You're right. Let the rich people buy each other's CDs with their tax cuts. I'll buy their CD six months later at the used CD store where I can feel good because the artist gets...............?!?
CS didn't let you down when they dropped Alice and Bill's article they let you down years ago when they changed formats. From what I read online I can only imagine that this will continue the downhill slide that CS has taken since I stopped reading it all those years ago.
True. But dropping Alice and Bill nails the coffin shut.
1. How much did a bible cost in the year 1500? How much for one at a used bookstore today? Of course it is a progression.
2. For the first time in history, we have literally a 100 year storehouse of audio and video. A consumer only has 24 hours in a day and we are swimming in media. Why shouldn't a product in gross overabundance have a negligible price if we honestly promote competitive capitalism?
If one has a stake in a media company, one might think differently.
OTOH, considering that Israel has total/male/female life expectancies of 79.17/77.08/81.37 years, vs. the US 77.43/74.74/80.36, wouldn't it be advisable to downgrade "terrorism" as a source of danger to life in general?
I've tried in my personal life, but it is a "truth-which-must-not-be-spoken". Folks here are bombarded with Orange Alerts and political ads about how the terrorists will kill us all if Kerry gets elected. It's like Fahrenheit 911. Every small town thinks their WalMart is in the crosshairs and that Arab guy in the next lane on the freeway is about to blow. It's like watching chickens in a media hail storm.
But anyway. The mercury guys were the original deal. I still have a Vox/Doubleday 7" 33-1/3 documenting the Sigma 7 flight. (Although that was Schirra.)
The FBI argued that releasing the last ten pages would pose a risk to national security as a foreign government (not identified) secretly gave information to the US Government.
Gee, I wonder what the foreign government could be. Could it, could it, could it be.....Great Britian?
Marianne Fiathfull has always said that the "Mars Bar Incident" (look it up kids) was a total lie and, in her opinion, a coordinated activity among international intelligence agencies to ridicule and discredit high-profile media stars who might protest U.S. policy in Vietnam. Right down to the shady U.S. drug dealer who preceded the police raid.
They are pretty young. I think this is an opportunity for you to give the "science is cool" lecture -- that it is cool to be a scientist discovering new things and that scientists do good things for everybody.
IT might be a little tougher to envison than some fields, "Kids can you imagine a world without relational databases!?!" But make them aware of all the digital devices around them: cell phones, DVD players, microwave and VCR timers, alarm clocks, portable music players. Let it sink in that somebody had to invent those replacements for earlier tools and if the robots in the movies are ever to exist, a lot of people are going to have to add together their discoveries over time to achieve those future wonders.
Remembering that they are young, here's another angle. If you know they have been exposed to computers already, do you know anybody who has a working manual typewriter? Borrow it and bring it in with some paper and white-out. Let the kids somatically experience what the old days were like. After that, you could probably lead a meaningful discussion group as much as a lecture.
Probably still hosed (on jobs) either way
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The reason to get rid of Dubya and his posse is that they're crazy psychopathic MoFos and they've stolen billions from a trillions surplus. Trickle-down Voodoo Jobs? Just look at the statistics.
That said, it is unlikely "good middle-class" jobs will spring up like dandelions in spring if Kerry is elected. Considering that Al Franken has had Kerry over to his place for potluck and strategy, I thought it was pretty telling when someone called the show and demanded details on a job strategy and got, "Hmmm, yeah. That's a tough one. Can't roll back global trade. It's a new world. Yup, a tough one." All I ever hear is eliminating tax breaks for off-shoring. All well and good, but what effect will it really have on jobs?
Surprising. With the meager experience of two servers and two workstations, I'd have to give the party-line answer that lock-ups generally mean hardware problems. I just don't see "random" linux lock ups -- and I would like to think that our workstations are pretty darn rich.
I was having a problem _specifically_ with the mplayer plug-in and some movie sites the other month. Seemed like it was calling a fresh mplayer every frame or something. Would grind the desktop to a halt if I couldn't log out fast enough. Even then, I could (slowly) make a VNC connection from the other workstation and do an orderly reboot.
So, no. I just don't see it. Lock ups with bad hardware (duh) and lock ups during installation while fumbling for the correct drivers, yes. During normal operation, no.
