When I was in high school (early 70's) we started the school year on about 1st February, had a 3 week holidy in May, and another 3 week holiday in Aug/Sept, and finished school a week or 2 before Christmas.
Of course thtis was in the southern hemisphere, where summer is Dec, Jan and Feb
I suppor tthe right of the people of Pluto to decide their own destiny, and not be ruled by any arbitrary group of people on some other planet. Freedom for the Plutocrats
And don't forget that Gmail is used all over the world, and in other countries some things are against the law that are legal here. EG same sex couples in Russia or Iran
The moral of the story is, don't use Gmail if you want privacy.
So how far away do they have to send the samples ? Its not going to be very useful if you aren't going to get the results of your cancer test fora couple thousand years and then theres the question will your insurance cover it (out of network)
Still its nice to know that cancer is not just confined to this planet.
Slashdot Mirror
How does it tell the difference between an innocent bystander and a terrorist/infidel ?
Does it do APL ? Forth ? 6502 assembler?
Sure B5 was the best SF TV series ever, but it doesn't nrrd a reboot
You couldn't fit the complex story arc into one movie anyway
Can't he write some other story set in the B5 universe, with new characters
If its just about money, maybe we could pay him not to do a reboot.
When I was in high school (early 70's) we started the school year on about 1st February, had a 3 week holidy in May, and another 3 week holiday in Aug/Sept, and finished school a week or 2 before Christmas.
Of course thtis was in the southern hemisphere, where summer is Dec, Jan and Feb
The Dark Side of the Moon
I bet the Doctor knew about this years ago, since he can travel in time
"Mars had canals and the Galaxy was the universe?"
Nobody on slashdot is that old
Hubble proved that other galaxies were other galaxies in the 1920's
Presumably your XBox is already plugged into a TV, which already has an OTA tuner, and with an antenna you can already get OTA free TV
Or is it different in the EU ( /me now lives in the US, but formerly lived in NZ, don't know a thing about current european standards)
I suppor tthe right of the people of Pluto to decide their own destiny, and not be ruled by any arbitrary group of people on some other planet.
Freedom for the Plutocrats
Airlines do that all the time
Well we know what to get them for Christmas then
Heres a marketing opportunity, ties with the logos of the FSF, GreenPeace PETA, Sierra Club, Pirate Bay, or even Charles Schwab (they do IRA's)
"a militia doesn't exis"
It does if it is 'well regulated' according to the 2nd amendment.
Anyway I think you need to type the data rate as milli (bit per second)
Is the probe sponsored by the company that makes the language learning software?
I drink Mt Dew (pr Mello Yello) anyway.
And don't forget that Gmail is used all over the world, and in other countries some things are against the law that are legal here. EG same sex couples in Russia or Iran
The moral of the story is, don't use Gmail if you want privacy.
next generation defenses
How about we reconfigure the main deflector dish to emit an inverse tachyon pulse...
Maybe China should try reducing the pollution at the source
How good is the cellphone reception in a Minuteman silo?
"Yeah, mob rule is so much better than law and order..."
I have never seen "Mob Rule" but "Law and Order" stopped being good after Jerry Orbach died.
I think the ownership of the country of Syria is in dispute, never mind the tld domain name
a sequel to a bad movie
The difference is that the people or government of a country do have the right to change the name of the place they live.
The IAU doesn't live on Pluto, so screw them, we can still call it a planet.
What they need is a ;\'Chesters Mill Dome"
So how far away do they have to send the samples ? Its not going to be very useful if you aren't going to get the results of your cancer test fora couple thousand years
and then theres the question will your insurance cover it (out of network)
Still its nice to know that cancer is not just confined to this planet.
Are there a lot of pirate websites located in the city of London?