Purely theoretical. But it only stands to reason that if you put as many wind farms off shore as are planned in Germany (one example), you may actualy affect local climatalogical patterns. The legal issues therin would be very interesting. If such a situation transpired, an injured party could get a court to broaden the legal definition of pollution to include such events, thereby putting renewable energy up for serious criticism.
Just as wind farms in Europe have reportedly altered local weather patterns, would not sapping energy from the sea change the fluid dynamics in areas near endagered choral reefs, etc.?
It sounds silly (as was intended), but the more I think about it, we may look at renewable energy very differently in twenty years. From the long view, renewable energy sources like wind and wave may be much more environmentally sound - but far from the assumed perfection.
The legal questions here are similar to mineral rights cases of the last century. If your neighbor installs a wind farm near your property and suddenly your natural bird sanctuary is ruined, can you sue? We know from case law that it is legally hinky to divert a river onto your property no matter what your purpose (even generating renewable hydropower). Wavegen may have farther-reaching effects on the surrounding environment, slightly ruducing the amount of oxygen in the water, endangering wildlife by changing the way the tides play out in a given hydrosystem.
Most series degenerate after the first three books or so. This one lost its fascination after the original and only lowered past that. God Emperor was okay, but Children wasn't even worth the tree meat.
If people don't trust paper ballots, what will they tryst? But in the IT community, the response to these failures will always be "well, you didn't use the unix flavor I use" or "you didn't tweak it right."
Security is always a matter of perception. If an election server is secure, but people don't believe it- it may as well be wide open. Think of the reduction in violent crime in recent years relative to public perception.
Not at all. Even though it may look like a gimick, it certainly is not. A map of Antarctica is a perfect non-gimicky metaphor for the oft-confusing structure of a world-wide network of data.
My company is now working on a game for the head-based controller. It's called "Corporate Ladder" and it works like this:
You're a corporate peon, trying to work your way up to the top. Like dancing games like Um Jammer Lammy before it, Corporate Ladder rewards the player for nodding at appropriate moments. Nod when an up-and-coming exec is talking and you get points. Nod at the wrong guy and lose big. Get to the top and you can present ideas as well. You better hope they all nod for you! A network mode will be available Q1 2001.
You can see screenshots and download an alpha demo HERE. Good luck.
Perhaps it is rash to assume that all 3rd party candidates would be more amenible to the idea of space exploration.
Nader would demand that the space vehicle be fitted with airbags and anti-lock air brakes, making the project too expensive to work.
Buchannan doesn't know what life forms may exist in the cosmos, but he already mistrusts them. "They'll work cheap and take away American jobs!"
Haglin doesn't think the government should be in the business of funding space exploration. Re-arrange the wording to emphesize the monopoly the government has on space and you may have something. I think we have a winner.
Tomorrow- candidates prepare for "Loser Leaves Town Night" in St. Louis
This is the unfortunate result of any cultural shift, revolutionary or evolutionary. Some jackass raises his hand and claims to represent an undercounted group of people who are "one day going to stand up and start running the show."
Whether you like it or not, Katzie is going to going to write another book (with some of your ripped-off posts in it, no doubt) and claim to the mainstream media that he holds your reigns.
If anything has changed culturally in the past twenty years, it's that young people recognize that flavor of BS when it's being fed to them.
Every four years, someone claims to know the "true heart" of the elusive youth vote. But just because they're young, doesn't mean they will vote. And if this year is anything like cycles past, they won't bother to. So, if the youth don't vote- is there really even such a thing as a "youth vote?"
Sit on a straw mat in the lotus position for about three hours and ponder that one, grass hoppa!
We have more than just Zero Click Ordering under patent protection. We also are currently in the process of patenting a method for wasting enormous amounts of work hours on a message board.
Expect to see your "cease and desist" letters in the mail any day.
OSX is definitely a buy-a-new-Mac phenom. If you bought the Rhapsody BS in 1996/7 (as I did), you are SOL. If you want to keep your PPC hardware alive, Apple is not the company you want.
