No kidding. I mean, just because they did this to the Midwest when the took over Ameritech, why would we believe they'd do it to people in foreign lands? Color me surprised.
Cites AT&T network as iPhone's biggest downfall. Cites Consumer Reports survey which ranks AT&T network as last or second to last in 19 out of 20 major US cities.
Lord, do I ever believe it. When I was on Sprint I had no dropped calls... except when talking to Cingular/AT&T users. When I got married, I joined my wife's calling plan on Cingular, and calls started dropping like prom dresses. In fact, half the time I call Cingular to complain the call drops.
Actually, Apple sells solutions. For example, iPod + iTunes + iTunes Store is a solution. Each in and of itself is nice, but combine them, and they are great. YMMV, but you see what I mean, I think.
I know you were joking, but when I followed the IAU debate, there did seem to be a whiff of anti-Americanism about. I think the end result, with Pluto et al classified as non-planets, is the right one, but the definitions hav weaknesses, and some of the non-American astronomers' statements could easily be read with the accent of the French taunter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
It's priceless. The goon just drives it into the wall. He's not even nudged by someone else. My wife could've taken the corner better.
.......... Riiiiight. Tell ya what, Milhouse, next time that the IRL has a race near your mom's basement, sell some of those comic books and buy a ride in one of the two-seater cars. You have no idea what the speed and G-forces are until you get into one of those things. Heck, Rusty Wallace, who drove the taxi cabs of NASCAR for years, was stunned by the speed, acceleration, handling, and braking of the Indy cars.
It looked like Moreno got up in the grey area, and there are small particles of rubber, aka 'marbles', that sit there, having come off the tires. If you get into them, it's like trying to turn on a sheet of ball bearings... at 215 MPH.
few people outside of the US would have the slightest interest in Indianapolis 500.
Indeed? I live in Indy. I used to work for one arm of an international publishing company that has offices here. When we had people come to town on business, we made sure that we took them to the Speedway to visit the museum and take a bus trip around the track. Even if they weren't into racing, it was generally considered pretty cool and neat. (And it's funny, everyone loved Andy Granatelli's STP Turbine.) When the CEO came into town from Europe, she asked beforehand for a guide for the track. Trust me, people know the 500. When I was overseas and mentioned I was from Indiana, their talk turned to racing right away.
The speeds were reduced mostly for safety but also cost. The fastest lap turned at the 500 was in 1996 by Arie Luyendyk, at more than 239MPH. He said that he wasn't sure he was going to make it through turn 1, and hitting a concrete wall at 240 MPH is not safe, no matter how the car is made. That year, Scott Brayton, the pole sitter, was killed in a practice crash where the high speeds contributed to the severity of the impact. All the drivers and teams in the race agreed that the speeds were just too high and welcomed the slower speeds. (Think about that for a second.)
Since then, the league's emphasis has been on safety. (In fact, the first innovation at the track was in the first race, when Ray Herroun put a rearview mirror on the car since he didn't have a riding mechanic to look back.) They changed the specs, which resulted in reduced speeds, and started requiring more safety features in the chassis. Speeds have gone back up, since the engineers are clever and can figure out how to get more out of less as time goes on. (A couple years ago, someone figured out how to reshape the rear-view mirrors to allow for more downforce, to use but one example.) Tony George also spent his own money on the SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) barriers that are now common on tracks; they certainly saved Rolf Schumacher's life at the 2005 USGP. One of the benefits touted about the new ethanol engines is that they get better mileage, so they can reduced fuel load which makes for safer cars. And so on. It's still a dangerous sport, but having seen the wrecks that Davey Hamilton and Kenny Brack, I'm amazed that both of them not only survived but came back to race later.
I took the family to Pole Day qualifications, and there really isn't much difference you can see, sitting in the front row or high up, between 220MPH and 230MPH. I don't know if there will ever be a new track record at the 500, but I can live with that; the drivers are more likely to, as well.
Ugh, please. CART was doing a lot to ruin the infrastructure of open-wheel racing before 1992, and the split was after 1995. When guys with the credentials that Jeff Gordon, Steve Kisner, and Jack Hewitt had couldn't even get someone to talk to them, that indicates a serious problem.
Get your facts straight, for one thing. These are REAL race cars; they don't have fenders.
Second, the Indy 500 is unique in motor sports, like the Kentucky Derby is in horse racing. People who know nothing about the sport and who never give it a thought will sit down and watch the Indy 500. There is also a buzz about the 500 after the last few races, particularly after last year's finish. (You can see the finish at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l5-XKvL28E if you haven't seen it yet.) Another thing to consider is the target market. The Indy 500 is a very middle-America, middle-class event; NASCAR is for po' folk and F1 is for elite snobs. (I live in Indy; I've seen the crowds; and while there may be exceptions, this is by and large the rule.) These people are the ones who are middle managers and start small businesses. Really, it's not a bad strategy to reach a target market.
