Libertarians aren't a valid alternative by virtue of the fact that they're not Republicans or Democrats.
Sure, I'd vote Libertarian over Republican but they're still fairly kooky. The national platform is okay but they people they recruit to run at the local level are typically... well, nuts.
>>Where is Riker's transporter-generated twin? You telling me they don't even keep in touch?>How about sending him on Special Mission to visit those advanced black sponge aliens who were so nit-picky about that treaty, they were cool and frightening?>Ergo: Isn't Wesley supposed to be off with the Traveler?>It's almost like the writers have never been Star Trek fans.
They shouldn't be fans. They should be familar with the source material. Fans generally make mastabatory self-important tributes to shit I couldn't care less about.
>>If the most brain-dead table look-up can pass the Turing test then perhaps local DJs need to do their homework, learn more about their community and really have somthing to offer.
They're not being replaced because they're doing a bad job; they're being replaced because it's cheaper for Clear Channel(and other corps) to pay the salary of one generic DJ out of state than a hundred salaries for a hundred local DJs.
Unless they're willing to do it for free, they can do all the homework they want; it won't make a difference.
WASHINGTON -- Raising the specter of another shuttle tragedy, senators and others warned Thursday that NASA's growing budget woes are putting astronauts' lives at risk.
Pressure to deal with a projected $4.8 billion cost overrun on the International Space Station project and other factors have caused National Aeronautics and Space Administration managers to treat space shuttle safety upgrades as optional, officials said Thursday. Numerous pending safety improvements to the orbiter vehicles and their ground-support infrastructure have been targeted for cancellation or deferral.
"I fear that if we don't provide the space shuttle program with the resources it needs for safety upgrades, our country is going to pay a price we can't bear," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
[...]
"We're starving NASA's shuttle budget and thus greatly increasing the chance of a catastrophic loss," Nelson said.
The lone NASA official to testify, William Readdy, deputy associate administrator for the Office of Space Flight, did not dispute Nelson's assessment.
the chapter skip, fast forward & rewind, and pause buttons from your remote. After all, movies are meant to be watched all the way through without interruption.
If you don't like watching it that way, then you're free not to watch it.
That's bullsh*t of course. Once I own the media, I'm free to do whatever the hell I want with it for my own private use.
if the FBI and CIA had the authority to intercept e-mails using the [terrorist] XML tag.
Curse you liberals and your "bill of rights"! How many more people have to die before you let go of your precious "freedoms"?
Madden looked like he had a few before the game
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I bet my roommate that Madden would come apart in the THIRD quarter and start giving colour commentary for a completely different game. My roommate insisted it would be the FOURTH quarter.
Sadly we were let down and not treated to a spectacle like the one Al Michaels and Pat Somerall put on last year.
Trademarks, IIRC, must be vigorously defended or else the company risks losing rights to it, correct?
I think many businesses are carrying that philosophy to copyrights as well. They believe if they don't go after each and every person, they'll lose the whole enchilada.
I have a plastic bass that flaps it's tail and sings a corny parody of "take me to the river". The technology there doesn't impress me either, and the sound quality is nowhere near taht my MP3 discman. So therefore the person who invented and marketed it must be some kind of idiot, right? Wrong, I bet he's rolling in cash. He's probably not advertising it as a "brand new product concept" either.
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I think "The Robin Williams of Print" would be a great name for a band.
Libertarians aren't a valid alternative by virtue of the fact that they're not Republicans or Democrats.
Sure, I'd vote Libertarian over Republican but they're still fairly kooky. The national platform is okay but they people they recruit to run at the local level are typically... well, nuts.
Source code
I guess this is a case where open source really *is* free as in beer.
>>Where is Riker's transporter-generated twin? You telling me they don't even keep in touch?>How about sending him on Special Mission to visit those advanced black sponge aliens who were so nit-picky about that treaty, they were cool and frightening?>Ergo: Isn't Wesley supposed to be off with the Traveler?>It's almost like the writers have never been Star Trek fans.
They shouldn't be fans. They should be familar with the source material. Fans generally make mastabatory self-important tributes to shit I couldn't care less about.
>>If the most brain-dead table look-up can pass the Turing test then perhaps local DJs need to do their homework, learn more about their community and really have somthing to offer.
