from the article: "Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a mainly man-made gas...It also plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry, because it leads to the production of ozone in the troposphere"
Wait...I thought mankind was destroying the ozone layer, but man-made chemicals play an important role in ozone creation?
Obviously there's probably some sort of something or other going on here.
I'm not sure, but I think that FCC logo shows that your device will _accept_ interference without major catastrophe...not necessarily that it won't generate interference.
I'm pretty sure my vacuum and my TV both have those stickers, but if I try vacuuming with the TV on the screen goes a little wonky. So the vacuum is interfering with the TV, but at least the TV doesn't burst into flames.
Ads were "an annoyance you have to deal with in a free society," lawyer Anthony J. Dain is quoted as saying."
Ick. That's the problem right there. Ads are an annoyance you have to deal with if you want something free. I really can't complain too much about ads on TV because that's where they get their money to put the shows on. Just living in a free society, however, should not automatically require you to provide an audience to advertisers.
Why should I jump through hoops to get biased and/or badly researched summaries of what somebody deems is "newsworthy" when I can go to any number of places and get biased and/or badly researched summaries of what somebody deems is "newsworthy" for free?
I guess I'm pretty cynical, but it's all crap anyway. Who says that the NYT (for example) spin on a news story is of higher quality than some other news site?
Any subject that interests you should be researched on multiple sites anyway, in my opinion.
IMHO, The fact that these are marketed and skewed towards a younger audience is mainly because, as a culture, the US isn't ready to accept animated ANYTHING as a serious medium for carying adult themes.
Maybe...but I think a more likely reason is that if you make a show that the whole family can watch, then you're getting money for the whole family.
As a parent, I'm willing to fork over the $6 a head for the whole family to go have some fun together. If it was something I thought was inappropriate for the kids, well, then they're only getting money for my wife and I.
Family fare has always been a safe business model.
It would seem that the real goal is to show how many people are stupid enough to still click on attachments when they have no idea what the f**k they are.
What kills me is that with every single email "virus" that goes around (what is it, like once a month?) the news always says something like "and experts say to just delete the email and don't click on the attachment". So time and time again the general public is told "DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT", and yet obviously thousands and thousands of people are still doing it!!
If the "Han shoots first" rumor turns out to be true, then I might just fork over the cash for those. That scene alone has kept me from buying the "special edition" versions.
Personally, find it annoying to hear it so much. I watch the Lord of the Rings and think of all the hard work that was put into it, and then I hear the same canned scream that was in virtually all of the Star Wars movies (and a bijillion others). It just makes me think "cheap". Using the same old sound as everyone else. I don't care if it's paying "homage" to some mythical voice actor or not, it simply reminds the audience that your movie isn't that different from all of the others after all.
Another glaring example of this is the police dispatcher sound played when you click on a police station in Sim City. Seriously, you hear that everywhere. Worst example: X2 - when the police show up to the kid's house. Listen...it's there.
Sorry about the rant...for some reason that Wilhelm scream just really gets my goat.
Well, as a Mormon I would have to say that either he really believes what he's saying or he's not living his religion.
Being "honest in your dealings with your fellow man" is a requirement. It seems to me that he is being extremely DIS-honest, and should be called on it. He may claim he's "devout", but he claims a lot of things that are of dubious accuracy.
But in answer to your question, I don't think anybody really cares what his religion is because you can't judge the whole group by the actions of one person.
A few bad Priests don't make all Catholics child molesters. A few bad extremists don't make all Muslims terrorists, and a compulsive liar and swindler don't make all Mormons bad. He's not representative of us at all. Anyone trying to make a connection there just has an ax to grind.
A: Yes. Any telemarketers calling U.S. consumers are covered, regardless of where they are calling from. If a company within the U.S. solicits sales through an overseas professional telemarketer, that U.S. company is liable for any violations by the telemarketer. The FTC can initiate enforcement actions against such companies.
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from the article:
"Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a mainly man-made gas...It also plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry, because it leads to the production of ozone in the troposphere"
Wait...I thought mankind was destroying the ozone layer, but man-made chemicals play an important role in ozone creation?
Obviously there's probably some sort of something or other going on here.
You know, I got a good two-thirds of the way down the page and you were the first one to spell "pedal" correctly.
For such a large group of know-it-alls, you'd think one of them would have a dictionary.
...until you get a bad case of carpal nasal syndrome.
I'm not sure, but I think that FCC logo shows that your device will _accept_ interference without major catastrophe...not necessarily that it won't generate interference.
I'm pretty sure my vacuum and my TV both have those stickers, but if I try vacuuming with the TV on the screen goes a little wonky. So the vacuum is interfering with the TV, but at least the TV doesn't burst into flames.
