Not the army itself but its web of Afghani informants just very well may be which is why the Taliban want the cell towers shut off so they can disrupt this form of communication. A cell phone is a lot easier to explain away when being questioned by the Taliban than a short wave radio or a sattelite phone.
From the article:
The reason for the threat is the Taliban's belief that American soldiers and rebels within Afghanistan are using mobile phones to track down remaining Taliban members. "Since the occupying forces stationed in Afghanistan usually at night use mobile phones for espionage to track down the mujahideen, the Islamic Emirate gave a three-day ultimatum to all mobile phone firms to switch off their phones from five in the afternoon until seven in the morning," Taliban spokesperson Qari Mohammad Yousuf told Reuters, ironically via mobile phone (and presumably during daylight). They're trying to disrupt the Americans' use of cell phones as a communication network for gathering information. i.e. informants all over the country phone in the whereabouts of Taliban baddies.
Hmm. I didn't realize that Harvard did away with Early Admission. If my memory serves me right, there is something called Early Action which isn't binding like Early Admission is. I was admitted to my college under Early Admission mostly because 1) I didn't want to fill out more than one college application and 2) I was quite certain I wanted to go that particular school at that particular time in my life. (It wasn't Harvard.)
I thought Kubrick shot in full frame and then matted it before release into the theaters -- essentially the full frame release of his films had more info than the letterboxed versions.
the human brain is amazing reconstructing visual information
Ain't that the truth. Remember back in the early 90's when monitors went from 'basketball shaped glass' to flat glass? The initial few hours were weird until your brain adjusted to the flat glass.
Not the same thing as the parent, but I needed to say this.
You're on Slashdot. Capitalism and Microsoft are evil; Apple can do no wrong; you should throw out your TV; and George Bush is the root of all evil. Stop trying to make sense here.
25% on Capital gains is not outrageous (I'm more for a 5% tax or, better yet, no tax on capital gains) and probably will lower revenues collected from capital gains, however Edwards wants to raise the rates to around 35% or 38% which is coming close to usury and revenues will be sure to drop as people won't realize their gains as often.
I am not thin nor am I fat like a killer-whale. I eat like crap and am 25 pounds above where I want to be. That said, I still exercise. I run marathons (two this year and will do 3 next year). To your point above, after long runs (18+ miles) I will feel feverish for 1-2 days afterwards. My coach tells me this has a lot to do with the body repairing itself after subjecting it to running 18+ miles. I believe him.
Calories are calories. You lose weight when to burn more than you consume. However, a balanced diet is very important too. If your resting metabolic rate is 1000 calories (for the simple math, OK?) and you consume 1000 calories a day, you will neither gain nor lose weight (in principle). However, if all 1000 calories are from eating sugar packets, then there will be long-term problems. Same for 1000 calories of butter or 1000 calories of TVP. Non-soluble fibre is also a good thing to consume once in a while. It is recommended that men in the 30-50 year old range consume 40 grams of non-soluble fibre a day. (that's 2 bowls of FibreOne, by the way)
WeightWatchers works by starving you and forcing you to consume a lot less than you consume.
I don't know much about Atkins or South Beach, but let's assume they're based on total calories. In Atkins your 1000 calories will be 990 from fat and protein and 10 from carbs. I've tried to go a day without any carbs and I feel like I am going insane.
To clarify... No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
The US relies on Submarine based nukes much, much more than the former Soviet Union ever did. Even if every nuke within the US were rendered useless, the boomers on patrol carry enough tonnage to really, really put a world of hurt on someone. Don't forget that carrier battle groups also have nukes on board.
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Not the army itself but its web of Afghani informants just very well may be which is why the Taliban want the cell towers shut off so they can disrupt this form of communication. A cell phone is a lot easier to explain away when being questioned by the Taliban than a short wave radio or a sattelite phone.
--mike
I have. I was hoping someone would follow up with Cartman's response. I just don't know how to type it.
But is it in OGG format?
(tell GF to burn it to cd and rip it back. it'll be fine.)
