We are attached to the Eve theory because we can bear children with any different human race on the planet. Separate evolutions would have lead to speciation. And speciation precludes baby makin'.
I work in a store where we have people using the internet. I don't care that they use the internet. I don't care what they are surfing for as long as they do their jobs. But I WISH they would all use Firefox instead of IE.
"If this were an illness, Congress and the United States would be calling for an all-out war on this illness, because it would be critical for the American people."
Here we go... The War on Identity Theft!
I am really sure this WILL be as effective as the war on drugs.
Lets see:
1) First we will lose our right to any form of privacy at all. ( for our safety of course )
2) The subdermal chips are coming!
3) The usual arguments about "the number of the beast."
4) Wacky holdouts living in the woods in Montana and Idaho and parts of eastern Washington who refuse to get on the grid.
5) The return of the barter system for these holdouts.
6) Microsoft leading the way for tracking all the identities.
I guess I am a liberal because I really am a closet libertarian. I have been to places in the world where freedom FROM government is held more sacred than anything else. Generally the new conservative movement is opposite of that. Lots of issues, I believe, the government should stay out of. Womans right to choose, medical marijauna, gay marriage, state sponsered religion. I was suprised at the recent imminent domain ruling.
I do believe also that government should protect and benefit people and not corporations.
I get told sometimes that this is what the Republican Party stands for: Personal liberty etc...
I just don't happen to see it. Maybe it did in the Barry Goldwater days but not today.
Also, I am not happy with the doctrine of preventive war.
Imagine preventive murder... "Based on the fact the kid comes from a broken family were the father was an achoholic. There is a 57% chance the kid will murder someone in the next twenty years. So we will put him into a mental institution in another country without review for an indefinite period of time."
Great idea right? Not in America. Freedom is far more important than safety. Really it is...
"most importantly it's been shown that Bush would have ultimately won any Florida recount anyway!"
Bush's first gutless act was going to the feds to settle a state issue. What happened to states rights? Strict Constructionist he says...
Medical Marijuana, Assisted Suicide.
If he was so sure he was going to win the recount he should have let it be.
Same for Gore too... He should have asked ALL counties to recount. Not just the democratic ones.
Yes I am a liberal. So what? If everybody in America walked in lock step with Bush this truly would be a scary place. There are two parties for a reason.
Slashdot Mirror
Can we switch it if we desire?
I think gmail uses postini. Probably can't get better than that.
"In a very random move eBay has filed a lawsuit against Craigslist to 'protect its investment and shareholders'.
Lawsuits are random?
My kid is 9. So it isn't entirely 12 year olds.
As long as they don't start enriching urainium they should be okay.
We are attached to the Eve theory because we can bear children with any different human race on the planet. Separate evolutions would have lead to speciation. And speciation precludes baby makin'.
--ken
If conciensness creates reality as Amit Goswami said,
When I die we ALL are dead.
--ken
This is an idea so simple I completly missed it.
I work in a store where we have people using the internet. I don't care that they use the internet. I don't care what they are surfing for as long as they do their jobs. But I WISH they would all use Firefox instead of IE.
This just might do it...
Thanks..
--ken
Good one!
My first thought also...
Frederich Pohl kicks ass...
--ken
"Realistically, losing another shuttle would, AT BEST, put us out of the manned spaceflight game for 15-20 years."
Sadly, this would actually SAVE lives...
--ken
God does vote!
So does Satan.... Normally the votes negate each other.
However last year they both voted for Bush...
--ken
Can the impossible be done and have this machines produce a paper trail now?
Thank the gods of real democracy this guy is gone.
I still want him indicted though...
--ken
Pretty right on....
Why do you live here?
resident: Why would you live ANYWHERE else?
Have you ever been anywhere else?
resident: Uh.... no.
--ken
I am in Lahaina now...
What needs doing?
--ken
"It is the closest most will ever get to 'seeing' a top quark."
Better than topping a seedy quark...
Is Midget Porn deviant?
Yes?
What if you are a Midget?
Can a midget watch "large people" porn?
I am scared of deviant midgets I guess...
Imagine a beowolf cluster of these!
--ken
Another bar... so much for the neighborhood.
--ken
"If this were an illness, Congress and the United States would be calling for an all-out war on this illness, because it would be critical for the American people."
Here we go... The War on Identity Theft!
I am really sure this WILL be as effective as the war on drugs.
Lets see:
1) First we will lose our right to any form of privacy at all. ( for our safety of course )
2) The subdermal chips are coming!
3) The usual arguments about "the number of the beast."
4) Wacky holdouts living in the woods in Montana and Idaho and parts of eastern Washington who refuse to get on the grid.
5) The return of the barter system for these holdouts.
6) Microsoft leading the way for tracking all the identities.
I can't wait!
--ken
Why, thanks! *grin*
I guess I am a liberal because I really am a closet libertarian. I have been to places in the world where freedom FROM government is held more sacred than anything else. Generally the new conservative movement is opposite of that. Lots of issues, I believe, the government should stay out of. Womans right to choose, medical marijauna, gay marriage, state sponsered religion. I was suprised at the recent imminent domain ruling.
I do believe also that government should protect and benefit people and not corporations.
I get told sometimes that this is what the Republican Party stands for: Personal liberty etc...
I just don't happen to see it. Maybe it did in the Barry Goldwater days but not today.
Also, I am not happy with the doctrine of preventive war.
Imagine preventive murder... "Based on the fact the kid comes from a broken family were the father was an achoholic. There is a 57% chance the kid will murder someone in the next twenty years. So we will put him into a mental institution in another country without review for an indefinite period of time."
Great idea right? Not in America. Freedom is far more important than safety. Really it is...
--ken
"most importantly it's been shown that Bush would have ultimately won any Florida recount anyway!"
Bush's first gutless act was going to the feds to settle a state issue. What happened to states rights? Strict Constructionist he says...
Medical Marijuana,
Assisted Suicide.
If he was so sure he was going to win the recount he should have let it be.
Same for Gore too... He should have asked ALL counties to recount. Not just the democratic ones.
Yes I am a liberal. So what? If everybody in America walked in lock step with Bush this truly would be a scary place. There are two parties for a reason.
Debate, etc...
--ken
So far no one here seems to care too much about this. The supreme court makes decisions that truly affect our lives..
If the vote in florida had been allowed to finish most probably hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's would still be alive as well as 1700+ americans.
It may not be news for nerds but it IS stuff that maters.
--ken
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
-Frank Zappa
Direct X Google Earth "no worky" with my VMware Windows XP Pro either. But I did not expect it too, either.
--ken
I have just gone through a time warp and it is April Fools Day, right?
What year is it?