The difference is that all previous winners are all science fiction (hard or soft). Harry Potter isn't either hard or soft science fiction. That is why we have this controversy.
You are not wrong. I think that the Harry Potter books are an entertaining series and they should receive awards, but they are definitely NOT science fiction. If popularity is the sole judgement for earning the Hugo, then why hasn't John Grisham recieved one?
I bet the credit card companies are already drooling over this. You pay money for the card, and after you lose it, fork over more money just to replace it.
I was lucky enough that my high school chemistry teacher was an immigrant from Cypress where he taught chemistry at a college. He knew about chemistry and it was one of the only science classes that I acutally learned stuff in.
I live a little south of you, in Golden, CO. AT&T is offering cable modem service out here, and I am going to take advantage of it as soon as I move in 2 weeks.
Zippy is still around. Everyone at work thinks I am strange for laughing at it until I explain what is funny about it. (Then they still don't usally get it.)
How about doing something that is not currently illegal, but possibly could be in the future? I know that the U.S. Constitution prevents ex post facto laws, but that doesn't stop Congress from passing them.
Why do companies need to know what I am sharing with my friends anyways?
If your viewpoint is the case, then where does anarchy fit into the political spectrum? I admit that I over simplified my explanation, but the main point that I was trying to show is that if total government is on the left and total government was on the right, where would no government be? It obviously is not in the center...
Liberalism is socialism. Conservatism is fascism. Vote Libertarian.
socialism = total government, fascism = total government, liberal = left wing, and conservative = right wing.
Does this mean that the entire spectrum of government is toltarian? If so, where does anarchy fit in?
More accurately, left wing = toltarian government (communism, fascism, monarchy, olgiarchy, socialism) and right wing = anarchy. This leaves different degrees of government between the two extremes.
F.I.D.E stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs. It is the international governing body over chess. Individual countries like the U.S. Chess Federation. Each governing body has its own rating system. For example, the USCF's rating system .
THANK YOU!!!!!! My younger brother molested a young girl about 5 years ago when he was 13. He just got out of a group home and successfully completed therapy. He is now on probation for the rest of his life. How many other crimes require probation that long?
Just in case anyone thinks that I approve of his behavior, I don't. However I do not believe that he needs to spend the rest of his life with that stigma. After all, other serious crimes, like murder, bank robbery, rape, etc. don't have probation-for-life.
According to you, if part is wrong, then all is wrong? If so, if a textbook that talks about ununoctium, it has to all be wrong? Now don't get me wrong, some of the bible is false. Most of these mistakes are from translation to other languages, but some of it was diliberate revisions (by the Catholic church among others) to stay in control.
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He was using sarcasm! Apparently that is too complex for your little brain to understand.
At least in Colorado, (I don't know about the rest of the U.S.), the amount is usually printed right after the subtotal. Some places actually say what percentage the sales tax is.
Just because you are nice, doesn't mean that you are going to be stepped on. I work in a call center, and if the person who calls me and is nice, I will be nice back and help them out. (even bending the rules if I need to) On the other hand, if the person has an attitude problem, I will make sure that all the rules are followed to the letter and if they don't have everything, they have to call back.
Too bad we could never get someone elected into office who truly believed that people should be able to be free from the mind-numbing chains of religion.
Where did you get the idea that religion is mind numbing?
The ancestors of our founding fathers came from countries that either forbade a certain religion or disciminated against it. They did not want this country to do the same either. A perfect example showing what they did not want, is China. If you practice a religion that they are against, you will go to jail, a "re-education camp", or worse.
If we followed the 1st ammendment the way it is written, the teachers/leaders of the school could not force you to pray in school or belong to a specific religious sect.
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The difference is that all previous winners are all science fiction (hard or soft). Harry Potter isn't either hard or soft science fiction. That is why we have this controversy.
You are not wrong. I think that the Harry Potter books are an entertaining series and they should receive awards, but they are definitely NOT science fiction. If popularity is the sole judgement for earning the Hugo, then why hasn't John Grisham recieved one?
