I liked Enterprise, except for that farking awful theme tune. It was a welcome relief from the endless holo-deck episodes on Voyager, closer to the original in spirit.
because in the UK most DVD purchasers are smart enough to know that "Fullscreen" mean the sides of the frame have been hacked off, as opposed to USA morons who complain about about the "missing bits" of the frame in the black bits of the screen when watching in wide-screen.
Which is not to say that the UK has a shortage of morons, as indicated by your comment.
I thought Rush, the musicians, were fat tards! I could be out of touch though, when I bought "Never mind the Bollocks" it burnt all my elf-rock albums...
yeah, that healthy economy Labour inherited from the Conservatives really made life difficult for them.
Blair keeps saying he wants to listen to the voters, when what he means is that he wants to voters to listen to him and be awed by his chewbacca logic. It's time "New Labour" changed their name to something more appropriate, like "National Socialists".
yo moderator, RTFA before you mod flamebait. Someone has indeed inserted a rude word into the article. Checking the history, the same weiner has been vandalising other articles in the same way.
prostitution was mostly legal back then, they just had a different euphemism for it...
"our Lord's commerce with his disciples"
a reference to wandering preachers, the precursor to todays tele-envangelists...
"substantial interstate human relations"
can't marry you 9 year old girlfriend in this state? try the next one!
I can't help thinking that today's federal government is what the founding fathers were trying to avoid. We look to the Supreme Court to save us, but usually they just dodge the issue.
Where on earth did you get that idea? Add new hardware --> select driver...
Now it might take them a while to certify that driver if you submit it, but they don't stop you using uncertified drivers. Just as Linus accepts "politically incorrect" drivers.
I call bull - the rich go to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying taxes - stashing it in off-shore accounts, not remaining long enough in any one country to avoid residency; and thats only talking about the legal options. I think you'll find that the rich bear a tiny proportion of the tax burden, it's the working population who pay 99% of tax revenue raised.
I think you'll find in Marx's time most factory workers endured what we would call "sweat-shop" conditions. I wasn't until after the Russian revolution that capitalists got scared, and started to compromise with unions over pay and conditions.
You may have noticed that since the fall of the USSR that the union movement has been weakened, and the gap between rich and poor has widened dramatically.
Was there a lack of incentive for risk capital during the the 20th century? I think not. A would agree that nationalised industries often gave excessive power to the unions; but finding the right balance of reward for workers and investors is important enough to not let either side dominate.
the only left-wing policies of "New" Labour is the ongoing supression of liberties and rights. Other than that they adopted entirely Thatcherite policies.
It's funny the the way Blair keeps saying he wants a "dialog with the people". Unfortunately his idea of dialog is where he does the talking, then you applaud.
Hmm, not sure why you applied the water/ice ratio to the area of Greenland, but I sure screwed up the sea area!
Still, applying it to result is not so far off at about 224 meter ice depth per meter of ocean increase, or 1345 meters average ice depth for 6 meter increase in sea depth.
Assuming that some of that ice sheet will be considerably thinner than that, means that there would be some ice mountains to rival the Himalayas, and that there are no rock mountains hiding underneath.
So yeah, it's within the realms of possibilty, but I still suspect it's a wild over-estimate.
If the ice on top of Greenland melted, the Earth's oceans would rise 6 to 7 meters
Oh dear, I read that too, in some pro-GW article in the Guardian. And if you do the math, or even estimate the result, you will realise it is pure bull.
So average depth of ice on Greenland needed raise global sea level by 6 meters (without taking the increase in sea area into account):
105,000,000 / 1,755,637 * 0.006 * 1.09 = 266,953,106 km
Do I think we should reduce polution and find a way to stop using fossil fuels? Hell yeah.
Do I think that "the sky is falling!" eco-nutjobs are prepared to lie to promote their cause, and in the process unwittingly bring the whole eco movement into disrepute? Damn straight.
not really, I just assume it is a reference to your sexual preferences...
Re:10 hours is a lot, really.
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You cant help but think many authors are paid on word count. You could call it setting the scene, but personally I could care less what color the curtains are!
