Artificial ethnic tensions: Sotomayor is what might be termed a reverse racist, thinking (and saying) that her experiences as a "wise latina" will make her a better judge, while passing judgment that white firefighters can't be discriminated against.
Suppression of free enterprise: government takeovers of banking and auto industries, telling Chrysler they need to be bought by a foreign company, socializing the medical industry (they say they are not but look at the direction they are heading).
Rampant corruption: How many politicians are under investigation for how many different forms of corruption, from failing to pay taxes to taking bribes to misuse of government funds/equipment?
I'd say we are just about where th former Soviet Union was just before it collapsed, and I don't like it much. Just my.02 and, of course, YMMV.
The problem with this theory is that the genie is out of the bottle. The technology exists to create the weapons, therefore someone will build them. The only difficult part may be the fissionable material, but it is merely a matter of building the enrichment facility as the technology is out there (and readily available). It is the same with gun control, with a modest machine shop I can build fairly sophisticated firearms, the (not unsolvable) problem becomes the primer and powder.
For this to work you would also have to change your wireless interface's Ethernet MAC (hardware) address. By default this is a vendor-specific code that is probably unique enough that it could be used to link you to the upload.
Actually, this is not as true as it should be. I worked for a PC company which supplied name brand hardware to a major corporation. One problem we repeatedly ran into was having to swap NICs to different subnets because of MAC conflicts. The first 3 octets do represent the manufacturer, the last 3 should make a unique ID. In reality there are 16777216 possible combinations (255^3) not all of which get used for various reasons. Also 16 million unique IDs are not that many for a major name brand as we found out, selling several thousand units annually.
Like any technology, once the ability to produce nukes is available it will not go away. Trying to make this happen will succeed about as well as prohibition did or banning firearms would. It is obviously a larger project than a still or a machine shop but not beyond the realm of possibility for any nation to try.
In the US at least Bose has stores in some malls so you can try them, at least for a short time (if the idea of using a headset countless strangers has worn doesn't scare you silly)
In the book Sam Gunn, Unlimited by Ben Bova the title character devised a system to do this. Actually he devised a system to push debris from the path of a satellite. Everything in orbit should pick up the same electrical charge from passing through the Earths magnetic field. By mounting a (insert large device here) on the leading edge/face of a satellite with the same charge, objects will be pushed out of the path of the satellite. To collect the garbage you need only reverse the charge, and use some type of foam to capture the debris, then deorbit when full or, as previously mentioned, recycle in orbit.
Yes, more expensive alternatives are available. Some companies are also offering VOIP (like Comcast). But for a home phone line, particularly in my situation Vonage is the best option. Comcast keeps trying to get me to use their VOIP but it is 60% more expensive without some features that I require. For instance, Vonage has what they call Virtual numbers, an incoming line that can be almost anywhere. This is convenient as most of my family, as well as my wifes, are located in one geographic area which is a long distance call. So for $4.95US we get a number which is a local call for them and it rings our regular line. This is not offered by Comcast. Also, with Comcast, your VOIP interface is integrated with your cable modem, with Vonage it is seperate. This way if we go on vacation, all we need to do is take the Vonage box and a cheap phone and we can call anywhere we have high speed internet access, like a hotel room. Vonage is not perfect for everyone, even me, but it is more useful than the alternatives at this point.
The files are already in a format(other than the DRM) that the hardware understands. Why should I not be able to play it? Why should I have to convert from MP3 to MP3 to allow a piece of hardware that understands MP3s to play it?
This is where I have the problem, not Apple wanting to sell more music. You can play any music you buy on it as long as you buy it from Apple. That would be like buying a Ford and having to buy gas only from a Ford authorized station, and if you go to a Chevy authorized station your car stops running.
and shoots themselves in the foot. Again. If I pay for music I should be able to play it on any hardware I own capable of audio reproduction, not just the files "authorized" for that piece of hardware. Or conversely, not just on the peice of hardware "authorized" for those files.
Actually in the parlance of the day "well regulated" meant well practiced, that the group(s) had practiced together. Thus to correctly comply with the second amendment (and the fact that all able-bodied males between the ages of 17 and 45 are in the militia) we need similar weapons to those the organized milita (read as U.S Military) have, to practice with them on a regular basis.
Actually, Edison did just this in the early 20th century. He made massive multipart forms and poured several complete houses including trim such as picture frames. It may actually be more economical today than when he tried but that is outside my experience. See this link for one view of the experiment http://flyingmoose.org/truthfic/edison.htm
The problem with this example is that Paul Newman is already fairly wealthy from movies, racing and investments. He doesn't need the cash so he donates the profits to his own charities, such as The Hole In The Wall Gang camp for terminally ill children.
