"Really, I don't see how you can be called "elite" when you're constantly out of power."
It's not whether or not you are in power; it's the assumption of moral and intellectual superiority that makes a person self-select as an elite.
If we look at previous postings on this thread, we see:
1. Republican voters are ignorant of the issues. That is not necessarily so; they may be very aware of issues that move them to vote.
2. Republican voters are duped. Rather, there can be a conscious agreement with the issues of the Republican Party.
3. The Republican candidate is an idiot. Well, his organization has beaten two intellectual Democrats twice in a row. In political terms, Bush is as idiotic as a hedgehog. (The fox knows many things; the hedgehog, but one.)
If you are moving to Canada, be aware that the Liberals may not remain in power in the next election. The current Martin government is a minority government, and nearly fell when the Conservatives and the Bloc Quebecois moved together to force a change in policy, as announced in the Speech from the Throne. If the BQ and the CA get together and form an alliance, they could force early elections. Western Canada, with the exception of BC, are "red provinces."
In some counties, such as mine in Prince George's County, Maryland, IDs were required to establish residence. This was a choice of the county board of elections.
If I hadn't been hearing Kerry's words being used by Radio Habana Cuba's "Voice of Vietnam" program in the early 1970s, I would say the Swift Boat Vets were wrong. But Kerry was one of the people RHC and Radio Moscow (not to mention the Voice of Vietnam) frequently quoted.
Vietnam was a civil conflict in the United States, too. The losers still remember, and this year that was enough to extract revenge. Bill Clinton dodging the draft was tolerable. Many did. Protesting the war was his right. But Bill Clinton did not use rhetoric that still cuts hearts like a knife, knowing it was exaggerated and false.
There is a reason why violating the Ninth Commandment has always been seen to be as bad as murder or adultery. Words are harder to stop than guns or knives.
"comparing presidential elections to baseball games....sad we even had to bother"
Apparently the Curse of the Bambino didn't die. Like any bad horror film, it transformed itself and moved into a new host body: the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
On the other hand, Monday Night Football might have saved some lives September 11, 2001. One of the New York teams was playing September 10th, and I suspect a few groggy stockbrokers and office workers got into the office late.
We'll find out November 2. We hope. My own guess is Bush 275, Kerry 265, with each getting 49% of the popular vote.
There are many capable, intelligent people who go into politics because they feel they can contribute to society that way. Unfortunately, they become incumbents, and start focusing on the process of goverment more than the goals.
Neither Bush nor Kerry are dumb people. Both made regrettable mistakes in the 1970s that they must live with.
Regrettably, the blueprints, as well as the tools and dies, of the Saturn series have been lost. We could probably build a Saturn-like rocket to serve the ISS, but wouldn't an upgraded Titan do as well?
However, it doesn't mean complete functionality is ever returned. My mother suffered a stroke; though her entire left side was paralyzed, she recovered-but is still unable to walk unassisted.
To answer your question parenthetically, Admiral Daniel Gallery, commander of the task force that captured U-505, said that they took the sub on a large truck, carefully manuvering the truck and using drawbridges.
What was a television doing with a 121.5 mHz transmitter? I can't think of a reason for that unless it was an intermixing product, and if that's the case, Toshiba's got a BIG problem on its hands. That frequency is reserved for EPIRBs on boats and ELTs on land.
The 121.5 receivers are piggybacked on two American and two Russian weather sats which are in sun-synchrous polar orbits. It takes at least two passes for a signal to be registered and its approximate location found. The minmium time is about 90 minutes; the maximum 6 hours.
Now, accidental signals are very common. Sometimes a pilot lets down hard and the ELT goes off, or sometimes a boat at anchor's EPIRB does too. When I was with the Civil Air Patrol, we used to get constant 121.5 signals from a marina on the way to our base airport. However, the Air Force Rescue Control Center at Langley must treat each signal as real, and they notify either the Coast Guard (if at sea) or the Civil Air Patrol (if on land).
True, but who says computer programming is dying? The article, as I understood it, implies that software tools are going to take over the routine coding, but someone has to direct software tool to tell it what the inputs and outputs should be, leaving the processing to the tool.
However, human imagination and human interrelation skills will not be obsoleted. Remember, even a machine that could replace humans would require characteristics that would be, in essence, humanity.
If this interferes with the Coast Guard, Air Force, and Navy HF networks -- especially the stations that carry the Emergency Action Messages -- then we have a serious problem.
Perhaps on the next mission they will try a variant on the Mars rovers--airbags. However, with very fragile cargo, it might actually cause MORE breakage as the capsule hits, bounces, hits, bounces...
Anyway, another chapter in the more useless brand of non-action-oriented sci-fi. Does anyone know what happened to the next generation of Clarkes and Asimovs?
Killed off by Star Trek/Star Wars, fantasy, and the decline of the midlist by publishers. They may be there, but who will buy their stories?
Being in Maryland, when my Canadian friends from Ontario come down, we can hear a "aboot" and "oot" in their accents. Our accent probably has more of a twang. And those of us born in the capital of the United States say "Worshington" rather faintly.
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"Really, I don't see how you can be called "elite" when you're constantly out of power."
It's not whether or not you are in power; it's the assumption of moral and intellectual superiority that makes a person self-select as an elite.
If we look at previous postings on this thread, we see:
1. Republican voters are ignorant of the issues. That is not necessarily so; they may be very aware of issues that move them to vote.
