I've seen it and I'm not convinced any more than I was the first time I saw it than I am now going through it again. It doesn't matter if Turnipseed was "just one tiny piece." They're still using it as one of their "facts" even after he recanted, which makes all of their other information suspect by my standards.
They also raise questions about how he could be credited with at least 14 days of duty during subsequent periods when his superior officers in two units said they had not seen him.
Brigadier General William Turnipseed said something like that to the Boston Globe in 2000. In 2004 when people started pushing the story to discredit Bush, the same General did a 180 on his original statement, "I don't know if Bush showed up, I don't know if he didn't. I don't remember how often I was even at the base."
The Bush AWOL story is nothing but a ridiculous partisan talking point and it's sad to see so many people fall for and perpetuate it.
A Canadian company suing the US over the ban on MTBE and a US company suing Canada over the ban on MMT; both under NAFTA. And both are gasoline additives. Heh.
Even in light of this, BiggsTheCat is still partially wrong. It's not the US that's suing Canada, it's a US company.
Well, yeah, and so is the U.S. The U.S. has done lots of stuff in their own self-interest under the guise of globalization through the WTO. For instance, Canada tried to ban a fuel additive that scientists believed to be a carcinogen. This ban meant that they could no longer buy gasoline from the U.S., where that chemical was added to all gas. Result: the U.S. dragged Canada into the WTO Trade Court, and won claiming that the ban was illegally favouring Canadian fuel suppliers. Canada had to pay massive fines, and would have to continue to pay fines if it banned the chemical.
You've got it backwards, bud. It is a Canadian company (Methanex) that is suing the US under NAFTA because California banned MTBE.
He said 'special agent.' Believe it or not, they are actually a lot like everyone else and aren't out to get you, as most Slashdot know-it-all commenters would have you think.
"fuck Texas?" C'mon now, you can come up with a better troll than that, can't you?
It looks like consumers have spoken and film is finally going to go the way of the dinosaur.
Ug. Why does everyone who submits stories to Slashdot have to make some silly, ridiculous statement at the end of their little blurb? It's like saying that because a new high quality, low cost LCD monitor came out that CRTs are "going the way of the dinosaur". Just give us a little summary of the article, please, and spare us your uninformed and extravagant opinions.
That's ridiculous, dude. Gates earned his fortune (it doesn't matter whether you think he did it fairly or not, that's business) and he can withold all of it that he wishes or give it away however he wishes.
let's exploit the workers and make them live in miserable conditions. Then let's reap our profits from this exploitation.
And, yeah, I bet most Microsoft employees have a nice cardboard box in a slummy alley somewhere to go home to after a hard day of exploitation. Give me a break. There's a bunch of people who would be happy to get a job at MS because they know they could make a good living working there.
(I think that an RV-4 kit would be pushing $15,000 US, but probably much more outfitted like his must be)
I think the RV-4 kit is around $14,000 US, but then after you add a decent engine, avionics, etc., it can be pushing $50,000-$60,000 US. I was reading some stuff on Johanson's plane and he's done modifications beyond what the normal kit builder would so he can make 2,000+ miles without refueling. I wouldn't be surprised if he's spent into six digits all together for his plane.
Yeah...we're not going to be able to get the moon out of orbit any time soon. I'm sure you've seen some of those huge craters on it? When the meteorites which impacted and formed those craters hit, they released the energy equivalent to thousands of the most powerful nuclear weapons going off at the same time, yet it's still happily buzzing around Earth.
Moon coming out of orbit with devastating results for life on Earth and happening within your lifetime; one more thing you can take off your worry list.
RR apparently monitors attachments for known virus/trojan/junk files and takes them out if one is found. Here's the text they put in to each of the messages:
ALERT!
This e-mail, in its original form, contained one or more attached files that were infected with a virus, worm, or other type of security threat. This e-mail was sent from a Road Runner IP address. As part of our continuing initiative to stop the spread of malicious viruses, Road Runner scans all outbound e-mail attachments. If a virus, worm, or other security threat is found, Road Runner cleans or deletes the infected attachments as necessary, but continues to send the original message content to the recipient. Further information on this initiative can be found at http://help.rr.com/faqs/e_mgsp.html. Please be advised that Road Runner does not contact the original sender of the e-mail as part of the scanning process. Road Runner recommends that if the sender is known to you, you contact them directly and advise them of their issue. If you do not know the sender, we advise you to forward this message in its entirety (including full headers) to the Road Runner Abuse Department, at abuse@rr.com.
