Re:I hope he's kidding, but just in case....
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Assuming that this is true, and Alderaan is armed to the teeth and crawling with terrorists, the indiscriminate slaughter of every man, woman, and child on an entire planet would be an act of evil greater than anything we've ever seen. Much worse than Nazi Germany, Maoist China, and Stalin combined.
The examples you gave are more individualistic removal of enemies from within an area already under control of the perpetrator. The attack in Alderaan was a military attack using a 'weapon on mass destruction' on an enemy civilian target. Maybe a better comparison would be Hiroshima, Nagasaki, or the firebombing of Tokyo or Dresden.
The Federal government has been granted no explicit authority by the constitution to regulate the sale or construction of computers.
The Federal Government has been regulating these sorts of things based upon interstate commerce which becomes incredibly broad if you consider the variety of places source components for 'computers' come from. This isn't necessarily extra-constitutional but one of the many ways that the Federal Government has exercised its authority over state governments in a broad trend going back to arguably the Civil War. Another ancient chinese secret of the Federal Government is to attach strings to Federal Dollars based upon the compliance with Federal regulations. The 55 Speed Limit is a prime example. If the states wanted Federal Highway money, the states would have to comply with the 55 speed limit.
Aside from that, I agree with your post. The future is not looking terribly bright and ineed is growing dimmer by the day. It is my humble opinion however, that it is more of a function of the centralization of power (economic, governmental, moral) in the country as well as the world. Our system of government was established for a population of approximately 3.8 million people, fewer than half of which were actually enfranchised. Compare that to the modern United States of 280? million. Even one state (California) has 10x as many people as the entire nation for which the constitution was written.
The time has come for massive devolution of power such that people can again have a significant impact on issues which affect their lives.
Once I get my hands on Matlab OS X, I can finally be rid of my windows machine. I'm not a foaming at the mouth Gates hater, I just simply prefer os x. I have Offive vX, Maple, and soon matlab...now only solidworks... and my plan of world domination will come to fruition! muhahaha *wipes foam from mouth*
I know this is a dramatic example of frivolous lawsuits in many peoples minds, but remember that most of the damages against mcdonalds were punitive. Mickey D's as a matter of policy kept their coffee at a temperature that they knew could be dangerous because it cut down on the number of refills they served to customers. Putting nickels and dimes before common sense personal safety is not ok.
You forget that alot of defense spending has a positive Keynesian influence on the economy. Technologies and methods developed at taxpayer expense are exploited by private industry thus expanding the American economy. Defense research spending provides R&D dollars without the risk to private industry.
Look at pictures of naval submarines. Notice how the high strength steel tends to push inward on the substructure over time? The elasticity is used to take up some of the strain. Acrylic lacks this feature and is more likely to develop cracks leading to either regular replacement or catastrophic failure.
Funny, I had the same problem getting into Counter-Strike. Even worse is the lurking period between rounds (lengthened by the fact that Id get killed so early). I found CS so damn frustrating that I almost gave up on it several times. It was only after I finally killed someone, much, much later.. that I got hooked. That a frag for me was a real challenge and thus a real reward coupled with consequences for dying (having to wait out the end of the round) made the game truly rewarding to me.
While the brochure states that it can dive to 300 meters, GPS would be available to the boat on the surface and at shallow enough depths such that an antenna could be raised near the surface (deep enough to smooth out the ride during big sea states).
4 days battery power at that depth is pretty damn cool, but with acrylic windows? Be afraid, be very afraid..
what i was trying to get at is that the journey is easier and better once you're healthy and in shape. Yes, it's hard to get to that point, but once you get to the point where you see some results, it's money. Give yourself three weeks. Start lifting and doing a little cardio. Trust me, I was a fat bastard once upon a time.
