I have no trouble with OMG, lol or LMAO because they were around when I was in college and I use them myself. TTFN appears in Winnie the Pooh which is over a hundred years old. Who the hell says "ta ta" anymore?
So if these are legitimate, why not the others? It also bears mentioning that before printing (and even after printing) many words had several variant spellings in common usage, so I don't see what's wrong with 'every1' and 'nos.' Hey, at least she went to the trouble to add the silent and completely superfluous 'e' to the middle of 'every.'
CYA and l8r are examples of rebus writing. The Mayans and Japanese did it for thousands of years. Why can't we?
If you go back to 6th century Japanese especially, the way they abused the Chinese writing system was just insane. My favorite example is the use of the number 16 to mean a wild boar. 4 is pronounced 'shi,' so shishi (boar) == 4*4 == 16.
I thought the meaning of the double slit test was to prove that the single electron actually passed through both slits, and in essence interfered with itself. But in this case we're dealing with two different electrons fired at different times, so it's not quite the same.
Even so, if the electrons create the interference pattern, that means they must have collided... in time? So the second electron reached the point of collision before it was actually fired. Does that mean that every electron travels every possible path in space AND in time? So whenever it is possible for an electron to be fired, it does, and interferes with all other electrons fired at all other times?
If you're opposed to the Patriot Act and our military adventures in Iraq, then both candidates suck. If you are opposed to corporate control, corruption or globalism then there is NO CHOICE.
The "other side" tends to be people like me - informed scientists who recognize that the surface temperature of the planet, and the patterns of those temperatures, have naturally fluxuated since the beginning of time, long before human involvement.
Mass extinctions have happened since the beginning of time as well. There have also been civilizations that overfarmed or otherwise befouled their natural environment and managed to effectively wipe themselves out.
I also notice that Ice ages, magnetic pole reversals, and the rising and falling of the oceans are also natural processes.
What does it matter if the temperatures fluxuate naturally or not? More CO2 == warmer planet == flooding. Why accelerate the process if you don't have to?
If an election does not go youre way there has to be massive cheating, if it goes your way then you obviously cheated.
Oh man, you're right.
I recall thinking after the 2000 election that some serious damage had been done to the nations credibility, but it never occurred to me that things would get this bad...
That's not the point. The point is they wouldn't care about websites critical of the US, and would tell the FBI to get stuffed if they demanded their hard drives.
If I want to set up an anti-China site, I can do so in the US without fear of the FBI.
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I have no trouble with OMG, lol or LMAO because they were around when I was in college and I use them myself. TTFN appears in Winnie the Pooh which is over a hundred years old. Who the hell says "ta ta" anymore?
So if these are legitimate, why not the others?
It also bears mentioning that before printing (and even after printing) many words had several variant spellings in common usage, so I don't see what's wrong with 'every1' and 'nos.' Hey, at least she went to the trouble to add the silent and completely superfluous 'e' to the middle of 'every.'
CYA and l8r are examples of rebus writing. The Mayans and Japanese did it for thousands of years. Why can't we?
If you go back to 6th century Japanese especially, the way they abused the Chinese writing system was just insane. My favorite example is the use of the number 16 to mean a wild boar.
4 is pronounced 'shi,' so shishi (boar) == 4*4 == 16.
It should be noted that most of those abbreviations derive from usenet.
RTFA is a derivative of the much older RTFM
Also, you forgot OP, for "Original Poster"
I thought the meaning of the double slit test was to prove that the single electron actually passed through both slits, and in essence interfered with itself.
But in this case we're dealing with two different electrons fired at different times, so it's not quite the same.
Even so, if the electrons create the interference pattern, that means they must have collided... in time? So the second electron reached the point of collision before it was actually fired.
Does that mean that every electron travels every possible path in space AND in time? So whenever it is possible for an electron to be fired, it does, and interferes with all other electrons fired at all other times?
My head hurts. Damn you, Science.
Clearly this is some form of global self-immolation.
Just $20, but I really want to be a part of this.
If you're opposed to the Patriot Act and our military adventures in Iraq, then both candidates suck.
If you are opposed to corporate control, corruption or globalism then there is NO CHOICE.
http://www.btbbt.com
China's bittorrent community is nothing short of massive.
I'm coming to the conclusion that peaceful protesting is completely ineffective.
The police can do things like this, the media doesn't have to report it, and in the end it has zero political impact.
We need to do more Gandhi style protesting where we go out and wilfully break the law and get arrested.
Segways stopped being cool when I saw the flaky brother riding one in Arrested Development.
Legal or illegal, right or wrong, just or unjust, distributing music on plastic platters is technologically obsolete.
The day of the large recording company is over.
Perhaps the day of the Rock Star is also over.
Let's accept this fact and move on. You can't stand in the way of progress.
The "other side" tends to be people like me - informed scientists who recognize that the surface temperature of the planet, and the patterns of those temperatures, have naturally fluxuated since the beginning of time, long before human involvement.
Mass extinctions have happened since the beginning of time as well. There have also been civilizations that overfarmed or otherwise befouled their natural environment and managed to effectively wipe themselves out.
I also notice that Ice ages, magnetic pole reversals, and the rising and falling of the oceans are also natural processes.
What does it matter if the temperatures fluxuate naturally or not?
More CO2 == warmer planet == flooding. Why accelerate the process if you don't have to?
I'm pretty sure it's been proven that Nader took just as many votes away from Bush as he did from Gore.
Nader isn't the extreme left wing of the Democratic party. He's a populist.
I consider myself conservative, and I voted for him in 2000.
If an election does not go youre way there has to be massive cheating, if it goes your way then you obviously cheated.
Oh man, you're right.
I recall thinking after the 2000 election that some serious damage had been done to the nations credibility, but it never occurred to me that things would get this bad...
I heard this yesterday and then rewatched the debate.
When Bush begins speaking he spends more time not talking than talking, like he's repeating dictation. Not like a normal person at all.
Good thing the ground rules say Kerry can't come near him or speak to him directly.
In 2000 Nader had a ticket to attend the debates but was turned away anyway.
Didn't something similar happed to an anonymous remailer service in Finland about a decade or so ago?
IIRC, the Finnish government told the FBI to stick it.
Personally, I like the Bill of Rights just fine, thank you.
As originally drafted, or as it stands now?
That's not the point. The point is they wouldn't care about websites critical of the US, and would tell the FBI to get stuffed if they demanded their hard drives.
If I want to set up an anti-China site, I can do so in the US without fear of the FBI.
Believe it or not, UK soil is subject to UK law, not American law.
Airstrip One is Part of Oceania, comrade.
I'm setting up my domain on diy.myrice.com, which is in China.
I'm hoping that being located in an unfriendly country will make it difficult or impossible for the FBI to mess with me.
(It's also far cheaper than hosting in the US)
Anyone know any differently? Which countries will cooperate with the feds and which wont?
OBL was our guy in Afghanistan when they were figting against the Soviets. REMEMBER?
My how quickly things get tossed down the memory hole...
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH OSAMA BIN LADEN!
In case y'all didn't know, Allawi is also a longtime CIA and Mossad "asset".
So is Osama Bin Laden.
China is a fileswapper's utopia!
Fine, I'll do all my file swapping on Chinese and Russian servers. They have more stuff anyway.