There is nothing to shoot at and no people to make enemies of on Mars. Launch a radio transmitter their that broadcasts fundamentalist Islamic hate messages back at earth and we will be on Mars inside of 2 years.
Sadly my cynicism seems to think that as a species we are going to sit here in the grave of a planet we are digging, kill each other, and slowly be choked to death from our own shit and effluent which we so handily ignore.
I recently got a Lenovo b575 four ~300 bucks. It is only an AMD e-450, but it runs circles around an Atom netbook or a tablet for about the same price. 4gb ram, 320gb HDD, and the RAM IIRC is upgradable (sorry I don't have it in front of me right now). To top it of, it came with a surprisingly small load of crapware. I toss it in my backpack, rid the bus, and bike with it and it runs like new. I for one am pleasantly surprised.
....under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, which 'allows the transfer of government-owned excess research equipment to educational institutions and non-profit organizations.
I am going to start a nonprofit and buy Spirit and Opportunity. See my crowdtilt and kickstarter projects to donate:-).
In all seriousness, this is a good idea to keep NASA tools going. I like it.
Then start one in your country. Simple. There are a myriad of reasons a company like this is limited to the United States, including tax reasons and scam reasons. If you don't like that brand of smoke, roll-your-own. Isn't that what the open source community is supposed to be about?
Because. It is a work from home position, so one my boss cannot directly see what I do. Two, they are hiring like mad, but will drop you just as easy. I started in a training class of almost forty and in a week we are down to twenty for various reasons. I know if I slowed the process down in the slightest or tried to haggle in any way, they would just drop me and go get some other schmo.
Hopefully, I will have a less encumbering position once I am ready to do anything with my idea anyway. Or even better, be able to quit and start my business full-time, but I don't see that as feasible as I do not have much in savings, and my main idea is likely to be a slow starter (but steady in a niche market).
Hell, if it comes down to it, I will go mop the kitchen at the local bagel shop for $7-9/hr to cover my personal expenses once I have enough saved back up and the core of my service running.
Right now, I am a single, geek, hermit, and can easily live in a hovel on top ramen as long as necessary.
I just signed on with a company that has a blanket statement in the contract similar to this. IN fact they also asked to list any prior inventions so they could be exempted. I have several business ideas but these (to me at least) are not 'inventions' so how do I put a business idea on the document? They are not related even slightly to the company I am now hired by, but I do want to further research and possibly develop them in the next year or two. I took the job (and signed the contract) as it was, because I was nearly homeless for lack of employment and needed it asap. I was not in a great position to negotiate from for this and several other reasons. Now I feel trapped by it and hope it does not bite me if and when I decide to go off on my own. So, any intelligent discussion on this matter is welcome by more than just the original submitter!
Bull Shit. Maybe some citizens would protest but that is about it. Possibly, we would get a 'stern disapproval' from the state department.
As much as I dislike our meddling in other countries directly (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, the list goes on), and pushing our own BS morality diplomatically (ACTA, War on drugs, etc), we should as a government stand against things that run counter to freedom of speech, religion and other core aspects of our country.
The problem is our government only gives lip service to those amazing and praiseworthy ideals, and uses them in the worst possible ways.
But unfortunately as a people we have become a trampled, apathetic mass of idiots bemused by bread and circuses, and as long as our politicians feed at the tit of corporations and pander to their interests, and as long as we suck the oil dick of the middle east, we will continue to turn a blind eye to the issues of true importance.
Southwest needs to recoup money lost from free checked bags, so they will now start to charge you to keep your data secure. The board meeting where they decided this was a doozy.
The situation is sad, but I could not resist a joke to add some levity to the conversation.
The same could be said about/.:
'I have loved things about you (great submissions, brilliant posts) and I have hated things about you (useless news, trolls, goatse) and there is a lot I don't understand about you (why your code is still buggy after so many years) I will not pray for you.(But I will still read)'
If you composting right, the heat generated by the bacteria should kill -any- seeds, including tomato seeds. I have never had much problem unless I pulled my compost a little early, but her is a trick for a garden with or without compost. Before planting right as it starts to get warmer, put clear plastic over the ground. This will stimulate any unwanted seeds to germinate as it creates a greenhouse. After about a week, cover with black plastic to cut the light and hill the weeds. Next step, plant your garden.
Really mods? Flamebait? Is it because it is Sunday and I said something about God? My comment may not have been particularly insightful or interesting, but it is at least partially true, somewhat funny, and more deserving that flamebait. Oh well, fuck it I have karma to burn.
The problem is that many house republicans believe that they can ask God to "create" more spectrum. You know, once it is all used up by the corporations that bribed them. At least a blunder like this could be fixed by reallocation of spectrum. Try reallocating oil out of an empty oil-field, or CO2 back into the ground that quickly. Posting mobile, sorry for typos.
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Somehow my dumbass has used the wrong thier twice on /. this morning and I know better. Maybe I should just shut up.
There is nothing to shoot at and no people to make enemies of on Mars. Launch a radio transmitter their that broadcasts fundamentalist Islamic hate messages back at earth and we will be on Mars inside of 2 years.
Sadly my cynicism seems to think that as a species we are going to sit here in the grave of a planet we are digging, kill each other, and slowly be choked to death from our own shit and effluent which we so handily ignore.
But I do not care for classical music, so when I go to the station I will put in my ear buds and be rachmaninoff.
...a leftover from a cosmic bong smoking party.
"UV Haze in outer space /
aliens left it in this place /
their awful silent, we don't know why/
meanwhile SETI search the sky"
Apologies to Hendrix fans.
Sure they are. Just take the 'anti' part off and throw in scareware and RogueAV somewheres.
