I don't think so. Most people are mad at the US, not because we break treaties (which has traditionally been done in compliance with the actual treaty) but they are instead mad because we won't SIGN treaties that we know we can't live up to, like Kyoto.
Then again, the US was the first to ban aerosols, has significantly cleaned up our lakes since 1970s, just recently upped the CAFE standards for gas mileage in cars, and subsidizes alternative fuels. Far from perfect, granted, but we have still done more without a treaty than most with one.
Out of the equation. Open source is fine, but it will end up making itself useless as it will be profitable to get the code and figure out how to artificially UP your rankings, or sell that info, or pretend you know how, and just take people's money with the promise that you can help them. We don't need more companies doing that, god knows.
No reason to RTFA, its lame, and it appears it is a very slow news day and they needed something on the front page for this hour. I hate being so negative, but if you do REFA, you will see that this is really weak.
A fresh impact crater would reveal all sorts of valuable, once-in-a-lifetime data
Or it could muck up a really good probe, covering the solar panels with dust and forcing it to permanantly power down. Yes, a long shot, but so is the possibility of the thing hitting Mars.
Americans, shut up... you have no moral ground......Fucking cocky selfish morons
If I wasn't reading this on my laptop in my SUV right now, I would type out a more detailed explanation...
Suffice it to say, if given the choice, you would be a smelly, terrible, gas-guzzling American with a big house, bigger SUV, and even bigger ass. Jealousy is a bitch.
And I was just kidding. I drive a Cadillac, not an SUV, although I do own two SUV/HD trucks. The caddy gets 31mpg on the highway.
That is exactly what I was thinking, that this will actually open up radio to a broader number of musicians. Not every musician 'plays the game' and while the indie choices are certainly a mixed bag, that is the job of radio: to seperate the wheat from the chaf and play what is the best (via the opinions of their listeners).
Go head and tax the crap out of radio. The music industry is falling apart fast, and anything that hastens the fall is a good thing.
I would argue that Win95 was better than Vista, the B version in particular. Super simple, no extra features, it was simply an operating system that allowed programs to run, nothing more. This is exactly what I want from an operating system: boot, provide an API and get the fuck out of the way. I don't want IE integrated so deeply (or at all) I don't want media players, Outlook, etc. I still change my desktops to Classic look and strip all the features out of XP (except shadowns under desktop icons, ok that is nice) to give the OS a snappier, Win95 feel. Fix the underlying security issues (ie: port NTFS over, etc) and I would pay double to use it now.
I am pretty damn sure I am not the only one. Some of us actually use the computer for computing, not to play with the OS.
I think you nailed it. Everyone is looking for a conspiracy when the facts are simply that the unit is THE most successful, ever. You can't "plan" that.
Hell, even retirement homes are buying Wii systems as fast as they can get them. I don't think the PS3 or 360 will see that kinda demographic broadening.
Have you ever trademarked a name? Several thousand dollars (our last was $8000, legal fees and all), and it takes a while. Not smart for the average joe. And as for the appeals process, the average trademark infringing case will cost you $100k or more in legal fees alone, which is why most people avoid them.
Sorry, but your advice is not good advice for the masses.
Actually, I'm not misrepresenting it so you can get off your high horse. And it shows published at 26, but that doesn't matter as it meters it and display it right on the dash, PLUS I check it every fill up. It appears that I am not the only one getting this mileage.
They already make cars that get this kind of mileage. I drive a 1998 Cadillac Deville that gets 31 MPG on the highway on the interstate, mainly at 70-75MPH. I drive 110 miles per day to and from work. It is a 4.6L FWD V8 that has 275HP and will flat out 'shit and git'. I bought it used because I wanted something comfy to drive 2 hours each day in. I also wanted good gas mileage, and this beats the average import.
If I can get 31MPG in a car with heated, leather seats and tons of room for 6 people, and enough power to tow a boat, I'm pretty sure they can make a mid sized car with a V6, plenty of power and comfort, that can squeeze out an extra 4 miles per gallon. What they fear is that people won't want them.
The recent sales of SUV's boil down to two factors: Soccer moms wanting to feel safe, soccer dads wanting more horsepower. Even the Hummer is EXCLUDED from the CAFE standards because its GVWR is "too high", same as the 2500HD Chevy truck I also own (this also means excluded from pollution testing, which is stupid). I couldn't get published ratings for my 2500HD for gas mileage anywhere: they don't have to publish it and they won't, and it doesn't count toward CAFE standards either since it is a "work truck". (it gets 13MPG, no matter how I drive it or where, 6.0L, etc.)
All you have to do is LOOK at what Detroit is putting out to see they are chicken shit and not willing to take any risks, be it in design or for mileage. They have been so far behind the pack for so many years, and I don't expect them to catch up anytime soon. Fortunately for them, they are good at importing Japanese technology (1980s Nova was really a Toyota) or just ripping it off eventually. Detroit has not made it easy to "buy American" over the years, that is for damn sure.
