Since this material absorbs sound waves, could it be used to create a cone of silence like in the Get Smart TV show?
And forget about lining highways with it, line the inside of your car's engine compartment and use that to provide extra power to recharging the battery or onboard devices.
It bears repeating that protecting the buggy whip manufacturers only hurts the manufacturers of the new-fangled horseless carriage, while doing nothing to ensure people will actually pay for buggy whips in the future.
The screenwriter(s) of Boiler Room didn't invent that bit of slang. It's been used by bookies, casino operators, and stock brokers for years to describe someone with more money than sense.
I for one would much rather see a fixed term of 50 years, which is transferable to the creator's estate if they die within that term. It ensures that artists have something to leave to their children, but doesn't lock down ideas for an unreasonable amount of time.
Clancy Brown could do it. He's about the right age, too, around 50 or so. Roland of Gilead was a bit younger than that in the books, I think, but given how hard his life was you'd expect him to look bit worse for the wear.
Dude, what are you smoking? My dogs shit in my backyard every day. They also shit in the game room, the dining room, the hallway, and my neighbor's porch. Though admittedly that last one I actually trained them to do.
Holy crap! One of the links on that page details, pretty extensively, the slave-labor operation these people are running. If there's even just a kernel of truth to it they sound like the second coming of El-Ron. It's a wonder the Feds haven't busted up their cult yet.
You know what would be great? If they burnt copies of every holy book out there. The Baghavad Gita, the Talmud, the Bible (and multiple translations of that), Dianetics, the Book of Mormon. Anything that someone, somewhere, could see as holy. Do it one at a time and end with the Koran. Then see who goes apeshit over what.
Sure, the barbarians will say it was deplorable to torch the other books. So maybe do one a day, every day, until the protests start. That would prove the point that Muslims (at least the ones outside of the States) are a bunch of brats who need to grow the fuck up and the rest of us should ignore their claims of being insulted until they do.
But this isn't what they're doing. They're not making a statement of tolerance or the importance of being able to speak your mind, even if you do so offensively. They're doing to "retaliate" for 9/11. They're specifically offending 1.3 billion people because of what a few hundred did (I'm including the direct support network who helped with 9/11, if you count the donors around the world who indirectly, and sometimes unknowingly, helped it could be in the tens of thousands). That's absurd and serves no legitimate purpose beyond pure hate, a word I do not use lightly.
If this church really wants to publish their nonsense there are plenty of providers who will be happy to take their money. As long as the Westboro Baptist Church and Stormfront are online, it's apparent that someone out there is willing to take their money. If worst comes to worst, they could host their own website and not use a provider at all (it seems it would be easier to find an ISP that's more tolerant of their speech than a hosting provider who is).
Remember, just because you have freedom of the press, doesn't mean I have to let you use my press to print your words.
They probably are, but not of what you think. Rackspace appears to be afraid that this guy's actions will label them as a company that does business with people who hate Muslims. Given the billions in dollars available from companies owned or managed by Muslims around the world, it would be shortsighted of Rackspace to ignore this potential hit to their goodwill. It's better to cut him loose than potentially lose some other, much larger (especially in the aggregate) customers.
Yes, but the OP has something new to bitch about. Which given his age (he still has a TV purchased in 1936, I'm guessing he's not young) is probably a prime source of entertainment. So really it all works out, don't it?
I've had my own domain for over ten years and it has nothing to do with narcissism. I just didn't want to have to get a new email address every time I changed ISPs.
And no, I don't advertise here, because I get enough spam as it is, thank you very much.
Well, if HP really doesn't want Oracle to use Hurd's knowledge of their products, Oracle could completely distance themselves from HP for a year or two. Heck, they come out and announce they no longer support Oracle running on HP hardware, except for those contracts already in existence, and that Oracle shops should switch to Dell servers. Just to make sure no HP IP inadvertently ends up in Oracle products. I'm sure that would make the HP board very, very happy.
But that requires the user to set up that password ahead of time, knowing they're going to use a public terminal. I think that level of foresight is beyond the grasp of most users.
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Since this material absorbs sound waves, could it be used to create a cone of silence like in the Get Smart TV show?
And forget about lining highways with it, line the inside of your car's engine compartment and use that to provide extra power to recharging the battery or onboard devices.
Really the term "stealing" is completely invalid in this case.
I agree. It's really more of an infringement. Or "pirating", if you will.
Maybe we'll get lucky and the breakers will trip during the next filibuster and the whole thing will burn down.