Yeah, but as much as I root against the Penske team, I would NEVER bet against Roger Penske's drivers at Indy. Did you see what Sam Hornish did to Marco Andretti last year? Granted, having an Andretti lose at Indy is a fine family tradition, but...
Oh, I submitted this a couple weeks ago, including how even a braindead news organization noticed Linux at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Apparently it wasn't newsworthy THEN.
Did you happen to miss the anti-trust trial, US Govt vs. Microsoft?
Oh, you mean the one where Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, having one of the most winnable atitrust cases in the last fifty years, f*cked the deck by shooting his yap off in court and to the press? The one where he acted so unprofessionally that he gave MS the upper hand in appeals and, by word and deed, made the best evidence against MS unusable in a court of law? Yeah, what about it?
The US' argument might have carried more weight if it hadn't been authored by Joe Biden.
Seriously, though, is this a surprise to anyone? If China will run over defenseless people with an armored personnel carrier, who would expect them to honor the property rights of people who are not from The Celestial Kingdom?
And if the US' only economic advantage over China is in entertainment, is it surprising that they'd go after this?
Let me get this straight. Michigan is a state with serious, serious problems. Their big city, Detroit, has surpassed Newark, DC, and New Orleans as the worst city in America that is big enough to have big-time pro sports. The politics is so corrupt that it surprises Chicago natives. Crime is rampant, companies are leaving or shutting down and none are stepping up to replace them, the state's economy is tied to a domestic industry that has been ruined by unions, and their politicians seem more interested in blaming everyone outside of the state than actually doing something. (Not that they are really that different from other politicians.) The result is a huge brain drain and those left behind aren't as serious about education. So, they solve this by giving iPods to students. I'll bet you three of them get chucked at Ron Artest the next time he plays the Pistons.
Most unexpected, considering that Lenovo is mostly owned by Chinese Communist Party regime-held corporations with their in-house Communist Party political officers and all, and the regime's environmental record since they converted from communism to the more lucrative fascism hasn't been anything short of catastrophic for the common Chinese people.
As an environmentally conscientious person I must give this particular corporation some credit for trying to do the right thing environment-wise, but I still wouldn't choose to allow my money to fund the militaristic policies of the Chinese state. Arrogant, expansionist and rich Chinese dictatorship is at the bottom of my personal wishlist.
You and I seem to have very different political views. (For example, I consider environmentalism to be a movement of urban rich kids, for the most part, and I grew up with a small town, quasi-rural blue collar background.) However, I agree with your cynicism about this report since Lenovo is run by a group who have no problem having armored personnel carriers run over their own citizens who are assembling peaceably. China does not have a good record in environmental responsibility in agriculture and large public works like dams. Why we would expect a leftist organization like Greenpeace to be honest with regards to the last large Communist institution on earth is beyond me.
Personally, I'd be happiest of they never changed the clocks.
I live in Indiana, and until recently we had no DST; by and large, people agreed with your opinion. (They probably still do.) We only went on DST because it was one excuse that businesses would list as a difficulty in expanding/moving to here. (Oddly, no one seems to worry about this with Hawaii and Arizona, but then Indiana doesn't have that "corporate junket" quality that those two states do.) The argument came down to this: the only way that DST makes sense is if everyone else is doing it, and unfortunately, that is the world in which we live.
When I worked at NASA a few years ago, I mentioned one day that in Indiana, we didn't observe Daylight Savings Time. I got incredulous looks and the standard question: Why on earth do you guys not do Daylight Savings Time? To which I replied: Why do you guys observe it in the first place? I got blank stares and replies of "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuh....." And this, mind you, was at NASA, where we dealt with issues about time observance and measurement as a matter of course.
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A six month old, frozen, abandoned mammoth? Where were the parents?
Actually, Apple sells solutions. For example, iPod + iTunes + iTunes Store is a solution. Each in and of itself is nice, but combine them, and they are great. YMMV, but you see what I mean, I think.
It looked like Moreno got up in the grey area, and there are small particles of rubber, aka 'marbles', that sit there, having come off the tires. If you get into them, it's like trying to turn on a sheet of ball bearings ... at 215 MPH.
Indeed? I live in Indy. I used to work for one arm of an international publishing company that has offices here. When we had people come to town on business, we made sure that we took them to the Speedway to visit the museum and take a bus trip around the track. Even if they weren't into racing, it was generally considered pretty cool and neat. (And it's funny, everyone loved Andy Granatelli's STP Turbine.) When the CEO came into town from Europe, she asked beforehand for a guide for the track. Trust me, people know the 500. When I was overseas and mentioned I was from Indiana, their talk turned to racing right away.
