Justice would have been better served with him in jail being screwed by some of the inmates. This for how badly he (and probably most of his execs) screwed so many employees. Many lost houses, livelihoods, etc
See, I agree that companies deserve the right to patent the "method of (re)production" of a naturally occurring chemical. In some cases it takes a lot of money and time to figure out how to produce these chemicals on a mass scale.
But, the article only stated he won't divulge the chemicals until they are patented. So, it would seem they are trying to patent the chemicals much like other companies patenting DNA which is completely ludicrous.
Additionally, I don't think "patenting specific use cases for chemicals" is appropriate either. Patent law has gotten WAY out of hand.
Just a rant (sorry) but glad to see that others A) read the article and B) noticed what I thought to be the most worrisome issue.
This is a mother that saw and opportunity to try and cash in on her own inability to parent. Yes, it bothers me that she was attacked, but if you are in the deluded image of todays society being trust worthy you are in for bumps like this.
If you don't pay closer attention and let your daughter get picked up from school by someone other then family in THIS day and age you are STUPID!
I have two daughters and a son. I watch over them like a hawk. I don't know what they are doing every minute but there is NO way I would let them get picked up from school by someone other then myself, my wife, or a family member.
This is nothing more then a mother trying to cash in on the the hype that has been going on around myspace.com for the past 3 months.
In addition if the Dateline special that has aired a couple of times recently about "catching predators" wasn't enough of a wake up call for parents that there are millions of sick disgusting males out there then I don't know what is...
I would be happy if the government would just admit it wasn't a 757. That is was a small commuter jet.
Just looking at the scale model of a 757 matched up with a scale model of the pentagon is enough for me to question what I can see as the damage area.
I shouldn't have put that first link in... It was a bit goofy I'll admit...
BUT that second one had some really interesting analysis. Some was silly but the measurements and angular calculations are fairly solid. Again taking into account the the engines and the size of the plane simply does not match up.
I knew this wasn't going to be a popular stance but I don't really give two shits what most government "sucklings" have to say... They just swallow the Bush Administration shit adgenda without question.
This country needs to question more... Vote more... and participate more in this countries political system...
One question comes to mind seeing these pictures... Where is the "skid" mark? The whole (before the collapse of the 3rd and 4th floors) is WAY to small for a 757, so what was it? There is no wreckage...
I don't really go that deep into the conspiracy thing but looking at this with scale models of planes and the pentagon make it obvious that it wasn't a 757.
WHY are they releasing this? WHY did they release a movie about the flight that crashed in PA?
distraction? salt in our collective wounds?
Something like the above is what I believe... It's being done to help garner support because our country is finally starting to wake and say "hey, wait just a freaking minute!!! What the hell are you people doing?"
The countries support of our invasion of Iraq is flagging, we continually find out that our current administration has been deceiving us (well most of us) and continues to lie to us. All in the name of "protection" and "remember 911"...
There is only so much we will take...
I for one am just glad that people are finally realizing what some of us have been paying attention to since day one.
It's all about the little changes over times... People simply acquiesce to the slight changes and after several years of it, someone *might* look back and think "how the hell did we get here?"
I think the 63% (who thinks it's ok) care LESS about our country then they think they do. Obviously, they don't pay enough attention to the situation and the very real, possible path it leads us all down.
Clinton lied and no one died! Bush lies and thousands die! Clinton gets a hummer, big freaking deal. Bush's Administration (mostly Rummie, Rice, Cheney, Wolfowitz) screw the country and apparently 63% of the country like it.
Disgusting.
Again this is MY opinion, don't like it? I don't care. It's my opinion and I am one of the few in this country who actually cares enough to call their political representatives.
I completely agree with you, and I am/(have been) willing to look at the other side, but find it increasingly difficult when all I get is argumentative tones.
Yes, it is brave and courageous to do what our troops are doing, but that is because their jobs require that of them. They signed on for this.
It is the lies and deceit of our current administration that has put them in harms way. Which has forced our military into a situation where we can't simply pull out, because it would make matters worse then BEFORE we went into Iraq? Duhbyah's father KNEW this. He even wrote a paper or two on it. One of which was published in Time Magazine.
It ALSO takes bravery and courage to speak out in the current climate of this country and government. To point out the lies and deceit of this current administration spurn hatred and argument. If this continues and the laws that continue to be put forth (some pass) which deny civil liberties it is only a matter of time before speaking out WILL be a crime.
I think lines have been drawn and at this point and no one wants to concede. The facts point out everything, but a vast section of this country doesn't want to admit they are wrong.
Remember Beta and VHS? I think there is a similarity here. Beta - was better and more capable, just not well marketed. VHS - not as good but much better marketed and easy to obtain.
Since this country proves out that TTM is FAR more important then quality this happens time and time again.
