Also, I think that the slashdotting community would probably not be adverse to you writing down some of your romantic exploits. In fact that's probably what the slashdot's journal was made for: Hot lesbian love;-)
Allow me to correct you: hot, flaky, & itchy lesbian love.
Addressing the serious topic brought by AC: Even though you are a lesbian, you are still physically capable of having a baby. Clinics do that kind of thing for same sex couples all the time. The absolution letter recommended by the OP is a good idea. The doctor is only protecting him/herself in case your parter do decide to bear children and are entitled to a free bag of money if it comes out looking like Screech from Saved By The Bell.
This is a tough issue. I remember reading a while back about two girls who had their own business barred from attending some kind of toy trade show, citing the concern that vendors could sue the organizers for letting in people who legally cannot enter into binding contracts. Even though the organizers of LinuxWorld haven't returned Make's calls yet, I wouldn't be surprised if they policy was drafted for similar reasons.
Aside from the fast and furious interspersal of fact vs opinion, they play fast and loose with the news at every turn. After Hurricane Katrina, Fox was showing footage of the french quarter and remarking on how great things were going with the rebuilding efforts, goverment response, etc, neglecting to mention the fact that the french quarter was relatively unscathed by the hurricane due to its location.
Even worse was the choice of commentator during the NY Times leak story. Of all people, they got G. GORDON LIDDY (yes, the Watergate G. Gordon Liddy) to say how leaking was bad. Damn, they should have gone for the gusto during the Andrea Yates retrial and bailed out Susan Smith to comment on the case.
given that it's now standard operating procedure to carpet-bomb the shit out of whatever place terrorists get their funding from.
If that were true, Saudi Arabia would be a smoking pile of rubble by now. Sure, they were home to 19 out of 21 9-11 hijackers, but we have to turn a blind eye to them since they're our oil buddies.
in this day and age, we're still experiencing the same thing Copernicus faced 500 years ago. Will we EVER learn a thing?
Not anytime soon. History is rife with scientists and intellectuals being persecuted for their work by the militantly ignorant majority of their time. Until we as a human race are ready to grow up and take the next step in our development, religion and superstition will continue to be used as a crutch for the feeble-minded and a billyclub for the powerful.
Why wouldn't they want to embrace safety technology like this?
I would think that it would remove a very painful consequence to carelessness around the machine shop. Unless a saw is defective by design, many of these kinds of accidents are caused by human error. If you rely on a safety mechanism to keep your fingers rather than dilligence and common sense, accidents could increase if bad habits developed by a reliance on these devices are applied to the older machinery in the shop or a faulty safety mechanism.
Let's put the full fault of this crap right where it belongs...on the terrorists. Misplaced anger? Blaming the US for terrorism? Seems a little weird but maybe I see things differently. I tend to blame the people who kill other people. What about you?
Remember that teacher in grade school that punishes the whole class over the misdeeds of a few students? Then says smugly and condescendingly "Well, don't blame me. You can thank your classmates that you have to put your heads down for the rest of the day". All the while, your young bullshit detector is ringing off the hook saying "you're chose to do this to us so I do blame you!".
Terrorists can blow up whatever they want day in or day out. What they cannot do is make policy and trample on civil liberties like a government can. I'm far more concerned by the actions of our government then the actions of some group of dingbats who think they're Mcgyver.
Freedom isn't free and it sure as hell isn't 100% safe.
Not completely realistic, but I would rather see the money spent on education and treatment for the people who really need it.
Not merely education, but effective education. Teaching kids in grade school that pot will turn you into a drug craving monster and that there are pushers around every corner waiting to get the little kiddies hooked on their wares doesn't jive with the reality most kids live in, especially the suburban kids who have never even seen a crackhouse in their lives.
Sadly, anything program that doesn't demonize all drugs (pushing self-esteem crap as a feel-good bait and switch) will be shouted down by the "think of the children" set.
Like your company, we have some restrictions on what items can't be checked in. You are allowed to travel with Proprietary data, but it MUST remain in your possession at all times. This may include data on paper, CDs, removeable storage, and laptops.
If thats the case, your company should have drive encryption in place so that it won't matter if the laptops or mag tapes are lifted. With security the way it is, the rule if thumb is not to bring anything to the airport that you wouldn't mind getting broken/stolen.