It would appear that physics has been hijacked by pure math. Remeber the classic pure mathematician's toast "may pure math never be of any use to anyone".
Unlike most European countries, the USA has been reticent in separating their politicians' snouts from the corporate trough.
In Europe such behavior is frowned upon and often leads to the demise of political careers; in the USA it has been codified as acceptable and normal behavior.
During the nine years I lived in the USA I found democracy works admirably up to the state level; on the federal level I was appalled by tolerance of blatant corruption.
Back around 2000 I had some free time and spent ages fragging with the best on Quake3. Time has moved on, other priorities take over. I tried a FPS recently, all those motor skills have gone, my hands shake too much when the adrenalin kicks in.
Last year I played Myst4, a game you would think suitable for the older gamer, but there was a timed puzzle that I could not complete until they released a patch, and then only just. What were the designers thinking?
The gaming market these days needs to appeal to people of all ages, from cradle to grave. Maybe a well designed game would be handle all age groups through difficulty levels, unfortunately they are rarely that subtle.
I used to beat Civ2 at the hardest level; these days I play Civ4 at the easiest level, because I'm playing for fun now, not challenge. Even so I still think it's hard at the beginning, then too easy at the end.
Most games seem to be aimed at the young gamer, probably because most of the testers are of that age bracket. A wider spread of ages groups and skill level among testers might help.
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I liked Enterprise, except for that farking awful theme tune. It was a welcome relief from the endless holo-deck episodes on Voyager, closer to the original in spirit.
because in the UK most DVD purchasers are smart enough to know that "Fullscreen" mean the sides of the frame have been hacked off, as opposed to USA morons who complain about about the "missing bits" of the frame in the black bits of the screen when watching in wide-screen.
Which is not to say that the UK has a shortage of morons, as indicated by your comment.
I thought Rush, the musicians, were fat tards! I could be out of touch though, when I bought "Never mind the Bollocks" it burnt all my elf-rock albums...
yeah, that healthy economy Labour inherited from the Conservatives really made life difficult for them.
Blair keeps saying he wants to listen to the voters, when what he means is that he wants to voters to listen to him and be awed by his chewbacca logic. It's time "New Labour" changed their name to something more appropriate, like "National Socialists".
yo moderator, RTFA before you mod flamebait. Someone has indeed inserted a rude word into the article. Checking the history, the same weiner has been vandalising other articles in the same way.
you left out:
8) did you tempt someone with a freebie to get them to sign up for your "marketing"?
you're a spammer
Just because the post-office considers junk mail a "business oportunity", does not mean that I don't think you're a public nuisance.
Ditto for email.
"the free and easy commerce of social life"
prostitution was mostly legal back then, they just had a different euphemism for it...
"our Lord's commerce with his disciples"
a reference to wandering preachers, the precursor to todays tele-envangelists...
"substantial interstate human relations"
can't marry you 9 year old girlfriend in this state? try the next one!
I can't help thinking that today's federal government is what the founding fathers were trying to avoid. We look to the Supreme Court to save us, but usually they just dodge the issue.
What about legitimate mass marketers.
Dont be silly - they are all bastards.
Just because your business model is (currently) legal, does not make it defensible outside of a court of law. Around here, you are still vermin.
Windows doesn't allow home-coded drivers
Where on earth did you get that idea? Add new hardware --> select driver...
Now it might take them a while to certify that driver if you submit it, but they don't stop you using uncertified drivers. Just as Linus accepts "politically incorrect" drivers.
a tool to make the pain a little easier...
I call bull - the rich go to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying taxes - stashing it in off-shore accounts, not remaining long enough in any one country to avoid residency; and thats only talking about the legal options. I think you'll find that the rich bear a tiny proportion of the tax burden, it's the working population who pay 99% of tax revenue raised.
well I never used to have too much trouble getting ahold of them when I was 14. Is it any different today?
When I hear some politician whining about "our kids are being corrupted!", I want to ask them "how old were you when you had your first beer?".
I worry more about how deeply embedded hypocrisy is in our society.