I use and will continue to use PostgreSQL. It is superior to MySQL in feature set and reliability. We use it for all our servers and applications. (Browser-based CRM, Predicitive Dialers, ERP solutions, etc.)
Granted I disagree with the articles #1 comment because we shoe-horned Postgresql on a Windows 2000 AS back in 2004 with version 7.2 because we had a client that wanted a windows based server... BUT, it wasn't easy and for that reason I will acquiesce to the articles point.
In any event I am pleased that Postgresql is continuing to push some of the bigger DB companies to change their tactics but I will not go to Oracle anytime soon. Nor will I go to MySQL. Just because it is "easy" is NOT a reason for me... You can do EVERYTHING with Postgresql that you can with MySQL and much more. Just because it is "easier to use" means nothing, other than laziness prevails.
The only thing I will say against Postgresql that is a "pro" for Mysql... I get annoyed typing P-o-s-t-g-r-e-s-q-l... I would rather something "simple" like Mysql, but then there is that "easy" argument again.:-D
Thank you for the book ref. I am interested to read it.
As for the baby steps. I actually agree with you... I would rather see us send LOTS of probes and robots out. Much more then we have or are or will be..
My only point was slashing the budget and saying lets go to Mars are counter statements and actions.
Elsewhere there is talk of a 1% increase in NASA's budget for 2k7 but this is NOTHING compared to the slash to the budget that Bush dealt NASA when he first took office because he "needed" that money for the military we would later use to attach the middle east...
Hmmmm... Nice Logic! Instead of looking FORWARD back then... and looking into alternative fuels, the future, and Space... We (he) was in it for his Oil buddies. Now that he is a LAME DUCK president he can virtually spout off about whatever...
But that's ok, it's obvious at this point that most Americans have a short attention span and don't really delve deeply. At least the "red" ones.
Sorry to hear that (in that you are so displeased with it), and my apologies for comments of the "rock dwelling" nature. I only mentioned that phone because I was looking for a linux based phone which had similar "physically bendable" characteristics and the C8000 was the first one I found.:-/
Don't have "fancy" gadgetry of any sort. It simply amuses to no end, how people like you climb out from under rocks to insult people you don't even know for some unknown reason other then maybe malice.
It was mainly, a quick thought which amused me and I decided to post it.
You however, decided that posting an insult would some how amuse you...
I noticed that windowsfordevices.com (216.218.185.157) looks (as far as the website goes) almost identical to linuxdevices.com (216.218.185.154). The IP's make it look like they might be with the same server farm.
Just weird... The first thought I had looking at the site was that it looked almost exactly like the one for linuxdevices.com... Second, read the article there.. YAWN!!! More gadgetry that people will get excited about till the next latest and greatest thing arrives in a few months.
Look at this! (pulls out new phone) Yes! Combination hookah and coffee maker also makes Julienne fries. Will not break (opens the phone gently), will not--(it falls apart) it broke.
Wait, don't go! I can see that you're only interested in the exceptionally rare. I think then, you would be most rewarded to consider...this. (PEDDLER pulls the Cellon Int'l C8000/Philips CT9688 out from his sleeve.) Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.
(modifications by me, the rest is part of the intro sequence from Walt Disney's Aladdin)
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but they need to be able to INVESTIGATE it to determine IF it is illegal.
So, granted I will stretch it at this point but in my mind they are hiding it because they KNOW it's illegal. That, however, is MY opinion.
and why is *this* news?
I second that with a...
oh now THAT is just WRONG on SO MANY levels.
No?
That maybe true, his death was not justice.
Justice would have been better served with him in jail being screwed by some of the inmates. This for how badly he (and probably most of his execs) screwed so many employees. Many lost houses, livelihoods, etc
See, I agree that companies deserve the right to patent the "method of (re)production" of a naturally occurring chemical. In some cases it takes a lot of money and time to figure out how to produce these chemicals on a mass scale.
But, the article only stated he won't divulge the chemicals until they are patented. So, it would seem they are trying to patent the chemicals much like other companies patenting DNA which is completely ludicrous.
Additionally, I don't think "patenting specific use cases for chemicals" is appropriate either. Patent law has gotten WAY out of hand.
Just a rant (sorry) but glad to see that others A) read the article and B) noticed what I thought to be the most worrisome issue.
This is a mother that saw and opportunity to try and cash in on her own inability to parent. Yes, it bothers me that she was attacked, but if you are in the deluded image of todays society being trust worthy you are in for bumps like this.
If you don't pay closer attention and let your daughter get picked up from school by someone other then family in THIS day and age you are STUPID!
I have two daughters and a son. I watch over them like a hawk. I don't know what they are doing every minute but there is NO way I would let them get picked up from school by someone other then myself, my wife, or a family member.