They're not being replaced because they're doing a bad job; they're being replaced because it's cheaper for Clear Channel(and other corps) to pay the salary of one generic DJ out of state than a hundred salaries for a hundred local DJs.
Unless they're willing to do it for free, they can do all the homework they want; it won't make a difference.
Sure, many people may complain about some time of the day when access is 20% to 50% slower, but AOL lets its users roam!
As does Earthlink. So AOL doesn't do anything special in that regard either.
First they get you to buy the Matrix when it comes out on DVD. Then they release a 2-disc "Special Edition" a scant *three years* later!
Bastards!
Senators Challenge Shuttle Safety Spending
WASHINGTON -- Raising the specter of another shuttle tragedy, senators and others warned Thursday that NASA's growing budget woes are putting astronauts' lives at risk.
Pressure to deal with a projected $4.8 billion cost overrun on the International Space Station project and other factors have caused National Aeronautics and Space Administration managers to treat space shuttle safety upgrades as optional, officials said Thursday. Numerous pending safety improvements to the orbiter vehicles and their ground-support infrastructure have been targeted for cancellation or deferral.
"I fear that if we don't provide the space shuttle program with the resources it needs for safety upgrades, our country is going to pay a price we can't bear," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
[...]
"We're starving NASA's shuttle budget and thus greatly increasing the chance of a catastrophic loss," Nelson said.
The lone NASA official to testify, William Readdy, deputy associate administrator for the Office of Space Flight, did not dispute Nelson's assessment.
the chapter skip, fast forward & rewind, and pause buttons from your remote. After all, movies are meant to be watched all the way through without interruption.
If you don't like watching it that way, then you're free not to watch it.
That's bullsh*t of course. Once I own the media, I'm free to do whatever the hell I want with it for my own private use.
Being irresponsible is the fastest way to become parents. (Even for us married folk)
Being irresponsible is a choice.
I think the real problem is people, married or not, having kids too soon. And when they do have them, they have too many.
Kids rarely just "show up." People choose to have them.
if the FBI and CIA had the authority to intercept e-mails using the [terrorist] XML tag.
Curse you liberals and your "bill of rights"! How many more people have to die before you let go of your precious "freedoms"?
I bet my roommate that Madden would come apart in the THIRD quarter and start giving colour commentary for a completely different game. My roommate insisted it would be the FOURTH quarter.
Sadly we were let down and not treated to a spectacle like the one Al Michaels and Pat Somerall put on last year.
Maybe its just me, but these graphics look very very outdated. And the gui and controls match that.
Possibly because they're screenshots of a build from 2001?
"Network security is a important front in our war on terrorism.
"That's why Saddam Hussein is a menace that must be stopped with all due force."
January 31st...
I remember when Warcraft 3 hit the net nearly a month prior to its release.
But the point is that I don't see people complaining about how Quake3 is a rip off of Doom.
Possibly because they're made by the same developers?
we need to throw Jack Valenti and Hilary Rosen into a volcano?
I'm all for that!
If you let other people use it pell mell, it no longer is distinguishing anything at all, and you lose your rights to it.
Yes. That's what I said.
Copyright doesn't work like that at all.
My point is that businesses are acting like it *does* work like that.
IANAL, etc
Trademarks, IIRC, must be vigorously defended or else the company risks losing rights to it, correct?
I think many businesses are carrying that philosophy to copyrights as well. They believe if they don't go after each and every person, they'll lose the whole enchilada.
I have a plastic bass that flaps it's tail and sings a corny parody of "take me to the river". The technology there doesn't impress me either, and the sound quality is nowhere near taht my MP3 discman. So therefore the person who invented and marketed it must be some kind of idiot, right? Wrong, I bet he's rolling in cash.
He's probably not advertising it as a "brand new product concept" either.
I don't want blurry, slightly out of focus pictures with distorted colour saturations.
>> If congress passed a law that says we all must do our shopping for entertainment products at Wal-Mart, I'd agree with you.
What if Wal-Mart crushed the competition in your small town and now you have no choice but to shop at Wal-Mart?
There's also this PayPal scam.
I understand a lot of people have been victimized by it.
1. The computers dispose of you!
2. ???
3. Profit!