I recently got a Lenovo b575 four ~300 bucks. It is only an AMD e-450, but it runs circles around an Atom netbook or a tablet for about the same price. 4gb ram, 320gb HDD, and the RAM IIRC is upgradable (sorry I don't have it in front of me right now). To top it of, it came with a surprisingly small load of crapware. I toss it in my backpack, rid the bus, and bike with it and it runs like new. I for one am pleasantly surprised.
Due to a decision made at Chamonix, the LHC will operate with a 4 TeV beam energy in 2012.
Is a lot of energy. In fact, I think it is what the Mayans were talking about.
Pure accident. Someone goofed.
....under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, which 'allows the transfer of government-owned excess research equipment to educational institutions and non-profit organizations.
I am going to start a nonprofit and buy Spirit and Opportunity. See my crowdtilt and kickstarter projects to donate :-).
In all seriousness, this is a good idea to keep NASA tools going. I like it.
But you have to admit, parents LET their kids dress and act like this, and the market caters to it, whether it is right or not, I will not enter into that debate right now.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/09/nearly-onethird-of-childrens-clothes-sexy-study
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/apr/16/children-clothing-survey-bikini-heels
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/08/19/french-line-offers-lingerie-for-girls-as-young-as-four/
http://www.playpink.com/games-for-girls/sexy-dress-up.html
This was just 5 minutes with google.
Then start one in your country. Simple. There are a myriad of reasons a company like this is limited to the United States, including tax reasons and scam reasons. If you don't like that brand of smoke, roll-your-own. Isn't that what the open source community is supposed to be about?
Because. It is a work from home position, so one my boss cannot directly see what I do. Two, they are hiring like mad, but will drop you just as easy. I started in a training class of almost forty and in a week we are down to twenty for various reasons. I know if I slowed the process down in the slightest or tried to haggle in any way, they would just drop me and go get some other schmo.
Hopefully, I will have a less encumbering position once I am ready to do anything with my idea anyway. Or even better, be able to quit and start my business full-time, but I don't see that as feasible as I do not have much in savings, and my main idea is likely to be a slow starter (but steady in a niche market).
Hell, if it comes down to it, I will go mop the kitchen at the local bagel shop for $7-9/hr to cover my personal expenses once I have enough saved back up and the core of my service running.
Right now, I am a single, geek, hermit, and can easily live in a hovel on top ramen as long as necessary.
...admonish developers to "not use slang that may be considered profane or derogatory, such as 'pimp' or 'bitch,'" but apparently it is.'"
Microsoft does not want their true relationship with their customers to become widely known.
I just signed on with a company that has a blanket statement in the contract similar to this. IN fact they also asked to list any prior inventions so they could be exempted. I have several business ideas but these (to me at least) are not 'inventions' so how do I put a business idea on the document? They are not related even slightly to the company I am now hired by, but I do want to further research and possibly develop them in the next year or two. I took the job (and signed the contract) as it was, because I was nearly homeless for lack of employment and needed it asap. I was not in a great position to negotiate from for this and several other reasons. Now I feel trapped by it and hope it does not bite me if and when I decide to go off on my own. So, any intelligent discussion on this matter is welcome by more than just the original submitter!
Bull Shit. Maybe some citizens would protest but that is about it. Possibly, we would get a 'stern disapproval' from the state department.
As much as I dislike our meddling in other countries directly (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, the list goes on), and pushing our own BS morality diplomatically (ACTA, War on drugs, etc), we should as a government stand against things that run counter to freedom of speech, religion and other core aspects of our country.
The problem is our government only gives lip service to those amazing and praiseworthy ideals, and uses them in the worst possible ways.
But unfortunately as a people we have become a trampled, apathetic mass of idiots bemused by bread and circuses, and as long as our politicians feed at the tit of corporations and pander to their interests, and as long as we suck the oil dick of the middle east, we will continue to turn a blind eye to the issues of true importance.
It's called disposable income. We have it in spades. They do not. Necessity is the mother of invention, and poverty is the mother of reuse.
Southwest needs to recoup money lost from free checked bags, so they will now start to charge you to keep your data secure. The board meeting where they decided this was a doozy.
The situation is sad, but I could not resist a joke to add some levity to the conversation.
/. :
The same could be said about
'I have loved things about you (great submissions, brilliant posts) and I have hated things about you (useless news, trolls, goatse) and there is a lot I don't understand about you (why your code is still buggy after so many years) I will not pray for you.(But I will still read)'
If you composting right, the heat generated by the bacteria should kill -any- seeds, including tomato seeds. I have never had much problem unless I pulled my compost a little early, but her is a trick for a garden with or without compost. Before planting right as it starts to get warmer, put clear plastic over the ground. This will stimulate any unwanted seeds to germinate as it creates a greenhouse. After about a week, cover with black plastic to cut the light and hill the weeds. Next step, plant your garden.
Not fruit farts. Bacteria farts. This is /. Get your science straight before posting. :)
...Chriss Dodd wanted things to work for his interests. No wonder he was crying, he bought way more wheel grease than 6.5 mill and still got denied.
This was right before napster, but who remembers oth.net?
If you know more than one fat, language, is the increase linear or exponential? Moreover, if I learn german, will I fit size 32 pants again?
Really mods? Flamebait? Is it because it is Sunday and I said something about God? My comment may not have been particularly insightful or interesting, but it is at least partially true, somewhat funny, and more deserving that flamebait. Oh well, fuck it I have karma to burn.
The problem is that many house republicans believe that they can ask God to "create" more spectrum. You know, once it is all used up by the corporations that bribed them. At least a blunder like this could be fixed by reallocation of spectrum. Try reallocating oil out of an empty oil-field, or CO2 back into the ground that quickly.
Posting mobile, sorry for typos.