Actually the black powder is just for the ejection charge. And for high power model rocketry most people use reloadable engines, this makes that difficult to impossible.
The book was Sam Gunn, Unlimited. The proposal was to use the same magnetic charge on the debris, say it picks up a negative charge, to deflect it from the path of satellites. By using the opposite charge you could collect the debris instead, and either deorbit it or launch it higher.
Yes, freedoms are granted by the government. 100% Wrong, sir. The freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights are presumed to be pre-existing and guaranteed by the document, as are all freedoms not listed. The notion that the U.S government grants rights is absurd, if you read the Constitution. We the people give the government what limited powers it is supposed to have (ignoring the fact that they have usurped more power:( )
To understand the meaning of "well regulated" in context you need to understand the common usage at the time the Second Amendment was written. At that time, and for several decades after, "well regulated" was taken to mean properly adjusted or practiced, i.e. a well regulated watch was accurate, a well regulated militia practiced often. When "regulated" started to mean controlled by law people forgot the original meaning and tried to enforce current usage, completely ignoring the intent of the framers of the Constitution.
The last company I worked for (in SE CT) shipped 2 Compaq servers to a client in Dallas, TX, via FedEx. These wre small rack mount units, about 8U, maybe $17K each, but still nice systems. When we recieved them back about a week later there wasn't a square corner on either box. I was tasked to inspect them and found that both cases were racked about 1.5" from square from falling very hard on something. Compaq may not make usable PCs but their servers are built well with heavy guage steel cases, so I'm guessing they fell from at least loading dock height.
I have a copy of a game called The Robot Club which is squarely aimed at your likely age group, pre-teen to 16-17years. No violence at all, you just build robots to accomplish preset tasks using pre-existing components and a very basic scripting language (actually the programs are mostly GUI). This came out of a bargain bin at a surplus store to give some idea of its commercial success but it is still a fun game even for older kids (I am 36)
Actually, they stopped in Plymouth because they were running out of supplies, most importantly beer. Water just didn't keep well on those four month voyages.
There is another alternative....
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Can you say "lag frag"?
That kinda looks like where we are today.
Artificial ethnic tensions: Sotomayor is what might be termed a reverse racist, thinking (and saying) that her experiences as a "wise latina" will make her a better judge, while passing judgment that white firefighters can't be discriminated against.
Suppression of free enterprise: government takeovers of banking and auto industries, telling Chrysler they need to be bought by a foreign company, socializing the medical industry (they say they are not but look at the direction they are heading).
Rampant corruption: How many politicians are under investigation for how many different forms of corruption, from failing to pay taxes to taking bribes to misuse of government funds/equipment?
I'd say we are just about where th former Soviet Union was just before it collapsed, and I don't like it much. Just my .02 and, of course, YMMV.
The problem with this theory is that the genie is out of the bottle. The technology exists to create the weapons, therefore someone will build them. The only difficult part may be the fissionable material, but it is merely a matter of building the enrichment facility as the technology is out there (and readily available). It is the same with gun control, with a modest machine shop I can build fairly sophisticated firearms, the (not unsolvable) problem becomes the primer and powder.
For this to work you would also have to change your wireless interface's Ethernet MAC (hardware) address. By default this is a vendor-specific code that is probably unique enough that it could be used to link you to the upload.
Actually, this is not as true as it should be. I worked for a PC company which supplied name brand hardware to a major corporation. One problem we repeatedly ran into was having to swap NICs to different subnets because of MAC conflicts. The first 3 octets do represent the manufacturer, the last 3 should make a unique ID. In reality there are 16777216 possible combinations (255^3) not all of which get used for various reasons. Also 16 million unique IDs are not that many for a major name brand as we found out, selling several thousand units annually.
They fixed that in Win7, finally.
Like any technology, once the ability to produce nukes is available it will not go away. Trying to make this happen will succeed about as well as prohibition did or banning firearms would. It is obviously a larger project than a still or a machine shop but not beyond the realm of possibility for any nation to try.
In the US at least Bose has stores in some malls so you can try them, at least for a short time (if the idea of using a headset countless strangers has worn doesn't scare you silly)
In the book Sam Gunn, Unlimited by Ben Bova the title character devised a system to do this. Actually he devised a system to push debris from the path of a satellite. Everything in orbit should pick up the same electrical charge from passing through the Earths magnetic field. By mounting a (insert large device here) on the leading edge/face of a satellite with the same charge, objects will be pushed out of the path of the satellite. To collect the garbage you need only reverse the charge, and use some type of foam to capture the debris, then deorbit when full or, as previously mentioned, recycle in orbit.
