FYI, in general atheists don't hate religion, they just don't care about it. But just like in any other group, there is a small sub-group of activists that do hate religion. Just like there is a sub-group of religious people that hate atheists. One thing is for sure, most religious people don't and can't understand atheists and atheism.
So the FBI and other agencies are willing to waste time on frivolous FOIA requests. Wouldn't the terrorists be able to organize a virtual law enforcement Denial of Service just by asking lots of people all over the country that are supporter of their cause to do the same?
These people would probably never plant bombs themselves but they could be willing to run interference.
The level of organization needed to implement such a plan is probably not within the reach of an organization formed mainly by decentralized cells but it's still interesting to ponder about what could happen.
I used GWBasic to write an organization chart program back in 85. By the end, I had to strip a line of comment for each line of programming I was adding.
All that to make it fit into 64k.
Very painful indeed.
BTW. it was on a Zenith Heath clone. I think it ran at 6Mhz. A real speed deamon compared to the original PC which ran at 4.77Mhz.
Clem.
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When something appears to good to be true, I always try to find some kind of opposite view. Here is one: http://www.geocities.com/indianfascism/fasci sm/ved ic_mathematics.htm
"Despite its absurd claims and transparently bogus status, Jagadguru Swami's book became the focus of a National Workshop on Vedic Mathematics held at Jaipur in March 1988 by the Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan"[...]" Several of the articles indeed are, to put it charitably, nonsense from any scientific viewpoint."
So, is the book a "major works of genius of science" (parent post) or " mathematics of the middle and high school level" (link)?
At least 1 IP is Canadian: 205.205.143.254. What do they hope to accomplish? They certainly won't be able to get an extradition on that fact alone so they won't be able to prosecute.
I guess they're probably going for shock value. A big number of IPs makes for better headlines.
Amazon.ca gives me also "Hobbit/Roverandom/Tales from Perilous Realm Box Set" when I search for the Tales. It should be available soon. Amazon.com does not have it.
There's US democracy which is in fact a pure capitalist democracy: elections are very openly bought by the candidate with the biggest election chest and so are the elected officials that are very openly bought by the richest companies.
There's Irak democracy which is just another name for crazy despotism. It has the merit of providing elected officals with 99.99% approval rate.
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Ok, tell me I'm not the only one who gets the obvious Kill Bill reference here?
I couldn't understand the title...until I read the first two lines of the blurb. It's THE Amazon NOT Amazon dot com!
Cable laying is part of the plot in Cryptonomicon, but besides that Stephenson wrote a (very) long article in Wired 4.12 back in 1996:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html
"The hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, chronicling the laying of the longest wire on Earth."
Entertaining and full of info, a must read if you are at all curious about cable laying.
I believe the true metric for a volume of water is the Olympic size pool. Also, the true metric for an area is the football field.
Woooe there!
"As of Sept. 30 (2007), the two wars have cost $604 billion, the CBO says"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-10-23-wacosts_N.htm
As of this year, the cost is probably closer to $800 if not more.
Which render your post null and void.
Although the reference is nerdy, he has a great name for a guy in charge of networking.
I know it's completely OT but I have to respond.
FYI, in general atheists don't hate religion, they just don't care about it. But just like in any other group, there is a small sub-group of activists that do hate religion. Just like there is a sub-group of religious people that hate atheists. One thing is for sure, most religious people don't and can't understand atheists and atheism.
It`s nice to go back in time and see the perspective from the inside like that.
/.? Specially the controversy about his book.
Now, what about when Jon Katz was the most hated contributor on
How quaint, aren't pirates called terrorists now?
Any history, even a brief one should include these long lost drive makers:
Priam
Rodime
Conner
Micropolis
Wang
Data General
Miniscribe...
Clem.
The page you point to talks about NZ energy consumption in petajoules (PJ). Do you people buy lightbulbs rated in joules?
Humm, I don't see it, where does it say that it's the first one?
Wrong man.
o nbo130787.html
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/napole
Nice interview, really.
Here is the funny part:
"Also, the big news is that The Hitch Hikers Guide is being made into a movie by Disney with a planned release date of mid-2000."
He was off by *only* five years but it's nothing when you consider that it will be released 23 years after it was first optioned.
Clem.
Here's a design of the spacecraft based on their Footfall novel
I always thought Pournelle to be a bit loony to push for such a technology. I guess I was wrong.
Clem.
So the FBI and other agencies are willing to waste time on frivolous FOIA requests. Wouldn't the terrorists be able to organize a virtual law enforcement Denial of Service just by asking lots of people all over the country that are supporter of their cause to do the same?
These people would probably never plant bombs themselves but they could be willing to run interference.
The level of organization needed to implement such a plan is probably not within the reach of an organization formed mainly by decentralized cells but it's still interesting to ponder about what could happen.
Yes it was. Great BIOS. Almost as feature rich as the modern ones (at least that's how I remember it).
Nerver heard of Sopwith.
I used GWBasic to write an organization chart program back in 85. By the end, I had to strip a line of comment for each line of programming I was adding.
All that to make it fit into 64k.
Very painful indeed.
BTW. it was on a Zenith Heath clone. I think it ran at 6Mhz. A real speed deamon compared to the original PC which ran at 4.77Mhz.
Clem.
When something appears to good to be true, I always try to find some kind of opposite view. Here is one:i sm/ved ic_mathematics.htm
http://www.geocities.com/indianfascism/fasc
"Despite its absurd claims and transparently bogus status, Jagadguru Swami's book became the focus of a National Workshop on Vedic Mathematics held at Jaipur in March 1988 by the Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan"[...]" Several of the articles indeed are, to put it charitably, nonsense from any scientific viewpoint."
So, is the book a "major works of genius of science" (parent post) or " mathematics of the middle and high school level" (link)?
Clem.
Please +5 the parent post!
The CBC ran a documentary about the Hollywood Foreign Press and the Golden Globes lately. The conclusion: they are a farce, a joke.
Nobody should take them seriously.
Clem.
At least 1 IP is Canadian: 205.205.143.254. What do they hope to accomplish? They certainly won't be able to get an extradition on that fact alone so they won't be able to prosecute.
I guess they're probably going for shock value. A big number of IPs makes for better headlines.
Clem.
1. it's entracte not entr'acte
2. it means intermission
Clem.
Electricity can be stored as potential energy: pump water up to a dam during non-peak hours and generate hydro-electricity during peak hours.
Tolkien.co.uk gives Feb/03 as the publication date.
Clem.
There's democracy and there's democracy.
There's US democracy which is in fact a pure capitalist democracy: elections are very openly bought by the candidate with the biggest election chest and so are the elected officials that are very openly bought by the richest companies.
There's Irak democracy which is just another name for crazy despotism. It has the merit of providing elected officals with 99.99% approval rate.
And there's democracy anywhere in between.
Clem.