we gave up sovereignty to the US for a handful of silver
Wait, soon you'll find out that the handful if silver is actually tin... like everyone else who signs a "Free Trade" agreement with the US does. That country has a reputation of holding others to the terms of the agreement while doing whatever the heck they want, including ignoring their own treaties.
But isn't it technically free speech to defame someone?
First if it is something written it's libel, not defamation. Secondly, you're only allowed to do it if what you claim is actually true. If you're just making stuff up about someone then you're probably going to have to cough up.
By no one's definition of the term could creatures who place a truckload of high explosives into a crowded marketplace and blow hundreds of people to meat chunks be considered human.
Congratulations. Dehumanization is the first important step down the path to genocide. The jews in Nazi Germany weren't "human" either. Carry on.
So when are you thinking of converting? Your first method is impossible unless you propose genocide - because the more "islamic terrorists" you kill the more "islamic terrorists" you create.
the original Viking landers were about as smart as a grasshopper.
With all due respect to Dr. Sagan, but I disagree. Grasshoppers can find their own food and mates. They can recognize danger, and know how to respond to get to safety. The viking landers (and most "AI" nowadays) is STILL far dumber than even the most primitive insects. We still have a LONG way to go.
Of course it costs more! It has to be radiation hardened! *groan*
Not to mention the Inertialess Tethering Point and Coupling (ie a hole drilled in the handle and a bit of string, to tie it to the suit) and the Point Acceleration Minimization Device (velcro on the handle). Those technological leaps alone are worth at least $25k.
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we gave up sovereignty to the US for a handful of silver
Wait, soon you'll find out that the handful if silver is actually tin... like everyone else who signs a "Free Trade" agreement with the US does. That country has a reputation of holding others to the terms of the agreement while doing whatever the heck they want, including ignoring their own treaties.
You can't really predate something that claims to be the truth from the beginning of the world.
That's why the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the One and Only Supreme being...
2-Muslim gave up all the traits that made them great in that time.
Tolerance of other cultures being an important one.
Has anyone actually used one of these services for a real inquiry?
YES
That will be $15.95 please.
But isn't it technically free speech to defame someone?
First if it is something written it's libel, not defamation. Secondly, you're only allowed to do it if what you claim is actually true. If you're just making stuff up about someone then you're probably going to have to cough up.
As if the $2000 per gallon of ink wasn't enough, now we'll have $300 sheets of paper...
By no one's definition of the term could creatures who place a truckload of high explosives into a crowded marketplace and blow hundreds of people to meat chunks be considered human.
Congratulations. Dehumanization is the first important step down the path to genocide. The jews in Nazi Germany weren't "human" either. Carry on.
Oh great, another Ronald PorkPie story on slashdot...
Only TWO ways to win the war on terror
So when are you thinking of converting? Your first method is impossible unless you propose genocide - because the more "islamic terrorists" you kill the more "islamic terrorists" you create.
9-11, the Cole, and various embassy bombings are acts of war.
Against WHO, God damn it? You don't even know who your enemy is. Stop trying to pretend you're fighting a "war"!
How do you teach an intolerant person tolerance?
With a bullet. But then what does that make you?
the original Viking landers were about as smart as a grasshopper.
With all due respect to Dr. Sagan, but I disagree. Grasshoppers can find their own food and mates. They can recognize danger, and know how to respond to get to safety. The viking landers (and most "AI" nowadays) is STILL far dumber than even the most primitive insects. We still have a LONG way to go.
It's an issue of NASA not hiring enough game developers. :)
What, so that they can get it wrong and have to put out a 450MB patch 1 week after release so that the program barely works the way it should?
Is this really helping humanity??
Tell me, are YOU making a significant contribution to humanity? Please stop breathing, and save the oxygen for useful people.
a network connection among different civilizations all over the galaxy.
Great. I can't wait until some aliens from Andromeda turn up on our doorstep 100,000,000 years from now demanding their c14Li5 and v1Agr4...
Anything can happen in 20 minutes
Continental drift can't happen in 20 minutes...
Local assemblies? Is that the same as "Soviets"?
Soviet, Municipality... a rose by any other name is still a rose. Does it really matter what you call it? Or are you so blind that you can't see it?
I would like to take this opportunity to pre-emptively congratulate CowboyNeal on his appointment as Estonia's new prime minister.
I dunno about you, but I voted for the breasts.
Slashdot would be a lot more grounded if we didn't so consistently assume people are stupid.
At least half the population ARE stupid. More if you're of above average intelligence.
Getting rid of the middleman, so to speak.
Fascinating concept, only the middleman is hardly going to vote for a bill that cuts him out of the loop now, is he?
NASA says that if you don't stop doing you-know-what, you're going to go blind.
:P
So, following your logic - the NASA geeks have never done "you know what", since they are able to see so far ? Makes sense
What will be really interesting will be to see how accurate their atmospheric analysis will be a year from now.
;)
Even more interesting to see how accurate it is 5000 years from now, when we send someone (or a probe) there
Of course it costs more! It has to be radiation hardened! *groan*
Not to mention the Inertialess Tethering Point and Coupling (ie a hole drilled in the handle and a bit of string, to tie it to the suit) and the Point Acceleration Minimization Device (velcro on the handle). Those technological leaps alone are worth at least $25k.
The difference is that this is presented as legitimate news. The Intel page and banner ads are obviously advertisements. Guerilla marketing sucks.
;)
So, do like the rest of us and don't RTFA
I remember the $40/MB RAM!
$100,000 for 16K? Teehee, and you had to build a new wing for it.