On a tangent, what is the point of all of these bans on liquids and whatnot, considering the expensive explosive sniffer/swabbing machines that they have at the airports?
I agree. It may be that the smartest thing for McDonalds to do, is launch a nuclear strike against Burger King.
McDonalds vs Burger King - Result: Annihilation McDonalds vs Wendys - Result: Annihilation McDonalds vs Taco Bell - Result: Annihilation McDonalds vs Pizza Hut - Result: Annihilation
Many moons ago when I used to work at a homestyle food chain, the computer in the managers office ran a management suite that projected how much of what kind of food should be loaded that day, sales projections, etc. It even had a running tally of sales vs labor costs that would let the manager know which kind of employee to send home that day if sales weren't high enough to justify having them work (there was always a willing volunteer to go home early). I remember that the manager wasn't allowed to leave at night until the upload of that days activity to the corporate mainframe was done.
This innovation seems to take the human manager out of the equation entirely.
Something like this would bring the wannabees and dingbats out of the woodwork. A real paranoid black hatter wouldn't want to have his identity known or put himself under Microsoft's sights for a non-serious amount of money. You'd better believe that people that take this challenge will be closely watched from now on.
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Also, I think that the slashdotting community would probably not be adverse to you writing down some of your romantic exploits. In fact that's probably what the slashdot's journal was made for: Hot lesbian love ;-)
Allow me to correct you: hot, flaky, & itchy lesbian love.
Addressing the serious topic brought by AC: Even though you are a lesbian, you are still physically capable of having a baby. Clinics do that kind of thing for same sex couples all the time. The absolution letter recommended by the OP is a good idea. The doctor is only protecting him/herself in case your parter do decide to bear children and are entitled to a free bag of money if it comes out looking like Screech from Saved By The Bell.
If I see this blurry man with three blurry children, I'll call the police right away.
I saw that story on Make Magazine's site.
This is a tough issue. I remember reading a while back about two girls who had their own business barred from attending some kind of toy trade show, citing the concern that vendors could sue the organizers for letting in people who legally cannot enter into binding contracts. Even though the organizers of LinuxWorld haven't returned Make's calls yet, I wouldn't be surprised if they policy was drafted for similar reasons.
Can I make a dirt in here?
Aside from the fast and furious interspersal of fact vs opinion, they play fast and loose with the news at every turn. After Hurricane Katrina, Fox was showing footage of the french quarter and remarking on how great things were going with the rebuilding efforts, goverment response, etc, neglecting to mention the fact that the french quarter was relatively unscathed by the hurricane due to its location.
Even worse was the choice of commentator during the NY Times leak story. Of all people, they got G. GORDON LIDDY (yes, the Watergate G. Gordon Liddy) to say how leaking was bad. Damn, they should have gone for the gusto during the Andrea Yates retrial and bailed out Susan Smith to comment on the case.
given that it's now standard operating procedure to carpet-bomb the shit out of whatever place terrorists get their funding from.
If that were true, Saudi Arabia would be a smoking pile of rubble by now. Sure, they were home to 19 out of 21 9-11 hijackers, but we have to turn a blind eye to them since they're our oil buddies.
The lost and found will gradually resemble Radioshack.
Since many of these phones make full use of the GPS function, the phones shouldn't stay lost for long.
in this day and age, we're still experiencing the same thing Copernicus faced 500 years ago. Will we EVER learn a thing?
Not anytime soon. History is rife with scientists and intellectuals being persecuted for their work by the militantly ignorant majority of their time. Until we as a human race are ready to grow up and take the next step in our development, religion and superstition will continue to be used as a crutch for the feeble-minded and a billyclub for the powerful.
Probably most people on this board are too young to remember anyway
Nope those of us too young to have seen it in the theater have definitely seen it on video, many times.
In fact the movie gives rise to the unofficial Slashdot slogan:
Slashdot: Demented and sad, but social.
Perhaps a role of a twelve sided die would work as well.
If their mage can cast a cloak of protection over the flight, then they won't need security at all!
Why wouldn't they want to embrace safety technology like this?
