No, the electoral college is not what makes the US "not a democracy", it's only a small part of it. Our "representative republic" is organized so that the people have no direct say in government, it's the elected representatives who do. This is why the US isn't a true democracy.
In a true democracy, the people would vote for and decide every issue, and there really wouldn't be any officials to begin with. Now you can see why true democracy is feared maybe?
And finally, you're saying that the voters in the northeast and on the west coast should have less say in the government because the "rest of the nation" takes up "the vast majority of the land mass?" This is utter bullshit. I don't care where a candidate gets his votes from, it's the number of votes that count. Every person is equal in our country, remember?
If i recall correctly the tennessee valley project was started by the government to employ unemployed americans, thereby giving them money to spur the economy...
And one insane hobbit isn't worth saving the world?
No one else volunteered to take the ring, and anyone who held any amount of power would be corrupted by it. Gollum was an example how hobbits could wield the ring discretely (he used it to kill orcs underneath a mountain!). Frodo was the perfect choice for a ringbearer. Anyone else would have been overcome with desire to wield the ring openly against Sauron (and in a matter of hours find themselves surrounded by Sauron's millions of orcs).
Yes, that's accurate. Frodo planned to take the ring for himself just as they reached the cracks of Mount Doom. This gives meaning to all the constant reminders how everyone (Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Bilbo..) could not bring themselves to killing Gollum, and Gandalf's foreshadowing in Rivendell that Gollum had some part to play before the end.
Sauron watched his lord and master Morgoth brought down by the Valar, not by Elves and Men. Morgoth utterly defeated the Noldor, and Beleriend was destroyed, and men were terribly weak in the Elder days. His victory was nearly complete when Earendil sailed west to ask the Valar for aid. The Valar came, and almost entirely destroyed Morgoth's servants. Morgoth was thrust outside the world, into the void. Sauron was summoned to Valinor, but he hid in Middle Earth. What you are thinking of is when Sauron rose in power after he had destroyed Numenor (indirectly, by causing the Numenoreans to assail Valinor). The men of the west who settled in Middle Earth, Aragorn's descendents, allied with Gil Galad's Elven forces. Together they defeated Sauron, but he was not destroyed (Isildur kept the One Ring, as we all know). Elrond states that the reason they cannot assail Sauron by force is that Elves have greatly diminished in power and number. The majority of the High Elves have already sailed to Valinor, there are only the small remnants in Lorien and Rivendell. And I'm not so sure that the power of the high elves can be "detected", but the orcs thought Sam was an Elven lord because he had fought against Shelob and won. I could be wrong about this, though.
There's quite a bit of evidence that suggests it is possible. I forget the name of the book I read a couple years ago, but I know some guy out at Cal tech leads a nanotech group, and basically they believe nanotechnology will become a reality in the next 10 years.
Even though those letters make linux users look bad, my lasting impression after reading it (and seeing the link from the main page) is the immaturity and lack of responsibility of mindcraft to display letters by people who actually wrote something worthwhile.
In any crowd you can find losers, especially considering the thousands that must've written in. I'm sure there were a number of "YeAh bizn1tch, NT ruLeZ, YOu RoCk." letters as well.
Others might not think so, but I think it makes mindcraft look worse to publish these letters. They're once again trying to undermine linux by making the users look like losers.
Star Wars is an epic fantasy with a deep, interesting and passionate story. It is the story of a world we don't live in and the wonderful and horrible things that happen there.
Annakin is an EXTREMELY intelligent person. Leo, well...I'm sure he PASSED high school...or did he drop out to make films?
I don't want this woman-idol playing the part of the character who is to most of us both the ultimate evil and the ultimate good.
If you have ever read a fantasy, if you find them invigorating and thrilling and if they become a part of your life forever, you would know why most of us would be devastated if Leo was cast as Annakin.
Ever read Lord of the Rings? Imagine a movie was made and Adam Sandler was cast as Gandalf...a slight exaggeration, yet it brings out the same emotion of absolute horror. I for one will do anything to keep Episode 2 from turning into more of a kiddie show than Episode 1. Jar-Jar i disliked, yet I recognize his importance to the movie, and at the second viewing of the film he was not quite as annoying.. Leo, I'm afraid, just isn't acceptable at all.
I can't even begin to see him as being Vader. Not even close. Besides, if Natalie Portman got to play Amidala again I would be really angry to see the romantic scenes...Leo doesn't deserve her!
The scene between Amidala and young Annakin on the ship heading to Coruscant was clunky and painful enough....please no more Lucas!