Yes, more expensive alternatives are available. Some companies are also offering VOIP (like Comcast). But for a home phone line, particularly in my situation Vonage is the best option. Comcast keeps trying to get me to use their VOIP but it is 60% more expensive without some features that I require. For instance, Vonage has what they call Virtual numbers, an incoming line that can be almost anywhere. This is convenient as most of my family, as well as my wifes, are located in one geographic area which is a long distance call. So for $4.95US we get a number which is a local call for them and it rings our regular line. This is not offered by Comcast. Also, with Comcast, your VOIP interface is integrated with your cable modem, with Vonage it is seperate. This way if we go on vacation, all we need to do is take the Vonage box and a cheap phone and we can call anywhere we have high speed internet access, like a hotel room. Vonage is not perfect for everyone, even me, but it is more useful than the alternatives at this point.
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The files are already in a format(other than the DRM) that the hardware understands. Why should I not be able to play it? Why should I have to convert from MP3 to MP3 to allow a piece of hardware that understands MP3s to play it?
This is where I have the problem, not Apple wanting to sell more music. You can play any music you buy on it as long as you buy it from Apple. That would be like buying a Ford and having to buy gas only from a Ford authorized station, and if you go to a Chevy authorized station your car stops running.
and shoots themselves in the foot. Again. If I pay for music I should be able to play it on any hardware I own capable of audio reproduction, not just the files "authorized" for that piece of hardware. Or conversely, not just on the peice of hardware "authorized" for those files.
Or maybe I am just a dreamer...
Actually in the parlance of the day "well regulated" meant well practiced, that the group(s) had practiced together. Thus to correctly comply with the second amendment (and the fact that all able-bodied males between the ages of 17 and 45 are in the militia) we need similar weapons to those the organized milita (read as U.S Military) have, to practice with them on a regular basis.
:)
Works for me
They were so nice to do this for us. Or was it trying to stop server meltdown....?
Actually, Edison did just this in the early 20th century. He made massive multipart forms and poured several complete houses including trim such as picture frames. It may actually be more economical today than when he tried but that is outside my experience. See this link for one view of the experiment http://flyingmoose.org/truthfic/edison.htm
The problem with this example is that Paul Newman is already fairly wealthy from movies, racing and investments. He doesn't need the cash so he donates the profits to his own charities, such as The Hole In The Wall Gang camp for terminally ill children.
Actually the black powder is just for the ejection charge. And for high power model rocketry most people use reloadable engines, this makes that difficult to impossible.
The book was Sam Gunn, Unlimited. The proposal was to use the same magnetic charge on the debris, say it picks up a negative charge, to deflect it from the path of satellites. By using the opposite charge you could collect the debris instead, and either deorbit it or launch it higher.
Yes, freedoms are granted by the government. :( )
100% Wrong, sir.
The freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights are presumed to be pre-existing and guaranteed by the document, as are all freedoms not listed. The notion that the U.S government grants rights is absurd, if you read the Constitution. We the people give the government what limited powers it is supposed to have (ignoring the fact that they have usurped more power
To understand the meaning of "well regulated" in context you need to understand the common usage at the time the Second Amendment was written. At that time, and for several decades after, "well regulated" was taken to mean properly adjusted or practiced, i.e. a well regulated watch was accurate, a well regulated militia practiced often. When "regulated" started to mean controlled by law people forgot the original meaning and tried to enforce current usage, completely ignoring the intent of the framers of the Constitution.
You'll find that story in The Jargon File/New Hackers Dictionary. He still has the switch (set to More Magic)
The last company I worked for (in SE CT) shipped 2 Compaq servers to a client in Dallas, TX, via FedEx. These wre small rack mount units, about 8U, maybe $17K each, but still nice systems. When we recieved them back about a week later there wasn't a square corner on either box. I was tasked to inspect them and found that both cases were racked about 1.5" from square from falling very hard on something. Compaq may not make usable PCs but their servers are built well with heavy guage steel cases, so I'm guessing they fell from at least loading dock height.
I have a copy of a game called The Robot Club which is squarely aimed at your likely age group, pre-teen to 16-17years. No violence at all, you just build robots to accomplish preset tasks using pre-existing components and a very basic scripting language (actually the programs are mostly GUI). This came out of a bargain bin at a surplus store to give some idea of its commercial success but it is still a fun game even for older kids (I am 36)
Actually, they stopped in Plymouth because they were running out of supplies, most importantly beer. Water just didn't keep well on those four month voyages.
Go to www.lp.org and check out The Libertarian Party. The basic philosophy is be responsible for your actions and don't interfere with anyone elses right to do what they want. If what you want to do harms no one else (without there consent) go for it.