1. You can enlarge the eye of someone in a photo, or a video, and get a good full-size image of what they are looking at.
2. If you find a single hair at a crime scene, it always will be from one the criminals, not any of the hundreds of other people who walked through the place recently.
3. If you run out of bullets, you are requirecd to throw your gun at your foe. You will also never be able to hit him with it.
4. Searching for a fingerprint in a computer database requires that every fingerprint in that database be displayed on your terminal. Also, when trying to break a password, you must display every single password being tried.
What about flying cars? I've been promised my own flying car "real soon now" for ages! If they can't give me a simple thing like my own flying car, how can you expect them to do any of these other complicated things?
Make sure your pre-installed software comes with the original disks and software keys!
But, didn't Microsoft(BSA) state that the original disks, software keys, holograms, etc. were insufficient to prove usership[*] of their software?
[*] You can't call it ownership, because after paying for it, you still don't own it. You only get a right to use it for how long Microsoft will allow you to do so.
Honestly, I don't even see a negative side to ethanol (other than it's still a fossil fuel).
Corn is not a fossil fuel. Until it has been buried for a substantial length of time, it cannot be fossilized.
It reduces our dependance on foregin oil,
Barely. When run efficiently, it takes about 1 gallon of gas to produce 1.2 gallons of ethenol. Corn is also not the best crop to grow if you want ethenol, but that is all you hear about. It's all just a political toy.
and would (presumably) lower our national trade deficit and keep more money within the borders (something that conservatives are sure to be happy about).
Note to the clueless: the deficit is caused by our importing more than we export. By using the corn for fuel, instead of exporting it to foreign countries for food, you reduce the amount of our exports, thus widening the trade deficit. SHIPPING LESS WILL NOT REDUCE THE DEFICIT.
But, by reducing the quantity available, you will also raise the price of corn in those countries that need it to feed the their poverty stricken people. Wonderful plan, simply wonderful.
I haven't seen anyone discredit this panel or this document yet.
And if someone does, Nancy Pelosi will make sure they go to prison. As she stated on the floor of the US Congress.
if you have the money, start paying more for green products or products from carbon neutral companies.
Why? According to all the predictions, were already toast. Nothing can be done. Why should I waste my money on useless platitudes. Too little, too late. Eat, drink, and be happy, because tomorrow we die!
I think Exxon should be ousted as scientifically backwards assholes.
We should take them to the edge of the Earth, and throw them off. Everyone knows that the Earth is flat, there was a consensus on this fact, too. We don't need any research for alternate theories, because we have a consensus!
And if you work for an academic institution, and you write a scientific report that goes against the current "consensus", then you get fired, and they threaten to send you to jail. That doesn't sound like scientific proof, but it's one way to gain your "consensus": drive out everyone who doesn't agree with you.
It sounds to me like Exxon is just trying to get some real "science" done, instead of a non-scientific "consensus". You don't get good science done, when one side is being treated like "round-earthers" during a "flat-earth" consensus period.
As it is, all you get irrefutable proof like 'four out of five actors interviewed on the "View" agree, that Global Warming is real and is caused my SUV's'.
Haven't we learned from cartoons that this is a really bad idea? Shortly after dumping the balls into the volcano, it's going to contract, then spit them out. The will fly high into the air, then crash into the people, stuck running in place, who threw them in.
Think of the poor cartoon creatures that will be harmed!
Let's say a drug company produces this, and makes one dollar over manufactoring costs per bottle. Someone has a reaction to it, like their hair turns blue. This will obviously mean that they will be sued for $3 billion, and probably lose. So, to make any profit, they need to sell more than 3 billion bottles for each lawsuit brought against them. They would be bleeding money.
Ok, now determine the optimium "price" one of these companies would need to charge for each bottle just to cover the huge lawsuits from cancer sufferers, who are not in the best of health to start with, and may be taking other "non-perscription remedies" that they wouldn't admit to. Remember, the more you charge, the larger the lawsuits will be, because you are evily profiting from the suffering of others.
Now, add in the costs of advertising, legal fees, taxes, insurance,...
Now, note that your "customers" will probably buy a cheap knock-off version from China through a Canadian pharmacy, but will still sue you for any problems that occur.
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they could always do another one and convert 2 or 3 shares to 1 and get back over a dollar a share to avoid delisting.
But then, they would soon end up with a single share of stock. You can't play many stock-manipulation games with so few stocks!
MicroSoft: We're phishing 4 u!
1. You can enlarge the eye of someone in a photo, or a video, and get a good full-size image of what they are looking at.
2. If you find a single hair at a crime scene, it always will be from one the criminals, not any of the hundreds of other people who walked through the place recently.
3. If you run out of bullets, you are requirecd to throw your gun at your foe. You will also never be able to hit him with it.
4. Searching for a fingerprint in a computer database requires that every fingerprint in that database be displayed on your terminal. Also, when trying to break a password, you must display every single password being tried.
Why can't I use my camera's SD as a USB drive?
I do that frequently. Under Linux.
All the camera's I've played with lately will either act like a USB thumb drive, or allows me to stick the SD (or whatever) drive into an adapter.
Mount the camera as a USB disk, copy out all the old pictures (usually jpeg files), erase them from the camera, copy data files to the camers, etc.
Just because Windows makes things hard, doesn't mean it has to be that way.