The Chinese invented the rocket, but no one advanced it quicker than the Nazis, who took it from a curiosity to a delivery system for destruction. Think about it.
For over 700 years the technology stagnated, there was no reason to make it bigger. After it was shown to have potential to kill people, and that it would scale up, the idea of going to the moon became possible.
I refuse to sit in a circle and sing Kumbaya in blissful ignorance, when the evidence is so clear on this. You don't have to LIKE it, but history pretty much speaks for itself if you just look.
Wasn't actually using that quote, although I was a fan of Reagan and agree with him in that quote. More likely just that his points hit home with me so many years ago. (I served in the military when he was president)
I see lots of people saying "we would have come up with all that stuff if we weren't at war" but nothing to back up the claim. I don't like war, but nothing gets people united like it: either for it, or against it. I guess the idea that a common enemy gets the creative juices flowing is repugnant to some, but facts are facts.
I also find it ironic that people make these broad claims "if it wasn't for war, just think how far we could be with space", when in fact, the opposite is likely true. Not trying to be rude, but war brings us many neet things, some of them faster than without war, some are only a result of war. Sick, but true:
Jet engines, radar, rockets, encryption, and thousands of other inventions exist solely because we were looking for better ways to kill people. We got to the moon in the 60s because of a space race/cold war. How many others have gone since then? Exactly none, we won, no one else was interested enough to spend the money.
As you point out, there is nothing quite like the bond of like minded people when you have a common enemy, be it across the ocean or on another planet. Half the planet uses the U.S. as the common enemy, we use terrorists (used to be communists), etc. If someone would just land here and shoot off a few rounds with a 'ray gun', maybe we could all get along, but we need enemies. We must, since the dawn of time we have always had them.
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Yes, unlike his successful author L. Ron, p Ron wasted his time by duping people into a cult that worships money and the mothership.
[[insert 'refueling fembots that run on sperm' joke here]]
Its just too easy...
I don't think so. Most people are mad at the US, not because we break treaties (which has traditionally been done in compliance with the actual treaty) but they are instead mad because we won't SIGN treaties that we know we can't live up to, like Kyoto.
Then again, the US was the first to ban aerosols, has significantly cleaned up our lakes since 1970s, just recently upped the CAFE standards for gas mileage in cars, and subsidizes alternative fuels. Far from perfect, granted, but we have still done more without a treaty than most with one.
This is what happens when you take out
4. Profit!
Out of the equation. Open source is fine, but it will end up making itself useless as it will be profitable to get the code and figure out how to artificially UP your rankings, or sell that info, or pretend you know how, and just take people's money with the promise that you can help them. We don't need more companies doing that, god knows.
No reason to RTFA, its lame, and it appears it is a very slow news day and they needed something on the front page for this hour. I hate being so negative, but if you do REFA, you will see that this is really weak.
A fresh impact crater would reveal all sorts of valuable, once-in-a-lifetime data
Or it could muck up a really good probe, covering the solar panels with dust and forcing it to permanantly power down. Yes, a long shot, but so is the possibility of the thing hitting Mars.
Americans, shut up... you have no moral ground......Fucking cocky selfish morons
If I wasn't reading this on my laptop in my SUV right now, I would type out a more detailed explanation...
Suffice it to say, if given the choice, you would be a smelly, terrible, gas-guzzling American with a big house, bigger SUV, and even bigger ass. Jealousy is a bitch.
And I was just kidding. I drive a Cadillac, not an SUV, although I do own two SUV/HD trucks. The caddy gets 31mpg on the highway.
That is exactly what I was thinking, that this will actually open up radio to a broader number of musicians. Not every musician 'plays the game' and while the indie choices are certainly a mixed bag, that is the job of radio: to seperate the wheat from the chaf and play what is the best (via the opinions of their listeners).
Go head and tax the crap out of radio. The music industry is falling apart fast, and anything that hastens the fall is a good thing.
Lighten up. It is called "a joke". Regardless of moderation, everyone got it except you.
I'm sorry, did you say something? We were reading at +1....
...and they spent all that time since 2001 just working on this teaser. Now they are gonna start working on the actual GAME.
At least it isn't a dupe.
Yet.
You appear to have no sense. We still call them pennies here in the USA, even if it isn't the official term.
Read the article instead of trying to post first and karma whore. Most of your questions are answered there and it is only a few paragraphs.
I would argue that Win95 was better than Vista, the B version in particular. Super simple, no extra features, it was simply an operating system that allowed programs to run, nothing more. This is exactly what I want from an operating system: boot, provide an API and get the fuck out of the way. I don't want IE integrated so deeply (or at all) I don't want media players, Outlook, etc. I still change my desktops to Classic look and strip all the features out of XP (except shadowns under desktop icons, ok that is nice) to give the OS a snappier, Win95 feel. Fix the underlying security issues (ie: port NTFS over, etc) and I would pay double to use it now.