Hey! I resent that remark. I'm going to boycott Battlebots. Oh wait, I don't even watch the show...
I bet the credit card companies are already drooling over this. You pay money for the card, and after you lose it, fork over more money just to replace it.
I think that the credit card companies are already drooling over this, you give them money, lose the card, then fork over money to replace the card.
I was lucky enough that my high school chemistry teacher was an immigrant from Cypress where he taught chemistry at a college. He knew about chemistry and it was one of the only science classes that I acutally learned stuff in.
I live a little south of you, in Golden, CO. AT&T is offering cable modem service out here, and I am going to take advantage of it as soon as I move in 2 weeks.
Zippy is still around. Everyone at work thinks I am strange for laughing at it until I explain what is funny about it. (Then they still don't usally get it.)
How about doing something that is not currently illegal, but possibly could be in the future? I know that the U.S. Constitution prevents ex post facto laws, but that doesn't stop Congress from passing them. Why do companies need to know what I am sharing with my friends anyways?
If your viewpoint is the case, then where does anarchy fit into the political spectrum? I admit that I over simplified my explanation, but the main point that I was trying to show is that if total government is on the left and total government was on the right, where would no government be? It obviously is not in the center...
Liberalism is socialism. Conservatism is fascism. Vote Libertarian.
socialism = total government, fascism = total government, liberal = left wing, and conservative = right wing.
Does this mean that the entire spectrum of government is toltarian? If so, where does anarchy fit in?
More accurately, left wing = toltarian government (communism, fascism, monarchy, olgiarchy, socialism) and right wing = anarchy. This leaves different degrees of government between the two extremes.
Then why hasn't a computer been able to beat humans consistenly?
Until a computer is able to consistently beat oppenents in tournaments, it will not be better than humans.
No one else ever played Deeper Blue. Immediately after the chess match, they took the computer apart and refused to let anyone else play it.
A large number of serious chess players don't like variants too much.
F.I.D.E stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs. It is the international governing body over chess. Individual countries like the U.S. Chess Federation. Each governing body has its own rating system. For example, the USCF's rating system .
Kasparov still has a higher rating than Kramnik. Until someone can beat Kasparov consistenly, he will still be the strongest.
THANK YOU!!!!!! My younger brother molested a young girl about 5 years ago when he was 13. He just got out of a group home and successfully completed therapy. He is now on probation for the rest of his life. How many other crimes require probation that long?
Just in case anyone thinks that I approve of his behavior, I don't. However I do not believe that he needs to spend the rest of his life with that stigma. After all, other serious crimes, like murder, bank robbery, rape, etc. don't have probation-for-life.
According to you, if part is wrong, then all is wrong? If so, if a textbook that talks about ununoctium, it has to all be wrong? Now don't get me wrong, some of the bible is false. Most of these mistakes are from translation to other languages, but some of it was diliberate revisions (by the Catholic church among others) to stay in control.
He was using sarcasm! Apparently that is too complex for your little brain to understand.
Of course, back in the '50s we didn't have a divorce rate of over 50% or such a high rate of teen pregnancy, etc.
At least in Colorado, (I don't know about the rest of the U.S.), the amount is usually printed right after the subtotal. Some places actually say what percentage the sales tax is.
Just because you are nice, doesn't mean that you are going to be stepped on. I work in a call center, and if the person who calls me and is nice, I will be nice back and help them out. (even bending the rules if I need to) On the other hand, if the person has an attitude problem, I will make sure that all the rules are followed to the letter and if they don't have everything, they have to call back.
Too bad we could never get someone elected into office who truly believed that people should be able to be free from the mind-numbing chains of religion. Where did you get the idea that religion is mind numbing?
The ancestors of our founding fathers came from countries that either forbade a certain religion or disciminated against it. They did not want this country to do the same either. A perfect example showing what they did not want, is China. If you practice a religion that they are against, you will go to jail, a "re-education camp", or worse. If we followed the 1st ammendment the way it is written, the teachers/leaders of the school could not force you to pray in school or belong to a specific religious sect.
What about the quote: An armed society is a polite society?