Yes, that would be a unique site for an F1 fan to see. Unless someone lets a teammate pass for a win.
Since then, the league's emphasis has been on safety. (In fact, the first innovation at the track was in the first race, when Ray Herroun put a rearview mirror on the car since he didn't have a riding mechanic to look back.) They changed the specs, which resulted in reduced speeds, and started requiring more safety features in the chassis. Speeds have gone back up, since the engineers are clever and can figure out how to get more out of less as time goes on. (A couple years ago, someone figured out how to reshape the rear-view mirrors to allow for more downforce, to use but one example.) Tony George also spent his own money on the SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) barriers that are now common on tracks; they certainly saved Rolf Schumacher's life at the 2005 USGP. One of the benefits touted about the new ethanol engines is that they get better mileage, so they can reduced fuel load which makes for safer cars. And so on. It's still a dangerous sport, but having seen the wrecks that Davey Hamilton and Kenny Brack, I'm amazed that both of them not only survived but came back to race later.
I took the family to Pole Day qualifications, and there really isn't much difference you can see, sitting in the front row or high up, between 220MPH and 230MPH. I don't know if there will ever be a new track record at the 500, but I can live with that; the drivers are more likely to, as well.
Ugh, please. CART was doing a lot to ruin the infrastructure of open-wheel racing before 1992, and the split was after 1995. When guys with the credentials that Jeff Gordon, Steve Kisner, and Jack Hewitt had couldn't even get someone to talk to them, that indicates a serious problem.
Second, the Indy 500 is unique in motor sports, like the Kentucky Derby is in horse racing. People who know nothing about the sport and who never give it a thought will sit down and watch the Indy 500. There is also a buzz about the 500 after the last few races, particularly after last year's finish. (You can see the finish at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l5-XKvL28E if you haven't seen it yet.) Another thing to consider is the target market. The Indy 500 is a very middle-America, middle-class event; NASCAR is for po' folk and F1 is for elite snobs. (I live in Indy; I've seen the crowds; and while there may be exceptions, this is by and large the rule.) These people are the ones who are middle managers and start small businesses. Really, it's not a bad strategy to reach a target market.
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Mayor Richard J. Daley
No, the joke is that a drummer was actually carrying soap.
You are coming to a sad realization. Accept or deny?
Oh, you mean the one where Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, having one of the most winnable atitrust cases in the last fifty years, f*cked the deck by shooting his yap off in court and to the press? The one where he acted so unprofessionally that he gave MS the upper hand in appeals and, by word and deed, made the best evidence against MS unusable in a court of law? Yeah, what about it?
Seriously, though, is this a surprise to anyone? If China will run over defenseless people with an armored personnel carrier, who would expect them to honor the property rights of people who are not from The Celestial Kingdom?
And if the US' only economic advantage over China is in entertainment, is it surprising that they'd go after this?
As an environmentally conscientious person I must give this particular corporation some credit for trying to do the right thing environment-wise, but I still wouldn't choose to allow my money to fund the militaristic policies of the Chinese state. Arrogant, expansionist and rich Chinese dictatorship is at the bottom of my personal wishlist.
You and I seem to have very different political views. (For example, I consider environmentalism to be a movement of urban rich kids, for the most part, and I grew up with a small town, quasi-rural blue collar background.) However, I agree with your cynicism about this report since Lenovo is run by a group who have no problem having armored personnel carriers run over their own citizens who are assembling peaceably. China does not have a good record in environmental responsibility in agriculture and large public works like dams. Why we would expect a leftist organization like Greenpeace to be honest with regards to the last large Communist institution on earth is beyond me.
I live in Indiana, and until recently we had no DST; by and large, people agreed with your opinion. (They probably still do.) We only went on DST because it was one excuse that businesses would list as a difficulty in expanding/moving to here. (Oddly, no one seems to worry about this with Hawaii and Arizona, but then Indiana doesn't have that "corporate junket" quality that those two states do.) The argument came down to this: the only way that DST makes sense is if everyone else is doing it, and unfortunately, that is the world in which we live.
When I worked at NASA a few years ago, I mentioned one day that in Indiana, we didn't observe Daylight Savings Time. I got incredulous looks and the standard question: Why on earth do you guys not do Daylight Savings Time? To which I replied: Why do you guys observe it in the first place? I got blank stares and replies of "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuh....." And this, mind you, was at NASA, where we dealt with issues about time observance and measurement as a matter of course.
Right-ho ....... Mmmm, delicious!