I would think that it would remove a very painful consequence to carelessness around the machine shop. Unless a saw is defective by design, many of these kinds of accidents are caused by human error. If you rely on a safety mechanism to keep your fingers rather than dilligence and common sense, accidents could increase if bad habits developed by a reliance on these devices are applied to the older machinery in the shop or a faulty safety mechanism.
the rubber sphincter should be tight enough that water cannot get in.
That's why the Goatse Class kayaks never really caught on.
Let's put the full fault of this crap right where it belongs...on the terrorists. Misplaced anger? Blaming the US for terrorism? Seems a little weird but maybe I see things differently. I tend to blame the people who kill other people. What about you?
Remember that teacher in grade school that punishes the whole class over the misdeeds of a few students? Then says smugly and condescendingly "Well, don't blame me. You can thank your classmates that you have to put your heads down for the rest of the day". All the while, your young bullshit detector is ringing off the hook saying "you're chose to do this to us so I do blame you!".
Terrorists can blow up whatever they want day in or day out. What they cannot do is make policy and trample on civil liberties like a government can. I'm far more concerned by the actions of our government then the actions of some group of dingbats who think they're Mcgyver.
Freedom isn't free and it sure as hell isn't 100% safe.
Weird, I didn't know this but according to Wikipedia, the number of Van Allen belts has tripled in the last three months.
This has been confirmed using NASA's ****ERIC IS A FAG**** Space Telescope.
The real problem with Pluto is that it makes Uranus look huge.
You have the Klingons near Uranus to thank for that.
I did check the facts, I looked them up in my gut and they're so correct it hurts. It's not my problem that you can't feel the truthiness.
Not completely realistic, but I would rather see the money spent on education and treatment for the people who really need it.
Not merely education, but effective education. Teaching kids in grade school that pot will turn you into a drug craving monster and that there are pushers around every corner waiting to get the little kiddies hooked on their wares doesn't jive with the reality most kids live in, especially the suburban kids who have never even seen a crackhouse in their lives.
Sadly, anything program that doesn't demonize all drugs (pushing self-esteem crap as a feel-good bait and switch) will be shouted down by the "think of the children" set.
Like your company, we have some restrictions on what items can't be checked in. You are allowed to travel with Proprietary data, but it MUST remain in your possession at all times. This may include data on paper, CDs, removeable storage, and laptops.
If thats the case, your company should have drive encryption in place so that it won't matter if the laptops or mag tapes are lifted. With security the way it is, the rule if thumb is not to bring anything to the airport that you wouldn't mind getting broken/stolen.
On a tangent, what is the point of all of these bans on liquids and whatnot, considering the expensive explosive sniffer/swabbing machines that they have at the airports?
not by attacking unrelated countries like Iraq.
Actually, thats how they make new terrorists. What good is a War on Terror without a fresh supply of enemies?
I agree. It may be that the smartest thing for McDonalds to do, is launch a nuclear strike against Burger King.
McDonalds vs Burger King - Result: Annihilation
McDonalds vs Wendys - Result: Annihilation
McDonalds vs Taco Bell - Result: Annihilation
McDonalds vs Pizza Hut - Result: Annihilation
Conclusion: The only winning move is not to play.
The computer will not play solitaire and go golfing instead of developing the end-year financials.
Lets see.... Start menu... Programs... Accessories... Games.... What's this, SOLITAIRE?
Nope, don't trust it.
Many moons ago when I used to work at a homestyle food chain, the computer in the managers office ran a management suite that projected how much of what kind of food should be loaded that day, sales projections, etc. It even had a running tally of sales vs labor costs that would let the manager know which kind of employee to send home that day if sales weren't high enough to justify having them work (there was always a willing volunteer to go home early). I remember that the manager wasn't allowed to leave at night until the upload of that days activity to the corporate mainframe was done.
This innovation seems to take the human manager out of the equation entirely.
With the optional plug-in, the garage can become Carparkatron, defender of Hoboken.
No thanks, I've already eaten.
Something like this would bring the wannabees and dingbats out of the woodwork. A real paranoid black hatter wouldn't want to have his identity known or put himself under Microsoft's sights for a non-serious amount of money. You'd better believe that people that take this challenge will be closely watched from now on.