They said it was coming from a RR IP address, so I'm fairly certain.
Unfortunately, I'm not running my own mail server, I'm using a POP3 account, so I can't block like that myself. Is there any other way I could block a certain address?
That's nothing compared to what I get. Some person using a Road Runner account has been sending me, on average, 7000-9000 (yes, thousand) e-mails per week containing a virus/trojan or the like. I've contacted the RR abuse department twice already and they haven't done anything about it (and I gave them time, it's been about 2 months since I first contacted them). It makes me doubt that they'll do anything at all.
Does anyone know how I could block this guy from sending me e-mails? Not just in the e-mail client, but at the server level (or whatever) so I don't have to download all of his crap. Anyone at all? Please help.
Yeah. I'm also not impressed in the least. I expect miniature liquid hydrogen and oxygen rocket engines, 3 stages, and the ability to put a mouse into lunar orbit (if I so desire) if I'm going to pay $225 US for an amateur rocket enthusiast kit. I mean, jeez, what were they thinking when they made this? This thing will be no fun at all for anyone.
Tires are a very good idea. They are much quieter than tracked vehicles and more agile in certain terrain than tracks. Wheeled vehicles are also usually faster. (The tires on Stryker are also run-flat, so they aren't going to be stuck if even all eight tires go flat.)
Because the development of Stryker was fairly quick, there was no requirment for it to have RPG resistant armor from the very beginning. It will eventually feature armor which can withstand RPGs which is in testing right now.
I think you're confusing Stryker's mission. It's not for attacking other armored vehicles, it's for transporting troops where they're needed in a rapid manner. The guns on it are for defensive purposes. The Army isn't stupid, they wouldn't send Strykers into risky situations without proper support from vehicles and aircraft which are meant to destroy moving armored targets.
I have a 40GB Maxtor that's been running pretty much 24/7 for about two years now, no problems. But now after reading all of these failures people are having I'm getting a bit nervous. Lots of rare music I need to backup...
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Same here, except they only started a couple weeks ago for me. I was wondering why they were coming through.
I've seen it and I'm not convinced any more than I was the first time I saw it than I am now going through it again. It doesn't matter if Turnipseed was "just one tiny piece." They're still using it as one of their "facts" even after he recanted, which makes all of their other information suspect by my standards.
They also raise questions about how he could be credited with at least 14 days of duty during subsequent periods when his superior officers in two units said they had not seen him.
Brigadier General William Turnipseed said something like that to the Boston Globe in 2000. In 2004 when people started pushing the story to discredit Bush, the same General did a 180 on his original statement, "I don't know if Bush showed up, I don't know if he didn't. I don't remember how often I was even at the base."
The Bush AWOL story is nothing but a ridiculous partisan talking point and it's sad to see so many people fall for and perpetuate it.
Yep, you're correct.
A Canadian company suing the US over the ban on MTBE and a US company suing Canada over the ban on MMT; both under NAFTA. And both are gasoline additives. Heh.
Even in light of this, BiggsTheCat is still partially wrong. It's not the US that's suing Canada, it's a US company.
Well, yeah, and so is the U.S. The U.S. has done lots of stuff in their own self-interest under the guise of globalization through the WTO. For instance, Canada tried to ban a fuel additive that scientists believed to be a carcinogen. This ban meant that they could no longer buy gasoline from the U.S., where that chemical was added to all gas. Result: the U.S. dragged Canada into the WTO Trade Court, and won claiming that the ban was illegally favouring Canadian fuel suppliers. Canada had to pay massive fines, and would have to continue to pay fines if it banned the chemical.
You've got it backwards, bud. It is a Canadian company (Methanex) that is suing the US under NAFTA because California banned MTBE.
You're good at throwing out accusations, but are you also good at backing them up with evidence? I highly doubt it.
