Several high yield nuclear warheads launched to detonate simultaneously at a uniform high altitude, spread equally around the globe an equal distance around the globe to vaporize all the space junk in the upper atmosphere. No more space junk. What could possibly go wrong?
I hate to say this, but even then, generally astronauts were not viewed as heroes in the mid 80's. The Challenger flight was special though, as there was going to be a school teacher in space for the first time, broadcasting to classrooms live. It was an exciting time. That made the tragedy that much worse. I can understand wanting to have been alive at the time, but I feel the same way about my own circumstances. I was born after all of the Apollo landings. Then I think (at least for Apollo 11) the astronauts were truly considered heroes. Going from the moon to just a shuttle is a big let down in what astronauts do, as well.
Fascism, pronounced/fæzm/, is a political ideology that seeks to combine radical and authoritarian nationalism with a corporatist economic system, and which is usually considered to be on the far right of the traditional left-right political spectrum.
To speak: This ruling allows corporations unlimited spending, which tends toward corparatism. The fact that the Executive Branch's power has grown after 9/11, and has not retracted under Obama, along with the "you are with us or against us" patriotic thuggery from the far right, has the US tending toward (though not there yet, thankfully) authoritarian nationalism. Finally, the conservative judges made this possible, along with the far right being the harbinger of the nationalism, and we are well on our way.
In the example section they give, they are dividing up the "bigdecimal" in decimal, rather than binary components. The number of decimal digits depends on the word size. For example, an 8 bit word has 0-255 as possible storage, but in decimal, you could store 0-99, but not 0-999. So you would store the number 102,345 as 10, 23, and 45 in 3 separate words if you had an 8 bit word. They claim that this is more efficient than binary for rendering back to decimal, though I can't see how this is more efficient than straight binary storage.
As much as I hate the idea that the Federal Government is in the interest of helping the RIAA, it seems that "intellectual property" is just about the only thing left that our country exports. I can understand thinking that it should be a national economic priority if you think in those terms. That doesn't address the reality of the "value" of said property, or its constitutional justification, however.
The whole idea is flawed. The reason that Communism fails on a large scale is that given enough people, someone will be selfish enough to game the system for his own advantage, and refuse to play nice. To avoid this, careful group membership selection, or harsh enforcement are required.
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter." (Revelation 8:10, 11 - KJB).
A constant percentage increase each year IS exponential growth. Say we have 5% every year, then the growth for a given year n, is defined by G(n) = g0 * (1.05)^n, where g0 is the initial value at year 0. This is an exponential function of n.
Michael Crichton wrote a novel in 2006 called "Next" which addresses this issue, the sloppiness of laws regarding genes, genetics and patents, it is kind of on the mark with this topic. In that novel, a man's genes are patented by a company who is conducting a trial, and the company steals his child, claiming "intellectual property". Kind of precient, and scary stuff.
I have a 60 GB PS3, hardware compatible PS2 mode, but I don't use it very often, partially because it runs hot, but partially because I am doing other things. When did this update come out, and if I try to update now, will they have fixed the problem?
I don't know about you guys...
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Sounds like 'uneducation' to me. The problem with learning at your own pace is that not all students are naturally curious, and even those who are are most likely not naturally curious about every subject that needs to be taught in the world. Learning should be fun whenever possible, but not all things are pleasant, and children need to learn that some things require work and discipline. Outside of research labs, very few individuals in life are able to do or think about just what they want to do.
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what happens if you write/contribute to open source?
Several high yield nuclear warheads launched to detonate simultaneously at a uniform high altitude, spread equally around the globe an equal distance around the globe to vaporize all the space junk in the upper atmosphere. No more space junk. What could possibly go wrong?
Are you sure? They passed the DMCA, without much fanfare.
Did I fall asleep?