Then again, I could be completely wrong.
Skinner:
Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa:
But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner:
No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa:
But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner:
Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa:
But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner:
No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Ick. That's the problem right there. Ads are an annoyance you have to deal with if you want something free. I really can't complain too much about ads on TV because that's where they get their money to put the shows on. Just living in a free society, however, should not automatically require you to provide an audience to advertisers.
Why should I jump through hoops to get biased and/or badly researched summaries of what somebody deems is "newsworthy" when I can go to any number of places and get biased and/or badly researched summaries of what somebody deems is "newsworthy" for free?
I guess I'm pretty cynical, but it's all crap anyway. Who says that the NYT (for example) spin on a news story is of higher quality than some other news site?
Any subject that interests you should be researched on multiple sites anyway, in my opinion.
For the record I did mine in Firefox on FreeBSD.
Worked like a charm.
Maybe...but I think a more likely reason is that if you make a show that the whole family can watch, then you're getting money for the whole family.
As a parent, I'm willing to fork over the $6 a head for the whole family to go have some fun together. If it was something I thought was inappropriate for the kids, well, then they're only getting money for my wife and I.
Family fare has always been a safe business model.
All politics aside, I've gotta say that's one of the best acronyms for a law that I've seen in a long time...it actually makes sense.
Also, we're going to be hearing that sound like 3 seconds at a time. Another poster put a link to a sight with videos and audio and I took a listen.
Sure, maybe the sound is disturbing, but with the train passing at 250mph, the sound was maybe 2 seconds long start to finish.
Leaf blowers emit an extremely harrassing sound (in my opinion), but after a few minutes you don't even notice it.
Yeah, how could he miss something so obviously obvious? :)
The Finman?
What kills me is that with every single email "virus" that goes around (what is it, like once a month?) the news always says something like "and experts say to just delete the email and don't click on the attachment". So time and time again the general public is told "DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT", and yet obviously thousands and thousands of people are still doing it!!
It boggles the mind.
If the "Han shoots first" rumor turns out to be true, then I might just fork over the cash for those. That scene alone has kept me from buying the "special edition" versions.
Personally, find it annoying to hear it so much. I watch the Lord of the Rings and think of all the hard work that was put into it, and then I hear the same canned scream that was in virtually all of the Star Wars movies (and a bijillion others). It just makes me think "cheap". Using the same old sound as everyone else. I don't care if it's paying "homage" to some mythical voice actor or not, it simply reminds the audience that your movie isn't that different from all of the others after all.
Another glaring example of this is the police dispatcher sound played when you click on a police station in Sim City. Seriously, you hear that everywhere. Worst example: X2 - when the police show up to the kid's house. Listen...it's there.
Sorry about the rant...for some reason that Wilhelm scream just really gets my goat.
or both.
So they're absolutely sure it's not a meteor, but only vaguely sure it's a contrail.
Sounds to me like just another person who needs to feel cool by trying to make others look bad.
1: "Cool, check out this picture of a meteor"
2: "That's no meteor, you idiot."
1: "Oh...what is it?"
2: "Uh...I dunno...Concorde? Whatever it is, it's definately not a meteor. Stupidhead NASA."
Heck, even Unreal Tournament made your character look like he was chatting into the radio while you were typing a message.
Well, as a Mormon I would have to say that either he really believes what he's saying or he's not living his religion.
Being "honest in your dealings with your fellow man" is a requirement. It seems to me that he is being extremely DIS-honest, and should be called on it. He may claim he's "devout", but he claims a lot of things that are of dubious accuracy.
But in answer to your question, I don't think anybody really cares what his religion is because you can't judge the whole group by the actions of one person.
A few bad Priests don't make all Catholics child molesters. A few bad extremists don't make all Muslims terrorists, and a compulsive liar and swindler don't make all Mormons bad. He's not representative of us at all. Anyone trying to make a connection there just has an ax to grind.
What does Utah have to do with anything? Bulletproof is in California and Navitaire is in Minnesota (according to their website).
I don't see how Utah comes into play here. Unless they think that since SCO can get away with frivolous suits in Utah, then everybody can.
going for the "adult" crowd, eh?
Like what?
John Logie Baird was merely one of a handful of people who claimed to invent the television.
Swann was hardly the first to work on the electric light bulb
mumble something mumble research mumble
In the end, does it really matter? Your native country hardly determines your ability to invent something.
Q: Are telemarketing calls from overseas covered?
A: Yes. Any telemarketers calling U.S. consumers are covered, regardless of where they are calling from. If a company within the U.S. solicits sales through an overseas professional telemarketer, that U.S. company is liable for any violations by the telemarketer. The FTC can initiate enforcement actions against such companies.
The company is liable anyway.