase can be debated, but I KNOW. I KNOW for a fact that I often hear a song on the radio that I like but have no idea who sings it. I memorize a part of the lyrics and look it up.
I find music pretty often that way. If they shut down those sites, they'll definately loose business.
Integrating a system to charge, process and report state taxes, and losing business due to your higher prices,
OR:
Moving away from california.
Maybe you might want to send them the actual cash rather than buy an extra domain name.
C'mon. Next you'll be suggesting that we buy big cars that get 15 mi/gallon so stimulate Iraq's economy
Well upon *reading the article* the term "disappeared" was used by the family as a description of what happened to him.. hence the quotes in the title.
I normally don't respond to my own threads, but I did read the article. Taking the quote of one side and using it as the article topic IS being unobjective.
They know where he is. A lawyer has contact with him. They're not going to burn his body and later deny he was ever taken into custody.
Is it a good situation? No, I think it should be ruled unconstitutional, its following the letter instead of the spirit of the material witness law.
When you use terms like "disappeared" to describe it, though, not only do you sound like a wacky radical, but you also insult the people in oppressive countries who actually have been killed/locked away for life without trials or explainations.
Whereas I, on the other hand, think that a guy with a wife and children is going to receive more support than a creepy dork who may or may not have been able to start WWIII.
A little dialog box appears and says:
"Hello, it looks like you are trying to kill commies. Do you wish to stop the recharge quick cycle? Ok/Cancel/Ignore"
Then, after several thousand man-hours of work, we'll finally have the feature set of mozilla available to us.... BUT IN THREE SEPARATE BINARIES.
Sweet!!!
Can't we get an article about the US for once????
The reason you keep hearing this, is that this country is still ashamed at its treatment of Vietnam War veterans. A lot of people still think of war protesters as hippies who scream accusations of "Baby killer!" at veterans.
Everyone wants to make sure that no matter how much you disagree with the politics of the administration or the military as a whole, you never turn your anger on the individual solders, sailors, airmen and marines who are out there doing their jobs.
No, thats incorrect. Businesses charge the exact amount that will earn them the most profit, no matter if that means selling a cookie for 1 million dollars to one person, or selling a million cookies for 1 dollar each to a million people.
How much they lose in theft is completely irrelevant. Even if they didn't lose the money via theft, they'd still keep the prices as high (or low) as they are now, because obviously people are buying them.
Again, i'm not saying stealing is OK; i'm saying that the whole "Our prices are high because of thieves" is a load of crap. Its one of those corporate lies.