I hate to say this, but even then, generally astronauts were not viewed as heroes in the mid 80's. The Challenger flight was special though, as there was going to be a school teacher in space for the first time, broadcasting to classrooms live. It was an exciting time. That made the tragedy that much worse. I can understand wanting to have been alive at the time, but I feel the same way about my own circumstances. I was born after all of the Apollo landings. Then I think (at least for Apollo 11) the astronauts were truly considered heroes. Going from the moon to just a shuttle is a big let down in what astronauts do, as well.
I was going for a "You're not my friend, guy". "You're not my buddy, friend". "You're not my guy, buddy." South Park thread, but oh well.
You're not my friend, guy.
From wikipedia
Fascism, pronounced /fæzm/, is a political ideology that seeks to combine radical and authoritarian nationalism with a corporatist economic system, and which is usually considered to be on the far right of the traditional left-right political spectrum.
To speak: This ruling allows corporations unlimited spending, which tends toward corparatism. The fact that the Executive Branch's power has grown after 9/11, and has not retracted under Obama, along with the "you are with us or against us" patriotic thuggery from the far right, has the US tending toward (though not there yet, thankfully) authoritarian nationalism. Finally, the conservative judges made this possible, along with the far right being the harbinger of the nationalism, and we are well on our way.
How about the original Star Wars vector graphics arcade game (Death Star run?) I always enjoyed that one.
Twilight Zone got a re-reboot in 2003. It only lasted one season.
Settle down Beavis. Take your meds or something.
Careful. Do you really want to contribute to the creation of the Psi Corps?
In the example section they give, they are dividing up the "bigdecimal" in decimal, rather than binary components. The number of decimal digits depends on the word size. For example, an 8 bit word has 0-255 as possible storage, but in decimal, you could store 0-99, but not 0-999. So you would store the number 102,345 as 10, 23, and 45 in 3 separate words if you had an 8 bit word. They claim that this is more efficient than binary for rendering back to decimal, though I can't see how this is more efficient than straight binary storage.
I don't understand why you are impressed. Looking down on other people comes easily to most of us.
As much as I hate the idea that the Federal Government is in the interest of helping the RIAA, it seems that "intellectual property" is just about the only thing left that our country exports. I can understand thinking that it should be a national economic priority if you think in those terms. That doesn't address the reality of the "value" of said property, or its constitutional justification, however.
The whole idea is flawed. The reason that Communism fails on a large scale is that given enough people, someone will be selfish enough to game the system for his own advantage, and refuse to play nice. To avoid this, careful group membership selection, or harsh enforcement are required.
We're #2! We're #2! We're #2!
Is this close enough?
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter." (Revelation 8:10, 11 - KJB).
A constant percentage increase each year IS exponential growth. Say we have 5% every year, then the growth for a given year n, is defined by G(n) = g0 * (1.05)^n, where g0 is the initial value at year 0. This is an exponential function of n.
Michael Crichton wrote a novel in 2006 called "Next" which addresses this issue, the sloppiness of laws regarding genes, genetics and patents, it is kind of on the mark with this topic. In that novel, a man's genes are patented by a company who is conducting a trial, and the company steals his child, claiming "intellectual property". Kind of precient, and scary stuff.
I have a 60 GB PS3, hardware compatible PS2 mode, but I don't use it very often, partially because it runs hot, but partially because I am doing other things. When did this update come out, and if I try to update now, will they have fixed the problem?
but I want a bunch of screaming Klingons at mine.
Ancient Egyptians didn't make nuclear weapons, silly. They made stargates.
Sounds like 'uneducation' to me. The problem with learning at your own pace is that not all students are naturally curious, and even those who are are most likely not naturally curious about every subject that needs to be taught in the world. Learning should be fun whenever possible, but not all things are pleasant, and children need to learn that some things require work and discipline. Outside of research labs, very few individuals in life are able to do or think about just what they want to do.
This just means that malware writers understand that Internet Explorer has more vulnerabilities to exploit, so they don't use it themselves.