Snowden called in to Jimmy Fallon's show last night from his hotel room. Today's version was what Putin requested from the intelligence services with proper court oversight. Kind of like those interviews Weird Al used to do, but with proper court oversight.
The second amendment is clearly intended to grant every US person the right to bear arms.
Even the founding fathers themselves became dangerous. Jefferson thought conquering Canada would be a matter of marching North. The Canadian militia showed us differently.
So now this should be a great thread. Slashdotters will comment on an article about writing without rules, wondering about whether this creates a generation of illiterates, without actually reading the article.
If a literate person chooses not to read, or an illiterate person cannot read, will the decrease in paper demanded raise a generation of enough trees in forests that can fall without making sounds?
Are people the only animals that consume peanut butter? Can't this be converted to biodiesel or something? I understand the concern for human illness, but aren't there other options?
Slashvertisement: You didn't see the blatant plug of "The Dark Knight Rises" along with the subtle subliminal record-setting use of the word DVD?
A better question is "who invented those caps in the laundry detergent?" The whole purpose is to prevent spillage with that strange shape and surface tension etc. But due to the impracticality of building a single-piece bottle with that shape, manufacturers just add the cap to the original bottle with some kind of adhesive. Since that adhesive appears to wear out from contact with detergent, the detergent leaks out from that seam whenever you have to tip it that far. I.e. the detergent leaks from the very same spot it always did before the cap was invented. This always bugged me why manufacturers even bothered doing that.
My beef with Pielke's conclusions are that they are the same as regular climate "scientists"; namely that a transfer of wealth will somehow save the world. Whether it's carbon credits, or simply giving our money away to have less wealth to lose, global warming proponents simply can't come up with conclusions that allow the status quo to remain in place. When there are some conclusions that point out the advantages of oil spills, recommend increasing the number of wars waged to secure oil resources, show the economic benefits of more subsidies for oil exploration, and demonstrate without a doubt that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is nothing more than a make-work program for lazy polar bears who haven't contributed anything of value to humanity since coming into existence 130000 years ago, then I'd be open to supporting more research in this area. Until then, I'll have to take solace in my yachts and record profits since people won't thank how I single-handedly saved all the whales from extinction; whales with the intelligence to spend very little time considering how much methane they produce when they use the bathroom. And once the environmentalists finally succeed in stemming the rising oceans, the whales are welcome to swim in my giant pool of money, while they wait for humanity to figure out how to prevent the oceans from getting too small.
--Big Oil
PS Just don't take my money. The whales will have no place to swim. PPS If I had more money, the whales could swim in my pool of money, and I could just float the oil on the defunct oceans and save a lot of hassle. Plus all those advantages of oil spills to boot. Where's that research at?
The first game of the season the Denver Broncos beat the Ravens in a rematch of the playoff matchup that eliminated the Broncos from the post-season last year. It was the kind of record-setting (7 TDs) moral victory that set the tone for the entire Broncos' season.
Random thing: The Superbowl Champs traditionally open the season at HOME. The only reason the Ravens were at Denver was a scheduling conflict with the Baltimore Orioles. The Ravens ended up missing the playoffs. If they had 1 more victory this season, they would have been in the playoffs.
I don't like Putin's government philosophy. I don't agree with his intrusion into Ukranian matters. I don't agree with his silencing of dissidents in his own country or his stance on homosexuals. I don't think he gave Snowden a reprieve out of altruism.
BUT, he prevented the war from escalating in Syria, and he did give Snowden a reprieve. If he threw Snowden out of his country to the US, we wouldn't know any of this. Normally I think the Peace Prize is given too often to world leaders, but I think Putin should get it this year.
What's the point of this? Didn't the FTC fine Google for this kind of activity? I completely understand the usefulness of this information, but I disagree with the collection methods. I think there is some kind of standard for having routers send geolocation information to a central repo, and I think the owners of said routers should be encouraged to do so, but I definitely do not understand the point of the Mozilla organization doing this.
The article? I thought it was obvious from the summary, but the solution: separating our forehead from the rest of our skull with woodpecker cartilage, did not seem like a real option. Maybe these were the prosthetic foreheads everyone was talking about in that They Might Be Giants song?
The problem I have with Yahoo news is that the headlines are misleading. You get excited for a story, but it's junk. CNN is becoming that way. Google News is better as of today. But I guess no one pays for good content, so this is the best we can do.
Also, note that Gardasil, the vaccine which prevents HPV, is being legislated ostensibly to prevent cervical cancer.
So yes, there are contagious causes of cancer, but there are other non-contagious causes as well. And the trouble is that once it occurs, it is difficult to selectively remove those particular cells when they look mostly like any other cell.
But I think we all know that a car analogy is needed to explain the healthcare.gov mis steps. Namely, the Democrats drove the law through all obstacles, but then after the elections, they ran out of gas. The Democrats wanted to buy more gas, but the Republicans said the engine is broken and should be replaced. The Democrats asked what engine to buy, but the Republicans had no idea except not from Solyndra. While they were arguing about it, Obama said that the midnight train of 2014 was approaching. The Democrats asked the Republicans to help push the car because it at least helps some people get healthy, but the Republicans said it would be faster if they spilled oil on the road and got rid of taxes on oil. Then the wheels came off the healthcare.gov website.
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Snowden called in to Jimmy Fallon's show last night from his hotel room. Today's version was what Putin requested from the intelligence services with proper court oversight. Kind of like those interviews Weird Al used to do, but with proper court oversight.
CD Jewel Cases are an abomination.
They don't work, they break easily, they're made of plastic, and they aren't recyclable.
Indeed, your poem is true.
The second amendment is clearly intended to grant every US person the right to bear arms.