This is nothing more then a mother trying to cash in on the the hype that has been going on around myspace.com for the past 3 months.
In addition if the Dateline special that has aired a couple of times recently about "catching predators" wasn't enough of a wake up call for parents that there are millions of sick disgusting males out there then I don't know what is...
I would be happy if the government would just admit it wasn't a 757. That is was a small commuter jet.
Just looking at the scale model of a 757 matched up with a scale model of the pentagon is enough for me to question what I can see as the damage area.
I shouldn't have put that first link in... It was a bit goofy I'll admit...
BUT that second one had some really interesting analysis. Some was silly but the measurements and angular calculations are fairly solid. Again taking into account the the engines and the size of the plane simply does not match up.
I knew this wasn't going to be a popular stance but I don't really give two shits what most government "sucklings" have to say... They just swallow the Bush Administration shit adgenda without question.
This country needs to question more... Vote more... and participate more in this countries political system...
Here is a few things I am sure everyone has seen but it is very interesting and there are certainly some REALLY good questions and analysis in here.
a gon.php
http://www.freedomfiles.org/war/pentagon.htm
http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pent
One question comes to mind seeing these pictures...
Where is the "skid" mark?
The whole (before the collapse of the 3rd and 4th floors) is WAY to small for a 757, so what was it?
There is no wreckage...
I don't really go that deep into the conspiracy thing but looking at this with scale models of planes and the pentagon make it obvious that it wasn't a 757.
Oh well...
WHY are they releasing this? WHY did they release a movie about the flight that crashed in PA?
distraction? salt in our collective wounds?
Something like the above is what I believe... It's being done to help garner support because our country is finally starting to wake and say "hey, wait just a freaking minute!!! What the hell are you people doing?"
The countries support of our invasion of Iraq is flagging, we continually find out that our current administration has been deceiving us (well most of us) and continues to lie to us. All in the name of "protection" and "remember 911"...
There is only so much we will take...
I for one am just glad that people are finally realizing what some of us have been paying attention to since day one.
yeah, and in that same vein we'd all have Betamax players.
:-D!
I am NOT implying that uKernels are better, I am playing devils advocate.
Not everything that "wins" is the best... Look at Windows
20+ years ago "Four Legs good two legs Bad!"
In the very near future...
"Four legs good two legs Better!"
It's all about the little changes over times... People simply acquiesce to the slight changes and after several years of it, someone *might* look back and think "how the hell did we get here?"
I think the 63% (who thinks it's ok) care LESS about our country then they think they do. Obviously, they don't pay enough attention to the situation and the very real, possible path it leads us all down.
Clinton lied and no one died! Bush lies and thousands die!
Clinton gets a hummer, big freaking deal. Bush's Administration (mostly Rummie, Rice, Cheney, Wolfowitz) screw the country and apparently 63% of the country like it.
Disgusting.
Again this is MY opinion, don't like it? I don't care. It's my opinion and I am one of the few in this country who actually cares enough to call their political representatives.
To building a real Bender Robot.
I completely agree with you, and I am/(have been) willing to look at the other side, but find it increasingly difficult when all I get is argumentative tones.
I appreciate your comment.
Thanks,
G
Yes, it is brave and courageous to do what our troops are doing, but that is because their jobs require that of them. They signed on for this.
It is the lies and deceit of our current administration that has put them in harms way. Which has forced our military into a situation where we can't simply pull out, because it would make matters worse then BEFORE we went into Iraq? Duhbyah's father KNEW this. He even wrote a paper or two on it. One of which was published in Time Magazine.
It ALSO takes bravery and courage to speak out in the current climate of this country and government. To point out the lies and deceit of this current administration spurn hatred and argument. If this continues and the laws that continue to be put forth (some pass) which deny civil liberties it is only a matter of time before speaking out WILL be a crime.
I think lines have been drawn and at this point and no one wants to concede. The facts point out everything, but a vast section of this country doesn't want to admit they are wrong.
So, we are "free-ing" a couple OTHER countries from their dictatorships but heading ourselves down the path to dictatorship... NICE!
At least there is "balance" in the world.
"It's like getting 3 women pregnant so you can have a baby in 3 months."
Your analogy is Freaking HILARIOUS!!! I love it!!! OMG ROFLOL!!!
Oh sigh, Thank you... I totally agree with you, putting more people into the mix just means more chaos and less productivity.
~G
I look at it this way...
... I would rather something "simple" like Mysql, but then there is that "easy" argument again. :-D
Remember Beta and VHS? I think there is a similarity here.
Beta - was better and more capable, just not well marketed.
VHS - not as good but much better marketed and easy to obtain.
Since this country proves out that TTM is FAR more important then quality this happens time and time again.