"As horrific as massacres like Littleton are, they are also extraordinarily rare. Statistically, children are more likely to have an airplane fall out of the sky and kill them than they are to be shot in school, despite the staggering amount of media coverage. "
When was the last time an airplane fell out of the sky and killed a kid that wasn't onboard?
gtk.themes.org: 20th January 1999 - AAARRRGGGHHHH... Ok. I owe you all a big explanation. I have been back at work full time for the last few weeks and hence have been mondo busy and havent had time to update this page. On Monday the 18th of January I resigned from Harris Technologu Australia. The reason being I am entering my final year at school and want to give myself the best chance to get the best UAI I can, and I cant do that with work on my mind. My last day is Friday and then I am going to spend some time with my girlfriend untill wednesday. After then fairly regular updates should resume. My apologies to those who have sent in themes and havent been added yet, it will happen RSN and I will also get back on top of my email RSN. James Wilson - _ENiGMA_ ls.themes.org: 20th January 1999 - Today was a terrible day. All the other 4th graders laught at me, when i showed off my TMBG/Themes.org t-shirt/lunchbox combo. I bet there all windows users anyway! What a bunch of lusers. Lane Narrows - _KiNg_oF_DarK_&_LiTe_ Sorry if the text isn't formatted right, I think you get the gyst of it though;)
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A few people, probably students or people with full time jobs UNRELATED to their web site, are providing us with a service for FREE. Why would a private web page be as good as a commercial when someone is hired FOR MONEY to work all day on it? Why would their hardware be as good as a company who can afford the newest technologies and the highest bandwidth?
I see that you are trying to say Linux isn't as good as Windows. I pity you for thinking this. There are thousands of people hacking the kernel for free, and right now it is more stable than Windows will probably ever be. But the point is there are THOUSANDS of people hacking the kernel, there are a few people running this web site for FREE. Why do you expect them to have enough bandwidth for thousands of people in a few hours?
I don't understand why you are carrying on this arguement, you obviously have no respect for the hard work they put into the site. When it comes down to it, you are ruining it for all of us, because you are simply discouraging people from ever doing something for the good of the community. You are probably one of the people who flamed scoop when he revamped freshmeat. You know what: next time you dislike something, just ignore it. When you get out to the real world, you're going to realize that you don't go around criticizing the good Samaritans of society. You start pointing out everybody's flaws and someone is either going to beat you silly or you're never going to get a job (or friends).
Listen, just calm yourself before you reply. Don't flame or swear, but rationally think this over. You are the one who is incorrect here; just accept it. It is immature and inconsiderate to critize someone such as the e.themes.org team. Now close your browser, count to ten, and seriously think about changing your attitude before posting again.
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Representatives, who have their own thoughts and morals unknown to the voters. This isn't democracy, as the people are not directly voting on issues.
No, the electoral college is not what makes the US "not a democracy", it's only a small part of it. Our "representative republic" is organized so that the people have no direct say in government, it's the elected representatives who do. This is why the US isn't a true democracy.
In a true democracy, the people would vote for and decide every issue, and there really wouldn't be any officials to begin with. Now you can see why true democracy is feared maybe?
And finally, you're saying that the voters in the northeast and on the west coast should have less say in the government because the "rest of the nation" takes up "the vast majority of the land mass?" This is utter bullshit. I don't care where a candidate gets his votes from, it's the number of votes that count. Every person is equal in our country, remember?
If i recall correctly the tennessee valley project was started by the government to employ unemployed americans, thereby giving them money to spur the economy...
Only for futurama last i checked..
The only reason I caught it is I just reread the Silmarillion last month ;)
Currently rereading the LOTR, I'll try to pay closer attention when Sam uses the phial, you've got me wanting to know now.
Sorry..Bilbo volunteered, but he was far too old for the journey.
And one insane hobbit isn't worth saving the world?
No one else volunteered to take the ring, and anyone who held any amount of power would be corrupted by it. Gollum was an example how hobbits could wield the ring discretely (he used it to kill orcs underneath a mountain!). Frodo was the perfect choice for a ringbearer. Anyone else would have been overcome with desire to wield the ring openly against Sauron (and in a matter of hours find themselves surrounded by Sauron's millions of orcs).
Yes, that's accurate. Frodo planned to take the ring for himself just as they reached the cracks of Mount Doom. This gives meaning to all the constant reminders how everyone (Sam, Gandalf, Aragorn, Bilbo..) could not bring themselves to killing Gollum, and Gandalf's foreshadowing in Rivendell that Gollum had some part to play before the end.
Sauron watched his lord and master Morgoth brought down by the Valar, not by Elves and Men. Morgoth utterly defeated the Noldor, and Beleriend was destroyed, and men were terribly weak in the Elder days. His victory was nearly complete when Earendil sailed west to ask the Valar for aid. The Valar came, and almost entirely destroyed Morgoth's servants. Morgoth was thrust outside the world, into the void. Sauron was summoned to Valinor, but he hid in Middle Earth. What you are thinking of is when Sauron rose in power after he had destroyed Numenor (indirectly, by causing the Numenoreans to assail Valinor). The men of the west who settled in Middle Earth, Aragorn's descendents, allied with Gil Galad's Elven forces. Together they defeated Sauron, but he was not destroyed (Isildur kept the One Ring, as we all know). Elrond states that the reason they cannot assail Sauron by force is that Elves have greatly diminished in power and number. The majority of the High Elves have already sailed to Valinor, there are only the small remnants in Lorien and Rivendell. And I'm not so sure that the power of the high elves can be "detected", but the orcs thought Sam was an Elven lord because he had fought against Shelob and won. I could be wrong about this, though.