That explains why we have to keep re-installing your operating system.
You need new traffic laws/regulations, special lanes or roads, runways, etc.
Which would make for happy bureaucrats. Give them something to do that keeps them busy, and out of my hair.
Who's to prevent your average 'driver' from accidentally flying over secret military airbases?
I would think that the pile of blasted cars, from previous attempts, would be a deterrent.
What about flying cars? I've been promised my own flying car "real soon now" for ages! If they can't give me a simple thing like my own flying car, how can you expect them to do any of these other complicated things?
Make sure your pre-installed software comes with the original disks and software keys!
But, didn't Microsoft(BSA) state that the original disks, software keys, holograms, etc. were insufficient to prove usership[*] of their software?
[*] You can't call it ownership, because after paying for it, you still don't own it. You only get a right to use it for how long Microsoft will allow you to do so.
Why this particular comment? What's so special about it?
you should have seen it before I changed it.
But, how many new VHS movie titles were released last month?
Aren't the number of movies available related to the popularity of the format?
Honestly, I don't even see a negative side to ethanol (other than it's still a fossil fuel).
Corn is not a fossil fuel. Until it has been buried for a substantial length of time, it cannot be fossilized.
It reduces our dependance on foregin oil,
Barely. When run efficiently, it takes about 1 gallon of gas to produce 1.2 gallons of ethenol. Corn is also not the best crop to grow if you want ethenol, but that is all you hear about. It's all just a political toy.
and would (presumably) lower our national trade deficit and keep more money within the borders (something that conservatives are sure to be happy about).
Note to the clueless: the deficit is caused by our importing more than we export. By using the corn for fuel, instead of exporting it to foreign countries for food, you reduce the amount of our exports, thus widening the trade deficit. SHIPPING LESS WILL NOT REDUCE THE DEFICIT.
But, by reducing the quantity available, you will also raise the price of corn in those countries that need it to feed the their poverty stricken people. Wonderful plan, simply wonderful.
Just plant some kudzu in your backyard. As many southerners have found out, it can tie up a lot of carbon (and your entire backyard as well).
Just nuke China back to the stone age.
They are currently #2 in polution, soon to be #1, and are exempt from the Kyoto limits. This one action should greatly reduce the carbin production.
Is it just me, or does "Windows Live Hotmail" remind you of those ads pased all over topless bars?
Meanwhile, eBay's European division is reporting an unexpected increase in the sales of Thumb Drives.
I haven't seen anyone discredit this panel or this document yet.
And if someone does, Nancy Pelosi will make sure they go to prison. As she stated on the floor of the US Congress.
if you have the money, start paying more for green products or products from carbon neutral companies.
Why? According to all the predictions, were already toast. Nothing can be done. Why should I waste my money on useless platitudes. Too little, too late. Eat, drink, and be happy, because tomorrow we die!
I think Exxon should be ousted as scientifically backwards assholes.
We should take them to the edge of the Earth, and throw them off. Everyone knows that the Earth is flat, there was a consensus on this fact, too. We don't need any research for alternate theories, because we have a consensus!
And if you work for an academic institution, and you write a scientific report that goes against the current "consensus", then you get fired, and they threaten to send you to jail. That doesn't sound like scientific proof, but it's one way to gain your "consensus": drive out everyone who doesn't agree with you.
It sounds to me like Exxon is just trying to get some real "science" done, instead of a non-scientific "consensus". You don't get good science done, when one side is being treated like "round-earthers" during a "flat-earth" consensus period.
As it is, all you get irrefutable proof like 'four out of five actors interviewed on the "View" agree, that Global Warming is real and is caused my SUV's'.
Does 100 (or 1000) really take that much power to download one "file", or is it the same amount of power used, just in a shorter time period?
Or is it power used while idle? Does a 1000 device comsume more power idling in that mode than a 10 device would?
Haven't we learned from cartoons that this is a really bad idea? Shortly after dumping the balls into the volcano, it's going to contract, then spit them out. The will fly high into the air, then crash into the people, stuck running in place, who threw them in.
Think of the poor cartoon creatures that will be harmed!
Why should they have any problems with this?
If David was one of these, then the giant he fought could have been a "normal" human.
But then, that would mean the Bible was written by/for these little guys, and has nothing to do with us...
VMS's macot is a shark. Is that close enough?
Isn't this the same key that will open mini-bars?
I think the hotel owners should be able to sue over this release.
We're from the USO, let us attach this little box to your head, then we can discuss your donation.
Let's say a drug company produces this, and makes one dollar over manufactoring costs per bottle. Someone has a reaction to it, like their hair turns blue. This will obviously mean that they will be sued for $3 billion, and probably lose. So, to make any profit, they need to sell more than 3 billion bottles for each lawsuit brought against them. They would be bleeding money.
...
Ok, now determine the optimium "price" one of these companies would need to charge for each bottle just to cover the huge lawsuits from cancer sufferers, who are not in the best of health to start with, and may be taking other "non-perscription remedies" that they wouldn't admit to. Remember, the more you charge, the larger the lawsuits will be, because you are evily profiting from the suffering of others.
Now, add in the costs of advertising, legal fees, taxes, insurance,
Now, note that your "customers" will probably buy a cheap knock-off version from China through a Canadian pharmacy, but will still sue you for any problems that occur.