In our rush-rush world, who has time for Amazon's OneClick? Fortunately, now you can have Zero Click Ordering. It's the ultimate in convenience- you aren't even aware of ordering the item until it arrives with an invoice.
"If Bezos so much as places his little toe on the concept of Zero Click
Ordering
TM, we'll sue his punk ass back to the Paleolithic era"
- Mark Arenz of ridiculopathy.com
I can't think of a single LucasArts purchase I didn't regret hours later. Dark Forces=clippy DoomII-era engine + zero story. It was a "Run. Shoot. Flip the switch." game in a time when most development companies had moved on.
I'm genuinely curious. Which of these games are supposed to be "good?"
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Just a theory.
It sounds silly (as was intended), but the more I think about it, we may look at renewable energy very differently in twenty years. From the long view, renewable energy sources like wind and wave may be much more environmentally sound - but far from the assumed perfection.
The legal questions here are similar to mineral rights cases of the last century. If your neighbor installs a wind farm near your property and suddenly your natural bird sanctuary is ruined, can you sue? We know from case law that it is legally hinky to divert a river onto your property no matter what your purpose (even generating renewable hydropower). Wavegen may have farther-reaching effects on the surrounding environment, slightly ruducing the amount of oxygen in the water, endangering wildlife by changing the way the tides play out in a given hydrosystem.
Something to think about.
now on with the stupid crap...
Concurrent with an American controversy about the WWII memorial on the Naitonal Mall, some French citizens are upset about the French memorial: enormous statue of a white flag on a baguette. www.ridiculopathy.com
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The first software package to come complete with blow cards.
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I just don't like how resource efficient my linux install is. If only there was a way to introduce bloat.
Oh, well. I'll keep trying
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In their headquarters deep within the earth's crust, they debate the future of the world's most windows-like Linux window manager.
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flames go here
Security is always a matter of perception. If an election server is secure, but people don't believe it- it may as well be wide open. Think of the reduction in violent crime in recent years relative to public perception.
What will become of the counters?
Gore says "Listen to the Will of the People (At least the half who voted for me)"
"A Bold Solution" by Ming The Merciless
America To Occupy Self To Assure "Free And Fair Elections"
I'm still waiting for Mosaic 4.0 and Coplenand, dammit!
Ming for president!
A new search engine that uses a xerox of my butt as a map...
You can see screenshots and download an alpha demo HERE. Good luck.
Nader would demand that the space vehicle be fitted with airbags and anti-lock air brakes, making the project too expensive to work.
Buchannan doesn't know what life forms may exist in the cosmos, but he already mistrusts them. "They'll work cheap and take away American jobs!"
Haglin doesn't think the government should be in the business of funding space exploration. Re-arrange the wording to emphesize the monopoly the government has on space and you may have something. I think we have a winner.
Tomorrow- candidates prepare for "Loser Leaves Town Night" in St. Louis
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Whether you like it or not, Katzie is going to going to write another book (with some of your ripped-off posts in it, no doubt) and claim to the mainstream media that he holds your reigns.
If anything has changed culturally in the past twenty years, it's that young people recognize that flavor of BS when it's being fed to them.
Sit on a straw mat in the lotus position for about three hours and ponder that one, grass hoppa!
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You get gibbed on Q3A at 2 in the morning when your mouse sends 24 volts through your sweaty fingers. You will wet yourself.
obligatory plug, blah blah blah
I also have available- for a very limited time, a clock embedded in a hunk of laquored driftwood with a picture of Elvis on it.
Thanks to Zero Click, it's already on its way to you.
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Expect to see your "cease and desist" letters in the mail any day.
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See spot. See spot run.
See Slobodon. See Slobodon run.
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Comparisons to a sports car are interesting - the batmobile is more like it (you see, it must be shot undercranked for it is very slow). Sgt. Pepper... given initial reports, OSX reminds me more of Daikitanna
Apple Goes Out Of Business: Users Say This Is "Good News"
I'm genuinely curious. Which of these games are supposed to be "good?"
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Huzzah, folks. Flame threads over a game console. www.ridiculopathy.com
This marks a whole week of redundant and recycled posts. It's difficult to keep up with "the outside world" revolves around you.
don't go here.