I am pretty damn sure I am not the only one. Some of us actually use the computer for computing, not to play with the OS.
I think you nailed it. Everyone is looking for a conspiracy when the facts are simply that the unit is THE most successful, ever. You can't "plan" that.
Hell, even retirement homes are buying Wii systems as fast as they can get them. I don't think the PS3 or 360 will see that kinda demographic broadening.
Have you ever trademarked a name? Several thousand dollars (our last was $8000, legal fees and all), and it takes a while. Not smart for the average joe. And as for the appeals process, the average trademark infringing case will cost you $100k or more in legal fees alone, which is why most people avoid them.
Sorry, but your advice is not good advice for the masses.
Actually, I'm not misrepresenting it so you can get off your high horse. And it shows published at 26, but that doesn't matter as it meters it and display it right on the dash, PLUS I check it every fill up. It appears that I am not the only one getting this mileage.
They already make cars that get this kind of mileage. I drive a 1998 Cadillac Deville that gets 31 MPG on the highway on the interstate, mainly at 70-75MPH. I drive 110 miles per day to and from work. It is a 4.6L FWD V8 that has 275HP and will flat out 'shit and git'. I bought it used because I wanted something comfy to drive 2 hours each day in. I also wanted good gas mileage, and this beats the average import.
If I can get 31MPG in a car with heated, leather seats and tons of room for 6 people, and enough power to tow a boat, I'm pretty sure they can make a mid sized car with a V6, plenty of power and comfort, that can squeeze out an extra 4 miles per gallon. What they fear is that people won't want them.
The recent sales of SUV's boil down to two factors: Soccer moms wanting to feel safe, soccer dads wanting more horsepower. Even the Hummer is EXCLUDED from the CAFE standards because its GVWR is "too high", same as the 2500HD Chevy truck I also own (this also means excluded from pollution testing, which is stupid). I couldn't get published ratings for my 2500HD for gas mileage anywhere: they don't have to publish it and they won't, and it doesn't count toward CAFE standards either since it is a "work truck". (it gets 13MPG, no matter how I drive it or where, 6.0L, etc.)
All you have to do is LOOK at what Detroit is putting out to see they are chicken shit and not willing to take any risks, be it in design or for mileage. They have been so far behind the pack for so many years, and I don't expect them to catch up anytime soon. Fortunately for them, they are good at importing Japanese technology (1980s Nova was really a Toyota) or just ripping it off eventually. Detroit has not made it easy to "buy American" over the years, that is for damn sure.
The Chinese invented the rocket, but no one advanced it quicker than the Nazis, who took it from a curiosity to a delivery system for destruction. Think about it.
For over 700 years the technology stagnated, there was no reason to make it bigger. After it was shown to have potential to kill people, and that it would scale up, the idea of going to the moon became possible.
I refuse to sit in a circle and sing Kumbaya in blissful ignorance, when the evidence is so clear on this. You don't have to LIKE it, but history pretty much speaks for itself if you just look.
Wasn't actually using that quote, although I was a fan of Reagan and agree with him in that quote. More likely just that his points hit home with me so many years ago. (I served in the military when he was president)
I see lots of people saying "we would have come up with all that stuff if we weren't at war" but nothing to back up the claim. I don't like war, but nothing gets people united like it: either for it, or against it. I guess the idea that a common enemy gets the creative juices flowing is repugnant to some, but facts are facts.
I also find it ironic that people make these broad claims "if it wasn't for war, just think how far we could be with space", when in fact, the opposite is likely true. Not trying to be rude, but war brings us many neet things, some of them faster than without war, some are only a result of war. Sick, but true:
/cold war. How many others have gone since then? Exactly none, we won, no one else was interested enough to spend the money.
Jet engines, radar, rockets, encryption, and thousands of other inventions exist solely because we were looking for better ways to kill people. We got to the moon in the 60s because of a space race
As you point out, there is nothing quite like the bond of like minded people when you have a common enemy, be it across the ocean or on another planet. Half the planet uses the U.S. as the common enemy, we use terrorists (used to be communists), etc. If someone would just land here and shoot off a few rounds with a 'ray gun', maybe we could all get along, but we need enemies. We must, since the dawn of time we have always had them.
I'm pretty sure that Lerr, ruler of Omicron Percei 8, was demanding to see the end of "Single Female Lawyer".
Jeez, don't they teach American History anymore?
2001? w00t (and w00+) have been around much, much longer than 2001, you n00b ;)
Oil was $25 a barrel before 9/11. Its around $100 now. I'm pretty sure that the war isn't about "cheap" oil, anyway.