Follow Occam's Razor. Think of the simplest answer you can possibly think of and find a way to achieve it.
In my case, I moved to a safer neighborhood.
Worked for us. When I was in Minneapolis, they had a free 200 pp book of crime by neighborhood with maps and charts broken down by crime cataegory. When we moved to Baltimore City, the first thing I did was go down to the city hall planning department. They looked at me like my spaceship had just landed when I asked whether they had a similar publication. So, in a moment of inspiration, this WASP midwesterner asked where the Jewish neighborhoods were. _THAT_ they knew.
Worked like a charm and I've used it in subsequent moves. Some subcultures really do want their kids to grow up to be doctors and practice the family values the redneck fundamentals mouth off about. Just my experience, folks.
Yup, that's American know-how. I think it was my high school physical science teacher who took a moment to remind us that if we shoot a burgler at the door and he falls outside, you drag him inside before you call the police.
And canada hasn't the death penalty. All EU members havn't also. I think this is even more important issue.
Even if you take all the other (very important!) arguments aside and only consider the "detterence efficiency": Criminals get really nihilistic if they know their goverment is also.
That's why all the world-class serial killers we hear about are Canadian and European?
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Probably shouldn't even suggest it. I can see Military Intelligence going, "Hmmmm....well?"
You're right. Let the rich people buy each other's CDs with their tax cuts. I'll buy their CD six months later at the used CD store where I can feel good because the artist gets...............?!?
It's the American way.
Yeah, but Sweden doesn't have an army. Dubya said so. So Skype better kneel to their FCC Overlords.
But things could change in a few weeks.
I remember my first transister radio in the 60s. Red plastic with a dead cow's skin case.
Soldered a six-transister radio from a correspondence electronics course in the late 60s. Still have it.
Paradoxically, anti-senescence may be easier than sentience.
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But to quote someone, "Where is my flying car?" Maybe "not dying soon" will be an easier sell and market adjustment.
Keep in mind that taking high vitamin dosages can kill you:
http://www.cybersciences.com/Cyber/3.0/N3539.as
THX1138 was an excellent movie.
The distributors spat on it at the time.
Considering his subsequent work, I've always figured you want the definition of "embittered cynic" you look up George Lucas.
So who will be first to decode the eprom and send that presidential death threat using the ex-boyfriend's printer code?
Medical info was one of the things I thought of the moment I first held a USB JumpDrive.
Governments wouldn't like those, of course. You can take them off.
CS didn't let you down when they dropped Alice and Bill's article they let you down years ago when they changed formats. From what I read online I can only imagine that this will continue the downhill slide that CS has taken since I stopped reading it all those years ago.
True. But dropping Alice and Bill nails the coffin shut.
Goodbye, CS.
1. How much did a bible cost in the year 1500?
How much for one at a used bookstore today?
Of course it is a progression.
2. For the first time in history, we have literally a 100 year storehouse of audio and video. A consumer only has 24 hours in a day and we are swimming in media. Why shouldn't a product in gross overabundance have a negligible price if we honestly promote competitive capitalism?
If one has a stake in a media company, one might think differently.
I don't have side airbags yet anyway so I guess it is a wash. Looks like a side collision could plow through the plastic in that cage.
OTOH, considering that Israel has total/male/female life expectancies of 79.17/77.08/81.37 years, vs. the US 77.43/74.74/80.36, wouldn't it be advisable to downgrade "terrorism" as a source of danger to life in general?
I've tried in my personal life, but it is a "truth-which-must-not-be-spoken". Folks here are bombarded with Orange Alerts and political ads about how the terrorists will kill us all if Kerry gets elected. It's like Fahrenheit 911. Every small town thinks their WalMart is in the crosshairs and that Arab guy in the next lane on the freeway is about to blow. It's like watching chickens in a media hail storm.
But anyway. The mercury guys were the original deal. I still have a Vox/Doubleday 7" 33-1/3 documenting the Sigma 7 flight. (Although that was Schirra.)
Something coming from this White House would be less than the absolute truth?
What _real_ American could conceive the possibility?
The FBI argued that releasing the last ten pages would pose a risk to national security as a foreign government (not identified) secretly gave information to the US Government.
