The Republican party is far right on social issues like stem cells, gay marriage,etc. Look up "southern strategy" for more on this. They are NOT economic conservatives. Economic conservatives tend to believe in lower government spending. Economic conservatives do NOT believe in raising spending. Even if you combine the spending increases with tax cuts. Republican economic policy is basically "what's good for General Motors is good for America" except now it's oil companies, defense contractors, RIAA, credit card companies, etc. This Supreme Court ruling is great news if you're a giant corporation. It's also the direct opposite of economic conservatism.
Since when has Microsoft ever gone after individuals for using pirate versions of Windows? Yes, they go after individuals that put it up on file sharing networks, and they use copy protection to make it harder to pirate in the first place, but I've never heard of Microsoft raiding someone's apartment for just using a pirate version of Windows (unless maybe they're running a business out of their apartment, but then MS would be raiding a business not an individual).
Claims ownership of all classical music, demands $699 licensing fees from orchestras, sues them when they don't pay, demands that Congress make musical instruments illegal because they're used to infringe on the copyright, gets CD player/MP3 player/etc. manufacturers to include preinstalled classical music by default (for a fee of course), and advertises "their" music via frequent Slashdot story submissions?
Obviously it's either a Republican with no understanding of sarcasm, a Democrat who wants to make sure the poster gets a karma boost, or a bot that automatically mods up anyone with a low uid.
The U.S. can't unilaterally say "no billboards in space" but they can certainly say things like "US based companies can't put billboards in space" or "no launching rockets from US territory to put a billboard in space" or similar things. Also, outlawing it here in the US could be a step toward getting other countries and/or international organizations to outlaw the practice too. Then if you wanted to put a billboard in space, you'd have to launch it from someplace like North Korea or Syria or international waters (but your ship couldn't be registered in a country that signed onto the treaty), and once in orbit it would last about 10 minutes before a UN missile shot it down (as agreed previously in a UN resolution).
So yes, if just the US outlaws this, it's silly, but it could be a step toward something more meaningful.
Sure, why not put it all on 56,889 floppies? Unlabeled and shuffled ahead of time, of course.
Better yet, take a hex dump of the entire 80GB, print it out, and deliver it to SCO. Be sure to use a 1 point font in the interest of environmental conservation. Or to really save paper, print it out by arranging individual atoms in the shape of ones and zeros.
Those eleven states were specifically chosen by the people supporting those laws as the most likely states to pass such a thing. Let's take a look at the list:
Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan, and Oregon
All but the last two are red states. Some on the list are among the reddest states in the country. Getting an anti-gay-marriage initiative passed in Oklahoma or Georgia is a lot different from getting one passed in Massachusetts or California. By choosing those eleven states, they are now able to go around saying "Look, 11 of 11 states voted to ban gay marriage!" They're hoping they can build momentum based on people not thinking about this.
Two groups of test subjects. Tell Group A the usual story, some people are getting placebos while others are getting the real thing and no one knows who's who. Tell group B everyone's getting a placebo. Give everyone placebos, and see if the pills being taken by group A have any effect.
When Reagan took office, the top marginal tax rate was very high -- 70% if not more. With taxes that high, the "cut taxes to increase revenue" reasoning makes sense. When Bush took office, the top marginal rate was 39.6%. This was a very different situation. This is hardly much of a disincentive to economic activity -- remember this was the same tax rate that was in place all through the boom of the 90s. Bush's tax cuts, unlike Reagan's, have clearly resulted in a decrease in tax revenues and an increase in the budget deficit/national debt.
Of course, the white house doesn't want you to know this. They want you to buy into the "common sense" notion that if cutting taxes from (say) 90% to 80% brings in more money, so will a cut from 15% to 5%. It helps to actually understand the theory.
Is there any way Wine can change to get around Microsoft checking for it? I'm thinking something similar to changing your user agent settings on Firefox so you can get into "IE only" websites.
That's not always a good thing. What if your local city council voted to tear down all the houses in your neighborhood (eminent domain) to build a Super Walmart? What if the local electorate in Alabama decided it wanted to bring back the Jim Crow laws?
On the other hand, subjecting the donation page to the Slashdot effect seems like a great way to reach the fundraising goal in no time. Assuming of course the page itself stays up.
Seriously though, if you like wikipedia, consider donating, even if it's just 5 bucks. I think it's even tax deductible if you itemize.
That explains why it would be more challenging to program an AI to play Go, but it doesn't have anything to do with solving the game. Things like territory, influence, etc. are just heuristics that are used by humans (or computers) to find a good strategy for playing the game without having to completely solve the game. Actually solving the game is still just a matter of going through all the combinations.
does Michigan state law have a provision for recalling the governor from office? Based on what I'm reading in this thread, it shouldn't be too hard to collect enough signatures for a recall election, and probably get 50% of the voters to vote for removal from office. Then, you could do what we did and replace the governor with a celebrity... Michael Moore? Barry Sanders?
Doesn't sound like it could be much worse than who you have already.
A news source can create bias based on what it chooses to report, even if they never produce a word of original content. Simple example: when Bush's poll numbers go up, report on it and make a big deal about it. When his poll numbers go down, find something else to talk about. Even if the story itself is free of bias, the story selection is biased.
Slashdot Mirror
The Republican party is far right on social issues like stem cells, gay marriage,etc. Look up "southern strategy" for more on this. They are NOT economic conservatives. Economic conservatives tend to believe in lower government spending. Economic conservatives do NOT believe in raising spending. Even if you combine the spending increases with tax cuts. Republican economic policy is basically "what's good for General Motors is good for America" except now it's oil companies, defense contractors, RIAA, credit card companies, etc. This Supreme Court ruling is great news if you're a giant corporation. It's also the direct opposite of economic conservatism.