I think you'll find in Marx's time most factory workers endured what we would call "sweat-shop" conditions. I wasn't until after the Russian revolution that capitalists got scared, and started to compromise with unions over pay and conditions.
You may have noticed that since the fall of the USSR that the union movement has been weakened, and the gap between rich and poor has widened dramatically.
Was there a lack of incentive for risk capital during the the 20th century? I think not. A would agree that nationalised industries often gave excessive power to the unions; but finding the right balance of reward for workers and investors is important enough to not let either side dominate.
the only left-wing policies of "New" Labour is the ongoing supression of liberties and rights. Other than that they adopted entirely Thatcherite policies.
It's funny the the way Blair keeps saying he wants a "dialog with the people". Unfortunately his idea of dialog is where he does the talking, then you applaud.
instead of Linux distributors worrying about Ballmer suing them, surely Ballmer has just laid himself open to a liable and defamation suit?
Hmm, not sure why you applied the water/ice ratio to the area of Greenland, but I sure screwed up the sea area!
Still, applying it to result is not so far off at about 224 meter ice depth per meter of ocean increase, or 1345 meters average ice depth for 6 meter increase in sea depth.
Assuming that some of that ice sheet will be considerably thinner than that, means that there would be some ice mountains to rival the Himalayas, and that there are no rock mountains hiding underneath.
So yeah, it's within the realms of possibilty, but I still suspect it's a wild over-estimate.
Damn, maybe I should have repeated that calculation: 0.39 km
If the ice on top of Greenland melted, the Earth's oceans would rise 6 to 7 meters
Oh dear, I read that too, in some pro-GW article in the Guardian. And if you do the math, or even estimate the result, you will realise it is pure bull.
The increase in volume of ice over the same amount of water is about 9%.
Approximate area of all oceans 105,000,000 square km
Area of ice in Greenland is is 1,755,637 square km
So average depth of ice on Greenland needed raise global sea level by 6 meters (without taking the increase in sea area into account):
105,000,000 / 1,755,637 * 0.006 * 1.09 = 266,953,106 km
Do I think we should reduce polution and find a way to stop using fossil fuels? Hell yeah.
Do I think that "the sky is falling!" eco-nutjobs are prepared to lie to promote their cause, and in the process unwittingly bring the whole eco movement into disrepute? Damn straight.
just to keep things in perspective:
Detailed Chronology of Late Holocene Climatic Change
not really, I just assume it is a reference to your sexual preferences...
You cant help but think many authors are paid on word count. You could call it setting the scene, but personally I could care less what color the curtains are!
Thats funny, not a troll!
It would appear that physics has been hijacked by pure math. Remeber the classic pure mathematician's toast "may pure math never be of any use to anyone".
Unlike most European countries, the USA has been reticent in separating their politicians' snouts from the corporate trough.
In Europe such behavior is frowned upon and often leads to the demise of political careers; in the USA it has been codified as acceptable and normal behavior.
During the nine years I lived in the USA I found democracy works admirably up to the state level; on the federal level I was appalled by tolerance of blatant corruption.
try the smaller maps in Civ4, you can get through a game alot quicker.
Yeah, you sound like a 20 year old - impatient!
Back around 2000 I had some free time and spent ages fragging with the best on Quake3. Time has moved on, other priorities take over. I tried a FPS recently, all those motor skills have gone, my hands shake too much when the adrenalin kicks in.
Last year I played Myst4, a game you would think suitable for the older gamer, but there was a timed puzzle that I could not complete until they released a patch, and then only just. What were the designers thinking?
The gaming market these days needs to appeal to people of all ages, from cradle to grave. Maybe a well designed game would be handle all age groups through difficulty levels, unfortunately they are rarely that subtle.
I used to beat Civ2 at the hardest level; these days I play Civ4 at the easiest level, because I'm playing for fun now, not challenge. Even so I still think it's hard at the beginning, then too easy at the end.
Most games seem to be aimed at the young gamer, probably because most of the testers are of that age bracket. A wider spread of ages groups and skill level among testers might help.