I use and will continue to use PostgreSQL. It is superior to MySQL in feature set and reliability. We use it for all our servers and applications. (Browser-based CRM, Predicitive Dialers, ERP solutions, etc.)
Granted I disagree with the articles #1 comment because we shoe-horned Postgresql on a Windows 2000 AS back in 2004 with version 7.2 because we had a client that wanted a windows based server... BUT, it wasn't easy and for that reason I will acquiesce to the articles point.
In any event I am pleased that Postgresql is continuing to push some of the bigger DB companies to change their tactics but I will not go to Oracle anytime soon. Nor will I go to MySQL. Just because it is "easy" is NOT a reason for me... You can do EVERYTHING with Postgresql that you can with MySQL and much more. Just because it is "easier to use" means nothing, other than laziness prevails.
The only thing I will say against Postgresql that is a "pro" for Mysql... I get annoyed typing P-o-s-t-g-r-e-s-q-l
l8r
Thank you for the book ref. I am interested to read it.
As for the baby steps. I actually agree with you... I would rather see us send LOTS of probes and robots out. Much more then we have or are or will be..
My only point was slashing the budget and saying lets go to Mars are counter statements and actions.
That's all and thanks again for the book ref.
Thank you... First time I have thanked an anonymous... SO extra thanks.
:-D
You saw exactly what I was pointing out.
No one is thinking about how, when he came into office, he slashed the NASA budget to the BONE.
Then in 2004 mentions, "oh lets do this... Lets go to the moon and Mars, etc. etc." BUT that was all fluff to get voters from the "tech" areana.
And NOW, he is back to the same old same old... The NASA budget is STILL less then the budget it had PRIOR to this President being in office.
Thanks again for "grokking" it.
It's also interesting that someone who posts (ifwm) averages less then one on most everything... Hmmm... And ifwm is condemning you for anonymous???
I bet you did the anonymous route to protect some of your karma. OR you have moderator duty.
Hmmmm... Let me see... There's this...
... We (he) was in it for his Oil buddies. Now that he is a LAME DUCK president he can virtually spout off about whatever...
"the desire to explore and understand is part of our character," President Bush Wednesday unveiled an ambitious plan to return Americans to the moon by 2020 and use the mission as a steppingstone for future manned trips to Mars and beyond.
AND
President Bush's Jan. 14 speech painted broad brushstrokes of his plan to put humans back on the Moon and send them to Mars.
Oh but that was back in 2004, right, trying to get more "techies" to vote for him...
And NOW, as most of us have always know is TRUE color...
Disgruntled members of a congressional oversight committee objected Wednesday to a White House budget plan that threatens to cripple NASA's unmanned space programs and Earth and aeronautics research, President Bush's plan instead emphasizes sending American explorers back to the moon by 2018.
Budget cuts for 2002
Elsewhere there is talk of a 1% increase in NASA's budget for 2k7 but this is NOTHING compared to the slash to the budget that Bush dealt NASA when he first took office because he "needed" that money for the military we would later use to attach the middle east...
Hmmmm... Nice Logic! Instead of looking FORWARD back then... and looking into alternative fuels, the future, and Space
But that's ok, it's obvious at this point that most Americans have a short attention span and don't really delve deeply. At least the "red" ones.
Harsh, but thanks anyway.
Sorry to hear that (in that you are so displeased with it), and my apologies for comments of the "rock dwelling" nature. I only mentioned that phone because I was looking for a linux based phone which had similar "physically bendable" characteristics and the C8000 was the first one I found. :-/
Thanks, my bad for not posting the links as tags. My apologies. :-D
Nope.
Don't have "fancy" gadgetry of any sort. It simply amuses to no end, how people like you climb out from under rocks to insult people you don't even know for some unknown reason other then maybe malice.
It was mainly, a quick thought which amused me and I decided to post it.
You however, decided that posting an insult would some how amuse you...
Fascinating!
I noticed that windowsfordevices.com (216.218.185.157) looks (as far as the website goes) almost identical to linuxdevices.com (216.218.185.154). The IP's make it look like they might be with the same server farm.
Just weird... The first thought I had looking at the site was that it looked almost exactly like the one for linuxdevices.com... Second, read the article there.. YAWN!!! More gadgetry that people will get excited about till the next latest and greatest thing arrives in a few months.
Look at this! (pulls out new phone) Yes!
Combination hookah and coffee maker
also makes Julienne fries.
Will not break (opens the phone gently),
will not--(it falls apart)
it broke.
Wait, don't go!
I can see that you're only interested in the exceptionally rare.
I think then, you would be most rewarded to consider...this.
(PEDDLER pulls the Cellon Int'l C8000/Philips CT9688 out from his sleeve.)
Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance.
Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside
that counts.
(modifications by me, the rest is part of the intro sequence from Walt Disney's Aladdin)