Since when has Microsoft ever gone after individuals for using pirate versions of Windows? Yes, they go after individuals that put it up on file sharing networks, and they use copy protection to make it harder to pirate in the first place, but I've never heard of Microsoft raiding someone's apartment for just using a pirate version of Windows (unless maybe they're running a business out of their apartment, but then MS would be raiding a business not an individual).
Claims ownership of all classical music, demands $699 licensing fees from orchestras, sues them when they don't pay, demands that Congress make musical instruments illegal because they're used to infringe on the copyright, gets CD player/MP3 player/etc. manufacturers to include preinstalled classical music by default (for a fee of course), and advertises "their" music via frequent Slashdot story submissions?
Obviously it's either a Republican with no understanding of sarcasm, a Democrat who wants to make sure the poster gets a karma boost, or a bot that automatically mods up anyone with a low uid.
The U.S. can't unilaterally say "no billboards in space" but they can certainly say things like "US based companies can't put billboards in space" or "no launching rockets from US territory to put a billboard in space" or similar things. Also, outlawing it here in the US could be a step toward getting other countries and/or international organizations to outlaw the practice too. Then if you wanted to put a billboard in space, you'd have to launch it from someplace like North Korea or Syria or international waters (but your ship couldn't be registered in a country that signed onto the treaty), and once in orbit it would last about 10 minutes before a UN missile shot it down (as agreed previously in a UN resolution).
So yes, if just the US outlaws this, it's silly, but it could be a step toward something more meaningful.
And we also understand the real reason why Bush makes such a big deal out of getting rid of the "death tax."
Area 51, of course. Since it's Europe doing this, they won't be worried about blurring it out.
Sure, why not put it all on 56,889 floppies? Unlabeled and shuffled ahead of time, of course.
Better yet, take a hex dump of the entire 80GB, print it out, and deliver it to SCO. Be sure to use a 1 point font in the interest of environmental conservation. Or to really save paper, print it out by arranging individual atoms in the shape of ones and zeros.
Those eleven states were specifically chosen by the people supporting those laws as the most likely states to pass such a thing. Let's take a look at the list:
Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan, and Oregon
All but the last two are red states. Some on the list are among the reddest states in the country. Getting an anti-gay-marriage initiative passed in Oklahoma or Georgia is a lot different from getting one passed in Massachusetts or California. By choosing those eleven states, they are now able to go around saying "Look, 11 of 11 states voted to ban gay marriage!" They're hoping they can build momentum based on people not thinking about this.
Even more shockingly, computerized grading for essay tests is now being tested on several state tests.
You're assuming that human graders are actually doing a good job of scoring those essays. Are you sure?
They are simply taking George W. Bush's thoughts and posting them verbatim as Slashdot articles. Even Fox News hasn't sunk that low.
It is still before noon on Midway Island.
What? You read the article???
Oh wait, it's April Fools Day.
Two groups of test subjects. Tell Group A the usual story, some people are getting placebos while others are getting the real thing and no one knows who's who. Tell group B everyone's getting a placebo. Give everyone placebos, and see if the pills being taken by group A have any effect.
I think that's called an ICBM. The U.S. military is a lot scarier than the RIAA.
Turn off Fox News :-)
When Reagan took office, the top marginal tax rate was very high -- 70% if not more. With taxes that high, the "cut taxes to increase revenue" reasoning makes sense. When Bush took office, the top marginal rate was 39.6%. This was a very different situation. This is hardly much of a disincentive to economic activity -- remember this was the same tax rate that was in place all through the boom of the 90s. Bush's tax cuts, unlike Reagan's, have clearly resulted in a decrease in tax revenues and an increase in the budget deficit/national debt.
Of course, the white house doesn't want you to know this. They want you to buy into the "common sense" notion that if cutting taxes from (say) 90% to 80% brings in more money, so will a cut from 15% to 5%. It helps to actually understand the theory.
Is there any way Wine can change to get around Microsoft checking for it? I'm thinking something similar to changing your user agent settings on Firefox so you can get into "IE only" websites.
4.125 cents.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html
That's not always a good thing. What if your local city council voted to tear down all the houses in your neighborhood (eminent domain) to build a Super Walmart? What if the local electorate in Alabama decided it wanted to bring back the Jim Crow laws?
Unfortunately that site you linked to appears to be slashdotted, or something. Here's a mirror:
http://www.answers.com/topic/power-outage-1
On the other hand, subjecting the donation page to the Slashdot effect seems like a great way to reach the fundraising goal in no time. Assuming of course the page itself stays up.
Seriously though, if you like wikipedia, consider donating, even if it's just 5 bucks. I think it's even tax deductible if you itemize.
That explains why it would be more challenging to program an AI to play Go, but it doesn't have anything to do with solving the game. Things like territory, influence, etc. are just heuristics that are used by humans (or computers) to find a good strategy for playing the game without having to completely solve the game. Actually solving the game is still just a matter of going through all the combinations.
It's still an easy number to print out...
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does Michigan state law have a provision for recalling the governor from office? Based on what I'm reading in this thread, it shouldn't be too hard to collect enough signatures for a recall election, and probably get 50% of the voters to vote for removal from office. Then, you could do what we did and replace the governor with a celebrity... Michael Moore? Barry Sanders?
Doesn't sound like it could be much worse than who you have already.
A news source can create bias based on what it chooses to report, even if they never produce a word of original content. Simple example: when Bush's poll numbers go up, report on it and make a big deal about it. When his poll numbers go down, find something else to talk about. Even if the story itself is free of bias, the story selection is biased.