2. Republican voters are duped. Rather, there can be a conscious agreement with the issues of the Republican Party.
3. The Republican candidate is an idiot. Well, his organization has beaten two intellectual Democrats twice in a row. In political terms, Bush is as idiotic as a hedgehog. (The fox knows many things; the hedgehog, but one.)
If you are moving to Canada, be aware that the Liberals may not remain in power in the next election. The current Martin government is a minority government, and nearly fell when the Conservatives and the Bloc Quebecois moved together to force a change in policy, as announced in the Speech from the Throne. If the BQ and the CA get together and form an alliance, they could force early elections. Western Canada, with the exception of BC, are "red provinces."
Well, pissing off France and Canada is a good start!
In some counties, such as mine in Prince George's County, Maryland, IDs were required to establish residence. This was a choice of the county board of elections.
If I hadn't been hearing Kerry's words being used by Radio Habana Cuba's "Voice of Vietnam" program in the early 1970s, I would say the Swift Boat Vets were wrong. But Kerry was one of the people RHC and Radio Moscow (not to mention the Voice of Vietnam) frequently quoted.
Vietnam was a civil conflict in the United States, too. The losers still remember, and this year that was enough to extract revenge. Bill Clinton dodging the draft was tolerable. Many did. Protesting the war was his right. But Bill Clinton did not use rhetoric that still cuts hearts like a knife, knowing it was exaggerated and false.
There is a reason why violating the Ninth Commandment has always been seen to be as bad as murder or adultery. Words are harder to stop than guns or knives.
I think it referred to the last time Illinois voted; only 17% of the provisional ballots were accepted.
"comparing presidential elections to baseball games....sad we even had to bother"
Apparently the Curse of the Bambino didn't die. Like any bad horror film, it transformed itself and moved into a new host body: the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
On the other hand, Monday Night Football might have saved some lives September 11, 2001. One of the New York teams was playing September 10th, and I suspect a few groggy stockbrokers and office workers got into the office late.
We'll find out November 2. We hope. My own guess is Bush 275, Kerry 265, with each getting 49% of the popular vote.
There are many capable, intelligent people who go into politics because they feel they can contribute to society that way. Unfortunately, they become incumbents, and start focusing on the process of goverment more than the goals.
Neither Bush nor Kerry are dumb people. Both made regrettable mistakes in the 1970s that they must live with.
Do you mean long-range rockets such as the polar sattelite India launched in 2003?
Regrettably, the blueprints, as well as the tools and dies, of the Saturn series have been lost. We could probably build a Saturn-like rocket to serve the ISS, but wouldn't an upgraded Titan do as well?
However, it doesn't mean complete functionality is ever returned. My mother suffered a stroke; though her entire left side was paralyzed, she recovered-but is still unable to walk unassisted.
GMT + 3, too. Let's get that right.
To answer your question parenthetically, Admiral Daniel Gallery, commander of the task force that captured U-505, said that they took the sub on a large truck, carefully manuvering the truck and using drawbridges.
What was a television doing with a 121.5 mHz transmitter? I can't think of a reason for that unless it was an intermixing product, and if that's the case, Toshiba's got a BIG problem on its hands. That frequency is reserved for EPIRBs on boats and ELTs on land.
The 121.5 receivers are piggybacked on two American and two Russian weather sats which are in sun-synchrous polar orbits. It takes at least two passes for a signal to be registered and its approximate location found. The minmium time is about 90 minutes; the maximum 6 hours.
Now, accidental signals are very common. Sometimes a pilot lets down hard and the ELT goes off, or sometimes a boat at anchor's EPIRB does too. When I was with the Civil Air Patrol, we used to get constant 121.5 signals from a marina on the way to our base airport. However, the Air Force Rescue Control Center at Langley must treat each signal as real, and they notify either the Coast Guard (if at sea) or the Civil Air Patrol (if on land).
True, but who says computer programming is dying? The article, as I understood it, implies that software tools are going to take over the routine coding, but someone has to direct software tool to tell it what the inputs and outputs should be, leaving the processing to the tool.
However, human imagination and human interrelation skills will not be obsoleted. Remember, even a machine that could replace humans would require characteristics that would be, in essence, humanity.
If this interferes with the Coast Guard, Air Force, and Navy HF networks -- especially the stations that carry the Emergency Action Messages -- then we have a serious problem.
Can you say "Fail-Safe", anyone?
Gredo warns Han, "Be careful! I'm a graduate of the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship School!"
Alan Shepherd was a monkey?
The $50 million, IIRC, is reserved for American teams.
Perhaps on the next mission they will try a variant on the Mars rovers--airbags. However, with very fragile cargo, it might actually cause MORE breakage as the capsule hits, bounces, hits, bounces...
"Then run a Level Three diagnostic on it."
Killed off by Star Trek/Star Wars, fantasy, and the decline of the midlist by publishers. They may be there, but who will buy their stories?
True, but on the other hand, Lex Luther's company is investing billions of dollars in Kryptonite-powered laptop computers and cell phones.
Being in Maryland, when my Canadian friends from Ontario come down, we can hear a "aboot" and "oot" in their accents. Our accent probably has more of a twang. And those of us born in the capital of the United States say "Worshington" rather faintly.
Speaking of classic literature...
unbellyfeel is one word, doubleplusungood, nearcrimethink!