I think you'll find that excercising is a feedback loop toward your personality. Once you get to a point where you see improvement, there is a greater motivation to do more excerise and that drive reflects upon the rest of your life. Moral of the story: Get yourself a buddy and give it a shot. There are only positive effects (unless you cheat and use 'roids)
Going back and re-reading my post. I agree. Perhaps I was too negative. The end result was that Google put Xenu back in the listing which is a good thing. I left Google however, feeling that the guy who talked to us gave us the shuck and jive. He evaded the question as to whether they would publicize DCMA complaints. He also gave me the distinct impression that there is an editorial slant to page rank (or at least he feels there should be) rather than a solid algorithm to weed out the spammers and the googlebombers, leaving the rankings as properly indicative of the popularity of webpages.
Having said that, I do believe for the most part that is what exists. I sure as hell couldn't write a better one. What worried me is that this editorial slant which i detected might grow larger to the point where the google i use and love is no longer and useful.
You don't have to be public to have shareholders. To start a company you generally search for venture capital. The VCs give you money in return for a share of the company. You are then accountable (beholden, imho) to the VCs as you would be to any other business partner.
I was at Google this afternoon for "their very first protest" as they called it. One of their software engineers sat us (about 10 of us) down and had a long chat about what happened and why. I'm sure you can find out the nitty gritty about it from others, but the thing that really stuck in my head was a comment he made off-handedly. He spoke of how certain links "should" be rated higher than others. Let me explain. In searching for "scientology" it seemed correct to him that the CoS page should rank first, while site with criticism should rank lower. Another example would be seaching for "united", where united airlines should come up first while "Untied" a critic site, should be ranked lower. I thought this was strange since the algorithm itself should be doing this deciding in a more objective manner. I wonder if the pagerank is more subjective than we realise.
Overall, Google is handled this in a poor, timid manner. First, one of Google's lawyers (seemingly by himself) decided there might be some liability to Google so they should de-list xenu. Only after xenu was de-listed and Rotten (among others) wrote a story about it, did Google reconsider. Google is a relatively small company and not looking to get involved in some ideological dispute over scientology or the DMCA. They are vulnerable to bigger entities in the legal arena. As a result, what they are doing is providing a means to copyright holders to complain about offending material. The means of complaint is basically a legally binding affadavit throwing the liability back at the complainer(?) to provent frivolous complaints.
Your idea is interesting, but storming Google with cameras in hand smacks somewhat of intimidation, something I'm sure Google is already feeling from CoS. Why squeeze them from both sides? They need our support and cooperation. Google is the "good guys" on the web today perhaps more than anyone (Sorry CowboyNeal)
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The examples you gave are more individualistic removal of enemies from within an area already under control of the perpetrator. The attack in Alderaan was a military attack using a 'weapon on mass destruction' on an enemy civilian target. Maybe a better comparison would be Hiroshima, Nagasaki, or the firebombing of Tokyo or Dresden.
The Federal Government has been regulating these sorts of things based upon interstate commerce which becomes incredibly broad if you consider the variety of places source components for 'computers' come from. This isn't necessarily extra-constitutional but one of the many ways that the Federal Government has exercised its authority over state governments in a broad trend going back to arguably the Civil War. Another ancient chinese secret of the Federal Government is to attach strings to Federal Dollars based upon the compliance with Federal regulations. The 55 Speed Limit is a prime example. If the states wanted Federal Highway money, the states would have to comply with the 55 speed limit.
Aside from that, I agree with your post. The future is not looking terribly bright and ineed is growing dimmer by the day. It is my humble opinion however, that it is more of a function of the centralization of power (economic, governmental, moral) in the country as well as the world. Our system of government was established for a population of approximately 3.8 million people, fewer than half of which were actually enfranchised. Compare that to the modern United States of 280? million. Even one state (California) has 10x as many people as the entire nation for which the constitution was written.
The time has come for massive devolution of power such that people can again have a significant impact on issues which affect their lives.
Dude, software is not developed in a clean room on THIS plant. Do you even know ANYTHING about HP OR Linux?
Sheesh...
It just works? Out of the box?
You mean like a Mac?