Even the founding fathers themselves became dangerous. Jefferson thought conquering Canada would be a matter of marching North. The Canadian militia showed us differently.
So now this should be a great thread. Slashdotters will comment on an article about writing without rules, wondering about whether this creates a generation of illiterates, without actually reading the article.
If a literate person chooses not to read, or an illiterate person cannot read, will the decrease in paper demanded raise a generation of enough trees in forests that can fall without making sounds?
And whatever slashdot user decided to browse a webpage without NoScript must be new here.
Are people the only animals that consume peanut butter? Can't this be converted to biodiesel or something? I understand the concern for human illness, but aren't there other options?
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You didn't see the blatant plug of "The Dark Knight Rises" along with the subtle subliminal record-setting use of the word DVD?
A better question is "who invented those caps in the laundry detergent?" The whole purpose is to prevent spillage with that strange shape and surface tension etc. But due to the impracticality of building a single-piece bottle with that shape, manufacturers just add the cap to the original bottle with some kind of adhesive. Since that adhesive appears to wear out from contact with detergent, the detergent leaks out from that seam whenever you have to tip it that far. I.e. the detergent leaks from the very same spot it always did before the cap was invented. This always bugged me why manufacturers even bothered doing that.
My beef with Pielke's conclusions are that they are the same as regular climate "scientists"; namely that a transfer of wealth will somehow save the world. Whether it's carbon credits, or simply giving our money away to have less wealth to lose, global warming proponents simply can't come up with conclusions that allow the status quo to remain in place. When there are some conclusions that point out the advantages of oil spills, recommend increasing the number of wars waged to secure oil resources, show the economic benefits of more subsidies for oil exploration, and demonstrate without a doubt that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is nothing more than a make-work program for lazy polar bears who haven't contributed anything of value to humanity since coming into existence 130000 years ago, then I'd be open to supporting more research in this area. Until then, I'll have to take solace in my yachts and record profits since people won't thank how I single-handedly saved all the whales from extinction; whales with the intelligence to spend very little time considering how much methane they produce when they use the bathroom. And once the environmentalists finally succeed in stemming the rising oceans, the whales are welcome to swim in my giant pool of money, while they wait for humanity to figure out how to prevent the oceans from getting too small.
--Big Oil
PS Just don't take my money. The whales will have no place to swim.
PPS If I had more money, the whales could swim in my pool of money, and I could just float the oil on the defunct oceans and save a lot of hassle. Plus all those advantages of oil spills to boot. Where's that research at?
How is this different than leasing a very tiny apartment somewhere?
The first game of the season the Denver Broncos beat the Ravens in a rematch of the playoff matchup that eliminated the Broncos from the post-season last year. It was the kind of record-setting (7 TDs) moral victory that set the tone for the entire Broncos' season.
Random thing: The Superbowl Champs traditionally open the season at HOME. The only reason the Ravens were at Denver was a scheduling conflict with the Baltimore Orioles. The Ravens ended up missing the playoffs. If they had 1 more victory this season, they would have been in the playoffs.
I don't like Putin's government philosophy. I don't agree with his intrusion into Ukranian matters. I don't agree with his silencing of dissidents in his own country or his stance on homosexuals. I don't think he gave Snowden a reprieve out of altruism.
BUT, he prevented the war from escalating in Syria, and he did give Snowden a reprieve. If he threw Snowden out of his country to the US, we wouldn't know any of this. Normally I think the Peace Prize is given too often to world leaders, but I think Putin should get it this year.
Darrell Issa may be a fraudster, but if one fraudster takes down a fraudster in a more dangerous position, so be it.
Of course, I'll probably eat my words when Darrell Issa is the DNI next Republican administration :(.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Breaking search indexes one obfuscated jrofvgr ng n gvzr.
What's the point of this? Didn't the FTC fine Google for this kind of activity? I completely understand the usefulness of this information, but I disagree with the collection methods. I think there is some kind of standard for having routers send geolocation information to a central repo, and I think the owners of said routers should be encouraged to do so, but I definitely do not understand the point of the Mozilla organization doing this.
Gives new meaning to the word burn notice.
The only people who deserve no taxes in Ireland are those multinationals with accountants who drink a double Irish coffee with their Dutch sandwich.
It's genius time!
The article? I thought it was obvious from the summary, but the solution: separating our forehead from the rest of our skull with woodpecker cartilage, did not seem like a real option. Maybe these were the prosthetic foreheads everyone was talking about in that They Might Be Giants song?
The problem I have with Yahoo news is that the headlines are misleading. You get excited for a story, but it's junk. CNN is becoming that way. Google News is better as of today. But I guess no one pays for good content, so this is the best we can do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease
Cancer is contagious right there.
Also, note that Gardasil, the vaccine which prevents HPV, is being legislated ostensibly to prevent cervical cancer.
So yes, there are contagious causes of cancer, but there are other non-contagious causes as well. And the trouble is that once it occurs, it is difficult to selectively remove those particular cells when they look mostly like any other cell.
It's the only way to be sure.
Kudos to Mikko Hypponen for telling it like it is. Kudos to his company for making tools which help keep our computers safer.
But I think we all know that a car analogy is needed to explain the healthcare.gov mis steps. Namely, the Democrats drove the law through all obstacles, but then after the elections, they ran out of gas. The Democrats wanted to buy more gas, but the Republicans said the engine is broken and should be replaced. The Democrats asked what engine to buy, but the Republicans had no idea except not from Solyndra. While they were arguing about it, Obama said that the midnight train of 2014 was approaching. The Democrats asked the Republicans to help push the car because it at least helps some people get healthy, but the Republicans said it would be faster if they spilled oil on the road and got rid of taxes on oil. Then the wheels came off the healthcare.gov website.
"A deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something."