Gee, I wonder what the foreign government could be. Could it, could it, could it be.....Great Britian?
Marianne Fiathfull has always said that the "Mars Bar Incident" (look it up kids) was a total lie and, in her opinion, a coordinated activity among international intelligence agencies to ridicule and discredit high-profile media stars who might protest U.S. policy in Vietnam. Right down to the shady U.S. drug dealer who preceded the police raid.
Introducing a crippled Microsoft eems like an insane advertisement for linux to me.
Hopefully, it has as much market research behind it as Microsoft Bob.
They are pretty young. I think this is an opportunity for you to give the "science is cool" lecture -- that it is cool to be a scientist discovering new things and that scientists do good things for everybody.
IT might be a little tougher to envison than some fields, "Kids can you imagine a world without relational databases!?!" But make them aware of all the digital devices around them: cell phones, DVD players, microwave and VCR timers, alarm clocks, portable music players. Let it sink in that somebody had to invent those replacements for earlier tools and if the robots in the movies are ever to exist, a lot of people are going to have to add together their discoveries over time to achieve those future wonders.
Remembering that they are young, here's another angle. If you know they have been exposed to computers already, do you know anybody who has a working manual typewriter? Borrow it and bring it in with some paper and white-out. Let the kids somatically experience what the old days were like. After that, you could probably lead a meaningful discussion group as much as a lecture.
The reason to get rid of Dubya and his posse is that they're crazy psychopathic MoFos and they've stolen billions from a trillions surplus. Trickle-down Voodoo Jobs? Just look at the statistics.
That said, it is unlikely "good middle-class" jobs will spring up like dandelions in spring if Kerry is elected. Considering that Al Franken has had Kerry over to his place for potluck and strategy, I thought it was pretty telling when someone called the show and demanded details on a job strategy and got, "Hmmm, yeah. That's a tough one. Can't roll back global trade. It's a new world. Yup, a tough one." All I ever hear is eliminating tax breaks for off-shoring. All well and good, but what effect will it really have on jobs?
You know what they say, "Nobody ever lost his job choosing Microsoft!"
Oh, wait....
Surprising. With the meager experience of two servers and two workstations, I'd have to give the party-line answer that lock-ups generally mean hardware problems. I just don't see "random" linux lock ups -- and I would like to think that our workstations are pretty darn rich.
I was having a problem _specifically_ with the mplayer plug-in and some movie sites the other month. Seemed like it was calling a fresh mplayer every frame or something. Would grind the desktop to a halt if I couldn't log out fast enough. Even then, I could (slowly) make a VNC connection from the other workstation and do an orderly reboot.
So, no. I just don't see it. Lock ups with bad hardware (duh) and lock ups during installation while fumbling for the correct drivers, yes. During normal operation, no.
I know a guy so reprobate he muses about the day he'll get off Win98 and gets a copy of NT. What's my witty retort now?
Follow Occam's Razor. Think of the simplest answer you can possibly think of and find a way to achieve it.
In my case, I moved to a safer neighborhood.
Worked for us. When I was in Minneapolis, they had a free 200 pp book of crime by neighborhood with maps and charts broken down by crime cataegory. When we moved to Baltimore City, the first thing I did was go down to the city hall planning department. They looked at me like my spaceship had just landed when I asked whether they had a similar publication. So, in a moment of inspiration, this WASP midwesterner asked where the Jewish neighborhoods were. _THAT_ they knew.
Worked like a charm and I've used it in subsequent moves. Some subcultures really do want their kids to grow up to be doctors and practice the family values the redneck fundamentals mouth off about. Just my experience, folks.
Yup, that's American know-how. I think it was my high school physical science teacher who took a moment to remind us that if we shoot a burgler at the door and he falls outside, you drag him inside before you call the police.
And canada hasn't the death penalty. All EU members havn't also. I think this is even more important issue.
Even if you take all the other (very important!) arguments aside and only consider the "detterence efficiency":
Criminals get really nihilistic if they know their goverment is also.
That's why all the world-class serial killers we hear about are Canadian and European?
Nonetheless, get one for the conversation value in 20 years.
"Back in those days, phones had moving parts!"
Sort of a sad precedent. Duke is a good school. Will we see, "Enroll at South Metro Community College this week only and win a free toaster!"