Actually, since we all live on the same planet, your opinion does count.
Impeaching the president would be a very good thing to do as it would show the rest of the world that the American people are not cowboys bent on world domination. It would serve to teach our politicians to quit sticking their noses in other countries business.
We Americans have much to atone for from what was done by this administration. Cleaning out the trash is a excellent first step to repairing our reputation.
I'm wondering how well a laptop with a palm print on its bottom will handle when you put it on a table and try to type/mouse/etc. Seems to me like a very bad idea as the laptop would wobble as you try to type unless they're planning on putting legs on it.
Hey, I ended up being a scientific experiment AFTER I was born: Open Heart Surgery #1 - Had a Dacron patch sewn over the VSD in my heart and they tried to rebuild the aortic valve using grafts from the inside of my heart (valvoplasty). The new "cusps" of the aortic valve fell apart about 30-days later.
Open Heart Surgery #2 - Had a very bad case of bacterial endocarditis to the point that the surgeon had to scrap out the inside of my heart. VSD patch had to be replaced; an experimental patch was used. A porcine valve (Hancock Prosthesis) was inserted into the aortic opening. The anesthesist had to use an experimental drug to get my heart restarted.
Open Heart Surgery #3 - Hancock Prosthesis calcified during growth spurt when I was 16; replaced by a St. Jude's artificial valve which was still experimental, at the time.
Personally, I would have preferred that the doctors could have made a minor change in my DNA before I was born so I wouldn't have had to go through all of the above.
As someone with a congenital heart defect and damage to the Sinoatrial node http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_node of my heart, this scares the piss out of me. Letting a company use the courts to legislate that their product doesn't cause or contribute to the death of people it's used on turns logic on its head. The last thing I want is some idiot with a taser to zap me with it just because I won't bow to his demands.
This should scare you, too. There are about 90 million people http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart.htm in the U.S. alone who have a diagnosed heart conditions that range from mild to severe. Add to that people who have not been diagnosed, yet have a heart problem, one-third to one-half the U.S. population could be susceptible to cardiac arrest if they are tased.
I hope the doctors and scientists find iron-clad evidence so that this issue can be put to bed and tasers will be considered the lethal weapons they are.
We've all been children at some point in our lives and we can all remember times when we were told, "Don't do that! Don't touch that! You're going to poke your eye out! etc...". Of course, our parents were trying to protect us from getting hurt due to lack of knowledge on our part. I still see this pattern of behavior between parents and children today via my nieces and nephews. Additionally, I see my in-laws trying to protect their children from every little disaster and they can't understand why their kids still get hurt or in trouble.
One thing I've figured out from observing this is that we can try to instruct children on being safe, right and wrong, etc but, in the end, sometimes they have to learn things the hard way and deal with the repercussions of their actions.
Many people spend their time and effort contributing to the development of Open Source and even "free" software. They pay the price so others don't have to reinvent the wheel. While it isn't $$$ we're talking about, time is valuable.
Actually, it goes both ways: expect the worst or the best from a child and they'll live up to your expectations. It takes a really exceptional child to realize how screwed up their parents are and work against the negative input to become the best.
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Actually, since we all live on the same planet, your opinion does count.
Impeaching the president would be a very good thing to do as it would show the rest of the world that the American people are not cowboys bent on world domination. It would serve to teach our politicians to quit sticking their noses in other countries business.
We Americans have much to atone for from what was done by this administration. Cleaning out the trash is a excellent first step to repairing our reputation.
Yeah, then someone else will wondering when the Lego racing game will be out.
Here's a third:
How big of a fee is going to be attached to your airplane ticket to pay for their "security measure"?
My guess is quite a bit more than a theater ticket.
our new retractably-clawed amphibian overlords!
It would certainly give "head crash" a new meaning.
I'm wondering how well a laptop with a palm print on its bottom will handle when you put it on a table and try to type/mouse/etc. Seems to me like a very bad idea as the laptop would wobble as you try to type unless they're planning on putting legs on it.
Your real name wouldn't happen to be SmeeQL, would it?
Think of it as the universe's prior art for a Wayback Machine (www.archive.org).
I think we need to ask BlendTec if Ballmer will blend.
Hey, I ended up being a scientific experiment AFTER I was born:
Open Heart Surgery #1 - Had a Dacron patch sewn over the VSD in my heart and they tried to rebuild the aortic valve using grafts from the inside of my heart (valvoplasty). The new "cusps" of the aortic valve fell apart about 30-days later.
Open Heart Surgery #2 - Had a very bad case of bacterial endocarditis to the point that the surgeon had to scrap out the inside of my heart. VSD patch had to be replaced; an experimental patch was used. A porcine valve (Hancock Prosthesis) was inserted into the aortic opening. The anesthesist had to use an experimental drug to get my heart restarted.
Open Heart Surgery #3 - Hancock Prosthesis calcified during growth spurt when I was 16; replaced by a St. Jude's artificial valve which was still experimental, at the time.
Personally, I would have preferred that the doctors could have made a minor change in my DNA before I was born so I wouldn't have had to go through all of the above.
Actually, it's a newspaper policy that there's only one obit per customer.
Uh, yeah, like cause 10K is -441.4 degrees Fahrenheit or -263 degrees Celsius.
As someone with a congenital heart defect and damage to the Sinoatrial node http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_node of my heart, this scares the piss out of me. Letting a company use the courts to legislate that their product doesn't cause or contribute to the death of people it's used on turns logic on its head. The last thing I want is some idiot with a taser to zap me with it just because I won't bow to his demands.
This should scare you, too. There are about 90 million people http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart.htm in the U.S. alone who have a diagnosed heart conditions that range from mild to severe. Add to that people who have not been diagnosed, yet have a heart problem, one-third to one-half the U.S. population could be susceptible to cardiac arrest if they are tased.
I hope the doctors and scientists find iron-clad evidence so that this issue can be put to bed and tasers will be considered the lethal weapons they are.
Correct me If I'm wrong, but...
Do not stores make CDs/DVDs/Books available?
Do not shoplifters shoplift?
Why aren't Wal-Mart/Best Buy/Circuit City/etc. being sued?
Actually, my wife is a dwarf.
She's a beautiful lady who is outgoing, definitely magical and has coded many wonderful programs.
And she didn't require a beard to do it!
Unfortunately, the millimetre wave black market is very, very small.
Definitely Satanic on both ends.
If you play instructions to a CPU backwards, would the computer spout Satanic messages?
This little guy has his stuff together, knows how to consolidate disparate parts, and is on the ball!
Thanks!
I've always wondered what my wife meant by, "You, me, sex, NOW!"
We've all been children at some point in our lives and we can all remember times when we were told, "Don't do that! Don't touch that! You're going to poke your eye out! etc...". Of course, our parents were trying to protect us from getting hurt due to lack of knowledge on our part. I still see this pattern of behavior between parents and children today via my nieces and nephews. Additionally, I see my in-laws trying to protect their children from every little disaster and they can't understand why their kids still get hurt or in trouble.
One thing I've figured out from observing this is that we can try to instruct children on being safe, right and wrong, etc but, in the end, sometimes they have to learn things the hard way and deal with the repercussions of their actions.
What about pornography?
Actually, classified parts are typically shipped via FedEx!
No, really!
Many people spend their time and effort contributing to the development of Open Source and even "free" software. They pay the price so others don't have to reinvent the wheel. While it isn't $$$ we're talking about, time is valuable.
Actually, it goes both ways: expect the worst or the best from a child and they'll live up to your expectations.
It takes a really exceptional child to realize how screwed up their parents are and work against the negative input to become the best.