Wrong AGAIN! Wookies don't live on Endor.
--Mike
Hmm. I didn't realize that Harvard did away with Early Admission. If my memory serves me right, there is something called Early Action which isn't binding like Early Admission is. I was admitted to my college under Early Admission mostly because 1) I didn't want to fill out more than one college application and 2) I was quite certain I wanted to go that particular school at that particular time in my life. (It wasn't Harvard.)
--Mike
If this were an Apple story, would it be "Different Vulnerable"?
Just a q.
--mike
I thought it was poetry. Where's that coffee...
I thought Kubrick shot in full frame and then matted it before release into the theaters -- essentially the full frame release of his films had more info than the letterboxed versions.
the human brain is amazing reconstructing visual information
Ain't that the truth. Remember back in the early 90's when monitors went from 'basketball shaped glass' to flat glass? The initial few hours were weird until your brain adjusted to the flat glass.
Not the same thing as the parent, but I needed to say this.
-Mike
Gmack:
You're on Slashdot. Capitalism and Microsoft are evil; Apple can do no wrong; you should throw out your TV; and George Bush is the root of all evil. Stop trying to make sense here.
(Thanks for making sense here.)
--Mike
+1 FUNNAY
Thanks for the laugh.
--Mike
Is it really off topic? Thanks for your reply.
--Mike
I like reading the Editorials in the Wall Street Journal. Too bad they don't have funnies. :(
The Boston Globe Editorial page sucks, but they have a nice collection of funnies: Dilbert and Fox Trot come to mind.
http://sentenceofdave.blogspot.com/
25% on Capital gains is not outrageous (I'm more for a 5% tax or, better yet, no tax on capital gains) and probably will lower revenues collected from capital gains, however Edwards wants to raise the rates to around 35% or 38% which is coming close to usury and revenues will be sure to drop as people won't realize their gains as often.
--mike
Are you in the USA? I tend to think that that policy is against their Terms of Service...
I am not thin nor am I fat like a killer-whale. I eat like crap and am 25 pounds above where I want to be. That said, I still exercise. I run marathons (two this year and will do 3 next year). To your point above, after long runs (18+ miles) I will feel feverish for 1-2 days afterwards. My coach tells me this has a lot to do with the body repairing itself after subjecting it to running 18+ miles. I believe him.
Calories are calories. You lose weight when to burn more than you consume. However, a balanced diet is very important too. If your resting metabolic rate is 1000 calories (for the simple math, OK?) and you consume 1000 calories a day, you will neither gain nor lose weight (in principle). However, if all 1000 calories are from eating sugar packets, then there will be long-term problems. Same for 1000 calories of butter or 1000 calories of TVP. Non-soluble fibre is also a good thing to consume once in a while. It is recommended that men in the 30-50 year old range consume 40 grams of non-soluble fibre a day. (that's 2 bowls of FibreOne, by the way)
WeightWatchers works by starving you and forcing you to consume a lot less than you consume.
I don't know much about Atkins or South Beach, but let's assume they're based on total calories. In Atkins your 1000 calories will be 990 from fat and protein and 10 from carbs. I've tried to go a day without any carbs and I feel like I am going insane.
YMMV.
--Mike
Hey noodlehead, ever hear of boot camp? It allows you to run windows as the os on your intel based mac. Ignorance is bliss, neh?
What, you expect me to READ the article? I just read the comments, they're usually much more entertaining.
...from a few days ago is a better lithmus test for this act, don't you think?
To clarify...
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
The US relies on Submarine based nukes much, much more than the former Soviet Union ever did. Even if every nuke within the US were rendered useless, the boomers on patrol carry enough tonnage to really, really put a world of hurt on someone. Don't forget that carrier battle groups also have nukes on board.
--Mike
The Doors rarely, if ever, let their music be used in commercials.
Link to an article from 10/2006 about it.
In order for it to be the ultimate geek tool it must run Linux. Shame on you.
Nah, just having fun...
GWU? I always thought MIT was #1.