He said 'special agent.' Believe it or not, they are actually a lot like everyone else and aren't out to get you, as most Slashdot know-it-all commenters would have you think.
"fuck Texas?" C'mon now, you can come up with a better troll than that, can't you?
It looks like consumers have spoken and film is finally going to go the way of the dinosaur.
Ug. Why does everyone who submits stories to Slashdot have to make some silly, ridiculous statement at the end of their little blurb? It's like saying that because a new high quality, low cost LCD monitor came out that CRTs are "going the way of the dinosaur". Just give us a little summary of the article, please, and spare us your uninformed and extravagant opinions.
No, you weren't. Please look up the definition of sarcasm.
That's ridiculous, dude. Gates earned his fortune (it doesn't matter whether you think he did it fairly or not, that's business) and he can withold all of it that he wishes or give it away however he wishes.
let's exploit the workers and make them live in miserable conditions. Then let's reap our profits from this exploitation.
And, yeah, I bet most Microsoft employees have a nice cardboard box in a slummy alley somewhere to go home to after a hard day of exploitation. Give me a break. There's a bunch of people who would be happy to get a job at MS because they know they could make a good living working there.
(I think that an RV-4 kit would be pushing $15,000 US, but probably much more outfitted like his must be)
I think the RV-4 kit is around $14,000 US, but then after you add a decent engine, avionics, etc., it can be pushing $50,000-$60,000 US. I was reading some stuff on Johanson's plane and he's done modifications beyond what the normal kit builder would so he can make 2,000+ miles without refueling. I wouldn't be surprised if he's spent into six digits all together for his plane.
Clinton didn't "go into" Somalia. George Bush Sr. was the one who gave the go ahead for US involvment there in 1992.
And without NASA's digital imaging processing, it wouldn't be of much use.
Oh, but they are!
They were developed by NASA for getting detailed images of the lunar surface so they could choose suitable landing spots for the Apollo missions.
CAT scanning and MRIs.
I'm sure there's many more.
Yeah...we're not going to be able to get the moon out of orbit any time soon. I'm sure you've seen some of those huge craters on it? When the meteorites which impacted and formed those craters hit, they released the energy equivalent to thousands of the most powerful nuclear weapons going off at the same time, yet it's still happily buzzing around Earth.
Moon coming out of orbit with devastating results for life on Earth and happening within your lifetime; one more thing you can take off your worry list.
You can use the W2K CD for installation of drivers and formatting the HD.
They said it was coming from a RR IP address, so I'm fairly certain.
Unfortunately, I'm not running my own mail server, I'm using a POP3 account, so I can't block like that myself. Is there any other way I could block a certain address?
Does anyone know how I could block this guy from sending me e-mails? Not just in the e-mail client, but at the server level (or whatever) so I don't have to download all of his crap. Anyone at all? Please help.
It's a typo from whoever made the ASCII chart conversion.
Here's the actual thing. (Yoinked from a post below.)
Can you provide some evidence that Greenpeace members are pirates and have killed people?
Tires are a very good idea. They are much quieter than tracked vehicles and more agile in certain terrain than tracks. Wheeled vehicles are also usually faster. (The tires on Stryker are also run-flat, so they aren't going to be stuck if even all eight tires go flat.)
Because the development of Stryker was fairly quick, there was no requirment for it to have RPG resistant armor from the very beginning. It will eventually feature armor which can withstand RPGs which is in testing right now.
I think you're confusing Stryker's mission. It's not for attacking other armored vehicles, it's for transporting troops where they're needed in a rapid manner. The guns on it are for defensive purposes. The Army isn't stupid, they wouldn't send Strykers into risky situations without proper support from vehicles and aircraft which are meant to destroy moving armored targets.
I dunno if you're being sarcastic or not...
But I was glad that they decided to be realistic enough to show space scenes with no sound.
Anyway, weren't there rumors of a DVD coming out? Anyone have details?
I have a 40GB Maxtor that's been running pretty much 24/7 for about two years now, no problems. But now after reading all of these failures people are having I'm getting a bit nervous. Lots of rare music I need to backup...