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There's the book. The guy's name is Eric Drexler.
There's quite a bit of evidence that suggests it is possible. I forget the name of the book I read a couple years ago, but I know some guy out at Cal tech leads a nanotech group, and basically they believe nanotechnology will become a reality in the next 10 years.
Even though those letters make linux users look bad, my lasting impression after reading it (and seeing the link from the main page) is the immaturity and lack of responsibility of mindcraft to display letters by people who actually wrote something worthwhile.
In any crowd you can find losers, especially considering the thousands that must've written in. I'm sure there were a number of "YeAh bizn1tch, NT ruLeZ, YOu RoCk." letters as well.
Others might not think so, but I think it makes mindcraft look worse to publish these letters. They're once again trying to undermine linux by making the users look like losers.
Star Wars is an epic fantasy with a deep, interesting and passionate story. It is the story of a world we don't live in and the wonderful and horrible things that happen there.
Annakin is an EXTREMELY intelligent person. Leo, well...I'm sure he PASSED high school...or did he drop out to make films?
I don't want this woman-idol playing the part of the character who is to most of us both the ultimate evil and the ultimate good.
If you have ever read a fantasy, if you find them invigorating and thrilling and if they become a part of your life forever, you would know why most of us would be devastated if Leo was cast as Annakin.
Ever read Lord of the Rings? Imagine a movie was made and Adam Sandler was cast as Gandalf...a slight exaggeration, yet it brings out the same emotion of absolute horror. I for one will do anything to keep Episode 2 from turning into more of a kiddie show than Episode 1. Jar-Jar i disliked, yet I recognize his importance to the movie, and at the second viewing of the film he was not quite as annoying.. Leo, I'm afraid, just isn't acceptable at all.
I can't even begin to see him as being Vader. Not even close. Besides, if Natalie Portman got to play Amidala again I would be really angry to see the romantic scenes...Leo doesn't deserve her!
The scene between Amidala and young Annakin on the ship heading to Coruscant was clunky and painful enough....please no more Lucas!
"As horrific as massacres like Littleton are, they are also extraordinarily rare. Statistically, children are more likely to have an airplane fall out of the sky and kill them than they are to be shot in school, despite the staggering amount of media coverage. "
When was the last time an airplane fell out of the sky and killed a kid that wasn't onboard?
That part was hilarious; probably the best part other than Leonard Nimoy and Richard Nixon.
It's great...a bunch of robots living with a guy sent into space to watch crappy movies.
Basically they sit there and make humorous comments.
Imagine an all white meat chicken, mmmm.
Mr. T vs Halflife isn't nearly as funny as Mr. T vs Red Dwarf.
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gtk.themes.org: 20th January 1999 - AAARRRGGGHHHH... Ok. I owe you all a big explanation. I have been back at work full time for the last few weeks and hence have been mondo busy and havent had time to update this page. On Monday the 18th of January I resigned from Harris Technologu Australia. The reason being I am entering my final year at school and want to give myself the best chance to get the best UAI I can, and I cant do that with work on my mind. My last day is Friday and then I am going to spend some time with my girlfriend untill wednesday. After then fairly regular updates should resume. My apologies to those who have sent in themes and havent been added yet, it will happen RSN and I will also get back on top of my email RSN. James Wilson - _ENiGMA_ ls.themes.org: 20th January 1999 - Today was a terrible day. All the other 4th graders laught at me, when i showed off my TMBG/Themes.org t-shirt/lunchbox combo. I bet there all windows users anyway! What a bunch of lusers. Lane Narrows - _KiNg_oF_DarK_&_LiTe_ Sorry if the text isn't formatted right, I think you get the gyst of it though ;)
A few people, probably students or people with full time jobs UNRELATED to their web site, are providing us with a service for FREE. Why would a private web page be as good as a commercial when someone is hired FOR MONEY to work all day on it? Why would their hardware be as good as a company who can afford the newest technologies and the highest bandwidth?
I see that you are trying to say Linux isn't as good as Windows. I pity you for thinking this. There are thousands of people hacking the kernel for free, and right now it is more stable than Windows will probably ever be. But the point is there are THOUSANDS of people hacking the kernel, there are a few people running this web site for FREE. Why do you expect them to have enough bandwidth for thousands of people in a few hours?
I don't understand why you are carrying on this arguement, you obviously have no respect for the hard work they put into the site. When it comes down to it, you are ruining it for all of us, because you are simply discouraging people from ever doing something for the good of the community. You are probably one of the people who flamed scoop when he revamped freshmeat. You know what: next time you dislike something, just ignore it. When you get out to the real world, you're going to realize that you don't go around criticizing the good Samaritans of society. You start pointing out everybody's flaws and someone is either going to beat you silly or you're never going to get a job (or friends).
Listen, just calm yourself before you reply. Don't flame or swear, but rationally think this over. You are the one who is incorrect here; just accept it. It is immature and inconsiderate to critize someone such as the e.themes.org team. Now close your browser, count to ten, and seriously think about changing your attitude before posting again.