We haven't bothered covering the recurring news of declining real-world violence (while video games just get more gruesome and explicit), mostly because it's the same story over and over.
I had sort of this same problem in the early 80s (age 4-6).
I was having trouble pronouncing certain words with the letter 's' in them (superman, speed, scott, etc). Turns out I had excess fluid in my ears that was keeping that specific sound from reaching my brain, or so the speech therapist said. Drained the fluid, went to speech therapy for a bit, and returned to 'normal' fairly fast.
I shudder to think what I would have been diagnosed with these days.
The government can already do this for organized crime or situations in which there is imminent danger. Go read the current law here.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/3125.html
This just adds US Attorneys [real prosecutors, not bureaucrats like the Attorney General and his deputies] to the list of people who can activate a warantless tap, and terrorism to the list of crimes for which they can get a warrantless tap.
Yes, Virginia, the government started taking away rights a long time ago...don't be so surprised.
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We haven't bothered covering the recurring news of declining real-world violence (while video games just get more gruesome and explicit), mostly because it's the same story over and over.
The same story over and over? On Slashdot?
Surely you must be joking.
I had sort of this same problem in the early 80s (age 4-6).
I was having trouble pronouncing certain words with the letter 's' in them (superman, speed, scott, etc). Turns out I had excess fluid in my ears that was keeping that specific sound from reaching my brain, or so the speech therapist said. Drained the fluid, went to speech therapy for a bit, and returned to 'normal' fairly fast.
I shudder to think what I would have been diagnosed with these days.
your numbers are wrong.
10E9 / 120 = 8.3 million.
the us population is currently 285.7 million according to the Census Department.
this is a market penetration of 2.9 percent, not thirty.
b) Multiple XM Radios. If you add additional XM Radios to your account, you may purchase a separate subscription for each one (see Section 5).
may is permissive not mandatory. it doesn't say anything about HAVING to purchase a subscription. i wish more stuff was like this.
How about a new copying/listening protection scheme...One that only plays music worth listening to?
Yeah, I know, too idealistic.
Are we really sure this is from RMS? It doesn't once mention his feelings on "Open Source" and Free Software, or Linux and/or GNU/Linux.
The government can already do this for organized crime or situations in which there is imminent danger. Go read the current law here.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/3125.html
This just adds US Attorneys [real prosecutors, not bureaucrats like the Attorney General and his deputies] to the list of people who can activate a warantless tap, and terrorism to the list of crimes for which they can get a warrantless tap.
Yes, Virginia, the government started taking away rights a long time ago...don't be so surprised.
congealed geek froth...the next new thing from mcdonalds...or the military's new weapon?
I have become death - destroyer of worlds" -Oppenheimer
it is actually from the bhagavad gita, a indian poem that is dialogue between arjuna, a prince, and the god, krishna
and if you wanted to get real picky, it's actually 'I am become death' but who's counting?
if you're not interested in nytimes registration, this story is also available here.
yeah i'm nitpicking, but these two guys are not senators, just house members.
edward markey is a democrat from massachusetts.
john shimkus is a republican from illinois.
three cheers for bipartianship--or more properly--getting screwed by both sides.
Pat Paulsen died sometime in the past couple of years.
Alfred E Neuman is already running. See this link if you're so inclined.
http://www.thenation.com/special/alfredw.mhtml