It bears repeating that protecting the buggy whip manufacturers only hurts the manufacturers of the new-fangled horseless carriage, while doing nothing to ensure people will actually pay for buggy whips in the future.
Yes, because Microsoft is the only company in the history of the world to craft a product after someone else created the market for it.
The screenwriter(s) of Boiler Room didn't invent that bit of slang. It's been used by bookies, casino operators, and stock brokers for years to describe someone with more money than sense.
I think it's pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove".
I for one would much rather see a fixed term of 50 years, which is transferable to the creator's estate if they die within that term. It ensures that artists have something to leave to their children, but doesn't lock down ideas for an unreasonable amount of time.
Math is hard, but some types of math are really hard.
Clancy Brown could do it. He's about the right age, too, around 50 or so. Roland of Gilead was a bit younger than that in the books, I think, but given how hard his life was you'd expect him to look bit worse for the wear.
"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed."
If that first sentence doesn't grab you, don't bother with the rest of the book. If it does, then go for it; you'll never regret it.
What an oddly specific power.
Dude, what are you smoking? My dogs shit in my backyard every day. They also shit in the game room, the dining room, the hallway, and my neighbor's porch. Though admittedly that last one I actually trained them to do.
Holy crap! One of the links on that page details, pretty extensively, the slave-labor operation these people are running. If there's even just a kernel of truth to it they sound like the second coming of El-Ron. It's a wonder the Feds haven't busted up their cult yet.
You know what would be great? If they burnt copies of every holy book out there. The Baghavad Gita, the Talmud, the Bible (and multiple translations of that), Dianetics, the Book of Mormon. Anything that someone, somewhere, could see as holy. Do it one at a time and end with the Koran. Then see who goes apeshit over what.
Sure, the barbarians will say it was deplorable to torch the other books. So maybe do one a day, every day, until the protests start. That would prove the point that Muslims (at least the ones outside of the States) are a bunch of brats who need to grow the fuck up and the rest of us should ignore their claims of being insulted until they do.
But this isn't what they're doing. They're not making a statement of tolerance or the importance of being able to speak your mind, even if you do so offensively. They're doing to "retaliate" for 9/11. They're specifically offending 1.3 billion people because of what a few hundred did (I'm including the direct support network who helped with 9/11, if you count the donors around the world who indirectly, and sometimes unknowingly, helped it could be in the tens of thousands). That's absurd and serves no legitimate purpose beyond pure hate, a word I do not use lightly.
If this church really wants to publish their nonsense there are plenty of providers who will be happy to take their money. As long as the Westboro Baptist Church and Stormfront are online, it's apparent that someone out there is willing to take their money. If worst comes to worst, they could host their own website and not use a provider at all (it seems it would be easier to find an ISP that's more tolerant of their speech than a hosting provider who is).
Remember, just because you have freedom of the press, doesn't mean I have to let you use my press to print your words.
No, I think they're afraid.
They probably are, but not of what you think. Rackspace appears to be afraid that this guy's actions will label them as a company that does business with people who hate Muslims. Given the billions in dollars available from companies owned or managed by Muslims around the world, it would be shortsighted of Rackspace to ignore this potential hit to their goodwill. It's better to cut him loose than potentially lose some other, much larger (especially in the aggregate) customers.
There is so much reading-comprehension FAIL in your post it's shocking.
And no, I don't advertise here, because I get enough spam as it is, thank you very much.
Yes, but the OP has something new to bitch about. Which given his age (he still has a TV purchased in 1936, I'm guessing he's not young) is probably a prime source of entertainment. So really it all works out, don't it?
Not all businesses who use Facebook for advertising are failing, simply because not all businesses need to communicate with their customers.
I've had my own domain for over ten years and it has nothing to do with narcissism. I just didn't want to have to get a new email address every time I changed ISPs.
And no, I don't advertise here, because I get enough spam as it is, thank you very much.
After all, those trophy wives aren't going to buy their own shoes!
Well, if HP really doesn't want Oracle to use Hurd's knowledge of their products, Oracle could completely distance themselves from HP for a year or two. Heck, they come out and announce they no longer support Oracle running on HP hardware, except for those contracts already in existence, and that Oracle shops should switch to Dell servers. Just to make sure no HP IP inadvertently ends up in Oracle products. I'm sure that would make the HP board very, very happy.
Q: How do you tell when the person you're chatting with on IRC is a bot and not a teenage girl?
A: Chris Hanson doesn't show up to your house 20 minutes after you finish the conversation.
But that requires the user to set up that password ahead of time, knowing they're going to use a public terminal. I think that level of foresight is beyond the grasp of most users.