Once I get my hands on Matlab OS X, I can finally be rid of my windows machine. I'm not a foaming at the mouth Gates hater, I just simply prefer os x. I have Offive vX, Maple, and soon matlab...now only solidworks... and my plan of world domination will come to fruition! muhahaha *wipes foam from mouth*
How exactly does one invoke the US Constitution over yonder there in the UK?
I agree and use one at work, but fwiw, and iirc it's a rebranded HP mouse.
I'll thank you to not refer to Princeton that way!
I know this is a dramatic example of frivolous lawsuits in many peoples minds, but remember that most of the damages against mcdonalds were punitive. Mickey D's as a matter of policy kept their coffee at a temperature that they knew could be dangerous because it cut down on the number of refills they served to customers. Putting nickels and dimes before common sense personal safety is not ok.
You forget that alot of defense spending has a positive Keynesian influence on the economy. Technologies and methods developed at taxpayer expense are exploited by private industry thus expanding the American economy. Defense research spending provides R&D dollars without the risk to private industry.
Could it be that you're talking on the same lines as Steve Jobs in the "digital hub" idea? Hmm.. maybe Steve-O isn't so crazy after all...
How's the weather up there in Redmond?
Title of article says new york times, link points to msnbc... editors on crack yet again.
Look at pictures of naval submarines. Notice how the high strength steel tends to push inward on the substructure over time? The elasticity is used to take up some of the strain. Acrylic lacks this feature and is more likely to develop cracks leading to either regular replacement or catastrophic failure.
Funny, I had the same problem getting into Counter-Strike. Even worse is the lurking period between rounds (lengthened by the fact that Id get killed so early). I found CS so damn frustrating that I almost gave up on it several times. It was only after I finally killed someone, much, much later.. that I got hooked. That a frag for me was a real challenge and thus a real reward coupled with consequences for dying (having to wait out the end of the round) made the game truly rewarding to me.
4 days battery power at that depth is pretty damn cool, but with acrylic windows? Be afraid, be very afraid..
Maybe its just me, but my Mac OSX experience won't be complete until I have two things 1) OSX Native Matlab and 2) Counter-Strike. Purely my opinion..
...and what happens when they hand these NDAs to 16 and 17 year old freshmen? See Apple Story for context.
what i was trying to get at is that the journey is easier and better once you're healthy and in shape. Yes, it's hard to get to that point, but once you get to the point where you see some results, it's money. Give yourself three weeks. Start lifting and doing a little cardio. Trust me, I was a fat bastard once upon a time.
I think you'll find that excercising is a feedback loop toward your personality. Once you get to a point where you see improvement, there is a greater motivation to do more excerise and that drive reflects upon the rest of your life. Moral of the story: Get yourself a buddy and give it a shot. There are only positive effects (unless you cheat and use 'roids)
Having said that, I do believe for the most part that is what exists. I sure as hell couldn't write a better one. What worried me is that this editorial slant which i detected might grow larger to the point where the google i use and love is no longer and useful.
...and that would make Baby Jesus cry. =P
You don't have to be public to have shareholders. To start a company you generally search for venture capital. The VCs give you money in return for a share of the company. You are then accountable (beholden, imho) to the VCs as you would be to any other business partner.
Overall, Google is handled this in a poor, timid manner. First, one of Google's lawyers (seemingly by himself) decided there might be some liability to Google so they should de-list xenu. Only after xenu was de-listed and Rotten (among others) wrote a story about it, did Google reconsider. Google is a relatively small company and not looking to get involved in some ideological dispute over scientology or the DMCA. They are vulnerable to bigger entities in the legal arena. As a result, what they are doing is providing a means to copyright holders to complain about offending material. The means of complaint is basically a legally binding affadavit throwing the liability back at the complainer(?) to provent frivolous complaints.
Your idea is interesting, but storming Google with cameras in hand smacks somewhat of intimidation, something I'm sure Google is already feeling from CoS. Why squeeze them from both sides? They need our support and cooperation. Google is the "good guys" on the web today perhaps more than anyone (Sorry CowboyNeal)
What do you mean by sharing the same basic design? Pointy end up - Fiery end down?